Charity - Submit Funding Application

Interested organisations may submit a one-page outline of their activities for initial consideration by the BritCham Vietnam Charity Sub Committee at any time. Applicants must be licensed to operate in Vietnam.

If invited, the organisation should submit a formal application outlining their proposal in detail. The application can be completed in either English or Vietnamese.

The Sub Committee will present the proposal to the Board for consideration together with their recommendation.

In general, the BritCham Vietnam will not donate more then US$10,000 per project, and will not commit funds that are not covered by cash already available at the time of funding.

If approved by the Board the BritCham Vietnam will draw up a simple, standardised agreement with the project’s administrators. This agreement will describe:

• Funds approved and purpose
• Named persons responsible for the funds
• Timing of fund disbursements
• Reporting requirements, including any links between reporting and timing of
fund disbursements.

The original proposal (including any modifications or conditions the Board may require) will be appended to the agreement and form part of it.

The BritCham Vietnam will transfer the funds to the recipient organisation’s bank account.

The Board members who sit on the Charity Sub Committee together with the BritCham Vietnam Secretariat will oversee the project. This should as far as is possible include one site visit.

The Secretariat will produce funding reports for the Sub Committee and for the Board and news item for the BritCham Vietnam newsletter and website.

Unless otherwise specified, recipient organisations are required to submit the followings no later than one year after funding:

• One final report detailing exactly how the BritCham Vietnam funds have been spent and what has been achieved with the BritCham Vietnam funds.
• If the BritCham Vietnam grant was in aid of a major item of capital expenditure the original receipts must be submitted with the report.

The BritCham Vietnam office shall maintain a comprehensive Charitable Programme file sufficient to account for the proper expenditure of the BritCham Vietnam’s charity funds. This file will contain:
a) All outlines, proposals, applications and other correspondence received  from charitable organisations.
b) All internal BritCham Vietnam correspondence and notes relating to such  correspondence.
c) All correspondence from BritCham Vietnam to charitable organisations.
d) All agreements entered into by BritCham Vietnam with charitable  organisations.
e) All reports and photographs relating to disbursement of funds and  implementation of projects including, where applicable, original receipts.
f) Reports may be submitted online but they must be in printable format. They will be printed out and kept in the Charity file.