What happens next.
What happens if you are successful?
- Shetland Islands Council will send you a grant offer letter and acceptance docquet detailing the terms and conditions of your award;
- Once you have accepted the terms and conditions of the grant and returned the acceptance letter the grant award will be paid in full directly into your bank account;
- You must comply with grant conditions and use the grant only for the purpose set out in your application form;
- You must complete a Project Evaluation form and a certification of expenditure form together with details of all relevant expenditure within 12 months of the date of the grant offer letter.
What happens if you are unsuccessful?
We will tell you the main reasons why in a letter within 6 weeks of receiving the completed application. You may also find it useful to contact staff in the Council’s Grants Unit. Following receipt of the explanation you may wish you to revise your application and resubmit it or appeal the original decision. If you want to appeal the decision to refuse your application, then a letter of appeal should be submitted to the Grants Unit within three months of the date that you were notified of this decision.
If you want to appeal the decision to refuse your application, then a letter of appeal should be submitted to the Grants Unit within three months of the date that you were notified of this decision.