How To Apply
The Pilotlight charity application process is outlined below.
1. Download the application form by clicking here.
2. Have you read our application criteria? Click here to learn more. Additional guidance on the application and assessment meeting can be found in the Advice to Applicants section below.
3. Have you read about the Pilotlight process? Please click here to learn more.
4. If you would like to make an application, email your completed application form to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). When we have received your application form and initially assessed your suitability, we will contact you to arrange an assessment meeting where we will decide together if Pilotlight and your charity is a mutual fit. Please note at least one trustee and the Charity Chief Executive must be present at this meeting.
We will let you know the outcome of your application within two weeks of your assessment meeting.
If you prefer, please call Helen Lang on 0207 396 3559 (Pilotlight London), Dehra Sweet on 0131 243 2765 (Pilotlight Scotland), or Shantel Irwin on 0795 777 8854 (Pilotlight Cymru) to request an application.
Advice to Applicants
We hope the following information might help a charity make a more effective application to Pilotlight. We will be able to give you a decision on your initial application within two weeks of receiving it.
Application
Charities express their interest in working with Pilotlight by completing an application form. We accept applications on a rolling basis. When making your application:
- Please write or type clearly in black ink.
- Please email a copy of the form to the Pilotlight office.
- Please post us the original copy of the form plus a clear photocopy.
- Please answer all questions on the form. Attachments are not acceptable as a substitute.
- Please attach only the additional information we have requested. If we need any further information we will request it.
- We carefully review all applications and shortlist those that most meet our priorities and criteria. We will contact all applicants either by phone or post with our decision. Pilotlight reserves the right not to accept incomplete applications.
Assessment Meeting
Two Project Managers will visit short-listed charities to talk to the management team about what they do, and how they think Pilotlight may be able to help.
A report will then be written with an opportunity for the charity to review it before it is presented to an internal Pilotlight committee. This committee will make the final decision on the suitability of candidates based on its assessment of whether or not the charity will benefit from the type of assistance Pilotlight can offer.
If approved, the charity will then be asked to sign and return a standard contract.