Change Requests
Change Request
If any change to your project has the potential to affect its delivery or outcomes, please:
– Record the change in your progress report.
– Confirm whether the change is considered significant.
– Discuss the change with your local SPF team or multi-authority lead before taking further action.
What is an administrative change?
Administrative changes are minor and not listed below. They do not affect the Grant Funding Agreement.
These should be included in your progress report and approved via email. Please contact your local SPF team or multi-authority lead to discuss first.
What is a significant change?
Significant changes are those that may affect the nature, scope, or impact of the project. Examples include (but are not limited to):
- Change in project ownership
- Change in partnership affecting strategic fit
- Reduction of more than 20% in any individual output or outcome
- Reduction of more than 20% in SPF grant
- Request for additional SPF funding
- Any change in match funding
- Shift of more than 20% between budget headings and sub-theme (S number)
- Transfer of SPF funding between capital and revenue
- Addition or removal of an SPF sub-theme
- Removal of any output or outcome
What to do if there is a significant change:
- Discuss the change with your local SPF team or multi-authority lead.
- Complete a Change Request Form.
- Submit the form to your local SPF team or multi-authority lead once the change is agreed. They will then forward it to the Regional SPF Team.