Three things you need to do to make sure your grant gets paid
To begin your grant we need you to send us some documentation. The steps below outline what you’ll need to provide:
Grant Acceptance Form
This will be included in your award letter. It states that you accept the grant according to the terms and conditions in the offer letter. It must be signed by both your organisation’s:
- Chair
- Treasurer or equivalent
If you are unable to obtain wet signatures, please attach two emails to the grant acceptance, one from your Chair and one from your Treasurer. Attach these emails to the BBC Children in Need grantee portal.
Proof of your bank account
We cannot pay any grant money until we have your organisation’s bank details. Please provide a bank statement or original letter on your bank’s headed paper showing:
- The name of the bank
- Your organisation’s address
- The bank account name
- Account number
- Sort code.
This should match the details confirmed in your grant acceptance form. If the organisation addresses do not match, please get in contact and let us know why.
If you are providing an original letter on your bank’s headed paper, it must be signed by an appropriate employee of the bank (you can ask your bank for this; see an example of a bank confirmation letter)
Any other conditions outlined in your grant award letter.
All the conditions on your grant can be found in your Grant Award Letter. You can find them in the “Grant Summary” section and labelled under “Additional Requirements”
We will not usually release any money until you have met these conditions.
You can submit these documents by:
- Logging into the grantee portal using the link: BBC Children in Need
- Find your grant acceptance form in the ‘due’ section under ‘grantee reports’
- Click on the edit button in the top right hand page
- Read and follow instructions on-screen to complete the form
- More information on how to submit the form can be found: https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BBC-Children-in-Need-Grant-Acceptance-Form-Guidance-for-Grantees.pdf
To access the form you must use the log-in details that were used originally when submitting your application form.
