Friday 22 November 2013

Funding opportunities

Dear readers

I hope you are all well and have had a good week.

I regret to inform you that there will not be a funding bulletin this week. This is because I am planning on sharing a bumper funding bulletin to tine you all over  until January.

If you have a particular project that you are looking to fund, please still get in touch with me and I will do my best to point you in the direction of some funding.

Thanks all,

Heather

Thursday 21 November 2013

Safeguarding Standards

Does your club or community group have the necessary safeguarding measures in place?

Safe Network launched a set of core safeguarding standards in February 2011. Designed to help your club or organisation keep young people safe. Updated September 2013. 2013/14 edition now includes two new standards called Standards Xtra.
 
You can find out more on their website including self assessment tools and other items of support.
 
 

Tuesday 19 November 2013

Vulnerable and disengaged young people fund

If you are a Local Commissioning Network the you may be intrested in the following fund. Perhaps it is something the LCN chair network could support?

The Vulnerable and Disengaged Young People Fund, is a new funding stream through the Cabinet Office Centre for Social Action and has up to £2m to help grow ambitious social action programmes to inspire England’s most vulnerable young people. It will be administered by the Social Investment Business on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Organisations looking to create or further develop inspiring social action programmes for young people can apply for a development, evidence or scale-up grant.

Successful organisations will have a strong track record of reaching and creating positive impact for the most vulnerable young people as well as be able to demonstrate strong evidence of need.

Applications can come from the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector, public bodies (for example Local Authorities) and businesses with a social mission or a clear objective in their corporate social responsibility policy towards increasing social action, or businesses involved in the delivery of public service. 

The grant fund opened for applications on 8th November 2013 and closes on 6th December 2013. The Social Investment Business (SIB) is administering the fund. Further details and how to apply are available here.

More information on the Fund’s Criteria and Guidance are available at - http://www.sibgroup.org.uk/youth/criteria/ and http://www.sibgroup.org.uk/youth/guidance

Who can apply?
Organisations that work with young offenders, young people in care or leaving care, and other groups of disengaged and vulnerable young people can apply. Projects must be serving young people in the 9-24 range.

What can be applied for?

The grant programme offers 3 strands of awards:
  • Development
    • To expand or develop a new social action project
    • Grants between £30K and £100K
    • Can be used for evaluation, development, expansion & delivery costs
    • Must be based on a strong theory of impact or promising evidence
  • Validation
    • To build evidence of impact of an existing social action project 
    • Grants between £30K and £100K
    • Can be used for impact evaluation, delivery costs & costs to expand if necessary for a robust evaluation
    • Must be based on a strong theory of impact or promising evidence
  • Scale up
    • To scale up an existing social action project – for example by replicating an existing model in a new area, or by scaling up an existing programme
    • Grant between £100K and £250K
    • Can be used for impact evaluation, delivery costs & scale up costs
Proposals with the most rigorous evidence can receive large grants that enable expansion

Monday 18 November 2013

Introduction to volunteering

A free course to help you feel more confident about becoming a volunteer.

If you are new to volunteering or looking to become a volunteer this then course could be useful to you. You will be able to
  • find out about the benefits of volunteering
  • explore what you can offer - your skills and qualities
  • local volunteer opportunities
  • feel more prepared to get out there and lend a hand
The course will run from The Carlton Centre, Carlton Street in Weston super mare on Wednesdays 1pm - 3.15pm for 6 weeks starting on the 15 January until the 26 February.

To reserve a place and for more information please contact JP Evans from the Community Learning Service on 01934 426 725 or julie.evans@n-somerset.gov.uk

Saturday 16 November 2013

Volunteer opportunities for young people in the South Rural Network area

The South Rural LCN which covers Banwell, Bleadon, Hutton, Locking, Winscombe & Sandford  have recently shared this volunteering opportunity with us:

A scout group in the network area who support children and young people with additional needs and are in need of volunteers. This would be a fantastic opportunity for someone to get into volunteering or to put something back into their community.

They would be grateful for anyone who can provide activities or sessions, so please get in touch with them if you are able to help. The SRN are also keen to support you. More information:
  • 34th Weston-super-mare (The Firs) Scouting group are a unique group providing the usual Beaver and Cubs activities for children and young people but for those with additional needs who are unable to access mainstream scout groups. General assistance in supporting the leaders is needed.
  • Volunteers aged over 15 are desperately needed to support the group on:
    • Thursday evenings term time only at the Firs centre, Drove Road from 6-7pm (Beavers) and/or 7.15-8.15pm (Cubs) although there may be some variation in venues especially in the summer months.  General assistance in supporting the leaders is needed. Training will be provided where necessary. 
  • If anyone is interested in getting work experience with children with additional needs please contact Emily Rapson Tel: 07584126325
If you are interested in finding out more or getting involved with the SRN, please contact Marc.

Friday 15 November 2013

Mid November funding opportunities


Dear readers

I hope you find something of interest here to apply for…

Don't forget to keep in touch with us if you need a critical eye for your applications.

See you soon,

Heather

This week:

£100 to £1000
  • Alec Dickson Trust
£5000 to £10,000
  • Simpl Challenges: Help people help each other
  • Allen Lane Foundation
£10,000 plus
  • Sport England Inspired Facilities
Other
  • Breaks4kids – YHA
  • Tudor Trust
£100 to £1000____________________

Alec Dickson Trust
Grants of up to £500 are available to help young people to run a project in their local area anywhere in the UK that involves local volunteers. For more information visit Alec Dickson Trust website.

There is no deadline.

Tel: 020 7278 6601 Email: alecdicksontrust@gmail.com

£5000 to £10,000                          

Simpl Challenges: Help people help each other
Simpl Challenges  is a platform developed by FutureGov in partnership with Coventry City Council, Coventry University and CityCamp Coventry. It was established to support the exchange and matchmaking of non-financial resources between people with good ideas and people with the resources to help make those ideas happen.

They are inviting creative groups and businesses to submit ideas that could help get people involved in their communities through the use of technology and offering up to £9,000 to turn ideas into reality, to develop innovative ways of using technology to improve neighbourhoods. Sign up to use their site

Allen Lane Foundation
The Allen Lane Foundation funds groups working with Asylum-seekers and refugees (but not groups working with a single nationality), Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or transgender people, Gypsies and Travellers, Migrant workers, Offenders and ex-offenders, Older people, People experiencing mental health problems, People experiencing violence or abuse

Single, one-off grants range from £500 up to £15,000. Grants repeated for more than one year vary from about £500 per annum up to £5,000 per annum, for a maximum of three years.   The average grant awarded last year was £5,650.

Tel: 01904 613223 Email: info@allenlane.org.uk

£10,000 plus__________________

Sport England Inspired Facilities
Another £40 million has been invested into the Inspired Facilities grant scheme which will enable it to offer funding to community sports projects across England for another three years.

Inspired Facilities is part of Sport England’s goal to deliver a London 2012 legacy of increased mass participation in sport. The funding is intended to breathe new life into tired facilities that can be unattractive, expensive to run and difficult to maintain. There is also money available to convert existing buildings into venues that are suitable for grassroots sport.

Community and voluntary organisations from across England can apply for grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 to refurbish and improve existing facilities, or develop an existing building for sports use in the community.

Groups can apply for the funding as long as they can show:

·             how their project will keep and, ideally, attract more people to sport
·             their local community wants and needs the project
·              how the project will cover its running costs and remain open for sporting use for years to come

The Inspired Facilities scheme is currently accepting applications for Round 5, which closes 16th December. The next round will be launched Spring 2014.

Full details can be found on the Sport England website
Tel: 08458 508 508 Email: funding@sportengland.org

Other________________________

Breaks4kids – YHA
Breaks4kids is a charitable fund, founded and supported by YHA (Youth Hostel Association). They help to fund youth group and school trips for children from low income households, by contributing up to 50% of the cost of their YHA accommodation and food. This gives children who would otherwise be left behind, the chance to be included in the trip with the rest of their group.

Tel: 0800 0195 465

Tudor Trust
Tudor's focus is on smaller but effective community led groups working to high standards led by people of vision, which are committed to growth, progression and development. There is a two stage application process, and you are advised to read their guidelines and what they fund before starting the first stage application process.  These are available on the Tudor Trust website. 

They can’t give you individual advice on how likely it is that your application will progress to the second stage, but if you have other questions – for example on eligibility or the application process – please call the Information Team. They do not have an email address for general enquiries as they prefer to discuss and resolve queries by telephone.

Tel: 020 7727 8522

Your North Somerset Event 2014

North Somerset Council in partnership with our sponsors, are again running the popular Your North Somerset event at the Winter Gardens in Weston-super-Mare.

This year we are focusing on "Digital Inclusion" and asking stand holders to encourage people to participate in the digital media age. We will be setting up an IT suite supported by volunteers to give hands-on demonstrations on how to access services on-line. We are also asking stand holders to publicise services they offer on-line.

The event will feature a wide range of food-tasting, entertainment, dance and fun activities for both adults and children. We are again asking, where possible, if you could run a simple children's activity from your stand as this enables adults to spend longer concentrating on the information provided by your organisation.

We would be grateful if you could confirm if you would like to support the event, the number of stands you require and any specific requirements you have for the day including power. Please can you provide this information by Friday, 29th November '13
, as space is limited and stands will be allocated on a first come basis.
If you have any further queries please contact me on the details below.

L
ucy Teteris Joint PA to Director - People and Communities Directorate
and Public Information Lead (Adult Social Care and Housing)
Tel: 01275 88 4022
Fax: 01934 88 8832
Email:
lucy.teteris@n-somerset.gov.uk

Thursday 14 November 2013

Free training - building confidence for work

Building Confidence for work is a free course offered by Community Learning West and Westonworks for adults 19+ who are unemployed and/or with few or no qualifications and wish to develop confidence in applying for paid or voluntry work. It covers
  • Self esteem and motivation
  • speaking and listening skills
  • making the most of your skills
  • interview preparation
  • strategies for building confidence for job interviews
The course runs for six sessions on Tuesday mornings 10.30am-1pm from the 28 January 2014 until 11 March (excluding 18 February) at the Sub Station at the Information Station, St Andrews Parade, Weston super Mare, BS23 3SS.

If you are interested in joining this course please contact JP Evans at Community Learning on 01934 426 725

Free trees for community groups and schools

The Woodland Trust has 3,000 free tree packs to give away to school, community and youth groups for spring 2014. Bring your community together to do something good for your neighbourhood by applying before 9th January 2014 for the chance to receive free trees in March 2014.

Mix and match the pack themes up to a total of 420 trees to create the ideal mix for your location. Each pack is worth £30, £105 or £420. All you need to do is find a suitable site and supply the volunteer planters and tree protection. One application is required per pack.

Tel: 0845 293 5689 Email: woodlandcreation@woodlandtrust.org.uk

Are you hosting or planning any activities over the winter?

Do you have any winter, Christmas or February half term activities you would like promoting to children and young people? If so, you may wish to get in touch with our colleagues in the Sports and Active Lifestyles Team.

The team produce quarterly newsletters aimed at the 5-11 age group and the 12-19 age group. The newsletters are packed full of offers and activities around the North Somerset area.

If you are interested in advertising your activity, please get in touch with the team on jane.bassett@n-somerset.gov.uk


Monday 11 November 2013

Cost effective online training

Annie Smith from The Barn, in Clevedon has very kindly passed on some information for you all about an online training company which she uses for training volunteers.

"They cover a wide range of topics from Food Hygiene, Fire Awareness, Health and Safety, Safeguarding and lots more. It's very easy to register and to select multiple courses according to need. They have online support who respond very quickly to any queries. The link http://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/available-courses/index.aspx"

Thanks for passing this on Annie.

Thursday 7 November 2013

November 7th funding opportunities

Dear readers

I hope this post finds you well.

It has been a surprisingly mild firework and bonfire season - I hope you have had an enjoyable time.

We have quite a few opportunities for you today - some are reminders of previous ones. I hope you find something here that is useful to your or your network.

Don't forget to keep in touch with us if you need a critical eye for your applications.

See you soon,

Heather

This week:
£100 to £1000
  • Alec Dickson Trust
  • Princes Trust Development award
£1000 to £5000
  • Tesco Charity Trust Community Award
  • Kelly Family Charitable Trust
  • Help the Homeless
  • Edward Harvist Trust Capital Grants Fund
£10,000 plus
  • (Up to £10,000) Sport England Get Equipped Fund
  • BBC Children in Need - Main Grants
  • Heritage lottery Fund - Young Roots Programme
  • Our Place! Programme
Other
  • Peter Harrison Foundation (Opportunities Through Sport)
  • The Volant Charitable Trust
£100 to £1000____________________

Alec Dickson Trust
If you are under 30 and living in the UK, involved in volunteering or running a project in your local community, and you have found it difficult to find funding for your idea, then you can apply to the Alec Dickinson Trust.  

Applications for grants, not normally in excess of £500, are invited from individuals aged 30 and under, or from small groups of young people who believe their actions to be in pursuit of the aims of the Trust.  Trustees will meet twice a year to consider applications.

Please note that it is highly unlikely that applications from young people embarking on organised gap year projects overseas or requesting a grant for college/university course fees will match with the Trusts’ funding criteria.  

Contact information: 
Telephone: 020 7278 6601

The Princes Trust Development Awards
Development Awards are cash grants of up to £500 to help young people get into education, training or employment.  You are eligible if you are aged 14 – 16 and not expecting to achieve five GCSEs (or equivalent) grades A-c, or are aged 16 – 25 and not in education, training or employment.  

Eligible young people are invited to meet face to face with a Prince’s Trust Awards Assessor to discuss their Award and fill out an application which ill then be sent to a Princes’ Trust Awards Panel for a decision.  The whole process can take up to 6 weeks, so applications should be made will in advance if possible.  

For further information on what can and cannot be funded, please go to the Princes Trust website, or call t hem on 0800 842 842, or alternatively text ‘call me’ to 07983 385 418.

£1000 to £5000___________________

Tesco Charity Trust Community Award
The Trust awards grants for local projects that support children and their education and welfare, elderly people and adults and children with disabilities. There are two categories of community awards:
  • Grants to support children's welfare and/or children's education
  • Grants to support elderly people and/or adults and children and disabilities
A wide range of work can be funded, but salary costs are not eligible.
  • Applications for funding for children’s education and welfare should be made between 1 May and 30 June each year. 
  •  Applications for work with older or disabled people should be made between 1 August and 30 September each year. 
For further information, please visit the Tesco Charity Trust website

Kelly Family Charitable Trust
The Trust supports charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members.  Applications are also welcomed from sports and health-related charities whose activities comply with the above criteria. 

The Trust will consider capital and revenue grants and is happy to support requests for core funding as well as project-based grants.  It actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established.  Grants are generally between £1,000 and £5,000.

Applications are considered twice a year, and must be submitted by 1 March and 1 September to be considered at the subsequent meeting. 

For further information and an application form, please visit the Kelly Family Trust website.

Help the Homeless
Help the Homeless makes grants of up to £3,000 for charities with an income of less than £1m for work to help homeless people to return to mainstream society.  All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society rather than simply offering shelter or other forms of sustenance.

There are quarterly deadlines for grant applications in March, June, September and December. 


Edward Harvist Trust Capital Grants Fund
The Trust provides grants of up to £3,000 for work to improve the quality of life for local people, including the elderly and disadvantaged.  Applications can be made four times a year in April, May, July or August. 
Grants can be made for the following purposes:
  • The relief of elderly and disadvantaged residents
  • The relief of distress and sickness
  • The provision and support of facilities for recreation and leisure with the aim of improving the quality of life
  • The provision and support of educational facilities
  • Any other charitable purposes
The funds are used for one-off capital grants rather than towards running costs.  Preferably, this takes the form of items of equipment rather than general contributions towards large capital costs such as the purchase of a building.

For further information and an application form, please go to the Edward Harvist Trust website.

£10,000 plus__________________

Sport England Get Equipped Fund      
This fund will invest in the prevision of specialist equipment to deliver sport to disabled people.  Not for profit organisations can apply for between £300 and £10,000 of Lottery funding to purchase sports equipment that will help increase the number of disabled young people (aged 14+) and adults regularly playing sport as part of Sport England’s wider commitment to increasing disability participation.  To find out more about the fund, and how to apply, please go to the Sport England.

Big Lottery Reaching Communities Programme 
This funding is for projects that help people and communities most in need. Grants are available from £10,000 upwards and funding can last for up to 5 years.  We can fund salaries, running costs, a contribution towards core costs and equipment.  We can also fund up to £100,000 for land, buildings or refurbishment capital costs.  We strongly encourage partnerships between the voluntary and community sector and the statutory sector.  

For further information on who can apply and how to apply, please visit the Big Lottery Fund website

BBC Children in Need – Main Grants
This programme is open to charities and not for profit organisations applying for grants over £10,000 per year for up to three years. Grants are aimed at children and young people of 18 years and under experiencing disadvantage through:
  • Illness, distress, abuse or neglect
  • Any kind of disability
  • Behavioural or psychological difficulties
  • Living in poverty or situations of deprivation
Grants are used to fund organisations working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.

For further information, go to the BBC Children in Need website

Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots Programme
This programme is for projects that engage young people aged 11 to 25 with heritage in the UK.  We fund partnerships of heritage and youth organisations to help young people shape and deliver their own projects in safe environments.  Whether restoring a vintage motorbike, designing a new nature trail or documenting changes to their community over time, through Young Roots projects young people make a real difference to the paces where they live.  In the process, their confidence grows and they learn valuable heritage and employability skills.  

This is a rolling programme, so you can apply any time.  We will assess your application in eight weeks and make a decision.  To find out more, go to the Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots web page.

Our Place! Programme
On July 9 2013, Don Foster, Minister for Communities, announced a £4.3m package of support for neighbourhoods to take their future into their own hands. This follows a successful year-long pilot programme, which saw neighbourhoods across the country working out how to improve the lives of local residents.

Expansion of the 'Our Place' programme builds on the Neighbourhood Community Budget Pilots that have helped change local service provision in 12 areas over the past four years.  The 12 pilots range from inner cities and suburbs, to housing estates and small towns. They have seen the public, private and voluntary sectors working together to tackle issues of concern to local residents.

The extra funding could see at least 100 communities deliver local services that focus on local priorities and reduce costs.  To find out more, visit the website at: http://mycommunityrights.org.uk/ourplace/

Other________________________

Peter Harrison Foundation (Opportunities Through Sport)
The Foundation supports sporting activities or projects which provide opportunities for people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their potential and to develop other personal and life skills.  You can apply for any amount, and for capital projects or revenue funding.

The Trustees welcome applications for the following types of project:
  • Projects which provide a focus for skills development and confidence building through the medium of sport
  • Projects that have a strong training and/or educational theme within the sporting activity
  • Projects that provide sporting equipment or facilities for disabled or disadvantaged people
  • Projects with a high degree of community involvement
  • Projects that help to engage children or young people at risk of crime, truancy or addiction
There is a two stage application process:  firstly fill in  an initial enquiry form, and if your proposal may be of interest, you will be contacted by telephone to discuss your idea in more detail.  You may then be invited to complete a full application form. 


The Volant Charitable Trust
Set up by the author J K Rowling, the trust makes grants for charities and projects, whether national or community-based that alleviate social deprivation, with a particular emphasis on women’s and children’s issues.

The Trustees meet twice a year – in March and September – to consider applications and allocate funds.  The deadline for applications to the March 2014 meeting is 10 January 2014, and successful applicants will be notified immediately following the meeting. 

For guidelines on how to apply, and for an application form, please go to the Volant Trust website.

Wednesday 6 November 2013

Free Safeguarding Children Training

Free Safeguarding Training for anyone working with children and young people

If you work with children and young people in a voluntary or paid position then it is expected that you would have attended child protection basic awarness training. Training of this nature is a statutory requirement and commissioners of your service will be looking for this level of training before commissioning activites.

North Somerset Council offer this training for free. NSC's Child Protection Basic Awareness course is 3 hours long and suitable for workers or volunteers whose role involves infrequent contact with children, young people and/or parents or carers as well as those who have more regular contact.
2014 dates are:
  1. Tuesday 21 January 09:30-12:30 (Clevedon)
  2. Tuesday 18 March 09:30-12:30 (Weston super Mare)
  3. Tuesday 17 June 09:30-12:30 (Weston super Mare)
  4. Wednesday 3 September 09:30-12:30 (Weston super Mare)
  5. Monday 10 November 09:30-12:30 (Weston super Mare)
Course content will include:
  • What is child abuse and neglect
  • Signs and indicators of abuse and neglect
  • What to do in response to concerns
  • Information sharing guidance
  • Safeguarding roles and responsibilities
You should attend safeguarding and child protection training every three years.

If you are intrested in booking onto one of these courses please go to CPD Online, click on 'Services for Children and Young People' you can search for the course either using the keyword search on the right or by selecting the date.

Monday 4 November 2013

The Future is ours - anti-bullying week

November 18-22 marks the annual national anti-bullying week.

The ABA - Anti Bullying Alliance have made available many resources and more information on their website.

If you are interested in taking part and raising awareness, please check out their site.