Contents 1. Forum 2. Open House 3. LPSA Target 11A 4. Lolly Submissions 5. Meeting Rooms Available 6. The Electronic Lolly 7. Resources 8. Thought for the Day 9. Free Disability Awareness Training 10. Free Training on Employment Matters 11. Interactive TV 12. People Now or Pay Later 13. Data Protection 14. Introduction to Islam and The Muslim Culture 15. Year of the Volunteer Awards 16. Consultation 17. Employment Opportunity 18. Publications 19. Westminster Briefing 20. InKindDirect 21. Ministerial Appointment 22. Website 23. Whitbread Young Achievers 24. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 25. Two New Training Days for the Ideas into Action 2005 Programme 26. European Youth Exchange 27. Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council 28. Funderfinder 29. Children’s Fund Local Network – Deadline 15th July 2005 30. Futurebuilders 31. Lancashire’s Grants for Growth 32. Camelot Foundation Deadline 11 July 2005 33. Big Lottery Fund and Youthbank Partnership 34. The People’s Millions 35. Changes 36. Advisory and Grant Support for the Communty/Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprises 37. Architectural Heritage Fund LANCASHIRE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES FORUM Lancashire Voluntary & Community Faith Sector Consortium Venue - County Hall, on Wednesday 29th June 2005 7 pm for 7.30 pm start You may reserve your free place by contacting the office on 01772 250001 Tea and coffee will be available. OPEN HOUSE LCVYS Open Evening Wednesday 13 July 6 pm to 8 pm If you want to practise using the resources, utilise the funding desk, use the Funderfinder software, look through the InKindDirect catalogue or get general support and advice, contact the LCVYS office and reserve your free place. LPSA TARGET 11A - LANCASHIRE ACCREDITATION NETWORK Funding for the Voluntary Sector – April 2005 to March 2006 Funding for the support of Young People’s Accreditation The partnership formed to help meet the target is collectively known as the 'Lancashire Accreditation Network'. They oversee a pump-priming budget of £110,000 which has been made available to all partners to help develop accreditation opportunities across the statutory and voluntary sector. Individual groups and projects can access this funding to support the accreditation of their young people. An audit of accreditation activity carried out in September 2003 showed that over 2300 young people had gained a nationally recognised award in 2002/03 across Lancashire. The LPSA target is stretching that baseline by 35% to 3,214 young people. If the target is reached by March 2006, Lancashire Accreditation Network will stand to receive a £500,000 reward grant, £87,000 of which is earmarked for the voluntary sector. This will be for re-investment in accrediting young people's learning and achievement beyond 2006. To access this funding your group must be signed up with the Accreditation Network in their own right or be a member of an umbrella organisation, eg Lancashire Council for Voluntary Youth Services, Lancashire Association of Clubs for Young People, Lancashire Youth Association, the money is available to develop and/or record the accredited outcomes of young people aged 13 to 19 living in the Lancashire County Council area. The voluntary sector has a vital role to plan in meeting this target, if you are working with young people why not think about giving them something to show their achievements, for example: AQA Awards are very quick and easy to use The AQA Unit Award Scheme provides the opportunity to give young people and adults formal recognition of their success in short units of work. Youth Achievement Awards are a bigger commitment. There are four levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Young people can start at the appropriate level for them. Young people achieve awards by choosing and completing challenges. These challenges are drawn from 3 theme areas: Interests, Concerns and Your Future. UK Youth Momentum Programme - UK Youth's Momentum Programme aims to encourage young people 14-17, to develop positive attitudes towards the responsibilities inherent in the use of motor vehicles. They have been developed with assistance from a range of organisations with expertise within road safety, driver/rider education, traffic management and the motor vehicle industry. There are two programmes focusing on ownership and use of cars and motorbikes: First Gear and On Two Wheels. A smaller amount of funding is available now for the current financial year and can be applied for to cover the costs of you enhancing what you are already doing by accrediting young people’s achievements, for example: training for you to deliver awards and to support the cost of booklets for young people etc. Funding is available for: Leader training – necessary training for leaders to be able to deliver accredited out comes – e.g. BCU awards etc Young People’s accreditation – to support the delivery of work leading to accredited outcomes – e.g. the additional cost of a residential to offer accreditation, award booklets etc *Young People to access subsidised places on LCVYS training courses leading to an accredited outcome Data collection e.g. umbrella organisation licences, administration of data collection where numbers are large and the data is from different sources i.e. Girlguiding, Scouts, LACYP etc National Awards currently eligible under the LPSA target 11a include among others: Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, including sectional and access organisation certificates, Youth Challenge Awards, Youth Achievement Awards, including challenge certificates, AQA Unit Award Scheme, Millennium Volunteers 100 & 200 hour certificates, National Governing Body Awards, Open College Network, ASDAN endorsed Awards, British Sports Trust Awards, Prince’s Trust XL, BSM Ignition and Signal, UK Youth Momentum, NVQs & B-TEC Awards, National First Aid Certificates, National Food Hygiene Certificate, John Muir Trust Awards, Boys’ Brigade President’s Badge, Boys’ Brigade Queen’s Badge, Boys’ Brigade Queen’s Leadership Award, Chief Scout’s Awards, Queen’s Scout Award, Queen’s Guide Award, Guides Leadership Award, Baden Powell Challenge Award, Keystone Awards. For more information please visit the website: ww.lancsycs.org/accreditation For an application form please contact: Tracy Cowle, Training & Development Manager, LYA, 10 Fishergate Hill PRESTON PR1 8JB T: 01772 208597 F: 01772 251334 E: tracyc@lya.org.uk * for a young person aged 13 to 19 to attend a subsidised place or a LCVYS training course please contact Val on 01772 250001 or email val@lcvys.org.uk LOLLY SUBMISSIONS Do you have an event in the future you wish to publicise? Has your group had an event you want to tell others about? Have you been successful in a funding application and want to tell other members what you have achieved/are hoping to achieve with the funding? Do you have any employment or volunteering opportunities? If you would like to submit an article for inclusion in the next edition of the LOLLY Newsletter, the deadline is Friday 22nd July. It’s simple enough to submit an article. Email the item (with a picture if possible) to val@lcvys.org.uk. We are also happy to accept articles by fax 01772 250042 or post (contact details are on the front page). The LOLLY is circulated to over 1300 readers in either hard copy or by email. It’s also available on the LCVYS website: www.lcvys.org.uk Details of how to receive a copy of the electronic newsletter, free of charge are below. Alternatively to receive a hard copy at a cost of £15.00 per annum email val@lcvys.org.uk or call 01772 250001 MEETING ROOMS AVAILABLE LCVYS have 2 meeting rooms available for use. Based in the centre of Preston on Guildhall Street, it is an ideal venue for groups, of up to 30 people (large room) or up to 8 (small room), wishing to meet in professional surroundings away from their normal venue. Hot and cold drinks facilities are available. LCVYS also has a range of resources and office facilities available at a cost (free to LCVYS member organisations). The rooms are available during office hours, weekdays but may also be booked at weekends and evenings by prior appointment. Contact LCVYS on 01772 250001 or email lcvys@lcvys.org.uk for rates and availability. THE ELECTRONIC LOLLY Free subscription is available to all for the electronic version of this newsletter which is published monthly. Send an email with the words “subscribe lolly” in the main body of the email to: majordomo@lcvys.org.uk and you will be added to our list and receive confirmation by return email. To receive the latest copy of the LOLLY by email at any time, send a blank email to: latestlolly@lcvys.org.uk within a few seconds the latest edition will be emailed back to you. RESOURCES LCVYS is able to support its members by loaning out resources that many organisations simply cannot afford to buy themselves. Through the Transforming Youth Work Development Fund in association with Lancashire County Council Youth & Community Service, Connexions Lancashire and the Local Network Fund we have been able to purchase additional equipment. Available to our member organisations, are: Combined TV and Video player, OHP, Laptops, Thermal Binder, Flip Chart Board, Laminator, Projectors, screens, VCR, Digital Camcorders, Digital Cameras, access to an interactive whiteboard, PA Systems. Within the office a scanner and CD/DVD writer, a colour laser printer, duplex black and white printer. Contact the office on 01772 250001 or visit the website www.lcvys.org and click on resources. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all the evidence that you tried. FREE DISABLITY AWARENESS TRAINING Deaf and disability awareness training is being offered to smaller organisations without charge by RNID, the charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, with the help of a grant from the Big Lottery Fund. Recent research has shown that over three quarters of small to medium sized businesses are risking court action under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) through lack of awareness or action in making their organisation accessible. RNID is offering the training for free to SMEs and not-for-profit organisations with fewer than 250 employees and an annual turnover of less than £11.2 million. The service runs until November 2005. For further information, please contact training services on 0207 296 8060 or Email: training.services@rnid.org.uk Textphone: 0207 296 8050. FREE TRAINING ON EMPLOYMENT MATTERS ACAS, the employment relations body, runs a range of training on employment issues around the country. For a limited time, organisations with fewer than 5 employees are able to apply for their 'Key Points' and 'Getting it Right' courses for free. There may also be some further opportunities for voluntary organisations - visit the website to find out more. www.acas.org.uk/emsobs/acas_events_new.asp INTERACTIVE TV Find a volunteering opportunity from the comfort of your sofa. A new Community Channel service has been launched to mark the Year of the Volunteer. Digital satellite viewers in the UK can press the red button while watching the Community Channel and enter a menu that lets them search for volunteering opportunities in their local area. Just tap in your postcode and the results will appear on your TV screens. Alternatively visit www.communitychannel.org.uk/getinvolved/doit and find a volunteering opportunity online. PEOPLE NOW OR PAY LATER July 5th 2005 NCVO Conference Suite, London Come to our conference on good employment practice for voluntary and community Organisations. Don't miss out on a day aimed at helping you and your organisation become an even better employer! This conference will look at practical ways of making your people feel valued whilst ensuring that your organisation is operating within the law. On the day there will be practical workshops examining legislation, good information sources, flexible working, dealing with grievances and tools for managing volunteers. For further information visit our website www.voluntarysectorskills.org.uk Email: danica.harris@ncvo-vol.org.uk or call 020 7520 2490 DATA PROTECTION The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Security have recently advised that putting all external recipients email addresses in the TO or CC field of an email makes all recipients addresses visible to all others...and in doing so contravenes the Data Protection Act (DPA). Further discussion with ODPM and Government security advisors on this point is necessary as it will mean a fundamental shift in the use of email, especially for group mail shots. It will also be necessary to determine the difference between external and internal mail names (presumably internal are by default consenting) In the meantime, for safety DPA-wise, please advise all staff to use the following policy. Unless explicit consent is given by owners that their email addresses can be revealed unconditionally to others - please put external email addresses into the BC field of an email so that they are not visible to others. We appreciate that this may of course prevent a natural flow of email discussion between recipients (i.e. if you are a BC and respond it will only go to those visible i.e. those in the To and CC list). However we must abide by the prevailing ODPM advice. INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM & THE MUSLIM CULTURE This course will provide the participants with information on: Basic beliefs and practices of Muslims, a visit to a Mosque and background into Muslims in Britain. Public Sector Service Development issues for Muslim Communities. This course would be ideal for those who wish to increase their knowledge of Islam. Courses take place in: Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Peterborough, Preston, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield, Croydon, York, Worthing, Nottingham, Coventry Places are limited. To book contact Sue Magrath on 01924 466117 or email for information islamcourse2@email.com www.vaengland.org.uk/training9454 YEAR OF THE VOLUNTEER AWARDS Year of the Volunteer Awards are for individual volunteers who have made a great contribution to their local communities. The five categories are: Year of the Volunteer Award for Innovation Year of the Volunteer Award for Commitment Year of the Volunteer Award for Impact Year of the Volunteer Award for Inspiration Year of the Volunteer Award for Partnership 2005 outstanding volunteers will be recognised with a Royal Mint medal at regional awards ceremonies throughout England during October and November 2005. 450 of these volunteers will then be invited to a national awards ceremony in London in January 2006. Visit www.yearofthevolunteer.org to complete a nomination form online or contact Liz Brunwin on 020 7812 0034 or email lbrunwin@csv.org.uk for a hard copy of the form. The closing date for nominations is 18th July 2005. Please note these awards are only open to people who are resident in England. CONSULTATION LAUNCHED BRINGING TOGETHER GRANT FUNDING FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS The Department for Education and Skills has launched a consultation on proposals for bringing together grant funding for voluntary organisations. This consultation is part of the Department's strategy for working with voluntary and community organisations to deliver the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme. The Department is proposing to bring together grant programmes managed by the Children, Young People and Families Directorate into a single grant programme. The key features of the proposed new system are: A strong focus on delivering the five Every Child Matters outcomes. An emphasis on 'strategic funding' which offers longer term funding for activities that are closely aligned with the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme and key policy objectives such as the delivery of the 10 year strategy for early years and childcare. Some project funding for specific, time bound work will also be available. Funding will be focused on national level work, or work with national significance. Simplified procedures for applying for and administering grant funding. This will reduce the bureaucratic burdens on both voluntary organisations and the Department. The Department welcomes comments on its proposals and will take into account the views expressed in response to the consultation as the new funding system develops. The closing date for responses is 2 September 2005. www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=1327 or www.everychildmatters.gov.uk EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Community Pride has a strong reputation for innovative community empowerment work in Manchester and Salford enabling local communities to participate more effectively in local, city-wide and national decision making. We are looking for 2 new highly motivated staff for exciting roles in a small but dynamic staff team based in East Manchester. Empowerment Training Officer To develop CPI’s work on empowerment and training with a focus on a new programme of Schools of Participation. 35 hours per week (Job share considered) £22,512-£24,000 plus pension Programme Support Administrator To ensure the smooth running of the CPI office and effective support for programmes and activities. 20 hours per week £16,854 - £17,922 pro rata plus pension For details and an application form please go to our website www.communitypride.org.uk or call Win Greenhalgh on 0161 231 4111 or Email: win@communitypride.org.uk. Textphone: 0161 231 4570. The closing date for applications for both posts is 28 June 2005. CPI welcomes applications from all sections of the community. PUBLICATIONS The Employment Records Handbook Unlike many books on personnel practice, this one concentrates on the very practical question of record keeping, both the “what?” and the “how?” and will help answer questions such as: How long should I keep personnel records? What records should I keep about leave and absence? Do staff have the right of access to all their own records? When should I pass information about staff to official bodies? This practical guide, tailored specially for voluntary organisations, covers: The legal requirements for record keeping in such areas as recruitment and selection, employment contracts, pay and discrimination; practical areas where evidence may need to be recorded; tricky issues on disclosure of information about staff; good practice for the employing organisation and the well being of staff. Advisors Guide to Benefits and Tax Credits 2005 - 2006 Edition The guide has a compact format and covers, at an introductory level, the range of non means tested benefits giving main conditions of entitlement, rates and information on how to claim. Means tested benefits are dealt with in more detail to allow you to work out benefit entitlement to Income Support, income based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Pension Credit and Tax Credits covering both Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. You will also find information on payments from the Social Fund, the Family Fund and the Independent Living Fund. Order from the Welfare Benefits Unit, 17 Priory Street, York YO1 6ET Tel: 01904 646058 Price £3.70 per copy. WESTMINSTER BRIEFING ‘Local Authorities, Public Service Delivery and Voluntary Sector Partnerships: What Now for the Third Way?’ Thursday 21st July 2005 9.30am – 1.00pm Westminster The House Magazine presents a series of Westminster Briefings aimed at providing a forum for practitioners to debate key issues with leading figures from within Westminster, Whitehall and Local Government. Participants at this Westminster Briefing will have the opportunity to consider and discuss the prospects for “a new third way” in revolutionising existing public and social service delivery at the local level through greater involvement of voluntary organisations. With a new Parliament now in place, delegates will debate with the panel the prospects for greater diversity in service provision and consider the extent to which voluntary sector involvement will enhance local service delivery - be it in housing, healthcare, social services or education. Moreover, what can Government and local authorities do to turn this vision into reality? Delegates will be drawn from local authorities and councils, all sectors of the social & health services community, voluntary and community organisations, education authorities / councils, central government departments and bodies, academia and trade unions. All Westminster Briefings take place within close proximity of the Palace of Westminster; morning refreshments will be served upon arrival with a networking lunch to follow proceedings. Any special needs or dietary requirements should be notified to us upon booking. Places are limited; book early to secure your delegate place(s). For more information Email: parvin.madahar@westminster-briefing.com Website: www.westminster-briefing.com Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London, Tel: 020 7091 7697 Fax: 020–7091 7685 INKINDDIRECT Below is a list of items that have been available in recent catalogues. 17 inch (refurbished) monitor @ £50.00, 3 Berghaus rucksacks @ £20.00, 4 foldable aluminium skate scooters @ £15.00, 2 Braun steam irons @ £15.00, 36 Disney character cuddly toys @ £15.00, 3 Berghaus fleece jackets size 8, 10 and 12 @ £15.00, 2000 food bags @ £15.00, 5 Battery operated shaver pack @ £12.00, 5 Kids musical electric toothbrushes @ £15.00. From household names such as Bodyshop, Gillette, Braun, Mothercare, Scholl, Bosch, HP, Brother, Panasonic and many more. Also - software, stationery, sportswear, toiletries, rolls of material, laptop cases, batteries, power tools, computer games, duvet sets, plastic plates and much more. The catalogue is available to browse by prior arrangement at the LCVYS office in Preston between 10 am and 4 pm every weekday or we can arrange a time suitable to you. For more details about In Kind Direct visit their website www.inkinddirect.org MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT Maria Eagle MP has been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families. Her responsibilities include Connexions, the Children's Fund, young people's issues, youth services and the Teenage Pregnancy Unit. www.dfes.gov.uk/aboutus/whoswho/ministersinfo.shtml WEBSITE www.thehideout.org.uk A website for children and young people who witness domestic violence, launched by Women’s Aid. It offers practical support and advice to young people and has a “panic button” that instantly calls up another site in case an abusive parent enters the room. It also includes games designed to help children and young people express their feelings. WHITBREAD YOUNG ACHIEVERS DEADLINE APPROACHING The closing date for nominations for the Whitbread Young Achievers awards is Friday 15 July 2005. The awards celebrate the achievements of young people in four categories - arts, community, environment and sports and are open to young people aged 16 - 25. Creative Partnerships is working with Whitbread as their Arts Partner to encourage nominations in the arts category. Each category winner receives £2000 for personal or project development, £250 of leisure vouchers and a unique 12-month follow on support package. For the Arts winner, this could be anything from spending time backstage at a West End play to mentoring or professional help with a fundraising strategy. Winners will be recognised at a celebration event in London on 23rd September, hosted by TV presenter June Sarpong. For more details and a nomination form call 0800 904 7447 or visit: www.whitbreadyoungachievers.co.uk THE QUEEN’S AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE This award recognises the vital role played by the hundreds of thousands of ’unsung heroes’ of the voluntary and community world and emphasises the importance of continuing recognition of their work. Lancashire has attained three Awards: Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team Brunshaw Action Group West View Community Association LCVYS would like to offer congratulations to all three groups for achieving this prestigious award. Nomination forms are now available for next year’s awards visit www.queensawardvoluntary.org.uk Alternatively contact The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Office, Volunteering England, Regent’s Wharf, 8 All Saints Street London, N1 9RL Tel: 0845 000 2002 or Email: queensaward@volunteeringengland.org TWO NEW TRAINING DAYS FOR THE IDEAS INTO ACTON 2005 PROGRAMME Detached Youth Work – Targeted Projects – Thursday 21 July 2005, Liverpool Increasingly youth workers are being asked to target young people ‘at risk’ and those involved in anti-social behaviour and engage them in detached youth work projects. From generic youth services to Positive Activities for Young People, including the contribution that Connexions Personal Advisers make, this training day aims to: Consider the impact of recent legislation, including the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 and Transforming Youth Work, Look at the risk and protective factors that define ‘at risk’ groups, Consider ways to engage ‘hard to reach’ young people, Look at detached youth workers and the law and staying safe on the streets, Offer guidelines for Detached Youth Work, Share and promote good practice. Creating Youth Work Opportunities for Young People with Disabilities – 8 September 2005, The NYA, Leicester "As part of the NYA's training to celebrate the Year of the Volunteer 2005, September offers 'Creating Youth Work Opportunities for Young People with Disabilities' The aim of the training is to support youth workers in opening up opportunities for young people with disabilities and promoting citizenship. The day will offer participants an opportunity to consider current legislation, Consider the barriers to young people with disabilities accessing services and consider ways of increasing opportunities, Discuss Person Centred Planning, Try out activities to encourage active citizenship and promote young people with disabilities as volunteers, Share and celebrate good practice." The cost for both of these training days is £140.00 which includes a copy of the relevant activity pack, handouts, notes from the day and refreshments. Discounts are available upon request for voluntary organisations. For information about the Ideas into Action programme of events call Sara Dickinson, Events Co-ordinator, National Youth Agency, Eastgate House, 19-23 Humberstone Road, Leicester, LE5 3GJ Tel: 0116 242 7501 Fax: 0116 242 7502 email sarad@nya.org.uk or visit our website www.nya.org.uk/shared_asp_files/uploadedfiles/87547D16-8201-460B-944D-E5419B746C59_Newideasflyeramended.pdf EUROPEAN YOUTH EXCHANGE Cultural exchanges for youth groups. This is part of the EU Youth programme run through national agencies. In the UK’s case it is Connect Youth at the British Council. For the purposes of this programme, youth exchanges bring together groups or young people from 2 or more countries to meet, discuss and confront issues. They should have a clear theme that relates to the everyday lives of participants and have a “European dimension” bringing the concept of Europe to local communities and promoting positive awareness of other cultures. They are not for business meetings of youth organisations, holidays, language classes, school exchanges or study tours. There are 30 eligible countries, basically EU members plus those negotiating entry, and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. If groups in 2 EU countries get together they can apply for funds for an exchange with a further range of “third countries” in the Mediterranean region, eastern Europe and Latin America. Who can apply? Youth groups for young people aged between 15 and 25. there should be a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 60 participants across the groups, which should be broadly equal in number. The programme encourages the involvement of young people with less opportunity. There is a 9 page application form in which you will need to detail your costs. Grants can generally cover up to 70% of travel costs, plus fixed amounts for selected expenses. The form can be downloaded from www.britishcouncil.org/connectyouth-forms-european-youth-exchange-programmes.htm The next deadlines are 1 September 2005 for projects starting between 1 December 2005 and 30 April 2006 and 1 November 2005 for projects starting between 1 February and 30 June 2006 COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE COUNCIL (CYEC) The deadlines for bids for financial support from the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council for activities taking place between April 2006 and March 2007 are Friday 23rd September and Friday 14th October 2005. CYEC is an educational charity and registered national voluntary youth organisation. Its aim is the development of young people and their communities and the promotion of international understanding across the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth is a community of 54 nations. Enquiries should be made to CYEC on 020 7498 6151 or email mail@cyec.org.uk or visit the website www.cyec.org.uk FUNDERFINDER Funderfinder is available at the LCVYS office to all member organisations during office hours. To arrange a convenient time call 01772 250001 or email enquiries@lcvys.org.uk Also available - access to: the internet; printers; photocopier and fundraising resources - software, manuals, cd roms etc. CHILDREN’S FUND LOCAL NETWORK DEADLINE APPROACHING Friday 15th July Do you need between £250 and £7,000? Are you a small community group in the Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen or Blackpool areas? Can you organise projects or activities that directly benefit disadvantaged children or young people? If the answer to these questions is yes, then the Children’s Fund Local Network may be able to help. For an application pack telephone 0845 113 0161 The Local Network Fund covers the Lancashire area including Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen and targets children and young people aged 0 – 19 years who are recognised as facing disadvantage. The next deadline for application is: Friday 30 September 2005 This fund is currently being directly administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside, with outreach and support provided by LCVYS. Funding is available to help improve children’s lives in Lancashire, through the Children’s Fund Local Network. The Children’s Fund Local Network has been set up by the Department of Education to help tackle child poverty. The four main themes are: Aspirations and experiences, Economic disadvantage, Isolation and access, Children’s voices The priorities of the Fund are: First time applications Disadvantaged wards Minority ethnic groups For help with any aspect of the application procedure please call the LCVYS office on 01772 250001 FUTUREBUILDERS The second Futurebuilders application window is now open until midnight on Friday, 30 September 2005. For more information and details on how to apply please visit the Futurebuilders website www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk The Futurebuilders initiative aims to increase the participation of voluntary and community sector organisations in the delivery of public services. The fund focuses on five themes, deemed to be areas of public services in need of improvement. The themes are: community cohesion, crime, education and learning, health and social care, and support for children and young people. To date 38 investments have been made totalling over 12 million pounds. For all general enquiries please email: info@futurebuilders-england.org.uk or Tel: 0191 261 5200. Their telephone line is open on weekdays between 10:00am and 4:00pm (10:00 am to 12 noon only on Thursdays). LANCASHIRE’S GRANTS FOR GROWTH Lancashire’s Grants for Growth programme is a partnership programme between Lancashire County Council, Lancashire County Developments Ltd and the EU aimed at helping disadvantaged people overcome some of the barriers they face in moving towards opportunities in employment, education, training and volunteering. Projects must help individuals or groups who are not in paid work, develop their capacity and the skills they need to move towards voluntary work, paid work or training. If you are a local charity, voluntary organisation, not for profit organisation or social enterprise group, you may be able to apply. Grants are between £1,000 and £6,000. Grants up to £1,000 are available for smaller projects. Organisations cannot hold more than one Lancashire’s Grants for Growth at any one time and may only have one grant in a twelve month period. Tel: 01772 551896 for information or email: grantsforgrowth@lcdl.co.uk. Applications may be submitted at any time and will be awarded four times a year: April, July, October and December. The next deadlines are: 15 August and 15 October. If you are applying for less than £1,000 the application deadline is the 1st of each month, we aim to return a decision within 4 weeks. Groups that have previously received any form of ESF Funding in the past (other than from Global Grants 2003) cannot be awarded Lancashire’s Grants for Growth. CAMELOT FOUNDATION DEADLINE MONDAY 11 JULY ‘Transforming Lives’, which makes grants to voluntary organisations working with their target groups: Young parents or those at risk of becoming young parents; Young asylum seekers; Young people with mental health; Young disabled people. The Transforming Lives programme is looking for small to medium sized organisations across the UK that work with their priority groups, have imaginative ideas for engaging young people in community life, share their values and commitment to change. The deadline date for applying for a Transforming Lives grant is 11th July 2005. The Annual Leadership 4 Front Awards Deadline Monday 19 September 2005 Aims to develop skills, broaden thinking and encourage leadership capacity in organisations led by young people. There is still too little opportunity, or encouragement, given to people in voluntary organisations to take time out from frontline work and develop their own skills and leadership potential. There is even less opportunity for this kind of learning amongst user-led organisations - our annual awards aim to develop leadership in organisations run by young people. For information about the Transforming Lives programme, contact Julie Gilson, Grants Manager at the Foundation. Grant Guidelines and application forms for the Transforming Lives grants programme are available by sending an A4 SAE (33p stamp) to: Camelot Foundation, University House, 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EX Tel: 020 7828 6085 Fax: 020 7828 6087 Email: info@camelotfoundation.org.uk or visit the website: www.camelotfoundation.org.uk BIG LOTTERY FUND AND YOUTHBANK PARTNERSHIP Young people will now have a direct input into decision making about who benefits from £40 million of lottery cash over the next two years, following a partnership between the Big Lottery Fund and Youthbank UK. Following a grant to Youthbank UK, young people will have a direct say on where the Lottery money is spent in their local areas by participating in decision making panels in addition to being part of the projects and bids. This participatory approach is a key element of the Big Lottery's Young People's Fund. Experienced grantmakers aged 13 to 25 years old have already been taking up places on nine English regional panels formed by the Big Lottery Fund. These will meet every six weeks to allocate the money to local groups working with younger people. In each region these new decision making groups are made up of adults and young people who all have grantmaking expertise. The adults bring expertise from the voluntary and community sector, the youth work sector, the public sector and the Big Lottery Fund. Applications are made via the Big Lottery Fund offices and are assessed by grants officers before being taken to the panels who then work together to decide which organisations get funded. Visit www.biglotteryfund.org.uk THE PEOPLE’S MILLIONS To celebrate the 50th anniversary of ITV and the first birthday of the Big Lottery Fund, we’ve teamed up to give out National Lottery funding to projects that will benefit local communities. In 2005 we will make 50 grants of £50,000 across the ITV regions to community based projects with more grants to follow in 2006 and 2007. The Big Lottery Fund will assess and shortlist projects to be voted on by ITV viewers from 31 October to 4 November 2005. The winners will be announced on ITV on Monday 7 November 2005. For more information and to request an application pack visit the website www.thepeoplesmillions.org.uk CHANGES Carnegie UK Shifts Funding Focus The Carnegie UK Trust has shifted its strategic focus from short term grant giving to local organisations to supporting programmes that will make a sustained difference in people’s lives. The Trust is replacing its grants programmes to the voluntary sector. It will step up its investment in independent national enquiries and support larger scale action research designed to influence public policy and deliver longer-term change. Visit www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk Nationwide Foundation Closed to Applications The Nationwide Foundation is currently involved in a strategic review of its grant making activity and criteria and therefore is no longer accepting applications for funding. Their new funding criteria, along with details of how to apply, will be announced on their website in due course. For further information visit their website: www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk ADVISORY AND GRANT SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY/VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES Across rural England community groups are making increasing use of enterprise based approaches to achieve their social aims. Communities are taking over village shops and other key local businesses and reviving them to meet the real needs of their customers. Community facilities, such as village halls, are being run in more enterprising ways to reduce their dependence on grants and donations, and new social and community enterprises are being established with multiple social, environmental and economic aims. Enterprise for Inclusion is a new action research programme, financed by Defra, that aims to provide support to social enterprises and voluntary organisations which plan to commence or develop enterprise-based activities to the benefit of socially excluded people in English rural communities. It offers the opportunity to test this approach in a systematic way to inform public policy-makers on the development of future support programmes. The Programme will provide 100 packages of support to new or developing social and community enterprise activities. The support will be in the form of small grants and specialist advisory support. The size of each support package will vary according to the scale and complexity of the project, ranging from between 5 and 30 days of specialist advice from an experienced advisor and a grant towards the start up costs of the activity of between £2,000 and £12,000. The support package aims to ensure that the initiative has the best possible chance of long term success. The programme will support groups in 4 of the English regions: the North West, the North East, the East Midlands and the South West. Visit www.enterprise4inclusion.org.uk to download the application form and guidance notes. Applications may be submitted at any time up to and including 30th September 2005, when the Programme formally closes for applicants. For details contact the Policy and Liaison Co-ordinator for your region: North West & North East, Lucy Williams, Co-operatives UK, Holyoake House, Manchester, M60 0AS Tel: 0161 246 2945 Email: lucy.williams@cooperatives-uk.coop ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND (AHF) The AHF has announced its latest funding awards of £1,618,795 for restoration projects across the UK. The funding comprises loans and grants to building preservation trusts (BPTs) and other voluntary groups and charities. In addition, the building(s) you wish to save must be listed, and/or scheduled as an ancient monument, and/or in a Conservation Area. The project must involve a change of use (they cannot help to maintain buildings continuing on the same long-term ownership and use). Funds available include: feasibility study grants; refundable project development grants; low interest loans; project administration grants. Deadlines for the quarterly meetings are: 25 August for September meeting, 10 November for December meeting. For information contact The Architectural Heritage Fund, Clareville House, 26/27 Oxendon Street, London SW1Y 4EL. Phone 0207 925 0199, fax 0207 930 0295, email ahf@ahfund.org.uk or visit www.ahfund.org.uk. DISCLAIMER While LCVYS and its Members use their best efforts in collecting and preparing the information published herein, LCVYS hereby disclaims any liability for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions resulted from negligence or other causes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, LCVYS does not in any way vouch for the information supplied by Members about their organisations, or for the quality of their youth work. LCVYS reserves the right to edit. 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