Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Keeping Erewash Healthy Information Event - Mental Health



Keeping Erewash Healthy Information Event

Mental Health

what’s happening in the voluntary & community sector in Erewash.

 The session will include a presentation on a presentation on the Joined Up Care Derbyshire mental health work-stream as well as presentations relevant to community mental health support for adults.

 
Erewash residents are encouraged to attend.

 
There will be opportunities to ask questions after the presentations.

 
Refreshments will be available

 
Tuesday 5th November
10am - 12 Noon

Kirk Hallam Community Centre, 2 Queen Elizabeth Way, Ilkeston, DE7 4NU

 

Wednesday 6th November
1pm - 3pm

Erewash Voluntary Action, Granville Avenue, Long Eaton, NG10 4HD

 

Please contact Stella Scott for more information

email: stella@erewashcvs.org.uk or to book email: lee@erewashcvs.org.uk or telephone 0115 9466740

 
BOOKING ESSENTIAL

 



 

 

Erewash Voluntary Action AGM



Erewash Voluntary Action AGM
commences at 5.00pm

on

Thursday 26th September 2019

Buffet available from 4.30pm

 

 

Join us at

Granville Avenue, Long Eaton

Derbyshire, NG10 4HD

 

Come along and hear about the projects we are involved in and our plans for the future
 
 
 

Thursday, 22 August 2019

Job Vacancy GP Link Worker.


 
JOB VACANCY

 
 

GP Link Worker
 

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge where you can make a genuine difference to people’s lives? How about joining a team at Erewash Voluntary Action as a Community Link Worker for Erewash.

The Erewash Primary Care Network (PCN) is a collaboration of the 13 GP practices in Erewash working together  and  is committed to improving the care of patients in Erewash.

The Erewash Primary Care Network is  working with Erewash Voluntary Action to take forward Social Prescribing in the area. Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to ‘link workers’ who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach to an individual’s health and wellbeing, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

If you are a self-motivated, dedicated ‘people-person’ whose passion is to support and empower individuals to take control of their health and wellbeing, you could be just what we are looking for.

If you are a creative, innovative thinker, who would love the challenge of working across exciting new partnerships within the Primary Care Network and working collaboratively with NHS and Voluntary Sector colleagues in Erewash, this could be the job for you.

The post will be hosted by Erewash Voluntary Action.

You will adopt an holistic, non-medical, person-centred approach to your caseload, co-designing action plans to improve health and wellbeing based on ‘what matters’ to the person and their individual strengths and needs – and supporting them to achieve their goals.

Ideally you will have worked in a similar role before, but this position would also be suited to someone with good local knowledge, appropriate experience and enthusiasm. If you are proactive, enthusiastic, person-centred and hold a clean driving licence with unlimited access to a car, then we would love to hear from you.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 26th September 2019 4pm

Interview date: 9th October 2019

For an application pack email: stella@erewashcvs.org.uk Or send an A4 SAE (Large letter stamp) to Stella Scott, Erewash Voluntary Action, Granville Avenue, Long Eaton NG10 4HD

For an informal discussion call Stella Scott Chief Executive Officer, 0115 9466740 Or email stella@erewashcvs.org.uk
 
 
 

Friday, 2 August 2019

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES August 2019


FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

AUGUST 2019

Erewash Voluntary Action Small Grants Scheme

Small grants are available through the Erewash Small Grants Scheme for local Erewash community and voluntary groups.  Groups can apply for up to £1,500 as long as projects meet at least one of the health priorities of the scheme.  The aim of the grant is to help improve services and opportunities for local people. Funding can help support things like equipment, events, activities and guest speakers.

The Erewash Small Grants Scheme is funded by Derbyshire Council Adult Care Services and Erewash Borough Council.  The scheme also incorporates Derbyshire County Council Public Health small grants funding. 

Applicants must meet as a minimum one of the grant scheme health priorities which includes the Erewash Public Health locality priorities – reduce alcohol and drug related harm, increase uptake of healthy lifestyles, raise aspirations of young people and the community, improve emotional health and wellbeing and older people and dementia.

It is advised to read the application guidance and contact the Development Worker for help or further information.

Applications can be made at any time using the grant application form 

For further details contact Catriona Paterson Development Worker at Erewash Voluntary Action catriona@erewashcvs.org.uk or telephone 0115 9466740.

Erewash Voluntary Action manages the small grants scheme in partnership with Erewash Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council Adult Care and Derbyshire County Council Public Health.

Further information – www.erewashvoluntaryaction.org.uk
 

Erewash Borough Council – Community Grant Scheme

Erewash Borough Council's Community Grant Scheme gives both large and small voluntary organisations the chance to apply for funding of up to £2,000 for projects and services that benefit Erewash residents. The Council has continued its support for voluntary organisations and has again made funding available to help as many groups as possible.

 

The Community Grants programme offers the chance for organisations and groups to apply for a grant of up to £2,000, subject to eligibility, for innovative projects that help and support residents in the borough and the council is particularly keen to hear about new or ground-breaking projects that could be helped by the money.

 

Subject to funding remaining available, details of further funding rounds will be published on the Erewash Borough Council web site.

For further information contact Colin Handley Community Engagement Officer Telephone 0115 9072244 ext. 3575 or email EBCsmallgrants@erewash.gov.uk

 

Erewash Borough Council – Members Scheme

For the 2019-2020 financial year each Erewash councillor has £500.00 to award to organisations within their ward. It is for each councillor to determine which project(s) or organisation(s) they wish to support. The scheme allows a wide degree of flexibility in the type of project a councillor may support and the amount (minimum £50) they wish to allocate, subject to approval.

For more information about the scheme contact Colin Handley - colin.handley@erewash.gov.uk.
 

Foundation Derbyshire

Foundation Derbyshire offers a wide range of funding programmes with most grants up to £2,000.  Grants are available for voluntary and community groups, not for profit organisations and charities usually for a 12 month period.

For further information:  www.foundationderbyshire.org

Contact the grants team 01773 525860 or email: hello@foundationderbyshire.org

The Fund offers small grants of a minimum £50 up to £5,000. The award period is one year and groups are welcome to reapply to the fund after that time.

Applications are made on-line

For further information:  www.foundationderbyshire.org

Contact the grants team 01773 525860 or email: hello@foundationderbyshire.org

 
Derbyshire County Council – Action Grants
 

Derbyshire County Council have launched a new grant scheme called Action Grants for groups, clubs, local authorities, local charities and other non-profit organisations working in communities.  There are grants themes and these include:

 

·       Youth activity

·       Community Safety

·       Community Activity

·       Physical Activity and Sport

 

The Action Grants programme will run for a period of two years from May 2018 until the end of May 2020. 

 

There are three levels of funding across the four themes:

 

·       Small Grants up to £500

·       Medium Grants up to £5,000

·       Large Grants up to £10,000

 

There is an application form which needs to be completed.  Applications for small grants will be sorted quarterly, medium and large grants can be applied for annually.

 


 

The next date for small applications is 30 September 2019

 
#IWill Fund – Social Action for Young People

#iwill is a UK-wide campaign that aims to make social action part of life for as many young people as possible by the year 2020. Through collaboration and partnership, it is spreading the word about the benefits of youth social action.

Step Up To Serve, The National Lottery Community Fund and the Government Office for Civil Society have invested £2 million this year to fund groups delivering youth social action opportunities.

 

Nottingham Community Foundation are supported by Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service and Nottingham Police and Crime Commissioner.

 

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation will be administering 2019 grants for groups in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

 

Grants

·       Grants are between £1,000 and £5,000.

·       Projects can be up to a year in duration.

·       Grants should deliver campaigning, fundraising and/or volunteering opportunities for young people age 10 to 20 years old, or up to 25 for disabled people.

 

Who is eligible for a grant?

·       This fund is open to registered charities, constituted community groups and other charitable organisations including Social Enterprises and CICs limited by guarantee in England.

·       National organisations with local branches (with their own management committee and bank account) can apply.

·       The organisations that can demonstrate they are financially robust can apply.

 

Amounts available and rounds

·       The #iwill Fund will provide funding of between £1000 and £5000 for each project.

 

The fund will open for applications on 3rd June 2019 and close on 12th August 2019.

 

The grants panel will make decisions on applications in September.

 

For full details about the grant, including what they will and wont fund, what projects they are looking for and much more visit: www.nottscf.org.uk/grants/iwill-fund/

or call the Nottingham Community Foundation on 01623 620202 or email enquiries@nottscf.org.uk.

 
 

 

Derbyshire Environmental Trust Capital Funding Scheme 2019-2020

The Derbyshire Environmental Trust is running its own funding scheme aiming to distribute around £40,000 in 2019/2020.

Projects must lie within the county of Derbyshire and within 10 miles of s licensed landfill site.  Applications will be considered from not-for-profit community/environmental organisations and parish/town councils.

The minimum grant request will be £5,000 and a maximum of £20,000.

Examples of the types of projects that would be eligible include the provision and maintenance and repair of children’s lay areas, skate parks, multi-use games areas, sports fields, community centres/villages halls.

The closing date for applications is 25 October 2019

For more information, telephone: 01629 539182/538614 or email: det@derbyshire.gov.uk

Inter Faith Youth Trust Small Grants Programme

Grants are available for organisations involved in inter faith projects for young people that take place in the UK during faith week.

The Inter Faith Youth Trust offers grants to organisations throughout the UK and aims to fund projects providing inter faith educational projects in order to improve collaboration and understanding between religious groups.  Inter faith week will take place from 10 – 17 November 2019.

The deadline is Friday 23 August 2019

Further information - www.ifyouthtrust.org.uk/?page_id=8

Space to Connect Grants Scheme – Co-op Foundation

Space to Connect is a £1.6 million partnership between the Co-op Foundation and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.  It builds on the community to unlock the potential of community spaces as part of the government’s loneliness strategy.

There are two strands of funding:

·       Enhance – grants of between £30,000 - £50,000 that are already using a community space in an innovative and creative way and want to expand activities.  The deadline for this strand is 31 July 2019 at noon.

·       Explore – grants of up to £10,000 for organisations that want to start exploring ways that local challenges can be addressed through better use of space that could be opened up for community use.  The deadline for applications is 12 August 2019 at noon.

The work must take place in England between October 2019 and 31 March 2020.


Centre for Social Justice (CJS) Awards 2020 Invite Applications

The CJS are inviting grassroots charities and social enterprises from across GB to apply to the annual awards.  Six winners will receive £10,000 each to scale their impact.

The awards are focused on finding charities and social enterprises who are providing themselves effective at preventing and tackling poverty in Britain.

There are six categories:

·       Addiction

·       Family

·       Work

·       Education

·       Criminal Justice

·       Financial Inclusion

The award judges will be interested in organisations with particular aspects.

Charities can apply to multiple categories but will be only able to win one award.

Deadline for entries is 7 October 2019.

 

NHS England Grants to Showcase Good Practice in Healthcare

One off grants are available to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to support projects that showcase good practice around patient and citizen involvement in healthcare in England.

Grants of up to £2,500 are being made available to VCSE organisations.  Applicants will need to explain how they have involved patients and citizens in healthcare projects and how they plan to use the grant to share and showcase their work in a creative way.

Deadline for applications is 23 September 2019


Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme

Grants are available to provide security measures to places of worship in England and Wales that have been subject to, or are vulnerable to a hate crime attack.

Grants of up to £56,000 per place of worship are available.  Places of worship need to contribute at least 20% of the total cost of the project.

There are a number of eligible items of expenditure as well as restrictions

The deadline for applications is 31 August 2019


Bright Ideas Fund

The Bright Ideas Fund supports new community business ideas through the start-up and planning stages with tailored business support, to the implementation stage with grants of up to £15,000  Open to community groups, associations and organisations across England who have a good idea for a community business but need help developing it.

The Bright Ideas Fund opens on Tuesday 6 August 2019 and will close on 30 September 2019


Postcode Community Trust

Registered charities and community groups can apply for grants of £500 - £20,000 from the Postcode Community Trust for projects to help people ensuring they have the skills, opportunities and rights to improve their lives.  Projects need to fight poverty and discrimination.

To be eligible projects should focus on:

·       Prevention of poverty

·       Promotion of human rights

·       Combatting discrimination

Only registered charities can apply for grants above £2,000

Applicants successful to the deadline will be invited to submit full proposals during September.

Closing date is 14 August 2019

Further information:  www.postcodecommunitytrust.org.uk/

GSK Impact Awards

The GSK Impact awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.  The awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health related field in the UK with a total annual income of between £80,000 and £2.5 million.

Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000

Winning organisations will have  a film made, receive support with press and publicity and be given a set of promotional materials.  They will also be offered free training and development valued at £9,500

Closing date for applications 23 September 2019


Lloyds Bank Foundation – Enable Programme

Enable grants fund activities related to the development and improvement of a charity’s capability.  Enable grants are awarded to charities that meet the eligibility criteria and have clear identified development areas which will support their growth.

There is one online eligibility questionnaire followed by an initial application.  If criteria and eligibility are met charities will be contacted to complete a full application form and assessment.

Grants of up to a total of £15,000 across one or two years.

The application deadline is 31 August 2019

For further information: www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/wefund


British Cycling Places to Ride Programme

Grants are available to not for profit organisations in England that are developing cycling activity in their community.

The key objectives of the programme are to:

·       Inspire people to ride

·       Connect the community

·       Build a lasting legacy

There are two levels of funding:

·       Small grants of between £1,000 and £50,000 are available. 

·       Larger grants of up to £500,000

The funder is looking for organisations that really understand cycling and applications will be accepted from not-for profit organisations located in England.  Match funding is required between 25 – 50%

Applications can be submitted anytime until 15 January 2021.  Decisions will be made every 12 weeks.



Green Hall Foundation

The objective of the Green Hall Foundation is to sustainably improve lives among the sick, elderly, disabled and disadvantaged particularly in the UK.

Preference is given to appeals where the Foundation can meet a significant proportion of the funding required and to appeals where permanent equipment or building is required as opposed to funding salaries and charity running costs.

Typical awards are £1,000 to £10,000

Trustees will meet in November and only the first 100 applications go forward to the Trustees for consideration.

The next round of applications opens on 1 September 2019

Further information: www.greenhallfoundation.org/how-to-apply/

Tech to Connect Challenge

The Tech to Connect Challenge is funded by DCMS as part of the ‘Let’s Talk Loneliness’ campaign to help tackle the stigma of loneliness and encourage people to speak out.

Applicants need to outline a problem related to social isolation and set out how technology could help to address it.  Seven finalist will be invited to follow a five month programme of guided support.

The deadline is 7 August 2019


Henry Smith Grants for Young People

The Henry Smith Charity offers funding for recreational trips and holidays for groups of disabled or disadvantaged children aged 13 and under.

Grants range in size from £500 to £2,500.  Eligible applicants should be either a school, a small charity or a not for profit organisation.



Concertina

Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly.  The organisation is keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding.

Charities are invited to make an application to the Trustees via the administrator.  Grants are a maximum of £250.

Trustees review applications after the deadline date of 31 October 2019

Further information: www.concertinamusic.org.uk


Skipton Building Society

The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation was established in February 2000 and is exclusive to registered charities and support is given by way of direct donations. The Society makes an annual payment to the Foundation to fund these grants.

 

Independent of the Society and its policies, the Foundation's decisions are determined by a Board of Trustees, the majority of which are independent of the Society.

 

The Charitable Foundation is run by seven trustees, including five who are independent of the Society. It's their job to decide which good causes will benefit from our support. The foundation is supported by two volunteer administrators.

 

Charities that apply to the Foundation will be considered for donations up to £3,000

 

The Trustees usually meet quarterly in March, June, September and December.

 

 

 

 

FUNDING REMINDERS

Near Neighbours Small Grant Fund

The Near Neighbours small grants programme has reopened with new guidelines for 2019.

The Near Neighbours programme offers small grants between £250 and £5,000, as seed funding for local groups and organisations who are working to bring together neighbours.

Eligible groups and organisations must be working to develop relationships across diverse faiths and ethnicities in order to improve their communities.

To be eligible for one of our small grants, your project should meet the following criteria:

·       Bringing people together

·       Working locally

·       Working sustainably

·       Improving the community

·       Committing to diversity

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with a final deadline for applications 11 October 2019

For further information:  www.near-neighbours.org.uk/small-grants
 

Wilkinson’s – Helping Hands

Charity or community groups in need of a helping hand can visit a Wilkinson store to pick up an application form.  Every Wilkinson store has a small budget to help their local community to do great things.


 

For any further details please contact:

Catriona Paterson – Development Worker

Erewash Voluntary Action

Granville Avenue

Long Eaton

Derbyshire

NG10 4HD

Tel: 0115 9466740