Dear All,
Erewash Voluntary Action is your local Infrastructure organisation that
will be affected by this consultation. We would urge you to inform them of the
value we provide in supporting groups through provision of one-to one support
for groups, volunteer brokerage, forums where people can come and find out
what’s happening and to share good practice, and projects such as Home
From Hospital, Befriending (currently on hold but also being reviewed later in
the year), Shopping Project, Room hire Social Prescribing, Erewash Mental
Health Partnership, Derbyshire Mental Health Forum and Social
Connectedness to name a few. This vital Core funding helps to
ensure that the organisation has the foundations to provide these much
needed services to our community.
We understand the need for a fair distribution of funding across
the county but this cut would see a £31,000 reduction in funding to Erewash
Voluntary Action.
This consultation is now live for a twelve week period.
I urge you to take part and help us to prove that you value the work we
undertake.
For more information on the impact for Erewash contact: Stella Scott
Chief Executive
stella@erewashcvs.org.uk Tel: 0115 9466740
Press Release from DCC
We launched the consultation into funding for local voluntary and
community sector (VCS) infrastructure organisations with a view to developing a
fairer more consistent way of allocating money to support our ambitions and
priorities.
We've already met with the infrastructure groups – umbrella
organisations which offer information, support, guidance, training and funding
advice to the local charitable sector – as well as health partners and district
and borough councils, to develop future funding principles based on:
- fairness and consistency
- outcomes (measurable
achievements)
- long term sustainability
We now want as many people as possible across the county to take part in
the consultation and give their views.
Our Cabinet Member for Health and Communities Councillor Carol Hart
said:
“We’ve already been out talking to
infrastructure organisations to find out what they need from us to carry out
their work in a sustainable way. Based on their feedback, we’ve come up with
some ideas and we’d now like to hear from as many people as possible on what
they think of our proposals.”
We give grants of more than £3 million a year to local voluntary and
charity groups carrying out valuable work for Derbyshire residents. A
proportion of the funding supports the infrastructure organisations – often local
council for voluntary service (CVS) groups.
The new proposals could see grants given out over 4 years instead of
one, distributed along borough and district boundary lines and key performance
indicators introduced.
Councillor Hart added:
“The way we fund organisations has developed organically over time which
has led to a fragmented approach. By developing a new funding framework, the
community and voluntary sector will have a better idea of what we expect from
our funding.
“The sector is also asking us to look at providing funding over the
longer term to give it stability.
“As an Enterprising Council one of our key priorities is to create
empowered and self-sufficient local communities. Supporting the voluntary and
community sector to grow and thrive is central to achieving this.”
A report on the outcome of the consultation is due back before Cabinet
in the summer.
Her is a link to the survey and more on the consultation.
if
you would like help in completing this questionnaire then please call into the
office on Granville Ave and one of us will help you.
Thank
you for your support
Stella Scott
Chief Executive Officer
