Local Funds

Burnt Oak Community First Grants

Please find below new funding available through Everyday’s Tomorrow in partnership with Community Development Foundation for circulation to VCOs.

The grants come from a small panel working in partnership with Community Development Foundation (CDF) to distribute small funding to local third sector organisations working in Burnt Oak to deliver on the following priorities:

Address worklessness and long term unemployment
Address youth crime and antisocial behaviour particularly around violence and knife crime
Reduce social isolation with a particular interest in older people
Increase fitness, sport and exercise opportunities for people who do not participate in any activities currently

More information is available on their website. Funds are limited so please submit your grant proposals quickly.

To request a grant proposal pack please send an email to burnt-oak@everydaystomorrow.org.uk.

The local ward total funding allocation is £33,910. Over four years this is broken down as follows:

In year 1 January 2012-March 2012: £5,624

In year 2 April2012- March 2013: £8,489

In year 3 April 2013- March 2014: £8,488

In year 4 April 2014- March 2015: £11,309

Most grants will be for up to £750. In exceptional cases the panel will consider funding above this amount. The panel meets regularly and more details on the panel will follow.

London Borough of Barnet Corporate Grants Programme 2011/12

START-UP & ONE-OFF GRANTS

The 2011/12 Corporate Grants Programme offers grants of up to £10,000 to help either:

set up a new project or activity in Barnet in response to identified needs, or

with specific events, purchases or other non-recurring items of expenditure,

where a proposal complements one or more of the council’s key corporate priorities or Barnet’s Sustainable Community Strategy – see http://www.barnet.gov.uk/community-strategy for more information.

START-UP GRANTS

These are for a maximum of one year and may contribute towards capital and revenue costs.
Applications must be accompanied by a funding plan from year two onwards showing how the proposal will be maintained once the council’s grant ends.

ONE-OFF GRANTS

These may be subject to matching funding depending on the purpose for which help is sought and the amount required.

OUTCOMES

To qualify for consideration, applicants must show how a proposal aims to achieve at least one of these criteria:

support people to be independent and lead active lives
strengthen individuals’ resilience in challenging times
promote health and health outcomes
support people in changing behaviour (such as substance misuse or physical inactivity)
promote mixed communities (ensuring residents continue to feel that Barnet is a place where people from different communities get on together)
help to make sure that Barnet remains a safe and healthy place to live, work and study
reduce crime
reduce inequalities
create the conditions for children to develop skills to develop skills and acquire knowledge to lead successful adult lives
protect and enhance the natural and built environment so that the borough is clean and green
promote waste minimisation
ensure that town centres are vibrant places where business can thrive.

CHARACTERISTICS

Proposals will be enhanced if they demonstrate:

maximum value for money (clear outcomes for customers; high quality, flexible and responsive services; etc)
that services are designed around evidence of local need and the preferences of potential users
that services complement but do not overlap with existing or planned public sector provision
that services can be tailored to the needs of individuals
ease of access
that they are well interfaced with public sector services, where relevant
a focus on prevention
a commitment to sharing data with the public sector to facilitate insight into the needs of residents
that potential service users are involved in the design / and or running of services

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply please contact Ken Argent on 020 8359 2020 or by e-mail to Ken.Argent@barnet.gov.uk

DEADLINES:

Applications will be assessed on a quarterly basis. The final deadline for 2011/12 was 1 January 2012 and applications are currently being processed.

The next deadline will be notified as soon as it is agreed.

London Councils Grants

For details of the consultation regarding upcoming funding, please see Funding News page.

Milly Apthorp Charitable Trust: Continuation Fund

New bids are restricted to outings for elderly people, (£2K pa allocated), sport for youth (£40K pa) and projects for young people (£30K pa). The latter two funds are for young people aged between 7-17 years, who would not normally have access to sport outside school and home. Young people's projects are for those not engaged in mainstream activities and could be arts or theatre based, for example. Modestly costed activities would be appropriate.

There is no application form so please send a letter with details of your organisation, full project details of what are you going to do, who is it aimed at and how many will benefit. With your letter please send your budget and last year's accounts. You don't need to be a registered charity but you do need to be properly constituted.

Please post to: Milly Apthorp Continuation Fund att'n Jenny Dunford, c/o CommUNITY Barnet, 52 Moxon Street, Barnet, Herts EN5 5TS.

If you have any queries, you can currently contact Jenny by phone on 020 8364 8400 at the CommUNITY Barnet offices on Thursdays between 10 - 12. Alternatively, email mactcf@msn.com. Please allow time for a response. Thank you.