Youth Access

Funding News February 10

13 January, 2010

Government funding for support to victims of sexual violence.
The Government has announced that funding for voluntary agencies that provide support to victims of sexual violence will be streamlined with the establishment of a one-year combined fund for 2010/11.The fund has been created by merging the Office for Criminal Justice Reform Victims Fund and the Government Equalities Office Special Fund, in order to simplify the application and administration process for voluntary organisations in the sector. The combined fund will mean there is a single application and monitoring process.

Services for Victims of Sexual Violence and Abuse. The purpose of this fund is to provide funding to voluntary sector services for victims of sexual violence and abuse with the aim of ensuring the continuation of front-line services at risk of reduction or closure.
The grant scheme is open to all existing voluntary sector organisations within England and Wales that provide support to victims of sexual violence and abuse. This includes organisations supporting: victims of recent and historical sexual violence and abuse; child victims; particularly vulnerable groups (e.g. individuals with learning disabilities and sex workers); victims of female genital mutilation; female and/or male victims; and victims of sexual violence/abuse which has occurred as a result of stalking.

The maximum grant available is £50,000 and is for the 2010/2011 financial year only; there is no commitment for future funding.

Organisations must demonstrate that, due to funding difficulties, front-line services for victims of sexual violence and abuse are at risk of (a) reduction, (b) closure or (c) temporary suspension.

Grant funding will only be provided to services aimed primarily at victims of sexual violence and abuse. Applicants must have in place child/vulnerable adult protection policies for all work involving young or vulnerable people. Where counselling is provided, applicants must be able to demonstrate that the organisation’s counselling services are compliant with appropriate independent professional guidelines (e.g. BACP or similar) or that counsellors are accredited by the appropriate professional body. Where support services, such as the provision of advocacy or telephone advice, are provided, applicants must be able to demonstrate that appropriate training is provided to staff undertaking these roles.

Organisations will need to demonstrate a high level of need for their service; and experience and excellence in the provision of services for victims of sexual violence and abuse.
The closing date for receipt of application is 22 February 2010
For further details and to down load a copy of the application form and guidance notes visit the Home Office Crime Reduction Website

Grants for Independent Sexual Violence Advisers
The Home Office is also inviting organisations working in the sector to apply for grants to fund Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs). ISVAs support victims of sexual violence by helping them to access services and supporting them as their cases progress through the criminal justice system.
ISVAs funded by the Home Office must:

• Provide a victim-focused, independent service, distinct from the role of crisis worker or counsellor;
• Work in partnership with a range of local statutory and voluntary services to provide best support for victims: this should include agreeing referral pathways with the police, with the SARC where there is one within the police force area and other agencies as appropriate;
• Provide support to victims in relation to the criminal justice process, from reporting a crime, or deciding whether to report a crime, throughout the investigation and prosecution process, and post-trial as necessary;
• Provide advice and support across a wide range of issues, such as housing, health and education that will help to support the victim and ensure their ongoing safety in the aftermath of the abuse.

The grant scheme is open to all existing voluntary sector organisations within England and Wales with expertise in working with victims of sexual violence and abuse. This includes organisations supporting: victims of recent and historical sexual violence and abuse; child victims; particularly vulnerable groups (e.g. individuals with learning disabilities and sex workers); victims of female genital mutilation; female and/or male victims; and victims of sexual violence/abuse which has occurred as a result of stalking.

The maximum grant available is £20,000 and is for the 2010/2011 financial year only there is no commitment for future funding.

Funds are available for running costs (e.g. salary, training and expenses costs for the ISVA post). As the grant scheme is intended to fund specific ISVA posts, funding is not expected to be used on management or overhead costs.

Priority will be given to:
• organisations that demonstrate a high level of need for their service;
• organisations that demonstrate a high level of experience and excellence in the provision of services for victims of sexual violence and abuse;
• organisations that demonstrate strong partnership working with police, Sexual Assault Referral Centres and other partners, including evidence of agreed referral pathways;
• organisations that can demonstrate match-funding and sustainability for the ISVA posts beyond 2010/11.

The closing date for receipt of application is 22 February 2010

For further details and to down load a copy of the application form and guidance notes visit the Home Office Crime Reduction Website

Youth of Today Leadership Fund supports organisations in the third sector to address key challenges of how to scale up innovative youth leadership programmes. Up to 30 grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available. The grants aim to:

• Help more young people take on leadership roles in their community.
• Create more opportunities for young people to influence the decisions affecting them. 
• Raise the quality of youth leadership opportunities. 
• Enable small organisations to grow.
  

The fund is looking for innovative projects that are unlikely to find funding from other sources. The grant should be used to develop and expand youth leadership programmes – including delivery costs, staff costs and small capital items (up to 20% of the grant awarded).
The next application round will open towards the end of February 2010.
For further details visit the Youth of Today website

Hilton in the Community Foundation makes grants to a wide range of charities and organisations that meet one of their chosen areas of focus which include Young People – Education; Young People – Health.
Applications are rigorously assessed to ensure that the best projects reaching the most disadvantaged young people are prioritised. The Foundation aims to support a range of causes helping young people, across the UK and Ireland.
There is no limit on the amount of money that a charity can request. However, the Foundation generally will not make awards of over £50,000 (per year). Funding can be requested for up to 3 years for any particular project.
Next application deadline: 16 February 2010 for 18 March Meeting.
The Foundation receives thousands of telephone and email enquiries and hundreds of completed applications each year, making the grant award process highly competitive.
For further details, guidance and an application form visit the Hilton in the Community website

Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust - Winding up Process the trustees have now decided to wind down the Trust over a period of between five and ten years. This means that they will be increasing the level of annual spend and will be looking for opportunities to award a number of more substantial grants that will have an enduring impact. The Trust supports registered charities in England, and priority areas include:
 
Reducing Reoffending: projects aiming to improve the lot of people in prison and smooth the transition for those leaving prison, maximising their chances of successful resettlement
Improving Prospects: projects providing meaningful occupation for young people aged 14-19 to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion; work to improve the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers

Repairing Communities: projects led from within the community with the aim of integrating different social and ethnic groups in pursuit of worthwhile goals

Repairing Lives: projects making a lasting impact on the lives of people with substance misuse problems; projects helping people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness

Grants are available for both revenue and capital costs. Main grants are between £10,000 and £250,000 over a period of 1 to 3 years, and it usually takes between 3 and 6 months for the Trust to reach a decision if your application is taken forward to the final stage.
Small grants of up to £5,000 are also available for smaller charities, and these may be awarded in as little as 2 to 3 months.
There is no closing date and online applications only.
For further details visit the John Paul Getty Jr. Trust website

Santander Foundation brings together the charitable donations formerly made in the UK by Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley savings business. The Foundations priorities are:

Education and training - This does not have to be formal training or lead to a qualification. It could be any activity disadvantaged people undertake where they improve their confidence in a skill or their understanding of a subject e.g. independent living skills, anger management, improving self-esteem,

Financial capability - This covers activities that help disadvantaged people understand how to manage their money. It could include budgeting skills, accessing affordable credit as well as managing the challenges that arise from being a carer, unemployment, disability or relationship break-up.

All funding is for one-off donations. Grants are available for both capitol and revenue costs.

Grants of up to £10,000 can be awarded anywhere in the UK where there is a branch of Santander or Alliance & Leicester to registered charities.
Grants of up to £30,000 are available in the following Community Partnership areas where the foundation has significant presence:

• London Borough of Camden
• Milton Keynes covering Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire 
• Leicestershire and Rutland 
• Sheffield covering South Yorkshire 
• Bradford covering West Yorkshire 
• Teesside covering the area from Redcar to Darlington and Sunderland 
• Merseyside 
• Greater Glasgow 
• Northern Ireland
  

There is no application form, all applications should be made in writing .You can download a grant application cover sheet which can be used as a check list. The Foundation operates a rolling programme with no deadline dates
For further details visit the Santander Website: 

Health and Social Care Volunteer Fund provides grants to support volunteering in health and social care. The Fund will prioritise local organisations that can demonstrate one or more of the following:

• Innovation in volunteering practice
• Clear potential to develop, for example in terms of scale of operation, delivering to a new area or in engaging new groups of volunteers
• Participation in local partnerships which may develop into more formal arrangements as part of longer-term sustainability strategies
• Capacity to embed support, deliver long-term sustainability and maximise dissemination of effective practice. 

The first round will be for local projects followed by a second round later in the year to support a national scheme. Local projects will be targeted through a rolling programme of application rounds in each government region. Regions will be clustered in the following groups, which will be invited to apply for funding in this order:

North East and North West
East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside
South Central, South West and West Midlands
London, South East and East of England

You will need to register with the Volunteering Fund before applying; this is to avoid wasting time and effort on completing an ineligible application.
For further information including the priorities and guidance on how to apply, visit the Volunteering Fund website
Telephone: 0845 172 8058.

The Archer Trust supports small UK charities that provide aid or support to a defined group of needy or deserving people, for instance those with physical or mental disabilities or the disadvantaged, particually organisations working in areas of high unemployment and deprivation and for whom a grant of between £250 and £3,000 will make a big difference. They also favour charities who make good use of volunteers .

Applications should be sent by post to: The Secretary, The Archer Trust, Bourne House, Wadesmill, Ware, Herts, SG12 0TT

Replies may take some time because the trustees only meet twice a year, normally in March and September.
For more information please visit the Archer trust website

Community Voices grants are available through Media Trust to support projects that are community driven, and involve members of the community using the digital media, to gain skills and confidence. Media Trust will select 26 community projects to receive funding of £1,500, £7,000 or £14,000. Support will be offered from digital mentors to help projects make a difference in their communities and projects will be promoted through the Media Trust website and press contacts throughout the country.

The closing date for applications is 28 February 2010 and you can apply online, or in writing by downloading the Application Form,
For further details visit the Media Trust Website
Or telephone 020 7217 3751.

UIA Charitable Foundation is a small-grant-making trust, established to provide financial support to organisations that help people in need. They rarely support requests of over £1,000 and support small organisations or groups which deal with:

• Victims of domestic abuse
• Victims of drug and alcohol addiction
• Rehabilitation of offenders
  

Committee meetings are usually held twice a year, in March and September.
Applications should reach the company no later than the beginning of February or August.  Please note that receipt of an application does not guarantee that it will be considered at the next meeting.
You will be informed of the decision in writing as soon as possible after the meeting.
For further details visit the UIA Charitable Foundation website 

London only - John Lyon's Charity awards grants to registered charities (or groups that have automatic charitable status) for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and Westminster.
Average grants are £17,000 and include a range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes.
The application process involves sending an initial proposal to the Grants Office with including a summary of the main purpose of the project, details of the overall amount requested, timescale and some indication of how funds would be used.
Guidelines on writing an initial proposal letter can be downloaded from the website.
If you qualify for Stage Two you will be advised by the Grants Officer.
The next closing date for Stage One - Initial Proposals is:
Friday 26 February 2010 for the May / June Trustee meeting
For further details visit the John Lyons Charity website

Comic Relief - UK Grants
Comic Relief usually awards grants for between one and three years for running costs and capital costs. (They do not fund capital costs where they are part of a much larger appeal.) There is no minimum or maximum grant in most of their programmes, but where there are limits, these are clearly stated in the programme guidelines. Their grants on average vary between £25,000 and £40,000 per year, and rarely exceed this upper limit.
Comic Relief has a UK programme which targets work with Young People aged 11 – 25 years. Priorities include:

Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Young People which aims to reduce harm to young people who have been sexually exploited or trafficked. Organisations will need to show how their work will help deliver one or more of the following outcomes:
Fewer young people will be sexually exploited or trafficked
More sexually exploited and/or trafficked young people and those at risk will know their rights, understand their situation and/or have access to the help and support they need
More sexually exploited and/or trafficked young people will have increased choice to make positive decisions about their futures.
 
Young People and Alcohol aims to provide support for young people aged 11-25 who are drinking excessively. Organisations will need to show how their work will help deliver one or more of the following outcomes:
A reduction in alcohol consumption by young people
A reduction in harm and increased access to help for young people who have alcohol problems
Closer working relationships between alcohol and young people's services

An increase in relevant skills to deliver services targeted at young people who have alcohol problems

Young People with Mental Health Problems -This programme aims to provide support to young people with mental health problems aged 11-25.
There are two strands to the programme:

Services for young people
They are keen to fund a range of services and approaches to help young people experiencing mental health make positive changes in their lives. This could include individual counselling, group work or peer support. They especially welcome applications where support is provided in settings in which young people feel comfortable, and do not fear being labelled or stigmatised.

Training
They will also fund work that ensures those working with young people with mental health problems, especially in general youth work settings, have access to good quality training to improve their skill base and confidence levels.
For both stands organisations will need to show how their work will help deliver one or more of the following outcomes:
Increased access to appropriate services for young people with mental health problems, resulting in improved mental health.
A greater understanding and specialist skill base amongst practitioners working with young people with mental health needs.

The deadline for the next grant making cycle is:
5 March 2010
For further details visit the Comic Relief Website