Sector Development Update
News, tools and resources to help your organisation .....
FUNDING
£160 million available for youth facilities from Big Lottery Fund ...
Big Lottery Fund is awarding £160 million on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) for projects delivering world class youth facilities. Young people must be actively involved in the projects which must deliver four specific outcomes and demonstrate cross-sector partnership between public sector bodies and third and/or private sector organisations.
There is a fast track process for developed projects and a standard process for less developed projects.
Application and guidance materials for Round 1 will be available from 6 May 2008. The deadline for fast track applications is 29 July 2008 and the deadline for the standard route is 30 September 2008. Round 2 is expected to open early 2009.
More details available from Big Lottery Fund or download the leaflet.
Basis Round 2
Big Lottery Fund recently launched Round 2 of the very popular Basis programme which aims to develop high-quality support and services for voluntary sector organisations around England. Only organisations (such as Councils for Voluntary Service, Development Agencies etc) that provide support, advice, information, campaigning, advocacy and training to other voluntary organisations are eligible to apply.
Basis Round 1 awarded £101 million to 206 infrastructure organisations across England. Round 2 has a much smaller £50 million budget with only £5.6 million available for the West Midlands region.
The smaller budget means that Round 2 is much more focused than Round 1 with very clear and detailed priorities and criteria for applications. There are ten priorities for the West Midlands including projects that broaden infrastructure organisations' funding base (ie sustainable income), increase infrastructure support for small organisations and encourage collaborative working across the region. A maximum of 16 projects will be funded across the West Midlands and of those nine are specifically targeted at:-
- BME communities
- Young people
- Disabled people
- Shropshire
- Birmingham
- Sandwell
- Stoke on Trent
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Big Lottery Fund are very clear that if your project does not meet one of the ten priorities they will not fund you, so it is very important to read the Regional Priorities. For more information about Basis please visit the Big Lottery Fund Basis pages or contact the Big Advice Line on 0845 602 1659.
TRAINING
Tendering for Birmingham Health & Wellbeing Partnership (bWell) Contracts : £Free
bWell are providing three, free half-day training sessions to de-mystify the tendering process before the official launch of their tenders.
8 and 9 May at BVSC
Enquiries to alvina.nisbett@bhwp.nhs.uk or elaine.russell@bhwp.nhs.uk or download the booking form.
Risk Management : London
NCVO is hosting a seminar with Charity Business and CaSE Insurance looking at ways to analyse and manage your risk. Using real examples they will demonstrate the importance of effective risk management in your organisation. Information and bookings at
Common Inspection Framework
Improve your understanding of the links between CIF and learning
processes, CIF and Quality assurance systems and the components of the CIF. Hosted by Birmingham Settlement and Groundwork West Midlands.
14 May 2008 : 9.30am to 12.30pm
Download a Booking Form or for more information contact Zabaida Bi at e-mail zbi@groundwork.org.uk or on 0121 237 5891
Sustainable Income : Getting Ready for Enterprise : £25
If your organisation has ideas for generating income through trading but needs some help, this one-day course delivered by NCVO's Sustainable Funding Project will be useful. You'll explore what skills, capacity and resources you need to trade, find out how to research and market your product and discuss legal issues and financial implications.
The course is not about bidwriting or fundraising and is aimed at Managers, Trustees and Development Workers.
14 October 2008 at BVSC
Download the Booking Form and flyer for more information.
SEMINARS
Migration & Regeneration : Impacts, Issues and Implications : £Free
RegenWM are hosting this free seminar to help practitioners, organisations and policy-makers understand and respond to changing migration patterns.
23 May 2008 at BVSC : 10 am to 4 pm
Places are limited. More information from RegenWM's Website. To attend please complete a booking form and fax it to 0121 202 3261.
If you have any problems using the links or require further information, please contact Matthew Poole on 0121 202 3260 or email matthew.poole@regenwm.org.
Local
Connexions Voluntary Sector Forum (CVSF)
Help shape Connexions' future strategy and policy for young people, develop networking opportunities, share good practice and gain access to funding by joining Connexions' Voluntary Sector Forum.
Download the Booking Form for more details of dates of meetings and eligibility.
RESOURCES
Case Study : St Andrew's Residents Trust (StART)
StART was the result of local people wanting to make a
difference in their neighbourhood. Working with support from the Birmingham
Foundation and Dudley CVS, StART was officially launched on 9th August 2007.
Read the full case study
Case Study : DISC (Developing Initiatives Supporting Communities)
DISC developed a consortium of 12 organisations and won a Supporting People contract from Lancashire County Council. Read about how they did this and their top tips for consortium development, bidding and delivery.
Case Study : Lancashire
County Council
This shows a local authority perspective when developing partnership working. Read about how they consulted service users, provided training on procurement and how they allowed flexibility. Share this with your statutory funders!
Both case studies available at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/sfp/inpractice.
Bursary Scheme : Only Connect
If you want to develop a trading idea, tender for public service contracts or taking out a loan why not get free advice and tips from an organisation that has already gone down this road? You can apply to The Only Connect Bursary Scheme, sponsored by Triodos Bank, for a £150 bursary that will contribute towards your time and travel to visit a host organisation. The host will be paid a £200 fee for their time consulting with you.
Find a host at
Only Connect Hosts
page or find out more about Only Connect at
Charitable Giving and Fundraising in a Digital Age
This free report looks at how technology has impacted traditional marketing methods; and explores ways of adapting - particularly in managing donors. Download the report from NCVO publications.
New Gender Identity Centre for the West Midlands
Gender Matters is a charity that support trans-people (transvestites, transgender and transsexuals) and their families and supporters. They provide help, advice and counselling to anyone dealing with trans-issues. Visit their website at www.gender-matters.org.uk or contact them direct on 01902 744424,
Silver Surfers’ Day 2008, Friday 23rd May 2008
Digital Unite manage and run Silver Surfers' Day for people over 50 with limited or no digital knowledge or resources (eg internet access). They offer free resources for Event Holders, large or small, on www.digitalunite.net and www.silversurfersday.org. Visit www.digitalunite.net/docs/press.html for more information about the event.