Weekly grants and community newsletter

Compiled by the Grants Team at North Devon Council.

Email grants@northdevon.gov.uk or call 01271 388253

 

Comic Relief Grants 

Bridging the Gaps – Strengthening Mental Health Support for Children and Young People. Closing date Friday 28^th June 2019 at 12 noon.

Funding is available for a minimum of three to a maximum of five years. They will fund investments from £150,000 up to £700,000.

Comic Relief is seeking proposals from those working on providing mental health support to children and young people at an early stage so that they are aware of their mental health and can build resilience as they grow and develop. 

They would like to fund proposals that are particularly focusing on vulnerable children and young people from groups underserved by current services. They aim to support those aged five to twenty-four years old, in the UK.

They believe that services should be inclusive and support those most in need. They are particularly interested in, and will prioritise funding for, proposals that place partnership working at the heart of the bid. 

Proposals should be working on two or more of the following areas:

• tackling stigma and discrimination,
• increasing access to quality service provision
• strategic / systemic changes at local and/or national level

For further details, and the eligibility quiz, please visit: https://www.comicrelief.com/funding/current-opportunities/bridging-gaps-strengthening-mental-health-support-children-and-young-people

  

The Devonian Fund

The Devonian Fund helps groups or individuals to alleviate mobility issues in relation to disability or ill-health.

The fund aims to help people overcome or relieve mobility problems, such as contributing towards the cost equipment that significantly improves individuals' quality of life. It can also help with specialised transport needs, such as accessible coaches or taxis. The average grant for individuals is between £500 and £1,000.

Individuals are unable to apply directly to the Foundation; instead a Health Care Professional such as an Occupational Therapist, or group working with the individual can apply on their behalf, as an application referee.

If you wish to apply for a grant please visit: http://devoncf.com/apply/apply-for-a-grant/individual-grants/

 

The Carers Innovation Fund

Grants up to £500,000 to develop innovative ways of supporting unpaid carers outside of mainstream health and care services in England.

Please note that the Fund is not currently open to applications but it is expected to open for Expressions of Interest before Sunday 30 June 2019. 

The fund is designed to invest in innovative ways of supporting unpaid carers, outside of mainstream health and care services in order to develop carer-friendly communities and public services. The programme also aims to develop an evidence base of what interventions and activities best support unpaid carers. Projects should be new (i.e. in addition to existing provision), forward-looking and able to scale up and be replicated elsewhere. The overarching aim of the funding is to improve support across England and help build more carer-friendly communities.

Projects will be expected to demonstrate how they benefit:

• Carers’ health and wellbeing
• Carers’ ability to manage work alongside caring responsibilities
• Carers’ ability to take a break from their caring role
• and Reducing loneliness and social isolation.

A range of sectors and organisations can apply for a grant of up to £500,000, including: registered charities, constituted community groups, small to medium-sized enterprises and commercial organisations.

Examples of the kind of projects the Fund would support include:

• Support groups – for example, carers’ cafes and Men’s Sheds, which develop peer support groups and offer short courses to help reduce isolation
• Technology platforms – for example, to help carers to take a break from their caring responsibilities.

Some pre-application information is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-innovation-fund-how-to-apply. Further information will be made available as the Fund progresses past the Expression of Interest phase.

Contact details for the Fund are:

The Carers Innovation Fund, Department of Health and Social Care(DHSC), 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EU telephone0207 210 4850 or email carersinnovationfund@dhsc.gov.uk 

  

The FA and Football Foundation Launch £300,000 Futsal Fund (England)

The Football Association and Football Foundation have launched a new 300,000 pound fund aimed at developing the sport of Futsal in England.  Futsal is a five-a-side game, normally played on a flat indoor pitch with hockey-sized goals and a size-four ball that has a reduced bounce. The sport is played across the world and is officially recognised by both UEFA and FIFA.  

The scheme offers grants of either £1,500 or £3,000 to develop new youth futsal leagues across the country to increase the opportunity for players to play futsal on a regular basis in a structured games programme.

The grant can be spent on the following items: 

• Facility hire
• Equipment 
• Referees/co-ordinator fees
• Marketing and promotion
• Affiliation and insurance fees
• FA safeguarding & welfare courses for on-site league co-ordinators
• FA DBS for on-site league co-ordinators
• FA First Aid courses for on-site league co-ordinators 

The funding is available to  County Football Associations who are running or plan to run leagues, youth football or futsal leagues, adult leagues setting up youth futsal provisions, affiliated clubs wishing to develop youth futsal leagues, PL and EFL Community Trusts and FA University Community Football Hubs.

Priority will be given to applications in the following categories:

• Youth futsal leagues – under 18s and below
• Youth football leagues – under 18s and below
• County Football Associations.

Applications are now open and close at 5pm on the 2nd August 2019. To apply visit: https://grantshot.org.uk/

  

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North Devon Diabetes Group

Whether you have been diagnosed yourself or if you are simply an individual with a desire for knowledge and an inclination to take part, The North Devon Diabetes Group would like to welcome you. It is their aim to provide help and support to people living with diabetes in the UK.

They do this primarily through group meetings, designed with the express purpose of providing individuals with a safe, social forum to discuss diabetes and its effects.

Weather permitting, they hold monthly walks for those who are able, this sometimes involves lunch afterwards which other may join in. They have a books available which may be borrowed to help understand diabetes. They also hold various social activities such as skittles evenings, days out and weekends away.

When and where they can, they also try to raise money to promote awareness of diabetes.

They meet regularly at St Johns Garden Centre and Roundswell Community Centre (both in Barnstaple). 

For more information please call Rose on 01271 371072 or Lyn on 01769 572640 or visit https://north-devon.diabetesukgroup.org/

 

Devon Air Ambulance – Community Landing Sites - How you can help Devon Air Ambulance reach your community at night

Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) operates until 2am every day and their vision is to provide the

service 24 hours a day. Operating and landing in towns and villages during the hours of darkness is different to how they operate in daylight.

To support ‘night’ operations, DAA are working with communities to create a network of Community Landing Sites which are open spaces with either existing or newly installed floodlighting that they can operate remotely.

The development of these sites is part-funded and managed by local communities.

Have you got a site in your community?

What makes a good night landing site?

A night landing site could be a green, sports pitch, playing field, playground or farmer’s field. The site needs to be a flat area of fifty metres by fifty metres, to provide maximum operational benefit and safety, have pedestrian access on/off the site and vehicle parking nearby. Whilst tall trees or power lines within the site might be a hazard, if they are on the periphery they may not cause a problem.

Floodlighting is an essential component of a community landing site as it illuminates the site during landing and take-off as well as helping the safe carry and loading of a patient into the helicopter. Where there are no existing lights in place or suitable infrastructure to mount the lights, they are asking communities to install a 10m high steel column with a set of two 150 watt LED lights.

DAA provides grants to help communities set up their landing site. So far, they have helped fund new floodlighting, access improvements like paths and gateways and new power supplies at community landing sites.

Grants can cover a significant proportion of your project costs, but please note – DAA grants will be coming to an end in early 2020, so please don’t delay if you want to access this funding to help your community.