kingston voluntary action agm 2014
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This year we heard from the Big Lottery Fund on achieving funding success, about highlights from Superhighways digital technology project, Impact Aloud, about the impact of volunteering in the borough of Kingston upon Thames and how local community organisations could achieve the London Healthy Workplace Charter.TRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to Kingston Voluntary Action’s AGM
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Big Lottery Fund
Kingston Voluntary Action AGM 13th November 2014
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Introduction
─ Hugh Stultz - Funding Officer
─ Key role
─ Supporting applicants and potential applicants
─ Raising BIG’s awareness of local needs and priorities
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Aims of today’s talk
To give a brief overview of BIG
To highlight the funding streams most
relevant to you
To give a few hints on writing a successful bid
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Big Lottery Fund Mission
“The Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing real
improvements to communities and to the lives of
people most in need”
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Big Lottery Fund
─ BIG is one of four distributors of Lottery funding
─ We are responsible for 40% of all the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery
─ We distribute £600 million in funding each year
─ 80-90% of our funding goes to community and voluntary organisations
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How the lottery £2 is spent
Prizes£1
Good Causes
56p
Lottery Tax 24p
Retailers 10p
Operating Costs 10p
BIG is responsible for delivering 40 per cent of all funds raised for good causes - about 12 pence of every pound spent on a Lottery Ticket
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Choose the right funder
BIG People and communities in need
Arts Council Art, culture, theatre
Sport England Sports and activity
Heritage Lottery Fund History and heritage
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BIG is an outcomes funder
Your project must meet at least one of these four outcomes:
People having
better chances
in life
Stronger
communities
Improved
rural and
urban
environments
Healthier and
more active
people and
communities
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BIG targeted funding programmes
BIG
Fulfilling lives:
Headstart
Talent Match
Multiple and complex needs
Fulfilling Lives: A
Better Start
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BIG open programmes
BIG
Reaching Communities
Heroes Return
Awards for ALL
(A4A)
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Intelligent Funding
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• Targeting the areas of highest need
• Avoiding duplication of funding and overlap with targeted
funding programmes
• Working closely with local organisations to keep abreast of
local needs and those best placed to meet those needs
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Awards for All Programme
Small grants scheme awarding £300- £10,000
─ Applications open to community & voluntary groups, schools, health bodies and town councils
─ Single stage application process
─ Quick turnaround time from application to decision
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Reaching Communities Programme
─ Main programme:
o Revenue projects funding from £10,000 - £500,000* (average £300,000)
o Smaller capital projects funding from £10,000-£100,000
─ Buildings programme:
o Larger capital projects funding from £100,000
o Geographically targeted at most deprived areas
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Reaching Communities Programme
─Two-stage application process to identify fundable projects
─ Very competitive programme – success rate one in ten*
─ Applications from community & voluntary groups, charities, statutory bodies, social enterprises, not-for-profit companies
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BIG Awards in Kingston
― 15 Awards for All applications
― 9 successful applications
―Success rate 60%
― Reaching Communities grants
―Total value of awards circa £760,000
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Tips on completing your application
Does your application meet
BIG outcomes
Is there a clear case (evidence) for
your project
Are your outcomes (change) clearly
linked to activities and need
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Comments on successful applications
─ ‘Beneficiaries and their needs are clearly identified’
─ ‘A full range of activities has been provided that will clearly deliver the project outcomes’
─ ‘Varied and relevant external evidence confirms the issues identified and shows the gaps in current service’
─ ‘Beneficiaries involved in management committee, consultation, project planning and design, volunteering, recruitment and evaluation’
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Tips for Success
― Read the guidelines and use all other help available
― Start by defining need – make it the core of your application
― Focus on your beneficiaries and the difference that your project will make to them
― Get a ‘critical friend’ to review your application before submission
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Leave plenty of time to research and re-read your application before submitting.
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Support and Guidance Available
─ Big Lottery Fund website: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
─ Getting Funding & Planning Successful Projects
─ Case studies of successful projects
─ BIG Advice Line: 0845 4 10 20 30
─ Email enquiries: [email protected]
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Questions and Comments?
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Small Charity Showreel
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The Impact of Volunteering
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Brokering volunteers
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Brokering volunteers
So much
choice!
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How we help?
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Financial / economic impact
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What about Trustees?
Trustees week logo
Figures
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Health & wellbeing impact
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RBK - Employer Supported Volunteering
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Buddy scheme
12 283
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Crisis Response Team
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Team Kingston
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And finally….
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