V & V Community Grant 2024-2025

Posted on: August 25, 2023

********Applications open from 17th July 2023 – 29 September 2023*******

The strategic goal of the V&V Partnership is to reduce serious violence, the harm it causes, and to safeguard those at risk (including to gangs and knife crime).  We recognise that local organisations and groups are at the forefront of some amazing work that provides protective factors that seeks to address these issues, the V&V Partnership are keen to support this work as much as it can.

The 2024-2025 V&V Community Grant round is for local ‘not-for-profit’ voluntary or community clubs or organisations based in, and therefore delivering in, Essex, Southend and Thurrock only.

Looking to fund projects that meet the stated aims and can run during April 2024 to 31st December 2025, commencing no later than 1st September 2024.

Groups can apply for up to *£25,000 to deliver support and interventions for children, young people, young adults (aged 0-24 inclusive) and families (families, must include children, young people or young adults aged 0-24).  Projects must demonstrate how they have a positive impact through protective factors on issues relating to serious violence.

*The grants funding this year has a potential total pot of  £350,000 that the V & V Parternship will look to distribute as evenly as possible across the twelve ECC borough/city/districts areas and Southend and Thurrock.  Please bear this in mind when completing your applications. 

Projects MUST evidence they are meeting specific needs as highlighted on an area by area basis by young people in our Listening Project 2022-23. It is essential that you read and reference the report as we are keen that the interventions are based on what local young people are telling us they need.  https://ecvys.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/vvu-youth-voices-report-2022-2023-final-pdf.pdf

Such as:

• Having more trusted adults available for young people to talk to.
• Creating safer spaces and youth provision where young people choose to hang out i.e parks, youth clubs, schools (This could be around staff time, new projects, open for longer, activities, lighting outside a community building, etc.)
• Support for victims of youth violence and projects that have interventions around knife crime, and building resilience
• Building links between voluntary youth provision and schools, eg providing more trusted adults, education specifically around consequences of violence and filming videos of violence for social media, how to stay safe and preventing conflict escalating
• More ‘turn up and try’ sports or activities at youth clubs, parks and schools (out of normal school hours)- including self-defence and various other activities
• PLEASE NOTE THAT; This is not an exhaustive list. Funding will also be considered for early intervention work that has used the listening report to identify what is needed locally for example some areas mention drugs as an issue that needs addressing but for others work around peer pressure would be more suitable.

We would especially like to see some applications for creative work around risk taking behaviours.

Please do read the listening report and try to evidence the need for your intervention within your application, referencing the report or local needs.

All applications must demonstrate how their project enables children and young people to:-

• Make positive choices to keep them safe
• Raise self-esteem and confidence
• Build resilience
• Improve emotional and physical health and mental wellbeing
• Build connections with trusted adults

Applicants must also:-

• Have a recognised constitution and be one of the following: not-for-profit voluntary or community club or organisation, a registered charity, a not-for-profit company or community interest company or other social enterprise, a company limited by guarantee, charitable incorporated organisation or registered society.
• Be based in Essex, Southend or Thurrock with at least one year’s full published accounts.
• Have support from the local CSP (Community Safety Partnership) for the work you are applying for funding for. (If you do not know who your local CSP is we can provide this information)

If you have any questions about this grant process or to discuss your application please contact Beks Korniej [email protected] or Jim Pearson [email protected]

Timeline of grant process:

Applications open:  17th July 2023

Applications close:  12 noon on 29th September 2023

Completed applications to be submitted online and due diligence and supporting documents to be emailed to: [email protected] AND [email protected] by 12.00 on 29th September 2023

Short-listing, due diligence checks and final panel decisions:  between October 2023 to February 2024

Applicants made aware of grant decisions: End of February 2024

Funds delivered: 90% of amount awarded at project start date on or after 1st April 2024.  The remaining 10% to be paid during the last 3 months of your funded delivery.

How to Apply:

Check whether your project qualifies and apply online using this link:

https://forms.gle/odydgCNkX6x8oVMg7

Please note that any due diligence and supporting documents will need to be emailed separately to Beks and Jim at the emails above

Author: Alliance Admin
Posted: 25/08/2023
Categories: News