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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:
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:-
Applicants must also:-
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.
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
CARA is currently recruiting for a Young Person’s Practitioner to expand our team. If you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know. Full details can be found on our website https://caraessex.org.uk/vacancies.php or information is below, along with a summary of the other roles we are also recruiting:
Adult Practitioner
CARA is looking for an Adult Practitioner to join our team. The role will provide specialist counselling and support to adults who have experienced rape, sexual violence or sexual abuse. The role includes line-management of sessional or volunteer counsellors and activities to raise awareness of the impact of sexual violence amongst agencies and the wider community
For a full job description and person specification, please click here.
For an application form, please click here.
Closing Date: 9am, Monday 14th August 2023.
Interviews: Tuesday 22nd August 2023.
This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
Integrated Support and Advocacy Manager
CARA is looking for and Integrated Support and Advocacy Manager to lead and develop a new and innovative CARA service, now in its second year – the CARA Integrated Support service. The Integrated Support service is aimed primarily at victims and survivors who have a high level of immediate need or require crisis support. Alongside managing and supporting CARA’s specialist Advocacy service, the Integrated Support Service includes provision of:
For a full job description and person specification, please click here.
For an application form, please click here.
Closing Date: 10am, Monday 7th August 2023.
Interviews: Tuesday 15th August 2023.
This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
Young Person’s Practitioner
CARA is looking for a Young Person’s Practitioner to join our team. The role will provide specialist counselling and support to young people (12-19) who have experienced rape, sexual violence or sexual abuse. There is also the potential to work with children under 12 if qualified to do so. The role includes wider responsibilities as a member of CARA’s staff team including line-management of sessional or volunteer counsellors and activities to raise awareness of the impact of sexual violence amongst agencies and the wider community.
For a full job description and person specification, please click here.
For an application form, please click here.
Closing Date: 10am, Monday 31st July 2023.
Interviews: Monday 7th August or Wednesday 9th August 2023.
This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
Applications are now open for the 2024 GSK IMPACT Awards and new GSK Health Inequalities programme, which will support small charities.
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. The awards are funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund. They are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income of between £150,000 and £3 million.
Up to 15 awards will be made, ranging from £4,000 to £50,000. In addition, the training and development is valued at a further £9,500. Organisations will also receive help with press and publicity and be given a set of promotional materials. The GSK IMPACT Awards are judged by a prestigious panel of judges and provide national recognition for the winning charities.
View the guidelines and access the application.
Deadline for Stage 1 applications is 5.00pm on Friday 1 September 2023.
Applications will only be accepted from recognised social organisations such as charities, housing associations, schools and social services acting on behalf of a family or individual in need.
Grants of up to £2,000 are available for eligible individuals and families, but only in exceptional circumstances will individual grants exceed £500.
The Foundation distributes both Zakat and Sadaqah funds; please read our Zakat Distribution Policy for more information.
To be eligible for a small grant or donation, the following criteria must be met.
Priorities
The Foundation’s trustees give priority to:
What we fund
Other than in exceptional cases, Hardship Grants will only be made available for:
What we do NOT fund:
We are hugely over-subscribed at present and do not have sufficient funds to award all of the requests we receive. If you have already received a grant from us we will be unable to give you another grant. Applications are assessed every six weeks and you can expect a response within eight weeks of your application.
The Thrive Together Fund (TTF) provides a funding package of loan (75%) and grant (25%) to eligible charities and social enterprises in England.
The Fund is delivered by a partnership made up of Social Investment Business, Co-operative and Community Finance, Fredericks Foundation, Groundwork, Homeless Link and The Architectural Heritage Fund.
Join us for an introductory webinar about the Thrive Together Fund at 11am on Wednesday 19th July 2023.
Small and medium sized charities and social enterprises based in and delivering impact in England, who are looking to grow or diversify their business models.
* Must be registered as a Charity, Community Interest Company or Community Benefit Society. If registered as any other legal entity, it must have a social object, asset lock and restriction on profit distribution (must distribute less than 50% of post-tax profits) written into its governing documents.
| Product | Blend of loan (75%) and grant (25%) | |
| Amount | £25k – £150k (inclusive of 25% grant) | |
| Repayment Term | 1 – 6 years (inclusive of any capital repayment holiday) | |
| Interest Rate | 7.5% fixed per annum | |
| Arrangement Fee | 2% on loan value (added to loan balance) | |
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| Security | Unsecured | |
| Purpose | Any, including refinancing of existing debt | |
Over the last 12-18 months, Essex County Council has been working with a broad range of partners to undertake a system wide engagement of the current Voluntary and Community Sector landscape. Essex County Council is proposing a change in how it invests in Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Infrastructure from April 2024, and the Strengthening Communities Team, who are leading this review, have published a Prior Information Notice, known as a PIN, that is the first step in the process and seeks to notify the market in good time of the procurement exercise and open up engagement with potential providers in advance.
We hope you can take a look at the PIN and, if it is something you have an interest in, please come and join the team at the online Market Engagement Event planned for 18th July 2023. Details of how to request attendance can be found in the PIN – https://www.find-tender.
If you are a VCS organisation and have any queries, you can email Strengthening.Communities@
If you are a Statutory Sector partner and would like more information or a discussion about this commission please email Strengthening.Communities@
This survey is aimed at helping the Community Safety Partnerships working across Southend, Essex and Thurrock to identify the impacts of crime and anti-social behaviour in the county.
You can complete the survey about any area in Essex, whether you live, work or study there. You can also complete this survey more than once to give us your views about a different area if you wish to do so.
The results will be used by the Community Safety Partnerships for each area, and Safer Essex, to inform their priorities for the next year.
This survey is for you to provide information to be used by the Community Safety Partnership project. Under the GDPR we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. The information will only be used for the purposes of this project and will not be kept longer than is necessary to do so, up to a maximum of five years.
We share this information with our district council partners and Essex Police, but we will not share your personal details with any other agency unless we have concerns that you or another individual may be at risk of harm or if it is required by law. We do not collect personal information for commercial purposes.
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Side by Side is a peer support service for families who care for, or support, an adult with a learning disability or autism. We achieve this by pairing them with another family with first-hand experience and empathy, who can provide informal support.
Our aims are:
To find and link families who would benefit from informal, over the phone support
To help families connect and build a rapport one to one
To bring families together with common shared experience
click here to find out more.
Side by Side is a partnership project of
Families InFocus Essex, The Essex Carers Network and Pact for Autism
