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Questions and Answers
Here are some questions and answers about the Summer and Fast Track programme to help you apply. You should read the Guidance Notes before making your application as they contain more detailed information. |
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What are Team Hackney Fast Track Community Grants?
The Team Hackney Community Grants has been established to provide a framework to enable voluntary and community sector involvement in contributing to meeting the national and local priorities of regeneration and neighbourhood renewal in Hackney. It is one way of helping Team Hackney (the Local Strategic Partnership), to meet its core objectives and priorities, which aim to reduce inequality and poverty in Hackney.
Team Hackney grants programme will be a means of mobilising voluntary activity, engaging hard to reach groups in the work of the partnership, increasing voluntary and community sector delivery of public services and piloting innovative approaches to delivery.
What types of projects will be given grants?
Projects must meet one of the following eight objectives:
What if my project meets more than one objective?
Projects must meet one of the eight objectives above, you may address more than one objective but you must select a main objective, as this will affect the assessment process.
Who can apply?
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Grants will be for non-for-profit, voluntary and community groups with a constitution, management committee and bank account in its own name, and an annual turnover of under £250,000 and which can demonstrate that they are run according to equal opportunities principles.
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Community Interest Companies are also eligible to apply.
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Preference will be given to small, Hackney based; organisations that do not currently deliver statutory sector commissioned services.
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Applicants who have received a grant in previous years through the Community Investment Programme, Team Hackney Community Grants Programme or the Hackney Council Grants Programme will be ineligible if they have failed to fulfil the funding requirements of the previous grant (including return of required monitoring forms). If you are still running the projects, which you receive funding for, you will need to submit an interim report on the progress of your project to be eligible for further grants.
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Failure to submit all the required documentation with your application will make an application ineligible for funding, and will therefore be unsuccessful.
We don’t have a bank account, constitution or management committee, can we apply?
No, HCVS can help you get this set up for your organisation - call us on 020 7923 1962 to book an appointment with one of our Development Advisors.
How much is available?
There is a total of £50,000 available for Fast Track grants of up to £1,000.
How much can I apply for?
You can apply for up to £1,000 for summer projects meeting one of the eight objectives of the grants programme.
When can I submit my application and when will I get a decision?
You must submit your application by Thursday, 7 August at 12 noon, your application will be processed within three weeks.
How can I apply?
You can get an application form and guidance notes for the Summer and Fast Track grants by clicking on the link below:
Click here for the Application Form and Guidance Notes
If you would like a paper copy of these documents please call Elizabeth Adebola on 020 7923 1962 or email elizabeth@hcvs.org.uk
Is this different to Team Hackney’s commissioning tenders?
Yes, Team Hackney’s Community Grants is funding for small voluntary and community groups. One of its overall aims is to increase voluntary and community sector delivery of public services, BUT preference for this type of funding is given to small, Hackney-based organisations not delivering statutory sector commissioned services.
The Team Hackney partnership has committed to running a community grants scheme in 2008/09, and will shortly be tendering for the contract to manage this scheme. As soon as this contract has been awarded the details of the grant scheme will be made available. All further details on this scheme will be notified on the Team Hackney website.
Once we have news we will publish on the HCVS website and through the HCVS Information Service, to subscribe, email gillian@hcvs.org.uk
What is Team Hackney?
Team Hackney is Hackney’s local strategic partnership (LSP), dedicated to improving the quality of life for everyone in the borough. Bringing together people from the public, private, community and voluntary sectors, to develop new ways of working and speed up improvements in service delivery and outcomes.
Team Hackney Community Grants are one way of helping Team Hackney (the Local Strategic Partnership), to meet its core objectives and priorities, which aims to reduce inequality and poverty in Hackney.
Click here for more information from www.teamhackney.org
What is the Community Empowerment Network?
The Community Empowerment Network (CEN), is a network of local VCS organisations and community champions. Team Hackney commissioned the CEN to deliver the Community Investment Programme in 2006/7. The programme aims to empower local people, giving them greater choice and influence over local decision making and a greater role in public service delivery.
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