Deadline: 4-Jun-21
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust is currently seeking proposals for the Coalfields Recovery & Resilience Fund from organisations that are delivering support services or have significantly adapted their services in order to respond to the current issues/challenges in their community and support vulnerable people.
Themes
The funding requested should address one or more of the three themes:
- Employment – Providing a range of skills and experience to help people to create pathways into employment and accessing job opportunities. This could be job creation, work placements or job clubs which assist with job searches and applications, CV development and interview skills.
- Skills – Providing appropriate training, non-vocational or vocational, to enable people to increase their skills and knowledge. The training should provide progression routes to volunteering, further training and/or employment opportunities. Improving levels of literacy/numeracy, English not as a First Language, IT or coaching in order to provide a service, are all examples of the activities/services they would look to fund.
- Health & Wellbeing – Supporting activities/services that increase participation and improve the health and quality of life of people in former coalfield communities. This could include addressing food poverty, debt advice, mental health issues, substance misuse, social isolation or increasing participation in physical activity.
Funding Information
- Awards of up to £10,000 that can address local needs in coalfield communities.
- The funding must be used to deliver activities/services for a minimum of 2 months and a maximum 12.
Type of Activities
Examples of the type of activities/services they would like to support are as follows:
- Organisations providing direct advice, guidance and support to people who are in crisis and/or experiencing financial hardship
- Organisations supporting people who are experiencing poor mental health
- Organisations supporting vulnerable people who are experiencing health inequalities, loneliness and/or social isolation
- Organisations supporting people experiencing domestic violence/sexual abuse
- Organisations supporting local community activity, including volunteering, and co-ordination of services
Eligibility Criteria
Most registered voluntary and community organisations working to regenerate coalfield communities are eligible to apply to them for funding as long as they are not for personal profit. These include:
- Registered Charities;
- Companies Limited by Guarantee;
- Community Benefit Societies;
- Community Interest Companies;
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations.
For more information, visit https://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk/england/ccip-funding-support/
