Deadline: 10-Jan-2025
The Uttlesford District Council is pleased to announce the Community Support Grant to support community and voluntary organisations to increase the participation of Uttlesford residents in providing services and activities, to help tackle the issues connected with rural isolation and enjoy the same quality of life as others living in urban areas.
Aims
- The aim of this service is to improve services for people living in rural settings to avoid social isolation by:
- Empowering rural communities to develop community- led solutions that increase their resilience and sustainability.
- Supporting people to play a greater role in improving their communities and enhancing local quality of life.
- Helping to create a fair and inclusive society where rural villages enjoy the same quality of life as all others living in bigger towns.
- Encouraging effective partnerships with other agencies to work together to tackle social isolation among vulnerable people in rural areas.
- Promoting the sharing of information, best practices and expertise and to promote an increase in understanding of the cause of isolation in rural areas Increasing the number of people participating in activities.
- Creating greater access to services across the district.
- Providing support to groups at risk of social isolation.
- Supporting the Local Authority and partners to deliver improvements in areas of emerging need, for example, promoting community cohesion, equality of access, activities as a diversion from anti-social behaviour, raising educational standards, reducing crime and the fear of crime, sustainability and tackling climate change.
- Working in partnership with Uttlesford District Council, Essex County Council’s Public Health Service, Active Essex, Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, relevant voluntary sector organisations alongside town and parish councils to deliver services to a range of ages and interests.
- Establishing effective feedback mechanisms to inform the service and wider council initiatives.
Funding Information
- They have £27,000 to fund activities to improve services for people living in rural settings to avoid social isolation in Uttlesford.
What is included?
- Services and activities that empower rural communities to develop community-led solutions that increase their resilience and sustainability. They want to see thriving rural communities that contribute to a sustainable future.
- They anticipate that a variety of events, workshops and activities will be provided to deliver these outcomes.
- This may be existing services or activities that providing new ways of delivery to attract new participants/members, for example offering outreach or online sessions.
- The services, activities and events should be mobile and able to be delivered in a range of locations and for a range of ages.
Eligibility Criteria
- To apply for funding, you can be any of the following:
- registered charity
- community group
- parish or town council
- They are particularly keen to receive applications from:
- voluntary and community organisations who are working together to deliver services
- organisations providing services to the local community who fit into the relevant service specification
What is excluded?
- Religious or political activities, or activities promoting religious or political beliefs.
- Statutory activities (activities that the organisation has a legal requirement to deliver).
- Activities taking place outside the district.
- Activities that took place before the project began or after the project ended, as detailed in the grant offer letter.
- Activities that have already been funded through other public funding sources.
For more information, visit Uttlesford District Council.