Deadline: 05-Nov-2024
The Hackney Giving’s Start for Life Community Outreach Programme aims to provide a ‘one-stop shop’ of family support services with a comprehensive offer for parents/carers with children aged two years and under, to support them in their transition to new parenthood.
Programme Details
- The programme will fund three organisations to provide practical support and reduce stigma associated with accessing Start for Life (SfL) services by proactively and safely engaging seldom heard families and groups. SfL services can include social care, education, mental health and physical health advice.
- In addition, funded projects will raise awareness of, and increase registrations to, three digital programmes that provide parenting support.
- Through this programme, they are aiming to reach the following communities/community of identity:
- Charedi.
- Turkish, Kurdish, Cypriot.
- African and/or Caribbean heritage.
Funding Information
- They will award three grants of £10,000. The total available for distribution is £30,000.
Duration
- Projects should start in January 2025. Projects should be complete by 31 March 2025
Outcomes and Activities
- Funding will be awarded for work towards the following outcomes and key activities:
- Develop and deliver an outreach and engagement plan to raise awareness of the SfL digital programmes, Children and Family Hubs services and reduce stigma associated with the services.
- Map and identify organisations and spaces where there is free access to computers.
- Increase the number of families connected to services at Children and Family Hubs and Digital Start for Life services.
- Increase registrations for the following digital programmes: Solihull Approach, Reducing Parental Conflict and Anya Digital App. The target for each funded organisation will be 10 registrations per digital programme (30 registrations in total).
- Provide practical support to overcome barriers, such as helping families to build confidence and access computers/digital devices to use the digital programmes.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a grant, your organisation must:
- Work in Hackney.
- Have a formal constitution or governing document.
- Be constituted to be not-for-profit.
- Have at least two people on its Board of Trustees or Management Committee.
- Not be in overall financial deficit.
- Have a bank account, requiring at least two signatories.
- Be able to declare that all bank account signatories are unrelated (by blood or marriage) and living at separate addresses.
For more information, visit Hackney Giving.