Deadline: 2-May-22
The Isle of Wight Foundation will support initiatives that aim to be sustainable and ensure permanent employment or activities.
Areas
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Providing people with better chances to access training and development to improve their life skills and opportunity for employment:
- Projects which support those currently excluded from the job market to adapt to the working world, while also receiving the training and support they need (Integration through work)
- Projects that offer basic training and guidance to enable individuals with no qualifications to enter the working world (Training and qualification)
- Initiatives that help people to reduce the factors restricting their mobility, and improve the mobility of people deprived of means of transportation, thereby allowing them easier access to employment (Road back to Employment)
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Building stronger communities with more active citizens working together to minimize social exclusion.
- Initiatives aimed at promoting citizenship and responsibility among young people (Youth and citizenship).
- Projects to support people who are excluded to regain self-confidence, recover a decent standard of living, accomplish day-to-day activities, and by so doing integrate with society (Social integration).
- Projects that facilitate access to housing for the most underprivileged individuals to provide them with more stability (Access to housing).
Priority: Priority will be given to projects that address issues in an innovative way.
Funding Information
- The financial support provided will be a grant of between £3,000 and £16,000.
- This financial support will be given as a lump sum and must be used within 12 months of signing the funding agreement.
- The support is reserved for investment expenditure that is material (equipment, vehicles, ICT, furniture, furnishings, etc) or non-material.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Isle of Wight Foundation will consider applications from any community interest or not-for-profit organisations working on the Isle of Wight (for example, charities, community groups and voluntary organisations) that can meet the funding aims and criteria specified.
- It will not consider applications from individuals, private sector (profit based) organisations, statutory bodies, federations, public organisation’s, institutions and political or religious organisation’s/groups.
- Only one application per group will be considered.
For more information, visit Isle of Wight Foundation.
For more information, visit https://islandroads.com/iw-foundation/how-to-apply-for-funding/