Deadline: 3-Jun-21
The Robertson Trust is currently accepting applications for the Partners in Change to change how services and supports for people experiencing poverty and/or trauma are designed and delivered.
It will support work that aims to change how services and supports for people experiencing poverty and/or trauma are designed and delivered. The ultimate aim of this work is to reduce the impact that poverty and trauma has on people’s lives.
Through the fund, they are interested in providing funding to, and working alongside, the organisations they support to better understand the factors that can help to create change around services and supports for people experiencing poverty and/or trauma, and the barriers to this change.
Type of Work
- Partners in Change has been established to support work which aims to change how services and supports addressing poverty and/or trauma are designed and delivered. This could include supporting organisations, either alone or in partnership, to:
- test new ways of working;
- replicate an intervention or support that has been trialed successfully elsewhere (either by your own organisation or another);
- move a service/support trialed successfully to a larger scale.
- This work could be focused on providing early support to people, aimed at preventing or reducing negative experiences and outcomes due to poverty and/or trauma; or on meeting the immediate needs of people experiencing poverty and/or trauma.
- They will fund change proposals which are already developed, or in the latter stages of development. They would expect organisations to begin delivery of their project no later than 12 months from notification of the funding decision (starting before August 2022 at the latest).
- They are interested in organisations which plan to work collaboratively in the delivery of their change programme, be that with other agencies and organisations, or service users.
- It is important to them that the organisations they fund through Partners in Change are committed to evaluation and to learning, both from their own work, and from others funded through this initiative. They are interested in work that has local or national reach.
In line with the current strategy, organisations should be seeking to address one or more of the following issues:
- Financial well-being: tackling the financial and material effects of poverty on people and communities
- Emotional well-being and relationships: ensuring people have emotional well-being, and confidence and strength in their relationships with others
- Educational and work pathways: equipping people for the future by supporting learning and skills
The Trust would also expect organisations to be working in a focused way with at least one of the prioritized demographic groups which are:
- Certain family groups (larger families, single parents, those with children who have experience of care)
- Women
- People with a disability
- People from a BAME background
- Asylum seekers and refugees
- People experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage
- People living in certain geographical locations (particularly remote and rural ones)
- Older people
- Young people under 25
Funding Information
- Project restricted revenue funding of up to £150K per year, for up to three years.
- Partners in Change is available to organisations working in Scotland with an annual income of more than £2M.
What do I need to apply?
- A minimum of three unconnected Trustees on your organisation’s Board. By unconnected they mean not related by blood; married to each other; in a relationship with each other or living together at the same address.
- Recent audited annual accounts.
- A safeguarding policy. If your organisation directly supports children and young people or vulnerable adults, they would expect you to have an appropriate policy document which sets out how you will keep them safe.
- A policy on equality and diversity. They want to know that your organisation has a written agreement detailing how you will avoid discriminating against people, and how you will create a safe and inclusive atmosphere both within your workplace and for the people you support.
- If your request is for funding towards a specific salary cost, you’ll need a full job description, including contracted hours per week and salary scale.
Who is Partners in Change for?
For organisations with an annual income of more than £2M who wish to develop approaches to drive positive change in the design and delivery of services and supports for people in Scotland who are facing poverty, trauma or both.
The following types of organisation are eligible to apply:
- Registered Charities
- Asset Locked Community Interest Companies (must be able to demonstrate a satisfactory asset lock demonstrating how they do not distribute assets or profits to individuals or third parties)
- Housing Associations
- Credit Unions
For more information, visit https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/partners-in-change/