Deadline: 30-Nov-20
Foundation for Future London, through funding from Westfield Stratford City, has created the
Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund to support local organizations and individuals to provide
new jobs, accelerate new project ideas, support start-up enterprises and increase education, training
and skills development opportunities for the local community.
The Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund has been established by Foundation for Future London, through funding from Westfield Stratford City to support local organizations to increase education, training and skills development opportunities for the local community.
The Medium Grant Scheme will fund work that will break down barriers and tackle inequality by supporting residents to access education, skills development and employment opportunities. They seek projects that aim to use arts and culture, communities and heritage, research and innovation and/or health and wellbeing as the catalyst to create lifelong learning, skills development, training and employment opportunities.
The Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund is an ambitious five-year programme that aims to invest £10 million into the local communities of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest.
Funding Information
- Grant Amount: Grants of up to £15,000 are available.
- What they will not Fund
You can apply for funding to cover project activities and staffing, running costs related to the project and the purchase of equipment you need to deliver your activities. They can fund a mix of project activities, operating costs and organizational development but all costs must directly relate to the proposed activities. The Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund will not fund:
- Expenditure or activities that have already taken place;
- Religious or political activity (th are able to fund religious organizations if they are providing
benefit to the wider community); - Services that are a statutory responsibility (i.e. are the responsibility of the Council, Government or Health Authorities);
- Projects or activities that have no community or charitable element;
- One-off events;
- Capital costs;
- Foreign travel.
Outcomes
The key outcomes of funded projects will include:
- Enabling local residents, particularly young people, to gain a qualification, build new skills or access training and work experience that leads to improved employment and education opportunities;
- Providing employability and skills development through heritage, arts and cultural activities, health and wellbeing activities and creative placemaking;
- Increased access to lifelong learning (early learning and school education through to late career and post-retirement);
- Support for young people to improve their skills, gain access to paid work experience/internships or enter further education and training;
- Coaching and mentoring support for young people;
- Increasing local enterprise through innovation and entrepreneurship activities.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- Be a not-for-profit organization that is formally constituted i.e. has a signed governing document in the group’s name. This includes unincorporated associations and community groups, registered charities, social enterprises, schools, Community Interest Companies (CIC), Charitable Incorporated Organizations (CIO), companies limited by guarantee and faith groups where the project clearly does not promote a particular religious or political view;
- Be connected with and have a track record of meeting the needs of the local communities in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest;
- Have good financial management procedures, including a record of income and expenditure;
- Have a bank account in the name of the organization, with at least two unrelated cheque signatories;
- Have a comprehensive safeguarding policy in place if working with children and young people under the age of 18 or vulnerable adults;
- Have a commitment to, or are working towards, London Living Wage where possible.
Monitoring & Evaluation
If your application is successful you must be able to spend the funds within 12-months of the grant
being awarded. You will need to keep and provide the following:
- Financial records of how the grant is spent, including receipts and invoices;
- Records and evidence of the identified outputs e.g. number of people benefiting, number of
sessions, audience numbers, records of attendance etc; - Records of the identified outcomes e.g. the difference the project has made to participants,
participant feedback, staff observations, external reports from partners; - Anything that your organization has learned from delivering the activities;
- Photographs and videos of the project activities (if appropriate);
- A case story from at least one participant.
It is important to gather information throughout the duration of your activities. These pieces of
information must be submitted in an end of grant report.
For more information, visit https://eastendcf.org/newham-grants/