News & Developments

£100,000 has been set for the Capability and Capacity Building for Victims’ grant which is to be invested in services that provide specialised help to victims who fall within one of three categories. These are victims of the most serious crime, persistently targeted victims and vulnerable and intimidated victims.

Experienced voluntary or local authority organisations are being invited to apply for a maximum of £50,000 from the fund, which will cover a 12-month period. 

The Commissioner anticipates that the grant will provide an organisation with an opportunity to run a pilot project to trial new approaches for supporting victims of crime.

Both an electronic copy and a  hard copy of your application form.need to be completed. The electronic copy needs to be sent to cpgrants@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk  and the signed hard copy needs to be sent to: Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire, Constabulary HQ, Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3RS.  The closing date for applications is 1 December 2014.

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This annual event gives you the opportunity to discuss your funding requirements with one of the Foundation’s grants team, in an informal half-hour one-to-one session that is tailored to meet your needs.

These sessions can cover discussion of projects and which of the funds administered by the Foundation is suited to your project, help with developing applications you are currently working on, and hints and tips for applying for funding in general. 

There are ten half-hour slots available throughout the day, there are five sessions between 10am and noon followed by a further five sessions between 1pm and 3pm. 

To book an appointment please contact Misbah Ramzan on 01773 514850 as soon as possible as places are limited.

The Peoples Health Trust are seeking projects that bring small communities together to share, learn, or play – projects that bring communities closer together and by doing so improve our quality of life and well-being. 

If you are a local community group with an annual income of under £350,000 and would like between £5,000 and £50,000 for a two year project (existing or new) then you will be welcome to attend one of our Funding surgeries taking place Mid November. You will also need to be based in certain eligible wards as the programme is geographically specific. The wards selected are areas of high disadvantage and so are limited across the City and County.

We will also be providing a unique and useful service of checking through any Derbyshire Active Communities applications, before the submission date of 10 December to ensure you have the best possible chance of acquiring a grant. 

Call the Foundation on 01773 514850 to see if you are in an eligible ward and to book a 20 minute funding appointment or if you cannot make the date arrange a telephone appointment.

Please note these are appointment only sessions, FD will not be able to see groups on a drop in basis.

Mon 17 Nov - Community Action Derby: 1.30pm – 5.00pm 

Tue 18 Nov - Bakewell:  10.30am – 4.00pm

Fri 21 Nov - Foundation House, Ripley: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Mon 24 Nov - Foundation House, Ripley: 10.00am – 4.00pm

And at the High Peak Funding Surgery in Whaley Bridge on Mon 1 Dec

The deadline for deliverers to submit applications to either their NGB's or High Peak Borough Council is 5 December 2014.  Decisions will be announced in Feb 2015

Applications should 

• Reflect the principles within the latest Sport England Youth Insight (www.sportengland.org/media/359792/20140805-yr-insight-pack-fv.pdf)
• Be Aimed at 11 – 25 year olds 
• Focus on women/ girls, 19-25 year olds and the inactive 
• Show clear evidence of demand 
• Be sustainable and have valid and appropriate exit route 
• Have equipment costs of no more that 20% of total project cost 
• Cost no more than £100 per completed participant (a greater cost may be allowed in certain circumstances and the extra cost is justified 
• Cost coach per hour at a maximum of £25 
• Keep marketing to a maximum of £100 unless engaging a hard-to-reach group 

For further information or to request an application form and guidance notes, contact, Mark Rushworth, Leisure Contract & Sports Development Officer at High Peak Borough Council on:  07836 693815 or email:  mark.rushworth@highpeak.gov.uk 

Derbyshire County Council are seeking to make cuts of  £157 million by 2018. This means they will look at what funding they provide local bus and community transport services.

But before developing full proposals for these services they want people to tell them about the buses they use, the type of journeys made and how they would be affected if services were withdrawn.

The questionnaire is online at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/supportedbuses or pick up a copy at your local library. 

Please send your completed questionnaires by Sunday 14 Dec 2014.  A detailed consultation will begin in early 2015 before any final decisions are made.

Further information on DCC website

It isn't about becoming a befriender or giving long term support - others will do that. It’s about encouraging and supporting people to get the help they need.

Places are available on a free initial training day running on 7th November, 9.30am – 4.00pm at New Mills Volunteer Centre.

The course will give you 

• The opportunity to meet other people in a similar role

• An information pack about local groups and services

• Regular updates and further training opportunities from the Derbyshire Trusted Befriending Network

For more information or to book, contact Rebecca Hyde at Glossop & District Volunteer Centre Tel: 01457 865722 or Email: rebecca@vcglossop.org.uk

Research by the Community Development Foundation shows the vital contribution these groups are making to society and how funders can best support them. 'Tailor Made: How community groups improve people’s lives' finds that without small amounts of funding, much of this activity would never get off the ground and the value of the services these groups provide, the volunteers they attract and their impact on communities would be lost.

For example, a study by the London School of Economics found that a typical befriending service would cost about £80 per person and produce £300 worth of value per person per year when taking into account the reduced need for treatment and improved quality of life as a result of better mental health.

An article in the Guardian says "these groups need advice, support and, most importantly, small amounts of funding to get going. It is a folly to think that communities will not need some small grant funding to get them started. Every type of new community finance model starts with a small investment".

The session will cover 

• Turning on a tablet
• Accessing wi-fi
• Getting on the internet
• Finding a website
• Setting up your email
• Using social media
• Shopping on line

The workshops cost £20 and will be held at the Argos store in Buxton, Derby, Ilkeston and Chesterfield between October and December 2014. 

To book a place call 0345 6004408

To learn more call Sylvia Green at Rural Action Derbyshire on 01629 592971 or see www.ukonlinecentres.com/running-your-centre/other-sites-and-tools/argos-tablet-offer-faq

Available for Social Enterprises, Not for Profit and Voluntary Sector organisations with less than 250 staff looking to manage, sustain and grow their organisations through accredited training.

Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium (DLDC), Community Action Derby, Nottingham CVS, Enable and Ingeus are working together in partnership with the Local Enterprise Partnership D2N2 and the Skills Funding Agency to improve voluntary sector skills and support organisational growth.

DLDC and Community Action will be delivering a series of workshops across Derby City and Derbyshire from November 2014 – January 2015 to enable interested organisations to gain further information and to sign up for accredited training. 

Workshop topics include:

• Creative Ways to Grow & Thrive
• Strategic Business Planning 
• Up-skilling your workforce 
• Achieving Stronger Board Support 

For further information and dates, please contact info@consortium.org.uk or 01332 265960 

The Nottingham-based Chamber member is offering to make-over a space or garden area, at any children or young people's charity in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire for Children in Need.

Office Manager Lucy Milner, who will coordinate the charitable activities for Paragon, said: "We are looking for four or five projects to undertake in the week of Children in Need culminating on Friday 14 November.

"We'll go to any children or young people's charity in any of the three counties and look to make a difference to their environment and facilities."

All the projects will be undertaken in the week leading up to the BBC's Children in Need appeal. Paragon will take before and after pictures and issue press releases about the projects.

"We will cover travel, manpower and materials" Lucy added, "The charities will not be expected to contribute anything to the projects.”

"The idea is that we would use our expertise to give back to the local community. Each would have one day throughout the week, of our team’s time, to go to each of the four or five children’s charities and do something for each of them," she said.

Charities wanting to take advantage of Paragon's offer should email Lucy on; lucy.milner@paragonplc.com email icon, putting CHARITY in the subject line, along with a description and photographs of how Challenge Paragon can help and transform. A deadline of 5pm on Friday 24 October has been set for applications.