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Innovation Fund Application Pack

Innovation Fund Fact Sheet

Do you live or work within Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea or Hammersmith and Fulham? Do you have a passion for improving the wellbeing of people in Recovery within the local area?

You provide the big idea, we provide between £500 and £2500 to support to make it happen.

Our services

The Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service (DAWS) provides substance misuse support and recovery services to the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster.

The service is run by Turning Point and Blenheim it supports residents, their families, friends, employers and the community to make positive changes to any issues they may be having around drugs and alcohol.

http://wellbeing.turning-point.co.uk/centrallondon/about-us/

The Alcohol Service is an alcohol treatment and support service for the residents of Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea. The service is run by Change Grow Live (CGL).

The aim of the service is to meet the changing alcohol needs of residents in the borough and to bridge the gap between the level of vulnerable adults needing treatment and the actual numbers of them accessing it.

http://changegrowlive.org/content/thealcoholservice.westminster

The Innovation Fund

We want to help local people to launch ideas and programs that will help to reduce social isolation and improve 5 ways to wellbeing (Give, Keep Learning, Be Active, Take Notice, Connect – see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/five-ways-to-mental-wellbeing) for people in the local area - particularly for those accessing services for drugs and/or alcohol use.

We especially like to fund initiatives that try to do things a bit differently, uses existing resources in new ways and offer opportunities for our service users to get involved (volunteering etc.).

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The possibilities are endless…

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Using skills of the community and local resources to create Upcycling and mending workshops

Create a walk that not only gets people together but takes them past local community centres and through our lovely parks

A regular social space for people with shared interests (like fishing or baking) to get together and make new friends

It would be good to have a sports buddy,

someone I can try different sports with

Organise a volunteering activity where anyone can give their time and have fun. Like decorating a community space or community

Funding Deadlines 2017

January 31st – Application deadline

February 28th – Panel Decision

March 31st - 1st Instalment of the grant to be received

April 30th – Application Deadline

May 31st - Panel Decision

June 30h – 1st Instalment of the grant to be received

31st July – Application Deadline

31st August – Panel Decision

29th September- 1st Instalment of the grant to be received.

31st October – Application Deadline

30th November - Panel Decision

21st December – 1st Instalment of the Grant to be received.

Criteria

We are looking for innovative ideas that enhance the lives of our service users and members of the local communities in which we operate. By:

Reducing social isolation both locally and for people who access our services Encouraging personal growth within the 5 ways to wellbeing

We specifically want your idea to meet the GIVE stage of the 5ways to Wellbeing plus any others.

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Social activities meeting new people, feeling

Keeping fit, going for a walk, improving your

Try volunteering; give your time to help others.

Try volunteering; give your time to help others.

Try something new; learn a new skill, take up a hobby.

How much can be applied for?

The innovation fund is for grants between £500 and £2500 which must be spent within 12 months of the grant being allocated. For smaller grants of under £150 please refer to the Big Ideas Grant.

*If you are currently in receipt of any benefits it is important that you have a conversation with the Department of Work and Pensions in the situation that you are awarded a grant to ensure that you are not penalised in anyway*.

Who can apply

We are looking to fund projects from residents (aged 18+) or charities/ not for profit groups located within the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster.

If you are a charity, voluntary or community group with an income of less than £100,000 per annum your application is welcome. The grant is available to support new and innovation ideas, we are therefore unable to provide continuation for funding you are already receiving that is due to come to an end

What Support is Available?

For service users of either DAWS or The Alcohol Service support is available through the Education Training and Employment team (ETE) (see p18 for useful contacts). The big lottery fund has a number of useful documents on their website to support people to plan their future projects (see p18 for useful contacts).

What the fund can be used for / what the fund cannot be used for

Can be used for Cannot be used forOne off or regular activities that help to promote social inclusion such as setting up a weekly shared interest group or organising a one off event.

For example: You are interested in setting up a regular mindfulness group in Hammersmith as you’ve realised nothing currently exists. You need funds to pay for the initial space and promotional material. In exchange you will give 5 spaces in the group to people from either DAWS or The Alcohol Service.

We cannot back pay expenses for projects that have already begun before we confirm our grant.Costs occurred through applicationItems/projects that only benefit the individual rather than group of people.Loans or interest paymentsPolitical or religious activitiesProjects that you cannot maintain because of high on-going costs or the need for specialist skillsProjects that cannot take place within the funding window.

For equipment or resources to aid current provision that supports people in Recovery.For example:You currently provide a local not for profit voluntary service supporting homeless people in the local area providing food parcels and a friendly chat. You would like to access the grant to support training 5 new volunteers. In exchange you will give 1 space on the training to someone from DAWS or The Alcohol Service.

Projects that are based outside of the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea or Westminster.

The purchase of Alcohol or illicit substances

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Insurance and safety

Depending on the type of project, you may need public liability insurance or qualified leaders. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate insurance in place. This should include cover for any assets you buy or events and activities you run using our grant. We may ask to look at these policies at any time. Your organisation must be affiliated to a governing body if your project involves a dangerous sport or activity

Our bank or building society account requirements

You must have a UK based bank or building society account in the name of the organisation that submits the application to us and will carry out the project, that requires at least two people who are unrelated and do not live at the same address to sign cheques or authorise withdrawals, or you are a state funded school using a local authority account.

If your organisation uses an internet bank account we also require at least two people who are unrelated and do not live at the same address to authorise payments.

We may ask you to open a new and separate account that will only be used for our funding. We are unlikely to fund a group or organisation who are in poor financial health.

Bank statements Any bank statements that we ask for should show your organisational name and address. These must be

consistent with the details you’ve provided in any completed form or the information that’s held elsewhere in the public domain.

Your bank statement should show that your account is being managed in line with your own financial procedures and our programme requirements.

Signatories The people named as contacts on the application form (and any other form) should be fully aware of the

application and the project. Their full legal names as shown on identification documentation should be included (such as passports, immigration documents, driving licences) not alternate names that they may be known by. If written signatures are included, these should match that person’s signature on other legal documents.

Monitoring your grant

If we fund your project we will ask to meet with you on a regular basis to check in with how your project is progressing, confirm how the grant has been spent and what you achieved. Please make sure that you get receipts for all the items or services you buy with the grant and that you keep them somewhere safe as we may ask you to provide them. Please keep us up to date if your project or any of your contact details change at any stage of your grant.

Repeat Applications

We will look at each new application on its own merit; however we will give priority to those who have not already received a grant within the last 6 months.

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How to complete this form

Please type this form where possible. If you do not have access to a computer please ensure that your handwriting is readable and use black ink.

If you are not sure how to answer any questions we will be happy to help you.

Call us on 0207 287 8743 email us at [email protected]

Please make sure that you complete all questions in full and do not leave any boxes blank. If the answer does not apply to you please write N/A

How to send the form to us

We prefer to receive your forms by email. So if so please can you return it as an attachment to [email protected] We will send you an email to acknowledge that we have received your application.

If you are sending a paper copy of your application form please send it to:

Lisa Harston

32A Wardour Street London W1D 6QR

You only need to send extra information if we specifically ask you to.

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The application processComplete your application form

Send your application form to us. Make sure that you leave plenty of time for your application form to get to us before the deadline

Please make sure that you have completed the whole of the application. Incomplete application will not be considered.

We assess your application

We will take time to consider your application. At this point we may need to come back to you for more information or to expand on some of your answers.

If you are currently accessing support from one of the local services we may at this stage ask to have a brief meeting with you and your keyworker to ensure that you are receiving all of the support that you might need during this process.

All applications that are agreed as having adequate information and meeting the criteria will then be put through to the decision panel.

A decision is made by a Panel

The decision making panel will be made up of a mix of service users and local community members who will look at each of the application forms and make a decision based on how you have met the criteria and by bringing their local knowledge of services.

The types of decision that may be taken by a decision making board:

Award in Full- The award is made at the level requested in the application

Reduced Award- The award is funded but at a reduced level. In this situation you may be required to evidence that you are able to match the rest of the funding through other providers.

Deferred Award- the Board may withhold a decision in order to seek more information. The application will return to the next board meeting before a final decision is made

Rejected- The application is not funded.

If you are successful If you are not successful

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Depending on the amount of money that has been applied for you will receive the grant in regular instalments.

You will be required to provide regular progress reports throughout the period that your project is operational.

We will support you with any help that you might need to reapply in the future.

Section one: Project DetailsDate_______________________________Q1.1 Project name

Organisation Name – if possible

Full name of person making the application

Q1.2 Organisation/Personal Address (including postcode)

Telephone number

Email Address

Website Address

(if applicable)

Q1.3 Organisation type

Public Sector (you are required to complete an additional Organisation Information

form which will be sent to you by either email or post)

Voluntary/Social Enterprise/Community Sector

(you are required to complete an additional Organisation Information form which will be

sent to you by either email or post)

Local Resident/Individual / Service User

Local Group (non-registered)

Other (please describe)

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Help Notes

1.1 What is the name of your innovation? Try and keep your project name short and snappy!

If you are applying from an existing Organisation please tell us your registered project name

1.2 Tell us the best address to contact you. If this is a personal/home address please state this clearly

1.3 If you are a charity and a company please provide both.

Local Connection – add check boxes

Which Borough(s) does your project benefit

Westminster

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Hammersmith and Fulham

All

Q1.5 Your Organisation/Project Bank Account

All groups that receive a grant from us must have a UK-Based bank or building society

account in the name of their organisation/project (Please see guidance document

for support on how to do this).

Please confirm that you have this in place

Yes

(But we will have this in place if we are awarded a grant)

Q1.6 How much money are you applying for (Min £500-Max £2,500)

£_____________________________

Q1.5 Are you currently receiving support from a local service (eg Keyworker,

Education Training and Employment, Shared care etc)

Yes: No:

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Help Notes

What borough will your project have the most impact on? Some projects may benefit across a number of boroughs so please add them all.

Q1.5 Bank Account

You must have a UK based bank or building society account in the name of the organisation that submits the application to us and will carry out the project.

Q1.6 Personal Support

If you are currently accessing support from one of the local services we may at this stage ask to have a brief meeting with you and your keyworker to ensure that you are receiving all of the support that you might need during this process.

Details of support

Name of service Type of support Name of Contact

Contact Number Which borough is the service that you are receiving the support fromlocated

Please continue on an extra sheet of paper if needed (reference the paper with Q1.6)

Please can you confirm that you give us permission to contact any services that you are receiving support from

Yes: No:

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Section 2 : About your ProjectWe have included some notes to help you to answer the application form questions but make sure you read the guidance document too.

We have set word limits to show you how much information we are expecting from your answers.

Q2.1 What does your project involve and who is involved in its development? (Max 600 Words)

Summarise what you plan to do, using straightforward language and including timescales where possible (please include any work/steps that you have already taken)

Make sure that you include your main project activities and describe how you will deliver them.

What are the roles of the people involved e.g. volunteer roles, treasurer, admin etc. If you are working with other organisations to deliver your project tell us who you

are working with and what their role on the projects will be.

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What does our project plan to do?

Help Notes

Q2.1 What does your project involve?

Project activities – Activities are the tasks, actions or services that will take place in your project to achieve its outcomes.

You will also need to tell us how you are planning to run your project.

People Involved

Please let us know the individual roles of the people involved

Working with other organisations

Let us know the strengths and skills that any other organisations may be to your project idea.

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What does our project plan to do? Help Notes

Please use this table to help you to plan out the steps that you will need to take to set up your project.

Please remember to think about the resources that you will need at each stage and the evidence that you will be providing to evidence that you have achieved your goal.

What steps will I take to achieve this(please remember to add your time frame)

What resources or support will I need?(People/places/things)

How will I evidence that I have achieved it?

Target completion date

Q2.2 When are you planning to start and finish your project and how will you ensure that your project is sustainable beyond the Innovation fund? (Max 500 words)?

Please include information regarding any other funds/grants that you have accessed or are planning to apply for.

You only need to provide estimated dates at this time. We accept that they may be subject

to change

Start Date:

Day Month Year

Finish Date:

Day Month Year

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Help Notes

Q2.2 Start/Finish

If you are successfully awarded the funds, when do you envisage that you will be able to start the project delivery?

If the project is for a set period of time please let us know when you envisage that it will end

If you are applying to funds for a one off event please write NA and move onto question 2.4

If your application is for an on-going project please let us know how you will continue to fund it beyond the Innovation grant.

Q2.3 Is your project, or part of it, based on an existing piece of work (300 words)

Yes No

If yes please tell us how you are evaluating your existing work and how learning from this work has shaped the project you’d like for us to fund.

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Help Notes

What methods are you using to evaluate your existing work?

How has learning from your work helped to develop this project?

How will you share your learning with others?

Q2.4 How will your project contribute to your local community? (200 Words)

Q2.5 How do you know there is a need for your project and is there something similar that already exists locally? (Max 600 Words)

- Show research that you have completed to show that there are gaps locally or a need to enhance an existing service

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Q2.5 How do you know there is a need for your project and is there something similar that already exists locally? (Max 600 Words) Cont…

Help Notes

Q2.4 Be as specific as you can!

For example if you are aiming to involve recently abstinent people in their local community you need to tell us why the people that you want to engaged aren’t already involved.

This may be due to lack of social activities in a certain area, or due to costs of existing activities.

Q2.5 Please ensure that you do some research on your local area to make sure that the project that you are trying to develop doesn’t already exist.

If there are any similar projects that exist Nationally it would be good to explain why you think they work in their local areas.

Help Notes

Q2.6 Tell us about the people or communities that will benefit from your project.

This could be people with similar needs or interests or for a specific cohort (i.e. a women only space)

Q2.6 Who will benefit from your project and how will they be involved in developing and running it? (Max500 words)

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Q2.5 How do you know there is a need for your project and is there something similar that already exists locally? (Max 600 Words) Cont…

Help Notes

Q2.7 training

If you need to complete a specific training course in order to deliver your project (i.e. food hygiene etc.) please provide us with details make sure to include available training dates (where known) as this may impact the speed in which you can start your project.

Q2.6 Who will benefit from your project and how will they be involved in developing and running it? (Max 500 words) Cont….

Q2.7 What training needs have you identified in order to support the development

What Training Dates (if known)

Cost Who needs the training (inc number of people

Q2.8 Where will the project take place?

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Q2.6 Who will benefit from your project and how will they be involved in developing and running it? (Max 500 words) Cont….

Help Notes

Q2.8 Location

If you have already secured a location for your project/ activity to take place please use this space to let us know. If you are working across different sites please add all addresses and identify which is your main location.

Q2.9 outcomes

Please use this space to let us know the main outcomes for your project. Make sure you promote the outcomes which relate to the 5 ways to wellbeing and reducing social isolation within the Recovery Community.

Borough Building name/Number and Street

Postcode Is this your main location

Q2.9 What key outcomes will your project achieve

Write at least two outcomes and a maximum of 4. Use no more than 20 words for each.

What is the outcome? How will you achieve it?

Outcome 1

Outcome 2

Outcome 3

Outcome 4

Project Budget

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For support around budget planning and calculating project costs the Big Lottery offer an number of helpful advice guides please (see p.18 Useful information).

Q3 How much will your project cost and how much would you like from us?

Include the cost of everything that you will need for your project

Item or Activity A Total Cost B Amount requested from us?

Total: £ £

Capital Costs: fixed one-time expenses. These include buying Equipment , vehicles etc.

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Help Notes

Q3 Please use this table to inform us of the individual costs that your project will occur. For example if you are planning on running an event for National Recovery month you will need to add separate information for food costs, hiring venue, music, travel, etc.

On occasion the total costs of the project/ activity may exceed the amount of money that you can apply for from the grant. It is therefore important that you let us know the total cost of the item/activity and how much you want from us.

Revenue Costs: the expenses involved in making a product/service these include

training, travel, running costs, venue hire and volunteer expenses.

Total CostCapitalRevenueTotal

3.1 Are the total costs more than the amount that you would like from us?

Yes No

If yes where will you get the other funding from and have you secured it yet?

Q3.2 How have you worked out your costs? (Max 200 Words)

What your costs are based on (quotes, estimates etc.)

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Help Notes

Q3.1 Additional Funding

If your project costs are more than you are requesting from Awards for All and you need to raise funds from other sources, you must be able to show that this will not delay your project

Q3.2 Costing

Please detail if your costs are based on quotes or estimates. Please provide details of your sources. I.e. You want to purchase a karaoke machine to start regular “sober sing-a-long” events. The machine will be purchased from a specific shop so you list the shop name and the quote received.

Useful Information

Education, Training and Employment Team For people currently accessing our service our wonderful ETE team will be a great support to you in completing your application or to get some advice around planning your project. You can contact the team by phone or email to arrange an appointment

0208 960 5599 or [email protected]

Funding Guidance: Every year, The Big Lottery distribute millions of pounds of the National Lottery's good cause money to community groups and charitable projects around the UK. They have also got a number of great online resources available for people applying for funds

https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/funding/funding-guidance/applying-for-funding

5 Ways to Wellbeing - There are a number of great resources available regarding the 5 ways to wellbeing have a look at the Mind Website…

http://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/mental-health-at-work/taking-care-of-yourself/five-ways-to-wellbeing/

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