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29152852603500Redditch Winter Grants Scheme 2021 Guidance andGrant Application FormGuidanceWhat is the purpose of the grants scheme?The COVID Winter Grant Scheme is to provide support to vulnerable households and families with children particularly affected by the pandemic throughout the winter period where alternative sources of assistance may be unavailable.There is approximately ?78,000 available in Redditch. This is open to groups and organisations and can be for new projects or existing schemes.What can this Grants Scheme support? There are two pots you can apply for. Families with children: At least 80% of the total funding is available to support households with children (around ?63,000 available)Families without children and individuals: Up to 20% of the total funding to other households experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, poverty during the pandemic (around ?15,000 available). This may include households not currently in receipt of DWP welfare benefits.Most of the funding will be to provide support with food, energy and water bills for household purposes (including drinking, washing, cooking, central heating, and sanitary purposes), but up to 20% of the total funding can be used to provide support with other essentials (including sanitary products, warm clothing, soap, blankets, boiler service/repair, purchase of equipment including fridges, freezers, ovens, etc.)The funding cannot cover payment of rent or other housing costs because these are not directly related to food or utility bills and other benefits and support is available to cover these costs. Nor is it intended to be used for the provision of general advice on managing debt and/or financial hardship.Your funding request must be for one off expenditure to be completed by March 2021. Your administration costs should not be more than 10% of your budget. What is the timetable for applying? Application window opensFriday 8th January 2021 Application window closesMonday 25th January 2021 MiddayPlease note funding will be allocated throughout the application window, so applying as early as possible is advised. Delivery timescaleProjects must be delivered by the end of March 2021Monitoring ReportProject lead must submit a Monitoring Form by 15th April 2021 at the latestWho is eligible? The funding is open to Voluntary and Community Sector groups and other civil society organisations such as Parish Councils and Schools. You must be constituted.Does my organisation need to have a bank account?Yes, groups or organisations need to have a bank account in the name of that group or organisation and have two or more signatories, as this is standard good practice to help avoid fraud. The signatories should not be related to each other, and at least one should be a senior committee member/trustee such as Chair or Treasurer. Can more than one grant application be submitted?One application can be submitted to each pot in each area unless you are also part of a partnership. Partnership bids must choose a fundholder to lead the bid, and in this case you can apply as a sole organisation and again as the lead of a partnership bid. If you operate in both Bromsgrove and Redditch you must make a separate bid for each area.Is there a limit on the size of the funding request?Yes. This differs between pots:Application to the Families with children pot must be between ?2,500 and ?20,000Applications to the Families without children and individuals must be between ?2,500 and ?10,00010% of the funding will be withheld until BARN receives a completed monitoring form.What information is needed for the Financial Breakdown? Please be as clear as you can be about the financial breakdown for your scheme, but we understand things may change. The information is broken down into the following: What you are intending to spend the grant onDetails of any other funding (in kind or from other agencies) you are usingIf the schemeproject is costing more to deliver than the grant amount you are requesting from us, please advise how you will raise the additional funds. If there is insufficient funding left in the pot to meet your budget we may discuss with you offering a smaller amount.How do we apply?Please submit the Grant Application Form by completing all sections. We will not be able to consider incomplete forms. The boxes will expand as you type into them. The person submitting these forms must have the authority to apply on behalf of the organisation. Although emailed applications are preferred, you may post or hand-deliver your forms to the BARN office at the address below until the closing date and time. If hand delivering please phone beforehand on 01527 60282 to ensure someone is available, or post through the letterbox.To return your applicationEmail grants@.ukPost to Grants, Bromsgrove and Redditch Network, Community House, 103 Easemore Road, Redditch B98 8EYHand deliver to the above address Please ensure BARN has received your application by Monday 25th January 2021 Midday at the latest although earlier application is advised as funding will be allocated throughout the application window.What happens with my application?BARN and officers from the local Council will review applications as quickly as possible as they come in. Some funding may be allocated during the period the application window is open, but we hope to inform applicants by Friday 29th January if they are successful.Please be aware that you if you are successful and receive funding, you will be required to complete a monitoring report and return it to BARN by the end of the funding period.As part of the funding we will need data about the location of participants. Ideally this would be postcodes, but if this is not possible please contact BARN to discuss alternatives. Privacy NoticeBARN?is committed to protecting your privacy when you use Council services. The Privacy Notice at the end of this form explains how the BARN uses information about you and the ways in which we protect your privacy.What advice and support is available?If you have any questions or concerns about the form please contact BARN:Telephone 01527 60282Email: grants@.uk Grant Application Form1. Name of group or organisationAddress and postcodeTelephoneEmail addressWebsiteSocial media feeds 2. Contact Name Position in group/organisationDaytime telephone if different from aboveEmail address if different from above3. Are you applying for funding for your own individual organisation, or for a partnership/consortium activity?Funding for own organisation. Please tick one box onlyAs the lead body for a consortium or partnershipIf you are the lead body for a consortium or partnership, who are your partners?You will need to be clear in your answers below whether you are referring to the lead body or the partnership/consortium. 4. Is your group or organisation formally constituted? YESPlease send a copy of your constitution with your application unless your group is a formally registered charity, CIC, Parish Council or SchoolNO If your organisation is not formally constituted, then for this particular funding you are ineligible to apply for a grant. 5. What sort of group or organisation is yours? (tick all that apply)Registered charity If so, Charity number:Charitable Incorporated OrganisationIf so, Company number:Community groupCommunity Interest Company:Another type of not-for-profit organisation (please explain)Are you a branch of, or affiliated to, a larger organisation or federation? Please explain.6. Which funding pot are you applying for? Please tick one box only. You can only apply for one pot using this form, but you may apply for the other one a second form.Families with childrenPlease tick one box onlyFamilies without children and individuals 7. What is your schemeproject/service name?8. What are the aim(s) of your proposed schemeproject/service? 9. Please briefly describe the schemeproject or activity. This should include information about the type of beneficiaries and why they need this support during the pandemic.10. Where will your scheme be deliveredproject take place? This might be a neighbourhood or across the whole District11. Please complete a financial breakdown of the proposed schemeproject/service. Total from this grantTotal schemePlease be as clear as you can be about the financial breakdown for your scheme, but we understand things may change.??Scheme EquipmentScheme MaterialsSalaries of Staff (please detail the job title or role of each member of staff)General running expenses Other (please detail)Total Please remember:Applications to the Families with children pot must be between ?2,500 and ?20,000Applications to the Families without children and individuals pot must be between ?2,500 and ?10,000Your administration costs should not be more than 10% of your budget. 12. If we are only funding part of the schemeproject, is the rest of the funding in place? If so, where from? 13. To receive this grant your organisation must have its own bank or building society account in the name of the organisation. Cheques and other withdrawals must be signed by at least two people who are not related to each other and not living at the same address. Does your organisation meet these criteria? YesNo14. SafeguardingIf you work with children, young people or vulnerable adults, are your staff and volunteers Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checked?YesNo*Not applicable*If you are an organisation that works with children and young people, do you have safeguarding policy and procedures?YesNo*Not applicable**If you answered No or Not Applicable to any of the questions above please state why15. Bank details Please note:Payment of the grant will be made by BACS transfer, unless otherwise agreed.Payment for awards will be made once the grant award has been confirmed. 10% of the total grant funding awarded will be withheld until a completed monitoring form is received. The name of the bank account must be in the name of the organisation or group applying. Sort Code:Account Number:Account Name:Declaration I confirm that the organisation/group named on this form has authorised me to submit this application on their behalf and that the information contained in this application is correct, to the best of my knowledge. I confirm that any grant received will be used solely for the purposes specified in this application.Name of person completing this formPosition in OrganisationDatePrivacy NoticeWho we areBromsgrove and Redditch Network is a charity and a company. We are the local Council for Voluntary Service, we operate an accredited Volunteer Centre, and we run a variety of community projects and services, such as the BURT community minibus.Please contact us if you have any queries regarding the information below, or enquiries regarding data we may holdHow we collect dataWe obtain personal data in a variety of ways including when people:enquire about our activities or service offerings;use our services;email us.Specific and genuine consent by the individual, or those legally responsible for the individual, is required to retain data. Informed consent is either when they have received sufficient information on why their data is needed and how it will be used, and then gives their consent, or that it is clear and unambiguous that the information they give will be used for a specific purpose. What data do we collect?The types of data collected may include:name;e-mail address;postal address;telephone number;payment details;stories and photographs about people such as fundraising or volunteering activitiesWe will only collect personal data to the extent thatit is required for the specific purpose notified orit is required for the purpose that is clearly apparent from the circumstances in which people provide their data. An application to this fund will be considered informed consent, but BARN will only use the information in relation to this grant scheme. Failure to provide the data will mean a grant cannot be awarded.Disclosing the information we collect to third partiesWe may share generic and anonymised data with other parties in order to monitor services and develop new projects. An example of this might be numbers of people applying for types of services, or attending events. Specific information about individuals will not be passed on. We may need to disclose data if required to do so by law. We may also pass on data if we merge with another entity. In that instance all people that are included will be informed of this.How we protect personal dataWe have in place appropriate procedures and technologies to maintain the security of all personal data from the point of collection to the point of destruction.We also take appropriate measures to ensure that the data disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used. We will take all reasonable steps to destroy or suppress, or erase from our systems, all data which is no longer required. We may also contact people from time to time in order to ensure that our records are correct and up-to-date.Data StorageInformation and records held in paper form are locked away, and accessible only to authorised staff and/or volunteers. Data held online is only accessible through password-protected profiles, and access is limited to those staff and volunteers that are authorised and have a requirement to access the specific data in question. Information will be stored for only as long as it is needed or required by statute and will be disposed of appropriately.BARN will ensure all personal and company data is non-recoverable from any computer system previously used within the organisation, which has been passed on/sold to a third party.The rights of people we hold data aboutPeople have the right to ask for a copy of the data we hold about them and to have any inaccuracies in that data corrected. They also have the right to ask us to stop using data for direct marketing purposes or prevent processing that is likely to cause damage or distress. The data subject shall have the right to withdraw his or her consent at any time, and it shall be as easy to withdraw as to give consent. This does not necessarily mean all personal data will be erased as some data may need to be retained for other purposes (such as financial records) or to record the fact that a person no longer wants to receive mailings. It does however mean that the data can no longer be used for the purposes the consent was initially given.We shall also comply with any additional rights given to data subjects under new or modified legislation.Data protection Officer (DPO)The data controller is Bromsgrove and Redditch Network and the Data Protection Officer is Gary Roskell, Chief Executive. To contact him you can email gary@.ukMore information can be found at .uk/dataprotection. ................
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