Early Help 11-19/24 Grants Application Form 2014/15 (Melton Borough)

Closing date: 12 noon on 15th August 2014. Successful applicants will be informed by 1st September 2014.

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  1. Applicant contact details:

Name of proposal/project name
Organisation name / Address
Telephone
Contact name 1 / Email address 1
Contact name 2 / Email address 2

2. Core Proposal Details:

Activity dates / From: / To:
Location(s) i.e. where will your activities be based?
Tell us the village/ area and venue/s
Which villages/ areas in Melton will the young people attending your sessions be from?
Days & times your activity will take place:
Give dates, days of week and times and tell us whether these are specific or estimated
Total number of sessions:
How many young people do you hope to work with in each session?
Total hours activity
Tell us how many hours activity in total your project will provide
Total project cost £
Total amount requested £

3. Proposal description:

Provide full answers to all of the questions below:

Please provide a brief outline of proposal (max 30-50 words):
This will be used to summarise your project for funding assessment as well as publicity purposes
Who is your target audience?
Clearly specify the aims and objectives of your project:
(You will be asked to provide evidence and monitoring about these at the midway and end of year stages)
What is the evidence that your proposed activities/ project is needed?
Evidence of meeting local criteria: how will your project/ activities significantly address one or more of the criteria set out in the guidance and below?
1.Expand provisions, activities and services to young people on Friday evenings and/ or at weekends
2.Improving young people’s emotional wellbeing and self esteem
3.Anti-bullying work, including cyber bulling & internet safety
4.Increasing young people’s life skills and providing experiences to enable them to be able to manage tenancies
5.Supporting young people and their families in households experiencing mental health difficulties (including low level depression and anxiety)
6.Drug and alcohol education, prevention and support
7.Supporting young people from families experiencing the effects of low income
8.High quality youth interventions and provision for children and young people that is based on identified need, supported by consultation with young people
9.Projects/activities that ensure young people in Melton are safe, can achieve their potential and have their health and well-being and life chances improved
Explain how young people have been, or will be, involved in planning, delivery and evaluation – NB: evidence will be required for end of project reports
What are the main outcomes that will be achieved for or by young people as a result of your project?
Identify between 1 and 4 key improvements or outcomes for individuals, or communities, that you would hope to achieve through the proposal. For each outcome tell us how you plan to measure this (quantitative or qualitative methods may be used e.g. attendance logs, project evaluation, individual case records of progress, number achieving accreditation etc. You may add more outcomes if you wish but one strong outcome may be enough for your proposal. Please state where you will be using recognised frameworks or assessment tools such as; the Outcomes Star (used by SLF), Rickter, APIR, The National Youth Agency (7 outcomes), Youth Base, and SEAL.
Outcome 1 / Measure
Outcome 2 / Measure
Outcome 3 / Measure
Outcome 4 / Measure

4. Outputs:

The table below should be completed with your best estimates at the beginning of your project – you will be required to provide monitoring information on each of these categories:

How many separate young people do you expect to regularly engage in your project?This is to capture the number of separate/individual young people who may attend more than once (only count them once)
Female / Male / Total
Please estimate what proportion (in % terms) of your target group will come from each age group
Under 10 / 11-15 / 16-19 / 20-25 (with LDD)
How many young people do you expect to be from the following groups?
Targeted YP:Please see last page of guidance notes for further information about ‘targeted’ and ‘disengaged’ young people / BME:black and minority ethnic / LDD:learning difficulties and disabilities
Total number of attendances:this is to capture the overall number of attendances i.e. the number of individual young people x the number of times they attended

5. Additional information:

How will you advertise the activities/ engage the young people to whom you are targeting the project?
How will you target your project/ activities to young people who are currently disengaged from positive activities? Please see last page of guidance notes for further information about ‘targeted’ and ‘disengaged’ young people
Give details of any partners helping to deliver your project and how they are involved: Which other agencies/ groups will you work with and how? Which services will you work with? What discussions/ agreements have you already had/ made? What future plans do you have to engage with them?
How will you try to ensure that your project/activities (where appropriate) are sustainable beyond the life of the funding?

6. Question for organisations/projects that previously received funding through the LeicestershireCountyCouncil(LCC) Delivery of Youth Work Grants 2011-13:

Have you previously received funding from LeicestershireCounty Council’s Delivery of Youth Work grant?

Yes / No

If yes please answer the question below:

Please outline the difference your project made based on appropriate evidence: Please detail how many young people benefited, and any changes you have made to the project in this application.

7. Financial information:

Will you be combining Early Help Grants funding with other funding streams to deliver your project/ activities?
Tell us which and how this will work
Breakdown of items and costs – please provide a clear, detailed breakdown. Separate items such as materials, staff time and travel. Failure to do so is likely to delay a decision being made about your project. If applying for a series of activities i.e. Easter holidays and then summer holidays, break these down into individual projects.
Items: / Details / Total cost £ / Amount requested from Early Help £
Capital Items: please specify(fixed assets such as one-off equipment or property with a useful life extending beyond the financial year)
Subtotal [Capital]
Revenue expenditure: please specify (running costs e.g. staffing, activities, materials, costs that are charged to expense as soon as they are incurred)
Staffing: / Type of staff (e.g. coach, instructor, youth worker)
Hours required
Amount per hour
Subtotal[ Revenue]
Total cost of project (A)
Contribution by applicant
Details of other funding sources (please be specific)
Any expected income generated by project to be offset cost (please specify)
Funding sub total (B)
Early Help Grant requested (A minus B)
Are you applying for Early Help Grants in any other district or borough within Leicestershire? If so please give details here:

N.B. Project monitoring will require confirmation of expenditure and declaration of any underspend at midway and end of project stages. Melton Borough Council reserve the right to request any unspent funds are returned at the end of the project period.

Organisation standards check list

To be eligible for Early Help Grants funding your organisation must confirm it meets the following standards. If you are unable to comply with any of the standards at this time please give details:

Area / Required Standards: / Tick to confirm
Safeguarding / The organisation has effective Safeguarding procedures in place and can demonstrate it has a robust approach to implementing Safeguarding procedures, responding appropriately to any concerns raised.
Staff and volunteers have appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
Please attach a copy of your Safeguarding Policy.
Equal Opportunities / The organisation can demonstrate a commitment to equality of access and opportunity in principle and practice.
Please attach equal opportunities policy.
Insurance / Premises, staff, volunteers and users are appropriately insured for the activity delivered.
Please attach a copy of your current public liability certificate and any other relevant insurance documents.
Health and Safety / The organisation can demonstrate effective Health and Safety practice, which it uses to ensure safety for the young people, and others associated with the project.
The activity will be staffed by appropriately skilled, experienced workers, with appropriate qualifications where necessary, with correct staffing/supervision ratios applied
Monitoring / The organisation agrees to complete project monitoring reports as requested.
By applying for funding your organisation/company agrees to cooperate with any monitoring visits that may be undertaken as part of the operation of the Early Help Grants funds.
Other / The organisation has a bank account (payments cannot be made to any individuals’ personal bank account) and will be able to provide evidence of expenditure on Early Help Grants activity by the provision of receipts, invoices and payroll records if requested

Melton Borough Council reserves the right to challenge and investigate the validity of these statements and may refuse to fund a project if they are not satisfied.

Declaration:

This should be completed by two members of your organisation with suitable authority, e.g., Manager, Trustee, Director etc

I declare that:

a)to the best of my knowledge the information given on this application is accurate

b)I understand that the information provided in this form may be circulated and discussed with any person or organisation helping to evaluate our project.

Name:Position/Role:

Date:Email/Tel:

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