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Working Together Hackney Council and the Voluntary and Community Sector

Working Together Hackney Council and the Voluntary and Community Sector. 1. Opening Remarks - Councillor Jonathan McShane, Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Culture

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Working Together Hackney Council and the Voluntary and Community Sector

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  1. Working Together Hackney Council and the Voluntary and Community Sector

  2. 1. Opening Remarks - Councillor Jonathan McShane, Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Culture 2. Working Together – Jake Ferguson, Chief Executive, Hackney CVS and message from Ian Lewis, Assistant Chief Executive, Hackney Council 3. Working Together – Refreshing the Hackney Compact 4. 2015/16 VCS Grants Programme and new Public Health grant funding

  3. Councillor Jonathan McShane Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Culture

  4. Celebrating our achievements • Positive environment and approach to partnership working so we have a shared understanding of local priorities -encouraged and achieved through the principles outlined in the Hackney Compact. • £12m+ in grants for the VCS – the Council has maintained its annual grants programme despite significant spending cuts by Central Government, helping us cater for diverse needs. • 200+ organisations have received grant funding, ranging from £750 to £200k. • On average, LBH annual contribution to the VCS in discretionary spend (grants, property subsidy, discretionary rate relief) is £3.5m. • VCS Property Portfolio is in the best condition than it has been for years.

  5. Celebrating our achievements • Excellent infrastructure organisations supporting the sector. • New approach to gathering community insight and to voluntary and community sector networks  so this can inform partnership working and priorities. • Recent launch of Hackney Giving led by Hackney CVS and partners as a credible and innovative approach to local fundraising. • Interlink PQASSO Level 3 Award - first in the country and Interlink were presented with their award by the Chair of the Charities Commission who said that ‘Interlink demonstrate what it means to be a highly effective charity’ and I would like to commend Interlink once again for their award. • Public Health now within LBH – allows the Council to take a lead in commissioning and forming partnerships that seek to support better health outcomes for local people.

  6. Our focus for the future • supporting a strong and diverse voluntary sector to build its resilience and response to the current economic challenges • reducing dependency on Council funding as a means for organisations to remain sustainable • an increased emphasis on the VCS to secure funding from external sources • positioning the sector to provide more local services on a contractual basis; and • developing social capital.

  7. Working Together Jake Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer Hackney CVS

  8. Working Together Message from Ian Lewis, Assistant Chief Executive Hackney Council

  9. Message from Ian Lewis “I have always been a strong advocate of partnership working, as I truly believe that by working together, we are able to do more to achieve better outcomes for local people. We may have different views and approaches on the best way to get things done, but we all have a shared commitment to improving the lives of some of society’s most vulnerable people. Over the last 10 years, relationships with partners including the voluntary sector, have been transformed and it’s been great to see what has been achieved through partnership working. At times, the Council and the VCS have had to have challenging conversations and will probably continue to do so in future, but the principles in the Hackney Compact have set the environment for open, honest and respectful dialogue which has been instrumental in supporting our work together.”

  10. 2015/16 Grants Programme • £2.594m across five funding streams for delivery from April 2015. • Main grants of between £5,000 and £40,000 for projects which contribute to Hackney’s Sustainable Community Strategy objectives. • Holiday Playscheme grants of up to £8,000 to deliver high quality playschemes for children and young people during the school holidays. • Open to applications from the 10th July until 12pm on the 19th September.

  11. 2015/16 Grants Programme • Small grants of between £1,000 and £5,000, for projects which contribute to Hackney’s Sustainable Community Strategy objectives. • Two rounds of small grants during the year. • First round is open to applications from the 5th November 2014 until the 12th December 2014. • Second round opens for applications from the 15th April 2015 until the 22nd May 2015.

  12. 2015/16 Grants Programme • Community Chest grants are available for local groups that want to deliver short term or one-off activities. • Organisations can apply for up to £1,000 to deliver projects which contribute to the Hackney Equality Objective ‘To foster good relations by building a strong sense of community, neighbourliness and pride’. • Open for applications in April 2015.

  13. Guidance and how to apply • Two stage application process • - Online application form • - Submission of policy documents if recommended • for grant funding • Please check the eligibility requirements and the closing dates/times. • Please answer all of the questions and provide the information requested. • Useful information: • - guidance notes • - 2013/14 outcomes report • - policy, evidence and statistics

  14. Guidance and how to apply • Practical support: • - Hackney Council for Voluntary Service workshops • - Community Accountancy Project • - Grants Team – 020 8356 4066 • Website: www.hackney.gov.uk • http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ce-pandc-community-grants-871.htm

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