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Role: Schools & Community Coordinator

Summary: Alongside our work with local community groups at Chiswick House & Gardens Trust, has been the steady development of an innovative new School programme. Thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Schools & Community Coordinator is a varied role and will change as the School Programme develops. The role will involve the co-creation of a high-quality School Programme, to managing its successful implementation, coordination and delivery. Moving through a piloting stage and steady expansion, towards a fully available commercial offer to coincide with our new Learning Hub and Community Fruit Garden.

Full details & job description: Schools & Community Coordinator – Chiswick House & Gardens (chiswickhouseandgardens.org.uk)

Deadline: Closing date for applications is Tuesday 1 October 2024, midday.

Following the Hounslow Youth Council workshop in July, the Engagement and Consultation Team has launched The Future Livelihoods of Children and Young People Survey on the Let’s Talk platform, available until Friday, 29th November.

Please encourage any young people or relevant stakeholders you work with to complete the survey and share their experiences, thoughts, and opinions on important borough-wide issues. We aim to gather insights that will help shape future plans and policies regarding youth well-being and leisure, education and employment opportunities in Hounslow. Feedback will also influence amendments to the Children and Young People’s Plan.

We are particularly interested in hearing from young people aged 11-25 who live, study, or work in the Borough of Hounslow.

Upcoming sessions in:
Acton: 17th September
Northolt: 18th September
Southall: 19th September

Greenwell PCN Early Years Innovation Fund 

Deadline: 20 September 2024, 12 noon.

Click here for the Ealing Early Years Innovation Fund – Guidance Document

Click here for the Innovation Fund Application Form

Guidance 

This Innovation Fund aims to support Greenford PCN neighbourhood families with at least one child under 5 years (Early Years), including antenatal innovative projects.

NWL ICB and Greenwell Primary Care Network, a grouping of seven GP practices working together in the Greenford, Hanwell and Perivale area, are piloting a new programme which focuses on improving the life chances for parents, babies and children under 5 years old who are living in the Greenwell PCN area, focusing on some of the most disadvantaged population of the neighbourhood.

The programme focuses very much on prevention and health promotion as interventions in the early years of children and their families are more likely to improve health and wellbeing in later years. Importantly the programme also seeks to identify and support children with long term or repetitive medical conditions and improve parental engagement, education and greater access to existing teams and services in the area.

 Fund Aims

The Early Years pilot in Greenwell PCN set aside a funding of £50,000 for community organisations in the borough to bid for by proposing innovative and co-produced projects designed to meet the needs of the Early Years cohort of children and their families registered with Greenwell PCN GP practices.

The proposed projects should be new or expand on on-going project with funding dedicated to cover innovative activities or resources to further enhance delivery and outcome for the population is intended for.

It’s important that projects put forward are aligned to the programme objectives, including:

• Establishment of a sustainable hub to reduce health inequalities in children and their families.
• Early identification of vulnerable families and developmental delay or concerns in children
• Improvement of parents’ health literacy, enabling families to understand health information and services available to improve access
• Increasing immunisation uptake.
• Optimising health during pregnancy and postnatal (smoking or substance use reduction)
• Ensuring families receive appropriate financial support for children with health / learning issues.
• Identify children with undiagnosed or poorly treated Asthma or respiratory issues Reducing emergency department attendances for minor illness
• Reducing exposure to smoking in home and car by encouraging parents and others to quit.

Eligibility

You need to be applying as:

• a constituted not-for-profit organisation (company limited by guarantee, community interest company, registered charity, co-operative, unincorporated organisation)
• with a minimum of 2 unrelated trustees / directors
• with a bank account in the name of the organisation

The activities and projects which you are applying funding for need to be legally charitable and benefit primarily Greenwell PCN registered population. We will only fund organisations that have a track record of working in Ealing and possibly neighbouring areas.

We cannot fund explicitly worship or evangelistic initiatives, statutory services, discriminative programmes, or projects where an attendance fee will be charged.

Policies and Procedures

When working with young children, the following policies and procedures must be adhered to:

• Safeguarding: An up-to-date safeguarding policy should be in place
• Child Protection: Ensure all relevant staff and volunteers have up-to-date DBS checks and undergo regular safeguarding training.
• Health and Safety: Maintain high health and safety standards in all activities and environments.
• Inclusivity: Ensure programs are inclusive and accessible to all eligible families, irrespective of background.
• Parental Engagement: Actively involve parents in planning and implementing activities to enhance engagement and outcomes.
• Data Protection: Following GDPR guidelines, ensuring the confidentiality and security of all personal data collected.

Monitoring – Reporting on the grant

Regular, quarterly or less depending on the level of information required, will be agreed with successful applicants. An interim mid-project report is expected in March 2025 and one project visit through the 12-month project cycle. These reports will need to be submitted to the Early Years Innovation Fund Steering Group and will be shared with other stakeholders such as North West London Integrated Care Board and NHS England. We are committed to light-touch reporting and will be asking (subject to possible change) for:

• Number of beneficiaries
• Percentage of people who are new to activities
• Description of additional characteristics and demographics
• Number of volunteers involved
• Number of referrals or signposts to external advice, information, or engagement services
• The challenges and problems your communities have faced
• The difference your project has made
• Case studies
• Budgetary breakdown of spend.

We will also be creating a public list of the grants awarded, organisations and synopsis of projects funded.

Activity

This funding is part of a wider piece of work that will be evaluated by an evaluation partner in early March 2025. At this point of the project cycle, organisations will be required to submit an interim project report demonstrating delivery or assurance on delivery of the key outcomes as per the agreed project plan with the final report expected by the end of twelfth month.

Amount Available:

Organisations can apply for up to a maximum of £20,000, from the total fund of £50,000. The grant will be awarded for a 12-month period. The deciding panel will be looking for a range of creative and innovative approaches, which means, they will be looking to fund a wide range of different size projects and programmes. The higher the amount you apply for the higher the expectation will be on sustainable outcomes being achieved, as well as enhanced monitoring and evaluation to ensure accountability and effectiveness.

What the funding can be used for:

• People – staffing and volunteer costs associated with delivering the work you are applying for
• Communications – marketing and advertising costs associated with projects undertaken
• Any additional equipment needed to deliver this work that is not already in your budget
• Additional resources associated to support the delivery of the project activity
• Overheads – direct additional costs (e.g., increased hub costs)
• Transport – for individuals on low incomes who have no other means of transport to a hub.

 

Access Sport are a national sports inclusion charity supporting community sports clubs, groups and coaches/ volunteers to deliver inclusive sessions for d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent young people. We’re now working across Ealing and Hounslow and want to work with you! We provide funding, training and other support to help you become more inclusive. To find out more, please email or call us – Disability.Inclusion@AccessSport.org.uk / 020 7993 9883