EMFF Newsletter Oct

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Contact EMFF

James Kirkpatrick

Tel: 0115 979 2333

[email protected]

Making LinksJames Kirkpatrick,Director of Funding andCommunity Engagement

Over the lastmonth I seemto have

attended anextremely highnumber ofmeetings andevents, runninginto somefamiliar facesand plenty ofnew ones.

What this has reminded me of isthe importance of making linksboth with people and projects:

Linking and building relationswith the people in the regionwho do similar work to improvemy understanding of that work

Linking to similar projects/services as mine so that I canlearn from each them, and

hopefully not copy othersmistakes.

Seems an obvious thing to bereminded of, but when tied to thedesk, it can be something that canslip.

The importance of building linksand relations, and staying incontact with people has also been

raised at almost all of the EMFFevents. During the Economic

Downturn event keeping in touchwith funding advisers anddevelopment officers and partnerorganisations was seen as a highpriority so that the sector knowswhat is happening with fundingsources, and changes to criteriain response to the recession.

During the recent NI7 event, theimportance of communicationwas highlighted again, makingsure that third and public sectorinfrastructure organisationscommunicate effectively withdelivery organisations and alsobuild relationships to improvetheir overall support packagesduring more difficult times.

This was also true at the Fundingand Support Speed Dating event,where a significant number ofnew links were made betweenthose that directly supportdelivery organisations, and thosethat can offer additional supportand funding.

For funding and support

organisations having these linksis going to become moreimportant as both budgets andcriteria become tighter.

I N T H I S I S S U E . . .

EMFF Network

Event - NI7

2

Funding

Advisers

Network

3

Events 4

Regional

Consultation

5

Funding

Updates

6

Training and

Events

7

Welcome from

James

Kirkpatrick

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East Midlands

Funding Forum


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Discussions at the event considered how aware

and engaged organisations were in the NI7

process, and how both Third Sector

Infrastructure and Funding organisations could

contribute.

From the discussions it became clear that there

needed to be improved communication

regarding NI7 (and other key issues and

policies) between the local authorities,

infrastructure organisations, and the delivery

organisations. Making sure that

communication is making its way both up and

down these organisations.

For those local authority areas that have NI7 as

a target it is going to be important for them to

maintain and build relationships with the third

sector, with delegates highlighting the need to

make it about more than just a funding

relationship. If it is just this between a local

authority and a third sector organisation, then

the likelihood of longer-term partnership is

diminished.

Overall five themes were identified within the

discussions these were Skills, Communication,Representation and Networking, Learning, and

Support. A summary of the discussions are

available from the REM website at:

www.regenerationem.co.uk/content/

view/463/2/

The next EMFF Network event is on 9th

December in Lincoln and will be looking at the

Personalisation agenda and the potentialimpact upon Funding.

EMFF Network EventNI7 A Thriving Third Sector

NI7A Thriving Third Sector

EMFF Network event23rd September

The network meeting looked at Local Area

Agreement National Indicator 7 (NI7), and how

this is currently understood by funding and

investment organisations within the region.

NI7 is an indicator created to measure how a

local authority canCreate an Environment for

a Thriving Third Sector. The first measure of this

indicator has been completed by a national

survey, the results off which can be found at:

www.nstso.com

Speakers on the day included:

Kerrie Fletcher from 3D Derbyshire

Consortium. Kerrie provided an overview of NI7

and feedback upon research she carried out into

the regions response. Kerries research can be

found at: www.3dsupport.org.uk/research/

regional_responses_to_NI7

Jude Wildgoose from Derbyshire County

Council. Jude provided an up-to-date view of the

action plan and direction that Derbyshire had

taken in responding to the first NI7 survey. The

Derbyshire Action plan can be found at:

www.3dsupport.org.uk/Voice_Project/News

Wendy Young from Nottinghamshire County

Council. Wendy updated the network upon the

work of the county Council in building the LAA

and Indicators into their Compact.

James Ilott from Office of the Third Sector.

James provided a national perspective upon NI7and the importance for the Indicator not to be

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E A S T M I D L A N D S F U N D I N G F O R U M

Network for Regions

Funding Advisors

Regeneration East Midlands has

begun its Funding Information and

Advisory Support Programme,

designed to promote networking and

support for workers from all sectors

who give funding advice as part of their

role.

Funding advisors are a vital link in the

process of getting funding to where it is

most needed in the East Midlands. Formany voluntary and community groups

the information and advice available

through local organisations, both public

and voluntary sector, is the difference

between success and disappointment.

Now REM have launched a

programme to support funding advice

across the region.

The Funding Information and Advisory

Support Programme focuses strongly

on networking as a key approach to

helping funding advisors to do their

work: sharing good practice,

information and ideas, keeping up to

date with whats going on locally and

across the region, and working

effectively together as a network.

Jonny Gutteridge, REMs new Funding

Advice Network Manager, says, The

idea is to deliver in four areas:

promoting networking at sub-regional

and regional levels, helping funding

advisors develop skills and knowledge,

using a new web service to advertise

funding advice, and showing how

Funding Advisor Network contact

For more info please contact network

manager Jonny Gutteridge at:

[email protected]

or 0115 979 2333

First steps for the programme include a

survey of funding advisors to analyse

their learning needs, and work with a

group of funders to establish a common

understanding of what makes a

successful application.

The programme will also involve regular

communications to a region-wide

mailing list and regional networking

events that compliment networking thatis already happening at county and

district levels.

The first network meeting for this

programme will be held on 27th

January. Please see the next page for

further details.

The programme has been supported bythe Big Lottery Fund for 4-years. If you

are interested in becoming part of the

network or discussing the programme

further get in contact with Jonny

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Wednesday January 27th is the date for a regional networking event for funding advisors, planned to be a

genuine networking experience, with every opportunity to share issues and experience around funding

advice. Key questions expected to be discussed include:

what are the challenges facing funding advisors, and how can training and networking help?

how can we track the impact of advice on the quality and quantity of applications made to funders?

The event is aimed at East Midlands workers, both paid and voluntary, who give funding advice as part of

their job, and will also welcome others who feel they have a stake in the work of the regions funding

advisors.

If you have an idea about what other issues the event should cover please contact REMs Funding

Advice Network Manager, Jonny Gutteridge.

EM Funding Advisor Network

Shaping Places for PeopleTuesday 27

thOctober 2009 at the Carriage Shop Theatre, Roundhouse

Campus, Derby College, Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby DE24 8JE

The event will explore key themes outlined within Shaping Places for People: towns

and cities to be proud ofShaping Places for People Web tool the Urban Partnership

Groups publication and web tool which seeks to provide a future benchmark for

development and delivery of our urban areas:

Transforming our towns and cities

Sustainability construction and development

Future skills for growth and regeneration

Management and design of public space

Economic investment

Speakers include Neil Gibson, Oxford Economics and consultant for The Credit Crunch & Regeneration

report (DCLG 2009); Nicole Collomb, CABE; Stephen Catchpole, Wolverhampton Development Company;

David Walker, East Midlands Centre for Construction and the Built Environment; with perspectives from

BDP, nominees for the Stirling Prize, the Homes & Communities Skills Academy. Additional speakers will

be confirmed in due course.

In addition attendees will be invited to tour the iconic Roundhouse Campus, guided by Paul East,

Associate Director, Maber Architects.

Shaping Places for People will be of particular interest to those working within the East Midlands urban

areas including built environment professionals, policy makers, local authorities and those working for

education, health, business, tourism and cultural sectors.

Shaping Places for People is charged at day rate of 175 per delegate, (lunch and refreshments included).

Concessions are available for statutory sector and not-for-profit organisations. To book your place please

visit www.regenerationem.co.uk or contact Regeneration East Midlands on t 0115 9792333.


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P A G E 5

E A S T M I D L A N D S F U N D I N G F O R U M

The East Midlands in 2009The Updated EvidenceBase for the Regional Economic Strategy

The East Midlands in 2009 presents a statistical portrait of the East Midlands that

identifies key challenges and issues that the RES must address in order to createand sustain a flourishing region. It reflects the latest data and research available toemda. To access the document chapters in a printable format, please click here

emda is keen to test this Evidence Base with stakeholders and is thereforepublishing The East Midlands in 2009 as a consultation draft. In particular they wishto identify gaps, errors and omissions that can be addressed as this body of work isdeveloped for final publication early in 2010. The consultation will be open for 12weeks, closing on 4th November 2009.

To engage in this consultation, please access the consultation portal via this link and

register: http://emda.limehouse.co.uk/portal Once registered, you can access the

consultation questions at the end of each chapter and provide responses which will

be captured electronically. You can also return to and print your comments at any

time, and you will receive an email to confirm your comments have been received by

emda. If you have any queries regarding this consultation process, please email:

[email protected]

Beyond BIG

Are you coming to the end of your Lottery funding?Worried about long-term sustainability?Why not come along to the Big Lottery Funds BeyondBIG event in Leicester?

Date: 10 November 2009Time: 10am-3pmVenue: The Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester, LE4 6DP

The day will feature advice and talks from projects whove made the journey tosustainability and made it work for them. There will be workshops, networkingopportunities and a marketplace of advice on subjects such as planning forsustainability, volunteers and social enterprise.

There will also be plenty of time for you to network with other projects and mingle in amarketplace of organisations that can offer advice and support, or share experiencesof planning for a sustainable future.

For more details, including how to register, please contact Sue Barsby at Big Lottery

Fund on [email protected]


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Funding Updates

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EMFF Funding IndexWe have been through a process of updating the online EMFF

funding index, which has now been completed. We are going to

continue to update the web-resource on an on-going basis, adding

new funding and investment organisations as we identify them

from our research. Please visit and signpost organisations to the

website www.fundingindex.co.uk

If you have any comments or updates for the Funding Index please get in contact with

James Kirkpatrick

CommunitybuildersThe Communitybuilders programme opened in September 2009, and there are detailsavailable from their website now: www.communitybuildersfund.org.uk

Communitybuilders offers loans, grants and business support. There are three differentelements to the fund which are designed to meet the needs of organisations at differentstages in their journey to sustainability: Development, Feasibility and Investment.

Developmentis bespoke business support based on an initial needs assessment andleadership grants of 2,000 for staff development and training.

Feasibilitywill provide further business support of up to 5 days and grants of up to20,000 to use towards project development of a growth plan. Grants of up to 75,000and 30 days of support will be available for larger projects.

Investmentis tailored for organisations that are ready to develop, grow and expandtheir role within the community. Investment will consist primarily of loans between50,000 and 2,000,000 offered at 5% for an initial three year period of a ten year loanterm.

Firm Foundations report

The Charity Commission commissioned research in Spring 2009 to assess the extent towhich Charitable Trusts and Foundations were taking an active strategic approach to theirinvestments and delivery of aims, and to explore the relationship between the two within thecontext of the economic downturn. The report contains some interesting findings for bothfunding organisations and those seeking funding to consider. To review the report pleasefollow this link: www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Library/publications/pdfs/foundationtext.pdf

The State and the Voluntary SectorNCVO launched their most recent report into the state of the voluntary sector earlier thismonth. The report looks at trends in government funding and public service delivery. The

report can be downloaded from the NCVO website www.ncvo-vol.org.uk at, or click here tobe taken to the page.


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27th October Shaping Places for People conference

3rd November Conflict Resolution workshop

5th November An Introduction to Applying to Trusts and Companies for Funds

10th November Beyond Bigorganised by the Big Lottery Fund

11th November An Introduction into Applying for Large Grants

12-13th Nov. Funding Advisor Accredited training

18th November An Introduction into Full Cost Recovery

8th December A Guide to Sponsorship and how to secure it for your project

9th December EMFF Network meeting

27th January Funding Advisers Network meeting

For further information upon the above training courses and events please visit theREM website at: www.regenerationem.co.uk or call the office on tel: 0115 979 2333

Training and Events

Funding Advisors Accredited TrainingNorthamptonshire - 12th and 13th November

This course is aimed at individuals whose work involves them advising community andvoluntary groups on funding and funding related issues: specialist funding advisors,community or umbrella agency workers whose remit includes giving funding advice, arts,community and sport development workers or people new to giving funding advice.

The course will blend two days of face to face training with a further 16 hours of onlinelearning covering, and therefore it is important for delegates to have basic computerskills and broadband internet access.

So far 49 people have attended the accredited training through EMFF and REM, with allachieving OCN Level 2 and 35 going on to attain OCN Level 3 in Funding Advice.

Visit the REM website to find out more: www.regenerationem.co.uk

Contact Details

For further information about the work of the Funding Forum, or to contribute to the newsletter please contact:

James Kirkpatrick - Director of Funding and Community Engagement,

Regeneration East Midlands, Unit 8 Provident Works, Newdigate Street, Nottingham, NG7 4FD.Tel: 0115 979 2333 or 07795 600 084

Email: [email protected] Website: www.emfunding.org.uk

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