News, Funding, Training Opportunities etc for Barnet VCOs
Welcome to the Barnet Together (26 August 2021) newsletter featuring news, grants, training opportunities...
With one Barnet funding opportunity about to close, and another opening soon it's time brush up on your storytelling skills. Being able to write about your organisation's journey, the work you've done and plan to do is an essential part of the fundraiser's toolkit. Check out the training opportunities and insights into telling your or your participants' stories.
Ellen Cheshire, Voluntary and Community Sector Support Lead ellen@inclusionbarnet.org.uk
Barnet Community Innovation Fund - Round 2
Following the success of the pilot scheme in Spring 2021, the joint initiative with local NHS partners and Barnet's volunteer and community sectors represented by Barnet Together, are opening a second round of funding. A pot of £320,000 will be open for applications from 1 October 2021 and will close on 5pm on Monday 1 November.
The fund aims to improve health and wellbeing in the borough as a joint initiative with the Barnet Integrated Care Partnership, the NHS and the volunteer and community sectors represented by Barnet Together.
We want to build on the strengths of voluntary and community organisations in the area. Please join the workshop to find out more about the aims of the fund, how local groups can be supported to work in partnership and to hear what worked in the previous round.
Find out more at online workshops on Thursday 9 and Monday 13 September.
The workshop will cover:
- CIF background and investment priorities
- The criteria and eligibility
- Application process
- Assessment and some application do's and don'ts
If you have any questions about the fund, please contact Marta Montague, Community Innovation Fund Manager.
Betsy Foundation's mission is to assist the organisations which provide this deeply needed support to young people in our communities.
They support a broad spectrum of organisations, focusing on the most vulnerable people in our communities.
Grants available of up to £30,000 to UK-based charities (with an income of under £750,000 pa) that operate in London and the South-East to help them overcome poverty, abuse and homelessness for the younger members of our society.
Apply now
The Safety of Women at Night Fund will fund initiatives focused on preventing violence against women and girls in public spaces at night, including:
- in the night-time economy (economic activity taking place in the evening and night time)
- in venues
- on related routes home
The fund will be open to:
- police and crime commissioners in England and Wales
- local authorities
- the British Transport Police
- civil society organisations (charities, community and voluntary organisations, social enterprises and cooperatives)
Deadline: 23:59, 1 September 2021
Crowdfund Barnet - closing soon
Book a slot with one of Spacehive's crowdfunding specialists. They want to hear your ideas for improving Barnet! Whether it be by enhancing high streets, neighbourhoods, or parks; or supporting vulnerable people and bringing communities together. Create your crowdfunding project and let’s make a difference together.
Crowdfund Barnet has a fund of £50,000 available to support crowdfunding projects in the borough.
If you couldn't make an introductory workshop last month then please find links to the recording and a copy of the presentation or contact the Help Centre.
Autumn funding round deadline: pitch your project by 15 September 2021
Community Reporting is a way for people to tell their own stories, their own way. Whether you’re a seasoned writer, budding artist or only have time to send the occasional text or voice message, we want to hear from you.
Inclusion Barnet are recruiting a team of disabled volunteers aged 18+, who live or work in Barnet and are interested in receiving training to enable them to tell the stories of their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you are interested in getting involved, email or call 020 3475 1315.
Stronger Voices Programme open for applications
Stronger Voices, a programme run by Media Trust in partnership with Equally Ours, is now open for applications.
It's a free, six-month strategic communications capacity-building programme for London-based equality organisations.
This year, the programme will run from October 2021 to March 2022.
The programme is designed for organisations that:
- support beneficiaries from one or more of the nine protected characteristics detailed in the Equality Act (2010)
- work in one of the 32 London boroughs
- can provide three years of financial records
- are small-to-medium sized registered charities, with an annual turnover of £2m or less
This year they’re also reserving a minimum of 50% for organisations working with beneficiaries or communities of colour
and/or Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs). They’re also prioritising user-led organisations, organisations serving multiple equalities strands and organisations that have a strong policy/advocacy focus in their work.
You can find out more and start your application here: Media Trust Stronger Voices Application
To find out more information on the programme, you can contact Programme Manager Rabia on rabiam@mediatrust.org
Storytelling for Small Charities
Storytelling helps bring your work and case studies to life by adding personality behind the issue and statistics. A good story will help you to connect with the right people.
Join the Small Charities Coalition online training event hosted by Craig from Neck of the Woods as he explores the reasons behind telling stories, so that you can enhance your stories in the future and connect with beneficiaries and donors in a meaningful way. This session will:
- Explore storytelling as a general principle, the history and science behind it
- Look at a formula for determining what stories to tell, and advice on using storytelling to share lived experiences.
- Provide practical advice on how to share a story effectively including the key components of a good story
- Examine how stories can be used to reach broader and larger audiences.
By the end of the session attendees with have a deeper understanding of the mechanics of good storytelling.
Fee: £5
Tuesday 21 September, 2pm - 3.30
Low-Budget Video Production: Visual Communication for Small Charities
FREE online training course from The Open University.
Understand how video can expand and enhance your organisation’s communications and develop practical skills for your productions.
Try some sample sessions and join the waiting list for the next course.
This is just one of 1,000s of FREE online courses via FutureLearn.
“Journalism as we know it is dying and charities are increasingly getting their message across through social media.” (Freelance journalist)
Has the rise of social media eclipsed the role of journalism within the charity sector?
In April this year, nfp Synergy surveyed 152 journalists who cover charities' work, to get their opinions on charities and the present and future issues facing the sector.
Have a read of their blog on a journalist's role in sharing insights and news about the charity sector at such a turbulent time.
BAME Community Advocacy provider wanted - funded by MIND Enfield and Barnet
Mind In Enfield and Barnet are looking for a provider to deliver BAME Community Advocacy in Enfield. Please click here for the service specification and questionnaire that the successful organisation needs to complete. Here are some key headlines:
- They are looking for a BAME led organisation that has a presence and track record of delivery in Barnet, Enfield, or Haringey
- The service is funded until March 2023
- Ideally the service will mobilise in October this year
- The funds available for this service are: 18,758.00 (annually)
- The deadline for completing the questionnaire is: Midnight 9/9/21
Please send all questionnaire responses to: leadership@mindeb.org.uk
More information on Mind website here.
Sign up to Barnet’s voluntary sector Manifesto
Barnet Together is calling for community, voluntary and faith groups as well as statutory organisations and businesses operating in the borough of Barnet, to sign up to the Barnet Voluntary Sector Manifesto.
The aim of the Manifesto is to create better understanding and deeper cross-sector collaboration between organisations working within Barnet. By signing up to the Manifesto, groups and service providers agree to adhere to the values within the document.
If you are a representative of a group, service provider or business based in or serving Barnet, then you can sign up to the Barnet Voluntary Manifesto.
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Communities Together Network
For more information about local events, national campaigns and updates from Barnet Council, drop Danusia an email and ask to be added to the Communities Together Network bulletin.
Danusia.Brzezicka@Barnet.gov.uk
If you have any news to share in this or the environmental e-newsletter then email ellen@inclusionbarnet.org.uk