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Applying for a grant

Dawn Watts Regional Officer - Central BBC Children in Need Tuesday 16 April 2013

Our Vision

• … that every child in the UK has a safe, happy and secure childhood

and the chance to reach their potential

• Principles:
• We are UK wide
• We are broad-based
• We are local to people
• We support people who take the initiative

For every penny raised a penny will go to helping disadvantaged children and young people in the UK

Who we fund

• Not for profit organisations
• Working with disadvantaged children
• Aged 18 and under
• UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

What do we mean by not for profit?

• Not for profit organisations - e.g. voluntary organisations, registered

charities, self-help groups, community interest companies The applicant must have:

• Governing document – e.g. constitution, mem & arts
• Management committee – minimum of 3 members
• Bank account with two unrelated cheque signatories
• Annual accounts
• Written child protection policy

How we fund

• Two programmes:
• small grants (up to £10,000 for 1 year)
• main grants (over £10,000 per year, up to 3

years)

• Emergency Essentials Programme

(Buttle UK)

Disadvantage

BBC Children in Need has the following disadvantage criteria:

• Illness, Distress, abuse or neglect
• Disability
• Poverty & deprivation
• Behavioural or psychological difficulties

Applicants for CIN funding must be able to explain how the children and young people they are working with are disadvantaged

Consider disadvantage

• What is the nature of disadvantage faced?
• How does it impact on children and young people?
• How will you evidence disadvantage?
• What targeted actions will you take to reach the most

disadvantaged?

• Is positive action taken to include all young people? E.g.

disabled young people?

• What are the 3 biggest differences your project can make to

children and young people

Child focus

• We only fund child – focused projects
• The project/service should have clear positive outcomes

for the child

• If you’re seeking funding for a salary, the post should be

focussed on delivering outcomes for disadvantaged children for at least 70% of the time

What don’t we fund?

• Applications from local government or NHS bodies
• Distribution to another/other organisations, for example, PTAs applying on

behalf of schools

• Capital grants over £20K
• Deficit funding or repayment of loans
• The relief of statutory responsibility
• Medical research or pregnancy advice
• Projects unable to start in the next 12 months
• Organisations with a current BBC CiN grant
• Promotion of religion
• Projects that haven’t sent previous grant reports back
• Retrospective funding

• Missing information- documents, missing answers to questions
• Insufficient evidence of disadvantage
• Too many people over the age of 18
• Insufficient management capacity
• Inadequate safeguarding procedures
• Poor planning
• Poor financial viability or processes
• High levels of free reserves
• Poor links with mainstream bodies or other organisations
• Organisation’s aims unclear
• Not clear what the project will do
• High fees
• Inadequate staffing of project
• Too parent focussed
• Lack of rigour around parent involvement
• Poor monitoring and evaluation processes
• Statutory responsibility or overlap – increasing issue due to cuts

Common reasons for failure

Some final tips

• The bigger the application the higher the standard expected - there is greater

competition for larger grants

• Spend time planning your project and your application. It’s a rolling programme –

don’t rush your application

• Read the guidance on the website about our funding, policies and criteria –

www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants

• Complete all sections of the application and submit all required documents
• Prepare for the assessment interview – have all the documents to hand
• We don’t subscribe to full cost recovery so keep your project running costs at a

reasonable level

• Ask for help and build local links – from CIN, CVS’s and Voluntary Action, other
• rganisations working in same area/field

Why have we made changes to

• ur processes?
• To make a greater difference to children and young

people

• Becoming more accessible for applicants
• There will be more deadlines in a year
• Small grants to be simpler and quicker
• Main grant applications to be two stages

– Initial Application – Full Application

Deadline Changes

• There are different deadlines for Small and Main Grants
• In 2013 the deadlines for Small Grants are:

– 1st of April, June, September and December (will also include Feb in 2014)

• If applying in April, you will hear the outcome in June
• In 2013 the deadlines for Main Grants are:

– 15th May and September (will also include Jan in 2014) – If your Initial Application is successful you will be invited to submit a Full Application within a month

• If applying in May, and invited to Full Application you will

hear the outcome in September

How to apply

• Online application process
• bbc.co.uk/pudsey
• 0345 6090015

Headline Statistics

As at March 2013, BBC Children in Need was supporting: 2,903 active projects to the value of £126,817,738. In Nottinghamshire the success rate for the year April 2012 – March 2013 was: for Main applications – 50% Small applications – 65% This was a marked improvement on previous years due to an increased budget for the region and a drop in

• applications. An average over the previous 3 years had

shown a success rate of 34%

Nottinghamshire Stats

33 live grants in Nottingham City to a value of £1.28M 22 live grants in Nottinghamshire to a value of £821K So a total of 55 grants currently worth £2.1M live grants. Disadvantage Split Poverty 20 Disability 10 Marginalised Groups 9 Illness 6 Behavioural problems 5 Distress 3 Abuse/neglect 2

Split by project theme

• Where are the gaps?

– Advocacy – Refuge

Need more of…

– Information and Advice – Inclusion

CONTACTS

General Helpline: 0345 6090015 Regional Office:

Dawn Watts BBC Nottingham London Road Nottingham NG2 4UU Dawn.watts@bbc.co.uk Website: bbc.co.uk/pudsey Email: pudsey@bbc.co.uk

Thank You

Headline stats for Derbyshire

• 24 live grants in Derby worth £988K
• 23 live grants in Derbyshire worth £923K
• Total of 47 grants worth £1.9M

Poverty 15 Marginalised groups 8 Distress 7 Disability 7 Illness 4 Abuse 3 Behavioural problems 3

Split by project theme

Where are the gaps?

• Inclusion
• Medical

Need more of

• Advocacy
• Befriending
• Info/Advice
• Extended school support