Changing Spaces Community Spaces

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• Changing Spaces Community Spaces
• Community Spaces aims to create
• Better places on peoples doorsteps
• More interesting places for children to play
• Safer places for people of all ages to sit and
  enjoy
• Greener spaces where people and nature can
• grow and flourish

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• Programme Outcomes
• To create better local environments
• Increase peoples access to quality local spaces
  for interaction, play and recreation
• Increase in people actively involved in
  developing and running a practical environmental
  project that is visible in their community
• Improved partnerships between support
  organisations, communities and authorities

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• Eligibility
• Who can apply?
• 1. Only not-for-profit community groups can apply
• This may include
• Community groups governed by a written
  constitution
• Registered charities and trusts
• Church based and other faith groups
• Friends of groups
• Tenants and residents associations

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• Eligibility continued
• Community Spaces will not fund
• Individuals
• Sole traders
• Statutory bodies (including local authorities,
• parish or town councils, schools and health
• bodies)
• Profit-making organisations

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Eligibility continued Applicants must answer YES
to the following questions 1. Are you a
community group? 2. Is your project based in
England? 3. Does your project meet the Community
Spaces outcomes? 4. Is your project within a 2
mile radius of a residential area? 5. Will your
project be open to the public most of the
time? 6. Do you agree to work with a
Facilitator if you are successful at Stage 1?
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• How much can groups apply for?
• Small grants - 10,000 - 25,000
• Medium grants - 25,001 - 49,999
• We anticipate these grants will be available on a
  rolling basis from 2008 2011.
• Large grants - 50,000 - 100,000 (Deadline
  9 January 2009)
• Flagship grants - 100,001 - 450,000
  (Deadline 30 January 2009)
• These grants will have one application round.
  There will be 4 large 1 flagship per region.

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Grants and Limitations Capital revenue funding
(max of 25 revenue) Limitations Lighting,
parking, CCTV max 25 Match-funding only
required for flagships minimum of 50,000
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Match Funding Small, Medium and Large Grants -
10,000 - 100,000 Flagship Grants - 100,001
- 450,000
No match funding requirements Minimum of 50,000
is required
Community Spaces must be equal or majority funder
for large and flagship projects
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Types of Project
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Sustainability Grant

• Sustainability Grant
• Flagship up to 30,000
• Large up to 10,000
• Medium up to 3,500
• Small up to 3,000
• Considerations - 2nd Stage Application
• Plan to be approved during project
  delivery

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How to apply Two-stage application process Stage
1 - Community Spaces Website Advice Line
- Applicants will receive a decision within
10 weeks Stage 2 - Through Facilitator - Once
submitted applicants will receive a decision
within 12 weeks
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Facilitator Role

• Allocated after stage 1 approval
• Support with planning project
• Support and guidance with stage 2 application
• Support and advice in project delivery
• Groups can receive up to 14 days Facilitator
  time over the life of the project

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Large Flagship Application Process Large
applications received by 9 January 2009 Flagship
applications received by 30 January
2009 Successful stage 1 applications submit stage
2 applications in June and July 2009 Briefings
will be available for successful flagship stage 1
applications, to support them. Final grant
decisions will be made in September 2009
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• Large Flagship - Assessment
• Is the project needed?
• Has community consultation taken place?
• Is the project meeting programme outcomes?
• Are you working with local partners?
• Does the project provide local regional
  representation?
• How the project meets current, local, regional
  and national strategies
• Can the group deliver the project, capacity /
  experience / expertise
• is the project value for money, i) financially
  ii) value to the community and neighbourhood/regio
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• Is the project sustainable?

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• Application Advice
• Read the guidance notes programme information
• Take time working up project ideas we want to
  fund quality projects
• Answer all the questions and in full
• Community Spaces prefer to be the majority
  funder
• Match funding is not a requirement for small,
  medium or large grant sizes
• Break down larger projects into smaller phases
• Include budget information in application

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Further Information Website www.community-space
s.org.uk Advice Line 0845 3 671 671 Email
info_at_community-spaces.org.uk
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Questions?