FLEXIBLE FUND

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FLEXIBLE FUND
Community Involvement Unit

• the application process
• Kevin Blowe, Coordinator, Community Involvement
  Unit

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The application process
Community Involvement Unit
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The application form
Community Involvement Unit
www.aston-mansfield.org.uk/flexiblefund.php PDF
or a Microsoft Word versions Applications cannot
be submitted by e-mail Advice on application
process Kevin Blowe Support available from
BEMCCF
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Eligibility
Community Involvement Unit
Eligibility checks will look at whether an
applicant

• Is based in Newham and benefiting Newham
  residents
• Has fully completed application form
• Is formally constituted and has a management
  committee
• Has provided a copy of their constitution
• Has provided contact details, including telephone
  numbers, of all management committee members.

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Eligibility
Community Involvement Unit
Eligibility checks will look at whether an
applicant

• Appears to have financial systems in place to
  administer a grant
• Has provided an up-to-date financial record of
  income, expenditure and assets.
• Has provided evidence of a Child Protection
  Policy / Vulnerable Adult Policy if working with
  children or vulnerable people
• Has demonstrated a commitment to equalities,
  diversity and human rights in their application
  form.
• Is seeking one-off and time-limited funding
• Has proposed a project or activity that runs for
  no more than 12 months.

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Assessment
Community Involvement Unit
An independent Grants Panel, made up of health
professionals and representatives from Newhams
third sector, will assess the quality of each
application.

• Panel members will judge whether a proposal
• Addresses locally-identified needs in relation to
  better health and wellbeing.
• Contributes to better understanding of local
  health and wellbeing needs
• Supports the Primary Care Trust to achieve its
  strategic priorities.
• Represents value for money
• Shows that thought has been given to successfully
  delivering its outputs and outcomes.

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Decision-making
Community Involvement Unit
Decisions are NOT made by Aston-Mansfield. The
grants panel will meet to discuss the
applications they have assessed and then decide
on those that they feel deserve funding. Their
decisions are then passed to the HIPP steering
group for approval
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Timescale
Community Involvement Unit
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Offers of grants
Community Involvement Unit

• Signing a Contract
• Completing a Project Plan.
• Job descriptions

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Monitoring
Community Involvement Unit

• Monitoring visits for at least 15 of funded
  groups
• End-of grant form.