Finding Funding for Low Vision Services Committees

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Finding Funding for Low Vision Services
Committees

• Juan Shimmin
• Action for Blind People

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Lottery Funding

• Reaching Communities-500k-5 years
• Advice Plus
• Awards for All
• Wellbeing Regional/Local Action Plan
• Outcomes and Outputs
• Do not fund replacement for statutory

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Primary Care Trusts

• Some do eg Chorley
• Some dont
• Most say they dont but look as though they might
• Implication of Local Area Agreements

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Section 64

• Department of Health
• National projects
• NALSVI
• 35k x 3 years

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Social Services

• Contract income
• Service Level Agreement
• Outcomes and outputs
• Joint sensory impairment project

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Trusts

• National specialising in health/disability
• Local for your area
• CVS
• Funderfinder

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Social Enterprise

• The next big thing
• Pathfinders
• Futurebuilders

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ChangeUp

• Capacitybuilders
• Local infrastructure
• Thematic working

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Regional Structures

• Voluntary Sector North West
• North West Network
• Merseyside Network for Europe
• One North West
• Regional Health Networks

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Local Area Agreements

• Community Empowerment Networks
• Disability Networks
• Local Strategic Partnerships
• LAA at County or Unitary level
• 26 funding streams in April 2007