Using your Resources to Build Resilience #Bris_grants
IMPORTANT NOTE
Some parts of the Prospectus are shared in this workshop to help VCS organisations prepare for their application. Please note that they are dependent on the Prospectus being agreed at Bristol City Council's Cabinet in August. Details may change and will be published after the Cabinet meeting.
Resilience: aims By the end of the session you will be able to:
□ Understand resilience and what it means in
terms of the VCS Grants Prospectus □ Explain how your organisation/service builds resilience for individuals/communities □ Answer questions about resilience in the Prospectus application form
What is resilience? Resilience means the ability of individuals and communities to cope with difficult times or situations. Resilient people and communities can use local resources and expertise to help themselves.
Prospectus: overarching aims
□ Reduced disadvantage and inequality; □ Improved health and wellbeing; □ Increased resilience (people’s ability to manage).
1. Building resilience with information Social prescribing to support healthy eating
□ Social prescribing for vulnerable people, □ □ □
community cooks, community kitchens and GPs Identifying: cooks, kitchens, we all like nice food Building: gives people knowledge, skills, confidence Measuring: health and wellbeing (reported by individual, reduced GP appointments)
2. Building resilience with influence Community playground
□ Community group taking over and managing a □ □ □
shared asset (Community Asset Transfer) Identifying: physical space, people’s skills and determination Building: decided the park’s future together (business planning) Measuring: people feel empowered by gaining responsibility; and gain confidence to form the managing organisation.
3. Building resilience with experience Volunteering support for people in recovery:
□ Ex-drug users helping others through recovery □ Identifying: ‘lived experience’ of overcoming a □ □
challenge someone else is facing Building: turned experience into peer expertise Measuring: a) people go on to complete training and gain employment; b) people who join the project as peer advisors report being more able to maintain their own recovery and increase their future opportunities
Prospectus application questions – creating impact and building resiliance 1. What will change as a result of your project? 2. How will your project build on the existing strengths of people, community organisations and local communities? 3. How will your project connect people with their communities better so that they are more able to weather changing and difficult times? 4. How will you work together with others to connect, share, draw in and/or pool resources?
Application process: explaining your project
Application form template: measuring resilience
Application form template: measuring resilience
Application process: Our Project…………..
Further information and support www.voscur.org/grants-prospectus, including: • Consultation report (‘we asked, you said, we did’) • Important dates • List of potential partners (and form to register your organisation’s interest in collaborating) • Events and training sessions • Frequently asked questions and answers • Voscur’s support for VCS organisations • • • •
Self-help (online tools/checklists) Guided help (training, briefings, one-off support) In-depth advice Funding Application Review Service (charges apply)
Further information and support www.voscur.org/grants-prospectus Contact Voscur on 0117 909 9949 to start the discussion about support for your VCS organisation