North West Peace III Partnership: Small Grants
Overview
Detailed below are the six strategic priorities:
- Strategic Priority 1: Moving towards acceptance of cultural identity and inclusive celebration.
- Strategic Priority 2: Influencing young people's attitudes at an early stage through appropriate media.
- Strategic Priority 3: Promoting shared use of our local facilities.
- Strategic Priority 4: Assisting Protestant participation, especially in disadvantaged urban and rural areas.
- Strategic Priority 5: Promoting the inclusion of ethnic minorities and other marginalised people and acceptance of multiculturalism.
- Strategic Priority 6: Addressing the needs of those who have been adversely
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1: MOVING TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE OF CULTUTRAL IDENTITY AND INCLUSIVE CELEBRATION
The aim of this programme is: ‘To support efforts to promote cultural identity and inter cultural dialogue as a means to developing acceptance, trust, community identity and solidarity.
Small grants ranging from £3,000 up to a maximum of £30,000 are available for projects and programmes.
£300,000 for small grants to support community based activity towards each of the actions. Projects must operate on a partnership basis and can be locally based or have a regional and cross border dimension.
Projects will be funded under only one of the three programme headings and applicant organisations can submit only one application per programme.
CULTURAL HERITAGE AND IDENTITY PROGRAMME
Project applicants must address at least one or more of the following objectives:
- To create, maintain and strengthen acceptance of cultural identity through the development of existing and new community festivals
- To develop shared celebrations and a North West calendar of celebration events that will contribute to the growth of cultural tourism
- To facilitate and support dialogue to deal with contentious issues before festivals, including development of protocols around flags and celebrations, bonfires and other community safety issues
- To raise awareness and improve factual understanding of historical events (possibly linked to museum/cultural centre exhibitions)
- To support the promotion of minority languages
LEISURE AND SPORTS PROGRAMME THAT PROMOTES ACCEPTANCE OF CULTURAL IDENTITY
Project applicants must address at least one or more of the following objectives:
- Delivery of sports related workshops and training to schools, youth groups, sports clubs and other organisations to promote understanding of the issues surrounding sectarianism and racism and encourage people to challenge negative attitudes and behaviour.
- Delivery of a multi-sport programme that includes participation, coaching and competition in community and/or club settings, which introduce participants to sports not traditionally played by them.
- Increased participation in sport and physical recreation among under represented groups using the potential of sport for social inclusion, integration and equal opportunities.
- Strengthening the prevention of and fight against sectarianism, racism and violence and the development of, and implementation of relevant policies and procedures within sporting club structures.
- Provision of education programmes, linked to sport, as a pathway to healthier living and improved social skills.
COMMUNITY ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PROGRAMME WHICH PROMOTES CULTURAL IDENTITY AND INCLUSIVE CELEBRATION
Project applicants must address at least one or more of the following objectives:
- The creation of partnerships between arts organizations and other interested agencies to create new work/productions in the area of cultural diversity/intercultural dialogue.
- To support projects which exhibit and draw fresh perspectives from existing photographic and audiovisual archives.
- To increase opportunities for arts participation by ethnic minority communities and indigenous people who have not previously engaged with the Arts.
- To increase the number and range of practicing artists from culturally diverse backgrounds
- To support programmes and projects that provide children and young people with insights and experience of the region's distinctive cultural identities.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY : 2 Influencing Young Peoples Attitudes at an early stage through appropriate media
The aim of this strategic priority is: ‘To promote positive attitudes in young people throughout the North West to achieve a shared sense of belonging and community'.
The North West Peace III Partnership has agreed to focus on the two following programme areas and part of the developed strategy is a small grants programme, which focuses on two programme areas as identified by the partnership.
PROGRAMME 1: To promote citizenship, tolerance & cultural diversity among children and young people
Small grants with a maximum of £30,000 for projects that will tackle issues of sectarianism and racism through different media and can demonstrate clear peace and reconciliation outcomes. Targeted at young people from 0 to 25 years old. Must clearly demonstrate how young people were involved as far as possible in the design and implementation of the project.
Small grants ranging from £3,000 up to a maximum of £30,000 are available for projects and programmes.
£240,000 for small grants to promote citizenship, tolerance & cultural diversity among children and young people. Projects must operate on a partnership basis and can be locally based or have a regional and cross border dimension.
Project applicants must address at least one or more of the following objectives:
- Provide opportunities for increased cross community dialogue and shared experiences among young people
- To encourage young people to have a greater understanding of their own and each other's heritage and culture and in turn develop increased respect for cultural diversity using different mediums such as sport, music, drama
- To encourage young people to investigate, understand and have respect for each other's heritage and culture.
- To promote an inter-generational approach to encourage acceptance of different cultures and integrated activities, encouraging the participation of younger children, parents or guardians.
- To build the capacity of marginalised people to participate in society and decision-making
- To encourage young people to feel a greater sense of belonging to their community
Programme 2: To meet the needs of disadvantaged young people and to tackle disaffection.
Small grants with a maximum of £100,000 for projects that will tackle issues of sectarianism and racism through different media and can demonstrate clear peace and reconciliation outcomes. Targeted at young people from 10 to 25 years old. Must clearly demonstrate how young people were involved as far as possible in the design and implementation of the project
Small grants ranging from £3,000 up to a maximum of £100,000 are available for projects and programmes.
£600,000 for small grants to meet the needs of disadvantaged young people and to tackle disaffection. Projects must operate on a partnership basis and can be locally based or have a regional and cross border dimension
Project applicants must address at least one or more of the following objectives:
- To promote the inclusion of the most marginalised and socially excluded young people who do not normally engage within their communities and therefore feel isolated and identify the barriers to their engagement, build positive relations and encourage conflict resolution.
- Deliver cross community and cross border initiatives, which promote understanding and acceptance of each other's heritage and identity.
- Target young people who have been disaffected and build up their confidence and skills by encouraging them to make a positive contribution to society.
- To promote the inclusion of young people living in interface areas and contested space which will develop an acceptance and understanding by the youth of each others cultures and heritage and increased participation within their local communities.
- To raise the aspirations of disaffected young people through innovative programmes
Applicants are encouraged to be innovative in their approach to engaging with hard to reach young people and encourage their participation. Applicants are also encouraged to adopt a peer-led approach and demonstrate how young people are actively engaged and participating in the programme from its design through to its delivery.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3: SHARING FOR SUSTAINABLE PLACES PROGRAMME
The aim of this programme is: to seek to include all groups within the North West to achieve a shared sense of belonging and community.
Small grants ranging from £3,000 up to a maximum of £60,000 are available for projects and programmes.
£350,000 for small grants to seek to include all groups within the North West to achieve a shared sense of belonging and community. Projects must operate on a partnership basis and can be locally based or have a regional and cross border dimension
Project applicants must address at least one or more of the following objectives:
- To transform contested and unshared spaces, facilities and service and to promote shared safe space to increase people's confidence to use all facilities and access to all areas
- To have changed attitudes and reduced barriers towards sharing and inclusiveness
- To have obtained a commitment from all public bodies to adopt policies and practices which will facilitate better access to services and greater participation by all sections of the community in decision making processes
- To have identified and promoted models of good practice on their implementation of sharing and partnership
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 5: PROMOTING THE INCLUSION OF ETHNIC MINORITIES AND OTHER MARGINALISED PEOPLE AND ACCEPTANCE OF MULTICULTURALISM
The aim of this programme is: ‘To support activities that will promote the inclusion of ethnic minorities and other marginalised people and develop respect, understanding and acceptance of other cultures at a local, NW and cross border level'.
Small grants ranging from £3,000 up to a maximum of £30,000 are available for projects and programmes.
£150,000 for small grants to support activities that will promote the inclusion of ethnic minorities and Traveller Groups and develop respect, understanding and acceptance of other cultures at a local, NW and cross border level. Projects must operate on a partnership basis and can be locally based or have a regional and cross border dimension
Project applicants must address at least one or more of the following objectives:
- The implementation of programmes to aid dialogue and engagement.
- The delivery of capacity building and/or training programmes to reintegrate those who have been marginalised through racism.
- The raising of awareness of racism within our society.
- The promotion of multicultural celebration events and activities.
- The promotion of anti-racism programmes through different medium which may include sport and the arts.
- Provision of mediation services to address specific issues.
- To build the capacity of ethnic minorities and travellers to participate in society and decision-making
This priority will be focused specifically on the following target groups:
- Ethnic Minority Groups - i.e. the ethnic minority population including transient migrant workers and their families and the settled migrants and their families.
- Traveller Groups - groups, which represent both transient and settled travellers.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 6: ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE CONFLICT.
The aim of this programme is:‘To support efforts to improve the quality of life for individuals and groups damaged by the legacy of the conflict at a local, NW and cross border level'.
£350,000 for small grants to support efforts to improve the quality of life for individuals and groups damaged by the legacy of the conflict at a local, NW and cross border level. Projects must operate on a partnership basis and can be locally based or have a regional and cross border dimension
Small grants ranging from £3,000 up to a maximum of £30,000 are available for projects and programmes.
Project applicants must address at least one or more of the following objectives:
- The implementation of programmes to aid dialogue and engagement
- The development of a range of support services for those affected
- The facilitation of storytelling and creation of an archive of stories from peoples' perspective
- The delivery of projects to reintegrate those who have been adversely affected by the conflict.
- The use of innovative strategies and approaches to target/benefit individuals who are not affiliated to any group and who have not previously used the range of support services available
- The undertaking of research that will be used to inform the design of future programmes and projects
This priority will be focused specifically on:
- Victims of Conflict - i.e. the surviving injured and/or disabled people (either physically or psychologically) of violent, conflict related incidents and those who care for or are related to them, including close relatives who mourn their dead.
- Ex-prisoners and their Families - qualifying prisoners who were or would have been released under the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement.
- Displaced Persons - those who have been involuntary moved from areas of violence or interface areas and communities where there is a concentration of displaced people or which have been isolated by border closures.
- Former Members of the Security and Ancillary Services
General Conditions Across all Priorities
Under the Small Grants Programme projects can be locally based or have a regional and cross border dimension. The NW Action Plan must utilise at least 30% of the local action plan's funding on a cross border basis therefore projects are encouraged to operate on a cross-community and cross-border basis.
Applicants must ensure that the beneficiaries of any project activity must reside in the NW Cluster area of Northern Ireland (Strabane District Council Area, Derry City Council Area and Omagh District Council Area) and if the project is a cross border project beneficiaries must reside within the Southern Border Counties (Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Louth and Sligo).
Eligible expenditure must be based on real costs, be proportionate, represent value for money and be directly related to project activity:
- Programme costs - training, facilitation, venue hire, evaluation and monitoring, marketing initiatives, publicity, dependent care, hospitality and costs associated with operating on a partnership basis.
- Employment Costs - salaries (and RSI and NIC contributions), pensions, recruitment, travel and subsistence. Please note salary scales should be commensurate with current scales within the relevant sector
- Running Costs & Overheads - e.g. rent, heat/light/power, publicity etc. these must be directly related to the delivery of the project activity, itemised and correspond to anticipated outcomes. There may be a need to include apportionment rationale as part of your application.
- Professional fees - audit and accounting, legal fees
- Research - including review of existing evidence bases, assessment of need and the generation and testing of new ideas/approaches
- Capital costs - will only be considered where they demonstrate that they contribute to the overall objective of the Strategic Priority under which you are applying. Capital costs under ERDF can include land or property (with planning approval), equipment, non-mobile plant and machinery and property development (with planning approval) that must lead to genuine improvement of facilities
Up to 100% of eligible project costs from eligible organisations.
The North West Peace III Partnership, where appropriate, will seek to avoid overlap with other external interventions by other agencies and funding or other support, which an applicant organisation is already in receipt or can avail of.
How to Apply
Interested organisations should submit their Part A and Part B Small Grant application forms by the deadline. Applications received after this date and time will not be accepted.
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