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The Bexhill Central Panel is pleased to announce that it is OPEN for receiving grant applications from groups and associations working or living in Central Ward Bexhill.  

The Bexhill Central Community First Panel priorities are:

1. To support activities that bring people together and promote community cohesion

2. To support community led activities for children and young people

3. To improve the physical environment

4. To support ideas that encourage people in Bexhill Central to be actively involved in community led projects

5. To reduce isolation amongst the elderly and other vulnerable members of the community 

Grants of up to £500 are available. Groups must either have a registered bank account or have agreements in place with other voluntary organisations to act as a banker. Money cannot be given to individuals or private companies.

It is a matched funded programme, which means that every £1 provided in funding must be matched by a similar amount of in-kind donations. This can mean donations of cash or services or free room hire or free products or your volunteers time.

Download the application forms and guidance notes below. Please read the guidance carefully. When you have completed the form please email the completed form to centralbexhill.c.first@hotmail.co.uk   or phone 01424 217259 for more information or help.

The Sidley Commuity First Panel is pleased to announce that it is OPEN for receiving grant applications from groups and associations working or living in Sidley, Bexhill.  Please note this is not the same funding as the £1m from the Big Local.

The Panel's priorities are:

1. To enable neighbourhood groups to meet their aims more effectively

2. To improve the local environment through neighbourhood action

3. To increase local activities for young people and children aged 8-12

4. To reduce the isolation of older and vulnerable people living in Sidley

5. To improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Sidley through neighbourhood action.

Grants of up to £500 are available. Groups must either have a registered bank account or have agreements in place with other voluntary organisations to act as a banker. Money cannot be given to individuals or private companies.

It is a matched funded programme, which means that every £1 provided in funding must be matched by a similar amount of in-kind donations. This can mean donations of cash or services or free room hire or free products or your volunteers time.

Download the application forms and guidance notes below. Please read the guidance carefully. When you have completed the form please email the completed form to sidleywardbexhill@yahoo.com or phone 01424 217259 for more information or help.

An exciting new programme delivered in partnership with the Lloyds Banking Group.  Click to download full information.

Click to download RVA's May E Bulletin below

Community First is an England-wide programme, funded by the Office for Civil Society, on behalf of the Government. It will run for four years, until March 2015. Two funds of money, worth £80m, have been created to help communities come together, become more resilient, and make their local area a better place to live.

Sidley & Bexhill Central have been selected amongst the 600 wards to receive Community First funding, each receiving a total allocation of £33,910. (Yr 1 5,624; Yr 2 £8,489; Yr 3 £8,488 and Yr 4 £11,309).  A Panel, made up of people living and/or working in the area, has been set up in each area and they will decide how the funding is spent.

The Sidley Community First website can be found at:      http://sidleyfirst.posterous.com/
Or email the panel at:  sidleywardbexhill @yahoo.com

Agreed priorities for Sidley are:

• To enable neighbourhood groups to meet their aims more effectively
• To improve the local environment through neighbourhood action
• To increase local activities for young people and children aged 8-12 (had to put together as only allowed 5 priorities)
• To reduce the isolation of older and vulnerable people living in Sidley
• To improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Sidley through neighbourhood action

The Bexhill Central Community First website can be found at:     http://bexhillcentral.posterous.com/
Or email the panel at:   centralbexhill.c.first @hotmail.co.uk               

Agreed priorities for Bexhill Central are:

• To support activities that bring people together and promote community cohesion
• To support community led activities that support children and young people
• To improve the physical environment
• To support ideas that encourage people in Bexhill Central to be actively involved in community led projects
• To reduce isolation amongst the elderly and other vulnerable members of the community

As soon as the Panels have received the go ahead the application form, guidelines and dates of grant panel meetings will be made available on their websites .

GOOD NEWS FOR HEART OF SIDLEY  The Big Lottery Fund in England is investing up to £200 million in 100 – 150 urban and rural neighbourhoods that have been overlooked for funding. One of the areas picked in the second round of areas is the Heart of Sidley. The funding is being invested as a charitable endowment with at least £1m allocated to each community to be spent over 10 years. An independent organisation called Local Trust has been set up to help local areas decide how to spend their allocations. Big Local is design to ensure:

• Communities are better able to identify local needs and take action in response to them.
• Local People have increased skills and confidence, so that they continue to identify and respond to needs in the future.
• The community will make a difference to the needs it prioritises.
• People will feel that their area is an even better place to live.

It’s NOT about the government or a national organisation telling you what to do. It’s NOT about individual groups fixing their favourite problem without talking to a wide range of different people who live and work in the community. It’s NOT about short-term thinking – you’ve got 10 years or more to plan and deliver the best options for your area.

Please download April's E Bulletin below

In2Play is an umbrella body for CRB checks, and are offering this local and cost effective service to staff and volunteers of local voluntary and community groups in Hastings and Rother.  In2Play runs a drop in session monthly at HVA’s new premises in Jackson Hall on the first Wednesday of every month from 1pm until 5pm.

The cost for checks are:

• Enhanced check for a volunteer £5 plus Criminal Record Bureau charge

• Enhanced check for an employee £11 plus Criminal Record Bureau charge

To check when the next CRB surgery is, for more information about the CRB check process, or other queries, please ring in2play on 01424 432742 or email: info@in2play.org.uk

Are you an organisation that helps improve local people’s lives? The East Sussex Commissioning Grants Prospectus is a way to find the bulk of your grant opportunities in one, outcome-focussed document. 15% of the scoring is by people who can use the services we are commissioning and to them improving lives is not about one size fits all.
For more information visit www.eastsussex.gov.uk/cgp

HEAR about what the NHS reforms mean for East Sussex. DISCUSS the priorities for healthcare in your area. SHAPE how we meet some of the challenges ahead. There will also be the opportunity to hear from some of the local GPs responsible for healthcare in the new NHS landscape.
 

All events are from 2pm – 4.00pm

•Tuesday 20th March, 2.00 - 4.00 The Chamber, Pelham House, Lewes

•Friday 23rd March, 2.00 – 4.30 The Phoenix Arts Centre, Hastings

•Thursday 29th March, 2.00 – 4.00 The Congress Suite, Eastbourne

For more information and to book your place, please contact 01273 403630, or complete the attached form and send to SPCTC.YourSay@nhs.net or Communications, NHS Sussex, 36-38 Friars Walk, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2PB:
 

If you have any special access needs please let us know at the time of booking.

If you haven’t already booked your space at one of the events below, please do so by Monday 19th March by filling in the attached booking form or by calling 01273 403630. If you have booked a place, we look forward to seeing you there.