National Lottery Community Fund - Growing a better future for our community |
£9,726 |
26/07/2021
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This grant will be used for a Landscape Training Officer who will be based at Netherthird Community Garden which the group manages.
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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Netherthird Community Welfare Champion |
£7,500 |
17/12/2019
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NCAT will deliver a Community Welfare Champion (and purchase an ICT Tablet with Software) to support all UC claimants and potential claimants via appointments at local community offices (Local
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NCAT will deliver a Community Welfare Champion (and purchase an ICT Tablet with Software) to support all UC claimants and potential claimants via appointments at local community offices (Local Surgeries) or in their own house dwellings (Outreach) within the ex-coalfield rural community of Netherthird. Added value activities such as local money advice campaigns and attendance at community support groups will ensure that the maximum number of residents are aware and engaged with this unique user friendly initiative. Specifically the CWC will offer the following: • Benefit Maximization, • Advice & Guidance, • Advocacy, • Registration and Support for Digital Banking usage • Support Scottish Welfare Fund applicants • Support Crisis Grant applicants • Support with Form Completion and • Sign posting to local Credit Unions. Our CWC service will deliver the following outcomes: • Increase residents' knowledge of the welfare benefits landscape, • Maximize their welfare benefits, • Increase local Credit Union Membership • Increase local usage of Digital Banking facilities • Increase community resilience through knowledge transfer & volunteering and • Deliver a genuine bottom up community service. WHY DWP has now introduced Full Universal Credit for all of East Ayrshire back in October 2017. This means many financial changes and challenges to our resident welfare recipients. One of the big changes is that instead of benefits being paid weekly, they will now be paid monthly in arrears. UC recipients will also be responsible for paying rent directly to landlords, whether they are a Council tenant, in Social Housing, or in a private tenancy. The reality is that this is having a devastating impact on our communities, leading to rent arears, increased debt, benefit sanctions and forcing people to increasingly rely on crisis services to simply put food on the table and keep a roof over their head. Rural Bank Branch Closures. Since 2015, bank branches have been closing at an average of 70 closures per month across the UK, with Scotland seeing 403 banks permanently shut during this period. Scotland has been disproportionately hit by these closures; with Citizens Advice Scotland finding that Scotland suffered 12% of branch closures despite only having 8.3% of the population. As well as losing branches some communities are seeing their banks operating reduced hours. Closures mean that individuals are having to travel further to access banking services which is both time-consuming and expensive especially for those more reliant on cash including the elderly and those on low incomes. We heard from Citizens Advice Scotland and Scottish Rural Action that these negative impacts are felt far more greatly in rural areas where there are: fewer branches to start with; less alternative provision such as Post Offices or 24 hour ATM access; accessibility issues due to reduced public transport and weak mobile phone signal and slower broadband speeds making online banking more difficult. Rural communities have reacted negatively to the closure of their local bank which in some cases has led to protests. Finally, our NCAT Development Manager attended the recent DTAS Conference, where he met up with staff from the nearby Auchinleck Development Initiative (ACDI) charity who currently deliver a local Community Welfare Champion service. This was followed up with a learning and knowledge session at ACDI premises to see first-hand the delivery method and activities of a genuine locally led community welfare champion service. WHO During the initial 35 week grant funded delivery period, the Netherrhird CWC will engage and support the following: • Netherthird residents claiming or wishing to claim Universal Credit • Unemployment benefits • Medical benefits • Senior Citizens • Lone Parents • Residents experiencing "in work poverty" • One off payments (Crisis Loans, Community Care Grants, School Clothing Grants) • Long term unemployed • Claimants on transitional benefits (ESA, DLA etc) • Claimants who struggle to maintain Universal Credit commitments; commonly due to; - Low literacy levels - Low IT skills - Lack of understanding of the Benefits System • Residents who are experiencing housing Issues • Claimants who are unable/have difficulty understanding complex forms • Claimants who are going through appeal processes • Residents who have never claimed entitled benefits In addition, 2 volunteers from Netherthird will be mentored over this period to learn and provide Welfare advice beyond the grant funding period. WHERE The Netherthird Community Welfare Champion service will delivered primarily in the ex-coalfield community of Netherthird, located within the rural part of East Ayrshire. (Our service will focus on disadvantaged local Netherthird residents, however, we will NOT discriminate any individual who requires support who may reside out with our community)
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National Lottery Community Fund - Garden Maintenance Training Officer |
£8,349 |
01/05/2019
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This group will provide employment and training opportunities in garden maintenance and landscaping for disadvantaged young people aged between 16-24 years of age in the Cumnock, Netherthird,
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This group will provide employment and training opportunities in garden maintenance and landscaping for disadvantaged young people aged between 16-24 years of age in the Cumnock, Netherthird, Craigens and Skerrington areas of East Ayrshire.
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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - "Growing a better future for those most at risk in our communities" |
£3,549 |
31/10/2018
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We are requesting funding to recruit a volunteer outreach officer in order to operate our "growing a better future for those most at risk in our communities". We aim to build a project
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We are requesting funding to recruit a volunteer outreach officer in order to operate our "growing a better future for those most at risk in our communities". We aim to build a project which focuses on supporting those at risk of the deprivation in our local community through developing their skills and confidence. Our project focuses on building better communities by focusing on improving lifestyles and health. This is done through a project based on gardening, horticulture and healthy eating. It will be target in the 6 areas of Netherthird, Craigens, Skerrington, Cumnock, Logan and Lugar area a population of around 10,000 people. The area "growing a better future for children, young people and families will cover are 5 area's which are in the bottom 20% of the social deprivation scale in Scotland • Lugar, Cumnock Rural (S01001901) • Logan, Cumnock Rural(S01007900) • Barshare, Cumnock South and Craigens,(S01007914) • Cumnock Central, Cumnock South & Craigens(S01007913) • Netherthird, Cumnock, South & Craigens(S01007913) The village in which the Project is based "Netherthird" is actually in the bottom 10% of the social deprivation scale in Scotland. Unemployed people People excluded from education People suffering from social isolation Mental and Physical health issues People suffering from a lack of training and employment opportunities. Our Project will offer the chance of new learning experiences, improved community relationships, a sense of pride in the local area and improved mental and physical well being through volunteering opportunities. The volunteers recruited will get the opportunity to participate in Food growing opportunities in Netherthird Healthy eating sessions, using the seasonal fresh produce grown General gardening duties Constructing new planting area's within the community garden Using our project as a base to signpost volunteer's onto other organisations who will be able to assist volunteer's and prevent themselves reaching crisis point. Working with partners to provide employ ability opportunities. The existing resources of Netherthird Community Garden will provide a platform that is accessible and attractive for a wide range of people in the community. This will bring people into contact with each other and share experiences, whilst developing and improving their knowledge and understanding of food growing, making healthier choices and improving their well being. NCAT has consulted the public from the planning stage of the project in 2010, shaping and designing the activities and projects NCAT has done based on local consultations and large scale surveys. NCAT has further shaped its service by taking part in the Netherthird, Craigens and Skerrington Local 5 year plan(2015-2020) undertaken by East Ayrshire Council's Vibrant Communities and Netherthird Community Action Plan committee this took place between. We worked in partnership with the local steering group who carried out the most wide ranging survey ever carried out in our local area. • 419 community surveys were returned from over 1044 households in the local area • 99 Survey forms were returned from the primary school • 70 survey forms were returned from young people aged between 12-17 years old • 29 Stakeholder meetings and focus groups were held with local groups, businesses and support organisations. • 262 people attending community voting event. The survey results stated that the members of the public had identified a number of "Main Priorities" that they wanted to see actioned in the local community. Among these were "Provide more activities for young people" "Develop an inter-generational community project" "provide access for training for work opportunities locally" NCAT has acted upon these requests from the public and has put projects in place to address these issues as well as planning future projects to further improve these issues, we have been careful to speak to our service users who are using the project and have received feedback and evaluated our performance to see if we are meeting our objectives. More than 100 responder's rated NCAT's service of being "great" of "excellent". With 100% agreeing that there is a lack of support for young people.
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National Lottery Community Fund - Nature Warden for Netherthird Community Garden |
£7,251 |
30/01/2018
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This group manages the Netherthird Community Garden. They will recruit a nature warden who will deliver a programme of community engagement and education activities around plants, wildlife and
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This group manages the Netherthird Community Garden. They will recruit a nature warden who will deliver a programme of community engagement and education activities around plants, wildlife and gardening.
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Robertson Trust - The salary costs of Garden Maintenance Supervisor |
£24,000 |
21/11/2017
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The salary costs of Garden Maintenance Supervisor
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The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Netherthird Community Action Training |
£20,000 |
13/06/2016
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Vehicle for a charity which provides training and employment support in Ayrshire
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Corra Foundation - HDA-16/53 |
£3,500 |
04/02/2016
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towards the salary of the Garden Maintenance Supervisor
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