Community Partnerships

Hackney Funding Programme 2010/11

Voluntary and community organisations are invited to apply for the for this year’s voluntary sector grants, worth a total of £2.46 million, which are being administered by Hackney Council’s Community Partnerships team.

Councillor Nargis Khan, Cabinet Member for Community Services and the lead member for the Hackney Funding Programme, said: “This programme will continue to be delivered in partnership with other funding organisations to support community activity in the borough.  The new criteria reflects Hackney’s new ten year Community Strategy and its ambition to support community development in Hackney".”

The Hackney Funding Programme will support activities and services under these seven headings:

Objective 1 - Reduce poverty by supporting residents into sustainable employment, and promoting employment opportunities.

Objective 2 - Help residents to become better qualified and raise educational aspirations.  Ensure the educational improvement of Hackney’s children and young people is excellent.

Objective 3 - Promote health and wellbeing for all and support independent living.

Objective 4 - Make the borough safer, and help people to feel safe in Hackney.

Objective 5 - Promote mixed communities in well-designed neighbourhoods, where people can access high quality, affordable housing.

Objective 6 - Be a sustainable community, where all citizens take pride in and take care of Hackney and its environment, for future generations.

Objective 7 - To actively engage Hackney residents in volunteering opportunities.

The Application Form, Guidance Notes, Next Steps and more information are available to download on the right.

For advice or support on your application contact Hackney Council for Voluntary Service (HCVS) on Tel: 020 7923 1962 or see the website at www.hcvs.org.uk.

Community Accountancy Project provides support on the following:

• Annual Accounts
• Full cost recovery
• Budgeting
• Cost of a post
• Statement of account or audited accounts and issues dealing with your organisation’s finance

Contact Cyndi Smart on 0207 249 7109 Cyndi@caplondon.org.

For more information about the Hackney Funding Programme contact the Community Partnerships Team on:
Tel: 020 8356 4066 or by email at communitypartnerships@hackney.gov.uk

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Page updated: 3 Jul 2009