HOLEHIRD TRUST – 10 September 2013councilportal.cumbria.gov.uk/documents/s22096/Grant applications...HOLEHIRD TRUST – 10 September 2013 All of the applications are eligible geographically

HOLEHIRD TRUST – 10 September 2013 All of the applications are eligible geographically and have been selected on the Trust charitable objectives and priorities – Older People, Disabled People, Children, and Youth. All projects have been assessed on the Community Foundation’s standard procedure. New Applications 14027 Helsington & Brigsteer Village Hall Village Hall extension Priority – All priority groups Charitable Objectives - Provide the relevant facilities to beneficiaries 14047 Boltons Nursery Swimming lessons Priority - children Charitable objectives - Provide the relevant services to beneficiaries 14105 St Thomas Community Connections Holiday Club Priority – Children & young people Charitable objectives - Provide the relevant services to beneficiaries 14138 Leonard Cheshire Disability Youth sessions for people with a disability Priority – Children & young people Charitable objectives - Provide the relevant services to beneficiaries 14145 Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall Hearing loop system Priority – People with disabilities Charitable Objectives - Provide the relevant facilities to beneficiaries

14147 Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Icing sugar mural Priority - children & young people Charitable objectives - Provide the relevant services to beneficiaries 14153 Kendal Windows on Art Memory Bank Project Priority – Older people & children & young people Charitable objectives - Provide the relevant services to beneficiaries

Grants Application Data Sheet

Project title Village hall extension

Project detail We would like to complete the hall by extending the storeroom to its originally planned size When the new village hall was built in 2009 the Board were under a time restriction from the Big Lottery and were unable to raise sufficient monies to complete the build to the original plan. Consequently some cutting back had to be made. The main cut back was halving the size of the store room. The hall has really taken off and we have increased the number of activities from 14 to 26 and footfalls by 50% from 4000 to 6000. The overall effect has been more equipment has been required by the groups and it is now having to be stored in the main hall which posses a slight Health and safety problem, but also detracts from the welcoming appearance of the hall. It also means that the option of using the hall a theatre mode cannot be realised as a full size storeroom would double up as a changing room

Need The very fact that the hall in being increasingly used by the parish as shown by the increase in activities and footfall goes a long way to illustrating the need. However within the last 12 months a survey was undertaken for the Big Lottery End of Grant inspection. This showed overwhelming support for the village hall and its many activities. The project got a very high rating from Big Lottery after this inspection

Disadvantage Over recent years Brigsteer has lost its shop, bus service and pub. It has no school. The only other community facility is the church situated some 3/4 mile out of the village up a long hill. The population of the parish has higher than average proportion

Organisation Helsington and Brigsteer Village Hall

Fund Holehird Trust 13/14

Name Richard Grtiffiths Application no 14027

Post Town

KENDAL Application date 13/06/2013

District South Lakeland Project cost £24,700.00

Amount requested £5,000.00

Amount recommended

£0.00

Aims of the group

To provide a village hall for community activities in the village.

Main Aim

Grants Officer Ellen Clements

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Application

history

A223690, 15/12/2011, £500, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:11/12 Purchase and installation of PA System A223060, 27/04/2011, £250, Fully Allocated, Foundation grants:11/12 To purchase curtains for the Hall. A218602, 26/06/2009, £5,000, Fully Allocated, Grassroots Grants:09/10 New village hall

of elderly people who have physical and health problems, who without public transport are somewhat limited in their activities. The village hall is the centre of

village life and is the backbone of the community identity. As well as the elderly young families also are increasingly using the hall in a number of ways, meeting again an element of rural isolation. The hall benefits not only the residents of the parish but is being used increasingly by residents of adjacent parishes

Benefits The Board would be able to increase further the activities that take place in the hall and meet a still growing demand for its use. The extension of the storeroom would open up the hall to the use as a theatre, as moveable staging is already used in the hall. It would only increase the sense of community spirit

Measure It is always difficult to measure this sort of project. The Board already records usage, footfalls and activities and these will continue to be the basis on which measurement of the project will continue. We would expect to see an increase in activities using the hall and a resultant increase in footfall. Hopefully an increase in income would also be noted. Feed back from the parish through the Board and its coopted members should also indicate the level of benefit coming from the project

After funding ends

In one sense this is a one off project and the Board will continue to fund the operation of the hall through hiring fees and local fund raising where necessary

No of beneficiaries

4000 No of volunteers 30

Expenditure

Staff costs: Volunteer costs: Operational costs:

Office,Overhead, Premises Costs: Capital costs: Publicity costs: Other costs: £5,000.00 Building of Storeroom extension

Income

Grant applied for £5,000.00

Additional income details

£10,000.00

Awards for all secured £7,500 Local fund raising secured £3,000 Bernard Sunley Fund applied £5,000 Frieda Scott Trust applied £3,000

Assessor’s comments

A new village hall was built in 2009 and they would like to extend the store room to provide more space. Holehird awarded this group £500 in December 2011 for a PA system for the hall. They have secured £10,000 of a £24k project and applied to other funders for a further £8k. Requesting £5k which is a large amount from this fund and a store room is not a high priority. May be worth a contribution if funds allow. Priority Elderly, children and young people. Charitable objectives. Provide the relevant facilities to beneficiaries

Score 15/20

Grants Panel decision


Project title Swimming Lessons

Project detail We would like to take the pre-school children to swimming lessons for half a term. Some children are fortunate enough to have parents at home to take them swimming, however there are many that do not get to a swimming pool until school lessons start some years later. We feel that it is an important skill that can be so much easier to learn as a youngster when most of the water confidence comes through play. Leaving nursery also becomes an outing that teaches children many important skills such as being aware of their new environment, listening to instruction from unfamiliar people and developing the ability to look after themselves (getting

Organisation Bolton Nursery plc Fund Holehird Trust 13/14

Name Keira Booth Application no 14047

Post Town

APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND Application date 25/06/2013

District Eden Project cost £723.80

Amount requested £723.80

Amount recommended

£0.00

Aims of the group

To provide a venue for mother and toddler group and nursery, providing pre school education for a large rural community and at playgroup a venue for mothers and toddlers.

Main Aim

Children and young people


Application history

A218293, 16/01/2009, £940, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:08/09 Making our minds and bodies active A218028, 16/01/2009, £1,519, Fully Allocated, n2n Fund:08/09 Making our minds and bodies active

A217137, 11/10/2007, £1,348, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:07/08 Set up and training costs for baby massage A216514, 01/05/2007, £3,800, Fully Allocated, Local Network Fund:07/08 Free nursery education for 0-3 year olds A214901, 27/09/2006, £1,500, Fully Paid, Holehird Trust:05/06 Holiday club. A212694, 27/09/2006, £350, Fully Paid, County Grants:03/04 Toys and activity trailers for nursery and playgroup.

dressed/undressed).

Benefits The children will be taught by qualified instructors who already run pre-school swimming lessons at the pool. The children will have a varied list of targets that they can work on over the short period. For example, for some, it may just be the hurdle of getting their faces wet or having the confidence to jump in.

No of beneficiaries


Expenditure

Other costs: £723.80 Pool Hire - £78.40 * 7 weeks Minibus Hire - £25.00 * 7 weeks

Income

Grant applied for £723.80


Registered Charity no 1096593. The nursery provides. •baby room (3 months - 2 years) •toddler room (2 - 3 years) •free entitlement to nursery education (3 - 4 years) •before/after school club and holiday club

They have an under 2 room for babies Opening times are Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm all year round, excluding bank holidays. Session times are 8am - 1pm or full day 8am - 6pm. They are situated next door to the school and link into the school. They have also applied to Hadfield Trust and Tesco for other blocks of sessions. They will take 10 children for each block of swimming and have 18 pre school children on their books. The parents could probably contribute. Recommend contribution if funds allow. Priority Children Charitable objectives Provide the relevant services to beneficiaries.

Score 10/20



Project title St.Thomas' Community Connections Holiday Club

Project detail Holiday Club is for primary age children during October Half Term, for 4 consecutive mornings. The theme has a strong emphasis on the children working cooperatively together in teams and establishing friendships. The children will be encouraged to recognise the value and uniqueness of each person and of treating one another as

Organisation St Thomas' Community Connection Kendal

Fund Holehird Trust 13/14

Name Ivan Smith Application no 14105

Post Town


District Project cost £4,003.50


Amount recommended

£2,000.00

Aims of the group

St.Thomas' Community Connections began in 2007 to provide social welfare, facilities for the residents of Kendal. Provision is irrespective of their sexual orientation, race or political, religious or other opinion. The charity is committed to all who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity, disability, social and economic circumstances. Examples of our activities include a weekly shopping bus for elderly disadvantaged residents; 3 separate mums and toddlers groups; an annual holiday club for local children; a mental health support group; a senior citizens support group; an open youth club.

Main Aim



Application history

A224417, 27/09/2012, £1,000, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:12/13 October Holiday Club A224302, 10/07/2012, £700, Fully Allocated, Grassroots Grants Revenue:12/13 Mental Health Support Group A224134, 10/07/2012, £700, Fully Allocated, Grassroots Grants Revenue:12/13 Mental Health Support Group A223592, 06/09/2011, £2,040, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:11/12 Half term holiday club A222173, 06/10/2010, £1,952.5, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:10/11 Holiday club for children at October half term A217951, 26/09/2008, £722, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:08/09 Holiday club A216836, 10/05/2007, £6,970, Fully Allocated, Local Network Fund:07/08 Gymnastics club for 5-11 year olds

valued individuals with their own special contribution to society. To acieve this we will explore the theme with comic dramafor the children to interact with. We create a

high quality stage set with mechanical staging that forms a focal point for the activities. We follow this up with songs, art & craft and social games. We a healthy snack and refreshments. We have an experienced team of volunteers who are skilled at providing a quality experience for the children.Chilren with additional needs have one to one support from the team. On Wednesday Evening we hold a celebration event for all the families to join in and see what the children are achieving.

Need Our popular community holiday club was first established in 2003. At the beginning around a 100 children attended and over the years this has risen to 150 and this is the number we are planning for in 2013. Around 250 adults and children attend the wednesday evening celebration. Bookings are taken through St. Thomas' Office and mainly through St.Thomas' Primary School. Bookings begin when volunteers set up a table in the school on an advertised morning. There is always a queue of parents eagerly waiting, with around 70 children booked in at this first opportunity. After reaching 150 bookings (our operating safety maximum) we have to start a waiting list. This reinforces for us the idea that the club is a real benefit to the families in our area. We record feedback on all aspects of the club, including many thank you notes from the families. Parents tell us that they particularly appreciate the provision of a coach to collect the children and bring them home safely from the venue.

Disadvantage A large proportion of children attending children live in Kendal's Underley Ward. This Southlakeland District Council Ward has been identified by the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory and highlighted by a report from "The Campaign to End Child Poverty" as being an area of high child poverty. This is based upon a "low income deprivation affecting children" index score. Many of the families attending our holiday club come from homes affected by this classification. A free holiday club for children from this background makes a very valuable contribution to combating the deprivation low incomes can lead to. We provide a free coach each day, safely collecting and returning children between Hallgarth Estate and St.Thomas' Church lounge. This ensures we bridge the transport and safety gap between the venueand home so parents / carers only have a brief distance to hand over and receive back their children with our team.

Benefits * An exciting free activity during the half term school break at a time when outdoor play opportunities are less available. * An informal learning of life skills opportunity with play in a safe environment. * Children learning skills in working together as a team and making new friends outside their existing circle. * Children having a sense of achievement and increased confidence from completing the activities. * Children having a lot of fun and enjoying laughter away from family stresses for a while. * Young people gaining informal training while working with children including teamwork experience through volunteering. * Supporting the whole family by providing fun, free party evening where parents / carers can interact and make friends with their neighbours. * Building bridges which facilitate families in difficulty being able to ask for help and be signposted to appropriate agencies and helpful organizations.

Measure We receive numerous feedback comments from the children and their families. These will be recorded on volunteer feedback sheets which are formally completed at the close of Holiday Club. We additionally open a comments book for feedback received

after the week. All written feedback, thank - yous etc are added to the volunteer forms. All feedback will be discussed at our post holiday club debriefing meeting and

at the next Community Connections Trustees meeting. The outcomes will be reported to those meetings, in video / digital picture format at St.Thomas',displays in the church buildings, articles in the parish magazine, bloggs, and articles within the Community Connections section of the website.

After funding ends

It is our plan to continue to offer this holiday club as an annual event because of the overwhelming value it demonstrates both financially and socially. We will continue to seek to fund the club through a partnership of grant aid and support from St. Thomas' Community Connections volunteers. St. Thomas' Parish Church (a separate charity) provides discounted use of its facilities and we draw on the professional staffing support we receive including office facilities which equates to over £1 500. This support includes their help with running the activities and particularly in preparation, setting up and clearing away. We also receive free administrative support of at least 10 hours for bookings, registration and DBS safety checking.

No of beneficiaries


Expenditure

Staff costs: £0.00 St. Thomas' Parish Church provides discounted use of its facilities and we draw on the professional staffing support we receive including office facilities which equates to over £1 500. This support includes their help with running the activities and particularly in preparation, setting up and clearing away. We also receive free administrative support of at least 10 hours for bookings, registration and DBS safety Volunteer costs: Operational costs: £1,957.50 Bus £ 600 Staging & equipment £ 250

Craft / activities / prizes £ 400 Food £ 380 Badges(Identi) £100 Bouncy castle £ 75 Fireworks £ 115 Printing costs 150 A4 application forms b/w £ 7.50 600 A4 worksheets b/w £ 30

Office, Overhead, Premises Costs: £500.00 4 x days hire of main church and lounges @ £250 = £ 1000 less 50% charity use discount gives = £500 Capital costs: Publicity costs: £46.00 250 avertising poster post cards £25 12 A3 Posters in colour £4 140 A4 flyers £17 Other costs:

Income



£1,500.00


This holiday club is open to children from a range of social backgrounds, the parish does include an recognised area of high social deprivation. Those children and families who are particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged are specifically invited to attend the holiday club. Parents are given individual invitations from the school inclusion co-

ordinator and provision of free transport from the Hallgarth Estate to the church. As well as benefiting the children, parents have commented that the holiday club gives

them some quality time with younger children or some time for themselves. Holehird have funded this event previously. Recommend support Charitable objectives - Other bodies who provide services or facilities to beneficiaries. Priority - Children and young people

Score 15/20

Grants Panel

decision


Project title Youth Sessions for people with a disability

Project detail YouthAbility runs inclusive youth club sessions in Kendal for young disabled people (11 to 25). The project delivers weekly sessions and offers a wide range of social, leisure and educational activities for young people to have fun, relax and spend time with their peers in a safe, supported, environment. The project offer a range of activities and provide young people with opportunities to develop their social skills and build relationships with their peers. Securing the grant

would contribute to the costs of delivering the breadth of inclusive activities for the young disabled people. An example of the activities that we have been able to offer in the past include camping, fishing, go-karting, cooking, swimming, and archery. Members choose the activities delivered in the sessions, experiencing a range of different activities based on their choices, enabling them to choose to participate, with their friends, in activities which they enjoy and from which they can learn new skills.

Need Through our experience of running the youth clubs for over 3 years in Kendal and by listening to the feedback from young people, their families and local services, we have

Organisation Leonard Cheshire Disability Fund Holehird Trust 13/14

Name Liam Mills Application no 14138

Post Town

London Application date 08/08/2013

District Project cost £51,095.00


Amount recommended

Aims of the group

At Leonard Cheshire Disability, we work for a society in which every person is equally valued. We believe that disabled people worldwide should have the freedom to live the way they choose. We seek to achieve this by working alongside people with disabilities and offering them care and support to lead more independent and active lives. The needs and aspirations of disabled people are at the heart of what we do. By providing services and helping everyone to understand disability and combat discrimination, we aim to remove the barriers that can stop people with disabilities from pursuing their goals and living their lives to the full.

To achieve this we offer a wide and growing spectrum of services and projects that seek to improve the quality of life experienced by disabled people. These include care homes, domiciliary support, day services, rehabilitation, respite care, education and employment support and healthy eating and life skills projects.

Main Aim



Application history

established that there is an ongoing need for our project. This is supported by the growing demand for the services provided at our youth clubs with referrals still being

received. In the ongoing development of the project, we have worked with local community groups in the area who identified young disabled people who would benefit from increased social and leisure opportunities that are inclusive in nature. We have also continued to work with disabled young people on the services they want to receive and co-manage. As such, our project has been designed to complement existing services in the area, and will collaborate to provide services accessible to all young people

Disadvantage The project is aimed at young disabled people who are often excluded and prevented from engaging in social and leisure opportunities usually available to non-disabled young people. This is often due to either venue inaccessibility or that the activities on offer are not inclusive of the needs of young disabled people. This means that they have limited opportunities to enjoy social and leisure activities which can have a detrimental impact on their wellbeing, including: - Low self-esteem and confidence; - Slower development of social and communication skills; - Lack of friendships; and - Increased isolation and exclusion. The young people who attend the project come from South Lakeland district which due to its rural geography is severely affected by rural deprivation due to poor access to services. Without YouthAbility Cumbria there is a risk that the young people who attend the club could become even more isolated.

Benefits Through actively engaging with the project we intend to attract and support young disabled people to have fun and make new friends by taking part in a range of accessible and engaging activities. The project will develop the skills and capabilities of young people enabling them to fulfil their potential to lead active and independent lives. More specifically, the project provides opportunity for both disabled and non-disabled young people to: - Build their confidence and self-esteem; - Develop their independence away from their parents and carers; - Build close relationships with their peers, both disabled and non-disabled; and - Improve life-skills that be translated into other areas of their lives.

Measure We will monitor and evaluate the success of the project by gathering feedback from staff, the project’s participants and their family and carers through user consultation/questionnaires and staff observations. The project will collect collate, measure and report the difference that the project makes for the beneficiaries of the project through a combination of: - attendance counts and feedback - outcome measurement using relevant and appropriate indicators - case studies - testimonials from individuals and organisations the project will work with - number of beneficiaries and participants - number of volunteers and hours they contribute

Collectively, these will contribute to measuring the success of the project and its impact on the lives of local disable people, as well as identifying aspects of the project

that is working well and more importantly elements that could be improved. This learning will be shared with the rest of the organisation and other key stakeholders.

After funding

ends

This project has already secured part funding from BBC Children in Need, amongst

other funders, which ensures the project will be delivered over the next three years. We have developed a fundraising plan, which involves approaching a range of local, regional and national trust and foundations, to meet both the shortfall of the upcoming and subsequent years of the project. We remain confident that the remaining costs can be met from a range of voluntary funding sources to ensure that the delivery of the project can be completed.

No of beneficiaries

18

No of volunteers 3040

Expenditure

Staff costs: £0.00 Salary costs for Project Co-ordinator (17.5hrs), Team Leader (13 hrs), Support Worker (10hrs) and Youth Worker (12hrs). Volunteer costs: £0.00 Volunteer expenses (e.g. mileage/transport, meals etc.) Operational costs: £2,000.00 Costs to deliver activities covering fees for activities, equipment hire, room hire where appropriate etc.

Office,Overhead, Premises Costs: £0.00 Rent, utilities and bills, project management, monitoring and evaluation Capital costs: £0.00 Computer equipment for staff and young people Publicity costs: £0.00 Marketing materials including leaflets, posters, local advertisements Other costs: £0.00 Transport costs for taking young people to activities

Income



£45,427.00

Children in Need, Comic Relief, Francis Scott Charitable Trust + other (secured) - £45,427.00 Sir John Fisher Foundation (applied) - £5,000.00 101 Foundation (applied) - £3,000.00


The organisation is a large national organisation but this application is specifically to support residents in the Kendal area. The sessions are strongly supported by parents. The club gives parents and siblings a break from caring responsibilities for a reasonable length of time as well as giving the young people interesting activities to share with good adult support. Application for venue and equipment costs in Kendal. The club has been running for 3 years in Kendal and a similar one in Barrow was established before that. Recommend support Priority - Disabled people Charitable Objectives - Making grants to bodies who provide services to beneficiaries

Score 14/20



Project title Hearing loop system

Project detail The grant is required to help install an induction loop system into the main hall space. This would mean that any hearing-impaired visitors with hearing aids would be able to hear more clearly. It would allow them to participate more fully in general conversation whilst in the hall ad be able to listen comfortably to public performances and presentations. Several regular users of the hall have mentioned this to committee members in passing, so we would like to do something about it.

Need Several hard-of-hearing people from the local community have mentioned to committee members in passing how difficult it is to hear clearly in the hall when it's full of people and when there is a lot of ambient noise. The committee felt that installing an induction loop system would likely benefit other visitors who have been too polite to mention it to us also.

Disadvantage Crosby Ravensworth is a very rural community, with the nearest shop being 4 miles away and one bus every week into Penrith. It is easy to be isolated here both physically & socially, but the village hall and its wide programme of activities & events

helps to provide an opportunity for people to meet together and socialise. The particular group of people we are trying to target with this project is our local hearing-impaired community so that they feel they can use the village hall without fear of not being able to fully engage; we would like them to attend more activities and become more involved.

Benefits Improved facilities at the village hall for the local community. Increase in hearing-impaired people using the hall.

Organisation Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall Fund Holehird

Name Lynn Barnes Application no 14145

Post Town

Penrith Application date 10/08/2013

District Crosby Ravensworth Project cost £672.00

Amount requested £403.20

Amount recommended

£403.20

Aims of the group

Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall is an active community hub for its local parish of 400+ residencies. In addition to its private hire for family parties, weddings, funeral teas, charity fundraiser events, polling station, school events, recitals & concerts, film nights, etc it is also used weekly/monthly as a meeting venue by First Responders, Badminton Club (juniors & adults), WI, Play Group, Crosby Ravensworth Agricultural Show, Parish Council, Crosby Ravensworth Dancing Club, Lyvennet Young Farmers, & Farmers Market. The village hall provides an important focus & meeting place for the local community.

Main Aim



Application history

A216176, 26/10/2006, £1,000, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:06/07 Development of resource centre in village hall.

Measure Verbal feedback from the local community; this will find its way into our Chairman's Annual Report.

After funding ends

One-off project.

No of beneficiaries

10

No of volunteers 0

Expenditure

Capital costs: £403.20 materials & labour £560.00 VAT £112.00

Income

Grant applied for £403.20


Eden District Council (Village Halls Fund) (applied) - £268.80


This is a well used hall with an enthusiastic and determined committee who are seeking to safeguard its future as a community building in the village. Recommend support

Pr Priority – People with disabilities Charitable Objectives - Provide the relevant facilities to beneficiaries

Score 14 /20



Project title Icing Sugar Mural

Project detail To create an icing sugar mural in the foyer of the Brewery, inspired by the Montreal Artist, Shelly Miller and to link the Brewery's Christmas theatre show, Hansel and Gretal. We also intend to create a small section of decorative sugar tiles directly on the exterior wall next to the main entrance. The project will be led by the Visual Arts Development Officer, George Grange at the Brewery, Debbie Cowan and textile artist, Kate Reid. The Mural will be developed in different sections. The project is designed to develop a community artwork, which brings together all sections of the community, urban and rural, disadvantaged groups, families and older people to create a truly collaborative work. We will be working with pupils from three primary schools with pupils from rurally excluded areas. Using the Brewery's extensive outreach contacts,

we will also be working with groups from Young Cumbria. These will be involvement from work Brewery Youth Arts groups and familes from the Cooperative

Need We will work with young people from a wide range of age groups, to create elements of the design, as well as families and members of the community. Issues raised by the work of the artist, Shelley Miller, include consumerism, excess, waste, as well as the historical links between sugar and slavery, will discussed in the workshop sessions Youth groups at the Brewery will be involved alongside rurally isolated and socially excluded groups, along with families from the local Cooperative group. All will work closely with the above artists supported by Head of Youth Arts Tricia Gordon and her

Organisation The Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust Limited

Fund Holehird

Name Paul Singleton Application no 14147

Post Town

Kendal Application date 13/08/2013

District Kendal, surrounding rural areas Project cost £3,250.00


Amount recommended

Contribution if funds

allow

Aims of the

group

The Brewery is a vibrant and multi-faceted arts centre located in Kendal, Cumbria that received over 300,000 visits per year. It offers a wide programme across eight art forms - drama, music, dance, visual arts, comedy, film, adventure and literature. In total over 300 live events are held per year attracting an audience of 140,000. The cinema offer attracts a further 95,000 to over 2,000 shows. Serving a largely rural area of Cumbria, the Brewery is strategically important touring venue for small-to-medium scale performing companies, especially those in theatre, physical theatre and contemporary dance. It is also home to Brewery Youth Arts (BYA), one of the largest creative learning departments in the UK, which annually delivers over 1,200 sessions to children and young people from eighteen months to twenty years.This activity generates over 14,000 engagement opportunities per annum. This includes extensive outreach work with rurally isolated and socially excluded young people.

Main Aim



team. The criteria for success is how the project encourages teamwork, fosters negotiation skills, builds confidence, encourages motivation, fosters social skills and

develops leadership skills. The project will demonstrate how environmental and social issues can be explored through collaborative creative activity. This is an approach George Grange successfully employed on Bee Creative in 2011.

Disadvantage The project is designed to develop community cohesion and understanding between urban and rural communicates, be inclusive to socially disadvantaged groups, and involve families and older people to create a truly intergenerational experience. We will be working with pupils from three primary schools from rurally excluded areas. Using the Brewery's extensive outreach contacts we will be working with groups from Young Cumbria. School groups and Young Cumbria will visit the Brewery and work with Brewery Youth groups, members from the Co-operative Society and families and youth groups at the Brewery. The Brewery has an extensive range of outreach partners that we work with. it is from this source that we will promote and attract suitable groups for the project. A number of these have expressed an interest in being involved. The aim is to develop a project that builds personal and creative skills. These will be customised where possible for the needs of each group.

Benefits The outcome is to provide an activity that bring different sections of the local community in Kendal and South Lakeland of different ages from rural and urban and from socially excluded groups to actively participate in a joint group arts activity and learn about issues such as consumerism, excess, waste, as well as the historical links. it give different groups to meet and converse, its provides different groups the opportunity to build their self-confidence, learn new skills. The project aims to foster a sense of community through joint endeavour. We will be working with the Co-operative members groups to develop community engagement across the community, building on top of the Brewery's own marketing and promotional contacts.

Measure We will produce comment cards for all the participants to complete to find out participants thoughts of the project. We will be looking more in-depth at the benefits the project has given to socially excluded and rurally isolated groups again a number of criteria - promotes the development of personal and creative skills, George and the

participating artists will also be keeping a blog of their experiences. All of this information will be collated and produced into an end of project evaluation report, which will be made available to CCF. It will also inform us on how to develop a similar, possibly larger, project in 2014-15.

After funding ends

This is at present a one-off project. However, we do have an ongoing relationship with the local Co-operative members group who are keen to develop further projects with the Brewery. If this project is successful, it will encourage us to work with them to look at putting together a similar collaborative, community-focused project in 2014-15. This could be a different form of visual art, or even a different art form. The essential thing is the nature and form of engagement it provides for the different groups involved and how it builds personal and creative skills.

No of beneficiaries


Expenditure

Staff costs: £1,000.00 Project management - £400 Artists £1,200

Office,Overhead, Premises Costs: £200.00 Core costs £400 Publicity costs: £250.00

Volunteer costs: £0.00

Operational costs: £300.00 School workshops £300 Materials £200

Marketing costs £250

Other costs: £250.00 Training £250 Core contribution £250

Income



£1,250.00 CO OP


The applicant organisation is a Registered Charity (no. 01086789) and a Company Limited by Guarantee (no. 03927101) established in 1972. Although they have a large turnover (£3M) they find it necessary to fundraise on a project basis for educational activities. . The organisation engages with local and rural schools, youth organisations and groups involved with socially excluded children (ie Young Carers). If awarded the grant would be conditional on receiving a hand written signature on part b of the application form as only a photocopy provided. Recommend a contribution if funds allow This application meets the following charitable objectives of the Holehird Trust: To advance the education of beneficiaries Priority: children and young people

Score 13/20


Organisation Kendal Windows on Art (KWoA) Fund Holehird Trust 13/14

Name Nicola Smith Application no 14153

Post Town


District Ambleside and Milnthorpe and surrounding areas

Project cost £3,350.00


Amount recommended

£1,500.00

Aims of the group

re. 1.6 KWoA also encourages additional community volunteers to support activities when KWoA run projects in their communities. AIMS AND MAIN ACTIVITIES 1.7 KWoA began as a not for profit organisation, achieving charity status in 2003 and is run by its Trustee and Management Committee. Over the last 16 years, KWoA has successfully run regular programmes of arts activities and events in Cumbria. One of the main aims of KWoA is to provide educational and cultural opportunities in the sphere of the arts. Whilst continuing to develop a diverse range of thought provoking artworks in public spaces, KWoA is keen to improve community access and engagement with creating and sharing relevant and innovative artwork through artist led workshops. KWoA provides a rolling programme of art projects and this flexibility helps KWoA to respond to the specific needs of community groups, young people, children and display venues.

Main Aim



Application history

A224916, 15/02/2013, £4,950, Fully Allocated, Community Health and Wellbeing Fund for Eden and East Allerdale:12/13 Fresh steps community workshops A223907, 27/06/2012, £2,000, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:11/12 KWoA 'Landmark' community project A222689, 08/07/2011, £6,000, Fully Allocated, South Lakeland District Council Flood Recovery Fund:10/11 Watermark communities project A220251, 06/10/2010, £2,000, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:10/11 Buried treasure community art project A218642, 08/04/2009, £4,000, Fully Allocated, Grassroots Grants:09/10 Trapeze reaching out art project A218270, 31/03/2009, £900, Fully Allocated, Grassroots Grants:08/09 Trapeze reaching out art project A217848, 22/08/2008, £500, Fully Allocated, Holehird Trust:08/09 'Response' collaborative art project A216695, 16/03/2007, £1,000, Fully Allocated, Cumbria Communities Fund:06/07 Mottobread art project 2007

A216594, 01/05/2007, £2,700, Fully Allocated, Local Network Fund:07/08 Mottobread art project 2007

Project title Memory Bank project

Project detail In this intergenerational project KWoA will work with older people, young families and children through a series of workshops. Following the success of the Landmark 2012 project KWoA plan to work with older people at Ambleside and Milnthorpe living with

dementia. This is a valuable opportunity to engage with groups with challenging needs which can exclude them from access to creative community activities. Both communities heard about our community engagement work following KWoA’s support in celebrating the Torch Relay and asked us to develop intergenerational creative activities. Milnthorpe Primary and Ambleside Library have offered venue space for KWoA activities for children, young families and older people. Dialogues with older community members will also provide inspiration for intergenerational community activities led by KWoA artists and for exhibitions in Windermere(Jan14), Milnthorpe(Mar14) of thought-provoking work, highlighting social isolation issues to wider audiences.

Need The Memory Bank project is part of a KWoA initiative called 'Opening Dialogues', a creative approach that is tailored to communities' specific needs and inspired by shared interests, with KWoA encouraging intergenerational dialogues across communities. Recent KWoA projects have led many of the communities involved and others who heard about KWoA’s work through media coverage of the project to ask KWoA to work with them in response to their specific needs and interests. A common theme is isolation - rurally isolated communities with no opportunities to meet or lack of access to creative activities, communities trying to reach out to socially isolated neighbours, those living with dementia excluded from creative community interaction. Young families and children based at Milnthorpe and Ambleside are keen to know their older neighbours better. Grandparents want to get involved and Age UK have invited us to work with and be inspired by those living with dementia in these

communities.

Disadvantage Older people including those living with dementia, children and young families that KWoA plan to work with in the Memory Bank project all can experience a lack of

access to creative community activities due their rural location based in Cumbria. The day to day challenges faced that those living with dementia can mean that they can be excluded from community creative activities. Their communication skills can make it more challenging for them to contribute, giving them less opportunities to be valued in their communities. KWoA are keen that older people are valued and supported and have been offered training by Age UK to develop artists' communication skills relating to those living with dementia. These older people have so much to offer if we just take the time to learn how invite them to participate in a way that meets their needs. Many young families do not live near grandparents and visa versa so intergenerational activity is really valuable in developing community networks.

Benefits KWoA will plan activities with participants to respond to the specific needs and interest of participants. This flexible approach will enable KWoA to engage with 'hard to reach' groups and individuals and ensure that their creative offer reaches those who have limited access to community activities. Opportunities for all age groups involved to collaborate and get to know each other better will lead to the development of sustainable partnerships across these communities.

Self confidence will improve through valuing others - we are keen that all contributions from every community participant is valued especially older adults, is

greatly valued. The project activities and exhibitions will also raise awareness of the challenges faced by those living with dementia and the needs of different age groups across these communities.

Measure KWoA understand and value the importance of evaluation, not just at the end of a project but as an ongoing process throughout activities. This helps us to identify and meet community members' needs through flexible, responsive planning and delivery. We are working closely with communities to ensure our invitation to participate reaches their communities effectively and participant attendance figures will be noted for all activities. We will be recording initial baseline of responses at the project start to measure against when we review project with participants at project end. We are keen to track how aims have been met, note participants' changes and sustainable community development etc. This will help us evaluate the impact of project activities and all findings will be collated in our KWoA project report to be sent to all funders following the end of project evaluation.

After funding ends

We will be supporting local volunteers as they collaborate with their neighbours in project activities, to strengthen connections across their communities as part of the sustainability planning that KWoA builds into all their projects. We will be encouraging participants of all ages to take an active role in decision making throughout activities - helping with the design, development, delivery and evaluation of the project. We will be aiming to improve the participants' skills especially communication and empathy skills, through intergenerational/community element. This will also encourage friendship and respect whilst developing sustainable partnerships. As in all KWoA projects, we will be maintaining contacts with project communities after the project has ended and always offer volunteer support if required, to help communities develop ideas for the future inspired by project partnerships, outcomes etc

No of

beneficiaries


Expenditure

Operational costs: £1,500.00 Artist led workshops and resources

Income



£1,600.00

SLDC (secured) - £750.00 Age UK SL (secured) - £600.00 Neighbourhood Forum (applied) - £250.00 KWoA (secured) - £250.00


KWoA have produced a number of successful community events which we have supported both in Kendal and the surrounding area over the past few years, mostly working with older people and children. This project involves working with Age UK, Dementia sufferers, the Evergreen club, Bowling club and local schools on a intergenerational project. People who have dementia will be helped to put together memory boxes which are

specific to them. They will work with artists to put together personal memories which will unravel their memories and remind them of certain aspects of their past. the

boxes will go with them where ever they go and can be used as a conversation starter when they deal people who do not know them. Stories from this work will be discussed with the older peoples and young people from schools, work on the subjects will be created. An exhibition will then be held in Windermere. An example is a woman with dementia who tapped her finger on the table all the time. It emerged that she worked during the war on communications and Morse code. This information would then be taken back to other groups and work/discussions could be investigated on the subject of WW2 and shared experiences of the older generation. Recommend support. Priority group - older people £ children & young people Charitable objects are - Advance the education of beneficiaries

Documents

HOLEHIRD TRUST – 10 September 2013councilportal.cumbria.gov.uk/documents/s22096/Grant applications...HOLEHIRD TRUST – 10 September 2013 All of the applications are eligible geographically