Windrush Day 2025 Grant Scheme Application(Local Authorities)

Windrush Day 2025 Grant Scheme Application
(Local Authorities)

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PLEASE READ

Further information on how to fill in this application form can be found in the Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2025: Guidance for Applicants. There is also a document containing the answers to frequently asked questions. In addition, there will be bidder application workshops, which will provide more information on how to write a good application.
You can click through the pages to see all the questions before you start filling them in. Questions are clearly marked with word limits.
You can save this form and come back to it at any time until the deadline of 23:59 on 25th November 2024. Do not leave your submission until the last minute.You will have a chance to review and print the final version and print it before you click the final 'Submit'. DO NOT FORGET TO CLICK THE FINAL SUBMIT BUTTON ON THE LAST PAGE.

ESSENTIAL Criteria

Your project bid must:

• Demonstrate how it contributes to the aims of the Windrush Day Grant Scheme as set out in the Guidance for Applicants.

• Include a lead event or activity on National Windrush Day, 22 June 2025. Events and activities must take place between 8th June 2025 and 30th September 2025, provided that projects can focus on one or more of the following:

Help build community cohesion between people of different age groups and ethnic backgrounds.

Have a lasting social impact beyond the funding period.

Help develop the educational and entrepreneurial skills of young people across this period.

• Subject to the relevant tier of funding applied for, seek no less than £5000 and no more than £50,000 and provide details of other funding secured.

• Be based in England.

• Meet all relevant criteria as set out in the Guidance for Applicants.

• Not make a profit from activities. Funding should not be used to cover the day-to-day costs of running an organisation. Organisations should be mindful of the staffing costs associated with their project and make efforts to limit how much of their allocated grant funding is used for this purpose.

• Not utilise funding for the purposes of undertaking political activity nor supporting ideological or extremist causes. ('Extremism' is defined in the 2011 Prevent strategy as vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.)

DESIRABLE Criteria

We encourage applications from outside Greater London and the Southeast, so that National Windrush Day builds a good profile throughout all regions in England.

Local Authorities

Where proposals are led by local authorities, we will be looking for a clear demonstration that the proposal has been developed with the UK Caribbean community and local community organisations.

Privacy

By submitting this grant application form, you recognise that we will process your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy which we encourage you to review before you make an application. We will use the data you give us to assess your proposal and determine whether you fulfil our criteria and are eligible for funding. When we collect your data, we will use it in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and ensure that is kept secure and confidential.

Grant Type

Status

About your organisation

Contact Details

Local Authority Name

Organisation Phone Number

Organisation Email Address

Organisation Website

Organisation Address line 1

Town/City

Postcode

Social Media Handles/Links

e.g IG @nearneighbours FB: www.facebook.com/nearneighbours/

The Bid

Is this a consortium bid?

YesNo

Please give the names of the other organisations in the bid:

Experience

Please outline any experience your local authority has of delivering projects and working with Windrush communities in your area and of the organisations you worked with. If you are applying as a consortium, please also outline the key attributes of your partners. (250 words)

Main Project Contact

Contact Details

Title

First Name

Last Name

What is your position in the organisation?

Contact Phone

Contact Email

If there is an error with your email, please try typing it, rather than copy/pasting it.

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Project Proposal

Location

In which region(s) will your project take place?

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If your project will take place in additional local authority area(s), please add them here.

Delivery Dates

Project events and activities must take place between 8th June 2025 and 30th September 2025. Preparations (such as making bookings, paying deposits, advertising for staff, etc) may begin as soon as you are notified that you are successful.

Proposed Start Date

Unfortunately, we cannot fund work retrospectively, so the start date must be AFTER we notify successful projects in March 2025.

Proposed End Date

This must be before the deadline of 30th September 2024.

Impact (40%)

Please provide a project summary and list of project outputs/activities, and how it will accomplish one or more of the following; commemorating, celebrating and educating about the arrival and contribution of the Windrush generation to the UK.

(100 words)

Please describe your project and/or the projects you will oversee, concentrating on the following questions. (750 words)

1. How will your project fulfil at least one of the primary aims of the Windrush Day Grant Scheme (as set out below)?

- To educate people about the Windrush story, seeking to build awareness of historical facts and deepen understanding about the Windrush generation and their descendants. This includes the pioneers who arrived on the MV Empire Windrush in 1948, and those who came on vessels and planes in the decades afterwards.

· - Foster a greater sense of pride and recognition of the contributions made by United Kingdom Caribbean communities to UK society, and amongst the wider public.  The Windrush generation and their descendants have contributed a great deal to society over more than seven decades. The scheme invites proposals for projects that proactively support and encourage people from different backgrounds to embrace this aspect of our shared history.

· - To develop the educational and entrepreneurial skills of young people. To inspire a next generation of young leaders to learn new skills and encourage them to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the social capital of society in the United Kingdom.

- To celebrate and recognise the contribution that the Windrush generation and wider United Kingdom Caribbean communities have made to the UK.

2. How will your project build community cohesion between people of different age groups and ethnic backgrounds?

3. In what way(s) is your project unique, innovative, or exciting?

4. How will your project be community-led and have a positive social impact? 

5. How will your project build community cohesion? How will you raise awareness of the project in your area and encourage engagement across generational, regional and social divides? 

6. How will your project mark Windrush Day 2025?

7. Who will provide oversight and be accountable for the project?

8. What will be key project milestones and when will these occur?

9. How will you ensure that planning and delivery progresses in a timely manner and that timelines are achieved?  

Project Lead Suitability (10%)

Please demonstrate how your organisation’s project lead holds the suitable knowledge and skills to deliver the stated aims of their project. This could be shown through examples of previous work undertaken by core project members. This experience should also align with the required headline aims and outcomes of the scheme. If a project lead does not have experience in delivering events that meet the headline aims and outcomes, please set out how the project lead will aim to do so. (250 words)

Community-led and longevity (20%)

Please describe who your main partners will be, and how you will engage with them. In this section, please demonstrate how your project will be community-led, with strong community links, and the ability to foster and grow contacts and relations. (250 words)

Partners may include: consortium partners, charities, schools, Councils, the Police, community organisations, health services, local faith institutions, etc.

How will your project have lasting impact beyond the funding period? (150 words)

Please describe what your aims for the project will be and how it will meet these. Goals should be SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound) and should be aligned to the objectives outlined in the Guidance for Applicants. Please define what success will look like and how it will be measured and evaluated. Please indicate which specific groups of individuals you intend to participate in your project. (500 words) If you require guidance on SMART targets, see our guide.

Please indicate which specific groups of individuals you intend will participate in your project.

Evaluating and measuring impact (10%)

Finance

Budget

The Department reserves the right to award projects partial funding, i.e. an amount that is less than the amount requested.

Grant funds cannot be used for work that has already taken place. Funding can only be used for work/items that takes place after confirmation of receiving grant funding and subject to due diligence checks.

While we encourage you to be ambitious on sourcing match funding contributions for your project, match funding is not needed in order to be eligible for the scheme. Match funding can include in-kind support.

How much money are you bidding for as part of this application?

Please type numbers only

Is this the complete cost of the project?

YesNo

Additional Funding

What is the total cost of your project?

Please list your additional sources of funding and the amounts they have provided, including match-funding.

Is this funding confirmed?

YesNo

Please provide a detailed overview of how you would spend the grant funding if successful. (250 words)

This summary is very helpful to us to understand what your budget is for at a glance. What are the major components? e.g. £3k on Delivery of 5 x workshops, £1k on a community fun day, and a £1.5k commission for 1 x artist.

Do you have a budget document ready to upload?

YesNo

Please provide the project cost breakdown to include:
• Each item and the item’s use
• Personnel being paid and their role
(Note: You cannot create tables in this textbox.)

This should be a detailed budget with breakdowns where appropriate for hourly rates, etc. Example: Hall hire for seminar event – 8 hours, £100 per hour (£100 x 8) = £800.00; Project management (scheduling, contracting, partnership development) – 10 days, £x per day = £xx

Please upload the project cost breakdown here.

This should include: Each item and the item’s use; Personnel being paid and their role. Example: Hall hire for seminar event – 8 hours, £100 per hour (£100 x 8) = £800.00; Project management (scheduling, contracting, partnership development) – 10 days, £x per day = £xx

Value for money (20%)

How will you ensure value for money? (100 words)

Declaration

The application period closes at 23:59 on 25th November 2024. We will inform applicants of the outcome of their bids in March 2025.

Do you confirm that, if successful, you agree to:

Give your permission for Near Neighbours to process your data on behalf of MHCLG, who act as the data controller.

Near Neighbours and MHCLG contacting you to discuss your application further

Evaluate and monitor activities specified within your bid as agreed with MHCLG or Near Neighbours

Cooperate with reasonable requests for publicity (including social media promotion)

Return a final report at the end of the project

I confirm the above.

YesNo

Please note that, as specified by Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, it is not a requirement for local authorities to agree to conditions, including the above in order to receive funding. 

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