Appendix F ACS What the funds were Amount of ...

Appendix F ACS

Central Gateway Grants 2012-14 – Applications considered by the Adult and Communities Services Directorate

App Organisation Brief details about the What the funds were Amount of Officer Recommendation
No Organisation requested for Money Comments/Score from the
CGG Vitalise Requested Assessment
470 Panel
Vitalise offer planned breaks Cost break down per break: Year 1: £20,600 Amber 1 – 20 points Application not
CGG Gift 92 for disabled people which Care and nursing staff - Year 2: £21,218 Amber 2 – 15 points recommended for
478 enables carers to have a £360 Volunteer - £35 funding.
guilt free rest from caring Other staff (catering, Year 1: £40,000
duties and provides cleaning, driving, Year 2: £36,000 Application met the
volunteering opportunities. maintenance) - £121 criteria/requirements
Vitalise has 3 UK centres Energy and Utility - £51 of the scheme,
offering 24 hr on call nursing Premises (mortgage, rent, however did not
and care. Council tax) - £62 pass the bench-
Admin - £9 General mark score to be
Our basic aim is to work Insurance - £42 Vehicle considered further.
closely with other statutory Insurance - £8
and voluntary organisations, Food - £72 Post, Application not
in providing poverty relief, Telephone - £8 recommended for
and to provide quality used Transport / Property funding.
and re-conditioned furniture maintenance - £41 Training
and other household items - £9 Medical supplies - £63 Application met the
Activities / Excursions - £12 criteria/requirements
Booking advice / of the scheme,
Assistance - £19
Health and Safety - £34
Fundraising - £7 IT - £18
Advertising - £7
The grant funding will be
spent on core running costs
- staff salaries, vehicle
running costs, property
costs and administration
and office costs as detailed
below:

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CGG Age Concern to people in need, living in Contributions requested Year 1: £21,218 Amber 2 – 15 points Appendix F ACS
484 Central the Preston area referred to towards Salary costs for the Year 2: £21,681 however did not
us by local agencies. To following posts: £55,500 pass the bench-
Lancashire reduce poverty by helping Office Manager - £9,960 pa mark score to be
local needy, disadvantaged (Gross excl NIC) considered further.
and homeless local people Driver - £10,200, Driver
to establish a proper home. Assistant - £9,953, Driver Application
This gives them self Assistant - £5,316 recommended for
confidence, self respect and Total staff costs - £35,429 partial funding:
enables them to be part of pa Year 1: £16,069
and to make a positive Excluding Operations Year 2: £16,069
contribution to the local Manager Condition:
community. We provide a Contribution towards Funding approved
lifeline for many Vehicle Costs - £10,000 for staff salary only
disadvantaged people who Contribution to Office &
would struggle without our support costs - £6,000
help. Contribution to Property
costs (heat, light, water etc)
We are a well established - £4,500
charity delivering services
and support to meet the The funding will meet the
needs of local older people. costs of a portion of the
Our mission is to promote salary costs of the Chief
the wellbeing of all older Executive and Deputy Chief
people and help make later Executive who are the key
life a fulfilling and enjoyable staff involved in district or
experience. Primarily county wide strategic
supporting people over the activity along with an
age of 55 or their carers we element of contribution
provide a range of services, towards core costs which
including: are not met from
1. Services to promote contributions from contracts
or grant funding.
independence support This includes:
to remain independent
2. Day and Outreach • 5 hours per week of the
support for those with Chief Executive’s time

• 5 hours per week of the

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CGG Age UK memory concerns Deputy Chief Year 1: £38,585 Green 2 – 30 points Appendix F ACS
485 Lancashire 3. Ageing Well activities Executive’s time Year 2: £37,645
The contribution towards Application
supporting health and volunteer expenses reflects recommended for
wellbeing a 10% contribution to the partial funding.
4. Help Direct - volunteers supporting core Year 1: £35,084
information, advice and activities not services. Year 2: £34,144
support to access Condition:
community services To recruit and fund a new No funding approved
Age UK Lancashire, post, specifically to lead on for management
formally Age Concern older peoples day time charges
Lancashire, exists for one support across the county.
purpose and that is to serve This new recruit will not
older people across the only facilitate Age UK
county. We have six main Lancashire’s services to
objectives – three relating to continue to be transformed
our service provision role but will work in each
and three relating to our borough to identify those
infrastructure role. smaller groups that need
For older people, we aim to: support as detailed above.
Depending on the support
• Actively develop and needed, Age UK
promote well being Lancashire’s infrastructure
initiatives that will help team will be made
all Lancashire’s older available. Funded initially
people live healthy and through transitional funds,
active lives our infrastructure support
has been enhanced and
• Ensure older people are now consists of staff
fully informed so that working on finance,
they have choice and administration, marketing,
control to live their lives quality and compliance,
independently and as volunteering and training.
they choose In addition, the type of
information and practical
• To be the leading help available from Help
deliverer of appropriate,
responsive and quality
services for older people

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CGG The Insight The Insight Network for Direct will be promoted Year 1: £32,025 Red 1 – 5 points Appendix F ACS
490 Network mental health is a registered i.e.the types of support that Year 2: £30,025
charity of 52 members smaller organisations often Application not
drawn from across find difficult to access. recommended for
Lancashire. The members funding.
range from large to small To provide the post of the
organisations, local Strategic Lead. This is the Application met the
community agencies to only paid post within the criteria/requirements
those with a national network. The overall of the scheme,
footprint and service users purpose of this role is to however did not
and carers and other develop and sustain the pass the bench-
interested parties. The network to meet the mark score to be
Insight Network acts as a requirements of the considered further.
united body to develop the members and to ensure its
capability and capacity of its smooth day to day
members and to ensure that operation. The outcomes of
the mental health services this role are:
in Lancashire meet the
stated needs of Service • Raised awareness,
Users and Carers. amongst
commissioners and
service users / carers,
of the services provided
by the Third Sector.

• Sharing and cross
fertilisation of ideas and
experiences across the
membership.

• Members kept
appraised of new and
innovative mental
health practices.

• Members supported in
their work to achieve
their own sustainability.

• To assist the Chair and
Strategic partners to
structure and to meet

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CGG Emmaus Emmaus in the UK is part of internal work streams. Year 1: £30,000 Amber 1 – 20 points Appendix F ACS
492 Preston a wider international The post is currently funded Year 2: £30,000 Amber 2 – 15 points
movement, independent of for 25 hours per week. The Application
CGG Longton religious or political requested funding includes Year 1: £21,700 recommended for
497 Community affiliation, comprising over an increase to 33 hours per Year 2: £20,000 partial funding:
300 Emmaus projects in 36 week. Year 1: £20,000
Church countries. There are now 22 Part funding the cost of a Year 2: £10,000
Communities across Business Manager – Year 2 funding to be
England & Scotland with a £60,000 dependent on
further 11 being formed. outcomes delivered
Emmaus Preston’s core The funding will be used for in Year 1.
purpose is the alleviation 2 yrs management cost of
and relief of poverty, overseeing the Inside Out Application not
hardship and distress by the Project, an allocation of recommended for
provision of accommodation core costs for premise hire funding.
for homeless people in Application met the
Preston. The Community 5
provides a comfortable
home to accommodate up
to 28 formerly homeless
people, a place of work and
a chance to rebuild their
lives. In addition it provides
housing in a separate facility
for a further 8 homeless
people.
Our main aims and
objectives are to serve the
community. We believe we
should love our neighbours
as ourselves. Our aim is to

CGG Disability First be a GREAT Church, to and operation plus Year 1: £30,000 Green 2 – 30 points Appendix F ACS
530 (Formally Give, Reach, Equip, Adore, consumables and skip hire. Year 2: £30,900
Access Together. Our activities and The Admin Manager will be criteria/requirements
Lancashire) services are purposely responsible for coordinating of the scheme,
Application 1 varied to incorporate and referrals from other 3rd however did not
address the needs of our party orgs and prioritising in pass the bench-
diverse local community of term of need, volunteer mark score to be
Preston, South Ribble and match, work required and considered further.
Chorley ensuring everyone length of time needed to
is included. complete the referral. Application
Disability First is an recommended for
• Disability First supports, infrastructure organisation partial funding.
advises and advocates applying for Strategic
on behalf of Voluntary, funding from the County Year 1: £29,250
Community and Faith Council.
organisations. We wish the grant to cover Year 2: £30,150
our Core Costs including:
• To provide access to Condition:
independent information • salary for a full-time
and advice, through chief executive officer No funding approved
encouraging and for management
supporting high quality • admin support when charges.
disability information and required
advice services, run by
local groups of disabled • publicity materials
people. • printing costs
• training costs for staff
• To promote Quality • telephone costs
Standards for disability • volunteer expenses
advice services. • office rental
These costs will enable us
• To provide volunteer to continue our vital work
training and across the County
management support

• To remove barriers,
raise disability
awareness and seek
improvements in the way
services are provided for
disabled people

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CGG Disability First • To act as a vital forum Disability First is an Year 1: £27,000 Green 3 – 25 points Appendix F ACS
531 (Formally for the exchange of infrastructure organisation Year 2: £27,825
Access ideas and information applying for Strategic Application
Lancashire) between local funding from the County recommended for
Application 2 information and advice Council. partial funding:
groups We wish the grant to cover Year 1: £25,500
our Core Costs including Year 2: £26,325
• To seek continuous Condition:
improvement in access No funding approved
to facilities and services for management
available to meet needs

• To promote partnerships
and encourage a greater
understanding of
disability issues

• Broaden the awareness
of Disability Hate Crime

• As part of its core work
Disability First helps and
supports organisations,
who then in turn help
individuals.

Disability First has been
providing this service to the
County of Lancashire for 20
years this year
As above.

• salary for a part-
time training officer
(3 days a week) and

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access auditor (1 Appendix F ACS
day a week) The charges.
post is taken by the
same person.
• admin support when
required
• publicity materials
• printing costs
• training costs for
staff
• telephone costs
• volunteer expenses
• office rental

These costs will enable us
to continue our vital work
across the County

Summary of Funding recommended for approval for 2012 – 14 considered by ACS:

Organisation Amount recommended Amount recommended for
for Year 1 Year 2:
Age Concern Central Lancashire
£16,069 £16,069
Age UK Lancashire
£35,084 £34,144
Emmaus Preston
£20,000 £10,000
Disability First (Formally Access Lancashire)
Application 1 £29,250 £30,150
Disability First (Formally Access Lancashire)
Application 2 £25,500 £26,325

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Appendix F ACS

Totals £125,903 £116,688

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