Help with Transport Costs
If your lucky enough to be starting a course or learning opportunity, or even if your thinking about applying.
Don’t let transport costs get in your way or put you off. We met Gill from the Sheila Kay fund today who can help you with the cost of getting from A to B.
The Sheila Kay fund can also provide book tokens for your learning resources.
Call Gill Gargan (Monday & Thursdays) on 0151 702 5545 or go to the Sheila Kay website to find out more.
Posted in: Funding, General News, Local News, Local Organisations in Knowsley on June 25th, 2014
A Healthy Funding Opportunity
Knowsley’s Public Health Team invite communities from across the Borough to apply for up to £1,000 Small Grants for Health.
It’s a great opportunity for resident groups across Knowsley to make a positive difference to health.
Does your group have a good idea that will encourage Knowsley residents to:
- eat more healthily
- be more physically active
- reduce smoking and promote smoke free environments
- reduce alcohol misuse and the promote responsible drinking
Contact Emma Thomas 0151 443 4987 from Knowsley’s Public Heath Team for an application pack or email [email protected]
*Please note the criteria for the Small Health Grants will change in the near future, so if you have an idea for a project which will fit the above criteria – you don’t have long! Completed applications need to be with Emma for Friday 9th May.
Posted in: Funding, General News, Local News, Local Organisations in Knowsley on April 22nd, 2014
Warm Home Discount Scheme
You could get £135 discount on your electricity bill through the Warm Home Discount Scheme (benefit eligibility applies).
It’s well worth going through the checklist to see if you qualify www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme
Posted in: Downloads, Funding, General News on November 26th, 2013
Knowsley launches a search for innovators
Local and international maverick thinkers are being urged to share their ideas on helping women and their families to have a positive experience of pregnancy, birth and life with a new baby.
The competition, thought to be the first of its kind in health and social care, is looking for new approaches to helping families give the best possible start to their children.
It is being supported by the North West Social Value Foundation – an independent think tank- and will be managed by Salford based social enterprise Unlimited Potential using national funding. The competition is being spearheaded by Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, which provides specialist women’s health and maternity care and is backed by local community leaders.
The competition acknowledges that people are experts in their own lives and can often come up with new and radically different ways to tackle problems. It will build on the strengths and social relationships that already exist within local neighbourhoods to enable families to have greater control over their own lives. It is also looking for ideas that can be replicated across the country.
The competition is open to local people including families themselves, as well as people from any walk of life such as artists, technologists, scientists, engineers, students or business people. The competition recognises that people from different backgrounds and with different experiences and skills may be able to offer fresh eyes. It is being advertised on the internet to encourage international ideas alongside local ones.
As well as cash prizes of £1000 for the best ideas, it is an opportunity for anyone with a passion for improving people’s lives to see their idea potentially taken up and implemented.
Three big problems in the NHS in the North West will be tackled in Salford, Knowsley and Wirral. Mike Pyrah, who leads on this work for the Social Value Foundation said ‘We want to hear from local people who understand their communities best and know what will work and what won’t. If you are sat there thinking, why don’t they do such and such, now is the time to tell us.’
Local leaders at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust have already recognised that they need to think differently about how they deliver services.
Gail Naylor, Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services at the Trust who is helping to lead the work said: ‘We need to be looking at the whole person and the community in which they live and not just maternity care. We want to hear from individuals about the positive aspects of their lives and not just the negatives or problems. We think our community holds the key to this.’
Anyone who is interested in applying is invited to visit the website www.nwsocialvaluefoundation.org for a downloadable application form, or can contact the project manager Heather Henry on Tel 07941790670. The closing date for applications is 26th September 2013 at 5pm.
Posted in: Funding, Local News, Local Organisations in Knowsley on September 25th, 2013
The Chest is Open!
Knowsley’s Community Chest fund is now open to groups, organisations and communities across Knowsley. You can apply for upto £500.
It is targeted at supporting projects that benefit Knowsley residents. Any community, voluntary, charitable or non-profit making organisation based in Knowsley or predominantly serving the Knowsley community can apply for a grant.
Organisations must:
- Be properly constituted
- Have a bank account with at least two signatories
- Not have political affiliations
- Follow an open access policy towards membership, use of their facilities and participation in activities
Click here for guidance and how to get hold of an application form. Go for it!
Posted in: Funding, Local News on July 7th, 2013
Carers Voucher Scheme
So if you need to visit your G.P, have a hospital appointment or you just need to get your hair done, without having to worry about leaving the person you care for at home. Then this FREE scheme is for you!
The Carers Voucher’s offer a domiciliary sitting service for the person you care for. Vouchers are FREE and can be collected or sent out to you from your Knowsley Carers Centre.
Please do contact Joanne Simm at Knowsley Carer’s Centre on 0151 549 1412 for further details. Don’t forget you need to register or be registed with Knowsley Carers Centre to receive vouchers.
Posted in: Funding, Local News, Local Organisations in Knowsley on July 6th, 2013
Disabled Facilities Grant
A Disabled Facilities Grant is a local council grant to help towards the cost of adapting your home to enable you to continue to live there. A grant is paid if we consider that changes are necessary to meet your needs, and that the work is reasonable and practical.
How to apply
The person applying must be the owner or qualifying tenant of the property to be adapted. A landlord may apply on behalf of a disabled tenant.
Social services must first carry out an assessment to make sure you are eligible to apply for the grant. Visit the Directgov website for further information about the grant or call the Knowsley Access Team (KAT) for more info 0151 443 2600
Are you eligible?
You can claim if you, or someone living in your property, is disabled and:
- You, or the person on whose behalf you are applying, are either the owner or tenant (including licensees) of the property
- You can certify that you, or the person on whose behalf you are applying, intend to occupy the property as your/their only or main residence throughout the grant period – currently five years.
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Grants for Prescot Community Groups
Did you know? Prescot Town Council have a small grant available to any community, voluntary, charitable or non-profit making organisations based in Prescot or predominantly serving the Prescot community. You can apply for funding of up to £500 which can be used for a range of projects (both events or equipment) that will make a positive impact in your community. They will not support:
• The purchase of IT equipment
• Football kits or dance clothing
• Refreshments for social events
You can download the grant application here or contact Daniel Wilson – Town Clerk on 0151 443 4796 or email [email protected]
Posted in: Funding, Local News on June 17th, 2013
Funding of a healthy kind
KMBC’s Public Health Team are inviting community groups across Knowsley to apply for up to £1,000. It’s called the Small Grants for Community Health Initiatives 2013-14 and deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 5th July. Groups in Knowsley can apply for up to a maximum of £1,000 in any one financial year, this may be as a one off grant or a number of grants not totaling more than £1,000.
Applications must focus on one or more of the following themes:
- Encourage Knowsley residents to eat more healthily.
- Encourage Knowsley residents to be more physically active.
- Reducing smoking and the promotion of smoke free environments.
- Reducing alcohol misuse and the promotion of responsible drinking.
Priority would be given to applications that demonstrate in their proposal:
- How activities contribute towards improvements in wellbeing. For example, helping people to feel part of their community and socially connected to others.
- How the proposed activity would be sustained in the future.
- That the activities are for a programme of activities rather than a one off activity.
- That the proposal will attract new people to join in the activities.
Do give Emma Thomas (KMBC Public Health Officer) a call or send her an email for an application form. Tel: 0151 443 4987 [email protected]
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Carers Voucher Scheme
If you are the main carer for an adult over the age of 18 and wish to take an occasional break from your caring role the voucher scheme may assist you. Each voucher can be exchanged for one hour’s care from a carer agency.
The scheme is funded by Knowsley Health and Social Care Services, made possible by the Carers’ Grant.
If you would like more information about this service and your eligibility, please contact Joanne Simm at Knowsley Carers Centre on 0151 549 1412.
Posted in: Funding, Local News, Local Organisations in Knowsley on June 6th, 2013
