Slides from work on collaborative bidding for funding for inclusion through culture creativity across the North East of England

1. Creative Inclusion Workshop
Potential Collaborative Cultural & Creative Sector
Bids for BIG Lottery Social Inclusion funding
via the EU Programme (North East LEP)

2. Agenda
1. Welcome and Background
2. The Opportunity
3. The ‘Offer’ from the Sector
4. Matching the Offer to the
Opportunity
a. Delivery model options
b. Lead Partner options
5. Next Steps
© Steve Parkes, part of Colour Your Life Photography project

3. The Opportunity

4. Reminder: the opportunity for
Creative Inclusion
BIG Lottery Opt-in Route
Offers 100% grant funding to a (fairly)
fixed partnership
Targeted at ‘multiple barriers to
employment’ – the most
disadvantaged: NEETs, Long-term
unemployed, (ex)offenders, some BME
groups, over 50s,disabled people
“additional and innovative approaches
to pre-employment training”
“Outcomes must include progression
towards economic activity”
Small number of targeted calls for large
(£2-4m) projects

5. Proposed timelines
PDF
Application and
assessment
Application and
assessment
Grant
management
Development
Phase
Application Phase
Delivery
Phase

6. Latest position (?)
Likely to be geographic and
thematic targeting
2 themes:
multiple barriers to work
health inequalities
Financial and digital inclusion
woven through both of these?
Geography = Durham, Tyne &
Wear (possibly in 2 parts),
Northumberland?

7. VONNE Recommendations on
Health Inequalities
BLF supports calls for two health inequality projects
Supporting and promoting healthy lifestyles – Fit for work activities
diet / exercise / smoking / alcohol / motivation / activity and support –
Participation and referral to job support
(ESF eligibility query over exercise)
Support for people with mental health issues to progress towards
economic activity
Condition management, motivation, confidence building, support with
progression and some in work support. This must align with and add value to
other DWP provision. It should also include in work support and retention.
BLF should specify examples of a range of activity that is eligible and what is
specifically ineligible, but should keep the call specification flexible so that
partnerships can develop locally responsive initiatives.
Support for over 50s, people with physical disabilities and people with addictions
form priorities under the multiple barriers to employment strand of themed
activity.

8. 3 programmes of activity targeted on those furthest away
from the labour market – with progression onto Work
Programme as an outcome and with cross referral to other
SI programmes (i.e. people with debt refer to the financial
inclusion programme)
Support to families with chaotic lifestyles and individuals
with severe and multiple disadvantage
Support for over 50s , people with long term conditions
and people with physical disabilities.
Support to people with Learning Disability
People with protected characteristics must be served by the
above projects.
VONNE Recommendations on
Multiple Barriers to employment

9. My thoughts (only guesses)
Cultural organisations will have options to bid
for ‘Multiple Barriers’ work and/or ‘Health
Inequalities’ work in their patch
Could bid as part of wider partnerships in
each patch OR as the cultural sector in that
patch if can reach “critical mass” of £2-3m
(unlikely?)
If seeking to be part of a partnership, there
are likely to be several courtiers
Can be included in more than one proposal

10. The Offer from the Sector
Catharine Hearn, Helix Arts

11. Volunteering in
cultural & creative
activities and events
as a way of
developing
confidence and skills.
The Offer from the Sector
Cultural/creative
classes as a way of
overcoming isolation
for excluded groups
e.g.
• The elderly
• People with
learning
disabilities
Participation in
cultural/creative
activity as a way of
tackling health
problems – especially
mental health
Culture & creativity
as a way of
developing the skills
and enthusiasm of
young people.
Possibly leading to
further education,
training or
employment in the
sector.
Creative
Inclusion

12. The Offer from the Sector
1. Culture & creativity as a route to engage, develop and move on young
people post 16
2. Volunteering on cultural & creative activities and events as a route for
disadvantaged people to gain confidence and skills
3. Culture & creative classes to help overcome isolation and build confidence
for excluded adults, where this leads towards economic activity
4. Participation in cultural/creative activity as a route to better (mental)
health, as part of progression towards economic activity

13. Proven track record of working with
‘hard to reach’ groups
Proven impact on participation, well-
being, confidence
Variety of ways into, through and
out of the sector
Scale of activity – 1,000s of
beneficiaries (how many eligible?)
Diverse size, sector, location
Interesting routes to digital inclusion
Most organisations have some
experience of ESF
The Offer from the Sector
Harnessing people’s enthusiasm for what they enjoy

14. The Offer from the Sector
Anything else?
© Sharon Dunn,
part of Colour Your
Life Photography
project

15. Matching the Offer to the
Opportunity

16. My thoughts (only guesses)
Cultural organisations will have options to bid
for ‘Multiple Barriers’ work and/or ‘Health
Inequalities’ work in their patch
Could bid as part of wider partnerships in
each patch OR as the cultural sector in that
patch if can reach “critical mass” of £2-3m
(unlikely?)
If seeking to be part of a partnership, there
are likely to be several courtiers
Can be included in more than one proposal

17. Delivery model options
Part of wider partnerships or
stand-alone bids?
Named partners and/or
framework procurement?
Community Grants may
continue
Will need lead partners…
© Helix Arts

18. Lead partner options
Local Authorities
Local VCS Consortia
Community Foundation(s)
Tyne & Wear Museums &
Archives
Northern Inclusion
Consortium
© blatant theft from the web

19. Next steps
Write up results to date
Get some clarity on the call
Decide whether to co-ordinate
across the sector, if so, how?
Woo partners
Bid
Win
Deliver