Grants Advisory Panel AGENDA - Committee meetings

Grants Advisory Panel AGENDA DATE:

Thursday 1 March 2012

TIME:

7.30 pm

VENUE:

Committee Room Harrow Civic Centre

MEMBERSHIP (Quorum 3)

Chairman:

Councillor Nana Asante

Councillors:

Sue Anderson Nizam Ismail Krishna James Sasi Suresh

Manji Kara Mrs Vina Mithani (VC) Chris Mote Joyce Nickolay

Adviser: Deven Pillay, Representative, Voluntary and Community Sector

Reserve Members:

1. Sachin Shah 2. Kairul Kareema Marikar 3. David Gawn 4. Ann Gate 5. Krishna Suresh

1. Ramji Chauhan 2. John Nickolay 3. Susan Hall 4. Lynda Seymour

Contact: Manize Talukdar, Democratic Services Officer Tel: 020 8424 1323 E-mail: [email protected]

Grants Advisory Panel - 1 March 2012

AGENDA - PART I

1. ATTENDANCE BY RESERVE MEMBERS To note the attendance at this meeting of any duly appointed Reserve Members.

Reserve Members may attend meetings:- (i) to take the place of an ordinary Member for whom they are a reserve; (ii) where the ordinary Member will be absent for the whole of the meeting; and (iii) the meeting notes at the start of the meeting at the item ‘Reserves’ that the

Reserve Member is or will be attending as a reserve; (iv) if a Reserve Member whose intention to attend has been noted arrives after

the commencement of the meeting, then that Reserve Member can only act as a Member from the start of the next item of business on the agenda after his/her arrival.

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to

be transacted at this meeting, from: (a) all Members of the Panel; (b) all other Members present.

3. MINUTES (Pages 1 - 8) That the minutes of the meeting held on 17 January 2012 be taken as read and

signed as a correct record.

4. PUBLIC QUESTIONS To receive questions (if any) from local residents or organisations under the

provisions of Executive Procedure Rule 51.

5. PETITIONS To receive petitions (if any) submitted by members of the public/Councillors under

the provisions of Executive Procedure Rule 49.

6. DEPUTATIONS To receive deputations (if any) under the provisions of Executive Procedure Rule 50.

[Note: The Panel’s policy (Minute 60: 28.07.03) in principle is not to receive deputations relating to individual grant applications]. [Note: The Panel's policy (Minute 13: 06.07.06) is to receive deputations annually at its November meeting].

Grants Advisory Panel - 1 March 2012

7. GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS 2012/13 (Pages 9 - 232) Report of the Corporate Director Community Health and Well-Being.

8. ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS Which cannot otherwise be dealt with.

AGENDA - PART II

9. GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS 2012/13 (Pages 233 - 2028) Appendices 5 and 6 to the report of the Corporate Director Community Health and

Well-Being, at item 7.

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GRANTS ADVISORY PANEL MINUTES

17 JANUARY 2012 Chairman: * Councillor Nana Asante Councillors: * Sue Anderson

* Nizam Ismail * Krishna James * Mrs Vina Mithani

* Chris Mote * John Nickolay (2) * Joyce Nickolay * Sasi Suresh

Adviser:

* Deven Pillay, Representative, Voluntary and Community Sector

* Denotes Member present (2) Denotes category of Reserve Members

84. Attendance by Reserve Members RESOLVED: To note the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed Reserve Members:- Ordinary Member

Reserve Member

Councillor Manji Kara Councillor John Nickolay

85. Declarations of Interest RESOLVED: To note that the following interests were declared: Agenda Item 8 – Edward Harvist Trust Councillor Nana Asante declared a Personal Interest in relation to the following organisations: Flash Musicals, Age UK, Harrow MENCAP and Harrow Citizens Advice Bureau. She had also chaired the recent Scrutiny Harrow Association for Voluntary Service Challenge Panel. She would remain in the room whilst the matter was considered and voted upon.

Agenda Item 3 Pages 1 to 8

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Agenda Item 8 – Edward Harvist Trust Councillor Krishna James declared a personal in relation to MIND in Harrow. She would remain in the room whilst the matter was considered and voted upon. Agenda Item 8 – Edward Harvist Trust Deven Pillay, Representative of the Voluntary and Community sector stated he was Chief Executive of Harrow MENCAP. He would remain the room whilst the matter was considered.

86. Minutes RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 9 November 2011 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

87. Public Questions, Petitions and Deputations RESOLVED: To note that no public questions were put, or petitions or deputations received at this meeting. RECOMMENDED ITEMS

88. Edward Harvist Trust The Panel received a report of the Divisional Director Community and Culture setting out monitoring information relating to the previous grant application round for the Edward Harvist Trust (EHT) and the draft timetable and proposed publicity material for the next call for proposals. The Divisional Director stated that since writing the report, an additional sum of £7409.17 had been received from the EHT and the new total was £22,185.42. She added that officers were seeking the Panel’s agreement for the Afghan Association to use its award underspend for purposes other than originally specified. With regard to underspends and where monies had been spent on items not specified in a group’s grant application, Panel Members made the following comments: • it was reassuring that the Afghan Association had informed officers of

its underspend and requested permission to spend the outstanding balance. The request should be agreed as a one-off because its request had been open and transparent. However, it was important not to set a precedent that other groups might follow in the future. Officers should inform the Afghan Association that in the future, successful applicants to the EHT would be expected to buy items specified in their funding application;

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• allowing each individual on the course to be responsible for their memory sticks was acceptable as the individual unit cost was low and the expected benefit to the group’s members was high;

• some groups had spent some of their grant fund on toner cartridges.

This was not an approved item as toner cartridges are a revenue spend, and not a capital spend. One group had spent 25% of its EHT grant on toner cartridges, even though the criteria clearly states that only capital expenditure is covered. The concerns of the Panel should be communicated to the Groups in question;

• third sector organisations could make a case for a grants scheme

similar to EHT which would provide revenue funding. It may be necessary to provide a separate revenue stream from other sources for this purpose.

Panel Members also requested that the EHT publicity material be amended to reflect the following: - EHT fund information for prospective applications should specify that

groups would be expected to adhere strictly to the funding criteria;

- there should be consistency and clarity regarding what constituted a capital spend. Although it would not be feasible to provide an exhaustive list of these, the information for prospective applications should refer groups to Community Accountancy Self Help (CASH) for advice regarding this;

- groups must not spend EHT grant funds on items not specified in the original grant application, and any monies thus spent would be reclaimed by Grants officers. If subsequent to receiving funding, a group’s needs changed, then it would be required to submit an amended proposal to Grants officers for consideration. However, small underspends or changes in expenditure of less than £100 need not be reported;

- any group successful in securing EHT funding will not normally be

eligible to re-apply to the fund for a period of three years. The EHT grant information poster to specify the year in which these groups may re-apply;

- groups would still be required to provide two quotes for any item to be

purchased;

- an Equalities Impact Assessment be carried out every three years on the EHT grants scheme;

Panel Members also agreed the following: • the maximum amount of grant funding that can be applied for be

reduced from £2,000 to £1,500 for 2012/13. This would open the fund

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up to more groups in the borough. This figure to be reviewed annually taking into account monitoring results.

Following questions and comments from Members of the Panel, officers made the following points:

• of the twenty six groups which had applied to the EHT fund in 2011/12,

eleven of these had been successful in securing grant funding;

• future monitoring reports would be presented in a similar format to those provide for EHT and grants monitoring;

• the EHT funds were divided between 5 London boroughs and the fund

was managed by Harrow, although Harrow was not permitted to charge a management fee;

• successful applicants to the fund were expected to provide monitoring

reports and receipts for spends within six months of receipt of the grant funding. If receipts were not provided then officers would seek to reclaim the money from the group in question;

• the monitoring form requested information about where equipment

such as computers were stored because Members had previously requested this information. Groups sometimes stored equipment at their members’ homes as there was no provision for storage at the Community Premises;

• some groups were VAT exempt as they were registered charities;

• receipts for the purchase of memory sticks for one of the groups had

not been pursued as they had used their small surplus towards this;

• the Harrow Tamil Association often hired Roxeth Pavillion for its meetings and events;

• the banner for the Hillplayers had been approved for use in 2012/13. Officers would seek clarification on the following items and report back to the Panel: • whether website development constituted a capital or revenue spend;

• an exact description of the item listed as LG BX401C purchased by the

Indian Association of Harrow. Resolved to RECOMMEND: (to the Portfolio Holder for Community and Culture) That

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(1) the monitoring information from the previous Edward Harvist Trust round be noted and approval given to the Afghan Association to use its award underspend as described;

(2) the proposed Edward Harvist Trust grants timetable and publicity

material be approved, subject to the agreed amendments. Reason for Decision: To enable the distribution of Edward Harvist Trust monies held by Harrow to local Third Sector organisations. RESOLVED: That the proposed Edward Harvist Trust grants publicity material as described in paragraph 2.4.3 be amended as follows: 1. the maximum amount of grant funding that can be applied for be

reduced from £2,000 to £1,500 for 2012/13. This would open the fund up to more groups in the borough. This figure to be reviewed annually taking into account monitoring results;

2. groups would be expected to adhere strictly to the funding criteria;

3. there should be consistency and clarity regarding what constituted a capital spend. Although it would not be feasible to provide an exhaustive list of these, the information for prospective applications should refer groups to Community Accountancy Self Help (CASH) for advice regarding this;

4. groups must not spend EHT grant funds on items not specified in the original grant application, and any monies thus spent would be reclaimed by Grants officers. If subsequent to receiving funding, a group’s needs changed, then it would be required to submit an amended proposal to Grants officers for consideration. However, small underspends or changes in expenditure of less than £100 need not be reported;

5. any group successful in securing EHT funding may not normally be

eligible to re-apply to the fund for a period of three years. The EHT grant information poster to specify the year in which these groups may re-apply;

6. groups would still be required to provide two quotes for any item to be

purchased;

7. an Equalities Impact Assessment be carried out every three years on the EHT grants process.

RESOLVED ITEMS

89. Information Report: Grant Monitoring 2011/12 The Panel received a report of the Divisional Director Community and Culture setting out information on the monitoring of grants awarded under the Main

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Grants Programme 2011/12. The Divisional Director highlighted the following points: • thirty eight projects had been awarded grant funding for a period of

eleven months. One organisation had declined its award, and this funding had subsequently been redistributed amongst the remaining successful applicants;

• at the time of writing the report, thirty five organisations had returned

completed monitoring forms. Two organisations would be returning their forms shortly and had provided valid reasons for the delay in returning their forms;

• four further organisations had submitted their forms after the deadline

and monitoring visits to two of these organisations would be carried out shortly;

• twenty-three grant funded projects had been assessed as part of the

joint monitoring. The monitoring process consisted of a self-assessment by groups, which was followed by a monitoring visit by joint monitoring officers. Following a review of information provided during the monitoring visit, feedback, in the form of individual action plans was provided to organisations;

• in 2011/12, monitoring visits had been carried out jointly by officers

from Community and Environment, Children’s Services and Adults and Housing. Each funded organisation had been visited once by a team from one of these directorates and officers had been briefed prior to the monitoring visit as to expected outcomes and supporting evidence;

• actions plans were yet to be completed for the two organisations where

monitoring visits had not yet been undertaken, as well as for Kids Can Achieve, as this latter’s projects were being monitored separately by Children’s Services, as this related to an OFSTED report.

The Divisional Director stated that organisations had reported a number of positive achievements during the first six months of the funding period and added that: • approximately thirty one thousand people in the borough were

expected to benefit from these grant funded projects;

• some funded organisations had developed new partnerships with strategic organisations and other third sector organisations;

• some organisations had seen an increase in demand for services;

• some organisations had seen a notable increase in volunteering, and

developed new services which had been enabled by the grant funding;

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• other organisations had been able to respond to emerging needs such as the Ignite Trust, which during the week of the riots had used peer leaders as role models and worked with a number of young people who might otherwise have been tempted to get involved in the disturbances;

• some organisations had been able to secure additional funding as a

consequence of receiving grant funding from Harrow, for example, several organisations had been able to secure additional ADHD autism support;

• many organisations had reported positive feedback from users, for

example, Harrow Citizen’s Advice Bureau undertook a satisfaction survey, which showed that 73% of its users reported they were happy with the service.

Following questions and comments from Members of the Panel, the Divisional Director stated that: • during monitoring visits to organisations, officers were able to review

the governance and operational practices of groups and offer advice on child protection and safeguarding. Whereas the monitoring process focussed on an assessment of the measurable outcomes related to the grant funding, it was not a full audit. She added that organisations were responsible to the Charities Commission for financial reporting;

• the funding allocated to the organisation that had declined had been a

small sum and it would not have been feasible to award it to a single group. Following discussions with the Portfolio Holder, it had been agreed that this sum be redistributed amongst the remaining successful groups;

• in addition to relationship counselling, Relate offered support to

families, which was the reason for its partnership work with Children’s Centres;

• this new model of monitoring grant funded organisations would be

developed further in order to capture the impact of funding on groups in greater detail. She added that in the future, the main grants report could be circulated as library document, and the confidential information be circulated in the agenda in order to economise on paper and costs.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted. (Note: The meeting, having commenced at 7.30 pm, closed at 9.22 pm). (Signed) COUNCILLOR NANA ASANTE Chairman

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REPORT FOR:

GRANTS ADVISORY PANEL

Date of Meeting:

1st March 2012

Subject:

Grant recommendations 2012/13

Key Decision: Yes

Responsible Officer:

Paul Najsarek Corporate Director Community Health and Well-Being

Portfolio Holder:

Councillor David Perry Portfolio Holder for Community and Cultural Services

Exempt:

No, Except for Appendices 5 & 6

Decision subject to Call-in:

Yes

Enclosures:

Appendix 1: Funding scenarios Appendix 2a: Assessment scores for large grant applicants Appendix 2b: Assessment scores for small grant applicants Appendix 3: Summary of grant applications Appendix 4: Equalities Impact Assessment Appendix 4a: Analysis of applications 2012/13 by protected characteristics served Appendix 4b: Analysis of applications 2011/12 by protected characteristics served


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Appendix 5: Grant applications (Part 2) Appendix 6: Assessment score sheets (Part 2) Appendix 7: Information sessions -attendee list Appendix 8: Panel Observers feedback Appendix 9: Summary of feedback on grant applications Appendix 10: External Funding Guidance Appendix 11: Alphabetical list of Organisations

Section 1 – Summary and Recommendations This report sets out information regarding applications for grant funding to the Main Grants Programme for 2012/13. Recommendations: The Grants Advisory Panel (GAP) is requested to recommend to Cabinet:

1. That £74,000 is ring-fenced from the Main Grants budget to fund the commissioning of an infrastructure support service for the Third Sector.

2. The grant applications to be awarded grant funding and the level at which these should be awarded as outlined in paragraph 2.2.4, subject to:

(a) receipt of satisfactory references and supporting documents by applicants by the 2nd April 2012. (b) confirmation from applicants that the proposed project can be delivered within the amount of grant recommended by the 2nd April 2012. (c) completion of the appeals procedure and any changes to the amounts awarded necessitated by decisions on appeals.

3. That applications with a score below the threshold agreed for grant funding are placed on a reserve list.

4. That authority is delegated to the Corporate Director Community Health and Well-Being in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Community and Cultural Services to: (i) withdraw grant offers where organisations do not comply with the conditions of grant funding as detailed in Recommendation 2 above (ii) award available funds to organisations on the reserve list in order of highest scores achieved if sufficient funds become

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available (where scores are tied funding will only be distributed when sufficient funding is available to fund all projects with the same score).

5. That authority is delegated to the Divisional Director Community and Culture in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Community and Cultural Services with an Independent Adviser to consider and determine appeals and vary both the percentage grant awarded and the threshold above which grant awards are made in light of decisions taken on appeals.

Reason: (For recommendation) To award funding from the Main Grants Programme to Third Sector organisations to support them in delivering their services in 2012/13.

Section 2 – Report 2.1 Introductory paragraph 2.1.1. The allocation of funding through the Main Grants Programme is

determined by an open, competitive application process. This invites eligible Third Sector organisations to apply for funding to support a range of projects or activity delivered for the benefit of Harrow residents. The distribution of grant funding supports the delivery of the Council’s corporate priorities and an analysis of grant applications shows that the following corporate priorities could be supported:

• Keeping neighbourhoods clean, green and safe • Supporting and protecting people who are most in need • United and involved communities: a Council that listens and leads

2.1.2 The grant application programme for 2012/13 opened on the 31st

October 2011 and closed on the 28th November 2011. A total of 78 applications were received by the deadline date and the total funds requested amounts to over £1.5 million. This report sets out options and recommendations for the distribution of grant funding for 2012/13 within the financial resources available.

2.2 Options considered 2.2.1 The total amount of funding available for distribution from the Main

Grants programme in 2012/13 is £669,360. The options for allocation are as follows:

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2.2.2 GAP is requested to consider ring-fencing £74,000 of the available budget to support the delivery of a new infrastructure support service for Third Sector organisations as described below:

2.2.3 In September 2011 Harrow Council commissioned the delivery of an

interim CVS (Council for Voluntary Service) provided by a consortium of Ealing, Hillingdon, Hammersmith and Fulham CVS. The contract will run until the 31st March 2012 and at the end of this period it is the Council’s intention to commission a new infrastructure service to support local Third Sector organisations. The CVS consortium is currently undertaking a consultation to determine infrastructure support needs and the results of the survey will inform the development of a specification for the commissioning of a new service. To ensure continued support to the Third Sector GAP is therefore requested to recommend to Cabinet that £74,000 be ring-fenced from the available budget to fund this new service. This would leave £595,360 available for allocation.

2.2.4 The options available for allocation of these funds is set out in

Appendix 1, which shows the different funding scenarios available for consideration:

Small grants: The total amount applied for by small grant applicants is £130,651. GAP discussed at its meeting on the 9th November 2011 the Portfolio Holder’s recommendation that 15% of the budget be allocated to small grants to ensure a wide distribution of the funds. This would mean that £89,304 is available for allocation to small grants.

Within the budget available the maximum number of applications that could be funded is 21 ie. Those with an assessment score above 50% awarded 90% of the grant amount requested. This would allocate £86,414 of the available budget. Applications scoring below 50% could be placed on a reserve list and awarded funds if they become available.

Large grants: If £74,000 is ring-fenced for the development of an infrastructure service and 15% is allocated to small grants, the amount of budget available for allocation of large grants is £506,056.

Within the budget available the maximum number of applications that could be funded is 18 ie. Those with an assessment score above 86% awarded 71% of the grant amount requested. This would allocate £500,275 of the available budget.

2.2.5 In considering their recommendation GAP are reminded that awarding

a significantly lower level of grant than that requested may mean that some projects can not be delivered or will be delivered at significantly different levels.

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2.2.6 GAP are also reminded that any recommendations made to Cabinet are subject to the appeals process and therefore the level of grant awarded to successful organisations may change.

2.2.7 If no funds are set aside for the development of a new infrastructure service, then an additional number of applications could be funded. The lack of an infrastructure support service however could have a detrimental effect on the Third Sector particularly at a time when it needs support with fundraising, capacity building, volunteer recruitment etc. The quality of grant applications received from some applicants highlights the need to offer continued support to organisations (see Appendix 9). A new service would also help address some of the equalities concerns identified in section 2.12 of this report. The actual cost of a new CVS (Council for Voluntary Service) will be determined once the service specification has been developed. The amount of £74,000 is based on the current costs per annum of the interim service. This level of funding is below the level previously provided for HAVS. This amount also reflects the fact that there would be lower costs in the first year of operation. The longer-term costs for the service will be determined once the service specification has been developed.

2.2.8 GAP is therefore requested to recommend to Cabinet;

1. That £74,000 is ring-fenced from the Main Grants budget to fund the commissioning of an infrastructure support service for the Third Sector. 2. The grant applications to be awarded grant funding and the level at which these should be awarded subject to:

(a) receipt of satisfactory references and supporting documents by applicants by the 2nd April 2012. (b) confirmation from applicants that the proposed project can be delivered within the amount of grant recommended by the 2nd April 2012. (c) completion of the appeals procedure and any changes to the amounts awarded necessitated by decisions on appeals.

3. That applications with a score below the threshold agreed for grant recommendations are placed on a reserve list.

4. That authority is delegated to the Corporate Director Community Health and Well-Being in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Community and Cultural Services to:

(i) withdraw grant offers where organisations do not comply with the conditions of grant funding as detailed in Recommendation 2 above. (ii) award available funds to organisations on the reserve list in order of highest scores achieved if sufficient funds become available (where scores are tied funding will only be distributed when sufficient funding is available to fund all projects with the same score).

5. That authority is delegated to the Divisional Director Community and Culture in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Community and Cultural Services with an Independent Adviser to consider and determine appeals and vary both the percentage grant awarded and the threshold above which grant awards are made in light of decisions taken on appeals.

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2.3 Background 2.3.1 This year’s grant application process has been largely managed in the

same way as in previous years. There were some revisions made to the grant application process during the year which were approved by GAP at their meeting on the 13th September 2011.

2.3.2 This year only two size of grants were offered. 78 applications were

received and of these 48 were for large grants ie. £5,001 and above and 30 were for small grants ie. less than £5,000. This compares with the breakdown of applications last year which were;

48 – large grant applications (£10,001-£100,000) 57 – medium grant applications (£2,001-£10,000) 25 – small grant applications (£0 - £2,000) 2.3.3 Support for grant applicants was provided during the application period

including two information sessions which were attended by 56 potential grant applicants (45 organisations were represented at these sessions and these are listed in Appendix 7) In addition, one to one assistance with completing the application form was provided by the Funding Officer at CaVSA (Community & Voluntary Sector Association) Hammersmith & Fulham CVS.

2.3.4 The first stage assessment checked that the application met the

essential criteria, including indicating on the application form that a constitution, bank account and required policies are held by the organisation (if an application was made for capital costs in addition to revenue costs these will be deducted from the final grant award).

2.3.5 A few issues were identified at this stage including for example some

applications that did not indicate whether or not required policy documents were in place. These issues have been identified in Appendix 6 Assessment Score Sheets, listed as Chair’s Comments. These applications were assessed despite the queries and if a grant is awarded Officers will seek confirmation that the required documents are in place before funding is released.

2.3.6 Small grant applications were assessed separately to the large grant

applications and panel members were directed to apply a proportionate approach to assessing small and large grant applications. This meant that small grant applicants were not expected to have provided as comprehensive responses as those applying for large grants.

2.3.7 Only one application was assessed as ineligible at the first stage

assessment. This application was from the Herga Opportunity Pre-School Playgroup. The application was deemed ineligible as the application was for capital costs only. 77 applications have therefore

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met the first stage assessment and are listed in Appendix 2a and 2b in order of scores achieved.

2.3.8 Members of the voluntary sector were invited to observe the

assessment panel process. Seven panels were observed by three observers. A summary of the panel observers comments are provided in Appendix 8. Overall the observers rated the process as good, very good or excellent in terms of fairness.

2.3.9 The general quality of grant applications made for 2012-13 appears to

have improved from previous years. A summary of the areas where grant applications achieved low scores is provided in Appendix 9. This summary identifies that there may be areas where training input is required to assist organisations to understand the questions asked in the grant application form and provide appropriate responses.

2.3.10 Grant applicants unsuccessful in securing funding through the Main Grants Programme are encouraged to look for funding from other sources. Guidance on external funding available to organisations is provided at Appendix 10.

2.8 Why a change is needed 2.81. Following consultation with the Third Sector during 2011 and approval

of the Third Sector Investment Plan by Cabinet in October 2011, this will be the last year that the Main Grants Programme will be delivered in its current format.

2.8.2 During 2012/13 Harrow Council will begin the process of

commissioning some services from within the grants budget. The process of consultation for identifying which services will be commissioned has commenced and a further report on this will be provided to GAP later this year.

2.8.3 In 2013/14 Harrow Council will operate a small grants process inviting

applications for small grants up to £5,000. 2.9 Implications of the Recommendation 2.9.1 Legal comments

The Council may distribute grants in accordance with its agreed criteria. Due weight must be given in terms of equalities duties, procedural fairness and the statement of intention of the Compact with the voluntary and community sector. Should the Council distribute funds not in accordance with these principles, then it could be at risk of legal challenge.

2.10 Financial Implications 2.10.1 The total budget available for grants in 2011/12 is £669,360. Of this

GAP are requested to recommend that £74,000 is set aside to fund the commissioning of a new infrastructure support service. The total

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budget therefore available within which grant recommendations for 2011/12 will be made is £595,360.

2.10.2 If further grants are recommended following completion of the appeals

process the amount awarded will be adjusted to ensure that grant recommendations are managed appropriately.

2.11 Risk Management Implications 2.11.1 The main risks associated with the provision of grant funding to Third

Sector organisations is that funding is not used as stated by the applicant in their grant application. This risk is mitigated in the following ways; (i) The management of grant funding through a standard funding agreement that sets out the Council’s expectations regarding financial and management controls that the organisation should have in place to manage the funds and the service specification detailing the expected outcomes for the proposed service.

(ii) Annual monitoring process: The grant recipient is expected to participate in a process of annual monitoring which should assist the Council in identifying any issues regarding the use of Council grant funding. 2.12 Equalities implications 2.12.1 The equality impact assessment (Appendix 4) undertaken for the

grant application process for 2012-13 indicates that the process itself does not have any adverse impact on the protected characteristics. Although some comments identified a potential impact for those for whom English is a second language or those with a learning difficulty, measures are in place to support applicants including, information sessions, one to one support, guidance notes etc. The feedback received during consultation also indicated some concern that the process may impact differentially on small groups, however measures have been included in this year’s process to assist the distribution of funding to small groups including; the separate assessment of small grant applications and the ring-fencing of 15% of the budget for allocation to small groups. The development of a new CVS service as outlined in paragraph 2.2.7 would offer continued fundraising support to all organisations, including small groups.

2.12.2 An analysis of grant applications received for 2012/13 by protected

characteristic served is attached at Appendix 4a and an analysis of grant applications received for 2011/12 by protected characteristics served is attached at Appendix 4b. This analysis shows that none of the applications received for 2012/13 were targeting the gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity and sexual orientation characteristics in 2012/13. In 2011/12 there were no applications received that targeted the gender reassignment, pregnancy and

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maternity and marriage and civil partnership characteristics. There could be a number of reasons for the lack of applications targeting these protected characteristics including; no Third Sector organisations currently providing a targeted service for these groups; these groups are not aware of the grants programme; or these groups have chosen not to apply for grant funding. In addition, there are a number of organisations who have not stated which specific protected groups they intend to deliver to and therefore no absolute analysis can be undertaken.

2.13 Corporate Priorities 2.13.1 The distribution of grant funding to the Third Sector supports the

delivery of the Council’s corporate priorities. Each applicant is required to indicate which corporate priority is addressed by the proposed project. The following table indicates the corporate priorities that would be supported by all grant applicants:

Corporate priority Number of applications Keeping neighbourhoods clean, green and safe 4 Supporting and protecting people who are most in need

51 United and involved communities: a Council that listens and leads

23 Supporting our town centre, our local shopping centres and businesses

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Section 3 - Statutory Officer Clearance

on behalf of the

Name: Roger Hampson � Chief Financial Officer Date: 16 February 2012

on behalf of the

Name: Jessica Farmer � Monitoring Officer Date: 16 February 2012

Section 4 - Contact Details and Background Papers Contact: Kashmir Takhar, Head of Service Community Development, 020 8420 9331

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Background Papers: Cabinet report: Third Sector Investment Plan, 18th October 2011 http://www.harrow.gov.uk/www2/documents/g60641/Public%20reports%20pack,%20Tuesday%2018-Oct-2011%2019.30,%20Cabinet.pdf?T=10 GAP report: Grant application form and assessment sheet update 2012/13, 13th September 2011 http://www.harrow.gov.uk/www2/documents/g60679/Public%20reports%20pack,%20Tuesday%2013-Sep-2011%2019.30,%20Grants%20Advisory%20Panel.pdf?T=10 GAP report: Grant Process for 2012/13 Update, 9th November 2011 http://www.harrow.gov.uk/www2/documents/g60680/Public%20reports%20pack,%20Wednesday%2009-Nov-2011%2019.30,%20Grants%20Advisory%20Panel.pdf?T=10

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,890

£371

,062

£349

,235

£344

,870

£340

,504

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6£6

55,80

2£6

23,01

2£5

90,22

2£5

57,43

2£5

24,64

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18,08

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11,52

686

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£704

,612

£669

,381

£634

,151

£598

,920

£563

,690

£556

,643

£549

,597

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4£8

14,86

7£7

74,12

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33,38

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92,63

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51,89

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43,74

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£973

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,599

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7,977

£16,9

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5,979

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3,982

86-10

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5£2

3,324

£22,1

58£2

0,992

£19,8

25£1

8,659

£17,4

93£1

6,327

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8,271

£36,3

57£3

4,444

£32,5

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0,617

£28,7

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6,790

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3,181

£41,0

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8,863

£36,7

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4,545

£32,3

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0,227

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4,132

£51,4

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8,719

£46,0

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3,306

£40,5

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7,892

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4,026

£60,8

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7,623

£54,4

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1,221

£48,0

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4,818

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4,026

£60,8

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7,623

£54,4

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1,221

£48,0

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4,818

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9,026

£65,5

75£6

2,123

£58,6

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5,221

£51,7

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8,318

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6£7

4,026

£70,3

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6,623

£62,9

22£5

9,221

£55,5

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1,818

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6,016

£91,2

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6,414

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29,66

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Appendix 2a: Assessment scores for large grant applicants

REPORT FOR: GRANTS ADVISORY PANEL

Date of Meeting: 1st March 2012

Subject: Grant recommendations 2012/13

23

Harrow Council Voluntary & Community Grants - 2012/2013 Appendix 2a - Large Grant Applications

Home Start HarrowVulnerable First Time Mothers Group

Amount Requested 2012/13

Size of Grant LargeAssessment Score as % 100.00 %

1 £15,102.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12

Mind in HarrowMental Health Information Service



2 £38,934.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £23,936.01

Harrow Association of Disabled peopleOvercoming barriers



3 £44,675.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £33,075.00

Harrow Community TransportHarrow Community Transport



4 £10,000.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £7,203.00

Harrow Law CentreHarrow Law Centre



5 £35,400.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £13,230.00

25


Ignite TrustExpression



6 £58,253.31

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £27,195.00

Relate London North WestEmotional Support for Families



7 £20,054.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £16,843.26

St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent)The continued development and expansion of St Luke’s Hospice at Home Service for theresidents of Harrow



8 £10,000.00


The WISH CentreISVA : Sexual Violence Advocacy & counselling for Young People



9 £29,800.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £13,614.41

Harrow Citizens Advice BureauAdvice for Harrow



10 £100,000.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £73,500.00

26


Harrow MencapTransition Pathways



11 £45,126.00


Srishti Yuva CultureThe Fourth Age, Artfully



12 £29,200.00


Barnet FC Community TrustWho is responsible for me? Think Safe - Be Safe!



13 £26,037.50


Harrow Equalities CentreEquality - More Important Than Ever



14 £86,882.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £58,800.00

Hestia Housing and SupportHarrow Safer Children & Families Project



15 £8,095.50

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £10,290.00

27


The Harrow Women's CentreHarrow Women Centre Information and Support Service



16 £98,242.94

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £50,715.00

Afghan Association PaiwandHarrow Community Advocacy Service



17 £20,800.00


Asperger's Syndrome Access to Provision (A.S.A.P.)ASC, The Centre



18 £28,010.00


ADHD and Autism Support HarrowPROJECT MANAGER POSITION



19 £10,000.00


BlossomStaffing and volunteer professional training programme



20 £10,000.00


28


Kids Can AchieveKids Can Crew Youth Programme



21 £20,250.79


South Harrow Christian FellowshipYouth Enrichment Programme



22 £8,578.00


The Harrow Refugee Forum (HaRF)Capacity Building and Employment and Training



23 £46,431.42


Voluntary Action Harrow LimitedThe Virtual Volunteer Manager Service



24 £14,994.45


Alzheimer's SocietyPeer Support and active engagement for People with Dementia and their Carers



25 £60,020.00


29


AspireDisability Sports Development



26 £33,200.00


Harrow ShopmobilityENABLING DISABLED PEOPLE TO ACCESS HARROW



27 £31,515.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £16,170.00

I Serve LtdReaching Out



28 £21,220.00


Russian Immigrant's AssociationHarrow Puppet Tales



29 £12,440.00


Girlguiding Middlesex North WestFacilities & Services for Guiding & Non-Guiding Groups residing in Harrow at Willow TreeCentre



30 £7,000.00


30


Middlesex Association for the BlindResource Centre for the Visually Impaired



31 £7,078.00


Advocacy VoiceCitizen Advocacy



32 £25,070.00


Flash MusicalsThe Avatar Project (Educational/ Safety Cartoons, Media Skills & Community)



33 £97,071.60

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £48,825.68

Harrow Association Of Somali Voluntary Organisations- hasvoReduction of substance misuse, Ill Health and promotion of healthy living styles amongthe BMEG in Harrow



34 £27,815.88


Age UK Harrow (Registered name Age Concern Harrow)Social Partnership Project



35 £28,665.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £25,720.59

31


Harrow Agenda 21 Environmental ForumEnvironmental Activity and Learning, Teacher Support



36 £5,250.00


The Borough of Harrow Swimming ClubProject Mending Broken Hearts



37 £10,000.00


USURP Art Gallery & StudiosCommunity Collaborations - Increasing support and training



38 £18,430.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £11,760.00

Harrow CrossroadsTherapeutic Activities Programme (TAP) Together



39 £36,196.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £26,995.08

Harrow Vultrix Korfball ClubHarrow Neighbourhood Street Olympics



40 £28,000.00


32


Pre-school Learning AlliancePathways to Learning



41 £66,041.72


Bentley Priory Nature Reserve Management CommitteeMAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE OPEN SPACE



42 £7,200.00


Navalar Tamil SchoolCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2012-2013



43 £9,910.00


Navnat Vadil MandalTuesday gathering meetings and learning activities project



44 £24,990.00


TanglewoodTanglewood



45 £7,200.00


33


Harrow Borough Football ClubUpgrade and Refurbishment of Floodlighting Installation



46 £12,865.00


Nepalese British Community UK (NBC UK)LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH



47 £28,000.00


34

Appendix 2b: Assessment scores for small grant applicants




35

Harrow Council Voluntary & Community Grants - 2012/2013 Appendix 2b - Small Grant Applications

HOPE Harrow (registered as Harrow Family Learning Network)HOPE Harrow making a Difference to Parenting


Size of Grant SmallAssessment Score as % 93.33 %

1 £5,000.00


Harrow Athletics ClubClub Coaching and Athletics 365 programmes



2 £4,975.00


Harrow Heritage TrustManagement of and public engagement with Harrow's nature reserves



3 £4,999.00


Indian Association of HarrowSeniors Club



4 £5,000.00


Harrow Tamil AssociationDay centre to enhance quality of life



5 £3,350.00


37


Harrow Anti-Racist AllianceCommunity Support Service



6 £4,997.40


Harrow Bereavement CareProvision of Bereavement Support



7 £5,000.00


Harrow Kuwaiti Community Association Kuwaiti Community Integration Project



8 £4,950.00


Afghan Association of London (Harrow)Elderly Project



9 £4,910.00


CARRAMEAComputer Skills for the Community



10 £4,995.00


38


Herts Inclusive Theatre CompanyActing Up (Adult Drama Group)



11 £4,156.00


Huntington's Disease AssociationRegional Care Advisory Service



12 £1,800.00


London KalibariLondon Kalibari Action for Community 2012



13 £4,900.00


Somali Cultural and Educational AssociationSCEA youth empowerment and achievement



14 £4,994.00


East African Welfare & Development Concern (EAWDC)Women's Support Group



15 £5,000.00


39


Harrow African-Caribbean Association [HACAS]HACAS ACTIVITY DAY CENTRE



16 £5,000.00


9th Kenton Scout GroupProvide Scouting activities for children aged 6 - 14 years living within the areas of Kenton,Harrow and Stanmore.



17 £4,900.00


Connaught OperaPROFESSIONAL CONCERTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN HARROW



18 £3,600.00


Harrow Bengalee AssociationFamily Forum including children's & Senior Citizen's activities



19 £4,890.00


Harrow St. Mary’s Cricket ClubProvision of facilities to enable Harrow's community to come together through cricket.



20 £5,000.00


40


Headstone Manor Ladies Cricket ClubOngoing Development of Female Cricket



21 £3,600.00


1st Headstone Scout GroupProviding scouting/camping learning experiences for Scouts and Cubs



22 £2,900.00


Association of Senior Muslim CitizensWell being of the Elderly Muslim Citizens through enhancement of quality of life



23 £3,845.00


Special ConnectionDrama workshops for children and young people of ALL abilities.



24 £5,000.00


The Survive and Save ClubFinancial Inclusion Programme For 2012/2013



25 £2,876.00


41


Venceremos Football ClubBeacon Football 2012



26 £4,825.00


Harrow in Europe AssociationFacilitating the Civic and all the other aspects of Town Harrow's Twinning andInternational Friendship



27 £4,998.00


Harrow Tamil School AssociationAnnual Musical Festival



28 £4,600.00


Stanmore Bowls ClubReplace floor coverings



29 £641.00

Amount Awarded 2011/12 £641.00

Pakistan Society of HarrowUnited and Involved communities to promote social and cultural welfare of Pakistanicommunity.



30 £4,950.00


42

Appendix 3: Summary of grant applications




43

Harrow Council Voluntary & Community Grants - 2012/2013 Appendix 3 - Summary of Grant Applications



Size of Grant SmallGrant £0

Assessment Score as % 46.67 %1 £2,900.00

Total Project Cost £14,500.00

Scouting has a key objective of enabling boys and girls to learn skills and work together in teams. Much of this is learned each week.Off-site camping experience is an important activity through which skills learned are put into practice. Physical activity at scout camp sites, working ingroups, practice leadership skills.Parents support camping activities by giving their time to support leaders at camps. Camps are an important contributor to team-building and as a multi-faith group enable boys and girls to build up a positive attitude to all faiths.

Brief description of the project or activity: (Extract from Application Form)

Amount Requested 2012/13 £2,900.00

Balance -£11,600.00

Number of Beneficiaries 50Corporate Priority United and involved communities: a Council that listens and leads

45


Child and youth development is recognised as critical to developing positive attitudes in young people.Research has shown that active children and youths are fitter and less prone to obesity and other illnesses.Young people that are engaged in constructive activity (eg scouting, Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme) contribute to society and develop positiveattitudes towards equality and develop and practise practical skills.We have waiting lists (from time to time) for beaver scouts. As well as beaver scouts, cub scouts, scouts and Explorers - we have around 70 studyingfor the Duke of Edinburgh Award.


1

What evidence do you have that this project or activity is needed? (Extract from Application Form)

46







Because we are such an active Group we are one of the few Scout Groups in the area fortunate enough to have a full membership, and waiting lists,for all of our three sections. We believe that this is the case because of the vast range of opportunities and activities that we offer the young peoplewho are our members.We are one of very few youth groups which run in the evenings keeping young people off of the street, out of trouble, and giving them a chance toparticipant in new and exciting activities which they would not normally get a chance to experience.An ever increasing number of our members come from low income families and we offer them a chance of participating in these activities or going oncamping expeditions that they would otherwise not get the opportunity to experience or partake in. We encourage each and everyone of ourmembers to reach their full potential as young citizens.We are always conscious that we have to keep our membership fees down to an affordable level - especially in the current financial climate - andthese are extensively spent on providing Scouting activities for our membership.



Balance -£16,714.00


47


Our Group is full with waiting lists for each section, Scouting is increasing in popularity. Because of the worsening economic climate we have notincreased subscriptions for four years. We have been fortunate to have received grants from Harrow Council and the NWLCF in the past but havenot received one of these for the past two years. When an increase in subscriptions was mentioned as an imminent probably at our recent AGM alarge number of parents indicated that they would have to stop sending their children if the fees increased to the figure indicated as required. Ourbiggest outlay is the rental of the School Hall were we hold our meetings, The hourly cost of this has risen quite dramatically over the last three orfour years, and the upkeep and rent for our Scout Hall compound. .


2


48




Size of Grant LargeGrant



We are requesting part of the Project Manager salary to continue providing specialist services to those affected by the two conditions in Harrow. Thecharity has gone through significant changes over the past year, extending some of the services it provides and wishes to continue these as well asdevelop new ones to meet the needs of the new service users. Our move to new premises in January 2012 will enable this to take place and bids fornew projects are pending to develop services. The Project Manager will continue to be responsible for preparing, planning, implementing andevaluating new and existing projects as well as supporting volunteers and paid sessional workers. She will also continue to apply for funding andraise awareness within the Borough and will ensure that the charity runs efficiently, effectively and meets the charity commission requirements.



Balance -£4,000.00

Number of Beneficiaries 500Corporate Priority Supporting and protecting people who are most in need

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ADHD and Autism Support Harrow is the only organisation providing specialist services in the Borough for anyone affected by ADHD and Autism (upto 25yrs with Autism).We receive a large number of referrals from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Education, Social care, Youth Offending team and otherVoluntary organisations who rely on our services to support those affected and their families. Our courses for parents are full a term in advance withongoing waiting lists. Our current courses are supporting 40 families with a new diagnosis of both conditions, with an additional course running thisterm to cope with demand.Responding to the NICE guidelines on ADHD we provide parent training and are also developing a programme to meet the requirements of theAutism Bill and Harrow's response to providing education on the condition. This was through a successful bid with "Awards for all" and involves usingvolunteers and those with ADHD and Autism to be empowered to deliver the training to the local community and professionals.Recent funding bids have been submitted to address lack of provision for teenagers aged 13-19 years, through responses gathered in a service userquestionnaire , This will be addressed by providing youth programmes, coaching and social skills training.Harrow has also identified a need for services of those aged 15+ with Autism through the PCT document produced last year, which the organisationis currently looking at ways to support this age group and involving service users in this. All the above needs to be managed and coordinated.


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Advocacy Voice recruits, trains, links and supports volunteer advocates to partner adults with a learning difficulty on a one to one basis, assistingthem to understand,obtain and exercise their civil and legal rights as full citizens.The majority of our work is through Citizen Advocates, who offer support on a long term basis, enabling them to get to know their ‘partner’ very welland so allowing them to feel confident in expressing their needs and wishes. It may take many months for a ‘partner’ to reveal to their advocate aproblem that has sometimes been going on for years.Often the Citizen Advocate helps their 'partner at a specific time of crisis/change in their lives e.g. having to move; a bereavement; day centreprovision; the opportunity to personalise their support budget; the on-going relationship continues once this crisis is resolved. Through providing advocacy we not only benefit the person with a learning difficulty but also that person's carers and family. By using volunteers asadvocates we enable members of the community to learn about and appreciate the lives of others and thus widen and enhance their own lives. During the past year we have supported 50+ people



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The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities have stated in their research," about 2% of the population have a learning disability, the numberof adults with learning disabilities aged over 60 is predicted to increase by 36% between 2001 and 2021" Valuing People also established twohundred thousand adults with severe disabilities. In Harrow alone the commissioning strategy suggested that in the Borough there were in excess of900 people with a learning disability.We are ,as yet, only scratching the surface as far as advocacy is concerned.The local service users committee,the learning disability partnerships, and our own research in consultation with our existing partners and theirrepresentatives, have identified citizen advocacy as a major force for change.During the past year we have had excellent response from prospective volunteers and referrals for advocates from many routes; self referrals, carehomes, Mencap and family members. This is showing demand for our service and that people are willing to volunteer. We have a waiting list ofadults with a learning difficulty requesting advocates.


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Our vulnerable and helpless elderly generation are most affected by language barriers and lack of knowledge of the systems, also isolation anddestitution makes it difficult for our elder generation to cope with their life. We aim to assist and support these people to develop more independencein dealing with their housing and financial matters by coaching them on how to make the best use of the statutory systems.



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We have done many consultations with the community and elderly problems are the biggest concern for the community. We recently conducted asurvey to identify the needs of our community in Harrow where 133 members were participated by filling the questionnaire. The results have revealedthat the older generation faces the most difficulties because of their lack of English and therefore struggle with basic tasks such as managing theirfinancial affairs.

The survey also revealed that they feel very helpless as they do not receive support from their children who are often too busy to visit and assist them with their affairs. It has been challenging for them to obtain accommodation, as all landlords and agencies ask for various papers and supporting documents such as bank statements, etc. These elderly people, with their lack of knowledge of the system and language barriers, find italmost impossible to gain access to housing services on their own.

Research by Age Concern (2008) describes how elderly refugees face a number of complex issues. One of the key barriers is accessing appropriateservices. Their settlement is hindered by poverty, health and language difficulties. Older Afghans reported a very limited understanding of the welfaresystem and there is a lack of trust among the community towards the mainstream service provision.

We also carried out a local mapping exercise and found out that there is very limited advice and support for Afghan elders in the borough.


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There are around 9,300 refugees and new arrivals living in LB Harrow from a variety of communities. They require a great deal of support as theyhave come from a different culture and often have a poor understanding of the British system. They particularly require help with issues such asovercrowded accommodation, finding employment, and dealing with poor physical and mental health.

This expanded service aims to help 150 people to integrate and access these services. We will achieve this aim by recruiting a part-time CommunityAdvocate who will provide advocacy, information and representation. They will be able to explain “the system” to recent arrivals and will be able torepresent them at tribunals. Other assistance might include letter writing, accompanying clients to local schools etc.

It will have massive benefits for some of the most disadvantaged people in LB Harrow. In particular it will help them to successfully integrate into theUK and access services, improve their physical and mental health, reduce their poverty, enhance their living conditions and education, decrease theirlevel of isolation, and develop their confidence and self-esteem.



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There are various sources for this information:

• Research by the Evelyn Oldfield Unit/AAL into the needs of the Afghan Community in Harrow show that refugees and new arrivals need supportintegrating into UK society. Many have significant problems such as health needs and skills deficits. They come from a different culture and oftenhave a poor understanding of the British system for accessing support such as health or education. Other issues such as the law, employment, oraccessing housing also offer huge challenges. Language differences and lack of financial resources also offer significant barriers to gaining help andsettling successfully in the UK. Statutory agencies also sometimes struggle to understand their needs and support them.• The Harrow Joint Strategic Needs Analysis (JSNA) 2008 and 2010 refresh shows that 52% of the population are from BME communities. Thisincludes 9300 refugees and asylum-seekers, which is 4.5% of the population. Main groups of refugees were from Somalia, Afghanistan,Yugoslavia/Kosovo, Iran, Iraq, and Sri Lanka.• According to a report by the Department of Communities and Local Government (2009), the Afghan community faces considerable economic, social, health, and welfare problems which are due to a lack of resources within the community.• Paiwand already runs this service half a day each week in Harrow and there is huge demand for it. For example research by Sussex University intoPaiwand’s advocacy service 2009 showed that between 2006 - 2008, the number of beneficiaries receiving advice increased by 126% from 366 to776.


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The Social Partnership Project will provide a range of Health, Social & educational activities for older residents in need. The project will work to buildstrong links with exisiting partners as well as new partners such as existing small community clubs/groups, local organisations, local retailers(Wilkinsons and Esquires), shopping mall (St George's) to expand these activities.

The project will also encourage volunteers to participate therefore enabling them to develop their skills base



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We know there is a need through various research and data:

- Many people in later life are lonely, isolated and cut off from mainstream life. There are 11783 people over 65 living alone in Harrow.- SCIE report in October highlighted that there was a evidenced that people who were part of social interaction had a better survival rate- Results from a pre-consultation conducted in early 2011 by Harrow Council on meals on wheels highlighted that older people in Harrow should beencouraged to attend lunch clubs for meals rather than have meals on wheels.- Feedback and questionnaires show that clients want these activities and more. Many live just for the activities.- Requests by small community groups to support their activities: - Saathi - Macular Disease Society - -Ewart House- Requests from sheltered housing blocks whose clients are isolated and need the stimulation of attending activities and social interactions with otherclients or people from outside. -Willow Court - Alexandra Court- Through our own annual survey which reaches out to over 700 people who asked for more choice on social activities.- Through requests made for us to provide basic IT courses and the waiting lists we have for these.- Verbal Requests/feedback from clients to other ACH projects to organise IT training on a one to one basis-Requests from people wanting to volunteer at social/activity clubs


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Through the Society's core service provision we will provide support for People with Dementia and their Carers by offering Dementia Cafe,therapeutic singing for the brain sessions, peer support and a Carers Training programme.



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We currently provide 2 weekly cafes for persons with Dementia & their Carers both of which are situated in Hillingdon. One café is used by Harrowresidents affected by dementia. 75% of those attending the cafes are from Hillingdon suggesting that location prevents accessibility for peopleaffected by Dementia in Harrow. Current average cafe attendance is 50 persons a week, 226 persons are currently on register of attendance. 2410attendances were recorded in the past 12 monthsFeedback from local users suggests the café model of support is beneficial.“Much needed for Carers with problems and cared for who have no social life”“The only opportunity to meet people”“Supportive environment- activities we can do together- he feels included” “I could do without all my appointments elsewhere”The Harrow Dementia strategy states that 13.6% of Harrow residents are over the age of 65, the highest proportion of residents in the North WestLondon Sector. the prevalence of dementia increases with age. The estimated number of people with dementia in Harrow is 2287, only 32% of theestimated number are recorded on the GP register. The numbers of people with dementia are projected to rise. Within the Harrow strategy it wasrecognised that dementia specific services within Harrow are currently limited, particularly for Carers of people with dementia.Research / National ReportsNational Audit Office (2007) Improving services & support for people with dementiaThe National Dementia Strategy 2009 objective 7 (Carers Strategy) The revised Carers Strategy ( Department of Health 2007)


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This Centre is for adults with High Functioning Autism (HFA) or Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) provided by ASAP Harrow. Part of our mission is toprovide Clients with the skills and knowledge needed to live independently and reduce their dependency on the State and their Carers. HFA & ASimpact each of our Clients differently, so support must be individually specific. Currently The Centre is only open for two (2 hour) sessions a week inborrowed accommodation. This constrains both the availability and range of support that can be offered. This funding will allow The Centre torelocate to its own accommodation and employ management and staff to improve the offered support to 6 sessions each week, i.e. an increase of200%. Together with other funding this increase will allow a wider range of sessions to be offered to a larger number of clients in their specific areasof need including: Social Skills, Mental Wellbeing, etc. Currently the client base is 70 but studies show that in Harrow there are a large number ofundiagnosed individuals (ca 550) who would benefit from the Service Centre. Harrow Council currently has a strategy of improving diagnosis toidentify these individuals.



Balance -£39,400.00


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In 2008, the National Autistic Society launched a campaign (‘I Exist’) to understand the experiences of adults with Autism and what needed tochange (AS and HFA are types of autism). The campaign identified: 63% of adults with Autism received no support, 60% believed that provision ofsupport would improve their health and wellbeing and only 15% of all adults with Autism are in employmentThe Autism Act was enacted in 2010, which led to the Autism Strategy, (March 2010) 'Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives'. This identified that adult’s withAutism: Remain socially excluded, have difficulties in forming friendships, have difficulties in understanding social rules and are usually unable tocope with working and interacting within the local community.Consequently there is significant social isolation and dependence upon the State Benefits system as well as a marked incidence of other mentalillnesses. Our Centre focuses on these difficulties and provides services aimed at addressing them. There is currently no other support available toour Clients in Harrow.The Harrow Health Needs Assessment (Harrow Council 2011) has identified that currently within Harrow there are approximately 550 people livingwith Autism, with only 73 currently being diagnosed. (Harrow ASC Strategy Document 2011). Our Centre currently has 70 diagnosed clients on itsdatabase, 10 of these regularly attend sessions at the Centre. An increase in the number of sessions and types of sessions will attract morediagnosed individuals and will also support the increased number of newly diagnosed individuals.


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Job Summary -To raise the profile of Aspire’s disability sport provision and develop partnerships with a wide range of local, regional and nationalorganisations.Key tasks -To contribute to the Sport England Strategy ‘Grow Sustain Excel’ creating opportunity for all to get one million more people doing moresport.• Provide opportunities for disabled people to try new sports such as powerchair football, seated volleyball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketballand Boccia.• Provide Paralympics Sports Development Sessions both at Aspire and in Harrow schools and colleges.• To be the key point of contact for Aspire’s existing sports clubs and disability groups. • To work with Aspire Inclusion Manager to source sports funding for sessions.• Disability Awareness Training to provide sustainability within schools.



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The London Borough of Harrow currently has just two Sports Development Officers. Neither of these posts cover disability and Inclusion. Aspirehave for the past two years employed a Sports Development Manager whose main aim is to increase the number of disabled people taking part insport or physical activity in Harrow and the surrounding areas.Our research shows there are 394 disabled children within special schools in Harrow.Within the Borough of Harrow, disabled children have a low participation rate in sport and physical activities such as grass roots clubs or PE, due tothe lack of Inclusion Officers, coaches and suitably trained school staff.Positive feedback from school teachers and children that attended the 2010-2011 multi sport 4 all project has also confirmed to Aspire that theproject is needed.Caroline Roze (Head of PE, Mapledown) “All the students thoroughly enjoyed the event, in particular the students with PMLD. It made a refreshing change for them to be at an organisedsporting event outside school as these opportunities are few and far between for them. The wide range of sports available made it extremelyaccessible to young people of all abilities. It was great to have our students mix with other schools. It would be fantastic if this could be a regularevent so that links with other schools could be made and our students could make new friends through sport. The event itself was well organised withenough time and space given to most events. Staff were flexible and allowed our students to carry on with games they were getting a lot from."


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With aims and objectives focus at conservation and enhancementof quality of life of Elderly Muslim Citizens of Harrow. We undertake the followings:

a. Asses the needs, understand and set standard for service tocare for Elderly Citizens at their homes,Hospitals (where applicable) and care homes

b) Establish through assesment procedures the needs of elderlyand provide necessary assistance by facilitating awareness onhealthcare,General welfare, Housing,Adult education, and social servicesutilisation.

c. Provide by arranging occasions platforms for social gatherings,health related seminars and steps towards minimizing isolation being the drivingfactor.



Balance £3,845.00


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Around the time of inception of the Association information collected through personal contacts, during Harrow Central Mosques meetings, Privatefunctions, gatherings,Identification ofneeds of certain Muslim residents of Harrow seeking assistancein the area of variety of services with focus on general well being.Minimising isolation, reduce reluctance on their part to speak/share problems with others,hesitation on their part to seek help.It was against thisbackground the need for"Sign Posted"was evident hence the formation of the Association with the membership over 350 which justifies the project.


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Our project is designed to help create safer stronger communities, supporting young people in their transition from primary school to secondary school. We want to help young people equip themselves for the leap into growing up and in turn make them aware that they are responsible formaking the right choices. The project will deliver workshops on personal safety and community responsibility with worksheets, safety cards,competitions, supported football training sessions and player visits. The project will support present year 6 and the incoming year 6 because of thefunding dates, with a football tournament at the hive in June and March respectively celebrating what they have learned, with invited guests from thefootball club, council and police. All participating teams and Harrow Borough representatives, will be invited to a game at Barnet FC, Tickets donatedby the club, with a presentation at Half time for the winners of each tournament. Hospitality for invited guests.



Balance -£6,720.00


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We were asked by the police to host a year 6 tournament in 2010, we used that captive audience to deliver this pilot workshop. The feedback wasexcellent from the police, teachers and children alike. By analysing this information we were able to ascertain the need and support for this project. Italso allowed us to check that we were indeed passing on memorable messages that would help keep our young people safe.

Teachers requested that we deliver the workshop to schools. It is possible that schools may well adopt this project and fund it directly in year 2.

We undertake a lot of social inclusion, dealing with young people, we know their fears and anxieties and we try and support them by working withlocal partners. This project is a direct way of getting young people talking and dealing with their fears, putting them into perspective and takingcontrol, leading to greater understanding of personal and social responsibility.


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A group of Volunteers working in close partnership with Harrow Council, Natural England and the voluntary sector to help care for, preserve, promoteand enhance Bentley Priory Nature Reserve (BPNR)

Bentley Priory Nature Reserve Management Committee works jointly with the voluntary sector, Council Officers, Members and representatives ofGovernment organisations.

Main activities undertaken :a) manage BPNRb) carry out / manage conservation workc) maintain and enhance the status of BPNR as nature reserve and site of special scientific interest.d) promote the BPNR to the residents and community at large.



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Number of Beneficiaries 30000Corporate Priority Keeping neighbourhoods clean, green and safe

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BPNR is an area designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and this would be at risk and liable to potential sanctions from the NaturalEngland if it was not maintained and made available to the community.

Natural England scrutinises and authorises any work to be undertaken.

Much of the work is under taken by the voluntary sector and the financial burden on the London Borough of Harrow would be much greater if thisactivity is not adequately supported through the grants process.


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We would like to send volunteers on professional training programmes so that they become instructors for Blossom. We have a need for qualifiedfemale aqua-aerobic and swimming instructors. We have found it difficult to source these positions adequately. The project aims to develop thevolunteers who in turn can help produce positive health and fitness outcomes for the community.



Balance -£1,563.00


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Blossom has had to close down activities because it is unable to find suitably qualified instructors in the market. It also suffers when existingInstructors are unable to commit to the programme because of personal reasons. Members/Community suffer when this happens as often they lose out on the only activity of choice which may have lead to an improved healthy activity programme. Continual disruption without backup cover stopsthe community/our members from developing a positive cohesive attitude towards looking after themselves. Blossom targets females; the sidebenefits of exercise have already been proven, this undoubtedly has positive affects for the family too and therefore wider community. Many of ourladies have not or will not attend other health venues as these do not cater for their specific requirements which Blossom already provides. In termsof funding, Blossom is not in a position to fund the minimum required by the Training organisations. We need part-funding assistance, so that we areable to invest in our community/volunteers longer-term. Our members are continually engaged in our discussions with regards delivery of a service.One of the criticism's has been the inability to sustain/deliver an activity due to lack of Instructor.


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The project will offer 10 classes in basic IT skills to people associated with the 25 organisations based at the Community Premises who often need toacquire new IT skills or revise skills that they haven't used for some time in order to carry out the administrative and marketing work of theirassociations efficiently. Some volunteers have had no previous IT experience and want to start learning in a familiar and welcoming environment. Some of these volunteers are also job-seekers who want to gain valuable qualifications in basic IT skills to help them to gain employment.These basic IT classes range from Preparation, to Getting Started, Word For Work, Excel for Work, and Customised courses, and are also open tothe ESOL students at the Community Premises. The classes are held during two sessions each day in school hours from Monday to Friday duringterm time, all with accreditation.

The project also offers volunteering opportunities in the IT classes delivery team and in the groups based at the Community Premises andelsewhere.



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CARRAMEA member organisations identify and review the needs of their volunteers, members and the communities they serve at quarterlyManagement Committee meetings. Volunteers in the 25 organisations based at the Community Premises often need to acquire new IT skills orrevise skills that they haven't used for some time in order to carry out the administrative and marketing work of their associations efficiently. Somevolunteers have no previous IT experience and want to start learning in a familiar and welcoming environment.

Some of these volunteers are also job-seekers who want to gain valuable qualifications in basic IT skills to help them to gain employment. Parentsand job-seekers who attend the ESOL classes held at the Community Premises also join the IT classes to help to prepare themselves forvolunteering and/or employment.In 2010-2011 we had 276 people on different courses ranging from Preparation to Word for Work and Excel for Work. Currently we have 75 peopleon the waiting list waiting for places on courses.

Written feedback from users each term consistently shows how much the beneficiaries feel they need computer skills for volunteering, employmentand their daily lives and they consistently ask for lessons twice a week or longer lessons: "This will help me for working with charity organisations. 2hour sessions or lessons twice a week, please, to be consistent." "These classes will help me to progress in life smoothly in these days of computertechnology. We should have either more classes during the week rather than once or increased duration."


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Connaught Opera, singers Maria Arakie, Glenn Wilson and their professional pianist, take an hour long concert of music and glamour (with manycolourful costume changes), into care settings where the audience might not otherwise have access to these events. Colourful posters are sent toeach venue in advance and the staff are asked to encourage their service users to attend. Every member of the audience is drawn in to theperformance and made to feel special.



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With a constantly evolving programme, our concerts take a professional cultural experience to older people who may not otherwise have access tothese events. They are designed, in consultation with staff and audiences, to connect elders with memories and experiences that have relevance tothem.Below a quote from the current round of Harrow funding:"On behalf of all the staff and residents at David's House, a massive THANK YOU for Friday. The show was absolutely fantastic and proved to be anemotional experience for some of our residents and guests as you would have observed. To see the delight on their faces and receive theexpressions of thanks for such a wonderful afternoon is a reminder to us of the value of music and song to our older friends. I hope that we can havethe pleasure of your company and talent again soon". "We wanted to say how pleased we were to have hosted Chariots of Fire: A Spectacular in Song at Harrow Arts Centre yesterday afternoon. It was apleasure to work with you and your company again. We hope you found the experience to be an enjoyable one."

We have yet to perform the balance of the concerts, scheduled for December 2011.


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The project will recruit a part-time tutor and 10 volunteers to teach English, IT and to give counselling, advice and support to Somali Women living inHarrow on; welfare rights , housing ,education and health. We will develop initiatives for Women single parents which will enable them to address issues and concerns with their children.We will enhance access to employment opportunities and give young women the opportunity to meet potential employers to increase theiremployability. The aim is to enable project users who are mainly lone women parents , victims of domestic violence, socially isolated and mentally illpeople to become more fully included in mainstream services and provision. EAST AFRICAN WELFARE & DEVELOPMENT CONCERN (EAWDC) has been providing support and guidance to benefit women from Somalia wholive in the London Borough Harrow. We will provide information and advice that matches precisely the needs of our clients. The advice given isculturally sensitive and this enhances the understanding of our clients.



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According to the 2006 Harrow needs assessment (HASVO/LBH) indicated that there is a big Somali Population living in the borough. Among thesethere is a large big proportion of Somali women . Most of the women are illiterate as they have lived previously in a culture where written literacy inwomen is unusual. This compounds their isolation and difficulty in understanding or integrating into the local communities. We have found out through people coming to our Community organisation that these groups are very socially excluded and often miss out crucialappointments. They do not know about and cannot claim their welfare entitlements or access services due to fearfulness, language and culturalbarriers.According to the to the assessment unemployment among Somali women living in Harrow is high . This unemployment gives birth to poverty andseveral social issues like increase in crime rate, frustration and other mental and psychological problems. Unemployed Somali women consumefunds and benefits and unintentionally cause disheartens along with setting a trend in which their successors and young generations adopt the sameattitude. Many of our beneficiaries are threatened with homelessness and other housing issues such as with bad housing conditions, housing benefitsproblems, arrears and evictions .lack of knowledge of what services are accessible and in particular poor under-standing of the local education system and lack of ability tocommunicate in English.Social isolation, Lack of knowledge of the benefits system .Poor access to welfare benefits advice


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FM has received capital funding to purchase state of the art equipment to run The Avatar Project (AP) and needs revenue funding to kickstart thissustainable project. The AP will develop Educational/ Safety Cartoons, provide Media Skills so beneficiaries are able to run Flash Internet TVgenerate income to consolidate the Community Anchor Project and other work at FM.



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Edgware is a deprived area with multiple needs. FM has a client group of Disabled People who come wheelchair dancing 100% of them areunemployed and some have asked for opportunities to be trained for suitable employment. Latest national statistics 1 million young people areunemployed. FM caters for over 200 young people and they came up with the idea on which the AP is based. It gives them a voice which carriesbeyond the 4 walls of FM, Edgware & Harrow. The feedback from the August riots is that young people have no voice, no job prospects, no trainingopportunities and a lack of facilities to access in the evenings. Whilst Harrow may have escaped damage from the riots some of its young peoplehave told us they feel alienated from the Police. They have said they feel no one is listening. Running "Question Time" style debates on issues whichdirectly affect them will give them a voice. It will also help them hear from those in authority and perhaps appreciate the balance that has to be struckif everyone in the community is to be empowered and valued. The Council recognises the gap in communication with residents - hence 'Let's Talk'. The AP is a grassroots community response in a format suited to young people but which also allows the disabled to participate.


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Girlguiding Middlesex North WestFacilities & Services for Guiding & Non-Guiding Groups residing in Harrow at Willow TreeCentre





To ensure Willow Tree Residential and Outdoor Training Centre remains operational by maintaining the facilities and its services.The Willow Tree Residential and Outdoor Training Centre is a purpose built safe and secure centre with access for those with a physical disabilityand/or special needs. We have various team building activities and equipment and can provide qualified instructors (e.g. low ropes course, climbingwall).We have environmental resources and information sheets which expands on classroom learning for Early Years, Foundation Stages 1 & 2 andNational Curriculum History, Science and Sports based activities.With fully equipped camping sites, the young people have the opportunity to live and work together in a safe environment. The Centre and itsfacilities are available for the use of all residents in Harrow.



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Our records show we have 6250 visitors from all wards in the London Borough of Harrow using Willow Tree each year.Group Leaders fill in an evaluation form after each visit and state that members of their group have achieved so much using the facilities, activitiesand services provided at the Centre. These increased numbers of users year on year confirm this and return visits are always booked.With the new activity room and training room which will be completed in March 2012 and has been designed to accommodate all those with physicaldisabilities and special needs more people will have the opportunity to use the Centre.Consultation with local Guides and non-guiding groups say they enjoy and benefit from using the Centre as there is no other venue like it within 20mile radius and without Willow Tree they would not have anywhere to go.National research states that residential activities, team work, challenging activities and life skills encourage young people to join and stay in anorganisation. this helps them contribute to their community and the skills learnt stay with them and help them in their adult life. The activities, equipment and facilities include equipped camping sites in a safe and secure Centre. On occasions, we have had to turn groups away as we are fully booked or defer instructor led activities due to limited instructor availability. Our second building, presently under construction will mean we are offer our facilities to more Harrow groups.

Girlguiding Middlesex North West Facilities & Services for Guiding & Non-Guiding Groups residing in Harrow at Willow TreeCentre

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The HACAS Activity Day Centre is a Project created from inception in 1991 primarily to provide a meeting place to bring together those members ofthe community, particularly the Elderly African - Caribbeans who may feel isolated and depressed in their homes. The need to avoid isolation is theProject's main objective, meeting others to enjoy a meal and also where people in residential homes who cannot access Caribbean food have theopportunity to do so by attending the Club. Although the Project is primarily for the African-Caribbeans of the Borough, all nationalities are welcome.The HACAS Activity Day Centre meets every Friday from 11:00am to 4:00pm at the Methodist Church Hall, Locket Road, Wealdstone, Harrow.



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This particular Project was created for the disadvantaged African-Caribbean members of the community. We keep a Register of Attendees whichshow that on average, 35 people attend the HACAS Activity Day Centre each week. Referrals are received from family members asking if they couldbring their parent(s) to the HACAS Activity Day Centre. We have received verbal concerns from the members of the HACAS Activity Day Centre thatthey would miss the Club if it were to close. We have also received verbal compliments from some of the attendees as well as their families of howmuch their parent(s) are enjoying the HACAS Activity Day Centre.


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Set up appropriate in-service training for teachers in the borough.

Publicise by termly newsletter circulated to all schools in the borough.

Financial and practical support to schools, eg allotment projects.

Provide resources for environmental awareness teaching.

Anne Swain award for schools - display of winning work at Teachers' Centre



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Evidence of Need Many pupils have little or no contact with the natural environment in open spaces and Green Belt.

As a consequence younger ethnic minority pupils seem to be nervous and retreat from open spaces, woodland and wildlife.

Many have a lack of awareness of the growing process for plants.


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The HARA Community Support Service assists Harrow residents from diverse heritages with cases including racism, health, housing, education,employment and benefits, and assists clients to access services. Our team members speak a range of languages including languages spoken inAsia and Africa. The team includes qualified caseworkers, law graduates seeking employment, and pro-bono lawyers. We help clients to preparetheir cases and documentation and advocate on their behalf with the relevant agencies to stop harassment/bullying and prevent repeat harassment.If relevant, we work with partners to resolve cases. We receive referrals from partners and make referrals e.g. to counselling services. We also helpclients to access ESOL and I.T. courses. All our clients are encouraged to participate in HARA and Council events and forums, and beneficiaries andvolunteers are encouraged to prepare for vocational qualifications or attend specific training courses. We offer work-experience and support andmentor beneficiaries preparing for work-based and other qualifications.



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People approach us for help with dealing with racism, accessing services and entitlements, and accessing ESOL and training opportunities, workexperience and volunteering placements. People want to report racism cases in a non-intimidating environment and be able to communicate in theirown languages if they are not able to communicate effectively in English. We have qualified and CRB checked interpreters and can offer our servicein 8 different languages. The vast majority of our users are directed to us by previous users and by our members. In recent years there has been a steady increase in thenumber of cases we have helped people with. We had 105 cases in 2007-8, 188 cases in 2008-9, 223 cases in 2009-10, and 251 cases in 2010-11.Feedback sampling from clients confirms that they feel that HARA has helped them and they would recommend us. One client stated, "I was giventhe best service and everything I needed". Another stated, "It provided great benefit talking about my rights".We have started receiving additional racial harassment referrals through our newly formed partnerships with Harrow Equality Centre and HarrowVictim Support. We are also planning to set up partnership arrangements with other organisations in Harrow which we expect will lead to anincrease in referrals to us. We have been informed that people raise issues related to racism at tenants and residents meetings so we have indicatedto the Harrow Hate Crime Forum co-ordinator that we would be willing to support these people, which we expect will result in increased reporting ofracial incidents.


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We will provide services which empower disabled people to at least take clear steps to overcome barriers they face in achieving goals such asmaintaining their economic survival, entering work, socialising, or learning. We will provide staff and train volunteers to have the skills to:*help people who cannot do so themselves because of their disability needs, understand their entitlement to, apply for and attain necessary welfarebenefits*Enable people who wish to work to learn application skills, do work experience and learn to meet their own disability needs in a workplace *Enable people who are excluded because they lack the skills or opportunity to socialise to overcome the barriers eg. by learning to manage moneywhen out, travel safely, or be able to plan and make a social life happen to overcome exclusion



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With over 2000 users of similar services in 2010-11, we are at full capacity for every service, with waiting lists for most - for benefit advice an averageof 2 months waits. When HAD lost funding for welfare benefit services, some clients started a campaign which has many hundreds of signatures, aspeople depend on this service so much. Our experience with people tells us many disabled people lack capacity to make work or benefit applicationswithout help (some can learn), and will be driven into poverty without support. We have dozens and dozens of heartfelt thank you cards every yearfrom benefit clients. We survey 20% of service users, and over 90% of people state their life is improved as a result of the support received.1,3000,000 jobs will be lost in recession (Chartered Inst. of Personnel and Dev., Feb. 2010), with a higher % of redundancies affecting disabledpeople. Disabled people are 3 times more likely to face barriers such as transport to work (Inclusion London, 2011); Unemployment is more thantwice as high for disabled Londoners, with only 11% of active disabled job seekers finding work in 2010 (Kemp and Davidson). Disabled children are45% more likely to live in poverty (Family Resources Survey 2008-9). Disabled people are twice as likely to live in unsuitable housing (GLA Survey2010). Twice as many Black and Asian Londoners, and nearly 20% more women are disabled, creating cumulative disadvantage for those groups.We know individuals who would have died without our service in Harrow, and even the press have started to pick up possible cases (Metro,


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The project will help prevent illnesses and premature deaths among BME groups in Harrow through drug/alcohol awareness, health promotion andsign posting .The project beneficiaries have significant socio economic, linguistic and cultural barriers that impact negatively on their health standardsand accessibility to services.The project is an investment in public health and aims to improve the healthy living conditions of the BMEG through diversionary activities that willincrease their access and utilisation of services and information. These will involve:1. Provision of outreach services; drop-in sessions; group education; sign posting and awareness-raising against risk behaviours2. Work closely with PCT to provide information about early identification and screening of health problems via workshops, satellite clinics andeducational programmes.3. Increase access of health information’s, drug compliance, facilitate convalescence, and improve case management through early sign posting, andoutreach network among the BMEG4. Recruite volunteers to serve as peer Coaches, mentors and champions for chronic diseases like diabetes.



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We have used studies and researches conducted by us and partners in Harrow.We have also conducted dialogue and considered the advice and suggestions of our clients and found that the project beneficiaries have significantsocio economic, linguistic and cultural barriers that impact negatively on their health standards and accessibility to services. They are also widelyaffected by the rampant and mass substance misuse of Khat. (hasvo khat report 2004). Another important condition is their traumatic experiences of their violent exile. This is coupled by the high ratio of substance abuse among the youth which has led to a higher proportion of mental healthillnesses among the youth.According to a PCT Harrow report on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for 2004 and 2007, 20 Super Output Areas (SOA) in Harrow fell within the top 20% of England’s most deprived areas. This community is concentrated on these impoverished areas of Harrow. The majority of thecommunity members are accommodated in private housing with documented complaints proportionally higher than the average .These are poorlyinsulated with damp problems which exacerbate allergic and respiratory conditionsMoreover, the group came with many pandemic illnesses from their country of origin which continues to spread through their social networks. Manyhealth workers including GP’s, midwifes and health visitors are not equipped to understand or detect conditions earlier before it spreads or becomesdifficult to treat. (HASVO Research 2007).


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1 - Coaching programme.The Club will deliver a technical coaching programme at Bannister stadium, at which qualified coaches and assistant volunteer coaches will providespecialist training across a wide variety of athletic disciplines. The programme is open to all-comers, male and female, from age 8 and upwards.The Club has considerable experience in delivering training of this kind.

2 - Athletics 365.The Club has always worked closely with the Harrow schools network, and through this partnership has provided resources to help foster anddevelop athletics as a fun sport for children to get involved with.

With ‘Athletics 365’, UK Athletics, as the sports national governing body, have developed a framework to allow Clubs to provide a consistent andquality led approach to delivering this valuable opportunity to a wider audience.

Athletics 365 is a multi-event, young people development programme, which introduces athletes to the fundamental skills of athletics. Athletics 365focuses not only on how fast someone runs or how far someone jumps or throws but also, more importantly, on developing the technical skillsrequired to perform at full potential and move like a champion.



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Harrow AC has organised a highly successful coaching programme since 1981 which has been jointly funded by the Club and the Harrow SportsCouncil (previously on behalf of Harrow Council). The coaching programme is freely available to any Harrow resident.

Originally the programme operated only in the summer but more recently has been extended to operate through the winter months due to increaseddemand from the participants. On the busiest summer evenings there are 150+ young athletes participating in the programme and 40+ adults.

Note that there is no alternative coaching available elsewhere within the Borough; the Club is the sole provider of athletics coaching to the widercommunity.

In 2009, the Club resumed the use of waiting lists for youngsters wishing to join the coaching scheme, such is its popularity. Parents also speak veryhighly of the scheme and the Club receives positive feedback on a regular basis. This is in part due to our achieving Clubmark accreditation fromSport England and operating to a very high standard.

UKA, the governing body for athletics, is tasking all athletics Clubs with taking the sport into their local schools network which has resulted in theAthletics 365 initiative launched in 2010.

As we approach London Olympic year, the demand for our input to the schools sporting agenda is already increasing especially amongst schoolyears 3 to 10.UKA also expects National League Clubs (such as Harrow) to have a coaching framework in place providing athletics pathways to higher levelcompetition.


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Family Forum provides the following activities:(a) Weekly Health Promotion activities(b) Monthly Family gathering including children, and senior citizens to exchange views, ideas and to have social activities with tea, coffee and lightmeals.(c) Arrange special cultural activities for various occasions (d) Arrange trips to various places of interest.(e) Weekly Language, Music & Dance classes.(f) GP / Hospital visit with clients for interpreting(g) Home visit for isolated families to offer friendship



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According to the last census report, a large number of Bengali families, specially the elderly group are usually house bound, due to language andcommunication barriers, which makes them isolated and as a result feels depressed. We have done a survey and the findings are that they do not get much chance to go out and meet friends and access various services available for a normal day to day activities of life. We have monitored theneed for this service and also invited suggestion and ideas from our members during monthly family gathering. An overwhelming majority hasrequested for a family forum to include following services: - Weekly Health Promotion Activities- Monthly family gathering including children and senior citizens- Various cultural activities during the year for special occasions- Various trips to the places of interest- weekly language, music & dance class This will give our service users self confidence, communication skill and they will have chances to net work with other members & communities.


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Provision of services for people affected by a death and loss.

These include:

• A free, confidential and non-judgemental visiting scheme open to all residents of Harrow and neighbouring areas• An interactive website and a telephone help line for referrals and contact• A support programme for children and young people affected by the death of a family member, teacher or friend, delivered by specially trained volunteers• Friendly support groups for bereaved people to meet informally• Continuing professional training and development for volunteers in the skills relevant to bereavement and loss• Customized training for people who work with children and young people• Information and sign-posting individuals and agencies to appropriate organizations



Balance -£14,886.00


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Research carried out in UK, USA, Europe and Australia and regular feedback from service users confirms how vital it is for bereaved people to beable to talk to someone who will listen without judgement. Every 27 minutes a child in this country loses a parent. (1)In the Harrow area there are likely to be several hundred children suffering bereavement from this cause alone.HBC visitors are trained to support people through the often devastating experience of grief and loss, especially where this is sudden, violent orunexpected.Unresolved grief can surface through depression, substance abuse, anti social behaviour and psychosomatic illness. A Home Office report showedthat 47% of bereaved children have tried drugs and 40% of parent-bereaved girls are pregnant before the age of 18. These issues place additionaldemands on health and social services. The HBC service contributes to the health and well being of our local community.Written and verbal feedback to HBC from users indicates the value of the service. Faith leaders, GPs, teachers and other professionals make regularreferrals.

(1) 'Guiding Children through the ups and downs of grief' by Brian Cranwell


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Upgrade of floodlighting installation for the football pitch at the club to a minimum overall average of 220 LUX with an approximate 0.35 min/maxuniformity.Remove 16 existing old Osram/Delta lights and control gear from the 4 corner columns. Refocus remaining floodlights, supply wire and fit new lampsand control gear. Fit new cabling and wire and supply/hire plant to carry out the above works and obtain report certificate.



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The floodlights were erected some years ago and the lights are now outdated ad many of the bulbs do not work. Unless we are able to carry out therefurbishment then shortly we will not be able to play evening football matches which will effect our first team, the reserve team and our juniors whowill not be able to participate within their respective leagues.


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This service will provide access to advice, information and casework to resolve over 10,000 problems for Harrow residents on subjects such asbenefits, debt, employment and housing. This will be provided through drop-in advice sessions, telephone advice and email/postal advice. Servicewill operate during the week with at least one Saturday drop in advice session per month for those who cannot attend in the week due for example tobeing in full time work. Service will be provided to community legal service general help standards. Access to pro bono solicitors will be provided forthose in need of complex legal advice.



Balance -£20,373.00


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Harrow CAB helps thousands of residents each year with a wide range of problems - most often benefits, debts, housing and employment. Weprovide a holistic service, so clients typically receive advice on more than one issue, often spanning a range covering for example divorce, domesticviolence, health or discrimination.

In 2010-11 we had an increase in client numbers of almost 80% due to the ongoing effects of the recession and additional central governmentfunding which enabled us to open for additional hours. In total, the CAB service last year helped over 11,500 clients to resolve almost 18,000problems. 31,522 local residents tried to telephone us in that period - which represents 17% of the adult population of Harrow.

We helped clients to manage over £5million of personal debt and claim over £600,000 in unclaimed benefits. Our waiting room is full to overflowingeach time we open. We also provide support to other voluntary and statutory agencies when problems go beyond their level of expertise. However,there is still a great amount of unmet need for advice in the borough, as evidenced by the amount of telephone calls.

Latest satisfaction figures show that 73% of clients are very happy with the service and 27% of clients are fairly happy.


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Harrow Community Transport (Harrow CT) provides a range of community transport services for residents of Harrow; who are in need of such aservice because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical) or because of a lack of appropriate public transport services. Through its workHarrow CT seeks to combat social isolation and promote independence and community involvement. Harrow CT supports other Harrow-basedVoluntary community sector (VCS) organisations, groups and individuals with their mobility and transport needs. Harrow CT works to encourage andassist these groups, thus enabling them to meet their goals in providing vital services to communities across the borough of Harrow.



Balance -£184,429.00


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More than 30 years ago Harrow residents identified a gap in transport provision affecting the most vulnerable residents. This need continues today,and by working with users and beneficiaries of the service, Harrow CT has developed a broad range of services designed to meet the needs of themembership and reduce social isolation.

The membership of Harrow CT continues to grow and currently stands at over 180 local organisations and 130 individual members. Harrow CT services are in operation 365 days a year and demand is increasing for all services provided.

During the period 2007-2011 Passenger trip numbers have continued to increase by an average of 32% per annum. Harrow CT's services continueto develop with increasing numbers of requests being made for existing and new services such as driver training. Transport requests are also beingmade by a broader spectrum of users including statutory organisations. Health and social welfare related transport; for example medical appointments, and shopping trips have increased.


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Therapeutic Activities Programme (TAP) otherwise known as Together has beensuccessfully piloted since November 2010. In order to expand this integrated service to fill the capacity of the Milmans site with Clients in receipt ofPersonal Budgets and who can pay Crossroads Care from their own means, we have employed a dedicated Service Development Manager. Theforecast is that there will be a rapid take-up of the service as transport and food for the clients is now being arranged and we have a waiting list ofClients once this in place. This bid is to request funding to increase the staff and volunteers to meet the expansion of the successful service. Thisintegrated service serves the public and meets the majority of the Council's priorities. The Clients are over 16 years of age and have an illness ordisability or are socially isolated. We have created a community service which involves and unites people, by recruiting participants and volunteers from the community, particularly those individuals with a learning disability wishing to gain work experience and young people who would benefit fromenhancing their motivation and self-esteem. The volunteers also benefit.



Balance -£33,806.00


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Crossroads TAP has currently been in successful operation (a pilot) for a period of 12 months . Comments from clients /carers / volunteers and staffare very positive. It is now time to expand the service to be active 7 x a week. The whole service has been well received, and we have had positiveresults in contributing to the recovery of people who have suffered a stroke, enhancing and maintaining people's skills to enable them to remain athome, supporting the stress of their carers. The volunteers have reported enhanced self-esteem and (for some) feeling less isolated and having a purpose. TAP (Together) has also been able to reduce social isolation for both our clients and their carers, providing a strong arena where friendships are made and peer group support and company are enjoyed. It has been a fantastic experience which can now be expanded to the site'sfull capacity. As Crossroads Care now has a dedicated Service Development Manager we hope to expand this service at Milmans to full capacity andthen source a second site to enable more people to access this unique integrated service. We have a waiting list as transport and a meal have beenrequested and we are currently working to make these available. The need is evident to Crossroads Care as we have worked tirelessly to serve people in need and are now adding new services that have been identified by the clients and carers who use our services. The expansion of thepiloted service relies on securing additional employees and volunteers and arranging transport and meals for the Clients.


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We aim to promote equality of opportunity & foster good relations in Harrow. Activities will contribute to and complement LBH’s corporate priorities, inparticular “United and involved communities” and “People most in need”.Key activities:Equality Advice/Advocacy: Advice and training to individuals, groups, & Harrow organisationsHate Crime action: Advice to victims; independent survey of cases; continue with Hate Crime Reporting Centre arrangement; contribute to ActionPlan of Hate Crime and Community Tension Forum with Council, Police and others; establish a multi-agency referral mechanism.Equality Policy: Advice and training on developing & reviewing equality policiesCompliance with Equality Act/Duties: Independent review of EqIA of LBH and other providers to ensure compliance with duties; assess impact ofpolicies, services and projects on users; highlight the need for meaningful consultation and due regard to duties; challenge practicesAwareness Raising: Equality events; training on Equality Act and DutiesAdded Value: Volunteering opportunities; Hot-desking & meeting room facilities for Harrow CVS, LGBT and BME groups



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Harrow is one of the most diverse Boroughs in the UK (religion and ethnicity) with above 53% from ethnic minority origin according to NSO. The needfor HEC was highlighted as part of consultations with 40 stakeholders. The impact of social policies on minorities/new arrivals are huge, particularlyon service provision. Recent riots underline the message for Local Authorities, particularly in diverse boroughs, to maintain focus on communityengagement & cohesion, creating a sense of belonging, effective integration/inclusion and putting emphasis on fairness and equality. HEC as anindependent body has a unique role in monitoring the implementation of Equality Act/Duties. HEC’s strategic role was highlighted inmeetings/discussions with key players. Adult social care judicial review in Birmingham has highlighted the need for proper consultation with usersand the completion of Equality Impact Assessment processes to ensure compliance with equality legislation. The Action Plan for Hate Crime Forumhas identified a strong need for a designated Hate Crime worker to support victims. The Equality Act is a complex piece of legislation and there ishuge demand for training, highlighted in initial sessions delivered to Harrow organisations. HEC’s direct work with groups has indicated the need forsupport (developing, reviewing & updating equality policies, updating stakeholders on changes, using the toolkits). Harrow’s consultationrecommended established CVS organisations to support small groups with premises.


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Volunteer wardens in the Harrow Nature Conservation Forum help maintain these open spaces:

Newton Farm Ecology ParkRoxbourne RoughBentley Old VicarageBentley PrioryStanmore Country ParkStanmore Little CommonPear WoodStanmore Common

Works to maintain and improve the sites for visitors and biodiversity will be carried out by local volunteers and groups from the British Trust forConservation Volunteers.

We will continue to design and print leaflets describing each of our sites and distribute them in libraries, at the Civic Centre, at the Harrow Museumand at fairs and shows. We will design and print a poster for use at Pride in Harrow events. We will continue to advertise our sites, events andvolunteer opportunities on our website and by Twitter.

A new or existing volunteer will be trained in safe use of a brush cutter, obtain the relevant National Proficiency Tests Council qualification, and usethis skill on our sites.



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Harrow’s open spaces are highly valued by residents, as proved by the petition to protect our Green Belt signed by over 8,000 residents in 2005 andthe 2006 consultation for the Council’s Green Belt Management Strategy, which also found that “Residents of Harrow and in particular youth were not aware of the Green Belt at the north of the borough nor that there was an equivalent of 4 Hyde Parks of publicly accessible open space.” Withoutthe leaflets, website and outreach activities we have initiated since 2006 many fewer of Harrow’s residents would be aware of the open spaces andwould be less informed about the wildlife they see if they do visit, leading to poorer quality of life and reduced social cohesion.

In September 2011 Harrow Public Realm Maintenance Service Manager David Corby wrote "Harrow Council has no paid wardens for its green beltopen land and is very grateful for the work that the Forum volunteers do in maintaining the various reserves as excellent sites for both wildlife andhuman visitors". Without our volunteer work the sites would be disfigured by rubbish, paths would be blocked by fallen branches, a danger to visitors,and biodiversity (that is, species numbers) would fall as open areas were overgrown.

We recently consulted fully over plans for works on Stanmore Common. The responses fully supported our work and plans.

Unemployment, especially among young people, is a serious problem in Harrow. Our volunteers gain experience to improve their CV and, inparticular, gain skills required for jobs in conservation, land management and horticulture.


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Harrow in Europe's functions can be divided intoa ) Activities relating to the Civic link between Douai and Harrow which involve facilitating the visit of our Mayor and and other councillor colleaguesto events in Douai and in return facilitating the visit of the Mayor of Douai and other Councillor colleagues to Harrow b). Other This is the main part of our activity .We organized/facilitated around 19 events involving pupils,disabled sports, cultural, historical visitsand study tours with up to 765 people participating



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LB H confirmed its intent to twin with Douai in May 1979 and reaffirmed this intent after 30 years by a full motion in Council in May 2009

We have increasing demands from schools and other organizations for grants towards the cost of Educational ,Sports ,and Cultural exchangesWe regularly contact all the schools in the borough advising them of our services and promote our activities via partner organizations such asHAVS, HAD, MENCAP,Stanmore College,Rotary ,Lions Kodak and Harrow St Mary's football clubs ,Hatch End Jetstream Tri ClubWe have links with Kodak and Harrow Saint Mary's football teams and are aiming to part fund them for their visit in June to an International youthfootball tournament in Douai .as well as a seniors tournament in March.As a result of taking part in European wide Conference about the integration of Muslim communities in Douai in 2011 which included three of ofDouai's twin towns we were able to paint a picture of the success of community cohesion and race relations in In Harrow .The other participantswere excited by the information that we gave we offered to will host the return event in Harrow at the Central Mosque the summer of 2012 withthe our then Mayor as a speaker .along with other members of interfaith and community groups IN July 2012 Harrow has had the honour of being invited to take part in the Fetes de Gayants ,the big traditional internationally recognized paradein Douai


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A) Advice Centre: To provide practical support, advice and guidance directly to members and users and also working to promote the services in duallanguages and market the services to those people who are new to the UK. Between 200 and 250 people from the Kuwaiti Bidoon community willbenefit from this project.

B) Football project: To train at least 30 players and recruit number of volunteers. To train volunteers to FA certificate coaching and referee level. Toenable socially excluded young people from the Kuwaiti Bidoon community and other minority ethnic groups to be actively involved in footballactivities. To organise football training and league matches.

C) Volunteer Club: To introduce volunteering in the Kuwaiti Bidoon Community and run activities to support and helps the Kuwaiti BidoonCommunity. The number of volunteer expected to run this project will be more than 10 people, their role will be based organizing the events andsupport all the participants and also to run the association to increase its capacity to recruit volunteers and manage them well. .



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Our Kuwaiti Community Organization(KCA) has over ten years experience of working with people of all backgrounds and abilities with the KuwaitiBidoon community in Harrow. We have built up relationships of trust and credibility with our members and users as well as with other organizationsin and around Harrow such as The Harrow Refugee and Minorities Forum, Harrow Council, Harrow Association of Voluntary Service, Harrow IranianCommunity Association and Angolan Civil Communities Alliance.

We carried out a community questionnaire with Kuwaiti Bidoon in Harrow, we have found that the majority Kuwaiti from different groups feel isolatedand lonely and would benefit from meeting with others sharing activities and setup advice centre, volunteer club and football clubs. Also we haveheld meetings within the community to determine these needs. Kuwaiti people in general are low skilled and are economically disadvantaged. Thesedisadvantages are further increased by cultural and language issues, which make it difficult for the Kuwaiti Community to access and take fulladvantage of mainstream services.

In the last year, we have received many cases for families and individuals who received refusal to their asylum cases and became without anysupport. For that reason, the KCA hoping to challenge and tackle the lack of information which impact on the community integration. Also, we runfootball training for young people and adult, 30 people have participated in our training and through this project hoping to involve more in sport to behealthy and active, and meet with others.


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We will:a) provide free legal advice to disadvantaged people in Harrow who are at risk of homelessness, poverty and debt.b) provide Second tier legal advice to local voluntary organizations and agencies to enable them to better support their clients.c) undertake Public Legal Education to better inform local people of legal rights and responsibilitiesd) undertake local social policy work collecting data to improve services for our clients.

We will provide added value as we are seeking only partial funding for this service from the LA. We have already raised approximately £260,000 andcreated 5 jobs in Harrow. We have also assisted 4 unemployed young local people to find high quality employment in the legal and relatedprofessions. We are able to draw on support from other expert volunteers who provide us with their expertise and time to secure a good outcome forour clients. For example when necessary we are able to draw upon free advice from Barristers to advise our clients.



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Harrow Law centre came about as a result of individuals within the community taking it upon themselves to establish a Legal Charity to assist disadvantaged groups within the borough with legal problems. The impetus for the Harrow Law Centre was therefore a reaction from the communityagainst what was seen as the injustice in access to legal advice. The model chosen was a dynamic, not for profit organization that would operatereactively by providing advice, and pro actively through education, social policy/influencing and test case litigation. It is a model that the private sectorsolicitors are unable to replicate as many of the functions are non-profit making. It is also better able to undertake these roles as it is rooted withinthe community and accountable to it. We draw on and channel the additional support and enthusiasm offered by many individuals and organizationsacross Harrow. The community itself therefore initially identified the need for the law centre. Since opening in April 2010 we have had to increaseour staff in order to meet the growing demand for our services. The Community Legal Service Directory shows that there is a considerable lack ofproviders in Harrow of specialist legal advice in traditional areas of social welfare law. Significant cuts to legal aid are due to take effect in Spring2012 which will impact considerably on disadvantaged groups. This comes at the same time as major changes and cuts in welfare provision such ashousing benefit. Therefore there is more need then ever before for a law centre in Harrow.


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Harrow Mencap Transition Pathways





Transition Pathways is a preventative service for young people with disabilities who have received support from Education services, but who do notmeet the FACS criteria once their support is provided through adult services.Transition Pathways will provide a full time Preventative Services Worker who will support these excluded young people at time of transition. Thesupport offered will vary to individual needs but will include: Offering advice and guidance on a vast range of subjects, including benefits,employment opportunities, further training, and housing; Supporting access to community events and activities; Helping to maintain networks; andaccessing positive activities - which structure days, and improve well being, and self worth.In providing this support the project will increase participation, link people with already established clubs, increase the number of volunteers withinthe local community, and enable people to access mainstream activities.In addition to the individual support the Worker will develop and support Peer Groups where users can meet, share thoughts, increase socialnetworks, and engage in clubs/activities.



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It is widely acknowledged that for some young people going through transition, that whilst they may meet the criteria for children’s services, they maynot meet the Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) criteria for adult services or find adult services inappropriate for their needs. The Transition Boardfor Harrow has recently identified this area as an issue locally with an increasing need for support for young people/young adults with mild tomoderate difficulties. For example, evidence provided by Shaftesbury High School in Harrow (a special needs school in the borough) suggests thatover the past five years, 70% of leavers have not met the eligibility criteria for Adult Services. These are all young vulnerable adults that have mild tomoderate learning difficulties, alongside other diagnoses of Asperger’s, Emotional Behaviour Difficulties, ADHD or mental health needs.These young people who ‘fall through the gap’ are a very vulnerable group and without support they easily become disengaged or ‘lost’ andcontribute to NEET figures within Harrow. Due to the trusting nature of some of these vulnerable adults they are coerced by others into taking part incriminal activities, and can be seen as victims of crime themselves.Families and the young people themselves (many of whom are known to us through our school, Saturday and sports/social Clubs) tell us of theirconcerns about the lack of options for this vulnerable group when they leave school. Many ask us for advice and have indicated how they wouldappreciate a project aimed specifically at supporting transition.

Harrow MencapTransition Pathways

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The funding is for the continuation of the work of Harrow and Wealdstone Shopmobility, a charity loaning wheelchairs and scooters free of charge,enabling disabled people living, working or schooling in Harrow with permanent or temporary mobility limitations to lead independent lives. Also weserve terminally ill people with access to shopping, financial services, entertainment, library and medical facilities. We also allow enable disabledpeople to participate in all the necessary functions of daily living and to play a full part in the community life in Harrow.This funding will also enable the modernisation of the service through enhanced training of volunteers to use the planned new computerizedsystems, training in this will improve service delivery to the public as the issuing of equipment will proceed more quickly and smoothly. We will alsopromote the service widely to new users particularly those from African Caribbean backgrounds who may be somewhat less likely to use our servicethan Asian and white users.This will include developing a web-site for the first time.Finally funding is for the repair and Maintenance of mobility equipment to provide a reliable service.



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1. Harrow Shopmobility is an extremely well used service. We have almost 3300 registered users and on average are 47 different items of equipment(scooters power chairs and manual wheelchairs) are used over 250 times a month. In the peak summer months up to 940 items are in use in themonth with waiting lists for wheelchairs in operation showing that there is unmet need.2. A recent user survey confirmed 100% of users could not manage without our service and the service was well used by white and Asian users butthere are plans to improve our profile with the African and Caribbean community who are somewhat under represented.3. Recent research by the New Policy Institute confirmed that 30% of disabled people experience high levels of unemployment and deprivation andare more likely to live in low income households. This means that many disabled people are unable to afford their own mobility equipment and rely onShopmobility to meet their need for independence.4. Shopmobility also provides longer term equipment loan to those diagnosed with a terminal illness. This enables the family to use their resourceson care and treatment rather than trying to purchase equipment when life expectancy is uncertain and needs may change. At present we have 3terminally ill adults and one child with longer term loaned equipment.5. The ONS Census 2001 indicated a 24% aged population of 65+ with a projection of 30% being reached by 2028. As people get older their mobilitydecreases and their reliance upon our services will increase.


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Our project is to provide the grounds and facilities to encourage people aged 6 upwards to play cricket and to use the sport to develop physically andto foster social relationships with players and other families and the local community.Cricket bridges gaps between sexes, sizes, ethnicity and personality. It is sociable, while at the same time providing lots of opportunities to stay, andkeep, in shape. It is a great way for young people to learn to work together in a team environment while developing important physical and mentalskills.Cricket rewards patience, technique and intelligence; this encourages people of all ages to participate and draws out those typically disaffected. Also,despite the popular image of being a summer sport, cricket is a year-round sport and can be played both outdoors and in. It's good for your fitnesslevels, as a game can last for many hours! To enable our sport to take place incurs heavy costs. Not only do we have to maintain the cricket field andthe pavilion but we need to maintain both to a suitable standard. A large proportion of our costs are running costs eg utility bills etc. These areongoing costs that we would like help with.



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The Government, local authority & cricketing authorities wish to increase youth participation in sport & at grass roots level our club provides thatthrough cricket a sport that, as well as being fun, provides the excitement of competition & also physical, mental & social benefits to both them & adults, enabling them to meet new people. It’s one of the few sports where young/old, male/female can play together competitively. Children reluctantto take part in sport find themselves suited to cricket. It’s a great way for children to learn to work together in a team environment.Despite competitive sport being high on the Government’s agenda and the Olympics only a short time away, the Government is cutting back onfunding for school sport and school/club links. Our Education Authority and our schools need pathways for pupils. P.E teaching in junior schoolsgenerally does not provide specialist cricket coaching unless the teacher plays the sport themselves. It’s no use inspiring children if they can onlyplay in a playground. Children need green space to play safely away from traffic. We provide that. Local Police need opportunities to improve youth social behaviour & encourage positive behaviour. Without our help several would have become involved in crime“Being a member has improved my son’s social skills which he has always struggled with; improved his low self esteem which has in turn helped himfunction better at school.” “As well as sporting fun, the club was a stabilising influence for my son through a troubled adolescence & has become along term friendship group.


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Run the day drop in centre for the elders of for four days a week - Mon, Tues, Thurs. and Fridays, for three hours daily. total of 160 days. Organize physical activities to improve life styles such as Keep fit, yoga and breathing exercise sessions and walks weekly.Provide facilities for mental activities such as indoor games, reading facilities, and day trips. Lectures, discussions, workshops and seminars on health issues, how to face ageism, gain knowledge on diseases that affect the elderly, how toprevent, how to cope up if victims and special dietary needs 12( monthly) Provide opportunities to bring positive changes in life. Organise luncheonclubs, social gatherings, and cultural celebrations. organise day trips & annual sports meet for the elderly community with suitable events.



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The elders of the Tamil community with less English knowledge need a place to meet and socialize to lead a fulfilling life. There is no other place inHarrow to provide such facilities.

The summary of the Need assessment questionnaire collected on 11.11.2011 from 52 members, show that the members want the drop in services to continue and to find a way forward.

My survey proves that 59% of the beneficiaries live in single flats. They need opportunities to break isolation and participate in social activities.

More than 25% out of 5000 Tamil voters are elders in Harrow, who live in isolation with poor health issues and will benefit from more knowledge inhealth matters.

The age range of our members is 63 to 90, who need informations how to embrace healthy ageing life styles. We have three members who areterminally ill who need the social life with known friends.

The feed back collected from members and others clearly say that all the activities organized are essential to enhance their quality of life.

We get referrals from GPs North Harrow and West Harrow and also we had one referral from AGE Concern Harrow which proves that our servicesare essential.

Also, The medical representatives and officers form 'Mind' in Harrow who have visited our drop in centre have said in the 'Visitors comments' registerthat this drop in service is a necessity to the senior society to lead a contended and happy life.


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The Harrow Tamil School Association organizers an exhilarating music festival every year for our students who have learnt various disciplines toshowcase their talents in a Theatre. This is a very unique event as the participants are from variety of background.



Balance -£2,900.00


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Children who attend our classes need recognition. They would not simply attend the classes for years without achieving or proving something. Thisactivity is a platform for them to gain that little stardom that they crave for. Moreover, this is an opportunity for the participants, their parents and theirgrandparents (some of them live in a care home) to get together in a family friendly environment.


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To reinvigorate the neighbourhood, sense of community and bring more people back into sport by bringing locals together in friendly rivalry usingsport. The project will achieve this by setting up an annual sports day where friends and neighbours of one part of a Ward, compete against anotherpart of the Ward.

This project funding will provide the kick start to establish the infrastructure needed to allow the community to continue with this activity beyond thefirst year when it will become self organising and self financing.

Two clusters of roads in a ward will be organised to compete against each other in a fair, friendly sporting competition. People choose the sports andability levels and are matched against someone from the other cluster of streets. The results are recorded for all the sports and the side with the mostpoints wins. In fact the result is incidental as people will have the opportunity to continue to play matches against other locals through out the day.The sports day is a catalyst for bringing the community together.



Balance -£51,680.00


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This project directly supports the councils declared priority of 'United & Involved Communities'.

Initiated by residents in the Marlborough Ward and demonstrated in the highly successful event during December 2010 that proved the demand wasreal.

This event involved 65 Harrow Residents from two clusters of roads in the Marlborough Ward. Neighbours living in and around Radnor Rd andAvenue (Radnors) competed against residents living in and around Dukes Avenue, Kings Walk, Queens Walk (Royals). Several neighbours met forthe first time, many new friendships were established and some have been stimulated to start regular sporting activity. This group of residents willexpand and run this event again in December 2011 involving more households in the Marlborough Ward.

Members of HVKC and residents that took past last year have canvassed people from accross the wards via primary school parental contacts. Theyhave established a latest desire to have an activity that brings friends and neighbours together in a cohesive, friendly, sporting environment withinthese other wards.


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The project will offer a safe and encouraging environment for participants to train with fully qualified ECB cricket coaches.The club encourages individuals from all cultures and communities to participate and targets females as they are traditionally less likely toparticipate in cricket.The club offers a venue, equipment and experienced coach support to ensure that participants learn the game and are able to play the game tomatch standards.The club enables participants to increase their fitness levels by providing general fitness activities to increase their strength and stamina andencourages a socially interactive environment which promotes team work.The club offers the opportunity to qualify in professional coaching courses which are accredited by the ECB and offers courses in young leadershipwhich provides further academic skills and abilities.All staff members have enhanced CRB checks. The project is open to all girls and ladies in Harrow, and part of our remit is the we run the Harrow girls squad in the Youth Games representing theLondon Borough of Harrow.



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From the feed back received from the Harrow schools, plus from our own feedback evaluations obtained from all the girls / ladies who haveparticipated and their parents / relatives.


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Herga Opportunity Pre School Play groupOperation Outside





We hope to provide a safe and simulating educational environment for all children who are attending Herga playgroup. We hope to give them safeaccess to an outdoor curriculum that meets adequately with all health and safety regualtions and ofsted requirements.



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The outdoor area is frequently inaccessible due to standing water and uneven paving. this makes use very hazardous for wheelchair users. Dustthat is created due to lack of grass makes the atmosphere very unpleasant and completely unsuitable for any children with lung disorders orallergies. When it rains mud forms causing dangers and risks to the children. Children are unable to access toys and equipment independently dueto lack of storage.

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Acting Up is a weekly theatre and drama based session for anyone over the age of 18. Sessions take place at the Aspire Centre in Stanmore. Theproject runs for twelve weeks each term. The project is accessible to all members of the local community and the aim of the project is to provide aservice which helps to break down barriers in communities, and assists with cohesion. A maximum of 20 participants can attend each session, andwe welcome new members weekly. The project welcomes volunteers to assist with the running of the sessions, and administration for the project.The project offers performances for the whole community to enjoy, often outdoor performances in parks and public spaces bringing theatre to thosethat may not have accessed live theatre before.



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HIT is in the process of running a highly successful pilot project between September 2011 and July 2012. So far during the pilot project we haverecruited 19 registered members between the beginning of September and the end of November 2011. These participants are benefitting from regularly attending the sessions. These members continue to attend each week, and are looking forward to performing several times during theforthcoming year.

Approximately 15% of people in Harrow are disabled. National statistics show that disabled people do less well than non-disabled people in many areas of life. This includes employment, income and education. They are more likely to face discrimination in accessing services. (HarrowComprehensive Equalities Scheme 2010). Over the past two years there have been substantial cuts in funding of adult learning project for disabledpeople in Harrow.

Disadvantaged groups, particularly the disabled, are more likely to be inactive than the general population, and the likelihood of inactivity increaseswith more disadvantages. Health status affects participation, with poor health and disability acting as a barrier for many people. Disabled people werealso less likely to participate in social activities. Thirty-seven per cent of disabled people were active in an organisation compared with 47 per cent ofnon-disabled people. (Office of National Statistics - Focus on Social Inequalities). There is a further discrepancy in recruitment of male participantsand participants from BME groups. 60% of HIT's current participants are males under 40.


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The Harrow Safer Children & Families Project will provide a weekly children’s hour during term-time for pre-school age children and a summer playscheme for school aged children. All the beneficiaries of the project will be children made homeless by domestic violence who are living at theHarrow Women’s Refuge.

The project will be delivered by a qualified sessional children’s worker, alongside a small team of trained and supported volunteers who will besupervised and mentored by the Harrow Refuge Manager.

The weekly ‘Children’s Hour’ will offer a safe environment and provide play-focused activities that enable children to relax, bond, have fun andinteract with other families with shared experiences.

The 6-week summer holiday play-scheme will take place in and around Harrow and enable children to make new friendships and give themmemories and positive experiences that they can carry into their later lives.

We will involve the children in deciding the structure of the project and the activities will be led by them and informed by the age and interests of thechildren residing at the refuge each week.



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The impact of domestic violence on children is well evidenced:

• Significantly more behavioural problems (Young Minds Issue 66, 2003 & Sternberg et al, Developmental Psychology, vol 29(1), Jan 1993, 44-52)

• Ongoing fear and dread of violence recurring is emotionally damaging to children (Jaffe et al 1990)

• Even when removed from the violent situation, they continue to suffer from "persecutory fears" that are deep seated and persistent and emotionaltrauma continues to be experienced (Sturge 2000)

Our own experience is that the children living in our domestic violence refuge are disadvantaged and in distress. They find it difficult to understandwhat has happened and have problems talking about their experience and sadly, the consequences to their relationships, health and education canlast a lifetime.On moving into a refuge, children experience an extreme sense of displacement and loss. They have left behind their home, friends, father, school,personal belongings and literally everything that gave their daily lives structure, meaning and consistency; in order to be safe.


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Home Start Harrow Vulnerable First Time Mothers Group





A group of about 8/9 inexperienced new mothers and their babies meet weekly with the coordinator and a Health Visitor. During the sessionsinformation and guidance is provided on specific issues and group discussions held around topics raised by the mothers themselves. Massage andrelaxation techniques are demonstrated and practiced within the group The mothers learn to interact with their babies as they acquire the skills andknowledge to overcome their problems.



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Research shows that babies who form a secure attachment with their mother are more likely to become happy, healthy adults. Mothers who arereferred to us are identified as being at risk of failing to form this essential bond due to anxieties caused, for example, by post-natal depression,social isolation, absence of family support, inexperience and apprehension about motherhood. They may also have the additional difficulty of copingwith their own disability or that of their newborn child.Frequently, Health visitors refer mothers with no network of family or friends and no experience of parenting, who are at a loss in coping with theirbaby's needs.Health visitors also tell us how much they value the group, as its record shows many mothers have benefited by becoming more confident in theirparenting strategies and in the way they bond with their child.In the last ten years well over 400 mothers were helped by attending this group. Recent feedback includes "without Home-Start I would have not coped nearly so well bringing up my baby daughter" and"coming to this group mademe feel better that I was not alone in having a difficult baby".

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HOPE Harrow will deliver 6 parenting courses/workshops to parents/carers to help build on the skills they already have and to give them furtherstrategies to become more effective in their parents/carers role.

We will deliver:

1 Anger Management Course1 Effective Parenting1 Triple P Teens2 Behaviour Management Workshop1 Living with a Teenager



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Parents/carers who access and successfully complete the courses we run indicate that they would like to attend further courses. We have recentlyran a Living with a Teenager Workshop and all 8 parents/carers have expressed and interest in further training.

We have a constant dialogue with colleagues in Children's Services who also tell us there is a need. There are currently 57 Children Looked After inHarrow and 148 Children with a Child Protection Plan. On 31/10/11 there were a total of 155 Children Looked After in Harrow, of which 48 childrenwere aged 10-15 and 68 were aged 16-17 years. This is backed by our own experience where we had an increase in enquiries from parents ofteenage boys, in particular teenagers aged 13.

We have had initial discussions with a member of staff from Hatch End High School who we are looking to work with who also confirms that there isneed to support parents with behaviour management.

Many of our parents are sign- posted to our service from CAHMS as they do not fit their remit however parents are advised to come onto ourparenting courses as often it is a parenting issue as opposed to a problem with the child/young person.

HOPE Harrow fills a gap in service provision as there are services in Harrow that provide parenting support to families with children under the age of5 years, apart from HOPE Harrow there is little provision for those with children over 5 years apart from specialist services such as ADHD andAutism Support, KCA and Portage. There is no other provision for parents that simply want to be better parents.


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Huntington's Disease Association Regional Care Advisory Service





o provide information and support to people with a diagnosis of Huntington's Disease (HD) and those at risk of developing the illnessTo offer advice and information to carers To offer support in a variety of formats including social networking opportunitiesTo provide opportunities, information and support for children and young peopleTo promote and secure effective care facilities that meet local needTo provide specialised advice and information To develop and support Branches and Groups throughout England and Wales and provide training to enable them to carry out their rolesTo provide literature on all aspects of the diseaseTo educate service providers and commissioners as to the needs of HD familiesTo create public awareness of HD in order to eradicate ignoranceTo promote and support medical and social researchTo raise funds in order to accomplish these aims



Balance -£34,884.00


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The Regional Care Advisory Service is already well established in London. The need was such that the RCA set up a local support group in Harrow,which has been well received and meets on a regular basis.We have internal monitoring procedures, including regular peer meetings and monthly reports, in addition feedback on the Regional Care AdvisoryService is also solicited from the service users through audit tools such as:Evaluation forms/questionnairesRegional Family DaysNational HDA Newsletters, Branch Newsletters and updatesVia our Website and Message BoardRegular SurveysThis data is reviewed on a regular basis and serves to shape the future plans of both the Regional Care Advisory Service and that of the Associationas a whole.

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I Serve will support disadvantaged and marginalised youths from a variety of backgrounds including BAME, disabled, and refugees and asylumseekers.• Induction Sessions and line management- All young people will receive a short one to one session to explore what their interests are andwhat they would like to gain from participating. • Training Work Shops- There will be a range of workshop exercises about the core principles of theprogramme including the themes of: respect, equality, citizenship. • Team Building Sessions- the project will deliver 12 day-long.• Discussion Forums



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The need for this project was identified through information collected from service users assessment, evaluation and follow up activities identifiedissues around crime. From our annual survey report many of I Serve clients had identified crime and anti social behaviour as one of the main threatsto their children progression. I Serve has extensive experience of providing activities for youth particular those from refugee and asylum seekers andour evaluation of activities identified that there are persistent problems with parents not being full engaged in the school student parent loop. Thesehas left many children vulnerable to negative influences and the potential to underachieve academically. I Serve actively participate of number localand national forums and has regular discussion about key community issue with other third sector organisation and mainstream service providerincluding social services, community and housing service families, children and young people. From feedback that I Serve has received indicatedyoung people from refugee families have problems accessing wider community support, experienced poor family outcome and found that manyoffenders re-offended and/or failed to realise their full potential. Recent data from the Learning & Skills Council (LSC) has identified that youngRefugee particular young Somalis experience higher than average rates of worklessness and unemployment.


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Ignite has run Expression for the past 6 years, in which time approximately 1500 young people have benefitted from provision. It has been designedto help reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, enable people from different backgrounds to get on together, provide volunteering opportunities andengage with young people most in need. We work in partnership with local Police, Harrow Council and other agencies to provide a holistic andrelevant service. Expression contains 4 streams through which we aim to engage, empower and transform young people in Wealdstone and RaynersLane, currently engaging up to 110 participants each week.

Case study: Lee had always been angry and violent. At 15 he was a prominent member of the Grey Set Gang. “I stabbed people (never fatally), hadguns in my bedroom, and smoked cannabis like people smoke cigarettes" said Lee. Today, he has been transformed. Now 17, he is studying aplumbing course and holds down a part-time job as a labourer. He hasn't touched cannabis for nine months and no longer commits crime or hangsout with the Grey Set Gang. When asked how he changed in an interview with the Evening Standard (March 2011), his response was: "Ignite."



Balance -£23,686.29


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Local need:We aim to tackle anti-social and criminal behaviour and gang activity in Wealdstone and Rayners Lane. Sgt. Paul Mills states “the Grey Set areprimarily responsible for activity in four areas of anti-social behaviour in Wealdstone; drugs, robberies, assaults and public order offences.”Wealdstone High Street is subject to a dispersal order, introduced due to anti-social behaviour caused by the Grey Set. Rayners Lane residents’ surveys (2009) identified the following issues: Teenagers loitering on the streets (64%); using or dealing drugs (56%).Outcomes achieved:Expression has a track record of positive outcomes. Of 2010/11 participants:84% had grown in confidence95% had made new friendships89% said they had been supported64% said it had helped keep them out of trouble50% said it had helped them improve at school.Partnership work:Sgt. Paul Mills says “Ignite provide a valued service to local youth, to help improve their social skills and divert them in to productive workshopswhich has had a dramatic effect on the youth associated problems for the area.”Joy Shakespeare (Harrow Council) says “Ignite has consistently demonstrated high quality services for young people in Harrow.”Absence of service:Participants state: “If Expression stops there will be a lot more crime in Wealdstone and there won’t be any youth club in the local area. If it shutsdown there won’t be a place for me to come and talk to someone about my problems.”“If it stops people will be back on the streets causing trouble. Personally I would not eat dinner in the evening."


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The project is primarily intended for the elderly Indian community of Harrow but will also be open to other elderly residents of Harrow who sharesimilar social and cultural needs with the target community.The project will extend the frequency and scope of the pilot seniors club project which has been running successfully over the past 18 months. It isintended to increase the frequency of club get-togethers from once a month to a weekly basis and increase the involvement of members in theproject through increased capacity building.A typical club get-together at Victoria Hall will provide the following activities:1.Meeting and socialising with other people2. Participating in leisure & recreational activities3.Group fitness activities (such as yoga, breathing & stretching exercises)4.Nutrtious mid-day meal5. Talks /videos/ demonstrations to give information & advise on diet, health, well being matters, benefits & other issues affecting the elderly.By arrangement at the Community Premises special help will be also available to individuals who request it for interpreting or for form filling by a poolof volunteers.Occasionally group outings or visits to places of interest.



Balance -£3,390.00


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In Harrow there is anecdotal evidence of old people using shopping centres (St Anns), park benches etc as meeting places because they lacksuitable facilities where they can go and meet others to overcome social isolation and lonelinessThe pilot project which we started in March 2010 had to move to bigger venue in April 2011 to meet extra demand from users. Average monthlyattendances at the two venues are 50 and 95 respectively and members want increase in frequency.There was a large influx of immigrants from the Indian sub-continent in the sixties before the immigration rules were tightened. They are now in theirsixties and seventies and have retired from work. Due to then prevailing conditions they did not assimilate with the host community and kept theirseparate identity and culture, remaining largely isolated from the mainstream. They are socially disadvantaged and now in retirement have alsobecome economically disadvantaged They have specific health issues related to their ethnicity (diabetes & heart disease) needing advice on diet andexercise.Evidence for the BME elders needs is given in the ‘Let’s Move On’ Rowntree report and applies to Indian elderly who are a substantial population ofHarrow.They lack the finances, prerequisite experience and expertise to provide facilities for their present needs, neither is there a legacy of suitable facilitiesbuilt up by their previous generations such as a ready availability of church halls. Social disadvantage is being further aggravated with breakdown ofclose knit family structures and support systems.


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Kids Can AchieveKids Can Crew Youth Programme





We are requesting funding towards our Youth Programme, for Young People (YP) aged 11 – 19 years with additional needs. The programmeincludes a youth group, drama group and activities during the school holidays.

Youth drama runs weekly and includes a 1-hour drama activity, as well as cooking and other life skills and free choice of games, e.g. table tennis andball games. It aims to explore some of the issues that are a problem to YP with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and help them learn skills to cope betterwith the transition into adulthood.

Youth group and youth holiday activities are targeted at YP with Autism, ADHD and related difficulties. Activities are developed in consultation withYP and planned around sports, team building, workshops and working on individual skills and needs. They enable YP to interact with their peers,develop their skills and social interaction and make and build friendships. Recent activities have included swimming, bowling, a workshop on roadsafety, T- shirt designing and trips to London. In addition the holiday schemes include two residential trips last 2 and 3 nights, to a theme park andactivity centre respectively.



Balance -£38,822.05


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Our YP’s disabilities often aren’t fully recognised or understood by others, leaving them & their families isolated & unable to access the support theyneed. Unpredictable & at times aggressive or inappropriate behaviour means they rarely get invited to socialise outside school & have few friendstheir own age. Research shows children with special needs (SEN) are more than 8 times more likely to be excluded from school than those withoutSEN. YP with Autism find even small changes to their routine extremely distressing; major transitions such as the move from secondary school toemployment can be particularly difficult if managed incorrectly. Other research shows YP with learning difficulties are vulnerable to bullying,depression & anxiety and more likely than others to self-harm & offend. These problems are exacerbated by difficulties communicating feelings &concerns to others, which is characteristic in those with Autism.

KCA has been running services for YP since 2003. Demand is high, with regular referrals from schools, local authority, other charities & families,many of whom haven’t previously accessed youth activities. Members show high levels of commitment & say they like meeting other YP & trying newthings. Parents and teachers report improvements in behaviour and relationships. Former members have gone on to volunteer on KCA’s services foryounger children as part of our Young Volunteers Programme, started NVQs or college courses; one is now a Police Officer & another has joined alocal youth parliament.

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Every year London Kalibari organises a series of activities, forpeople of all ages and for both sexes, designed to improve the lifeexperiences and well-being and to reduce isolation of many members of the community. The set of activities comprise,amongst others, Senior Citizen's Luncheon, Women/Widow'sGroup, Yoga Classes, Music Dance and Drama Classes,Discussion of Heritage and Current Social Issues, anddissemination of information of local health services andeducational opportunities. To this end, we are in the process ofacquiring a rental place soon, to meet the demand.



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Several thousands of Bengalis of Indian/Bangladeshi origin live inand around Harrow, and their number has further increased with recent immigrations. The social and cultural needs of thiscommunity are being met by services provided by London Kalibari,but in a fragmented manner due to the hosting of events in a n!umber of locations. The feedback from the service users is that thedifferent services should be integrated, held more regularly, andpreferably hosted in more suitable/ permanent accommodation.


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Middlesex Association for the Blind Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired





The Resource Centre will be based at Bentley Day Centre and attended by three of our staff (a Rehabilitation Officer specialising in visualimpairment, an IT trainer who is himself visually impaired, and an administrator) one day each week. Four or five people who have recently beendiagnosed with a condition affecting their sight will be seen each week. The Rehabilitation Officer (in collaboration with an Optometrist in somecases) will assess the kind of help, training and equipment required and advise on what things will best help the client retain independence in theirown home. We will retain a stock of equipment (talking watches, clocks, hand held magnifiers etc.) for demonstration purposes and assist the clientto order items. We will also discuss the availability of IT and Braille training which can be a big step towards retaining or entering employment.



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Many people diagnosed with a sight problem at a hospital eye clinic will speak to our volunteers at the clinic and express a need for immediate helpbecause they are worried about how they will cope with their sight loss. Their concerns often centre around their day to day life including coping withbasic tasks such as making a hot drink, dealing with correspondence or negotiating public transport. Some will be concerned about their continuedemployment or their ability to pursue leisure activities. We get several phone calls a week from individuals or their friends and families who are inthis position and scared about what the future holds. In addition we receive referrals from the Harrow sensory services team, social workers andother agencies.

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Mind in Harrow's mapping of information provision for people with complex mental health needs has identified a major gap & significant inequity inuniversal advice/support for vulnerable residents to access Harrow's social care services.Our Service will offer a combination of Information Helpline, Face-to-Face Outreach sessions and 12 Factsheets on Shop4Support to increaseaccess to timely support for 280 Harrow residents experiencing mental health problems, targeting outreach interventions with BME/new arrivalcommunities as those most disadvantaged and experience the most barriers finding help. Our Service aims to achieve the following outcomes withour service users: improved awareness of mental health and culturally sensitive sources of support, increased capacity to make informed choicesand feel better able to cope.Our Service will involve a team of 6 trained and supervised volunteers to deliver the Information Helpline on 3 days per week. The InformationWorker will develop collaborations with BME/new arrival community organisations and will improve coordination and reduce duplicated effortbetween local information providers through joint working protocols.



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Mind in Harrow's mapping of information provision for people with complex mental health needs has identified a major gap & significant inequity inuniversal advice/support for vulnerable residents to access Harrow's social care services.

Harrow resident consultations unanimously & repeatedly reveal the need to urgently improve “universal approaches designed for all...joint preventionstrategies...and effective provision of information” in culturally sensitive ways (2010 Think Local Act Personal Govt Guidance). Local sources include:Harrow Council Adult Services Consultation Oct11-12; Harrow Council's Information Manager consultation to inform the Information Strategy; HarrowMental Health Service User Group Forum Oct10; research reports developed with local BME/new arrival groups 2008-10; monitoring data from 135calls to Mind in Harrow Information Service May-Sept11.

JSNA Update 2010 finds 1 in 6 Harrow residents - some 21,000 - experience poor mental health and Harrow’s 52% BME/new arrival communityexperience higher incidence of mental disorder, poor health & shorter life expectancy than population average, partly due to social needs such ashousing and poverty.

Annually, Mind in Harrow receives over 200 calls from vulnerable residents who require social care support services - but without dedicated staff weare unable to respond adequately.

Harrow Council's Information Strategy has identified 2 models for provision; a hub to store shared resources on Shop4Support & improved referralprotocols between partners.


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Project 01-Fine arts and cultural developmentProject 02-Increasing sports facilitiesProject 03-Safer neighbourhood for safer HarrowProject 04-Develop teachers' performance and teachers trainingProject 05-Community development towards the aspects of Harrow councilIncreasing sports facilities for the students , Safer neighbourhood awareness for safer Harrow , Developing teachers' performances and teachers'training , developing fine arts and cultural activities and community development towards benefit of general Public and inhabitants of Harrow.TheNTS is providing better Tamil language courses and fine arts courses to the children. These courses lead the children to appear for the recognizedTamil language examination and fine arts examinations. We bring forward the hidden talents of the children. Due to the cultural and educationalprograms of Navalar Tamil school, the anti-social behaviors,obesity,mental and physical stress are reduced.



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Our school was established on 04/11/2006 with 8 children. Today about 340 children have enrolled in our school.We have their registration form ,video and photo evidences of our school functions for the 4 years. Still several children are in waiting list In 2011.From November 2006 , totally 520 harrow community children sat for Tamil education development council examination and all passed out ininternational general Tamil examination.48 students sat for University of Cambridge examination and all passed out. In fine arts ,150 studentspassed in international fine arts examination conducted by examination board of OEBL.Also 89 children sat for international examination for violin,miruthangam and classic dance conducted by the examination board of Oriental fine arts academy, London.With the great help of Harrow council,we could get professional training to our teachers through TEDC.49 volunteer teachers were trained by TEDCenable them to provide the professional services which leads for a better education of our community children.


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We will provide them with a warm place with all the comforts of life to spend their day with the friends and to lean new & practical ways and means toimprove their life style,health and physical well being.To provide them with the best home cooked meals taking into a/c their traditions, culture and religion.To take them out for shopping,day trips near and far.To teach them how to be self supporting and not dependent on others.To give them yoga,reiki,music,arts, and other classes to teach them new skills to spend their time doing what they like. we will provide them with all the info.,guidance, advice,& assistance, prof. services if they need from the pool of service providers.we will provide them with the transport and any other service they need to make their life worth living with respect. give the moral,physical,psychological,&emotinal support to live and enjoy the life.



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we are already running a similar project on every friday and all our 280 members can'tjoin us on friday's and we need another day to fulfill the needs of remaining members. out friday gathering is so successful that we need this project now rather than later. we already have 150 members ready tosign in to start anytime sooner than later. In the last 5 yrs. we have improved the life of our members to such an extent that they don't want to join anyother groups. We have a waiting list of nearly 25 & growing & even disable youngsters between the age of 55/60 are demanding to join us.we provide such a varieties of activities along with the care,love affection and our volunteers are with lots of experience of dealing with senior citizensand disabled, as we all belong to the same religion and culture it is very easy to understand their needs, their likes,dislikes & how to deal with theirproblems at home and in the society. after 6 yrs experience we are getting better and we tale pride and joy to see the glow and happiness they havewhen they leave us at the end of the day. Our members are pensioners and old with lots of physical and social problems, getting along with theyoungsters at home and in the wider society and we give provide what they don't get anywhere. We speak the same language and talk in their ownway so they are not looked down but they are respected.Our volunteers also know them personally very well and also know their family members so we can talk to their family as well to narrow the gap ofmisunderstsnding.


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Nepalese British Community UK (NBC UK)LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH





Conducting English classes for Nepalese community and making them able to understand and communicate English to meet their daily needs.Specific objectives:

a. To enable them to communicate in English to fulfil their daily needs.b. To make them economically active in the society.c. To make them aware of their rights. d. To help them to adjust in the British society and maintain harmonious relationship.e. To help the British government to reduce the cost of interpreting language.



Balance -£38,000.00


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First, there are almost 1000 (Approx) Nepalese Household is living in Harrow Council consisting Highly skilled people, Educated masses, Ex-GurkhaPeople, Students, Doctors, Nurses, Chefs, Engineers, Accountants, Teachers, Entrepreneurs, Investors, and so on.

Second, there is a language barrier in this community. Therefore, Nepalese origin community and British government both of them are facing a lot ofproblem. Hence, NBC (UK) wants to fill the gap of English language barrier by organizing English classes for these communities. Nepali language isalso similar to Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi language. Hence even the above mentioned community will be advantaged by our program, thoughit is targeted to the Nepalese community.

Third, no one can deny that the British Government is spending a lot of money for interpreting the language for example more than £100m of publicmoney is spent on translation services in the UK (NHS trusts £55m and the courts £31m) on interpreting languages. (www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/category/bureaucracy/)

Lastly, concerning all these factors NBC (UK) has planned the English language program which will definitely reduce the cost of translating languageand will also help the individual to enjoy their right in the British community making them independent.

Nepalese British Community UK (NBC UK) LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH

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Pakistan Society of HarrowUnited and Involved communities to promote social and cultural welfare of Pakistani community.





The society will arrange social, cultural and educational activities to overcome the lower educational attainments, poor health, lack of information ofopportunities for youth, elderly and women. We will provide platform to youth to promote their future prospects and take part in sporting activities toreduce and eradicate anti social behavior among young people. We will assist elderly and women access to local services and provide opportunitiesto meet and interact with people of other communities in Harrow.



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We are the only main organisation representing youth, elderly and women of Pakistani community in Harrow since 2002, who is organising varioussocial and cultural events with specific reference to Pakistan to integrate them with other communities.

Pakistan Society of HarrowUnited and Involved communities to promote social and cultural welfare of Pakistanicommunity.

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We aim to encourage people, who may have had a negative experience in education who consequently have no formal qualifications, back intotraining which will hopefully lead to employment. We are planning to provide 18 half day workshops including interview techniques and creativeplay . This will encourage students to attend the 30 hour CACHE Level 1 award which is an introduction to childcare, and develops study skills forpeople who have been out of education for a number of years.Parents and people looking to work with children will develop an understanding of the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) and support them inunderstanding how children or for the future when they may become parents. We will run 6 Level 1 courses.As part of our workshops and level 1 courses we will support literacy and numeracy skills as well as sign posting to literacy and numeracy classeswhere appropriate.We will provide a free creche, where necessary, to enable parents to take up these training opportunities.We will track the people who attend our workshops and Level 1 training to find out whether they continue onto further training and whether they are able to get into the workforce.



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Harrow vitality profiles on unemployment (2009/2010) states that the majority of wards have seen a rise in the number of unemployed. A high amountof residents of working age do not have qualifications and these people tend to live in the centre and east of the borough and the income affectingchildren in Harrow is worse than the national average.

Harrow sub-committee of the Pre-school Learning Alliance already has direct and regular access to the majority of Pre-schools, Nurseries, Children'sCentres, and Baby & Toddler Groups; feedback from the users has shown us that in some cases:1. Families have difficulty in paying fees due to being out of work or having lost jobs. Case studies of parents have shown that many take on the roleof the career after having children and need to find work that fits in with school hours.2. Evidence shows that parents that stay at home with their children often feel isolated, lose confidence and find it difficult to get back into work.3. Many families don't want to access statutory services having had a bad experience at school or college and see attending a formal adult educationestablishment as part of school.4. Around three quarters of mothers and fathers say they want more information and support around the Early Years and support in their parentingskills. In an article in Nursery World, Children's Minister, Sarah Teather, refers to recent research highlighting the importance of supporting parents intheir child's development "We know that strong, confident parenting makes the biggest difference to a child's development."


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Relate will offer impartial, non-judgemental relationship counselling for individuals, couples (heterosexual and same sex) and families of any make upe.g. single parent, reconstituted, extended or nuclear.We will offer:Initial Consultations with a counsellorThis face to face assessment session of 1 hour will be offered within 2 weeks of the first contact with Relate and enables clients to begin to identifycore issues and plan the way forward, which might be ongoing counselling or signposting to other organisations.Depending on the core issues that arise at the initial consultation, they will then be offered one of the following: Adult Relationship CounsellingThese face to face sessions are for 1 hour weekly for an average of 8 sessions per case

Family CounsellingThese face to face 1 hour sessions are weekly, fortnightly or monthly according to need for an average 6-8 sessions.

Skype counselling can be offered and counselling can be offered in the client's home if they are unable to leave their home.



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National statistics show that the divorce rate is still at a high level and that couples stay in relationships for shorter periods of time. In a reportpublished by the Centre for Social Justice in February 2011 they conclude that mental illness is one of the consequences of family breakdown. Mental illness is more common in a wide range of vulnerable groups including the unemployed, people on low incomes and some black and minorityethnic communities. Relate has been offering services in Harrow for over 60 years and offers over 3,000 counselling hours to Harrow residents every year and has foundthat the demand for our services has never decreased. Last year, we saw over 1600 residents and an increasing number of these have neededfinancial support with their counselling sessions. Many have cited financial concerns as one of the pressures their relationship is facing.As the pressure on peoples lives increases, problems become more complex and our service helps people to deal with the emotional and mentalhealth difficulties that impact on relationships. Preventing unnecessary relationship and marriage breakdown with its financial and emotionalproblems benefits the whole family.


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Russian Immigrant's Association Harrow Puppet Tales





The project aims to gather children and young people aged 8 - 14 to learn how to create and use small and giant puppets to tell stories from and forthe community. Using 'Harrow' as a stimulus the participants will research, gather stories and create work that will speak to people in the community.We hope to create a sort of age exchange between young people and older people. We will be working in partnership with other community groupsand schools in the Harrow borough to integrate both Russian-speakers and others who don't usually get involved, into community events. We want tocelebrate the capabilities and talents of our young people whilst allowing them to learn the values of life in an active community.

Main Aims:

-To allow young people from various backgrounds within the community to work together.-To develop a mutual understanding between the old and young within Harrow.-To create voluntary positions for young people that will provide them with invaluable experience for the future.



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- RIAs has been running Saturday classes for children for nearly 5 years, recently our funding for this project has been cut and we have 20 Russian-speaking children on a waiting list to get involved in activities with our organisation.- After a project we ran in 2009 we have been in contact with 5 local older people from the community who have and wish to share more experiencesof Harrow with our organisation.- We also have 32 incidents of feedback forms where Russian-speaking parents have been concerned with getting their older children (16+) notgetting involved in community activities outside of school hours.- We have regular phonecalls from local schools, most recently Roxeth school who following a previous project we ran wish to get involved in furtheractivities.- We have been in contact with 10 newly arrived Polish families who are not Russian-speakers but are keen to get their children involved in activitiesthat will help them develop their social skills and language. They have complained of a lack of support for their children outside of school and havespoken of other families like themselves.- We have recently received a grant to run ESOL and IT evening classes for adults next year. These adults are concerned with where to put theirchildren and have enquired about activities for them.- We have spoken with other organisations within CARAMEA all of whom will be very excited for children from their community groups involved.

Russian Immigrant's AssociationHarrow Puppet Tales

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Somali Cultural and Educational AssociationSCEA youth empowerment and achievement





SCEA provides supplementary School at Whitefriars School at weekends (Saturdays and Sundays).

The supplementary school supports all under achieving school children in all core subjects.

it aims is to help children achieve Harrow/National average competency level in the key core subjects. This is done by providing an improvedlearning environment and extra support to newly arrived students and families. To further support this, the project also provides sport activities andcultural events, and thus increase children's motivation self-esteem and confidence.



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SCEA is in desperate need for funding for this project as demand for its services have increased.SCEA has been running this supplementary school for the 4th year at withefriars school and it is successful, each year at least 60 children attendand improved on their grades.SCEA started providing this project as a result of:1. Parents request for extra support for their children.2. A reported increased level of children unable to speak their Mother-tongue through our survey which is one the factor preventing the child and the parent to communicate.3. Request through our annual feedback forms for additional cultural identity activities.4. Through the joint initiative with Harrow Ethnic and minority achievement services that highlighted the need for the extra support for the Somali children in key core subject at whitefriars school.

Somali Cultural and Educational Association SCEA youth empowerment and achievement

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South Harrow Christian Fellowship Youth Enrichment Programme





We currently run three youth & kids clubs. We hope to introduce a drop in Centre to encourage new participants & offer prog.s to support parents torespond better

-Kids Club (4–8 yr)Includes games, creative or craft activities, storytelling & refreshments. Objectives: promote independence, team spirit & fair play, improve listening skills & stimulate creative talents -Blaze (9–12 yr) - Includes a choice of game activities, Icebreaker, discussions & refreshmentsObjectives: Promote team spirit, money management skills, express opinions in a comprehensive & appropriate manner, encourage integration of youth from diverse communities.-Youth (13+) Includes a choice of game activities, Icebreaker, discussions, & refreshmentsObjectives: Promote team spirit, a sense of belonging, interaction of youth from diverse communities in a supervised environment, Offer support forthose going through challenging times-Youth Drop in Center Includes a choice of game activitiesObjectives: Encourage any youth who haven’t been to our clubs before to simply drop in. By offering taster sessions to those interested we hope toencourage regular attendees to join our more structured programme.



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-"There were 414 crimes reported in S.Harrow in Sept. 2011 & the highest was ASB ".(38%), of which 16 ASB’s were reported on or near ParkfieldRd (road next to the road our church is located)(www.police.uk - 18/11/11)-" .. Organised youth disorder & anti-social behaviour (ASB) has the potential to significantly change lives & effect the quality of life to Communities.."Met. - Harrow

-Some of the reasons listed for ASB are "...Problems at Home, .. a general disrespect for the community & .. being around others who are being antisocial" - Met. Police website

-"Constructive & purposeful activities have enormous benefits for young people. They can encourage & enable children & young people to contributeto their communities & help divert them from anti-social behavior" :Home Office website, 04/02/11

- Consultations with the Local ASB officer has identified a correlation between lack of youth services and increase in ABS activity.

-Consultation with the Local Community police have substantiated the need for faith based organizations to offer services to the youth of the area totake ownership for their decisions & their community

- In a survey that we conducted of 40 parents of participants, over 90% rated our contribution to the child's overall development as valuable.

South Harrow Christian FellowshipYouth Enrichment Programme

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We run 2 day drama workshops, one for 9 - 12 years and one for 13 - 19 years. These take the format of one group from a main stream schoolworking on equal terms with groups from 2 or 3 Special Schools. They then work together with qualified team leaders in smaller integrated groups toscript, rehearse and dress a play, which is performed to the others on the second day.Developing from this are our Sensory Drama days for those with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, the Visually Impaired and those with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.Again, the format of these days is based on a dramatic theme, this time focussing on the senses. i.e. we visit a farm and hear the sounds of the animals, are invited to tea and taste the good food.This programme helps those with profound disabilities to develop their individual senses. It also helps those from main stream education tounderstand that people with communication difficulties can still assimilate what is going on around them.In working with those with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, who have great difficulty in sharing their space, we can, in a small way, help theirdevelopment, widen their world and improve their quality of life.



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There are 4 Special Schools in the Borough plus other groups of very vulnerable young peopleThrough lack of understanding, their peers in mainstream education see them as objects to be feared, teased and bullied.Even older people have fear of "the unknown", thus our Special children are excluded instead of being included in the community.


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Although as a society today we may have moved forward towards being more caring and inclusive, we still don’t fully cater for the needs of peoplewith disabilities. We know also that society marginalises older people, therefore to be an older person with a disability is a double disadvantage.This project is devised to use Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam) and music (Karnatic music) to enhance the quality of life for older peoplesuffering from disabilities, especially learning disabilities.

This project is distinctly devised for those in the category of what is known as the Fourth Age. Third Age is used to denote an older person whoremains physically and mentally fit and in full possession of all their capacities. Fourth Age suggests someone who has begun to experiencesignificant limitation to these capacities. Beyond the fact that both terms are applied to older people, they cease to be chronological. So, for instance,someone aged 90 in excellent health would be in their Third Age while another person could be 60, suffering dementia and mobility problems and bein their Fourth Age. This is a project aimed at working artfully with those who are in their Fourth Age.



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The National Service Framework for Older People (Department of Health, 2001) predicted that in the 30-year period 1995-2025, the number ofpeople living to 90 years and beyond will double. The World Health Organisation finds that this trend is also evident in people with a learningdisability.

The Baring Foundation, whose purpose is to improve the quality of life of people suffering disadvantage and discrimination, finds that physical andmental health are not the only determinants to a full life. Access to the arts too is vital for enhancing the quality of life. It is found that someone usingan arts venue or community setting is much more likely to be in their Third Age, while people in their Fourth Age may find themselves in a residentialhome, nursing home, hospital or hospice. There is a clear need for arts companies to reach out to day centres, residential and nursing homes andmany do so. However, many miss the point that a specific effort at outreach is needed to involve people in their Fourth Age. The Baring Foundationalong with its partners NCF and NAPA has published findings (http://www.baringfoundation.org.uk/CreativeCareHomes.pdf) of existing good practicein the use of the arts with older people in residential care, to inspire more and better work. Our project is devised on the clear need demonstrated in these findings.

Most importantly, the feedback from the users of our current project “Sing and Dance for Life” is that the provision of arts for older people withlearning disabilities is almost non-existent. This is the gap that this project aims to fill.


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St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent) The continued development and expansion of St Luke’s Hospice at Home Service for the residents of Harrow





St Luke's Hospice at Home Service provides packages of care (day and and night) to support patients and families in their own homes, acrossHarrow (and Brent). This may include lifting, washing, transferring, toiletting, pressure area care, as well as providing support to carers (by product ofservice)

The team consists of Health Care Assistants with experience and specific training in Palliative Care. They are supported by Palliative CareRegistered nurses. The service can respond very quickly, adapting packages of care to meet rapidly changing patient needs.

Hospice at Home helps to support the National End of Life Care Strategy by enabling patients choice to die at home, offering respite for informalcarers and preventing inappropriate admission to hospital.

The main aims of St Luke's Hospice at Home provision are:

- To prevent inappropriate hospital admissions - To facilitate rapid response care at home for patients at the end of their life who express a wish to die at home.- To facilitate a rapid discharge from hospital/hospice for patients at the end of life- To offer emergency respite to alleviate crisis situation in the patients' own home



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St Luke's strategy for 2012/13 is to continue to develop and implement a rapid response, flexible Hospice at Home service for terminally ill patientswho wish to be cared for and given the opportunity to die at home. The need has been highlighted by:

1. Evidence of outcomes achieved during 2010/11- the service received 126 referrals in Harrow in between Sept 2010 and August 2011. 63 Harrow patients died in their own homes with our support.- the rapid response element of the service proved to be effective and all care packages were commenced in line with requested start dates.- families gave very positive feedback in relation to care provided- feedback from questionnaires inc quotes: ""St Luke's sent professionals into my home to care for me, it was a really strengthening experience" "gave mother dignity"

2. Future demands of Hospice Care in Harrow: The borough has an ageing population, greater number of single person households and an increasein progressive life limiting illnesses.

3. Patient/Carers Needs:- evidence from patients indicates that their needs change rapidly, sometimes with almost daily revisions of care. Standard statutory services whosesystems are not specialized to needs of palliative care patients have traditionally been unable to respond and change care packages to meet thisunpredictable need.- prevention of unnecessary hospitalization - evidence shows patients would like to remain at home, if the care that can be provided to them is of ahigh enough quality- the needs of carers who need support and guidance to care for the dying patient

St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent)The continued development and expansion of St Luke’s Hospice at Home Service for theresidents of Harrow

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Assessment Score as % 30.00 %69 £641.00


The Club room has ladies and gentlemen's toilets which are floored with stuck on lino tiles- laid in 1988 and so are 23 years old. They arediscoloured and unhygenic and difficult to keep clean. It is proposed to lay over them a good quality sheet vinyl floor covering, secured and sealedaround the edges.The Ladies locker/changing room has a floor covering of 20inch square carpet tiles, also 24 years old. They are discoloured, have gaps betweenthem and cannot be maintained. Also the concrete floor on which they sit has a 1inch step across the back of the room, 15inch from fixed seating.Volunteer club members will level the floor so removing a trip hazard. This will allow a one piece covering of a contract quality haircord carpet to belaid.We do not have the skills to lay these covering, so this is done by a supplier.


Amount Requested 2012/13 £641.00

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At the start of each season we bring a steam cleaning machine to try to make the toilet floors presentable, but they are badly stained and do notclean up, and our members who do this work complain that new flooring is needed. Both areas look bad and neglected and as we welcome visitingbowls clubs from all over Harrow, and adjacent area we feel that the Club's image is suffering.In the Lady's room the carpet tiles are old worn discoloured and there is a trip hazard that we cannot remove without a new floor covering being laid.


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To help pay our annual rent for our club room at harrow Borough Football Club, Earlsmead, South Harrow HA2 8SS. which was extensivelyrefurbished this year.



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Tanglewood has been in existence for 46 years - 44 of those years were spent in Harrow Council premises and no rent was paid. After we weremade homeless when the Brember centre closed in 2009, we had to find new premises. Just as were about to give up Harrow Borough offered ustheir main Hall where we continue to provide our invaluable service to the community


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To take a joint message about health and active lifestyle to schools and work with local organisations and a national charity to develop pathways tosubsidise learn to swim sessions that lead to a structured and competitive nationally accredited swim 21 club.We will offer open learn to swim sessions at a reduced rate for the community on Saturday and Sunday at a local pool with teaching and supportfrom our team of Teachers in a structured and safe environment with support from the British heart foundation in order to deliver a clear messageabout an active lifestyle to fight the obesity agenda facing our community and the bonus of learning a new sport that can lead to performanceswimming and ultimately the Olympics in 2016



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Our project is closely linked in delivering the stated goals of Sports England over the next 2 years which aims to improve the health of the Nationthrough more active involvement in sport.1. Projects that contribute to the five hour offer for 11 -16 year olds.Deliver five hours of quality sport and PE provision to all school age children with three of these hours being outside curriculum time. Projectsdelivering extra curricular sport for 11-16 year olds and can demonstrate stainability of opportunity through club links will be a priority. We aim to setup pathways to enable young people to consider returning to swimming as the extra-curricular sport.

2. Projects seeking to reduce the drop off rates for 16-19 year olds including swimming.Research shows that a large proportion of young people significantly reduce the amount of sport they play at the age of 16.

3. Projects increasing the number of adults participating in moderate intensity sportsSport England has a target of getting 1 million more adults participating in 3 x 30 minutes of moderate intensity sport per week by 2012.

4. A project in a neighbouring borough, Brent, involving primary aged children in swimming through the Mayor's pools in schools project improved thebehaviour and attention of the children in school. Further outcomes are being validated by the University of East London.


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The Forum is seeking funding from Harrow Council aiming to deliver a three-strand programme, as follows:

1. At Organisational Development, the Forum aims to continue to provide infra-structure support and capacity building initiatives to the sector throughthe provision of information on new sources of funding and income generation, Funding Fairs and Seminars, provision of 1-2-1 surgeries; Trainingand Development on Governance, Financial Management; Leadership and Roles and Responsibilities of Trustees and Commissioning andTendering; Partnership and Collaborative Work makings; Project Management that includes, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Reporting,Understanding Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts and Project Forward Strategies;2. At Personal Development, the Forum aims to set-up a pilot scheme for individuals members of the wider ‘our Harrow our Community’ inEmployment and Training and Skills for Living brokerage;3. At Business Initiatives, the Forum aims to galvanise support amongst our partners (Harrow-in-Business, JG Group, Third Sector International, etc)to deliver and support Small Businesses Start-up and Initiatives.



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The Forum is currently the only infra-structure and capacity building organisation in Harrow with over ten years track record of delivering holistic andculturally-sensitive services to Refugees and to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Community Organisations and individuals. During thisperiod, the Forum has assisted of over hundred organisations to develop their capacity and frontline services to their user groups and hascollaboratively assisted a number of individual members of the sector into gainful employment training and work placement. Over the ten yearsexperience, the Forum has conducted its own and participated in a number Needs Analyses and Assessments. In 2009 the Forum conducted anorganisational needs analysis with over thirty five organisations on their needs. Also, the former Harrow CVS has conducted its own needs analysesin 2010 and both concluded the need for further capacity and infra-structure support to sector. The Council grant’s success-rate to the voluntary andcommunity sector, particularly to the frontline community organisations is also an indicative of the lack qualitative applications.The were other valuable reports (MORI, Michael Bell and J Dee + Somali needs in Harrow) spanning from 1999 to 2006 depicting higher levels of un-employment in African and African-Caribbean communities. This month – November 2011- the BBC News night screened a programme on youngun-employed graduates and the publicity arising from it has prompted the Central Government to establish over one billion pounds to tackle youthemployment below 25 years of age.


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HWC offers demand led services responding directly to the needs of each client. Issues presented include relationship breakdown, domesticviolence, housing, financial difficulties, legal problems, family issues & health. We use a proven holistic one-stop shop model of service to addressthe multiple/complex needs of our client group. We offer practical, long term, sustainable solutions by addressing underlying issues through theprovision of counselling services 7 days a week 9am to 9pm, phone/“drop in” advice & support, expert financial & legal advice, support groups e.g.Job Club, Language Café & No Boundaries (post counselling support) that help women gain skills, resilience, confidence & employmentopportunities. We work in partnership with peer organisations: CAB, Relate, AWR, AgeUK & host Hestia DV Service, delivering these services from asingle location to make them more accessible & effective for clients.

As detailed in answer 4b and 4c, We also run 10 or more awareness events across the borough for local community members



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HWC was started in 1992 by local women who recognised that women in hardship, disadvantage or distress were often victims of discrimination,gendered abuse or DV & that they needed to access services in a safe women only centre or refuge.

Evidence of the need for services Harrow Women's Centre offers comes direct from service users, service demand, environmental data, our strategicrole & the unique services we offer.

As part of our Plan/Do/Review processes we obtain written/verbal client feedback. E.g. women complete satisfaction questionnaires during & at theend of counselling to to help us to understand / build on strengths & to focus on areas for improvement. Overwhelmingly women tell us there is "noplace" like HWC

We run open ended counselling with on average 60 women a year receiving 6 -9 months of weekly therapy. Need is evidenced by the strong &increasing demand for this service.

Recent research for the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, (“Unravelling Equality?” Stephenson & Harrison, 2011) has confirmed that women aredisproportionately affected by recession, widening Britain's gender pay gap, increasing other inequalities between the sexes and potentially trappingmore women in violent relationships. Met Police data show that DV offences have risen in Harrow by 42% from 921 in 07/08 to 1308 in 09/10

HWC has a strategic role working closely with LB of Harrow & represents local women’s issues on Harrow Strategic Partnership

Our clients are often excluded from other services (difficult to engage) & include women from emerging communities (hard to reach).


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The Survive and Save Club Financial Inclusion Programme For 2012/2013





It consists of three elements: an extension to the Club's existing hardship policy, which provides a 30% term fee discount to families with singleparents, disabled partners, and long-term unemployed ; a member-get-member scheme, offering an incentive to members to introduce new'swimming' ones ; and a large family discount, to encourage families to introduce additional family members to the club, who might otherwise notlearn to swim due to financial reasons.



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We have believed for some time that the club has been losing a significant number of members due to financial reasons. Historically, many ex-members have been unwilling to reveal that they have been leaving for money reasons. However, our surveys of lost members are now showing anincreasing proportion leaving for money reasons. We are looking to bring in initiatives that will encourage members in financial difficulty to stayswimming with the club, and provide financial incentives to members to introduce new members. In addition, the number of families with 3 or moreswimmers has been decreasing over the years e.g. in 2006, we had six, in 2011 we have two. There are currently 29 family groups in the club with 2swimming members only. We want to make it easier for third / fourth family members to swim with us.

The Survive and Save ClubFinancial Inclusion Programme For 2012/2013

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Provision of an Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) with specialist counselling support for young people ages 12-25 who haveexperienced sexual violence. Outreach service in schools and agencies managing disclosures of sexual violence and access for young people torelevant services and advocacy within and outside the criminal justice system. Provision of specialist counselling support for young victims of rape,sexual gang violence, sexual exploitation and other violence to keep them safe. Drop in's; targeted workshops in schools; awareness raising; specialist group work. Working in partnership with Harrow Police, Children's Services, schools and the Harrow Domestic and Sexual Violencepartnership in response to local need for the service identified by these agencies.



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WISH were asked by the Safer Harrow Partnership to take forward the Independent Sexual Violence Advocate service in Harrow to support young victims of sexual crime including rape, sexual assault, stalking and sexual exploitation. There is an increasing need for this service and Dal BabuPolice Borough Commander recently confirmed that tackling sexual and domestic violence is a priority for Harrow. There are no other local servicesproviding this type of support.

Sexual offences in Harrow (Crime Reduction Unit, Harrow Council) : 181 sexual offences were recorded in Harrow in 2010. The proportion of sexualoffences in Harrow in relation to all recorded offences in Harrow ranks as the thirteenth lowest in London, roughly in the centre .

Of the 181 sexual offences in Harrow, 60 of these were rape offences. It is recognised that, as across the nation,many sexual offences in Harrowmay not be reported. This may be due to shame, fear of repercussions and the age, culture and gender of the victim.Harrow Police also recognise that sexual violence in teenage relationships in the Borough is on the increase and needs to be combated.

The number of recorded domestic violence (DV) offences rose in Harrow by 42% between 2007/08 and 2009/10. There is also a critical link betweendomestic violence and sexual violence.

There is a clear need for an IVSA post in Harrow that can outreach to hard to reach young victims of sexual violence, both male and female, under18 and 18+ to support and help them seek justice. This bid is supported by Harrow Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.


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What evidence do you have that this project or activity is needed? !(Extract from Application Form)

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Community Collaborations - Increasing Support and trainingThree strands of activity:1) Extending and ensuring continuity for our current unique project of specialised creative engagement workshops for service users of VaughanRoad NRC, service users of Mind in Harrow and Harrow Mencap.2) Creating a new dedicated programme with an exhibition for service users of Rethink's Harrow Community Choir following a successful 4 week freearts learning project at the gallery. 3) Providing essential Health & Safety and First Aid training for facilitators as recommended during a monitoring visit by Kashmir Takrar, Head ofService, Community Servcies - Harrow Council.

Please note that Question 3c is ambiguous - this is a new programme of activity which will enable new learning skills for many new service users andthe project for Harrow Community Choir (Rethink) is a new partnership. We have worked successfully before with Vaughan Rd NRC and HarrowMencap, and are currently working with Mind in Harrow.



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Evaluations and feedback from people with disabilities and project partners in our current project with Vaughan Road NRC, Stepping Stones Projectwith Mind in Harrow (ongoing) and Mencap, provides evidence of ongoing needs ranging from the need to reduce isolation, to the need to improvesocial and communication skills. It also demonstrates the tangible positive benefits of our participatory arts and social learning programme. Ourrecent free pilot project at the gallery with Rethink's Harrow Community Choir has revealed the lack of adequate creative learning provision and thebenefits of being in an integrated non-institutional creative gallery space, where people can interface with artists and visitors, enabling social barriersto be broken down. There is also a need to reduce self-harm and increase self-esteem. Service users have requested a dedicated participatory programme which forms part of this application. The evidential success to date has also resulted in an approach by Harrow Carers requesting afuture partnership to deliver an extended programme of services. Usurp Art Gallery & Studios also fulfils Harrow Council's N.I.11 LAA agreement toincrease engagement in the arts.

Research:Harrow Community Choir - Rethink evaluation shows the needs and benefits of engagementhttp://www.aethos.org.uk/PDF's/Rethink%20Evaluation.pdfhttp://www.aethos.org.uk/PDF's/BME%20Needs%20Assessment.pdf

Comprehensive evidence for the positive impact of participatory arts activitieshttp://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/content/assets/PDF/publications/evidence_review_participatory_arts


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To maintain and expand participation within our club by children from the local area. We have already identified a need locally and will look toencourage participation from children from the Rayners Lane Estate.



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Our Chairman has already held discussions with Errol McKenzie, Sports Development Officer at Harrow Council. Mr McKenzie approached us with aview to setting up a partnership with the Beacon Centre on the Rayners Lane Estate to provide football activities for local children.


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This project will comprise of two parts. The first part is a research project which will consult local residents and establish statistical evidence of theexperience of residents in Harrow in relation to Volunteering. This research will be conducted over a two month period and will establish whatbarriers local residents have to volunteering and their expectations of voluntary and community sector organisations in relation to their managementof volunteers. The second part is a pilot volunteer management service for 7 small voluntary and community sector groups. The service will providetwo days of advice and practical development of volunteer management infrastructure; a volunteering policy, volunteer expenses policy, inductionprocedure, volunteer recruitment plan. The service would also provide two days training in volunteer management for trustees and volunteersworking directly with new volunteers. Once the volunteer management infrastructure is in place and training is complete the organisation will haveaccess to a team of experienced in volunteer management. Support will be provided face to face, phone and email.



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Harrow Council Corporate Plan 2011-12, developed from the consultation with 2000 local residents, states 'Harrow already has a high proportion ofresidents who volunteer" "We want to build on this local resourcefulness within our communities. As well as removing barriers to this form ofcommunity action"

People with low incomes, disabilities, English as a second language or child care needs are often excluded from volunteering in Harrow. 2038 peopleregistered with Harrow Volunteer Centre April 2010-March 2011 85 disabled, 57 from refugee communities, 690 unemployed and 22 lone parents. Of85 disabled volunteers referred only 24 found placements suitable.

Evidence from Harrow Volunteer Centre's Evaluation of Registered Volunteers & VCS Group February 2011: 112 VCS groups respond from 306registered. 78 said they need help developing policy or procedures for managing volunteers, 82 would like more training in volunteer management,43 didn't have a designated person to manage volunteers. 537 volunteers of 2038 registered responded: 490 said groups had poor induction andmanagement for prospective volunteers. 493 said not having a clear role and supervisor was a barrier to their continued volunteering. (The centerclosed in June 2011)

HAVS Members Survey February 2011 members said volunteer needs included: 'Advice on managing and training volunteers in a charity'

In April 2011 we surveyed and met with 45 local groups to discuss needs. 54% identified help needed in selecting the right volunteers, volunteerretention and promoting opportunities


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1

Fu

ll Equ

ality

Impa

ct As

sess

ment

(EqIA

) Tem

plate

In order to carry out this assessment, it is important that you have completed the EqIA E-learning Module and read the Corporate Guidelines on

EqIAs. Please refer to these to assist you in completing this form and assessment.

What are the proposals being assessed? (

Note:

‘proposal’

includes a policy, service, function, strategy, project,

procedure, restructure)

Main Grants Programme, application process 2012-13

Which Directorate / Service has the responsibility for this?

Community Health and Well-Being / Community Development

Name and job title of lead officer

Kashmir Takhar, Head of Community Development

Name & contact details of the other person(s) involved in the

EqIA:

Date of assessment:

2nd February 2012

Stag

e 1: O

vervi

ew

1. What are the aims, objectives, and

desired outcomes of your proposals?

(Also explain proposals e.g. reduction

/ removal of service, deletion of

posts, changing criteria etc)

The annual Main Grants Programme is an open, competitive process that allocates Council grant

funding to local Third Sector organisations for the benefit of Harrow residents. It aims to offer an open,

transparent process for the allocation of grant funding. The desired outcome is to support local

organisations deliver a range of projects and services for the benefit of Harrow residents.

This year’s process operated in the same way as in previous years, with some revisions including;

• Revisions to the grant application form to provide a clear, easy to use, accessible form.

• The proposed ring-fencing of 15% of the budget for allocation to small grants to ensure a wider

distribution of grants.

• The inclusion of panel observers from the Third Sector, who observed the panel assessment

process.

Appe

ndix

4

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2

2. What factors / forces could prevent

you from achieving these aims,

objectives and outcomes?

Factors that could prevent the achievement of these aims, objectives and outcomes are;

• A high number of applications for large amounts which results in few organisations receiving

funding.

• An unclear and complicated application process that advantages some groups over others, or

disproportionately disadvantages some groups.

• A lack of good quality applications that cannot be supported through grant funding.

• A lack of good organisational and governance practice within organisations that puts grant funding

at risk.

3. How does this contribute to your

Directorates Service Plan?

The Directorate service plan supports the delivery of the Council’s corporate priorities. The Third Sector

Investment plan aims to ensure that the allocation of Council resources to the Third Sector is more closely

aligned to the delivery of these priorities. The service plan also aims to reach out and find new ways of

involving residents, service users and partners in improving the services received locally.

4. Who are the customers?

Who will

be affected by this proposal? For

example who are the external/internal

customers, communities, partners,

stakeholders, the workforce etc.

The customers affected by this proposal are;

• Third Sector organisations

• Users of services provided by Third Sector organisations

• Other Directorates that provide funding to Third Sector organisations

5. Is the responsibility shared with

another department, authority or

organisation? If so:

• Who are the partners?

• Who has the overall

responsibility?

The responsibility for the delivery of the Main Grants Programme sits within the Community and Culture

division. Officers from other Directorates contribute to the grant assessment process and Panel Observers

from the Third Sector were invited to observe the process. Grant recommendations are discussed and

made by Members of the Grants Advisory Panel (including a Voluntary Sector Adviser) to Cabinet.

5A. How are/will they be involved in

this assessment?

Officers and Observers involved in the panel assessment process have provided their comments and

feedback on the process and in particular their views on whether or not the process potentially

disproportionately advantages or disadvantages any of the protected characteristics. An analysis of grant

applications by protected characteristics served and the results of the equality impact assessment is

provided to the Grants Advisory Panel to assist them in taking due regard to equalities when making

recommendations to Cabinet.

Stag

e 2: M

onito

ring /

Coll

ectin

g Evid

ence / D

ata

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• 6. What information is available to assess the impact of your proposals (in

clude

the a

ctual

data,

stati

stics

and e

viden

ce)? List the main

sources of data, research and other sources of evidence (including full references) reviewed to determine impact on each equality group

(protected characteristic). This can include results from consultations and the involvement tracker, customer satisfaction surveys, focus

groups, research interviews, staff surveys, workforce profiles, service users profiles, local and national research, evaluations etc

• (Where possible include data on the nine protected characteristics. Where you have gaps, you may need to include this as an action to

address in the action plan)

Age (including carers of young/older

people)

• Analysis of grant applications received by protected characteristic served (see appendix 4a and 4b

of the Grants Advisory Panel report, 1st March 2012)

• Analysis of attendees of grant information sessions by characteristics served (see appendix 7 of the

Grants Advisory Panel report, 1st March 2012)

Disability (including carers of disabled

people)

• As above

Gender Reassignment

• As above

Marriage / Civil Partnership

• As above

Pregnancy and Maternity

• As above

Race

• As above

Religion and Belief

• As above

Sex / Gender

• As above

Sexual Orientation

• As above

• 7. Do you need to collect any additional data to be able

to monitor the impact on different groups?

• No

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• 8. Are there any other local/regional/national data

sources that can inform this assessment if you have

insufficient data on any of the groups?

•

• 9. Have you undertaken any consultation on your proposals? (this may include consultation with staff,

members, unions, community / voluntary groups, stakeholders, residents and service users)

• •

• •

Who was consulted?

What consultation methods were

used?

What did you learn from your

consultation?

What do the results show about the

impact on different equality groups

(protected characteristics)?

Members of the Grants Advisory

Panel (GAP).

Presentation of report and

discussion of proposals

GAP Members approved changes

to the grant application form,

however were concerned that

small groups should not be

competing with larger groups for

funding.

GAP Members felt that small

groups should not be competing with

larger groups and should

be considered for provision of a

separate application form in the future.

Members of the Third Sector

were invited to provide their

feedback on the grant application

form.

Consultation workshop held on

the 6t

h June 2011 and individuals

were invited to send in their

comments via email.

The consultation feedback

identified the need for training to

support the Third Sector, clearer

information on the scoring

process and word limit on the

application form and clearer

criteria for financial stability.

The results of the consultation did not

indicate that the application process

had a differential impact on any of the

equality groups. There was general

agreement for the need for more

training support to assist organisations

in applying for funding.

Members and observers of grant

assessment panels.

Comments and feedback on the

process was invited and were

received by email.

Some members of the grant

assessment panels felt that the

process could disadvantage small

or BME groups who might not

understand the ‘rules of the

game’. Another panel member

commented that ‘it is a

necessarily complex process as

the applicant has to demonstrate

that they meet certain criteria,

Overall panel members felt that the

process did not impact differently on

equality groups, however there were

some comments regarding the

potential disadvantage that could be

faced by small or BME groups, or

those with a learning difficulty, lower

level of education or from a different

language group.

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hence a person with a lower level

of education, learning difficulty or

from another language group may

find it very challenging.

NOTE

: If you have not undertaken any consultation as yet, you need to consider if you need to carry out any consultation. For example, if you have

insufficient data/information for any equality group and you are

unab

le to assess the potential impact, you may want to consult with them on your

proposals as how they will affect them. Any proposed consultation needs to be c

omple

ted be

fore progressing with the rest of the EqIA.

• Gu

idanc

e on c

onsu

ltatio

n/com

munit

y inv

olvem

ent to

olkit c

an be

accessed

via t

he lin

k belo

w http://harrowhub/info/200195/consultation/169/community_involvement_toolkit

10. If you have not undertaken any

consultation, explain why?

Stag

e 3: A

ssessin

g Imp

act a

nd Ana

lysis

11. What does your information tell you about the impact on different groups? Consider whether the evidence shows potential for differential

impact, if so state whether this is an adverse or positive impact? How likely is this to happen? How you will mitigate/remove any adverse impact?

How likely is this to happen? How will you mitigate/remove any adverse impact?

Protected

Characteristic

Positive Adverse Explain what this impact is, how likely it is to

happen and the extent of impact if it was to occur. What measures can you take to eliminate or reduce

the adverse impact(s)? E.g. consultation, research,

implement equality monitoring etc (Also Include

these in the Improvement Action Plan at Stage 5)

Age (including

carers of

young/older

people)

No potential for differential impact identified.

Disability

(including carers

of disabled

people)

Panel members have identified the potential for a

differential impact to occur where an application

form is completed by someone with a learning

difficulty.

Guidance notes were provided on the application

form.

Information sessions were provided for all grant

applicants. These sessions provided a step-by-step

guide to the application form.

One to one support with completing the application

form was also available from CaVSA (Hammersmith

and Fulham CVS)

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6

Gender

Reassignment


Marriage and

Civil Partnership

As above

Pregnancy and

Maternity

As above

Race

�

Panel members have identified the potential for a

differential impact to occur where an organisation

may have English as a second language.

As above.

Religion or Belief


Sex


Sexual

Orientation


Other (please

state)

Informa

ti

12. C

umula

tive i

mpact –

Are you aware of any cumulative impact?

For example, when conducting a major review of services. This would

mean ensuring that you have sufficient relevant information to

understand the cumulative effect of all of the decisions.

Exam

ple:

A local authority is making changes to four different policies. These

are funding and delivering social care, day care, respite for carers and

community transport. Small changes in each of these policies may

disadvantage disabled people, but the cumulative effect of changes to

these areas could have a significant effect on disabled people’s

participation in public life. The actual and potential effect on equality

of all these proposals, and appropriate mitigating measures, will need

to be considered to ensure that inequalities between different equality

groups, particularly in this instance for disabled people, have been

identified and do not continue or widen. This may include making a

decision to spread the effects of the policy elsewhere to lessen the

The grant application process is an annual, open, competitive process.

The assessment of applications is neutral as to whether or not applicants

have received grants in former years’ annual grants rounds or receive

funding from any other source.

Some organisations rely on funding from a range of bodies. In the current

economic environment some of this funding is being reduced or withdrawn

which could have a cumulative impact on some organisations and the

delivery of services for clients.

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concentration in any one area.

13. How do your proposals contribute towards the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), which requires the Council to have due

regard to eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation, advance equality of opportunity and promote good relations between different

groups.

(Include all the positive actions of your proposals, for example literature will be available in large print, Braille and community languages, flexible

working hours for parents/carers, IT equipment will be DDA compliant etc)

Equa

lity Group

Eliminate unlawful

discrimination, harassment

and victimisation and other

conduct prohibited by the

Equality Act 2010

Advance equality of

opportunity between people

from different groups

Foster good relations

between people from

different groups

What actions can you take to

meet these requirements? (Also

include these in the

Improvement Action Plan at

Stage 5)

Age (including carers

of young/older

people)

All applicants are asked to

indicate on the application

form how their proposed

project / activity will tackle

disadvantage, foster good

relations and promote

equality of opportunity. The

applicants response to this

question forms part of the

overall score. This means

that successful grant

applications will have

provided evidence that their

project contributes to the

PSED.













provided evidence that their

project contributes to the

PSED.













provided evidence that

their project contributes to

the PSED.

As part of the monitoring

process of grants, officers will

seek evidence that the actions

described in response to this

question have been undertaken

and that grant funding has been

used to support the delivery of

the PSED.

Disability (including

carers of disabled

people)

As above

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

Gender

Reassignment

As above

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

Marriage and Civil

As above

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

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Partnership

Pregnancy and

Maternity

As above

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

Race

As above

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

Religion or Belief

As above

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

Sex

As above

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

Sexual Orientation

As above

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

As ab

ove

14. Is there any evidence or concern that dir

ect o

r indir

ect d

iscrim

inatio

n may occur with reference to anti discrimination legislation?

Dire

ct d

iscr

imin

atio

n - o

ccurs

whe

n a pe

rson i

s trea

ted le

ss fa

voura

bly th

an ot

hers

on th

e grou

nds o

f their

age,

disab

ility, g

ende

r, rac

e, rel

igion

or

belie

f, or s

exua

l orie

ntatio

n. Re

fer to

main

guide

lines

and t

oolkit

for e

xamp

les of

direc

t disc

rimina

tion.

Indi

rect

dis

crim

inat

ion -

occu

rs wh

en a

rule,

cond

ition o

r requ

ireme

nt, w

hich a

pplie

s equ

ally t

o eve

ryone

, has

a dis

propo

rtiona

tely a

dvers

e effe

ct on

peop

le fro

m a p

articu

lar eq

ualitie

s grou

p whe

n the

re is

no ob

jectiv

e jus

tifica

tion f

or the

rule.

Refe

r to m

ain gu

idelin

es an

d too

lkit fo

r exa

mples

of

indire

ct dis

crimi

natio

n.

Age

(including

carers)

Disability

(including

carers)

Gend

er Re

assig

nme

nt Marriage

and Civil

Partnership Pregnancy

and

Maternity

Race

Religion and

Belief

Sex

Sexual

Orientation

Yes

Direct

No

�

�

�

�

�

�

�

�

�

Yes

Indirect

No

�

�

�

�

�

�

�

�

�

If you have answered ‘yes’ to any of the above you need to stop and rethink and should not proceed with your proposals. (You are also

encouraged to seek Legal Advice)

Stag

e 4: D

ecision

15. Please indicate which of the following statements best describes the outcome of your EqIA

( � tick one box only)

Outco

me 1 – No change required: when the EqIA has not identified any potential for discrimination or adverse impact and all

opportunities to promote equality are being addressed.

�

Outco

me 2 – Adjustments to remove adverse impact identified by the EqIA or to better promote equality. List the actions you

propose to take to address this in the Improvement Action Plan at Stage 5

Ou

tcome

3 – Continue with proposals despite having identified some potential for adverse impact or missed opportunities to

promote equality. In this case, the justification needs to be included in the EqIA and should be in line with the PSED to have ‘due

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regard’. In some cases, compelling reasons will be needed. You should also consider whether there are sufficient plans to reduce

the negative impact and/or plans to monitor the impact. (explain this in 15A below)

Outco

me 4 – Stop and rethink: when your EqIA shows actual or potential unlawful discrimination. (You are also encouraged to

seek Legal Advice)

15

A. If your EqIA is assessed as ou

tcome

3, explain your justification

with full reasoning to continue with your proposals?

Stag

e 5: M

aking

Adju

stmen

ts (Im

prov

emen

t Acti

on Pl

an)

16. List below any actions you plan to take as a result of this impact assessment. This should include any actions identified throughout the EqIA.

Area of

poten

tial

adverse

impa

ct e.g

. Ra

ce, D

isabil

ity

Actio

n propo

sed

Desir

ed Outc

ome

Target

Date

Lead

Offic

er Prog

ress

Race

Inform

ation se

ssion

s for gra

nt applicants

to provide

them

with

inform

ation to as

sist th

em in

comp

leting

the a

pplica

tion form

.

All organis

ations h

ave

access to the s

ame

inform

ation to as

sist

them with c

omple

ting

the ap

plication form

.

9th Novem

ber 2011 a

nd

14th Novem

ber 2011

Kashmir Takhar, H

ead o

f Co

mmunity Develo

pment

Comp

leted

Race

One to o

ne ad

vice p

rovide

d by

CaVS

A to s

upport individ

ual

organisa

tions with co

mpleting

the

form.

As ab

ove.

28th Novem

ber 2011

Kashmir Takhar, H

ead o

f Co

mmunity Develo

pment

Comp

leted

Small Grou

ps

Assessme

nt of sm

all grant

applications un

dertaken

separately

. Rin

g-fencin

g 15%

of the b

udget

for alloc

ation to sm

all grant

applicants

.

Small grant applica

nts

are as

sessed

proportio

nately a

nd

have a pro

portio

nate

chance of receivin

g fun

ding a

s larg

e gran

t applicants

.

8th Marc

h 2012

Kashmir Takhar, H

ead o

f Co

mmunity Develo

pment

Grant re

comm

endations

to be discussed b

y GAP

at

their m

eeting o

f the 1

st

March

.

Stag

e 6 - M

onito

ring

• The full impact of the decision may only be known after the proposals have been implemented, it is therefore important to ensure effective

monitoring measures are in place to assess the impact.

17. How will you monitor the impact of

the proposals once they have been

implemented? How often will you do

Successful grant recipients are expected to participate in an annual monitoring process.

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this?

18. What monitoring measures need to

be introduced to ensure effective

monitoring of the policy? (Also Include

in Improvement Action Plan at Stage 5)

Annual monitoring process to include monitoring of actions taken by organisations to support the PSED.

19. How will the results of any

monitoring be analysed, reported and

publicised?

The results of monitoring are assessed by grant officers and reported to the Grants Advisory Panel.

Reports provided to the Grants Advisory Panel are publicised on the Harrow Council website.

20. Have you received any complaints

or compliments about the policy,

service, function, project or decision

being assessed? If so, provide details.

The feedback from Panel Observers has in general been positive. All panel observers rated the process

either good, very good or excellent in terms of overall fairness. The feedback from the information

sessions shows that, of those that completed the evaluation form 100% stated that they found the

sessions useful.

Stag

e 7 – Re

porting

outco

mes

The completed EqIA must be attached to all committee reports and a summary of the key findings included in the relevant section within them.

EqIA’s will also be published on the Council’s website and made available to members of the public on request.

21. Summary of the assessment

NOTE

: This section can also be used in your Cabinet reports etc but

you must ALSO attach the full EqIA to the report

� What are the key impacts – both adverse and positive?

� What course of action are you advising as a result of this EqIA?

� Are there any particular groups affected more than others?

� Do you suggest to proceeding with your proposals although an

adverse impact has been identified?

The equality impact assessment undertaken for the grant application

process for 2012-13 does not indicate any adverse impact on the

protected characteristics. The feedback indicates some concern that

the process may impact on small groups, however measures have

been included in this year’s process to assist distribution of funding to

small groups including; the separate assessment of small grant

applications and the ring-fencing of 15% of the budget for allocation to

small groups.

22. How will the impact assessment be

publicised? E.g. Council website,

intranet, forums, groups etc

The impact assessment will be publicised on the Harrow Council website with the publication of the report

for the Grants Advisory panel meeting on the 1s

t March 2012.

Stag

e 8 - O

rgan

isatio

nal s

ign Off (

to be

comp

leted

by Cha

ir of D

epart

menta

l Equ

alitie

s Task G

roup

) Th

e com

pleted

EqIA ne

eds t

o be s

ent to

the c

hair o

f you

r Dep

artme

ntal E

qualitie

s Task G

roup

(DET

G) to

be si

gned

off.

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23. Which group or committee

considered, reviewed and agreed the

EqIA and the Improvement Action

Plan?

Directorate Equalities Task Group.

Signed: (Lead officer completing EqIA)

Sig

ned: (Chair of DETG)

Date:

15 Feb 2012

Date:

15 Feb 2012

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Appe

ndix

7: Inf

ormati

on se

ssion

s – at

tende

e list

Main

Gra

nts P

rogr

amm

e 20

12/1

3

Gran

t Inf

orm

atio

n Se

ssio

ns

Num

ber

Orga

nisa

tions

atte

ndin

g 9/

11/1

1

Gran

t size

&

Asse

ssm

ent

Scor

e as

%

Orga

nisa

tions

atte

ndin

g 14

/11/

11

Gran

t size

&

Asse

ssm

ent

Scor

e as

%

1 Ad

vocacy Voic

e Large –

73

.33%

1st Headston

e Scouts

Small -

46.67

%

2 Afghan Associat

ion

Paiwand

Large -

86

.67%

9th Kenton

Scouts

Small –

53.33

%

3 Ag

e UK Ha

rrow

Large -

70%

ADHD

& Autism

Support

Large -

83

.33%

4 Alz

heimers S

ociet

y Large -

80%

Aspergers S

yndrom

e Access

to Provision (A

SAP)

Large -

86

.67%

5 Aspir

e Large -

80%

Bentley

Prior

y Natu

re

Reserve

Large –

40%

6 Edo S

tate W

omen

Associa

tion

DNA

Borough o

f Harrow

Swimming Club

(BHS

C)

Large –

63

.33%

7 Girlg

uiding

Midd

x NW

Large -

76

.67%

Flash Musica

ls Large -

70%

8 Ha

rrow Be

ngali Associat

ion S

mall –

53

.33%

Harro

w Ag

enda 21

Large –

66

.67%

9 Ha

rrow Be

reavem

ent C

are

Small –

83.33

%

Harro

w Athle

tics C

lub

Small - 90

%

10

Harro

w Equalities Centre

(HEC

) Large -

90%

Harro

w Equalities Centre

(HEC

) Large -

90%

11

Harro

w He

ritage T

rust

Small –

90%

Harro

w in Eu

rope

Small -

33.33

%

12

Harro

w in Eu

rope

Small -

Harro

w in Leaf

DNA

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ndix

7: Inf

ormati

on se

ssion

s – at

tende

e list

33

.33%

13

Harro

w Law Ce

ntre

Large -

96

.67%

Harro

w Re

fugees &

Minorities

Forum

(HaR

F)

Large -

83

.33%

14

Harro

w Sh

opmo

bility

Large –

76

.67%

Harro

w St Mary’s

Cricket

Club

Small –

53.33

%

15

Harro

w Tamil A

ssociat

ion

Small –

86.67

%

Harro

w Town

Cricket C

lub

DNA

16

Herga O

pportunit

y Pla

ygroup

Ineligib

le –

(Capita

l expenditu

re)

Ignit

e Trust

Large -

96

.67%

17

Hestia H

ousin

g & Support

Large –

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Panel Observer feedback Yes 5 Were you satisfied that the

Panel followed the guidance notes for assessment panels?1

No 0 Yes 6 Were you satisfied that the

panel assessed applications in line with the guidance notes provided to applicants?2

No 0

Poor Fair Good 2 Very Good 4

How would you rate the process overall in terms of fairness? Excellent 1

Poor Fair 1 Good 5 Very Good

How would you rate the process overall in terms of ensuring that the information provided by each applicant was properly assessed?

Excellent 1

Other comments: I think it would be a positive step to perhaps have someone from the voluntary sector on the panel as this would ensure that the process would be fairer. Need to have more options on marking system eg. Half points and / or total award 50% so that more fair marks are allotted. In future questions could be more specific and marking extended eg. 1-5. A summary of what the project was going to do/or what it was about should be given to all panel members. This summary would be drawn up in the first instance by looking at the application and someone going through it with the applicant. Panel to be given some information on why reserves are kept and at what level for each organisation. Q6 does not match the assessment criteria. Panel members came to a different conclusion on some of the questions and it was a case of what they perceived and read in to the answers. Scoring could be more elaborate eg. total marks 100, 10 points for each question, range 1-1 for each question, current system 0-3 is very limited. 1 Some panel observers did not provide a response to this question. 2 As above.

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Summary of feedback on grant applications 2012-13 Overall there appeared to be some improvement in the quality of applications received for the 2012-13 Main Grants Programme and this may be accredited to the amount of training and support that was offered. Over 45 organisations attended information sessions or were supported by CaVSA. There was a noticeable disparity between the quality of applications received for large grants and those received for small grants. The areas where grant applicants provided poor quality responses were as follows: Question 4a: What evidence do you have that this project or activity is needed? Low scoring applicants provided very little evidence of need, instead relying on general statements about the population or specific section of the community they serve without providing any quantitative evidence to back up their statements. A common issue identified amongst low scoring applicants was that they tended to provide responses that described the organisations current activities rather than provide any evidence base that made a case that the project is needed. The guidance notes asked applicants to use any evidence that they had gathered and provided examples that could be used such as, feedback from users, feedback from those not yet users, waiting lists, consultation, local or national research. In some cases national research was quoted but no local context was provided. Some organisations tend to regard the fact that they exist as evidence of need in itself and do not explain what the needs and disadvantages are that are being faced by the intended beneficiaries, or the wider need in the community. Some organisations relate the need to their current clients rather than provide a convincing case that the need is broader than their current client base. Where a poor response had been provided to this question it generally followed that a poor response to the following question 4b would also follow ‘How will you project or activity address these needs?’. If the need had not been adequately described in the earlier question it makes it difficult for an assessor to determine whether the project activity will address the need. Q4c: How does the project tackle disadvantage, foster good relations and promote equality of opportunity? Low scoring applications did not appear to understand the question and provided only general statements about how the service was open to all, or how attendance was encouraged from other community groups. Addressing disadvantage or demonstrating equality of opportunity is a question commonly asked by funding bodies and organisations inability to address this question could weaken an application overall. This may be an area where further guidance or training is required. Question 5: Outcomes Many organisations struggled with providing clear outcomes, clear statements about their activity, how success would be measured and what evidence

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would be collected. Many merely described their existing activities confusing outputs with outcomes. Many organisations struggled to provide clear, measurable outcomes and success measures, as well as not being able to specify hard evidence to verify activity. This indicates a lack of awareness amongst organisations with the concepts of outcomes and providing measures for their services. This appears to be an area of significant weakness and one that may require further training or examples of good and bad practice to assist organisations understand these concepts. Question 6a ‘How do the intended beneficiaries get involved in the project or activity?’ This question was intended to elicit responses that would indicate what efforts the organisation was making to ensure that their intended beneficiaries would gain access to the project or activity. Weaker applications referred only to their current client base and did not appear to have considered reaching out to a wider audience. The guidance notes direct the applicant to provide a response that shows ‘what will you do to ensure that your project or activity is easily accessible to those people who could benefit? How do people gain access to the project or activity?. Question 7: Will your project use volunteers? If yes, state how many and describe how they will be involved in the delivery of the project. Responses to this question were generally weak. Applicants were asked to state how many and how they would be involved. Often responses did not indicate the number of volunteers that would be involved and did not describe how they would be involved in the project delivery or the organisation. This question was designed to give organisations an opportunity to ‘sell’ the additional benefits of their project/activity by demonstrating the ‘added value’ their project/activity could provide in terms of involving and utilising volunteers. Cost of project and future of the project A typical weakness identified amongst low scoring applications was the lack of consistency between the project costs and the project activity described. In some cases costs were included in the project breakdown yet appeared to have no link to the project described. There were also examples of project costs not having been included without any explanation of how these costs would be met. In general responses to the question about the future of the project/activity were poor. Some applicants used this section to make a further case for why funding should be provided in future years rather than demonstrate any clear exit or future fundraising strategy. Ethnicity monitoring: Whilst this part of the application form is not assessed as part of the scoring of the application, many organisations mis-interpret this question and appear to tick the categories for whom they are currently providing services to rather than responding to the question which states ‘Which of the following groups are able to access your project?’

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External Funding Guidance This guidance offers some general advice on effective external funding and gives information on a range of funding sources. It is by no means complete or exhaustive but might be a useful aide-memoire. A. Role and Priorities of Corporate Funding Manager The Corporate Funding Manager based in Corporate Finance is responsible overall for the strategy and implementation aims of external funding in Harrow. His main objective is to put in place a sustainable strategy to identify, increase and maintain external funding for the Borough. His role is therefore not primarily about “ handholding” for Council Officers and external partners seeking external funding but about major bid co-ordination, advice, support and capacity building. It intends to add value to and not duplicate sources of expertise already existing on, for instance, arts, sports, housing, transport and the environment. The Corporate Funding Manager’s key priorities will focus on Directorates priorities for external funding in their Service Delivery Plans and the areas where external funding will support and enhance service delivery outcomes. B. Newsletters and Newsflashes The Corporate Funding Manager produces an on-line Newsletter roughly every two months and also ad hoc newsflashes to alert people to significant new funding sources, key contacts, and developments affecting funding for key Harrow projects and initiatives. C. Networks An external funding network has been set up drawn from the range of external and internal people that the Corporate Funding Manager Officer has brought together since he has been in post. It includes officers from all the Council Directorates and representatives of key partner organisations from the public, private and voluntary and community sectors in Harrow. There is considerable expertise and knowledge across the Borough on sources of and approaches to external funding, but that we can achieve more through increased cross-sector partnerships and a greater sharing of information, advice and good practice. The network meetings chaired by the Corporate Funding Manager and held every 2-3 months are a good way of achieving this. D. Sources of funding a. Government Departments and Agencies A wide range of Government Departments and agencies regularly invite applications from local authorities and voluntary and community organisations. Because they are often national tenders, competition is strong and the most

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successful bids are those that meet the criteria precisely and present their case convincingly. Organisations are strongly encouraged to sign up to website email alerts from organisations such as Department of Children, Schools and Families, Office of Civil Society, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department of Health to keep up to date of imminent funding sources b. Charitable Trusts and Foundations Hundreds of charitable trusts and foundations giving over £2bn of grants each year are available to groups to apply to for funding. The trick is in identifying the right ones. Most now have more strategic focus to grant funding and specific themes they support. The website of the Association of Charitable Foundations www.acf.org.uk is a useful first source of information. You can also sign up to receive email alerts of new funding programmes and priorities from many of the larger trusts and foundations. Some well known larger ones are Tudor Trust, Esmee Fairbairn Trust, John Lyon’s Charity, City Bridge Trust, City Parochial Foundation, Lloyds TSB Foundation, and Henry Smith Charity. There are a couple of very useful on sale directories - 'A Guide to the Major Trusts' published by the Directory of Social Change, and the 'Directory of Grant-Making Trusts' published by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). c. Employers There are an estimated 8800 businesses in Harrow, employing around 67,700 people. The majority are small with 90% employing 10 or fewer employees. Many employ local people and rely on their local reputation to build their customer base. They can be approached for sponsorship or for offering in-kind support and equipment such as computers to schools and voluntary and community organisations and events or for employee involvement activity such as supporting the Education Business Partnership. d. On-line funding sources There is a range of other online sources to help you through the funding maze. Some free to sign up to and others through subscriptions. It includes

• www.grantsonline.org.uk • www.grants4.info • governmentfunding.org.uk • funderfinder.org.uk • j4bgrants.co.uk • access-funds.co.uk • www.fundinginformation.org • www.companygiving.org.uk, • www.governmentfunding.org.uk, • www.grantsforindividuals.org.uk • www.trustfunding.org.uk, • www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk.

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Grantfinder Grantfinder is a comprehensive search engine source of public and private sector funding opportunities. Harrow Council has subscribed to Grantfinder (www.grantfinder.co.uk}. The Corporate Funding Manager has password access and is able to let Council colleagues have similar access so that they might source funding routes for themselves.

Grantnet The London Development Agency has also bought use of Grantfinder’s Grantnet for voluntary and community organisations and small businesses to search free of charge for funding sources. This is a very useful resource and can be accessed under “Tenders and Funding” from the LDA website www.lda.gov.uk.

e. Big Lottery Fund (BIG) The Big Lottery Fund (www.biglotteryfund.org.uk) provides a wide range of grants largely to voluntary and community organisations. For instance the Reaching Communities programme offers grants up to £500,000 for up to a five year period. However it is very competitive. 1 bid in 13 in London is known to be successful. The average grant is around £280k. Potential applicants to the Big Lottery Fund should register and sign up to alerts on imminent funding sources and deadlines. Awards for All

Awards for All is a grants programme set up to help small groups and communities. It is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Arts Council of England, Sport England, and the Big Lottery Fund. • Grants between £300 to £10,000 • Grants for projects to help people to take part in art, sport, heritage and

community activities, as well as projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.

• You can apply at any time and must use the grant within one year • You can apply if you are a not-for-profit group or you are a parish or

town council, school or health body. Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/england_main.html Advice Line: 0845 600 2040 email: [email protected] The Awards for All programme changed its format from April 2009. The Awards for All programme is currently funded jointly by Arts Council England, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. From 1 April 2009 each of the lottery distributors supporting the scheme have their own small grants programmes up and running, meaning that applicants will have four separate and more tailored programmes of funding to apply to ranging up to £100k.

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Since April 2009 the Big Lottery Fund runs its own, new version of Awards for All, awarding grants of £300 to £10,000 to local communities for 2009-10. The programme retains its current broad eligibility and straightforward application process. It will cover a very wide variety of projects, focusing on four outcomes:

• People have better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills

• Stronger communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems

• Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to enjoy

• Healthier and more active people and communities. Projects with a specific art, sport or heritage outcome should direct their applications to other funders' small grants programmes; see www.lotteryfunding.org.uk for more information about these programmes as and when it becomes available. f. European Funding Public, private and voluntary sector organisations are eligible for EU funding. However, the bidding and project management process is bureaucratic and daunting for first time applicants. Partnership with a larger organisation as a lead partner is often the best way of gaining experience of managing EU projects. Harrow Council has been particularly successful over the last two years in accessing ESF funding and has now built up bidding and project management expertise. Many European funding programmes for which we are eligible (except for those requiring transnational partners from other EU countries) no longer require match funding because of co-financing (i.e. matching of UK budgets to EU funds). ESF co-financing organisations in London are London Development Agency (LDA), Learning and Skills Councils (LSC), Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) and London Councils. European Social Fund (ESF) programmes focus on two priorities • Extending employment opportunities for unemployed and economically

inactive people, supporting targeted activities for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)

• Creating a skilled and adaptable workforce – targeted at upskilling those in work

You can find Information on EU programmes in the official Journal of European Union (OJEU) and European Social Fund rules and regulations on www.esf.gov.uk g. Funding for 2012 and other procurement and tendering opportunities

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Competefor website Competefor is an online tender advertising tool for organisations wishing to apply for London Development Agency and other public sector contracts, particularly for 2012. For the Round 2 prospectus all applicants will need to register and complete and publish a business profile on the Competefor system: www.competefor.com ( http://www.competefor.com/ ) Further information is available at www.lda.gov.uk/competefor E. Making Successful Applications The current economic climate has worsened the funding position for public sector and voluntary and community organisations. This has put an increasing level of demand on and competition for external funding sources. Harrow’s still relatively low position on the deprivation indices means that Harrow organisations must produce high quality and clear needs and evidence-based applications to have a realistic chance of success. Below are a few tips for successful bidding.

• Suitability – don’t bid for everything; make sure it fits what your organisation is good at and can provide and manage effectively

• Preparation – Start as early as you can; high quality bid writing takes a lot of time

• Guidance - read the funding guidance notes and any other bid information very carefully;

• Eligibility - contact the funder if you want preliminary information before you bid

• Language – be concise and specific, use examples to support what you say

• Style – try through the guidance notes to get an idea of style of writing that funder prefers

• Format – follow the bid format preferred by the funder • Order of material - present what you say in the order requested by

the funder to make it easier for them to assess and score your bid • Scoring – check the sections that they give the highest priority to in

terms of marks awarded and give your own priority to these sections accordingly

• Checking – get someone independent to read over your bid before sending it off; particularly check that the finance information adds up.

F. A selection of charitable trusts and foundations

Name Contact details

Scope Average grant

Exclusions

Alchemy 01883 730600 Mental or physical illness or No

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Foundation disability and in particular babies and children suffering; persons suffering from the effect of famine; any charity involved in promoting the material mental and spiritual care and welfare of the elderly and dying; any charity involved in medical research; any charity benefiting children; the Orpheus trust

minimum/ maximum grants

Allchurches Trust Ltd

[email protected]

01452 873189 www.ecclesiastical.co.uk

Grants will be considered in response to appeals in support of Churches, Church establishments, religious charities and charities preserving UK heritage. dioceses and cathedrals of the Church of England.

Charities with political associations; national charities; individuals; appeals for running costs and salaries

Milly Apthorp Charitable Trust

01923 224411 [email protected]

Young people North West London; holidays for people with physical disabilities and their carers/ families, and holidays for young people towards adventurous expeditions and character building activities.

£5k-£70k The trust states that the trustees do their own research into areas of interest; ‘unsolicited appeals are not welcome and no reply is given to unsuccessful applicants’

Lord Ashdown Charitable Trust

020 7387 5868

Children/Young people, Elderly/Old People, People with disabilities, People of a particular ethnic or racial origin, Other charities/Voluntary bodies, Makes grants to organisations, Provides human resources, Provides advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors or undertakes research, Acts as umbrella or resource body

£116k Fund the mainstream arts, large well-established national charities, and exploration or adventure projects. Doesn’t give grants to enable students to study overseas, support elective periods of medical students, or assist with fees at private schools.

Band Trust 020 7469 0550 [email protected]

Aids persons who are in need of education or care, whether wholly or partially, including those who are ill, disabled or injured, old and infirm or children with special needs. Such aid will be given through making grants to the providers of care such as Institutions and Homes.

Less than £1k - £100k

David and Frederick

0207 915 0915

Medical research; young who are about to embark on their

£1k+

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Barclay Foundation

careers; support charities whose purposes are to aid the old, sick and the disabled

Percy Bilton Charity

020 8579 2829

Older people; children or adults with learning or physical disabilities; children or young people who are socially or educationally disadvantaged or underprivileged

£2k + Individual projects; salaries, training costs or office equipment/ furniture; consumables; publication costs; projects for general community use; projects that have been completed; items that have already been purchased; provision of disabled facilities in schemes; general funding; play schemes; holidays; trips; community centres; community sports; pre-schools; refurbishment or repair of places of worship; research projects; welfare funds; hospital/medical equipment

Clore Duffield Foundation

020 7351 6061 [email protected] www.cloreduffield.org.uk

The arts generally; health and social welfare, especially but not only to Jewish charities

No donations or grants to individuals, whether for education or any other purpose

Dunhill Medical Trust

020 7584 7411 [email protected] www.dunhillmedical.org.uk

Care of the elderly; Fellowships; Disabilities and rehabilitation; Research – diseases & related issues of ageing; ‘Unfashionable’ issues

£3.1m million

Providing clinical services that, in their opinion, would be more appropriately provided by the NHS; sponsorship of individuals; organisations outside the UK; charities representing specific professions or trade associations; institutional overheads; travel/conference fees; hospices

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Execution Charitable Trust

020 7456 9191

Absolute return for kids; Broxburn Family and Community Centre; Bryncynon Community Revival strategy

£16k – £135k

Esmee Fairbairn

020 7297 4700 [email protected] www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk

Social Development; social enterprise; environment; education; arts and heritage

£44k Replacing statutory funding; festivals, sport and leisure; individual schools; large national charities; capital except Heritage or Environment

Gosling Foundation Limited

020 7495 5599

Leisure time activities in the interest of social welfare, especially children and young adults. Poverty, education, religion, naval and service charities

£5k- £100k+

Grocer’s Charity

020 7606 3113 [email protected] www.grocershall.co.uk/charity

Poverty; young people; education; disability; medicine; the arts; heritage; the church; older people

£1k + Cathedral, churches and other ecclesiastical bodies; hospices; schools and other educational establishments; research projects

Help the aged

020 7278 1114 [email protected] www.helptheaged.org.uk

Welfare, for older people £100 - £10k+

Funding for loans; commercial companies or statutory agencies; organisations artificially created as trusts; holidays; residential nursing homes; registered social landlords

Beatrice Laing Trust

020 8238 8890

Poverty; distress £1k - £5k No grants to individuals; no travel grants; no educational grants

Mercers’ Charitable Foundation

020 7726 4991 www.mercers.co.uk

Medical welfare; general welfare; disabled; youth and elderly; education; heritage and arts; church

£10 k + Ongoing salary costs; running costs; capital fundraising; animal welfare; endowment appeals; mother tongue language classes; refurbishment; community groups outside London; organisations that have received a grant in the last three years;

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organisations that give grants; organisations where the umbrella organisation has been supported; branches of national charities

Nuffield Foundation

020 7631 8450 [email protected] www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk

Health policy futures; the changing role of the state in health care; public health; quality

£1k - £171k

Grants are not awarded to individuals for personal studies, nor to meet the core costs of other organisations

Queen Mary’s Roehampton Trust

020 8395 9980 [email protected]

War disabled ex- service people and their dependants

£1k - £40k No grants to individuals

Rank Foundation

01926 744550 [email protected] www.rankfoundation.com

Promotion of Christian principles through film and other media; encouraging and developing leadership amongst young people; supporting disadvantaged young people and those frail or lonely through old age and disability

Agriculture and farming; cathedrals and churches; culture; university and school building and bursary funds; medical research

Rayne Foundation

020 7487 9637 www.raynefoundation.org.uk

Vulnerable or disadvantaged individuals in society, especially children, young people and the elderly; supporting work of national importance; providing direct benefits or services to people

£5k - £20 k No grants to individuals

Sovereign Health Care Charitable Trust

01274 729472 [email protected]

Hospitals; associations and institutions; nurses’ training grant

£50k max No grants to individuals

Garfield Weston Foundation

020 7399 6565 [email protected] www.garfieldweston.org

Education; Health; Welfare; Religion; Arts; Youth Environment; Community; Mental health

£3k - £1m Organisations or groups which are not UK registered charities; individuals outside the UK; animal welfare charities

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Name of Organisation Name of Project 1st Headstone Scout Group Providing scouting/camping learning experiences for Scouts

and Cubs 9th Kenton Scout Group Provide Scouting activities for children aged 6 - 14 years

living within the areas of Kenton, Harrow and Stanmore. ADHD and Autism Support Harrow PROJECT MANAGER POSITION Advocacy Voice Citizen Advocacy Afghan Association of London (Harrow) Elderly Project Afghan Association Paiwand Harrow Community Advocacy Service Age UK Harrow (Registered name Age Concern Harrow)

Social Partnership Project Alzheimer's Society Peer Support and active engagement for People with

Dementia and their Carers Asperger's Syndrome Access to Provision (A.S.A.P.) ASC, The Centre Aspire Disability Sports Development Association of Senior Muslim Citizens Well being of the Elderly Muslim Citizens through

enhancement of quality of life Barnet FC Community Trust Who is responsible for me? Think Safe - Be Safe! Bentley Priory Nature Reserve Management Committee

MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE OPEN SPACE Blossom Staffing and volunteer professional training programme CARRAMEA Computer Skills for the Community Connaught Opera PROFESSIONAL CONCERTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN

HARROW East African Welfare & Development Concern (EAWDC)

Women's Support Group Flash Musicals The Avatar Project (Educational/ Safety Cartoons, Media

Skills & Community) Girlguiding Middlesex North West Facilities & Services for Guiding & Non-Guiding Groups

residing in Harrow at Willow Tree Centre Harrow African-Caribbean Association [HACAS] HACAS ACTIVITY DAY CENTRE Harrow Agenda 21 Environmental Forum Environmental Activity and Learning, Teacher Support Harrow Anti-Racist Alliance Community Support Service Harrow Association of Disabled people Overcoming barriers Harrow Association Of Somali Voluntary Organisations- hasvo

Reduction of substance misuse, Ill Health and promotion of healthy living styles among the BMEG in Harrow

Harrow Athletics Club Club Coaching and Athletics 365 programmes Harrow Bengalee Association Family Forum including children's & Senior Citizen's

activities Harrow Bereavement Care Provision of Bereavement Support Harrow Borough Football Club Upgrade and Refurbishment of Floodlighting Installation Harrow Citizens Advice Bureau Advice for Harrow Harrow Community Transport Harrow Community Transport Harrow Crossroads Therapeutic Activities Programme (TAP) Together Harrow Equalities Centre Equality - More Important Than Ever Harrow Heritage Trust Management of and public engagement with Harrow's

nature reserves Harrow in Europe Association Facilitating the Civic and all the other aspects of Town

Harrow's Twinning and International Friendship Harrow Kuwaiti Community Association Kuwaiti Community Integration Project Harrow Law Centre Harrow Law Centre Harrow Mencap Transition Pathways Harrow Shopmobility ENABLING DISABLED PEOPLE TO ACCESS HARROW Harrow St. Mary’s Cricket Club Provision of facilities to enable Harrow's community to come

together through cricket. Harrow Tamil Association Day centre to enhance quality of life Harrow Tamil School Association Annual Musical Festival Harrow Vultrix Korfball Club Harrow Neighbourhood Street Olympics Headstone Manor Ladies Cricket Club Ongoing Development of Female Cricket

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HOPE Harrow making a Difference to Parenting Huntington's Disease Association Regional Care Advisory Service I Serve Ltd Reaching Out Ignite Trust Expression Indian Association of Harrow Seniors Club Kids Can Achieve Kids Can Crew Youth Programme London Kalibari London Kalibari Action for Community 2012 Middlesex Association for the Blind Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired Mind in Harrow Mental Health Information Service Navalar Tamil School COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2012-2013 Navnat Vadil Mandal Tuesday gathering meetings and learning activities project Nepalese British Community UK (NBC UK) LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST

LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH Pakistan Society of Harrow United and Involved communities to promote social and

cultural welfare of Pakistani community. Pre-school Learning Alliance Pathways to Learning Relate London North West Emotional Support for Families Russian Immigrant's Association Harrow Puppet Tales Somali Cultural and Educational Association SCEA youth empowerment and achievement South Harrow Christian Fellowship Youth Enrichment Programme Special Connection Drama workshops for children and young people of ALL

abilities. Srishti Yuva Culture The Fourth Age, Artfully St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent) The continued development and expansion of St Luke’s

Hospice at Home Service for the residents of Harrow Stanmore Bowls Club Replace floor coverings Tanglewood Tanglewood The Borough of Harrow Swimming Club Project Mending Broken Hearts The Harrow Refugee Forum (HaRF) Capacity Building and Employment and Training The Harrow Women's Centre Harrow Women Centre Information and Support Service The Survive and Save Club Financial Inclusion Programme For 2012/2013 The WISH Centre ISVA : Sexual Violence Advocacy & counselling for Young

People USURP Art Gallery & Studios Community Collaborations - Increasing support and training Venceremos Football Club Beacon Football 2012 Voluntary Action Harrow Limited The Virtual Volunteer Manager Service

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