[cma-l] Funding News: Connected Communities Innovation Fund (England only)

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Connected Communities Innovation Fund
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Status:Open to applicationsApplication Deadline:30 October 2017
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Description

Grants are available for charities, social enterprises, and public services
for projects in England that support volunteering in public services and
new ways for people aged 50+ to engage in digital social action.
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DetailsFund Value:£ 4,750,000Maximum Value:£ 250,000Minimum Value:£ 50,000
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Value Notes

The Fund provides £4 million in grants from DCMS and £750,000 in
non-financial support from Nesta.

Depending on the maturity of the idea, the following awards are available
for innovations in all four priority areas:

   - Early Stage Ideas track - grants of between £50,000 and £75,000, along
   with non-financial support over 12-18 months to test concepts.
   - Growing Great Ideas track - grants of between £100,000 and £250,000,
   along with two years of non-financial support, are available for
   innovations already in place and ready to scale.

It is expected that a total of around 20 innovations (through both tracks)
will be funded.
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Extended Description

The new Connected Communities Innovation Fund has been set up by the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) which is providing
£4 million in grants and Nesta, which is providing £750,000 in
non-financial support.

The fund is designed to encourage more people to volunteer alongside public
services, and inspire new ways of giving for those who have not previously
volunteered. The fund has a specific focus on helping people aged 50 and
over, those who want to give time infrequently rather than routinely, and
those who want to give their time and skills from the comfort of their own
home to good causes.

The fund will support innovations that address one of four different social
issues:

   - Bringing communities closer to create shared resources and support one
   another.
   - Supporting community resilience in emergencies.
   - Improving the environment.
   - Creating new forms of digital social action.

The funding is offered through two separate tracks: Early Stage Ideas and
Growing Great Ideas.
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Latest Information

The deadline for expressions of interest is 30 October 2017 (midday).

Webinars will be held on 4 October, 10 October, 12 October, and 17 October
2017.
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Key Criteria

Public services, charities, social enterprises or partnerships led by these
organisations can apply as long as their projects advance Nesta’s
charitable objects for public benefit. Incorporated entities and
unincorporated associations with formal membership structures can apply.

For-profit organisations may apply if there is a strong argument for public
benefit and demonstrate they require public funds to develop or scale their
work, or if they do so as a partnership with a not-for-profit organisation
as the lead applicant.
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Eligible Expenditure

The funding is for not-for-profit activities that mobilise the time and
talents of people through social action to create outcomes in any of the
following themes (priorities):

   - Community connections and thriving places: innovations that mobilise
   the time and talents of people within local communities to share resources,
   create reciprocal models of support and enable people to help each other in
   key priorities within communities.
   - Community resilience in emergencies: innovations that mobilise the
   time and talents of people to enable communities to prepare for, respond
   to, and recover from emergencies.
   - Digital Social Action: innovations that harness the opportunities of
   digital technologies to help mobilise the time and talents of people in new
   ways that suit 21st century lifestyles and needs.
   - Improving the environment: innovations that mobilise the time and
   talents of people to create better responses to reducing waste and
   pollution.

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Restrictions

The following are not eligible for funding:

   - Individuals.
   - Traditional befriending projects.
   - One-off events or community celebrations.
   - General community platforms.
   - Projects taking place outside of England.
   - Innovations which are party political.
   - Innovations which support or promote religious activity.

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Application Procedure

Webinars will be held on:

   - 4 October 2017 (10 - 11am)
   - 10 October 2017 (4 - 5pm)
   - 12 October 2017 (9.30 - 10.30am)
   - 17 October 2017 (11am - 12pm)

Advanced registration is required, and this can be done through Nesta's
website.

Online Expressions of Interest forms can be found on Nesta's website.

Contact Nesta for further information.
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Addresses and contacts

Application forms may be available to download from the funding body’s own
website
<http://www.nesta.org.uk/project/connected-communities-innovation-fund>.
Contact details:*Connected Communities Team*
Nesta
58 Victoria Embankment
London
ECAY 0DSTelephone:020 7438 2500Email:connectedcommunities at nesta.org.uk

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