DEMENTIA ORGANISATIONS OFFERED THE CHANCE TO SHARE IN £900,000 FUND
A NEW, £900,000 fund has been launched to help those living with dementia in the North East and Cumbria. For further information please see:
http://www.comicrelief.com/apply-for-a-grant/uk/north-east-and-cumbria-dementia-fund
The Northern Rock Foundation has joined forces with Comic Relief and Ballinger Charitable Trust to form the North East and Cumbria Dementia Fund and now wants to hear from projects and organisations that help people living with dementia to continue to live in and play an active part in their community.
Comic Relief, Northern Rock Foundation and Ballinger Charitable Trust have a long history of working to improve the lives of disadvantaged people and are coming together to drive positive change for people affected by dementia in the North East and Cumbria.
In 2010, 31,840 people were living with late onset dementia in the North East and 7,000 in Cumbria – figures predicted to rise respectively by nearly 60 per cent to 50,840 and by 85 per cent to nearly 13,000 by 2030.
The North East and Cumbria Dementia Fund is looking to assist organizations to develop new ways of supporting people with dementia and their carers and to identify models of best practice that could be adopted more widely across the United Kingdom.
“We want to support projects that are working with people with dementia who are living in the community either in their own homes or in sheltered accommodation and work that changes the way people with dementia are viewed and treated by society” said Programme Manager Louise Telford from Northern Rock Foundation.
Comic Relief’s UK Manager, Clare Kiely, said: “Dementia is an important and growing issue that touches many people’s lives across the UK. Comic Relief is pleased to be able to support the development of new and innovative ways to support people diagnosed with dementia and their carers to continue to live happy and fulfilling lives for as long as possible.”
The North East and Cumbria Dementia Fund is also interested in supporting projects that help people with dementia who live alone, are from minority communities – including the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities – have learning disabilities or are experiencing early onset dementia.
It is particularly keen to hear from projects that give people with dementia a voice, or which offer new ways of enabling them to continue to live rich and fulfilling lives in the community.
The North East and Cumbria Dementia Fund has also been formed to support carers and applications are being sought from projects that either equip them with the skills to carry out their caring role or aim to challenge stigma and improve the way people with dementia are perceived.
Nikki Crowther, Trustee of the Ballinger Trust said “We are delighted that Comic Relief will be working with ourselves and the Northern Rock Foundation in the North East and Cumbria to improve the lives of people affected by dementia. I think this is testament to the innovative approaches already taken here, and to the need for further support in this area. “
For further information, or to apply for funding through the North East and Cumbria Dementia Fund contact Louise Telford at Northern Rock Foundation on tel: 0191 284 8412 or email generaloffice@nr-foundation.org.uk
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Types of work Northern Rock Foundation would consider funding:
- Advocacy and self-advocacy projects that help people with dementia to get their voices heard. If you are a self-advocacy group who would like a smaller grant please get in touch with us and we will help you to apply.
- New ways of supporting people with dementia that enables people to continue to live rich and fulfilling lives in the community. Types of support that we will consider include circles of support; community activities that use different interventions including through technology, the arts, music, sport or reminiscence work; projects that provide guidance to people with dementia on how to navigate through the care and support system and help them to plan their futures.
- Projects that support people to continue to live independently
These projects may provide practical support, and /or could utilise design and technology solutions to assist people;
- Projects that equip Carers with the skills to carry out their caring role. We are specifically interested in projects that provide support to Carers around the symptoms of dementia and projects that help Carers to develop coping strategies;
- Projects that aim to challenge stigma and improve the way that people with dementia are perceived. We will consider funding projects that use the arts, drama, intergenerational and other approaches to achieve this objective. Any projects should think carefully about how they will evidence improvements in attitudes that will result from their work.
How much you can apply for
The total budget for this fund is £900,000. We anticipate sharing this fund across a number of projects and will accept ambitious applications across a whole range of grant amounts. For exceptional projects we would consider an upper limit of around £200,000, applications requesting high amounts of funding will need to make an exceptional case backed by strong evidence of need and demonstrate innovation and longer term plans for strategic impact and sustainability. For user led groups requesting under £2,000 we are happy to offer support in completing the application. Interested organisations can download an application form from http://www.comicrelief.com/apply-for-a-grant/uk/north-east-and-cumbria-dementia-fund
The closing date for applications is 7th of July 2014.
Who can apply
To apply for this programme you must have an active presence in the North East and Cumbria. We welcome proposals from registered charities and other eligible not-for-profit organisations.
New and emerging or small not-for-profit groups (e.g. user led organisations) who are not registered charities are eligible to apply as long as they have a constitution. We can only fund legally charitable work that your constitution allows you to do. We can only accept one proposal from an organisation at any one time.
About Northern Rock Foundation
Northern Rock Foundation is a charity and company limited by guarantee with an independent Board of Trustees that makes all decisions on governance, finance and policy.
The Foundation aims to tackle disadvantage and improve quality of life in North East England and Cumbria. The Foundation’s work is delivered by a professional staff team of 12 based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
About Comic Relief
Comic Relief is a UK charity, which aims to create a just world, free from poverty. To date, Comic Relief has raised over £900million. That money has helped, and is helping, people living incredibly tough lives, both at home in the UK and across the world.
For information about Comic Relief and the work it carries out, please visit www.comicrelief.com
Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland)
About Ballinger Charitable Trust
Ballinger Charitable Trust was founded in 1994 and seeks to support charities, voluntary organisations and community groups with grants and funding.
The focus of the trust is to support projects in the North East of England by providing funds that
- support the elderly
- support the health, well-being and development of young people
- promote arts and cultural projects based in the North East of England
For further information please visit www.ballingercharitabletrust.org.uk
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