ccf guideline notes 2012 - 2014

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EMPOWERING CHURCHES TO

GuidelinesFunding

2012-14

The Church and Community Fund (formerly known as the Central Church

Fund) is a charitable trust fund under the trusteeship of The Archbishops'Council. The Archbishops' Council is a registered charity (1074857).

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3: 2012 2014 Strategic Themes

Contents:

4: Funding Theme 1 Neighbourhood Renewal

8: Funding Theme 3 Community Engagement Replication

6: Funding Theme 2 Church Growth

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10: Application Criteria

2: About the CCF, Mission Statement & Objectives

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11: Selection Criteria

12: Evaluation

13: How to Apply

14: Application Checklist


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2012 - 2014:

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Strategic Themes:In 2012 2014* the CCF will support projects that:

*2012 2014: - The three funding themes will be reviewed

and updated towards the end of 2014 in thelight of prevailing needs and opportunities

identified through thorough evaluation and in

light of the Churchs priorities at that time.

3) Replicate models of successful community

engagement across the wider church.

1) Significantly expand the Churchs engagement

with neighbourhood renewal,

2) Seek innovative ways of developing established

community projects so that they either a) grow

existing or b) evolve into new communities of

Christian Faith, and;


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Theme 1: Neighbourhood Renewal

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The CCF will support projects that......significantly expand the Churchs

engagement with neighbourhood renewal:

Significantly - Projects must have an effect of a noticeableand measurable impact.

Neighbourhood Renewal - Projects must have a sustained approach to improving the

quality of life in areas of greatest need, through reviving

neighbourhoods and improving services and provisions.

Grant Size - Grants between 10,000 - 20,000 will beawarded to successful applicants under this

theme.

Neighbourhood RenewalDebt Advice

Employment Skills

Skills

Training

Health Services

Safe Havens

Social Counselling

Community

Cohesion

Homelessness

Behavioural

Improvement

RehabilitationEducation

Provision

Inter-Generational


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5.

Examples of the type of projects

that grants will be awarded to:

Examples of the type of projects

that grants will not be awarded to:

A church run community services centre on

a large council estate that focuses on

employment skills, improving social welfare

and self-esteem counselling. By employing

another counsellor, the project is able to

undertake one on one engagement with an

extra 20 people a week. There are clear

outcomes derived from the project

including people gaining skills,

qualifications and confidence enabling

them to gain employment.

The installation of an accessible toilet and

kitchen in the extension of a church with

the stated aim of enabling the building to

be used more widely by the community.

There is a moderate list of potential new

users of the building though the overall

impact on neighbourhood renewal would

be limited.

The employment of a detached youth

worker who works with un-churched young

people in innovative ways on inner city

housing estates. The project aims to help

young people find a sense of purpose in

life, raise their aspirations and improve

social and practical skills. The worker alsoholds regular and concentrated weekly

mentoring sessions with 10 young people.

Building new community rooms and a hall

within the church building. The space

would largely be let to tenants to generate

a source of income. There is limited direct

involvement in the community provision by

the church and no real vision by the church

to be a key player in bringing aboutneighbourhood renewal.

A grant awarded towards improving

facilities and the running costs of a church

and local addiction charity run drugs

rehabilitation centre. It provides

accommodation and intensive

rehabilitation for 20 people at a time for a

period of 6 months. The success rate forrehabilitation is high and for the majority of

people for whom the programme is

successful, their lives are significantly

transformed. Many of the rehabilitated

users maintain contact with the church.

The restoration and upgrading of the tower

room for church and community use by the

history society, horticultural society and

choir. It would be difficult to argue that

these activities had a significant impact on

neighbourhood renewal. Whilst they may

be worthy activities, they are unlikely tobring about a step change in the quality of

life and prospects of people living in areas

of greatest need.

Theme 1: Neighbourhood Renewal...


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Theme 2: Church Growth

6.

The CCF will support projects that...... seek innovative ways of developing established

community projects so that they either a) grow

existing or b) evolve into new communities of

Christian Faith.

Grant Size - Grants between 10,000 - 20,000 will beawarded to successful applicants under this

theme.

Innovative Fresh GroundbreakingOriginal

Novel

PioneeringCreative


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7.

Examples of the type of projects that

grants will be awarded to:

Examples of the type of projects that

grants will not be awarded to:A church social action outreach project in a

city centre estate has been running for over

a year and has reached a lot of people that

would not normally come into contact with

the church. The church is seeking to employ

a lay evangelist to establish new

worshipping communities on the estate for

those that the social action project has

reached.

A parish church is looking to employ a part

time coordinator to set up a mid week

mothers and toddlers group in a well

resourced church. It could be argued that

this could be facilitated for free by recruiting

volunteers or with help of the churchs

childrens worker . The project is not growth

focused as it is looking to attract those who

already attend the church.

The employment of a community

development worker to run an after school

drop in for parents and children in a local

estate, that has enabled the project to

evolve into a fresh expression of church,

with mid-week messy church style worship

and Eucharistic worship on a Sunday. This

project has clear objectives and a track

record of church growth.

The purchase and running costs of a minibu

to transport existing elderly members of a

church congregation to and from a weekly

coffee morning, a fortnightly lunch club and

to services on Sunday mornings. This projec

does not have an objective to grow the

church, rather it focuses on serving the

needs of the current congregation .

The employment of a youth development

worker. The youth work at a parish church is

beginning to focus on three new areas of

work. Firstly, an ecumenical youth club that

is aimed at those on the fringes of church.

Secondly detached youth work on estates to

provide a safe haven for young people and

thirdly a twice a month Sunday gathering

that brings both other elements togetherfor a more overtly Christian focused event.

This project has a clear strategy in place to

grow the church and has proven itself to be

successful in bridging the gap between

detached and church based youth work.

The continued employment of a Childrens

and Youth worker at a local parish church.

The worker is responsible for the church

youth group that is made up of the youth

who attend church already and for the

running of the weekly childrens Sunday

School. Again the project does not have an

objective to grow the church through its

youth and childrens work, instead cateringfor the young people that already attend the

church.

Theme 2: Church Growth...


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Theme 3: Community Engagement

Replication

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The CCF will support projects that......replicate models of successful communityengagement across the wider church:

Grant Size - Larger Grants of over 20,000 will be awardedto a handful of successful applicants under this

theme per year.

If you are thinking of

applying under this

theme you must

contact CCF staff firstbefore submitting an

application.


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Examples of the type of projects that grants will be awarded

to:

An organisation seeking to develop opportunities in local churches to

provide a whole-person health ministry to the community. The approach

involves placing a nurse in parishes to provide health care advice in a way

that is joined up with the spiritual and pastoral care offered by the Parish.

The model has proved successful in a number of local parishes and a

larger grant from the CCF could help to roll it out more widely across the

Church of England.A coffee and craft project aimed at the older generation has been

successful in attracting a large number of participants and growing the

church in a number of rural parishes. The organisation behind it is

seeking funding to replicate this model to other parishes within the

diocese and potentially to parishes in other dioceses.

A diocesan run initiative that targets parishes in areas of disadvantage

who want to develop their assets in ways which are socially useful. Agrant could be awarded to help roll out the programme in other

dioceses.

Theme 3:

Community Engagement Replication...

Grants will not be awarded to projects that:

Seek to expand locally rather than be replicated in other areas.

Do not have a track record of success or growth.

Only suit a unique local situation and environment.


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Applications to the CCF must meet the following criteria:

Projects must be in line with one of the strategic themes and projects thatare not run by parishes must demonstrate that they are sufficiently linked to

and are furthering the mission of the Church of England at a local level.

Projects must demonstrate that they are responding to proven needs or

opportunities.

The organisation applying must not have unrestricted reserves of over

100,000 and a clear explanation is required as to why the parish/organisation

cannot use reserves in order to fund the proposed project. The organisation applying must demonstrate commitment to the project by

committing some of their own resources to it according to their means.

Normally applications will only be accepted from the 50% most deprived

parishes according to Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) rankings. Those

parishes with a ranking in the 50% least deprived will have to provide

evidence using Local Government SOA data, that pockets of absolute

deprivation exist.

(Please visit the CCF website for a table that details parish IMD rankings and go to:

http://www.imd.communities.gov.uk/ for government deprivation statistics)

The CCF will fund at least 10% (and usually not more than 75%) of the total

project cost (this should generally be the cost for the project as a whole and

not for one particular phase of the project, unless that phase is clearly defined

and delivers outcomes in isolation from the other phases).

Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to evaluation.

Application Criteria:

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Selection Criteria:

Applications will be scored on the following criteria...

Criteria: Detail:

Deprivation: Priority will be given to those applications from

the poorest areas with the greatest need.

Impact: Projects will be assessed on the quality of

outcomes stated in their applications and thus

preference will be given to projects that will

generate the most impact.

Sustainability: The CCF Committee will look for projects that are

aiming to become self sustaining in the long term

or detail an appropriate exit strategy.

Finances: Applicants will be required to detail why their

unrestricted reserves cannot be used for the

project.

Local Resource: Applicants should demonstrate that they have

approached other potential funders.

Partnership

Working:

Projects, where possible, should demonstrate

community partnership working. This could

include non-monetary contributions towards the

project.

DiocesanSupport:

Projects should have support of their diocese andbe in line with any strategies for growth and/or

community engagement.

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Evaluation

Successful projects will be subject to light touch

evaluation...

1) Successful applicants will be required to return a grant agreement

form that will include introductory evaluation questions.

2) The grant holder will need to request their grant by providing

evidence that the project is underway and subsequent instalments

will require grant holders to submit monitoring information (see

below).

3) Once payments (normally 1-3 years) of the grant have finished,Grant Holders are required to return an end of funding self

evaluation form (this can be found on the CCFs website).

Monitoring Information:

Project Evidence:

In order to provide evidence that a project is underway the grant

holder must supply the CCF with either a copy of a signed contract

of employment for the role(s) detailed in the original applicationor invoices for costs detailed in the applications breakdown of

costs.

As part of an application to the CCF project outcomes and

objectives will need to be provided. A monitoring report will berequested for the grant holder to measure progress made against

the stated objectives and outcomes as well as a bespoke project

progress report.

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How to Apply

www.ccfund.org.uk/apply/new-applicants

If you feel that your project meets the aims of the funding

themes and match the criteria detailed previously, pleasecomplete the eligibility quiz and online application at:

Application Deadlines and Committee Meeting Dates can

be found at www.ccfund.org.uk, on the bottom right hand

side of the homepage.

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Application Checklist

All applications must include:A completed online application form;

A breakdown of costs, funds raised and funds to be raised;

A supporting statement/a brief business case for Theme 3;

A Archdeacon or Bishops Project Reference Form;

A copy of the relevant organisations latest audited accounts.

A copy of the job description(s);

A copy of the contract of employment, including;

The accompanying disciplinary and grievance procedures.

Applications with an employment elementmust also include

Please ensure that you include all of the required items detailed above

when submitting your online application, if any item is not included as part

of your online application please give a brief reason for non inclusion.

Please Note: If your application is incomplete, the Committee will not beable to consider it.

More information about the supporting documents can be found on the

CCF website or on the online application form within the help boxes.

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