Community Development Team – Community Updates

If you have any opportunities, funding or activities that you would like to promote please send to the Community Development Inbox at cdt@solihull.gov.uk

The following items in this week’s newsletter are:

Community Updates

1. Get ready for the Coronation – funding, information and deadlines
2. Think Active – Free Online Training
3. FREE drop-in sessions for basic digital skills
4. FREE Multiply Workshops
5. Art at the Heart Holi Activities & Art Competition
6. New Memory Café at Kairos Coffee, Shirley
7. Street Games Online Training
8. Solihull Active Club Survey & So GO! Competition
9. ID now needed for voting
10. AD Concert Band’s Spring Concert
11. Our Lady of the Wayside – Funded Places available

Volunteering Opportunities

1. Solihull CAVA – Volunteer Support
2. Volunteer Ride Leaders Needed

Funding

1. Grantfinder Funding Search – Multiple Funding Opportunities.
2. Asda Foundation’s Investing in Spaces and Places Grants Programme

Community Updates

1. Get ready for the Coronation – funding, information and deadlines

People across the UK and the Commonwealth will come together to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on Saturday 6 May. Here are some ways to mark this historic occasion along with funding information, deadlines for applications and places to go for more information.

Community groups and projects are being encouraged to apply for funding through the National Lottery Awards for All programme. The awards themselves don’t have a deadline but it can take up to 12 weeks from the point of application submission to receiving funding. This means that the deadline for applications from community groups for the Coronation weekend is mid-February. Funding for projects that will make a difference to communities are available from £300 up to £10,000.  To find out more and make an application visit – How to get a grant for up to £10,000 | The National Lottery Community Fund (tnlcommunityfund.org.uk)

From helping a local group to joining some of the UK’s best-known national charities, The Big Help Out on Bank Holiday Monday 8 May will give everyone the chance to get involved. If you’re organising events on the day, you can share opportunities to volunteer and register your events. And if you’re looking for something to support, The Big Help Out website will have a list of ways you can lend a hand in your neighbourhood from 20 March. To find out more visit – https://thebighelpout.org.uk

If you’re planning a traditional street party which requires a road closure, the deadline is Friday 24 March. Alternatively, you can hold Street Meets which will not require a road closure but still offer a chance for your street to get together and celebrate. To apply for a street party visit – www.solihull.gov.uk/About-Solihull/organising-street-party – where you will also find useful tips, advice and support. Please note that the deadline for all other road closure applications is 12 weeks before the closure.

The Coronation Big Lunch on 7 May encourages communities to come together, celebrate their connections and get to know each other better. It will bring the Coronation festivities into the heart of every community. To find out more and register for a Free Coronation Street Big Lunch pack full of  ‘ideas, inspiration and top tips’ visit – https://www.edenprojectcommunities.com/the-coronation-big-lunch-form  

Solihull Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure, Cllr Diane Howell, said: “Many of our residents will want to  celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and organise activities in their communities. Please make sure that you are up to speed with national and local information – there are lots of useful tips to help you prepare for a safe and enjoyable weekend. And please don’t miss the deadlines – applications to the National Lottery Awards for All need to be in next week and applications for road closures need to reach us by 24 March.”

2. Think Active – Free Online Training

Think Active have secured a limited number of Free online training packages for coaches and volunteers working with Sports and Physical activity Clubs and Groups in Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire.  There are 25 training and CPD courses to choose from, which cover a variety of topics such as; Equality and Diversity, First Aid, Safeguarding Adults, Safeguarding Children & Young People, Food Hygiene etc. A full list is available here: https://www.educare.co.uk/charities-and-businesses  (click on ‘EduCare Essentials – Staff and Volunteer Training’)The training is provided through EduCare, an online training provider.  As all the training is completed online, coaches/volunteers can access the courses from the comfort of their own home. Courses range from 30 minutes to 4 hours and as its all online progress can be saved and paused for convenience.

Please note that this training is additional CPD and therefore does not replace any first aid and safeguarding training that may be required by your national governing body or other funders/partners.

Coaches/volunteers can take advantage of as many of the courses as they wish, however all training must have been completed by the end of June 2023.

If you would like to apply for one of the training packages please use their application form which can be found here: 2022/23 Coaches and Volunteers EduCare Training Package Request (office.com)

To be eligible to receive a training package you must be involved in either coaching or volunteering in sport or physical activity in Coventry, Solihull or Warwickshire.

3. FREE drop-in sessions for basic digital skills

Basic digital skills are essential to get you ready for work. From job searching to creating a CV, you can attain the skills needed with the Digital Hub offered by Solihull Council’s Employment & Skills Team. Flexible drop-in sessions are available at the Solihull Recruitment & Training Centre in Chelmsley Wood. For more information, please click HERE and sign up by emailing digitalhub@solihull.gov.uk .

4. FREE Multiply Workshops

Can you improve your work and home with maths? Yes, you can. Free numeracy workshops are offered by the Multiply programme to brush up your numeracy skills. Come along after work and find out how solving maths problems helps build your confidence at work and home.

Delivered by Solihull College, you can learn practical numeracy skills at the workshops, such as budgeting or shopping for best buys.

You can take advantage of Multiply if you are aged 19+ and do not have maths GCSE at grade C (or equivalent). For more information, please click HERE and sign up by emailing Multiply@solihull.ac.uk .

6. New Memory Café at Kairos Coffee, Shirley

7. Street Games Online Training

8. Solihull Active Club Survey & So GO! Competition

Please click on the link https://forms.office.com/e/1EGjfpXpke  to complete the annual clubs/ group/ organisation survey for Solihull activities. This will allow Solihull Active to see how activity is changing across the borough, and how best to support those clubs and groups that offer sport and/or physical activity. The survey is short and should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. They appreciate your support with this.

So Go! Competition

For a chance to win a £100 Sports Direct voucher – spot one of the So Go! advertising posters or banners which are located around the borough – simply share a photo of the one you find, tag in @SolihullActive1 (Facebook) or @SolihullActive (Twitter & Instagram) and use the #SoGo hashtag! Good luck!

10. AD Concert Band’s Spring Concert

On Saturday 25^th March at 3:00pm, the AD Concert Band will present their Spring Concert, featuring a variety of music from around the British Isles.

The concert will take place at Malley Hall in Alderbrook School, Blossomfield Road, Solihull B91 1SN.

Admission will be free, with optional donations welcome.

Tickets can be reserved at  https://adband.org.uk/spring-concert/  or by calling Steve on 07816829273 – You can find out more about the band at https://adband.org.uk/

11. Our Lady of the Wayside – Funded Places available

Volunteering

Funding

1. Grantfinder Funding Search – Multiple Funding Opportunities.

The team have access to Grantfinder, a funding database, where there is a wide range of funding opportunities that cover a variety of topics. Each newsletter one of the team will be pulling together a list of funding available.

Please click here to view the different funding opportunities: Cost of Living – Grantfinder.pdf

2. Asda Foundation’s Investing in Spaces and Places Grants Programme

Asda Foundation’s Investing in Spaces and Places Grants Programme Opened 6 February

Asda Foundation is offering large grants of up to £25,000 for local groups across the UK who are working to improve spaces in the heart of their local community. In 2023, there is a total funding pot of £500,000. Grants of between £10,000 and £25,000 are available to cover between 25% and 75% of the total project costs for projects that address at least one of the following categories:

• Building repair (external or internal) for spaces and places which already exist but are in disrepair and therefore limit the usability, safety or level of expectations for other to use the space.
• Building development to enhance a space already in use.
• Outdoor development to develop outside space for the benefit of the community, particularly outdoor spaces which benefit everyone and can be accessed by large groups of people.

Projects need to align with at least one of the Foundation’s aims:

• Create and/or develop safe and inclusive community spaces for groups to meet and bring people together.
• Create or improve spaces which can be used by a range groups on a regular basis.
• Support groups to deliver long-lasting projects focused on long-term community impact.

Groups must be in a position to begin work on their project before the end of 2023. Applications are accepted from local not-for-profit organisations with an income of less than £250,000 and unrestricted reserves below £100,000. This includes registered charities, CICs, companies, unincorporated club or association, small community groups or government entities/public bodies.

Application forms can only be obtained from Asda Community Champions, who are based in local Asda superstores. Groups can use the store locator link on the Foundation website to get in touch with their local store and speak to their Community Champion about their project proposal. Applications cannot be made directly to the Asda Foundation.

Applications will be accepted from 6 February 2023 to 19 March 2023.

For more information please use this link: Foundation Grants | Asda Foundation

My Solihull Map

With our My Solihull Map, you can find places to go, things to do and people to talk or listen to in your neighbourhood.

Please use this link to access our My Solihull Map: My Solihull Map

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