Community Development - Investments & Grants

Funding 2009 - 10

Community Development Investment Budget

The Investment Strategy runs from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2011 and lays out the objectives for the Community Development Investment Budget. However we are refining the process based on learning from last year's investment round, proposals to move to a commissioning model for some services and the need to move to three-year funding agreements with appropriate voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations.

Applying for funding in 2008

The deadline for applications has now passed. Local VCS organisations and groups have applied for up to three years funding withint the following priorities:

• Community centres (including City Farms) and community engagement organisations in deprived neighbourhoods in the city and those serviing disadvantaged equalities groups.
• Projects to promote community cohesion and which meet our priorities (linked to the local cohesion strategy and intelligence from the Tension Monitoring Group).
• Community resource services being delivered in deprived neighbourhoods and specialist information and signposting services for equalities communities.

For full information about our funding priorities please see the attached document Investment Funding and Implementation Strategy.

We are now evaluating applications and we aim to inform applicants of our recommended allocations in early November.

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