Advice and information on funding is provided by CVS Tendring’s, Thriving Third Sector Co-ordinator. – Karen Tedder-Ward.  Karen can offer advice, guidance and information to voluntary/community groups on:

Constitutions
Charitable status 
Policies & practices 
quality standards, 
Identifying funding opportunities 
Advice on completing application forms.

As part of this service, voluntary and community groups can also access a regular funding news sheet and attend ‘Meet the Funder’ events, which are held to give organisations the ideal opportunity to speak directly to funders about their projects/ideas in an informal and relaxed atmosphere.  

Tips on Tuesdays (funding advice drop ins) CVST Community Information Centre 20-22 Rosemary Road Clacton on Sea  

Drop in on any Tuesday morning between 9.30am to 12.30pm to use our facilities to make funding searches and access funding/development help from CVS staff. If you would like an appointment with CVS Staff please pre book by contacting Karen on 01255 425692 or email karen.tedderward@cvstendring.org.uk   

Click here for the latest copy of Funding News.

Karen is the Compact Champion for the Tendring Compact ‘this is an agreement on relations between the Statutory and Voluntary sectors’. Organisations are encouraged top sign up and to nominate a Compact Champion for their organisation.

Click here to view The Tendring Compact.

Click here to view The Tendring Compact Funding & Procurement Code of Good Practice.

Click here to view The Tendring Compact Volunteering Code of Good Practice.  

PCT funding

North East Essex PCT provides funding to voluntary sector services for the following reasons:

• To facilitate access to services, especially for vulnerable groups or in areas of health inequality
• To meet gaps in service provision, especially for vulnerable groups or in areas of health inequality
• To promote efficient and effective use of  statutory services
• To ensure that services exist that readily identify, and seek to address, changing needs
• To promote community engagement and to help sustain a significant voluntary sector presence in the area.

The maximum grant available is £30,000 per year (inclusive of all costs) with a maximum term of 3 years.

Click here for the application form and here for the guidance notes.

For general advice regarding PCT funding, for clarification of the funding criteria or of any parts of the application form, please contact Laura Cooper at the PCT on 01206 286776 or at voluntarysector@northeastessex.nhs.uk 

Virtual Ward Funding

Organisations that provide support to people with long-term health conditions such as diabetes, parkinsons disease, dementia etc., are invited to apply for a one off grant of between £200 - £1,000.  In total, £20,000 is available across North East Essex and will be split equally in Colchester and Tendring.

Successful applications will need to meet the following criteria: 

• Support patients with a long term health condition
• Work at a local level
• An affiliated member of either CVS
• Be signed up to the Local Compact
• Be a member of their national body or network if one exists

Organisations should also enjoy a working knowledge of, or a partnership with, Community Matrons in Tendring or Colchester. Activities could include befriending schemes, respite care sitters, complementary therapies and other projects that enable independence and management of long term conditions.  

Applications will be administered by CCVS and CVS Tendring and assessed by a panel comprising community matrons and a social worker.  

Click here for the Tendring based application form.  

For Colchester based organisations, contact: CCVS on  Tel:  01206 505250 or email: information@ccvs.org