The founder of Localgiving, Marcelle Speller, has recently launched brevio.org. She wants to share a message to the 3rd sector community: “I want organisations to have a level playing field saving time and money when applying for grants. Brevio’s mission is for you to fill in a single online form for all your grants applications and continuously be notified when you match with new grants available in the system. Brevio launched in May, and we have over 300 charities on board so far and £250,000 in funds to be matched. Charities and funders are increasing every day, so do come and be an early bird to help us create what the sector desperately needs - a standardised grant application form.” You can go right ahead and set up your funding needs now

This item is connected to a text field in your content manager. Double click the dataset icon to add your own content. Want to view and manage all your collections? Click the Data icon on the add panel to your left. In the Content Manager, you can update your items, add new fields, create dynamic pages and more. Your collection is already set up with fields and content. Add your own by editing each field, or import CSV files to your content manager. You can create fields for rich text, images, videos and more. Remember to click Sync, so visitors can see your collections on your live site. You can add as many collections as you need. Use input elements like custom forms and fields to collect info from your site visitors and store it in your content manager Collections. Make sure all your elements Connect to Data, and Preview your Live Site to check that everything is correctly binded.

The Co-op Local Community Fund have extended their submission deadline to the 12th of July and are offering this out to local organisations in B&NES. They want to help communities to come together, co-operate and have a positive impact on community wellbeing – physically and virtually. They're still accepting applications in B&NES. Applications must be completed by midnight on 12 July 2020. Who can apply Your project must either: Bring the community together to help those in need, providing access to life’s essentials such as community spaces, food and bereavement support. Support the mental and physical health of others through community wellbeing activities Enable people to develop or share their skills to foster community spirit and build resilient communities for the future Your project or event must also: Take place in the UK or Isle of Man Not have religious or political aims (although you can still apply if you’re a religious organisation) Meet the Co-op’s values Take place or will still be running after November 2021 Benefit your local community Find out more about who can apply for the fund and what projects we’re unable to support What you'll need to apply To apply you'll need either: Your organisation’s charity, HMRC or equivalent registration number depending on your organisation type A governing document proving it is not run for private profit, for example a legal document like your organisation’s rules You'll also need: Your organisation’s bank details – money from the fund cannot be paid into personal accounts Proof of your organisation’s bank account (a bank statement or paying in slip) A description of your project 2 contact names, including email addresses Basic details of your organisation and what it does, including approximate annual income A good quality photo showing your organisation in action – no logos Questions about your organisation and project that you’ll need to answer in the form How does your organisation help the community? Describe what your project will do for the community Give one sentence that explains what your project will do for the community Give details about how you’ll spend the money How will your project help communities to come together, co-operate and have a positive impact on community wellbeing? If you're successful We'll let you know if you're successful by October 2020. If you are successful, you’ll be part of the Local Community Fund for 12 months from 25 October 2020 to 23 October 2021. You'll receive your share of the funding in 2 payments – one in April 2021 and one in November 2021. Apply here.

The Future Bright Career Coaches are running a FREE webinar to help you assess your skills, boost your confidence and find advice. This event is open to everyone. Sign up for a place on Boost your Career here The Future Bright programme is managed by the West Of England Combined Authority and delivered by local councils. Find out more about Future Bright here

The Care Forum has launched a survey to better understand the impact and response of the West of England voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in supporting service user mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. The Care Forum’s Dialogue team has led the delivery of this research in partnership with the West of England Civil Society Partnership and Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset public health. The purpose of the research is: To better understand if West of England VCSE organisations are experiencing changing mental health risks and needs among service users in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. To understand whether regional VCSE organisations are experiencing any demand or capacity issues when supporting the mental health needs of service users. To better understand what support regional VCSE organisations need to meet the mental health needs of their service users during this time. By developing our understanding through this research, VCSE leaders such as The Care Forum and the West of England Civil Society Partnership, local authorities and regional commissioners will be able to improve strategic decision-making and support for the VCSE sector through this challenging time. By gathering strong data to understand the impact of the epidemic on our sector we can demonstrate the pivotal role VCSE organisations of all shapes and sizes have played in supporting local communities now and into the future. The Care Forum and its partners asks our friends and colleagues across the West of England VCSE sector to take a moment to complete this survey and share it widely. You can find the link for the survey here. Our social media post link is here. Further Questions & Research If you or your organisation has any questions about this research or you’d like to develop something similar in partnership with The Care Forum, please contact our research team: research@thecareforum.org.uk

Julia and Hans Rausing have launched a new ‘Charity Survival Fund’. A total of £10 million will be made available to support charities in the UK, targeting small and medium size charities. The aim is to provide core funding to help charities overcome the impact of Covid-19, offsetting lost income. The charity funding gap has been brought into acute focus in recent weeks, with studies highlighting the stark reality that one in ten charities in the UK will be facing bankruptcy by the end of the year, due to falling income and rising demand for services. Julia and Hans Rausing commented: “The last few months have proven very difficult for individuals and organisations across the country, and in particular for charities who have seen their regular sources of funding dry up. “The Charity Survival Fund is designed to provide financial aid for many small and medium sized charities that are facing financial hardship. Their work is needed now more than ever, and we hope this new Fund helps bridge the financial gap until usual sources of income return to the sector.” This is the first time The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust will be open to accepting funding applications from charities. The Charity Survival Fund aims to reach charities across the UK whose annual income is below £5 million. Successful applicants will be charities that need financial aid to support the costs of existing programmes and their day to day work, rather than for expansionary purposes or to fund capital projects. The size of the grants on offer range from £1,000 to £250,000, with the aim of supporting approximately 200 charities across the country. There is a particular interest in receiving applications from charities not previously funded by the Trust. The deadline for application submissions is July 27th, with a formal announcement of the charities who have been awarded funds to be made in September. Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, Julia and Hans Rausing have given £16.5 million of emergency donations to charities and organisations across the UK who are dealing with the impact of Covid-19 on their communities. In total, over 50 charities, all helping frontline workers and the most vulnerable in society, have been supported. This includes charities such as Fareshare, who are providing meals to vulnerable people across the UK, and a £5 million donation to the NHS Charities Together Covid-19 appeal. Click here for more information about the Charity Survival Fund

Meet New People - Feel Fitter - Increase Energy - Sleep Better -Reduce Stress - Improve Health - Enjoy Outdoors - Have Fun Where: Twerton & Whiteway When: Tues/Weds PM (Alternate Weeks) Length: 40 - 60 minutes How Far: 1 - 2 Miles Suitable for all ages and abilities Contact: timebankplus@gmail.com / 01225 442813

Bath Mind are supporting members of the community of all ages who have identified themselves as in need of regular contact and non-clinical mental health support. This service is open Monday to Saturday 9am – 5pm and can be accessed through the Community Support Hub (previously the Compassionate Communities Hub) on 0300 247 0050. The triage team at the Hub will then forward the referrer to the Bath Mind team. For all of all of our services, please visit their website www.bathmind.org.uk

In response to the COVID19 crisis, the Council is developing a Recovery and Renewal programme. A green renewal is fundamental to how the Council will lead the district towards a more resilient future. Leader of the Council Cllr Dine Romero will chair the discussion with Cllr Sarah Warren, Cabinet member for the Climate Emergency and Jane Wildblood, Corporate and Community Sustainability Manager. The discussion will pick up on topics following Cllr Sarah Warren’s recent Climate Conversation series and will discuss how action to tackle the climate and nature emergencies provides opportunities for a green economic and community recovery in Bath and North East Somerset. Register in advance (there is a limit of 100 spaces): https://bathnes.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qKY2OIiXSCCgO8aVNIE0ag After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Questions can be submitted in advance once you have received email confirmation. The Webinar will also be streamed and saved on the Council’s You Tube channel, if you are not able to make it to the live event.

'Edition 3' of the Virtual Hope Guide is now available, with the biggest update yet! https://www.bridges2wellbeing.co.uk/hope-guide Edition 3 see's the inclusion of 12 new groups and activities from St John's Foundation and BANES Carers' Centre, along with the addition of more organisations who are supporting people in a number of ways. This new version of the guide has been created specifically to help adults through Covid-19. Here you will find information for groups and services in B&NES, who have adapted to continue their fantastic work in the community, along with new groups and projects which have started in direct response to the situation. Only organisations who are still operating through Covid-19 are listed in this guide and information is updated fortnightly to reflect service changes and developments. Come back regularly to see more of how B&NES is coming together through Covid-19. https://www.bridges2wellbeing.co.uk/hope-guide

We asked the Banes Cabinet the following question on behalf of our members: Question "After 10 years of austerity, the Covid19 pandemic has shown how essential the VSCE community is to people's wellbeing and ability to be supported. Can we ask the Cabinet how they plan to ensure the most marginalised in our community and the charities that support them are not further impacted?" Answer "As the question highlights, Covid-19 has brought into sharp relief inequalities in our communities but also the key role of third sector organisations in improving people’s lives and supporting our most vulnerable. Our Compassionate Communities Hub has demonstrated how close working across a wide range of organisations can transform how we do this. I and my cabinet colleagues are determined that this approach will continue. It is also important that we design and develop this in close co-operation with the partners involved. So I am delighted that we now have a Compassionate Communities steering group to take this forward and I look forward to further strengthening our joint working with 3SG and other partners through this. Getting timely support for our third sector is particularly crucial at the moment and so we have also championed support for charities and community organisations through the Government’s Discretionary Grant scheme. To date this has delivered £125,000 of grants to our local community organisations." Councillor Dine Romero

This item is connected to a text field in your content manager. Double click the dataset icon to add your own content. Want to view and manage all your collections? Click the Data icon on the add panel to your left. In the Content Manager, you can update your items, add new fields, create dynamic pages and more. Your collection is already set up with fields and content. Add your own by editing each field, or import CSV files to your content manager. You can create fields for rich text, images, videos and more. Remember to click Sync, so visitors can see your collections on your live site. You can add as many collections as you need. Use input elements like custom forms and fields to collect info from your site visitors and store it in your content manager Collections. Make sure all your elements Connect to Data, and Preview your Live Site to check that everything is correctly binded.

The new Coronavirus Recovery and Stabilisation grant programme from Quartet Community Foundation is open to local causes in B&NES. Grants of up to £10,000 are available and can cover core costs. This grant programme aims to support local charitable organisations whose work has been significantly affected by the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown restrictions, so they can continue to deliver services that improve the lives of local people. Groups in Bristol, B&NES, North Somerset and South Glos can apply.

3SG and the Compassionate Community Hub are featured in the new issue of BSW Partnership’s Stop Press newsletter for June 2020. Content in this issue includes: · How STP partners have been working together to tackle coronavirus · Q&A with BSW’s new Independent Chair Stephanie Elsy · How primary care has risen to the coronavirus challenge · Highlights from new BSW digital strategy

Bath Mind can support your staff and young peoples' mental health during these challenging times. Whether that’s supporting the transition back to education, developing bespoke training for staff, or understanding more about the many emotions young people can be struggling with right now, Bath Mind are here to help. In partnership with Elemental Health they are also delivering a specific course, Returning to School after COVID-19 - Mental Health Support. Please see the details here: https://www.bathmind.org.uk/what-we-do/learn/young-people/

Bath College are kicking off another Advantage course in conjunction with the Bath Rugby Foundation. Following the huge success of last years course in which they saw a number of young adults attend the course over the summer and emerge with increased levels of self-confidence, motivation and employability skills, this year they are running two! Running concurrently, they will be delivering the course both in the Rec in the centre of Bath and also the Peasdown St John Recreation centre. They hope that this will open the course to other residents of BANES who may have found travelling into the centre of Bath a hurdle of which they did not have the confidence to jump. Advantage will be running on Mondays and Tuesdays from the 27th of July until the 25th of August at the Rec, and on Wednesdays and Thursdays from the 29th of July until the 27th of August in Peasdown St John, primarily delivered by Joe from the Bath Rugby Foundation with back up from Bath College and YCSW. The course is free, and all food will also be provided on site. The course is open to anyone aged between 18 and 24, and those involved last year will already know how amazing it is, and what a difference it makes to the young adults who attend. If you know anyone who may benefit from this course and would like to enrol them, please go through the Bath Rugby Foundation website to register interest: www.bathrugbyfoundation.com/advantage If you would like to be involved, they are running mock interview sessions at the end of the course for all of the learners (on the 25th and the 27th of August) and would welcome you along to play the role of an employer - please contact: Kelly.Vaughan-Watkins@bathcollege.ac.uk

At the 3SG AGM we were delighted to announce that Kate Morton - CEO of Bath Mind will be stepping up into the role of Chair of our Trustee Board Kate has been a trustee with 3SG since.... Interesting Info about Kate..... What Kate is looking forward to.... Anything else.....

On 29th June the Council leader Dine Romero and Deputy Leader Richard Samuel joined Chief Executive Will Godfrey to discuss financial recovery plans and how best to work with communities, partners and central government to minimise the impact of Covid-19 on essential local services. Andy Rothery explained that the Total Council Gross Expenditure Revenue Budget for 2020/21 is £352 million. Adults, Children's and Public Health service cost £144 million. £66 million is generated via external inome of Fees and charges, Tourism and Commercial Estates which is the highest of any other similar Council in the country. £5.6 million down in lost parking and hertiage income compared to April/May last year. This equals £91,000 a day or 14% of daily spend on services. Expected loss of income is predicted to be £32 milion for 20/21 alongside increased expenditure of £10 million spent on supporting most vulnerable in social care and COVID-19 demands. This leaves a forecast deficit of £42 million. Council working towards a projected deficit of zero by looking for in year savings of £20 million by reviewing and reducing costs where demand has fallen, deferring projects, holding vacancies and using corporate mitigation. They will draw down on reserves of £11 milllion and also receive a Government grant of £10 million. Relevant questions and answers for 3rd Sector Q. Do the panel envisage a time when Local Authority financial planning will return to a pre COVID-19 position? Will this mean that the reductions in funding of services such as Early Years Specialist Education will be reversed in the near future?(Roz Lambert, First Steps Bath) A. Early days in terms of understanding the impact on budgets, so focusing on 20/21 year end but Council hoping these are one off measures and not proposing recurrent budget costs. Will Godfrey said the Government must address the longer term underfunding of Adult Social Care and crucial it is funded properly. Q. How will this impact air pollution? A. Clean Air Zone will not be affected and will arrive at beginning of 2021. More people have been cycling and walking which is positive. Council not lost long term focus on trying to take actions that reduce CO2 emissions. Q. The multi agency response to COVID-19 in Banes is rightly being held up as an exemplar nationally. Given the success of our partnership can we have confirmation that a portion of the £850,000 available from the Government can be used to support the long term future of the Hub? James Carlin 3SG A. The partnership and community response has been excellent and Dine would like to thank each and every volunteer as well as 3SG and Virgin Care. Will Godfrey said engagement with community and partners has been very positive and we are keen to retain as much of this as possible. Working in new ways can be a test for everyone but the benefit have been significant, we want to continue looking at opportunities to enage with communities via as many stakeholders as possible. We are going to have to work differently and enaging with different stakeholders will be an important of what we do. Q. Many 3rd sector organisations are being asked to make in year budgetary savings and longer term revisions to contracts. The sector wants to support Banes Council on shaping your strategy but can you provide assurance that our current funding will be protected and contracts will remain secure? James Carlin 3SG A. Will Godfrey said we want honest and open relationships because the circumstances we facing now are very different to earlier in the year. We want to work with a wide range of stakeholders. Council really values contribution the 3rd sector has played across Banes. Q. What happens if the Council cant balance the books? A. Council working extrmely hard to avoid this but in the worst case scenario a section 114 notice might have to be issued and UK commissioners would come and run the Council under intense scrutiny for a long period of time.

This item is connected to a text field in your content manager. Double click the dataset icon to add your own content. Want to view and manage all your collections? Click the Data icon on the add panel to your left. In the Content Manager, you can update your items, add new fields, create dynamic pages and more. Your collection is already set up with fields and content. Add your own by editing each field, or import CSV files to your content manager. You can create fields for rich text, images, videos and more. Remember to click Sync, so visitors can see your collections on your live site. You can add as many collections as you need. Use input elements like custom forms and fields to collect info from your site visitors and store it in your content manager Collections. Make sure all your elements Connect to Data, and Preview your Live Site to check that everything is correctly binded.

New guidance published for schools and local authorities on providing vouchers to support pupils eligible for free school meals over the summer holiday period. Covid Summer Food Fund Providing free school meals during coronavirus outbreak