Round 4 recommendations

This  4th round of funding received a high number of applications.

Unfortunately, the number of requests far exceeded the amount of money available for this financial year.

The Community First Panel have made recommendations for the following 6 Moss Side projects:

• Celebrating Martin Luther King 50 years on
• Compassion Food Bank Christmas food
• Cultural education for schools in Moss Side
• Keem Youth Shout Out
• Sisters keeping fit and the youth homework club
• Manchester Congolese homework club

These projects are now being considered in stage 2 by the Community Development Foundation.

Further updates on how they get on will be posted here.

The next round of funding runs from April 2014 so keep checking this page and the website for information.

Thanks everyone

2 October deadline - 4pm

Please make sure that your completed application form is submitted before 4pm Wednesday 2 October. The Panel meets 9 October.

Check that:

1. Your project takes place within one of the postcodes iof the Moss Side ward
2. You have included match funding for the amount you have applied for
3. Your project meets at least one of the required priorities

If you have queries please contact patricia.carmody@mosscare.org.uk

Thanks and good luck!

Does your project meet one of these 5 priorities?

Priorities for Moss Side Community First
1.Promote the development, training and employment of young people

2. Increase local activities for children, by supporting after school clubs, holiday, play, sports and cultural activities, etc

3. Improve the local environment, by addressing environmental priority issues, e.g. graffiti, drains, alleys play areas

4. Address the issue of climate change, to include recycling and education

5. Increase support and services available for vulnerable groups including people with a disability and older people

Round 4 Moss Side Community First now open

The next round of the Moss Side Community First applications is open.

This is for community projects being run in the Moss Side area.

Maximum grant awarded is £1000.00

Please submit your completed applications by 4pm Wednesday 2 October 2013. Application form and guidance is on this blog page.

The Panel will meet to consider applications on 9 October.

Post a blog if you have an enquiry or email patricia.carmody@mosscare.org.uk

Thanks and good luck!

Shortlisted projects from Round 3

Congratulations to the following Moss Side projects which have all been shortlisted to receive funding:

Aim 2 Train Coaching for Girls
To provide qualified football coaching to children aged 5 - 16 years

Art of Self Defence
To use the arts as a powerful medium to encourage positive cultural behaviour changes

Bowes Street Community Bus
To host a meeting an educational environmental space for residents to socialise and learn new skills

Community welfare reform awareness and advice surgery
To help non English speakers through the welfare reform changes such as universal credit

Somali Independence Day
To celebrate cultural heritage for everyone in the community - sport, song, dance, food, inspiration

Summer Playscheme
To provide play provision for young people, that is stimulating and encourages development

The power of self esteeem for young people
To encourage personal growth and development of young people, to overcome issues of confidence 

The grant approval is in now in its 2nd stage, with all recommendations being submitted to the Community Development Foundation, the organisation that administers community first funding. CDF will review the proposals and send communications direct to the projects.

For further information on any of these projects please post a comment and we will get back to you.

Moss Side Community First Plan

Moss Side Community First Plan

 

This plan explains the purpose and priorities for the Moss Side Panel.

 

Its purpose is to:

·    improve communities through better coordination between services

·    respond to the concerns of the community and elected members (councillors)

·    make the most of the opportunities and strengths of the ward and community.

 

In order to do these things we bring partners, Moss Side Councillors and the community together in the Ward Coordination quarterly meetings.   The partners include the Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Registered Housing Providers and our colleagues in other directorates such as the Neighbourhood Delivery Team, Children’s and Adults Services and representatives from community groups. The Ward Coordinator leads these meetings and all ward coordination activities in Moss Side.

 Some of these representatives sit on the Moss Side Community First Panel.

·         Khan Moghal

·         Sameem Ali (Councillor)

·         Jean Coddington

·         Tracy Neil

·         Tom Cass

·         Tola Adesemeowo

·         Patricia Carmody

·         Mike Bisson

·         Mohammed Sheikh

 

Moss Side is a vibrant, multicultural ward with a large number of active Tenants’ and Residents’ Associations and a strong tradition of community cohesion and empowerment.

Tenants are also included in the Moss Side Community First Panel.

Moss Side straddles Princess Road and is situated just two miles from Manchester City Centre, with excellent transport links to the city centre in the north and the airport and motorway network in the south. Moss Side is also situated on the doorstep of the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as Manchester Royal Infirmary and Manchester Children’s Hospital. 

 At a ward level, the ‘Our Moss Side’ initiative is a collaboration of City Council officers, Registered Providers and Greater Manchester Police, which focuses on four main work areas:

 Worklessness and Financial Inclusion

Community Safety

The Environment

Marketing and Communication.

 Priorities for Moss Side Community First

Priorities for the Panel are agreed on an annual basis through discussions with the above named group.

 

1.    Promote the development, training and employment of young people

 

2.    Increase local activities for children, by supporting after school clubs, holiday, play, sports and cultural activities, etc

 

3.    Improve the local environment, by addressing environmental priority issues, e.g. graffiti, drains, alleys play areas

 

4.    Address the issue of climate change, to include recycling and education

 

5.    Increase support and services available for vulnerable groups including people with a disability and older people

MOSS SIDE WARD ACTION PLAN                                                                                                              

 

Community Strategy Spines             Spine 1 - Growth

Spine 2 - Reform
Spine 3 - Place

 

	Priority	Spine	Action Required	Lead & Support	Target date	Progress
1.1	Business, Employment, and Financial Inclusion	1 & 2	Increase the number of Moss Side residents taking up employment, training and volunteering	Central Manchester Regeneration Team (CMRT), The Works, Focusing First on People (FFoP), Registered Providers (RPs), Manchester Adult Education Service (MAES)	31.03.2014
1.2			Reduce the number of Moss Side residents that are NEET	Connexions CMRT, The Works, FFoP, RPs, Voluntary Sector partners, MAES	31.03.2014
1.3			Promote and increase uptake of Credit Union membership	Credit Union, CMRT, The Works, RPs	31.03.2014
2.1	The Environment, Waste and Recycling	3	Reduce commercial waste-dumping	Neighbourhood Delivery Team (NDT), CMRT, GMP, Our Moss Side	31.03.2014
2.2			Tidy-up and make better use of derelict/waste ground in Moss Side	Our Moss Side, CMRT, NDT	31.03.2014
2.3			Promote and increase recycling - reduce amount of landfill waste	NDT, Environmental Campaigns, Our Moss Side	31.03.2014
2.4			Promote and increase community growing and greening schemes.	RPs, CMRT, Environmental Campaigns, Our Moss Side	31.03.2014

                                                                                                        

	Priority	Spine	Action Required	Lead & Support	Target date	Progress
3.1	Welfare Reform	3	Use community champions to assist in communicating welfare changes, and signpost residents to support	CMRT, RSLs, Schools	31.03.2014
3.2			Provide support for families affected by changes to welfare	CMRT, RSLs, Schools	31.03.2014
3.3			Work with schools to provide information to families	CMRT, Schools	31.03.2014
4.1	Complex Families	1 & 2	Identify and engage with complex families in Moss Side to improve their long-term prospects	Children’s Services, CMRT	31.03.2014
4.2			Increase engagement with BME communities, particularly Somali community	CMRT, TARA Forum, CCS, GMP	31.03.2014
4.3			Create Youth Forum for Moss Side	CMRT, VCS Groups	31.03.2014
5.1	Community Safety	2 & 3	Reduce the amount of ASB in Moss Side	Community Safety Team , GMP, CMRT	31.03.2014
5.2			Tackle specific crime issues in Moss Side: Drugs and Burglary	GMP, Community Safety Team	31.03.2014
5.3			Improve image and perception of Crime and Disorder in Moss Side. Improve community relations	GMP, Community Safety Team	31.03.2014
5.4			Raise awareness of Domestic Violence issues in Moss Side and take steps to help victims report incidents of Domestic Violence	GMP, Community Safety Team	31.03.2014
6.1	Health and Wellbeing	2	Promote and expand Moss Side good neighbours scheme	Our Moss Side	31.03.2014
6.2			Encourage the formation of new residents groups and new community groups. Continue to support existing groups.	CMRT, RPs	31.03.2014