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Last year, Warwick District Council commenced a review on how it provides funding to the voluntary and community sector. A Grants Review Panel, a cross-party panel of district Councillors, was set up to oversee the process.
Currently, Warwick District Council provides funding support to voluntary sector organisations through service level agreements with individual groups to deliver a wide variety of services and outcomes. As a result of the work of the Grant Review Panel, from April 2012 the Council’s preferred route to allocating funding to the voluntary and community sector will be through the procurement of services.
These new arrangements for supporting the voluntary and community sector have been introduced to help:
- ensure that public money is spent in the best way to secure the right services for local people whilst also meeting the strategic objectives and aims of the District Council;
- encourage partnership working between voluntary sector groups;
- mainstream the focus on communities of interest groups (e.g. black and minority ethnic groups, older people’s groups, rurally isolated people).
For the first time, the new structure for buying services will bring similar types of service together under three main headings:
- Community engagement and support
- Targeted geographical areas
- Narrowing the gaps/ families at risk
The information on this page is offered to help voluntary sector groups gather local information to support their applications.
Warwick District Council has adopted the Sustainable Community Strategy as the framework for prioritising how funding to voluntary sector groups is allocated. The cross-cutting themes are the focus of this procurement exercise. Sustainable Community Strategy.
Earlier this year, consultations were undertaken with voluntary sector groups and with members of the public to help inform the procurement exercise.
Warwick District Council has got a strategy to address community engagement issues (110kb, PDF). You can also download the action plan (148kb, PDF).
This spreadsheet gives detailed statistical information on the wards of Brunswick, Crown and West Warwick (500kb, Excel)
‘Mosaic’ is a demographic classification tool that looks at the composition of communities using a large number of factors. Mosaic profiles for each of the targeted geographical wards are available to view.
A training package has been designed to support groups through the process of bidding. Download information on the training (23kb, PDF) available and a booking form (60kb, WORD).
Here is a draft service level agreement (48kb, PDF). It is similar to the agreement that successful organisations and Warwick District Council will sign.
Equality Impact Assessments
Getting extra advice and support
There are a variety of local organisations who can offer voluntary sector groups support in preparing bid information.
Coventry and Warwickshire Cooperative Development Agency
The Scala
115a Far Gosford Street
Coventry. CV1 5EA
024 7663 3911
www.cwcda.co.uk
Warwickshire Association of Local Councils
Warwick Enterprise Park
Wellesbourne
Warwick. CV35 9EF
01789 472616
www.walc.org.uk
Warwickshire Association of Youth Clubs
Jubilee House, Westlea Road
Leamington Spa.CV31 3JE
01926 450156
www.wayc.org.uk
Warwickshire Children and Voluntary Youth Services
Suite one, Arden Court
Arden Street
Stratford- Upon- Avon
Warwickshire. CV37 6NT
01926 413611
www.warkscvys.org.uk
Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action
4&6 Clemens Street,
Leamington Spa,
Warwickshire, CV31 2DL
01926 477512
www.wcava.org.uk
Warwickshire Race Equality Partnership
10 Hamilton Terrace,
Leamington Spa,
Warwickshire. CV32 4LY
0844 800 9990
www.wrep.org.uk
Warwickshire Rural Community Council
Warwick Enterprise Park
Wellesbourne
Warwickshire
CV35 9EF
01789 842182
www.ruralwarwickshire.org.uk
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