Funding opportunities for 2012
The 2012 Commissioning Grant Prospectus offered commissioning grants to organisations who provide services, and strengthen local communities.
The application deadline has now passed and the awards will be announced here in July.
Key dates
- Meet the Commissioners – 14 December 2011
- Prospectus Published – 15 February 2012
- Meet the Commissioners – 20 March 2012
- Applications Submission Deadline – 12pm, 26 April 2012
- Clarification and Negotiation sessions – currently planned for w/c 21 May and w/c 4 and 11 June
- Awards publication – from 1 July 2012
Presentations, questions and answers
A regularly updated list of answers to your questions. If you have a question, please don't hesitate to contact the Contracts and Procurement team below.
Presentations and feedback from earlier events:
Collaboration
You can also choose to join with other care organisations to make a bid together under the new Prospectus.
Equalities
Consideration of groups protected under the Equalities Act 2010 was integrated into Prospectus decision-making:
CGP funding in 2011
In July 2011, the County Council and local NHS funded over £7 million to 47 voluntary and community organisations to improve the health, social care and well-being of local people over the next three years. Local service users and carers played a key role in evaluating bids.
With investment of £8.5 million available, 73 organisations sent in over 170 applications – for more than £20 million of funding.
These new activities, and opportunities for volunteering, started in most cases from 1 October 2011:
NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action) have written a case study showing how the Commissioning Grants Prospectus is a good example of social value:
Background
Over the past three years we've consulted users of services, carers and the voluntary sector, about providing services in the future, and how different organisations could be involved.
First launched in early 2011, the Prospectus is a joint approach to investing. It offers direct support to local people in the following areas:
- Carers
- Older people
- Disabled people, people with sensory impairments and long term conditions
- Mental health and vulnerable people
- People with learning disabilities
- Improving health and wellbeing
2011 archive – events and training materials
We've left information here from the 2011 process, for reference:
Evaluating the process
Over 70 local organisations contributed to the independent evaluation of the Prospectus, which was led by the Institute of Public Care at Oxford Brookes University.
You can read about the evaluation findings and our action plan to develop the process at Evaluating the Commissioning Grants Prospectus.
Enquiries
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us:
Contracts and Procurement Team
Email: contractsforservices@eastsussex.gov.uk
Phone: 01323 464049
East Sussex County Council