Communities Fund - third sector investment programme

Covid-19 emergency funding has been awarded to the following groups:

Organisation	Bid focus	Agreed funding
Assert Brighton & Hove	Purchase of laptops, peripherals and Zoom licences to enable remote ongoing client support.	£4182
ADHD Aware	Purchase of headsets for use in support sessions plus Zoom licences.	£1705
LGBT Switchboard	Purchase of equipment and software to enable remote and online support services. Helpline volunteer training, and one to one support for isolated service users.	£4866
Real Junk Food Project	Repairs to food chiller units to allow sustainable provision of food in two new sites.	£4287
Voices in Exile	Food delivery co-ordinator staff costs, IT and running costs	£3641
Thousand4£1000	Wifi connections for 4 migrant houses, utility and additional website hosting costs.	£1500
New Note Projects (Orchestra)	IT (laptops, broadband, website, headphones, tech support) to create platform for musicians to post music.	£4500
One Church, Rock Farm, Chomp	Provision of toiletries, activity and craft packs to vulnerable families for children learning from home.	£2500
Craven Vale Community Association	Support for fees and services related to the centre being used as a food hub, including cleaning and PPE.	£1480
Together Co	Additional Befriending Coordinator capacity to support new COVID19 volunteers, and new city-wide support mechanisms e.g. online induction and peer support training forums.	£5000

The Bevy	Provision of wages for chef employed for additional hours to provide community meals.	£3000
Food and Friendship	Core cost contribution to supplement additional work and replace lost fundraised income.	£3400
Purple People	Additional food needs, security, cleaning, travel expenses in Portslade.	£2000
Old Boat Corner	Core cost to cover role as community hub.	£2500
Time to Talk Befriending	Core costs to support additional older people services during emergency.	£5000
Acorn	Co-ordinator salary and office support costs to meet additional demand for services.	£5000
Fareshare	Additional volunteer management costs.	£5000
Friends, Families Travellers	Additional staff and IT support costs to meet additional demand from self-isolating community.	£5000
St Vincent de Paul, Tower House	Co-ordinator wages to reflect loss of fundraised income, to enable delivery of food to isolated older people.	£5000
Clock Tower Sanctuary	Salary costs for Support Co-ordinator	£5000
RISE	Laptops, Zoom licenses and instant messaging development for secure home working.	£3000
Marlborough Theatre (Radical Rhizomes)	Online support to isolated and vulnerable community of LGBTQI BAME and disabled residents.	£2330
North Laine Community Association	Core costs to support community organisation and production of community newsletter with reductions in advertising from income for closed businesses.	£2000
Survivors Network	Purchase of additional laptops and software for home working, to ensure levels of security needed for organisation managed systems	£5000
Knoll Community Association	Support for St Richards Centre, run by KCA , providing an emergency food hub for the Hangleton and Knoll area. Support for running costs due to loss of room rental income	£5000
Brighton Women’s Centre	Women Supporting Women Helpline: volunteer co-ordination, essential phone costs for volunteers and phones for women without phones or whose use is controlled by a perpetrator.	£4750
One Church/Chomp	Scaling up of craft activities/toiletries, gifted food parcels to reach additional 100 families referred by BHCC officers.	£5000

Volunteering Matters	Phone based befriending service for over 50s.	£2500
Sussex Stalking Support	Equipment & staff hours to enable additional resources for victims of stalking	£4176
Impact Young People’s Centre	Provision of additional staff hours to enable 1:1 delivery previously delivered in groups	£4772
Synergy Creative Community	Funding to enable production of zine for adults with mental health problems who normally receive 1:1 support to attend events, gigs, etc.	£3500
Stay up Late	Peer support project for adults with learning disabilities and autism. Funding for additional IT equipment and staff costs to support online support	£3990
Afghanistan & Central Asian Association	Support costs to local refugee community, staff & volunteer expenses	£4440
Woodingdean Community Association	Provision of food distribution network for Woodingdean running costs and travel costs	£5000
Emmaus	Core costs to cover running costs	£2500
Tarner Community Project	Replacement of lost income from activity rentals and fees allowing continued provision of services for children	£5000
Hangleton & Knoll project	Food hub volunteer expenses, laptop, phones, SIMs, and cleaning products	£1599
Amaze	Support costs for home working for staff, IT, phones, etc	£5000
Speak Out	Volunteer support and IT costs to enable online/phone service delivery	£3500
Salvation Army Foodbank, Hove	Additional shelving to store ambient food	£2016
St Luke’s Advice Centre	Contribution to core costs for advice service to meet increased demand	£5000

Café Domenica	Funding to support premises and administration costs impacted by loss of income from fundraising events	£2500
Small Performance Adventures	Provision of online support to people with mental health/substance misuse problems	£4000
St Cuthman’s Church, Whitehawk Foodbank	Range of utility, cleaning, volunteer costs, including PPE to support additional space for food bank	£3870
BMECP	Culturally appropriate food purchase, phone and staff costs	£5000
Total		£170,254