The Royal Borough of Greenwich is launching a Ukraine Small Grants Programme to support local voluntary and community organisations who are working to help Ukrainian refugees in the borough.
The funding, provided through the Government’s Homes for Ukraine Scheme, will further enable these organisations to meet the short term, specific needs of Ukrainians, and the local families who are supporting them, as well as being a bridge to longer term resettlement plans.
Examples of this important work could, amongst other things, include: helping to manage relationships between Ukrainian guests and their host families; translation services; provision of space for meetings and social opportunities for new arrivals; support with accessing public services e.g. registering with GPs, applying for financial support or organising school places.
Due to their historical and existing links with the Ukrainian community, we have commissioned the Big Red Kick for the next six months to deliver a borough-wide Ukrainian language signposting and referral programme, which will assess the needs of Ukrainians arriving and undertaking case work and advocacy as required. The Big Red Kick will establish a partnership Ukrainian Advisory Group to bring support organisations together, and a Ukrainian Users Steering Group to oversee the needs of users are centred and shape the support.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the funding, organisations will need to
- Be based in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, working to support Ukrainians who have been forcibly displaced and the families and households supporting them in the borough
- Be an established not-for-profit organization (a charity, including groups applying for charitable status, a social enterprise, or a company limited by guarantee with charitable aims and objectives);
- Have a bank account that can receive payment from the Royal Borough of Greenwich;
- Have up to date policies in relation to employment, safeguarding and equalities and diversity;
- Not affiliated to any political party.
We are inviting organisations who are working with and supporting Ukrainian families to meet their needs to apply for this one-off grant. Grants will be awarded for activity delivered over a period of six to twelve months from September 2022, and can be from £1,000 up to a maximum of £9,999.
Application
To apply please submit the application form linked below to ukraine-grants@royalgreenwich.gov.uk by 9am on Monday the 18th of July 2022.
Supporting documents
Please ensure you read and understand the grant specification, evaluation criteria and conditions documents when completing your application - all are linked below.
Where to find out more
On Thursday 30th June from 5.30-6.30pm we helding an information webinar over zoom where organisations could ask questions about the grant application process.
You can find the slides from the webinar here
and the FAQ document here
Advice on completing the grant application is also available from ukraine-grants@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.