Strengthening the Voluntary Sector- independence programme
|
Courtesy of Coventry Law Centre |
Listed below are the grants the Foundation
has made,
under the STVS - independence programme in 2008.
| Organisation Name | Purpose of Grant |
Grant (£)
|
| Action for Advocacy | A multi-stranded three year project, working with advocacy schemes to demonstrate the value of advocacy, improve service user involvement, improve finance systems, develop negotiation skills and facilitate greater engagement in social policy issues. |
197,626
|
| Advice UK | A two year programme, working with New Economics Foundation and Directory of Social Change, to develop the RADICAL user-centred advice service approach, improve tendering skills in advice agencies and improve relationships with central government. |
199,979
|
| Avon and Bristol Law Centre | A three year programme to support Advice Services for Avon to strengthen its influence and maintain the independence of its members through supported learning, business development and increasing capacity to engage with national debates. |
174,831
|
| Coventry Law Centre | A two year programme of activities to strengthen individual partners of Advice Services Coventry and strengthen the partnership as a whole. To include, systems review (working with Advice UK), IT investment, governance improvement, user involvement and development of ASC's ability to undertake social policy work and campaigning. |
191,113
|
| Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire | A range of activities carried out over one year to reassert the values underpinning citizen advocacy, to improve systems for collecting evidence of needs, to strenghthen negotiation skills and to improve ways of measuring quality and impact. |
35,591
|
| Law Centres Federation | A four year programme to strengthen and reassert the Law Centre service delivery model through improved understanding of local needs and by building the collaborative relationships with government necessary for effective advice services. |
200,000
|
|
Refugee and Migrant Justice |
A one year programme to carry out research on evaluating the cost and impact of quality legal representation for immigrants and asylum seekers. |
199,680
|