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Moving on up! 

Calling all Community Groups, Voluntary sector Organisations and public service providers!  Help us to find out more about Transience in Blackpool

Blackpool Council is looking at why people move to and around Blackpool.  Transient people can find it difficult to access help, advice and public services in times of need, so we want to collect information that helps us to build a picture of transience in Blackpool.  Please help us by telling us about your organisation’s experiences.

The information you provide will help us to explain the community's needs and help us to understand what the main challenges are, so that we can focus on them effectively.

Please take the time to complete the online questionnaire, it should take you about 20 minutes.  All responses will be anonymous.

Link to survey:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5WJCPT7

We are offering all participants the chance to enter a prize draw. Your organisation could win:

§         Meeting room hire (one half day) at Solaris, Blackpool Enterprise Centre or Blackpool Sports Centre;
OR

§         Personalised promotional materials (pens, leaflets etc. with your organisation’s name/logo)

The draw will take place on 18th February 2011. Winners will be contacted within 7 days of the draw.

If you would like the questionnaire in an alternative format (Microsoft Word document, large print etc.) please contact partnerships.team@blackpool.gov.uk or telephone 01253 477142.

Thanks for your help!

Migration Impact Fund: Help us to Manage the Impact of Migration
Key outcomes

As well as bringing many benefits, migration can bring short term pressures on local public services. We are looking for innovative ways of managing these pressures and addressing such transitional impacts.

We want to develop a number of small projects which will add value to existing work and result in better outcomes for Migrants and local communities in Blackpool.

We aim to:

• Create opportunities to engage with migrant communities/Individuals: There is currently limited engagement activity due to language and cultural barriers. These opportunities will increase migrant communities’ ability to influence decisions in the areas they live.
• Support vulnerable migrants: helping them to overcome social exclusion, access employment, education and training, combat discrimination and access appropriate and timely health care.
• Empower migrant communities: to help themselves.
• Enhance community cohesion: This is the idea that diverse societies work best when they have a sense of social solidarity and mutual responsibility (basically, people value and respect eachother regardless of background), and that individuals benefit from a feeling of belonging (citizenship) and fuller involvement in community and civic activity.  
• Provide long-term sustainable solutions: which would be relatively inexpensive beyond initial statr-up costs.

Full Background and Guidance document

Who is eligible to bid?

·     Third Sector Organisations (e.g. community groups, charities, social enterprises, Community Interest Companies)

·     Public Sector Organisations

In all cases partnership working with the community needs to be clearly demonstrated.  There are no lower thresholds for funding individual projects. However, Blackpool Strategic Partnership is happy to consider large projects (up to £6,000) as well as looking to support a number of projects with an average of £1,000 to £2,000.

Application Form

Timetable and Application Process

Date	Activity
December 2010	Funding application form and guidance notes sent out and published on the Blackpool Strategic Partnership website.
January 28th 2011	Closing date for applications (to be completed and sent in)
w/c 7th February 2011	Funding panel meet to decide on successful applications
w/c 21st February 2011	Applicants notified of decisions
August 2011	Project Report, accounts and Invoice(s) submitted