Transcript Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation

Leicestershire
and Rutland
Community Foundation
Katy Green
CEO
Monday 22nd April 2013
Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation
• a registered charity
• works across Leicestershire, Rutland, Leicester City
• encourages and enables private giving to local needs –
and we also channel public funds
• to maintain/improve quality of life for all in our area.
Leicestershire and Rutland Community
Foundation
• one of 58 Community Foundations in the UK – all working
independently within county boundaries – to the same remit –
• current staff (4) and Board (volunteers) working together 4
years
• President: Dr Laurence Howard
How We Work
Donors - local companies, individuals or business clubs
set up their own personally named, tax-efficient,
giving funds with the Foundation
Like their own charitable foundation, only at a fraction of
the cost/work.
People give through the Foundation (not to us)
How are donations spent?
Donors choose how and where they give – which area,
which cause.
We can match them with groups and causes which inspire
them, or where they want to make a difference
Or donors come to us with an idea, and we work to make it
happen
How it Works
We set you up a fund in your name or your company’s name, or
whatever name you choose. The fund can be:
A) an invested fund: the income is given out yearly
B) a spend-down fund, given over the timescale you wish
Or both. An invested fund can be matched £1 for every £2
We report back to you at least yearly, invite you events, can arrange for
you to meet beneficiaries, manage publicity etc
Example of Funds
Fund
Purpose of Fund
The Adopted Children’s
Fund
For children who are adopted/in care: a
Individual donor
range of support including training County
with specific aims
and Rutland teachers to manage traumarelated behaviour at school; grants for young
Rutland people leaving school and care.
Support is offered to projects engaging
Donor reviews
young people (under the age of 19) with
groups 2/3 times
sport.
a year
Offers support to groups working with
Selects two
disadvantaged children aged between five
groups per year
and twelve years old, who live in Leicester
from database
City.
Supports projects and groups working within
Employee forum
15 mile radius of Melton/Waltham on the
decide on projects
Wolds bases
William Colton Youth
Sport Fund
Bobby Dhanjal
Foundation
Mars in the Community
How
Example of Funds
Fund
Purpose of Fund
The Lord Lieutenants
Fund
Range of need across Rutland and
Leicestershire
The Winter 125 Fund
Redirects unwanted winter fuel allowances
either to elderly people in fuel poverty, or to
children with cancer.
The Mental Health and
To enable people who are building/reLearning Disability Fund
building independent lives to set up small
social enterprises.
The Grant Thornton
Range of local need (recent include
Fund
Headway, Whetstone Boys Club, the arts)
How
Grants to
applicants to the
Community
Foundation
Donor led
campaign
Fund selects
Community
Foundation
selects
Example of Funds
Fund
Purpose of Fund
Comic Relief and Red
Nose Day
Range of need
The Sir Tim Brooks
Fund
Young people, substance misuse,
training: across Leicestershire
Hanwill Fund
A re-purposed inactive Trust, which retains
its name and original intent under the
Community Foundation umbrella
How
Community
Foundation
manages the full
grants process,
publicity, grants
panel, monitors all
spend, reports
back formally
Applicants
managed by the
Community
Foundation
Applicants
managed by the
Community
Foundation
Example of Projects
Beneficiary
Purpose of Grant
To pay a part time volunteer/programme coCarillon
manager
CarillonRadio
Radio, Coalville, ordinator/centre
To pay a part time
programme co-ordinator, enabling
Castle
Bytham
Towards
fundraising
improvements
play
NW Leicestershire
more young people tofor
train,
qualify and to
meet
Midsummer
Fair
equipment
in the village
Castle Bytham
Towards fundraising
for improvements to play
Coping
with Cancer
To support in
a drop-in
therapy, offering social support.
Midsummer
Fair
equipment
the village
Leicester Stroke Club
Coping with Cancer
To support stroke victims and their carers to have a
To support a drop-in therapy, offering social support.
break
Leicester Hospitals
Ourspace Appeal for dedicated children’s cancer
Leicester Stroke Club
To support stroke victims and their carers to have a
Charity
ward
break
Shepshed Amateur Boxing Brings local children together to learn about fitness
Club
and healthy eating
Leicester Hospitals
Ourspace Appeal for dedicated children’s cancer
Charity
ward
Shepshed Amateur Boxing Bringing local children together to learn about fitness
Club
and healthy eating
Awarded
£3,750.00
£500
£3,750.00
£500
£4,144
£900
£4,144
£8,704
£900
£7,000.00
£8,704
£7,000.00
Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation
We are unique in that we
- offer a flexible “donor service” model which enables any
giving within charity law.
- Are NOT single issue: work with donors and funders to
support any genuine, local groups and causes…
….from the household names, to the tiny “hidden” groups
which make a huge difference in their village or estate.
Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation
• We work in partnership with other charities, voluntary
groups, business and social networks
• We avoid duplication and “join dots” wherever we can
The £1 for every £2 match offer
The Community Foundation has won a Government award
of almost £500,000 until 2015 to match local giving £1 to
£2 – if donors invest the donation for local causes.
The £ for every £2 match offer
A fund set up for £1000 becomes £1,500: £20,000
becomes £30,000 – and Gift Aid can be added on top.
The donor still names the fund, adds donations as/when
suits, chooses where the income goes.
The £1 for every £2 match offer
If the £500k is not spent, it’ll go back to London…
How could you help?
Please
help us
spread
the word
1. Not enough people know there is £500k of central
government money available to match for giving via the
Community Foundation – if we don’t use it, we’ll lose it.
2. Dormant/inactive trusts: in most cases, we can match £1
to every £2, retain original intent, even work with
existing trustees.
Thank you
Katy Green
[email protected]
www.llrcommunityfoundation.org.uk
0116 262 4804