Current NJC pay scales
The payscales for 2013/14 have been agreed. They represent a 1% increase. From 1 October the lowest scale point will be abolished. More information can be found here
Vulnerable and Disengaged Young People Fund
Vulnerable young people
The Centre for Social Action is launching a new Vulnerable and Disengaged Young People Fund of up to £2 million for social action programmes working with vulnerable and disengaged young people. Social action has a significant role to play in supporting this group to fulfil their potential.
The grant fund opens for applications on 8 November 2013 and closes on 6 December 2013.
There are 3 categories for application:
- development: to expand or develop a new social action project (grants from £30,000 to £100,000)
- validation: to build evidence of impact of an existing social action project (grants from £30,000 – £100,000)
- scale up: to scale up an existing social action project – for example by replicating an existing model in a new area, or by scaling up an existing programme (grants from £100,000 to £250,000)
Find out further details and how to apply.
The Social Investment Business (SIB) is administering the fund.
Sportivate Funding
SPORTIVATE-FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HELP DELIVER SPORT
The Sportivate funding programme for the period April 2014- March 2015 has recently been launched. Sportivate is aimed at encouraging more young people aged 11-25 to take part in sport and physical activity. It is an exciting opportunity to help community groups provide innovative and challenging activities to meet the needs of young people in their community. We are looking for delivery partners to provide a 6-8 week programme of taster sessions and then help direct participants to take part in activity after the sessions have finished. This could be in a club or through activities delivered by your organisation. We are now inviting partners to submit applications to take part in the programme and would welcome applications from a wide variety of organisations. We are particularly keen to target the following groups in Year 4;
- Women & Girls
- Young Disabled People
- Young People aged 19-25 years
Please note that the project applications should be returned to Sarah Panayi at Tees Valley Sport. The deadline for the return of applications is 4pm, Thursday December 19th 2013. Sarah Panayi can help with any queries relating to the application process or Sportivate in general and can be contacted at s.panayi@tees.ac.uk or telephone 01642 342287.
Market Position Statement – Social Care Services
Sent on behalf of R&CBC
Dear Colleague
You may be aware of Redcar and Cleveland’s Market Position Statement. Many providers were involved in its development earlier this year and it was subsequently published in June. We are starting to refresh the document ready for republication in 2014 and would appreciate some feedback from you.
A short on line questionnaire is attached and we would be grateful if you could complete this by 24th November to enable feedback to be collated.
In addition we will be running a workshop later in the year and will be in touch with you regarding your involvement.
Survey monkey link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RCBCMarketDevelopmentSurvey
Current MPS link:
http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/rcbcweb.nsf/0E8E58AF75E81A018025747F003F6A9E/$FILE/MPS%20June%202013.pdf
Many thanks in anticipation
Kind regards
Vanessa Newlands
Commissioning Support
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Seafield House
Kirkleatham Street
Redcar TS10 1SP
01642 771742