progress through partnership
The PtP Central Fund 2008/09
Introduction
PtP is now offering a second year of its Central Fund through which every south east LSP is eligible for £4000 of regional improvement and efficiency funds for partnership development activity.
In 2007/08 in a successful first year of the Central Fund, over £300,000 was taken up by LSPs in the region for bespoke support and development activities commissioned directly by the LSPs themselves.
Guidance on bidding into the central fund can be downloaded here
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Deadlines for applications
31st October 2008– Deadline for submitting bids
31st March 2009 – Deadline for completing activities and drawing down funds
Funds may be drawn down in advance of the deadline, this will be useful where the plans have been previously been developed but funding has not been secured.
What activities you intend to undertake
When these activities will be complete
Outline costs for the activities to be undertaken
If appropriate which providers you will commission for the work
Criteria
Activities must be linked to each LSP’s self-assessment and its development needs
Activity must directly support the development of the LSP or other local partnerships, or LAA delivery
Activity must add-value – i.e. there must be some output resulting from the activity that will improve partnership working
Funds cannot be used for capital spend (e.g. equipment purchases)
Funds cannot be used in respect of pre-existing staffing costs or new staff appointments
Pooling of funds
Over one third of the money allocated from the first fund was pooled by groups of LSPs to fund joint activities, both across a county area and by neighbouring LSPs. In some cases LSPs pooled their entire Central Fund and others pooled a proportion. We would encourage this to take place again. PtP has offered support to sub regional LSP practitioner groups which could be used to help negotiate pooling of funds and share ideas from across the region.
Submission documents
PtP self assessment review
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Completing the LSP self assessment is a pre-requisite to accessing funds for new activities. It should be submitted online.
Please contact Emily on emily@seemp.co.uk to request a personalised link to the survey. A personalised link will allow you to compete the survey in stages rather than in one go.
If you are able to complete the survey in one go it can be accessed at this link - On-line submission.
A plan outlining the development work to be undertaken, outlining provisional costs, monitoring mechanisms and expected benefits will need to be submitted.
Monitoring and Feedback
PtP should be advised when an activity is completed and when output documents will be made available. This should be done within two weeks. Invoices will not processed without this information.
Alison Craig will coordinate the Central Fund, and in addition support for developing drawdown plans will be offered by the PtP support officers for sub regional areas.
Cluster |
No. of LSPs |
PtP Liaison |
|---|---|---|
|
Berkshire / Unitary Authorities |
6 |
Peter Johnson |
|
Buckinghamshire |
6 |
Robin Taylor |
|
East Sussex |
7 |
Celia Raw |
|
Hampshire |
15 |
Peter Johnson |
|
Kent |
14 |
|
|
Oxfordshire |
6 |
Robin Taylor |
|
Surrey |
12 |
Robin Taylor |
|
West Sussex |
8 |
Celia Raw |