Kidlington Good Neighbour Scheme (360G-OCF-A504206)

If successful this grant would be used towards the salary cost of our part time office co-ordinator who runs the Good Neighbour Scheme office during our weekly opening hours which are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1000 - 1400 hours. This person also regularly reviews all of our organisations emails when not in the office to ensure that all requests received by email are dealt with as fast as possibke if the request deands it, When the office is unmanned we also have an answer phone to ensure that any telephone requests are followed up when the office is next open. It is essential that we have a office co-ordinator as withut this there would be no continuity of the service that we provide and we believe no alternative way of ensuring that all requests made to our Good Neighbour Scheme are fulfilled speedily and to a high standard. The salary for this person is £450 a month which equates to a total of £5,400 per year. We receive no funding from any other source to meet the cost of this salary and we would be unable to operate our God Neighbour Scheme without funding of this cost by applying for grant and hopefully being successful in receiving positive outcome. If we were successful with this grant application any funding we receive would go towards this cost. The office co-ordinator is supported by a voluntary office based person who assists for two hours at a time on a rota basis. In addition the office co-ordinator is also responsible for running the Kidlington Information Centre office which the Kidlington Good Neighbour Scheme is part of. The Information Centre provides timetables, attraction leaflets within a 50 mile radius, AGE UK Information leaflets etc. We also answer numerous requests for advice on obtaining blue badge, bus passes and various general enquiries received from the resident of Kidlington and the surrounding villages.,

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Grant Details

Amount Applied For 1500
Amount Awarded 1000
Award Date 2019-02-21T00:00:00+00:00
Beneficiary Location: Country Code GB
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code E01028492
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type LSOA
Beneficiary Location: Name Cherwell 018A
Grant Programme: Code December 2018
Grant Programme: Title Small and Vital
Impact Category Advance people's physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety
Last Modified 2019-08-14T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Duration (months) 12
Planned Dates: End Date 2020-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2019-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
Primary age group Seniors (65+)
Primary beneficiary Older People
Primary ethnicity White British
Primary issue Caring responsibilities
Project Description - Detailed If successful this grant would be used towards the salary cost of our part time office co-ordinator who runs the Good Neighbour Scheme office during our weekly opening hours which are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1000 - 1400 hours. This person also regularly reviews all of our organisations emails when not in the office to ensure that all requests received by email are dealt with as fast as possibke if the request deands it, When the office is unmanned we also have an answer phone to ensure that any telephone requests are followed up when the office is next open. It is essential that we have a office co-ordinator as withut this there would be no continuity of the service that we provide and we believe no alternative way of ensuring that all requests made to our Good Neighbour Scheme are fulfilled speedily and to a high standard. The salary for this person is £450 a month which equates to a total of £5,400 per year. We receive no funding from any other source to meet the cost of this salary and we would be unable to operate our God Neighbour Scheme without funding of this cost by applying for grant and hopefully being successful in receiving positive outcome. If we were successful with this grant application any funding we receive would go towards this cost. The office co-ordinator is supported by a voluntary office based person who assists for two hours at a time on a rota basis. In addition the office co-ordinator is also responsible for running the Kidlington Information Centre office which the Kidlington Good Neighbour Scheme is part of. The Information Centre provides timetables, attraction leaflets within a 50 mile radius, AGE UK Information leaflets etc. We also answer numerous requests for advice on obtaining blue badge, bus passes and various general enquiries received from the resident of Kidlington and the surrounding villages.,
Recipient Org: Charity Number 1076509
Recipient Org: Description The Information Centre supplies transport timetables, leaflets etc and used as a base for our Good Neighbour Scheme. Our key aim is to operate as a support network for elderly/disabled residents in Kidlington and surrounding villages. We match volunteers to clients offering free services eg befriending, household tasks, gardening, shopping, dog walking etc. Currently we have 49 volunteers and 111 clients and these numbers continue to increase. Clients are referred from local housing associations, AGE UK etc. We are an important support network which if forced to close through lack of funding would cause hardship to the local elderly.
Recipient Org: Postal Code OX5 1AB
Recipient Org: Web Address http://kidlingtoninformation.org.uk