BCF Coronavirus Fund Grant Application

Section 1 - Organisation

· Organisation Name and Address Details

· Name of your organisation
Home Start Slough

· Address of your organisation

· Street

29 Church Street, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 1PL

· Town/City
· County
· Postcode
· Website
www.hsslough.co.uk
· Telephone
01628 661029
· General/Office Email

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· Main Contact Person
These are the details that will be used for correspondence purposes.
· Title
Miss Mr Mr. Mr & Mrs Mrs Mrs. Ms Ms. Ald Baroness Brigadier Canon Captain Cllr Colonel Count Dame
Dr Dr. Dr & Mrs Duke HHJ His Hon HRH Imam Judge Judge HH Lady Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Lt.(SCC)
Major Nr PC Prof Prof. Professor Rabbi Rev Rt Hon Sir Sr. Supt The Duke of The Hon. The Most Rev
The Rt Rev Viscount Viscountess Lt Col
Forename(s)

Kiran

Surname
Dhoot
 · Job title
Fundraising Trustee
· Work/Office Phone
07904240200
· Home Phone
· Mobile Phone
· Email
kirandhoot@hsslough.co.uk
· Use organisation's address for correspondence
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· Organisation Start Date
· Month
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Year
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986
1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968
1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950

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· What type of organisation are you?
Select as many as appropriate
· A registered charity - 1162003

· Company limited by guarantee

· Unincorporated club or association

· Community interest company

· Charitable Incorporated Organisation

· Other

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· Are you part of a larger regional or national organisation?
· Yes
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· What does your organisation do?

Home-Start in Slough is an empowering, visionary family support service built on trusted relationships and
rooted in the community. We exist to improve outcomes for families inSlough. Over the past 20 years we
have supported over 3500 disadvantaged and deprived children in their homes on a weekly 1:1 basis or at
our group utilising our trained and supervised volunteer workforce. Through early intervention and
 preventative measures we have improved the life chances of the families, prevented family breakdown and
reduced impact on social care.

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· Income Over Last Accounting Year
£166,000

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· Staff and volunteers
How many of each are involved in the organisation?
· Full time staff / workers 0
Part time staff / workers 10
· Volunteers (excluding management committee) 35
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Section 2 - About your grant application

· Application Details
· Project name
RB Jan 21
· Project / funding start date
March 2021

Project / funding end date

August 2021

· Which area (estate, town, village borough) do most of the people who benefit come from?
Slough
· Which local authority will the activity take place in?
Bracknell Forest Reading Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham Slough West Berkshire

· Please provide a postcode which represents the geographical area you will benefit.
SL1 1QW

· How will you spend this grant to address the need arising from the impact of the Coronavirus
pandemic?

We operate three pillars of support: home visiting, groups and courses with a focus around early
intervention and preventative work. Based on the present Coronavirus crisis, we have adapted our
service to a remote service model, and we have a critical need to expand our service and our
interventions as rapidly as possible to deal with the immediate and long-term increased need.
We have a particular concern regarding families and individuals who feel isolated due to the constantly
changing restrictions issued at a local and national level. The pandemic has confined families and
 parents to support bubbles and there is a lack of certainty as to what the rules may be in the near
future, preventing social plans from being made. We are concerned that this has impacted the mental
health of families and parents. Mental health services have seen higher levels of referrals compared to
2019 and have responded to anticipated surges in demand for services by opening enhanced duty
services in some NHS trusts.

In addition, we need to convert our courses and group materials to enable us to deliver them remotely as
well as invest in technology and training for our staff and volunteers to enable this to happen.

A grant would enable us to engage a Family Support Co-ordinator to perform this work,and convert and
deliver our materials remotely. The increased capacity would also enable us to continue our expanded
service post lockdown based on anticipated increased need.

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· What positive changes would this grant make to the lives of people who use your project/service?

We will utilise MESH (Monitoring and Evaluation System in Home-Start) to collect and analyse information
to monitor and evaluate our service and outcomes. MESH is a user and family friendly bespoke system
developed in partnership with the Charities Evaluation Services. It enables monitoring, evaluation and
ability to measure the journey of change against 14 criteria around parenting skills, parental wellbeing,
child well-being and household management. Throughout the support we will re-score the beneficiaries
scoping score and chart the journey of change providing a focus for the volunteer and family to ensure
needs are being met. This also enables us to assess when we need help from a partner organisation.
Typically over 90% of the families report a reduction in feeling isolated, an improvement in managing
child's behaviour, improvement in mental wellbeing and better able to cope with household
management

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Section 3 - Impact

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· Which category best describes the impact your project will have?
Improve life skills, education, employability and enterprise Maximise ability to strengthen community
cohesion and build social capacity Promote reduction of isolation and disadvantage and access to local
services Advance people's physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety Connect people with the arts,
culture and heritage Transform access to, and engagement with, the environment and public spaces
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· Beneficiaries of the project
· How many people will benefit from this funding?
75

· Primary Beneficiary - Select a single option to represent the primary beneficiary group for this grant
Black, Asian and minority ethnic Carers Children and young people Ex-offenders/offenders/At risk of
offending Families/Parents/Lone parents Homeless people Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered
groups Local residents Long-term unemployed Men Not in education, employment and training (NEET
 16-24) Older people People with alcohol/drug addictions People in care or suffering serious illness People
with learning difficulties People with low skill levels People with mental health issues People with multiple
disabilities People with physical difficulties People living in poverty Refugees/asylum seekers /immigrants
Victims of crime/violence/abuse Women

· Please list any other beneficiary groups who will benefit from your grant

Black, Asian and minority ethnic Carers

Children and young people Ex-offenders/offenders/At

risk of offending

Families/Parents/Lone parents Homeless people

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and Local residents

transgendered groups

Long-term unemployed Men

Not in education, employment and Older people

training (NEET 16-24)

People with alcohol/drug addictions People in care or suffering

serious illness

People with learning difficulties People with low skill levels

People with mental health issues People with multiple

disabilities

People with physical difficulties People living in poverty

Refugees/asylum seekers /immigrants Victims of

crime/violence/abuse

Women
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· Issues
· Primary issue - select a single option to represent the primary issue that will be addressed by this grant
Arts, culture and heritage Anti-social behaviour Bullying Caring responsibilities Stronger
communities/Community support and development Counselling/Advice/Mentoring Crime and safety
Disability and access issues Domestic violence Economy Education, learning and training Employment and
labour Emergency/Rescue services Environment and improving surroundings Financial exclusion and
financial illiteracy Gangs IT / Technology Harmful practice Health, wellbeing and serious illness
Homelessness Housing Language, culture and racial integration Mental health Offending/At risk of
offending Poverty and disadvantage Refugees/Asylum/Immigration Religion Renewable energies and
recycling Rural issues Sexual abuse Social inclusion and fairness Sport and recreation
Stigma/Discrimination Substance abuse and addiction Supporting family life Violence and Exploitation

· Please list any other issues that will be addressed by this grant

Arts, culture and heritage Anti-social behaviour

Bullying Caring responsibilities

Stronger communities/Community Counselling/Advice/Mento

support and development ring

Crime and safety Disability and access

issues

Domestic violence Economy

Education, learning and training Employment and labour

Emergency/Rescue services Environment and

improving surroundings

Financial exclusion and financial Gangs

illiteracy

IT / Technology Harmful practice

Health, wellbeing and serious illness Homelessness

Housing Language, culture and

racial integration

Mental health Offending/At risk of

offending

Poverty and disadvantage Refugees/Asylum/Immigra

tion

Religion Renewable energies and

recycling
 Rural issues Sexual abuse

Social inclusion and fairness Sport and recreation

Stigma/Discrimination Substance abuse and

addiction

Supporting family life Violence and Exploitation

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· Ethnicity
· Primary ethnic group - select a single option to represent the primary ethnic group for this grant
White White British White Irish White East European White Gypsies and Travellers Other White Mixed
Black Caribbean and White Black African and White Asian and White Other Mixed Ethnicity All ethnicities
Asian and Asian British Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian Black and Black British Caribbean African
Other Black Chinese or other group Chinese Any other

· Please list any other ethnic groups who will benefit from your grant:

White White British

White Irish White East European

White Gypsies and Other White

Travellers

Mixed Black Caribbean and

White

Black African and White Asian and White

Other Mixed Ethnicity All ethnicities

Asian and Asian British Indian

Pakistani Bangladeshi

Other Asian Black and Black British

Caribbean African

Other Black Chinese or other group

 Chinese Any other
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· Age Groups
· Please indicate the primary age group that will benefit from this grant
Early years (0-4) Children (5-12) Young people (13-18) Young adults (19-25) Adults (26-65) Seniors (65+)
All ages

· Please list any other applicable age groups for your grant.

Early years (0-4) Children (5-12)

Young people Young adults

(13-18) (19-25)

Adults (26-65) Seniors (65+)

All ages
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Section 4 - Budget and Consent

· Budget
· What is the total cost of this work?
£10,000

· How much has been raised so far?

0

· From which sources have you received funding? If no funds raised to date, please explain why.
Additional funding is needed for service expansion

· How much money are you applying to us for?

£10,000

· Budget breakdown summary inc. VAT

Family Support Co-ordinator- 6 months for 12 hours per week = £7000
Admin Support - 125 hours at £12.00 per hour = £1,500
Packs for families - £1,500

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· Supporting Documents
These are required before we can process your application.
· Please make sure you upload the requested documents and information before submitting your
application. This will speed up the application process as we won't be able to process your
application without these.
Please note policies should comply with current legislation/best practice, please refer to our
website for appropriate links.
· Your organisation's signed Governing Document (Constitution/Set of Rules etc.)

· Latest Annual Report and Accounts OR proof of income and expenditure covering a 12-month period

· Latest Bank Statement

· A copy of your signed Adult Safeguarding and/or Child Protection Policy

· Small and new groups which are not constituted may attach a letter of recommendation from the local

CVS, Parish Council or Local Authority that they work with here
Please note that the bank details provided at this point will be used to debit your account in the
event of a successful grant application.

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· Name
· Position
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