Grenfell Recovery Strategy - New grant funding for community-based provision - Emotional Health and Wellbeing Support for Children and Young People

Grenfell Recovery Strategy – New grant funding for
community-based provision

Emotional Health and Wellbeing Support for Children and Young People

Grant Information

July 2021

New grant funding for community-based provision for
children and young people
In addition to funding existing providers in schools and community-based settings, the Council is also
establishing a new fund for community-based provision for children and young people affected
by the Grenfell tragedy.

This fund has a particular focus on celebrating young people's voices and supporting resilience in
the context of Grenfell Recovery. The fund will support provision which aims to promote the following
outcomes:

1)   Improved emotional health and wellbeing
2)   Improved self-esteem and confidence about their future
3)   Young people feeling heard, valued and included
4)   Participation and inclusion in other areas of life, including employment, training and education
5)   Improved relationships with family, friends and community

This provision will be particularly important given the ongoing impact of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and
the impact of decisions about the future of the Tower. Providers will also need to address these issues.

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Background
•   In December 2020, the Council agreed a Grenfell Resourcing Framework, which set out
    our high-level plans for the next three years of the Grenfell Recovery programme:
•   We committed to providing continued funding for targeted provision for children and young
    people in schools and community-based settings.
•   Building on what has worked well to date, we said we would focus on:
     –   Creating a more universal emotional health wellbeing support offer that builds resilience across schools and reach
         more pupils so that local children have the support they need to thrive and develop despite the impact of the tragedy
     –   Ensuring local schools have specific additional support to sustain children and young people’s recovery given the
         ongoing Grenfell Tower Inquiry and potential decisions about the future of the Tower
     –   Providing targeted emotional health and wellbeing support to children in community settings that builds resilience and
         supports recovery, taking into account the impact of the Inquiry and future decisions about the Tower
     –   Celebrating the voices and lived experience of children and young people and ensure that these are at the heart of the
         services provided.
     –   Ensuring that children from all backgrounds can access additional support in a range of community settings
     –   Adapting the support to make sure it is informed by best practice from the disaster recovery community
•   In January 2021 we launched a wide-ranging consultation to inform the next phase of
    provision.

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Feedback from the consultation
•   The consultation ran from 27 January 2021 to 26 March 2021.
•   A total of 131 surveys were returned by the consultation deadline and a total of 17 children and young
    people attended the three focus group sessions.
•   88 parents and pupils responded to the survey, 16 schools, and 27 residents or members of the wider
    North Kensington community.
•   The feedback from the consultation included:
     –   a strong feeling that despite some improvements in emotional health and wellbeing that there was a clear
         ongoing need for these services
     –   strong positive feedback on the provision for those currently receiving support
     –   a need to better promote awareness of the offer
     –   an ask to extend the reach of services and provision to ensure that it reaches as many children and young
         people as possible
•   Alongside the commitments made in the Resourcing Framework, the feedback from the consultation
    has been used to develop a proposal for the next phase of provision.
•   The Council’s Leadership Team agreed this funding at a Full Leadership Team meeting in May 2021.

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What kind of projects will this funding support?
This funding is being made available in order to diversify the breadth of providers who are delivering to children and young people,
and priority will be given to those providers not currently in receipt of funding through the ‘Targeted support for children and young
people’ area of the Grenfell Recovery Strategy.

This fund is available to established charity/CIC providers who hold all appropriate governing documents, policies, and procedures
required by legislation, including necessary insurance requirements and financial records going back a minimum of one financial
year. This funding is not for provider’s core organisational costs, but rather project-specific proposals.

We would be interested to hear from:

•   Organisations of all sizes, and we are especially keen to hear from potential providers who have grassroots links with the North
    Kensington Community
•   Providers who have a fresh or new-to-RBKC evidence-based approach to delivering emotional health and wellbeing support to
    children and young people in community settings
•   Providers who can demonstrate that they are able to adapt to changing needs and revise their approach to ensure they continue
    to meet those needs
•   Providers with ideas about how we can support resilience and champion young people’s voices against the backdrop of long-
    term challenges of recovery, including the future of the Grenfell Tower and indeed the impact of this on children and young
    people.
•   Providers who are able to link in with other services and provision across VCS, Health and Schools.

What funding is available?
•   Each provider will be able to bid for a maximum of £25k per year with the grant amount drawn down annually over a funding period of
    three years
•   Exceptional cases will be able to bid for higher amounts after discussion with the Commissioning Team. If you would like to discuss
    bidding for more than £25k/annum, please contact Marjana Tharin via email on Marjana.Tharin@rbkc.gov.uk
•   Whilst funding levels are fixed, there will be scheduled annual reviews between RBKC and successful applicants to review (and
    potentially reshape) the provision to ensure it is as responsive as possible to the changing needs of children and young people
•   Providers will be required to report quarterly, and a monitoring framework for this reporting will be shared as part of the formal grant
    agreement
•   RBKC will provide Comms support via the RBKC Comms team, to assist providers with the promotion of the new CYP emotional health
    and wellbeing services

    Evaluation of Applications:
•   Further guidance about how to apply will be included in the full grant application pack, and will contain more detail about funding,
    monitoring and evaluation, and how grants will be evaluated.
•   Grant applications will be required to demonstrate the strength of monitoring and evaluation approach to evidence outcome and impact,
    the reach of the service and the number of children and young people engaged, the inclusivity of the service and commitment to Equality
    and Diversity, and how well the service responds to local needs
•   Grants will be evaluated based on the three areas (participation and inclusion, wellbeing and recovery and voice/feeling heard and
    involved), and local young people will be involved in the evaluation process.

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What do I do if I am interested in bidding for this fund?

If you are a potential provider and would like to have an informal chat with
our Commissioners before the fund is launched, please contact Marjana
Tharin via email at Marjana.Tharin@rbkc.gov.uk

The formal launch of the fund will be week commencing 2nd August where
the Council will invite applications.

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Actions and next steps –
                                              Activity                                 Indicative Timeline
Soft engagement with local providers and other community-based stakeholders to share
                                                                                       w/c 28 June 2021
information about the new fund
Formal launch of the fund, inviting applications                                       w/c 2 Aug

Applications close                                                                     28 Aug
Consultative review of applications in partnership with the RBKC Youth Council.        w/c 30 Aug 2021

Successful grants announced                                                            w/c 6 Sept 2021

Work with providers to offer support as needed, prior to service going live            Sept 2021
Service goes live                                                                      Sept / Oct 2021
Review of provision impacts and outcomes                                               Annually

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