GRANTS TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEERING AT A LOCAL LEVEL – VERY SHORT DEADLINE

1. Title: GRANTS TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEERING AT A LOCAL LEVEL – VERY SHORT DEADLINE2. Awarding Authority: Mayor of London, Team London is working with London Plus, GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: Volunteers make an immense contribution to individuals and communities in Specified Location every year, and their importance has been especially highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year we teamed up to create this fund to reward and recognise volunteers during Volunteers’ Week. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic we understand that many organisations will not be able to celebrate and recognise their volunteers in their usual way during Volunteers’ Week 2020; although many have increased their volunteer recruitment to help deliver services. Therefore this year’s small grants of £500 – £1,000 will provide organisations additional financial support to help cover volunteer expenses and extra volunteer related costs.Please note, we expect to have a high volume of applications. If this is the case, we may not be able to support all applications and each case will be considered separately. Purpose of these grants:To provide some extra financial support for organisations who are managing extra volunteers at this time. To help cover costs for any or all of the below:Extra costs in recruiting volunteers for urgent service delivery;Extra costs in training or inducting new volunteers;Extra volunteer expenses for new volunteers or increased activity from current volunteers.5. CPV Code(s): 98000000, 98130000, 85320000, 85320000, 98133100, 850000006. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI4, UKI457. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: London.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Therefore this year’s small grants of £500 – £1,000 will provide organisations additional financial support to help cover volunteer expenses and extra volunteer related costs.10. Application deadline 22.5.2020.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: Who is this for?We are looking for applications from 2nd tier organisations that have a wide reach to civil society organisations and volunteers in their local communities such as:Local networks and community groupsVolunteer Centres, CVS’s and other local infrastructure organisationsMulti-purpose community organisationsVolunteer and community hubsMutual Aid Groups (Please note that if you are a recently created mutual aid group and not previously funded, you will need to partner with another group in your borough that has been funded in the past 18 months).We are open to partnership working when applying for this grant.What would we like to hear about:We want to hear what you are already delivering in your area in response to COVID-19. We also want to hear how you are recruiting new volunteers or re-deploying existing volunteers.Next steps:Please see the timeline for the next steps below: Application deadline Friday 22nd May 2020 Shortlisting WC 25th May 2020 Grants awarded WC 1st June 2020TKR-2020520-EX-1360309# funding opportunity# COVID-19