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Stevenage Borough Council has launched the Event Island Community Grant, which aims to support local groups in hosting community events on Event Island, Stevenage. The Grant was funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund offering grants to businesses ranging from £100 to £500 used to cover essential costs such as staffing, equipment or entertainment. View their website here - https://lnkd.in/eVhn7hZW

Well it's been a proper busy week this week. I spent Monday and Tuesday at a couple of MHCLG Roundtables with Alex Norris MP and lots of sector people (Nick Plumb was good to kinda see you over the teams link). My take aways from the debate (which tbh feel incredibly familiar for anyone that's been in our sector for a while) * making lasting change in communities needs long-term commitment and a more balanced relationship between 'top down' and 'bottom up'. * 'intermediary organisations' (organisations that are grounded in their place and are community led) are critically important for enabling change and bringing together the right partnerships * communities can and should be trusted to hold and spend funds, shaping programmes around what they know they need (who knew?) Some interesting questions that I took away: * what's the relationship/how can we strengthen the relationship between town councils/parishes as democracies most local tier and community organisations? *how can we shape existing community Rights to make them more useful and meaningful? --- and my overarching thought - Local Infrastructure Organisations are the ultimate 'intermediary organisation' they exist (amongst other things) to link up the different bits of community action and 'the state' and increasingly they work with neighbourhood anchors/intermediary orgs to enable us to be more than the sum or our parts (thinking of you Hannah Bailey, Rebecca Mear and loads of others). *** Well - Roundtables are all very well - but the best bit of my job is getting out of my box and meeting the fantastic people and organisations that are out there making change every day and I had the opportunity to do that when I visited Hunts Forum of Voluntary Organisations' AGM. I was priviledged to be there for 30 years of Hunts Forum, for Julie Farrow's last AGM and for the vote on an exciting new chapter. I absolutely love Hunts Forums 'Good to Go Governance mark' (https://lnkd.in/gcnJYvEF) which enables community orgs to know that they're up and running effectively and safely. Way to go: The Bobby Scheme Fusion Family Youth Project and St Ives Dementia Friendly Community Group

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Nurture Development - Programmes are artificial constructs that enable the dance between funders and agencies. Programmes do not change lives, people do, and for that change to endure it must come grassroots up and be community-driven. Source of Pictures: Part 1: How Community Organising & Community Building can work together: the two-fisted fight https://lnkd.in/evnEQ_2a

Did you know Imagine Housing has 183 subsidized units which reimburses at 3x the affordable housing rent. 110 tenants not living in subsidized units pay less than 30% of their income for rent. these rents range from 5% to 29% of their gross income for housing. This occurs because Imagine Housing does not use affordable housing allowed practices of AMI reclassification and the Over Income Clause 62 tenant households pay what is considered not rent burdened and pay 30% to 39% of their gross income for rent. 183 Imagine households are rent burdened from 40% to 100% of their gross income. Imagine allows tenants to sign a lease when their income is 1.5 X the affordable Housing rent amount. Please consider giving to Imagine having a in house subsidy program for these 183 families. This important in-house subsidy program need will increase when Samma in Bothell is completed, and leasing begins.

Based on reports from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission in 2023 Imagine Housing has 183 subsidized units which reimburses at 3x the affordable housing rent. 110 tenants not living in subsidized units pay less than 30% of their income for rent. these rents range from 5% to 29% of their gross income for housing. This occurs because Imagine Housing does not use affordable housing allowed practices of AMI reclassification and the Over Income Clause 62 tenant households pay what is considered not rent burdened and pay 30% to 39% of their gross income for rent. 183 Imagine households are rent burdened from 40% to 100% of their gross income. Imagine allows tenants to sign a lease when their income is 1.5 X the affordable Housing rent amount. Please consider giving to Imagine having a in house subsidy program for these 183 families. This important in-house subsidy program need will increase when Samma in Bothell is completed, and leasing begins. BUMP

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For today's #MelMonday discussion, let's talk about community partnerships. By working together with local organizations, clinics, and even SNAP offices you can expand your outreach and collaborate to provide more accessible resources to families in need. So today we're encouraging your team to go out in the community, make new connections, and spark conversations that will optimize your presence in your community. #HeadStart #EarlyHeadStart #TheGravelyGroup