Bournville Village Trust have announced the successful entrants to their Vision’12 funding competition. The entries are now in with a chance of securing £8,000 worth of funding for one Social Enterprise and £2000 each for 4 Community Projects.
The ideas will now go through a voting process from 30th June to 31st August. The Trust will use the Bournville Village Festival to kick-off the voting process which will also take place online on their OpenView community site.
The shortlist of projects include many focused on the Bournville area, including:
Bournville Charity Event
This applicant seeks funding to run a charity event in Bournville to raise money for Refuge, Women’s Aid, NSPCC and UNICEF. The festival will not only bring the community together but also promote local activities and promote charitable activity in the local area.
Rowheath Bowls Club
Rowheath bowls club are a local bowls group that has over 60 members with a variety of ages from juniors to life long members. One of the main aspects of a bowling club is The Green itself and the club seeks funding to help buy a new mower which is much needed to improve and maintain The Green.
Model Railway
Since starting in 2010, Bournville Model Railway has grown to attract many people of all ages. The club provides a friendly and supportive setting which enables participation from members with sensory impairments and learning difficulties. The club is currently going from strength to strength by holding its first ever exhibition at Shenley Court Hall in September. However, the club are currently looking for funding to help provide them with a computer and printer which would help share computer and literacy skills between younger and more senior members.
Hope Garden Project
Hope Community Project is seeking funding to help create greater community cohesion at their community garden on Raddlebarn Road. The project helps bridge the gap between migrants, refuges and residents in the local area, helping to create a sense of community that everyone can be a part of. The project would like to reach out to more people in the area through a series of fun days for people to attend!
Bournville Toy Library
The applicant seeks funding to help establish a toy library in the Bournville area. After witnessing the success of toy libraries in other areas she is passionate about sustaining one in Bournville. The funding would go towards the purchase of toys and the administration costs of setting one up.
Community Skills Development
The applicant seeks funding to help deliver a range of workshops in and around the Bournville area. There will be two types of workshops; First aid and Digital Inclusion. The applicant has a detailed structure and plan for both courses and believes that the courses would massively help develop community cohesion and prevent isolation.
Gentle Cycling
The applicant seeks funding to create a programme of gentle bike rides in and around Bournville that would be suitable for residents of all ages and abilities. By having a regular programme of rides, local residents would benefit from enhanced community spirit and better health and lifestyle.
Sewing Classes
The applicant seeks funding to provide sewing & craft classes in Bournville House and hopes to attract other community groups. The funding will be used to buy equipment. The ultimate goal will be to help local residents produce a Lightmoor patchwork quilt.
Stitch
This applicant seeks funding to begin crochet and knitting classes for Bournville residents at her local business on Bournville Green. The applicant has previously started these lessons due to customer demand however without funding they proved too expensive. There is a demand in the area to teach people these important skills and funding would ensure that local residents could benefit from them.
The full list of entries are at:
Bournville Charity Event
This applicant seeks funding to run a charity event in Bournville to raise money for Refuge, Women’s Aid, NSPCC and UNICEF. The festival will not only bring the community together but also promote local activities and promote charitable activity in the local area.
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a charity fundraising event shouldnt need funding itself!
how would it bring the community together, when theyve picked a few very specific charities?
how does it promote local activities, when it itself will be competing with these existing activities for time & money?
this proposed event would need to have a net donation of >£2000 to break even.
& what do any of these charities do in bournville? how does this benefit local residents?
i have serious concerns about this proposal; who is behind it? what is their motivation? why cant they do this non-specified event without funding on this scale?
Model Railway
Since starting in 2010, Bournville Model Railway has grown to attract many people of all ages.
However, the club are currently looking for funding to help provide them with a computer and printer which would help share computer and literacy skills between younger and more senior members.
this had funding last year.
also, why do they need to run this sort of programme, the various community halls already have computer classes running. those are available to ALL of bournville, not just the members of one club.
I think a charity event is an excellent idea as its all going to a good cause. The charities in effect are probably benefiting people in this area and all over the world for that matter behind the scenes as we speak. I think it would be very greedy to submit an idea in bournville that would only benefit the people in bournville as there does not appear to be anything they are desperate for ? Let’s take bournville village festival for instance… Is the money raised going towards somebody that truly may need it ? I don’t think so. I can understand why it would need the funding as hiring certain things for this event wouldnt be all on a donation basis. I think it’s a shame you have the time to criticise the passion towards such an important cause. The information about it on the openview website seems very limited, I’m sure they would have a lot more to explain given the chance. After looking at all the ideas I feel this one is the best but not the most justified.
@ Faye
Have you read what the Vision funding is for? “the project must run in a Bournville Village Trust managed area and benefit some Trust residents” “Our assessment criteria is based mainly around community cohesion and keeping BVT areas cleaner, greener and safer”
How does the proposed event do any of that?
Bournville already has multiple charity events, eg the Estate Walk raises money for a nominated charity, & im sure theres nothing stopping an individual or group getting sponsored to do the walk. That would only cost the entry fee, not £2000! It would also be supporting an existing event, that already does precisely what they claim this new event would do, namely “The festival will not only bring the community together but also promote local activities and promote charitable activity in the local area.”.
“I think a charity event is an excellent idea as its all going to a good cause.”
but its not all going to a good cause is it, this is a bid for £2000 to put on an event, not to give the money directly to the charities. the only money going to good causes would be anything thats raised by the event after all the costs have been covered. as they havnt even said what the event would be, how can anyone say that there would be money to give to charity?
“Let’s take bournville village festival for instance… Is the money raised going towards somebody that truly may need it ? I don’t think so”
strange how you mention the festival, when it does exactly this: “The festival will not only bring the community together but also promote local activities and promote charitable activity in the local area.”
as for the money raised, that will go to local organisations for the benefit of local people. why is that wrong?
“The information about it on the openview website seems very limited, I’m sure they would have a lot more to explain given the chance. After looking at all the ideas I feel this one is the best but not the most justified.”
its so limited as to be pretty much non-existant! strange how the other bids have managed to specify precisely what they want the funding for, & who is bidding.
they also wernt at the festival, where most of the other bidders were available to explain their bids in more detail.
how is it the best?
And breathe…..
wow you sure have a lot to say. I am not sure what to answer first. you must be clearly supporting a particular submission or be a candidate ? I simply wanted to get the point across that it was a shame you had to try and challenge such a beneficial submission with such little information on it yourself. There doesn’t seem to be much information on any of the ideas, maybe they werent given a choice of the information provided in support of their idea ? I have noticed there will be 4 winners for this funding, lets hope this is one of them and that given the chance and support will raise a great amount to help so many people !!!!
“There doesn’t seem to be much information on any of the ideas”
incorrect.
nearly all of the bids state;
who it is thats bidding for the money
what the money would be spent on
how it specifically would be of benefit
even those ones that dont cover all 3, cover 2 of them, eg those that would be start-up’s, & so can only realistically answer the last 2 points.
the ‘charity event’ bid quite simply dosnt answer any of the points.
Vote for Bournville Fun day/Charity event.
https://openview.bvt.org.uk/vision/vision12-entries