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WCA Guidance Notes 2021 Introduction Thank you for your interest in the Weston Charity Awards – they have been created to celebrate and support great charities working in the fields ofCommunity , Welfare and Youth. The Awards will enable charities to develop, raise their profiles, become more sustainable and face the future with greater confidence. Following success in the North East of England in 2014 and the whole of the North in 2015, we were delighted to expand the Awards to the Midlands in 2016. In 2018 we expanded our search for great organisations yet again, this time to include Wales. In 2021, we are looking for great organisations to support across Wales, the North and Midlands of England. Introduction We would welcome an application from charities that: What are the Weston Charity What are the Weston Charity Awards? Awards? ▪ are ambitious The Awards have been created through a partnership between the Who is eligible to apply? Garfield Weston Foundation, a family grant-making trust and Awards process and timeline ▪ make a difference to those in need Pilotlight, a charity that enables other ambitious charities to help a greater number of people more effectively. The Awards offer a Which charities would benefit ▪ are willing to work with our partner, Pilotlight, to strengthen your most? package of support intended to deliver long-term benefit to your charity charity, resulting in an increased ability to help those in need and How we define the regions greater resilience for your organisation. ▪ would like to develop your work further to help others Application process Pilotlight uses teams of senior, experienced business leaders who Stage 1: Application form coach and mentor charities through a facilitated process to think Applying for an Award is simple, quick and easy and this guide will Stage 2: Further information and plan strategically. Over the course of a year a team of four tell you all you need to know about how to apply – we hope you find ‘Pilotlighters’ meet with charities once a month. On average, 12 Stage 3: Shortlist meeting it helpful and look forward to hearing about your work. months after working with Pilotlight, 100% of charities feel they Stage 4: Final selection have improved in analysis and planning skills and 95% have In partnership with improved governance. Pilotlight works with charities to develop About the Garfield Weston more effective leadership, more resilient organisations, delivering Foundation more effective and efficient services. About Pilotlight The 20 Award Winners will receive: ▪ a year of support from Pilotlight ▪ an unrestricted cash contribution of £6,500 to support the work with Pilotlight, this includes travel expenses to meetings ▪ access to a network of local charities working with Pilotlight ▪ www.garfieldweston.org 2 ‘Connect’ sessions with other Award Winners across the year www.pilotlight.org.uk 2 Who is eligible to apply? Awards process and timeline We are inviting applications to the Weston Charity Awards from Please see page 5 below for more information on Stages 1-4 charitable organisations in theNorth and Midlands regions of England, as well as Wales. You are eligible if you are an ambitious Applications Application charity working to alleviate disadvantage in one (or more) of the Stage Applications open on 30 November 2020 deadline: 8 following fields: and will be reviewed following the deadline on 1 January 2021 8 January 2021. ▪ Community (including volunteering work, practical projects to Further information Successful improve the area, running community centres, providing a Pilotlight will contact applicants who are Introduction applicants will range of services to the local population and especially those Stage successful at this initial stage by the endof hear from us January 2021 with a request for further What are the Weston Charity who may be vulnerable or in need) 2 by the end of information to be returned within 7 days, Awards? January 2021 ▪ which will be used to create the final shortlist. Who is eligible to apply? Welfare (helping vulnerable individuals, including adults If successful, experiencing exclusion, social or economic hardship or Shortlist Meeting Awards process and timeline shortlist homelessness, offenders, providing support for the elderly and Pilotlight will arrange a virtual meeting over Stage meetings will disabled) Zoom to learn more about your charity and Which charities would benefit take place 3 explain more about the Weston Charity most? from February Awards ▪ Youth (the provision of services to children and young people to April 2021 How we define the regions up to age 25, including advice and guidance, work experience, training and coaching – please note schools are not eligible for Final Selection Application process Feedback from the Shortlist will be presented the Award) Stage 1: Application form to the Awards Judging Panel, who will select 20 charities as Award Winners based on the Stage 2: Further information You will also need to be able to show that your charity: following areas: Stage Final ▪ ambition for the charity Stage 3: Shortlist meeting Selection: ▪ has delivered a service for at least two years 4 ▪ making a difference to those in need May 2021 Stage 4: Final selection ▪ willingness to benefit from the Pilotlight process About the Garfield Weston ▪ has annual income of less than £5 million ▪ desire to develop the charity’s work Foundation ▪ has at least one full-time paid person in a leadership position further to help others About Pilotlight Pilotlight Projects ▪ provides direct services to beneficiaries (not umbrella groups) The 20 Winners will be matched with a Pilotlight Project Manager and four Senior ▪ Stage Business Leaders for a 10-month strategic Projects can demonstrate a degree of financial stability, e.g. secured planning process, meeting once a month begin from funding for six months 5 either in London or over Zoom, depending on June 2021 the situation surrounding Covid-19 at the ▪ is willing to travel to Central London for monthly meetings (pending time, to develop yourstrategy and address government advice on travel restrictions due to Covid-19) existing challenges. Weston Charity Awards Celebration Event Final Organisations in England that have applied in previous years are Stage The 20 Winners will gather at a final event to Ceremony: October 2022 welcome to apply again if there have been significant changes celebrate their achievements over the course www.garfieldweston.org 6 (date TBC closer since your previous application. of the project. to the time) www.pilotlight.org.uk 3 Which charities benefit most from How we define the regions working with Pilotlight? We appreciate charities do not always operate within neat geographical boundaries, though if the majority of your work and When considering your application you may also find it helpful to the beneficiaries your charity supports are within the following bear in mind that the charities which benefit most from working areas then you are eligible to apply: with Pilotlight have the following characteristics: ▪ ambitious for their charity North East ▪ aim to pursue best-practice in their field Introduction County Durham What are the Weston Charity Teeside ▪ want to develop their capabilities in areas such as evaluation Awards? Hartlepool and measurement Northumberland Who is eligible to apply? Tyne & Wear North West Awards process and timeline ▪ open to change and to challenge existing ways of working Cheshire Yorkshire & the Humber Which charities would benefit ▪ an engaged Board who have bought into the Pilotlight Cumbria Greater most? experience Manchester How we define the regions Lancashire ▪ able to commit sufficient time for the meetings Application process Midlands Stage 1: Application form Derbyshire Please note there are some charities which are not yet eligible for Stage 2: Further information Herefordshire this type support from Pilotlight, so if your charity fits into any of the Wales Leicestershire Stage 3: Shortlist meeting following, then you may wish to consider applying for an Award in All counties Lincolnshire Stage 4: Final selection the future. Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire About the Garfield Weston ▪ charities still in the first year of operation Rutland Foundation Shropshire Staffordshire About Pilotlight ▪ charities without a full-time paid member of staff with whom to build a relationship Warwickshire West Midlands Metropolitan boroughs ▪ charities solely seeking sponsorship or financial support Worcestershire However your charity may still be eligible to apply to the Garfield Weston Foundation for a grant, so please look at www.garfieldweston.org for further details. www.garfieldweston.org www.pilotlight.org.uk 4 Application process Stage 1: Application Form You may be asked for more supporting information prior to the meeting taking place. All information provided throughout the Please complete the application form on the Weston Charity process will be kept confidential by Pilotlight and the Garfield Awards website (www.westoncharityawards.org/how-to-apply) Weston Foundation. by 5pm, Friday 8 January 2021. Stage 4: Final Selection Points to note in your application: Award Winners will be chosen by the Garfield Weston Foundation Introduction ▪ please address how your charity would use the Awards to make Board of Trustees in May 2021 and informed shortly after. a difference to your beneficiaries Pilotlight Projects will begin in summer 2021 following a Launch What are the Weston Charity Awards? Event in June. You will also receive
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