Can you spare one afternoon every other month to help
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE?

The Local Network Fund is a government grant scheme that helps local groups to tackle poverty and disadvantage amongst children and young people aged 0 to 19 years. It awards grants of up to £7,000.

We are looking for volunteers to join a panel of people that makes the grant awards. There is a maximum of six meetings per year and these are usually held on the third Wednesday of every other month (January, March, May, July,
September and October) from 12.30pm to 4.00pm.

*FREE FOOD AND TRANSPORT*

We are particularly keen to encourage young people and members of ethnic minority groups to join the Assessment Panel. All panel members have an equal opportunity to ask questions and put forward their views on the projects being considered. Lunch will be provided and all travel costs repaid.

We like to ensure that the panel represents the geographical area of the grant and we welcome interest from the whole Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton areas but do not currently have any representatives from Basingstoke and Deane, Hart, Rushmoor, or East Hampshire districts.

Panel members are given a summary of each grant application. They will be given time to ask questions and discuss the project amongst themselves. Each member will then have to decide if that project deserves to be awarded a grant from the Local Network Fund.

Contact: Bernice or Jade on Tel: 01962 878986