The Council must adhere to the Equality Act 2010 when providing funding. Lewisham Council is also a Borough of Sanctuary, meaning we also strive to make our services accessible and available to sanctuary seekers (people seeking asylum, refugees and people with No Recourse to Public Funds).
Given your knowledge of the neighbourhood/priority area, do you think your offer needs to target particular communities?
Select yes if you will be aiming to attract particular communities to your project. If you answer yes, you’ll be asked to identify which protected characteristics or socioeconomic categories those fall into in the next question.
If you are targeting those with a particular protected characteristic or socio economic status please select which ones.*(required)
Our offer is open to all communities and is not targeted
Age
Disability
Gender reassignment
Marriage & civil partnership
Pregnancy & maternity
Race
Religion & belief
Sex
Sexual orientation
Sanctuary seekers (Refugees, people seeing asylum and vulnerable migrants)
People facing financial hardship
Care leavers
Only tick the protected characteristics you plan to target. If your project is generally open to all communities please tick that box.
We expect that some elements of your offer will be resident facing whereas some will be focused on organisations.
Targeted Accessibility - Please tell us how you will ensure your will make your project accessible to residents from the communities you are targeting as indicated above (up to 100 words) *(required, neighbourhood application only)
This question will only appear if you have ticked that you are targeting specific communities. You will be monitored on this targeted work. Beyond usual marketing and promotion methods, how will you specifically target Residents from seldom heard from communities you are seeking to work with on your project, ensuring inclusive codesign with other organisations and engage effectively through tailored communication. You will be monitored on this targeted activity.
How will you ensure you will make your project accessible to residents in your neighbourhood (up to 100 words) *(required, neighbourhood application only)
This question will only appear if you have ticked that you are targeting specific communities. You will be monitored on this targeted work. Beyond usual marketing and promotion methods, how will you specifically target residents from seldom heard from communities you are seeking to work with on your project, ensuring inclusive codesign with other organisations and engage effectively through tailored communication. You will be monitored on this targeted activity.
Targeted Accessibility - how will you ensure you will make your project accessible to the organisations from the communities you are targeting as indicated above (up to 100 words) *(required)
This question will only appear if you have ticked that you are targeting specific communities. You will be monitored on this targeted work. Beyond usual marketing and promotion methods, how will you specifically target organisations that work closely with the seldom heard from communities you are seeking to work with on your project to ensure inclusive codesign with other organisations and engage effectively through tailored communication. You will be monitored on this targeted activity.
How will you ensure you will make your project accessible to organisations in your priority area (up to 100 words) *required)
This question will only appear if you have ticked that you are targeting specific communities. You will be monitored on this targeted work. Beyond usual marketing and promotion methods, how will you specifically target organisations that work closely with the seldom heard from communities you are seeking to work with on your project to ensure inclusive codesign with other organisations and engage effectively through tailored communication. You will be monitored on this targeted activity.
How will you expand your reach? Think about how you will reach out to new organisations - not just those already linked into your network. (up to 100 words) *(required, neighbourhood and borough-wide applications only)
We want to know about your strategies for identifying and engaging with these new organisations. The types of organisations you are targeting, what methods you will use to reach out to them, and how you will build relationships with them.
Promotion and marketing of your project - How will you make sure both residents and organisations know about your project and can access it? How will you highlight your successes to funders and the wider Lewisham community? (up to 100 words) *(required)
What are your strategies to promote and market your project to a wide audience. How you will tailor your messages, ensure your promotional materials are inclusive and describe how you will highlight your successes to funders and the wider Lewisham community. demonstrate a plan for raising awareness, making your project accessible, and effectively communicating your successes.