the role of local philanthropy in east sussex kevin richmond – chief executive sussex community...
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What have we achieved since 2006? Awarded £6,788,677 in grants Supported over 1,500 charities and community groups 62 Named Funds £6 million endowment fundTRANSCRIPT
The role of local philanthropy in East Sussex
Kevin Richmond – Chief ExecutiveSussex Community Foundation
What is SussexCommunity Foundation?
• An independent Charity for Sussex• A local grant maker • A service for donors • A long-term resource
What have we achieved since 2006?
• Awarded £6,788,677 in grants• Supported over 1,500 charities and
community groups• 62 Named Funds• £6 million endowment fund
Grants in East Sussex2006-13
DistrictNumber of Applications
Number of Grants Total awarded
Eastbourne 225 113 £234,315
Hastings 288 142 £351,101
Lewes 352 202 £414,356
Rother 294 196 £415,766
Wealden 294 164 £368,464
Grand Total 1,453 817 £1,784,001880 different groups have applied 520 have received at least one grant
“Valuing the Voluntary sector” estimated 2,048 groups in East Sussex
Sussex Uncovered
• Needs and Strengths of local communities
• Indices of Multiple Deprivation• Supplementary data and advice• Case Studies and examples
Findings
• Inner-city levels of deprivation– Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne
• Pockets of rural deprivation– Hailsham, Rye, Eastern Rother
• Disadvantaged people do not only live in deprived areas
• “Double disadvantage in rural areas”
Conclusions
• Severe deprivation in some areas• Double disadvantage in rural areas• Mean annual wage lowest in SE• Child Poverty• High proportion of older people• Poor health and disparity in life expectancy• Homelessness• Access to housing and services
What can we do?
• Network of local community groups addresses isolation and prevents long term problems
• Best solutions come from within the community
• Support long term solutions by helping a community to help itself
60,130 volunteers are involved in voluntaryand community organisations across thecounty, (12% of the total population).They give 133,889 hours of their time worth£1,599,973.55 every week in East Sussex
over 1,300 separate organisations
The voluntary and communitysector in East Sussex has an estimatedincome of £476 million.
The voluntary and community sectoris a major employer within East Sussex,employing more than 10,000 individualsacross the county.
The averageVCO is in fact deemed a micro-enterprise withless than 10 employees...much like our business community
A tough operating environment particularly for medium sized organisations
Limited internal infrastructure on key issues like HR, Legal and governance advice
Source: Valuing the Voluntary Sector an Economic Impact Assessment 3VA,HVA,RVA