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This is a voluntary role.
Positions available: 2.
Background
The High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund has been managed by the Community Foundation for Merseyside since 2009. Since the fund began, a total of £391,850 has been awarded to 226 groups across Merseyside.
At a local level in our communities, incredible work is taking place to support young people, offering them alternatives to and education about becoming involved in gangs, crime and anti-social behaviour. This work is very often led by local community groups and grassroots charities who are an essential link in their work to create safe, thriving communities, underpinning the crime prevention work of Merseyside Police. If our young people and communities thrive then so will we all. Through the High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund, they are able to strategically direct charitable donations to support those local groups and organisations.
The High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund aim to promote a safer and increased quality of life through the prevention of crime and the protection of people and property from harm or fear of harm, and/or criminal acts for the benefit of the public in and around Merseyside. The fund also seeks to support and raise awareness to help communities be and feel safe and to increase the provision of diversionary activities and facilities that engage children and young people and which create long-term impact in preventing and reducing their vulnerability to crime and in engaging in anti-social behaviour.
The fund is open to applications from voluntary and community groups from Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Wirral and St Helens. Depending on the amount of funding available the fund is open once or twice a year to receive applications and groups can apply for up to £2500 to fund a particular project and to help with their work. Decisions on the applications are made by a panel comprising representatives from the Police, the current High Sheriff and previous High Sheriffs and relevant experts in crime prevention.
Role
- To be a member of the panel for the High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund, and to bring your expertise to help make decisions about applications for funding from charitable groups
- To prepare for decision meetings by reading and considering grant applications which seek to make a contribution to crime prevention in Merseyside
- To add your voice and lived experience to assist the panel in their decisions and strategy
- The panel member role will be of interest to anyone who is interested in learning about grant making, or who may be interested in a future career in fundraising
- A panel member can be any age over 18.
Time Commitment
Around 4 meetings a year that can last approximately 90 minutes. At least one of these meetings, and possibly two, will involve making decisions about which grant applications to fund.
Before the decision meeting, a commitment to spend time reading between 25 – 40 grant applications during the week leading up to this.
For more information and to apply, please click here.