Are you confident that your CF’s grant - making matches the needs of your communities? Emma Woods-Bolger

Review of grants awarded 34% Strong Communities 21% Health 17% Arts and Culture 13% Tackling Disadvantage 9% Work 3% Environment 3% Housing and Homelessness

Sunday afternoon grant making? Conversation Sunday afternoon grant making? Does our grant making match the needs of our community? Are we for filling our role as a community Leader? Should we be strategic with or general flow through grant making? Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand-Jatte

Vital Signs Work C Housing & Homelessness D Skills & Qualifications C   Housing & Homelessness D Skills & Qualifications C Arts, Culture & Heritage C Strong Communities C Safety C Tackling Disadvantage & Exclusion D Local Economy B Environment C Health & Wellbeing D

Reviewed our position 3 strategic grants/commissions to be made, £20k per organisation per year for 3 years 3 Tier Grant Making – 30% of all grants made to be addressing the chosen priority themes Vital Signs would be used as a strategic guide to giving Existing donors would be asked to support our three priority themes Applications to grant making bodies would be submitted to match fund our contribution Development would focus on the three priority areas as when engaging new donors Use Vital Signs to increase our presence with the Local Authority Give the finding to organisations to use in their funding bids and track if they were successful in attracting new money. New Priority Funding Themes Housing and Homelessness Strong Communities Tackling Disadvantage and Exclusion