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association’s idea. If you wish, you can stop here. Or if funder. You could tell the funder that your allotment tle for a page here
infrastructure in the [ward/town] area.” See Local PROVIDING COMPLEX EVIDENCE Trust for information and to search for Left Behind
Including the above information on your application – this applies to both urban and rural areas. You can
form helps the funder to understand the need for your describe this a “lack of social infrastructure” to the
you need to, you can provide more complex evidence. site provides a place to go to do things and meet This is explained below. people. Example of an Outcome:“improved social
ould be overview text relating to the n
Funders do not expect applicants to be experts in Neighbourhoods.
statistics, however, some of the information below can help to increase your evidence of need. It is up to you what you chose to include in your application. If you are only asking for a few hundred pounds, it is unlikely that you will need this level of detail. Nonetheless, if you are applying for large amounts or are applying to a one-off competitive funding round, some of the following may be useful. Talk to the funder if you are unsure about the level of detail/complexity to include. Throughout the examples below, you will find accompanying outcomes stated too.
• Lack of healthy living options. Poor health is a huge societal problem in all of the UK and allotments are recognised for their health benefits. Evidence can be found in the “benefits of allotments” section (above). You can describe this to the funder as “lack of healthy oppor tunities”. Outcome: “improved healthy options in [ward/town] area.”
• Lack of nature, wildlife, and species. Again this can apply to all types of settlement, even rural areas and especially where there is large-scale monoculture agriculture. You can describe this as “lack of biodiversity” to the funder. Example of an Outcome: “habitats for nature, wildlife and individual species will be created and/or improved in the [ward/town] area.”
• Lack of a buoyant local economy (“economic deprivation”). In the UK, this evidence is found in the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. Your local authority usually has this information for your area on its website. The Joseph Rowantree Foundation ‘Insight Infrastructure’ website provides detailed statistics
on poverty. You can describe this to the funder
as “economic deprivation and lack of economic opportunity”. Outcome:“improved access to local food growing opportunities in the [ward/town] area.”
• Lack of access to nature. This is a newer form of recognised deprivation that is increasingly talked about by governments and funders because of the health benefits of contact with nature. Access to nature is about how far people have to travel
ADVICE FOR PEOPLE SCARED
OF STATISTICS!
It can be overwhelming to try to look up statistics and narrow them down to what is relevant. If you are not comfortable then stick with the more basic evidence shown above. If in doubt, check with the funder about what they will accept as evidence.
Complex evidence: “Deprivation”
Deprivation is what your local area is lacking in. At one time this only meant lack of money (“economic deprivation”), however, it is now widely acknowledged that local areas can be deprived in many ways and funders are very keen to address these just as much as economic deprivation. Depending on what your association’s idea involves; where you are located, and what issues there are in your area, “deprivation” could include:
• Lack of places to go and meet people, to do things together. Often called ‘Left Behind Neighbourhoods’
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