Overview
Grants to organisations across Cumbria supporting communities to build resilience to flooding and adapt to our changing climate.
The purpose of the fund is to:
1. provide support, resources, and equipment to communities at risk of flooding (including the indirect impacts of flooding such as power loss and displaced residents); and
2. enable those communities to test and trial ways to become better prepared for flooding (and the impact); and
3. enable communities to be better able to respond to, and recover from, flooding by building awareness, skills and capacity within their community.
Donor
Who can apply?
• Community groups, including Parish Councils, involved in community emergency planning, response and recovery
This includes:
• Community Emergency Planning Groups
• Parish Councils (who lead on, or are part of, the emergency plan for their community)
• Community Buildings (who are willing to act as a Community Emergency Hub)
• Other voluntary and community sector organisations involved in community emergency planning, response and recovery, including those supporting communities of people with specific needs or characteristics.
Applicants will need to either:
• have a community emergency plan, which:
– considers flood risk (including surface water flood risk)
– is registered with the Joint Emergency Management and Resilience Team
or
• be registered as a Community Emergency Hub (with Joint Emergency Management and Resilience Team)
Support is available to help develop and register a community emergency plan. For more information, please contact the CiFR team at CiFR@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
What the Fund will support
• Equipment and resources to increase community resilience, including:
– flood barriers, including Hydrosacs and similar
– radios, torches, hi-vis clothing and other PPE
– pumps, generators* and battery packs
– storage and insurance
– printing of leaflets and other resources
*If applying for a generator, applicants will be required to complete the additional information form below and submit it with their application:
CiFR Community Flood Resilience Fund Generator Additional Information Form
• Activities and training to improve community resilience, including
– community events to improve household resilience, including sign up to warnings and promotion of household emergency plans
– first aid, risk assessment and similar training for community members/volunteers
– events that connect the community with local responder organisations
– extra staff time** to develop and support these activities (**if appropriate additional staff hours over a short time period will be supported)
In specific larger communities (currently Appleby, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Kendal and Keswick), funding is also available for Community Emergency Response Coordinators. Applications from these larger communities can include all the equipment and activities above, plus staff wages. The coordinators in these larger communities will be expected work with the CiFR Community Resilience Coordinator to capture and record learning around innovation in community resilience activity.
How much can you apply for?
Grants will normally be up to £10,000 per annum.
Grants for larger communities (with a paid Community Emergency Response Coordinator or similar arrangements) will normally be up to £12,500 per annum. Multiple year grants (for up to 3 years) will be considered.
For more information, contact: Joe Cosby, Programmes Coordinator on joe@cumbriafoundation.org or 01900 511856.