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The Isle of Wight Foundation. Making a difference where we work. A charitable trust providing grants and volunteering support to help the Island community Funded jointly by: Ringway Island Roads Meridiam Fondation VINCI pour la Cité VINCI Concessions. Helping to tackle social exclusion.
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Making a difference where we work • A charitable trust providing grants and volunteering support to help the Island community • Funded jointly by: • Ringway Island Roads • Meridiam • Fondation VINCI pour la Cité • VINCI Concessions
Helping to tackle social exclusion Supporting projects that help bring communities together Supporting projects that provide access to employment
Bringing communities together • Initiatives promoting citizenship and responsibility among young people • Projects to support people who are excluded to regain self-confidence, recover a decent standard of living, accomplish day-to-day activities, and by so doing integrate with society • Projects that facilitate access to housing for the most underprivileged individuals to provide them with more stability
Providing access to employment • Supporting those excluded from the job market to adapt to the working world, while receiving the training and support they need • Projects that offer basic training and guidance to enable individuals with no qualifications to enter the working world • Initiatives that help people to improve the mobility of people deprived of means of transportation, thereby allowing them easier access to employment, to health care, to education
Making funding available • Annual call for grant applications • Grants of between £3,000 - £16,000 per project • Available to community, voluntary and charity groups (not-for-profit organisations) • Total contribution this year of £80,000 • Capital projects preferred • Must be used within 12 months Jan-Dec 2015
Providing volunteer support • Our employees are part of this community • Already raising money for charity and taking part in community support activities • Giving their time for free as part of your project • Sharing their skills, knowledge and support
VINCI projects..some examples • Foodbank equivalent • Recycled textiles (integration through employment) • Social driving school • Association for professional integration of disabled people • New food aid distribution service • Social and professional support for homeless people • Socially supportive orchard/organic market gardening • Neighbourhood social association • Literacy training/schools workshops • Low cost bike/vehicle rental/repair/maintenance • Professional theatre group working with prisons, challenging young people • Young volunteers mobile app
Find out more • Visit our website www.islandroads.com • Click on the IW Foundation pages • Look at the grant information • Make an application • Closing date 12 noon on 12 October 2014 • Any questions? Email IWFoundation@IslandRoads.com