Monitoring form Bristol 2015 Small Grants Fund

Green Capital Small Grants Fund Monitoring Form

1. Amount of grant received?

Purpose of the grant (your summary of what it was for / what you did):The purpose of this grant was to work with multicultural local inner city young people, local organisations and schools to engage them in the Bristol Green Capital pledge to work with a wide range of projects to build “a low-carbon city with a high quality of life for all.” We aimed to inspire young people; who seldom have the opportunity to engage in creative activities, to think about what ‘nature’ meant to them through giving them a voice to share thoughts about their environment, outdoor places and spaces they know, share and live in both locally, city wide and globally. We provided opportunities for young people to either start writing and/or develop their performance skills and understanding for the need to take personal action to enhance knowledge, be pro-active and effect change.Our aim was to carry this out through a combination of thought provoking and inspirational:

High profile launch event Music and photography workshops/outreach sessions Creative writing to generate lyrics, jingles, songs, raps and spoken work Local radio training sessions Local radio broadcasts, features and interviews Regular opportunities to perform to spread the word, their words!

All to increase their understanding of and their relationship with nature. How to care for it, appreciate it and better understand how it cares for them and all that lives on earth!Further grant applications made to the arts council £6140 and a trust £2000 was unsuccessful. Together with a reduction to the amount applied £10,000 from Green Capital meant there was a substantial shortfall to deliver the project as originally planned. The offer was narrowed down to focus on specifics within the above mentioned;

Employment of 2 local sessional youth workers who reflected the community we serve. Agreement with key partners and contributors; Visible Thinking, Full Circle, LPW, Tribe of

Doris, City Academy School, Children of Heroes Somali Women’s Group etc. to pool resources, extend the offer and work collaboratively

Outreach work - to engage with and interview young people in their settings, e.g. young people hanging out on the street, adventure play grounds, parks, own/friend’s gardens and youth/community groups.

Structured workshops/sessions – environmental awareness, creative writing, photography and music workshops with live instruments, recording studio and music based computer programmes

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£7, 000

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Interviews with local radio Ujima, BCFM, Passion and young people’s views shared as part of environment topical shows

Opportunities to perform to spread the word to the wider community End of project Celebration at @Bristol to showcase the young people’s poems, rap music,

photographs and performances to a wider audience Sign posting to other organisation offering activities of interest in the local community

2.Your details:

Name of your group and/or organisation:

Organisation: ImaylaGroup: Vocalise for Change

Date you received the grant: 17th December 2014

Name of the contact person within your group or organisation completing this form:

Sylvia Vincent Event & Engagement Coordinator

3. How was the money spent; please list items and costs and attach copies of receipts

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Please set out a breakdown of the total costs of your piece of work, showing us which items you are asking us to fund and which have been funded from another source

Item Cost

Please tick if the Green Capital Grant has funded this item, or specify if other funding was used, or if something was

donatedStaff Costs 5678.60

Volunteer expenses 84.45

Operation/ activity costs 1176.17

Office/ overheads/ premises 19.98

Capital costs

Publicity 40.80

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3b If you have a considerable under / over spend against the grant issued please tell us why this has happened. If you have an underspend please tell us as soon as possible if you have any possible further spend you would like to make which fits with your original application – Bristol 2015 money must be spent in 2015 year. You must get written permission before you go ahead with this spend. You may be required to repay any underspend so that it can be reallocated to other projects.

You must attach photocopies of invoices/receipts for all expenditure with this Monitoring Return

3c. Volunteer time: Please tell us how many volunteers were included in the delivery of this project, and calculate the monitory value as match funding

Number of volunteers

Number of hours per session

Number of sessions/weeks

Total volunteer time

Match funding by volunteersMultiply by £11.06

2x prep & activity support Vols

4 hours 1 session per week

32 32x11.06

Grand total 353.92

4. Impact of your piece of workPlease state how your project has delivered against one or more of the Green Capital Priorities – please go back to what you said in your original application to tell what impact your work has had.

a. What impact has your piece of work/project made against the following priorities? There is no requirement for projects to have delivered against more than one priority so please only fill in the table for the priority/ies that are most relevant to your project. If it has impact on more than one, please tell us about all of them.

Priority How did your project impact on this(e.g. 21 people to receive training, one community event with 150 attendees)

How did you record and evidence your achievements (please send any photos, signing in sheets – don’t include personal details, only postcodes)

Increasing people’s access

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to affordable, healthy, sustainable food.

Enabling more people to access affordable energy.

Inspiring and educating people about nature and how to care for it.

Young people (in total) engaged in outreach sessions, weekly photography, lyric writing and music workshop sessions to better understand the impact of ‘nature,’ theirs and others outdoor environments and how care, or lack of, impacts on them.

PhotographsInterviewsLyrics/poems, music and rapsOutreach/Post codes

Providing activities and initiatives that help people re-use, repair, and share materials.

Helping people discover more sustainable transport (e.g. walking, cycling or public transport).

27 Young people voiced concerns about crossing boundaries into unfamiliar territory across M32 divide and different areas of the city, YP introduced to walking routes, easy bus routes, cycle paths and Bristol Bike Project.

b. What is the long term impact of your piece of work?

YP’s enhanced knowledge of and continued interest in waste minimisation, sustainability initiatives, littering and clean accessible welcoming green spaces

YP’s sense of ownership, care and respect for the outdoor places and spaces shared in their community and beyond

YP’s raised confidence, skill and day to day drive to voice opinion with peers, parents/carers and their wider community.

YP’s ability to use and build on new found creative art forms as a platform to get sustainable ethical views out there

What will continue after the Green Capital Funding has been spent?

For example, has there been behaviour change in the neighbourhood, is there something physical left for the community, or any activities that will continue for the community, will people continue to work together beyond 2015?

Continuation of trusting relationships between young people coming from different BME groups,

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Eastern, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Local organisations working in partnership, to continue to offer opportunities that incorporate environmental issues and influences as part of the wider offer

Creative activities that effectively continue to bring multi-cultural groups together to build cohesive community relations

Environmental consciousness – continued reinforcement and discontent of littering, dog mess, graffiti and unwanted tagging. All prominent features in performance and action for change

Voluntary and statutory organisations/groups, local nurseries, schools and community police in the Ashley Ward, has recently started partnership meeting to address local area needs. The view of the young people who took part in the Vocalise for Change project was shared and gladly welcomed. Since March of this year 4 meetings have taken place to plan summer activities, organise area clean ups, clear shrubbery, remove fly tipped objects, replant neglected areas and remove graffiti and tagging.

All partners’ value the impact collaborative working has already made to the local environment, children, young people and families we all serve. We have agreed to continue to meet on a regular basis; Circomedia has already agreed to be the lead organisation to liaise with all to keep the momentum going – the legacy of the Green Capital create a low-carbon city with a high quality of life for all will continue!

5. Wider impact a.What went well? This is your chance to show off about what your project achieved to meet your original goals and any other benefits. How can you demonstrate this impact? Please include any feedback from local people.

Trusting relationships between staff and YP who had honest discussion, views and opinions shared generally and through lyrics and poems written by young people throughout the project.

Performances at the following venues/places – Sanctum a remarkable structure erected within Temple Church inner city Bristol with performances held for 24 days and 24 hours. @Bristol Vocalise 4 Change end of project celebration and Tribe of Doris Summer School 2015

Production of interviews, photographs, songs and poems produced by young people Sign posting and continued support taken up by young people – Full Circle youth clubs, Bristol Bike

Project, Trinity Church community gardening project, St Werburghs City Farm youth group and Visual Thinking; continued cello lessons offered to African Caribbean young person who showed natural skill with this instrument.

o See attached selection of photographs, poems and b : who benefitted. (look back at your application form – tell us about impact on any equalities groups/communities of interest you identified as well as the general population

Inclusivity - Young people from different BME groups, Eastern, Europe, Asia and Africa and their

wider community Wider community, VCS and Statitory organisations – Young peoples view and findings have been discussed

and are informing, c: how many people benefitted?: 45 young people9 their families – invited to workshops to check out what we were doingVCS and statutory groups and organsations

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6a. What have been the benefits of having this one off Green Capital funding? Muliti cultural ethnic groups of young people having the oppportunity to build relationships with

each other, take part in creative activity, learn new skillls, re-discover nature, explore enviromental issues and raise enviromental awareness/consiousness

Inpact on wider community – Information gathered shared and fed through at Partnership, nieghbourhood and commnunity meetings.

b.What, if anything, would you do differently with hindsight? Identified funding and time to establish a partnership with a radio station so that it guarenteed

delivery of workshopsSignature of Project Manager ------------------------------------------------------Date ---------------------------------------------------

Please return the completed form to:Quartet Community Foundation, Royal Oak House, Royal Oak Avenue

Bristol BS1 4GB or by email to

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