Finding Funding for Low Vision Services

Committees

Juan Shimmin

Action for Blind People

Lottery Funding

• Reaching Communities-£500k-5 years

• Advice Plus

• Awards for All

• Wellbeing Regional/Local Action Plan

• Outcomes and Outputs

• Do not fund replacement for statutory

Primary Care Trusts

• Some do eg Chorley

• Some don’t…

• Most say they don’t but look as though they might

• Implication of Local Area Agreements

Section 64

• Department of Health

• ‘National’ projects

• NALSVI

• £35k x 3 years

Social Services

• Contract income

• Service Level Agreement

• Outcomes and outputs

• Joint sensory impairment project

Trusts

• National specialising in health/disability

• Local for your area

• CVS

• Funderfinder

Social Enterprise

• The next big thing

• Pathfinders

• Futurebuilders

ChangeUp

• Capacitybuilders

• Local infrastructure

• Thematic working

Regional Structures

• Voluntary Sector North West

• North West Network

• Merseyside Network for Europe

• One North West

• Regional Health Networks

Local Area Agreements

• Community Empowerment Networks

• Disability Networks

• Local Strategic Partnerships

• LAA at County or Unitary level

• 26 funding streams in April 2007

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