PROJECT PROPOSAL
Be the Change! Programme
Small Scale grants for Youth-led Projects
Peace Child International has created the “Be the Change!” Programme (BTC!) to support young people to get involved in local community action and development projects. Peace Child encourages young people to BE THE CHANGE they want to see in their communities and to make it possible we created a small scale grant programme for youth-led projects.
If you are below 25 years old and have a project that concentrates on the development of your community at a local level, take a deep look in the requirements for the grant programme and submit your proposal to Peace Child International.
The Be the Change! desk officers will guide and advise you to identify your own local issues, priorities and problems and also help you to provide your own solutions.
So, what kind of projects are we looking for?
-Projects that are genuinely youth-led: it cannot be a bunch of adults getting some young people to front their project so they can get money for it.
-It must benefit the community rather than an individual need: we do not accept applications for school fees or personal trips!
-Projects costing $500 - $1,000 with a detailed budget.
-Have two experienced and committed adults to mentor the project: following the principles of the co-management.
-Have measures of achievement (indicators) by which projects may be evaluated.
-It can be either income-generating (funds to start up a small business and creating jobs) or it can be non-income generating (for health, education, environmental clean-up or community improvement) social programmes which are of genuine and lasting community value.
If you fulfil these requisites make sure to download the application form on our website and send your proposals to the appropriate desk officer at Peace Child International before the deadline.
The deadline for applications to the Be the Change! Grants is on Friday March 31st.
You will receive a confirmation when your proposal has been received.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Peace Child International, BTC! Programme
The White House – Buntingford, Herts.
United Kingdom, SG9 9AH
Fax: Int + (44) 176 327 4460
Tel: Int + (44) 176 327 4459
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Date of proposal :
1. Name of Young proposer Michael HysYour Contact details / e-mail:
Phone: +48-509-593-687
Address: Mlodej Polski 26/5, postal code: 20-863 Lublin, Poland
How many people will be involved in the project? / Give names & ages:
Michael Hys- 17 years
Kate Piatek – 18 years
Adam Organista – 18 years
Konrad Dziekanowski – 17 years
2 / - Organisation: Polish Scout Organization
If yes, please give us a brief history of your organisation and what it does?
Polish Scout Organization is a member of World Organization of Scout Movement and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. It is a major scouting organization in Poland. It’s dynamic and up-to-date but also rich in long traditions. It numbers about 150000 young people. They are concentrated in 4 groups(age is measure). Currently, Polish Scout Organization is educating young polish people to become ambitious, healthy, well educated, open, resourceful adults.
3. Project Title: Find a catchy title that sums up what you want to do:
Be active. Take a deep breath of fresh air.
4. Background: Urban Town: Lublin Country: PolandProject Context: Please give us a sense of where you live - your community, your situation:
Lublin is the biggest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodship with a population of 355,954 (2004). It’s a big university centre, about 1/5 habitants are students. Despite this, Lublin region is one of the poorest in European Union. It isn’t dynamic, it has serious social problems.Unemployment rate is about 16 %. Lublin has strong Jewish roots. Before World War II Jews comprised about 45% of Lublin population. Regrettably, they are discriminated, especially young ones.
NEED: Describe the major community need your project is addressing:
Young people don’t know, don’t realize benefits of staying outside. They , in general, prefer to stay at home playing computer games or watching television. We want to show them, how they can enjoy fresh air, doing interesting activities, such as: sailing, climbing, cycling, We can also teach them, how to do it, to: sail, climb and cycle.
5. Project Summary - (Give us a general explanation of the activities you will undertake in this project.)
1. Sailing micro courses. – we’ll teach young people basics of sailing. Courses will include theoretical and practical activities on the nearest lake(on 2 yachts- 1 our and 1 hired). They’ll end with the test.
2. “Cycling Day”- we’ll teach young people how to properly use bicycle. We’re also going on short bike trip.
3. “Climbing Day”- we’ll show young people wonderful world of climbing. There will be some activities on ropes (monkey bridge etc.) .
4. “Terrain activities Day”- There will be some games developing sense of orientation, orienteering etc. The day will end with summing up bonfire.
We’ll give participants materials (for further studies) in files. That’ll be mini books with knowledge presented on micro courses and subject days.
6. Action Plan - Schedule of the activities
How Long will it take? (approx.):Activity / schedule
Sailing micro courses part one / First weekend
Sailing micro courses part two / Second weekend
Cycling Day / First day (after second weekend)
Climbing Day / Second day
Terrain activities day / Third day
7. Beneficiaries: -Who will benefit? How many of each age, gender, background and how were they involved in planning the project?
1. About 80 scouts aged 13-18 from all districts of Lublin.
2. Authors of project- 4 people aged 18 . They will learn how to organise, execute big undertaking and how to work in team.
8. Project Mentor(s): an adult with experience in the field your project address has a very valuable role in supporting and advising projects- Please state who you will have as your mentor
Name(s): Maciej WalczakContact details for the lead mentor: / e-mail :
Phone: +48609828 869
Address:Kosmowskiej 1A/10, 20-815 Lublin , Poland
Occupation(s)/Experience:
Medical student, Scout Leader
9. Evaluator – All sponsors require an independent, objective evaluation of your project. Find some one to do this for you(not a family member! Ask a teacher, religious leader or best, a journalist.
Name: Ewa Spaczynska
Contact details: / e-mail :
Phone: +48505738 281
Address: rue Kamienna 4, 20-341 Lublin
Occupation/Experience:
Student- II year on journalism and social communication on Marie Curie- Sklodowska University. Press secretary of PSO Department Lublin. Scout Leader.
10. Budget – What is your local currency? zloty exchange rate: 3,2 = /$
Items/Expenditures required / Quantity / Price per Unit / Total Cost in your local currency / Total Cost
$
Ream of paper / 5 / 14 zł / 70 zł / 22
Ream of colour paper / 1 / 50zł / 50 zł / 16
Posters (printing) / 5 / 50 zł / 250 zł / 78
Stamples + big stampler / 2 packs + 1 / 10 zł + 70 zł / 80 zł / 25
Participation badges / 85 / 7 zł / 600 zł / 190
Toner for Okipage 4w / 1 / 115 zł / 115 zł / 36
Toner for RICOH Afico 250 / 1 / 60zł / 60 zł / 19
Ink for H&P / 1 / 130 zł / 130 zł / 41
Highlighter / 5 / 3 zł / 15 zł / 5
Pen / 20 / 1 zł / 20zł / 7
Sellotape / 5 / 4,5 zł / 22,5 zł / 7
Paper for Flip Chart / 2 / 120 / 240zł / 75
Hiring yacht / 20 / 20 zł / 400 zł / 125
Ropes for knots practice / 5 / 24 zł / 120 zł / 38
Materials for firs aid training:
-dressings
-CODOFIX
-NRC foil
-Disposable gloves / 1 / 180 zł / 180 zł / 57
Fence off tape / 3 / 14 zł / 42 zł / 13
Prizes for orienteering(compasses) / 3 / 24 zł / 72 zł / 22,5
Files for participants / 90 / 4 zł / 360 zł / 113
TOTALS: / 890 $
11. Handling Money – very important: most sponsors will not give money to individual young people. So each young project manager has to find a registered NGO, school, youth group or religious body to receive the funds into their bank account. Often, they order the materials for your project, and prepare the financial report so young people never have the risk of handling cash. Please explain your relationship with the organisation that you will be using to handle money.
1.Name of the Organisation: Polish Scout Organization Lublin Department
- Name of your Main Contact Person: Pawel Krzywicki
- His/her Title or Role within the organisation:Member of the board
- Organisation’s address:rue Lubartowska 39/10, 20-116 Lublin
- Organisation’s Phone: +48081532 75 18 Fax No. +48081532 75 18
- Organisation’s e-mail: Website
- Date when the organisation was founded: 1918
I’m Scout Leader assistant
Have they agreed to sign a letter of agreement to allow funds for it to be passed through the Organisation for your project? YES
12. Sustainability: How will the project continue when you have spent the funds we send you?
We’ll plan project in way that we won’t run out of money. We’ll do this project with some modifications once again in next year.
Please submit photographs, preferably in digital format to the appropriate desk officer at Peace Child International
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Or send it by mail to:
Peace Child International, BTC! Programme
The White House – Buntingford, Herts.
United Kingdom, SG9 9AH
Fax: Int + (44) 176 327 4460
Tel: Int + (44) 176 327 4459
Be the Change!
Notes on filling in the Project Proposal form
1) Your Name & Contact Details – in particular an e-mail address. If you don’t have one, get one!
2) Your Organisation: if you have one! If not – skip this part, but note in Part 11 you will need one to handle your money for your project;
3) Project Title - The words you use in your title should paint a picture in the reader's mind. Be precise, concise and not ambiguous." Sum up the aim and focus of the proposal. "
4) Background - Project Context: We need to get a sense of your community - what goes on there, what type of place it is.
Need -
- What are the pressing community problems that your project address? (When thinking about the needs it is a good idea to conduct a survey/ interview or hold a meeting first, to find out what other people think, get their ideas and prove that these needs are real and are shared by others. You should draw up a needs summary.)
5) Project Summary: Here you give us a brief descriptive story of what you plan to do.
- If you have prepared a needs summary - show us how your project will address each need.
6) Action Plan: We need a simple step-by-step time-table for your action plan.
- In the ‘Time-table’ Column, write “Day ONE, Day TWO…” - “Week ONE, Week TWO” or “Month ONE, Month TWO…”etc. – depending on how long your project is going to take. Time the project from start to finish so that the funder knows what will be done by when.
7) Beneficiaries: Explain exactly who this project is aimed at.
- Show us how and when you have consulted the beneficiaries and if they have been involved in the planning and design of this project.
- Sometimes proposers dream up ideas without consulting the people they are aiming to help. We need to know that the beneficiaries have been involved and want this project to happen.
8) Mentors: Experience proves that youth-led development works 100% better when you have a good mentors. Chose your mentor carefully and tell us briefly what experience they have in the field.
9) Evaluators: Again chose your evaluator carefully. Make sure it is someone whom we can contact. It would be useful if they spoke English, French or Spanish so that they can send their report directly to PCI Headquarters.
10) Budget: We want to know what your local currency is and what the current exchange rate is;
- Please state the amount in the local currency, as well as in £ sterling or US$ (Rates of exchange vary from day to day)
- Please be realistic as you prepare your budget: find lowest cost for materials, see what "in kind" donations you can get (thee include donated materials, work space, donated labour donated etc.) Check all prices at 2-3 locations. Don’t just guess!
11) Handling Money: Most funding organisations do not send money to individual young people. If you need money for your project, each young project manager, must find a registered organisation to receive the money. It could be a registered NGO that you have set up yourself, or it could be a friendly neighbourhood NGO, or your school or youth club. In this box, all you need to demonstrate is that you have thought about this issue, found an organisation that is prepared to receive the money, and to give us their name and address. Before we release the money to you, you will have to sign a short Letter of Understanding with the organisation, a copy of which we shall forward to you if your project gets accepted.
12) Sustainability: The best projects generally continue after the funding is over but funders are often ready to fund one-off projects and events. Let us know what you plan to do once the funding is finished? Are you planning to collaborate with other local organisations to keep it going?
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