New Helpsheets available

The Local Network Fund are always looking at ways to improve and expand the help available to groups interested in appplying to the Local Network Fund for funding. There are two new editions to the help sheets available to download from the Essential Information page of the website. Financial Guidelines and Health & Safety. We have also published a list of year four successful projectson the Successful Projects page of the website.

Youth Panel day out at Grafham Water

Recently 6 members of the Local Network Fund Youth Panel attended a team-building day at Grafham Water where they undertook activities including a range of problem solving games, climbing, archery and the rather muddy Grafham Challenge. This involved them all being blindfolded and navigating a course of obstacles including tunnels, tyres and slides and having to work together and communicate what was happening along the way.

The group had great fun and learned how to listen to each other, take on board each others points of view, communicate properly and how to encourage each other – valuable lessons which they are looking forward to implementing into the Youth Panel where they look at applications coming into the Fund and discuss their appropriateness for young people.

The LNF Team was very impressed with how the group got on with the challenges and gave it their all. They are also hoping that some of these members will attend the main Panel later in the year giving them a chance to see the process through fully.