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Call for Proposals: FNB Community Care Programme
12 November 2010
Theme: Family Preservation
Deadline for submission: 6 December 2010
First National Bank (FNB), one of South Africa’s major financial institutions, recognises that investing today in family preservation will help ensure a better tomorrow. Through the FNB Fund, the company provides social development support to organisations that focus on transforming the lives of disadvantaged communities in South Africa. The FNB Fund forms part of the FirstRand Foundation and, as such, has adopted the Foundation’s programmatic approach to corporate social investment. This has translated into well-researched and meaningful giving.
The Community Care Programme started in 2009 and, until 2010, focused on strengthening organisations that work to prevent social pathologies and that provide care, protection and support to children, youth and victims of gender-based violence. The programme has been implemented across the country, targeting centres of excellence in different provinces and sectors.
The second round of funding for this programme will commence in March 2011, with the main theme of family preservation. It is the responsibility of families to ensure the social, physical, emotional, economic and spiritual functioning of their members. It is thus imperative that programmes and interventions are put in place to strengthen families and to enhance the cohesion, security and well-being of children within the family environment.
Family preservation initiatives take a family-centred approach which recognises that families are collective units that need to ensure the safety and well-being of members. The primary focus of this approach is to strengthen the capacity of families to function effectively in carrying out their responsibilities. It is acknowledged that families are linked with more comprehensive, diverse and community-based networks of support and services. Family preservation initiatives aim to support projects that strive to reduce child abuse and neglect and incidents of young offenders, and to decrease family violence within communities.
The programme will continue to focus on prevention and early intervention, with the main emphasis on family preservation, as outlined in the new Children’s Act. Furthermore, FNB Fund Community Care Programme interventions in the next three years will be aligned to the Children’s Act, the Child Justice Act, the Criminal Law Act and the Domestic Violence Act.
The Community Care Programme aims to support organisations in South Africa working in the field of community care. Its main focus is to strengthen community initiatives that build social cohesion, prevent social pathologies, promote equality and provide support to children and youth. Programmes should create enabling environments to foster social integration to achieve stable, safe and just societies for all.
Organisations that reflect any of the strategic programme objectives will be considered for funding. The overall objective of this strategy is to preserve families by reducing their vulnerability through:
- strengthening the capacity of the family to ensure the safety and well-being of children;
- providing support and strengthening community structures that promote care, protection and developmental programmes to children, women and their families;
- strengthening community initiatives that build social cohesion, prevent social pathologies, promote equality and provide support to children, youth, women and victims of social crimes;
- enhancing research and advocacy, with the main aim of building the capacity of partner organisations to document their evidence and to use it to negotiate for better service delivery with government and other stakeholders. This will strengthen the voice of the supported organisations;
- knowledge-sharing; and
- capacity-building of community-based organisations (CBOs).
The guiding principles of the Community Care Programme are embodied in values that determine quality services for children and their families, respecting the rights of each family member, especially with regard to recognising, respecting and upholding individual rights and responsibilities to promote healthy development, responsible citizenship and to ensure a safe and supportive environment.
Applications should please indicate how programmes being put forward for funding enhance the following principles:
- participation;
- empowerment;
- partnership; and
- results-based approach.
Organisations are requested to submit a three-year detailed business plan and programme budget, together with a completed application form, with additional information being attached as addenda.
Please refer to www.tshikululu.org.za for the application form and guidelines. The closing date for submissions is Monday 6 December 2010. Please contact Hangwi Manavhela on telephone 011 377 7335 or email hmanavhela@tsi.org.za should you require any additional information regarding funding applications for the Community Care Programme.
Comment posted by Zane Meas
Wow. well done FNB FUND. We Will look into it for sure.
Zane Meas
Fatherhood Foundation of South Africa
Comment posted by Mdu Martin Vilakazi
We believe this very important scope of funding. We would like to mobilise communities through community radios
Comment posted by Samson Faleni
Dear sir/Madam
On behalf of Snapshot Mobile Cinema organization, i Would like to request application forms regarding FNB funding.
Thank you.
Comment posted by Tshikululu
Good day. Please find all applications on our website here: http://www.tshikululu.org.za/apply-for-funding/application-forms/
Comment posted by Jane Fitnum
Great initiative and very deserving area of development work. We will be applying on behalf of our aftercare and educare programmes for children and their mothers.
Comment posted by Friedeburg Steltner, Vitae Reformatae
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
Please send me an application form. Could not downlaod it.
There is a v e r y big Government programme to come:
Curability of HIV/AIDS proven plus reconciliation former Apartheid and us as post-Apartheid South Africa!
Yours,
Friedeburg Steltner
In about 4 weeks: Dr. med Homeopathy
Comment posted by Neftaly Malatjie
Thank you very much for this
Neftaly Malatjie
Diepsloot Youth Projects
Comment posted by Sandile Bele
Thank you very much. Can I still put in the proposal for our organization?
Comment posted by Tumani Santungwana
well done FNB,expect to hear from us
Comment posted by Tumani Santungwana
can I send a proposal for family impact
Comment posted by Livingstone Tozamile Mrwetyana
Well done FNB
Comment posted by Pumla
well done FNB keep it up for supporting the poorest of the poor
can i send a proposal for orphans and vulnerable children for stimulation program , bussaries for tertiary education for these children, clothing for them including school uniform and food
Comment posted by Nomfumaneo
Sir/Madam
Can I still put in the proposal for our organisation, it deals with counseling to victims of violence, conduct awareness campaigns on gender based violence, human rights, human trafficing, HIV/Aids and sexual reproductive health and rights, provide place of safety for female victims of violence , referring victims to relevant departments and home based care.
we are in Eastern Cape, Mthatha
Comment posted by Tshikululu
Good day
Applications for the Community Care Programme’s current three-year programme cycle (2012-2014) are closed. However, organisations working in the sectors aligned to the Programme are encouraged to contact us in order to start exploratory discussions.
Comment posted by Amanda Frost
To whom it may concern,
Home-based care in the Western Cape is being disregarded by Department of Health as they focus on job creation strategies as promoted by the Expanded Public Works Programme. This means that their sibsidies to NPOs for caregivers are being halved. This NPO is in the midst of a crisis and we are using all means to urgently try and keep up the momentum of our very successful six year programme. We are a two star HPCA accredited development site and believe caregivers to be the way forward in a country that is years from having enough trained professional nurses.
The time needed to build up our donor base, reserves and operating finances is going to impact directly on those at home in the townships, who need our help.