Invitation 01/65

Respond by 25 January 2002

Higher Education Active Community Fund

Guidance and allocations

Executive summary (read on-line)

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Executive summary

Purpose

1. This document provides guidance and allocation details for the Higher Education Active Community Fund (HEACF), intended to enhance the key role played by higher education institutions (HEIs) in the local community. It is part of the Government's wider Active Community initiative which aims to involve more people in voluntary activity in their local communities. The initiative follows on from the objectives of the Higher Education Reach-out to Business and the Community Fund (HEROBC), and proposals in the paper 'Urban Renaissance' from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Key points

2. Volunteering will help both staff and students gain new perspectives and enable them to develop their employment skills while enhancing the quality of life in disadvantaged sections of the community.

3. Up to £27 million will be allocated under the HEACF to English HEIs, subject to their submission of plans and targets for using the funds. HEIs have until the end of August 2004 to produce the required outcomes.

4. The funding will enable the creation of almost 14,000 new opportunities for volunteering by the end of the academic year 2003-04, cumulatively across the whole sector. It will allow staff, as well as students, to significantly increase their involvement in the community.

5. This document gives guidelines on the content of plans, and the allocations for each institution (Annex A).

Action required

6. Please send plans to Jessica Lincoln at the HEFCE to arrive by 25 January 2002. Earlier submissions would be welcome.