CMA Events & Training

The seminar is aimed at government agency and local authority staff and practitioners involved in securing funding for outdoor recreation and countryside management and development.

Centre in the Park (Norfolk Park)
Sheffield
Delegate Fee: £150
For CMA members, this event attracts 10 Continued Professional Development (CPD) points

Outdoor recreation organisations and resource managers often rely on funding support from external sources to supplement their core work programmes. The external funding environment is constantly changing, with new schemes and programmes introduced, as others end.
Overall however the amount of money available from many sources is reducing. For example, for the period 2007-2013, there has been a lower allocation of EU funds to the UK, while funding from the National Lottery has also fallen, as money has been diverted to support the 2012 Olympics. Also there is no doubt that the funding environment is becoming more competitive as organisations gain a greater understanding of what needs to be done to access funds and become more proficient at successful delivery of project outputs and outcomes.
Outdoor recreation practitioners need to understand what opportunities are out there and become more attuned to the priorities of funders and more stringent in appraising and evaluating projects.

Aims of the event
This Seminar aims to address these issues by giving practitioners an understanding of:-
• What funding is available for outdoor recreation and how funding sources / programmes are changing;
• The requirements of key funding programmes and sources;
• Issues that need to be addressed to successfully secure funding;
• What needs to be done to appraise, monitor and evaluate projects.
Chair
Glenn Millar - British Waterways, CRN

DRAFT PROGRAMME
9.30 Registration and refreshments
10.00 Introduction & welcome from Chair
THE FUNDERS PERSPECTIVE
10.15 Access to Nature- Sarah Preston- Natural England

10.45 Rural Development Programme England - Chris Franklin -Yorkshire Forward
11.15 Refreshments
11.30 Heritage Lottery Fund - Tony Crosby - Heritage Lottery Fund
12.00 Panel Q&A session
12.30 Lunch
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES OF FUNDING RECIPIENTS
Sessions to cover, as relevant:-
• Partnership working
• Community engagement
• Monitoring and evaluation considerations
• Challenges in securing and managing funding
13.15 British Waterways - Andrew Stumpf- British Waterways
13.45 Local Authority Representative - Rebecca Penn-Worcestershire County Council
14.15 Panel Q&A Session
14.35 Refreshments
APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION
14.50 Overview of Appraisals- Pr Simon Shibli - SIRC- Sheffield Hallam University
15.20 Monitoring and Evaluation -Gareth Maeer - Heritage Lottery Fund
15.50 Panel Q&A Session
16.10 Summing up and close

For booking information please contact:

Countryside Recreation Network
Sheffield Hallam University
Unit 1 Sheffield Science Park
Howard Street Sheffield S1 2LX
Email: crn@shu.ac.uk
Tel: 0114 225 4494 or Fax: 0114 225 2197