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Aims
An Aim can either be "Overall" describing why an organisation or project exists and the broad effect that it wants to have. A summary of the overall difference it wants to make. Or it can be "Specific" describing particular changes or differences the project or organisation plans to bring about for its users. Specific aims break down the overall aim into a series of particular changes or differences that, if they all happen, achieve the overall aim.

Aims

An Aim can either be "Overall" describing why an organisation or project exists and the broad effect that it wants to have. A summary of the overall difference it wants to make. Or it can be "Specific" describing particular changes or differences the project or organisation plans to bring about for its users. Specific aims break down the overall aim into a series of particular changes or differences that, if they all happen, achieve the overall aim.

Baseline
Information about the situation that a group is trying to change, showing what it is like before they intervene. Projects and organisations need to collect baseline information to see what progress they are making. If you cannot describe the initial situation, or your clients? starting point, you cannot know whether you have made a difference

Capacity Building
Activities, resources and support that strengthen the skills and abilities of people and community groups to take effective action and leading roles in the development of their communities.

Co-financing
The Government introduced a system of Co-financing for the European Social Fund (ESF). In very simple terms, Co-financing Organisations (CFOs) will apply for and then distribute ESF funding rather than Government Office for London. There will be three types of potential bidders or providers; those with their own match funding, those with no match funding and those that currently deliver contracts for the CFOs (mainly Learning and Skills Council's). This means that organisations will have to apply to a CFO in order to get ESF funding.

Co-financing

The Government introduced a system of Co-financing for the European Social Fund (ESF). In very simple terms, Co-financing Organisations (CFOs) will apply for and then distribute ESF funding rather than Government Office for London. There will be three types of potential bidders or providers; those with their own match funding, those with no match funding and those that currently deliver contracts for the CFOs (mainly Learning and Skills Council's). This means that organisations will have to apply to a CFO in order to get ESF funding.

Community Safety
Community safety is a term which achieved prominence after the 1991 Morgan Report. It is perhaps, best seen as an aspect of 'quality of life' in which people, individually and collectively, are protected as far as possible from hazards or threats that result from the criminal or anti-social behaviour of others, and are equipped or helped to cope with those they do experience. It should enable them to pursue, and obtain fullest benefits from, their social and economic lives without fear or hindrance from crime and disorder.

Community Safety

Community safety is a term which achieved prominence after the 1991 Morgan Report. It is perhaps, best seen as an aspect of 'quality of life' in which people, individually and collectively, are protected as far as possible from hazards or threats that result from the criminal or anti-social behaviour of others, and are equipped or helped to cope with those they do experience. It should enable them to pursue, and obtain fullest benefits from, their social and economic lives without fear or hindrance from crime and disorder.

Community Group
An organisation that furthers the recreational, educational and/or social welfare of its community and is either open to any resident or group in its area or open within a population group defined by race, nationality, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender or religious belief or interest.

Continuous Improvement
Continuous improvement involves reviewing performance on a regular basis to ensure the ongoing success of an organisation. This is an integral part of quality assurance.

Crime Reduction
Unlike community safety which covers a range of issues, the term crime reduction focuses on specific techniques for preventing offences from happening. It encompasses efforts by individuals and organisations to prevent and reduce levels of criminal behaviour in their neighbourhood and further a field. Solutions may also involve tackling quality of life issues and the underlying causes of crime.

Cross-Sector Working
Cross-Sector working involves collaborating with individuals, groups and organisations that work in a different sector to you. This may mean working with voluntary, statutory or private organisations. Or working within different areas of work, for example a crime reduction organisation may link up with a mental health forum.

Evaluation
Using monitoring data and other information to make judgements on how your project is doing.

Fundraising
The soliciting or receiving of monies, resources or other benefits from organisations, trusts or individuals. Usually drawing in resources in this way is for a charitable purpose or for the support of an organisation having a charitable objective.

Indicator
An indicator is something you can observe or measure, and which can show whether something is happening. You use indicators to see if you are reaching your targets or milestones, creating your outputs and objectives or achieving your outcomes, aims and impacts. To be useful, an indicator must really be a test of what you want to find out about. It must also be something you can collect information about consistently.

Indicator

An indicator is something you can observe or measure, and which can show whether something is happening. You use indicators to see if you are reaching your targets or milestones, creating your outputs and objectives or achieving your outcomes, aims and impacts. To be useful, an indicator must really be a test of what you want to find out about. It must also be something you can collect information about consistently.

Mainstreaming
A process that enables activities to impact on policy and practice. This process includes identifying lessons, clarifying the innovative element and approach that produced the results, their dissemination, validation and transfer. More specifically, mainstreaming also defines the phase of transfer and the way in which other parties take account of the results, approaches and key elements elaborated.

Mainstreaming

A process that enables activities to impact on policy and practice. This process includes identifying lessons, clarifying the innovative element and approach that produced the results, their dissemination, validation and transfer. More specifically, mainstreaming also defines the phase of transfer and the way in which other parties take account of the results, approaches and key elements elaborated.

Match Funding
Match Funding is an essential part of how the European Social Fund (ESF) works. ESF can only meet a part of the eligible costs of a project and the balance has to be found from other sources. Match Funding is the amount organisations (other than ESF) give towards the eligible costs of a project. Match funding can be either public funding or a combination of public and private funding. Co-financing organisations are able to provide match funding on behalf of the applicant.

Match Funding

Match Funding is an essential part of how the European Social Fund (ESF) works. ESF can only meet a part of the eligible costs of a project and the balance has to be found from other sources. Match Funding is the amount organisations (other than ESF) give towards the eligible costs of a project. Match funding can be either public funding or a combination of public and private funding. Co-financing organisations are able to provide match funding on behalf of the applicant.

Monitoring
Collecting and recording information in a routine and systematic way to check progress against plans and enable evaluation.

Objectives
The areas of activity or practical steps a project or organisation plans to accomplish its aims. This is often expressed as a short list of what you will do.

Outcomes
The changes that result from the activity that the project or organisation undertakes. Outcomes are all the things that happen because of the project?s or organisation?s services, facilities or products. This includes the bad and not so good, as well as the good; the unexpected as well as the expected.

Outputs
Outputs are what you produce as a result of your activity, they can include services you offer, products you sell or give away (for example, booklets), and facilities you provide. Outputs are not the benefits or changes you achieve for your users, they are the interventions you make to bring about those achievements.

Pan-London
Pan London includes the whole of Greater London, which encompasses the 33 London boroughs.

Partnership Working
Partnership working is identifying and joining up with local stakeholders with an interest in your area of work or the beneficiaries that you serve.

Quality Systems
The organisations arrangements and resources for implementing quality management. That is to say, a way of working within your organisation whereby you strive for continuous improvement by monitoring and evaluating your performance and ensuring that all processes are well managed.

Stakeholders
A stakeholder is an indivdual or organisation who is interested in your project. It may be the funder, partners, users, trustees or staff and volunteers.

Voluntary Organisation
An organisation is a group of people which come together for a common purpose and have some agreed rules for how they operate together. A voluntary organisation may be run by volunteers, have charitable status or operate as 'not for profit'.

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