Programmes
1. Financial Support
- Core grants:
Small grants that contribute towards salaries and administration costs of each partner are transferred into the LDA banking account on a monthly or quarterly basis depending on the capacity of each organisation to manage the finances. All grants are based on LDAs' budgets and its objectives for the year.
- Fundraising Incentive Scheme (FRIS):
An incentive is paid to LDAs which manage to raise funds in the local community in the ratio of R5 for every R1 raised. This creative grant-making scheme is outlined in detail below.
- Development Fund for Training:
LDAs may apply for funding for training their staff and volunteers so that the organisation may itself run workshops in the community or develop their capacity. A budgeted allocation is claimed as needed and claims are approved according to a criteria set by Scat.
- HIV/AIDS Fund for Development:
LDAs may apply for an allocation from a fund for work related to HIV/AIDS, according to the needs and plans of the community. Plans are screened by the Scat field worker and the HIV/AIDS Programme Coordinator.
2. Field and Training Support
- A field worker, who is the primary inter-face with Scat, is allocated to each LDA. The field worker provides guidance, monitors and evaluates progress and assists LDAs in their linking, brokering and advocacy roles. The relationship between Scat and its LDA partners is based on an annual contractual agreement which is derived from the LDA's own internal evaluation, planning and budgeting. At the start of each LDA's funding cycle, Scat's commitment for the year is incorporated into a formal partnership agreement.
- Training is offered either by Scat’s fieldworkers, or it is outsourced. It covers orientation to working with Scat (for new committee members), committee skills training, financial management, project management and leadership and management training.
3. Youth work and Local Economic Development
Scat’s model facilitates the building of social and financial capital through participation in community-based organisations. Scat’s partners are encouraged to work with youth development structures. If these do not exist, Scat encourages the development of a youth structure or programme to ensure participation of young people in development work and to advance opportunities for employment for young people. In the same way, Scat encourages its partners to engage with local economic development (LED) opportunities in their communities and, upon request, provides consulting support for this work. Scat’s partners are engaged with LED activities through starting small businesses, savings schemes, working with local municipalities to develop economic opportunities and supporting small business owners.
4. HIV/Aids
As a response to a request from project partners, Scat initiated an HIV/Aids Activator Programme. The programme focuses on assisting the development of local responses to HIV/Aids in a rural development context, according to the specific needs of a community. The programme started with six activator sites and has grown to twenty-six activator sites over a period of three years.
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