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Newsletter November 2024 | 21 November 2024

Newsletter November 2024

Current status of number of applications
We'd like to update you on the number of approved applications up to the end of October. Last year, there were 1,809, and this year there are 2,070. That's an increase of 261 approved applications! We'd like to thank all intermediaries and sports and cultural providers for making this happen together. We're looking forward to even more applications, as 8,000 Almere children live in poverty and need us to participate in sports, swimming, or cultural activities!

Explanation of the Simply Possible process for intermediaries
Via www.kieseenclub.nl  and the Youth Fund check Parents or guardians first check whether they are eligible for the Youth Fund. Parents or guardians can then complete an online application form. The Youth Fund then connects the application to a suitable intermediary from the school or local community. If we select you as an intermediary, you will receive an email notifying you that an application has been linked to you. You can find this application at www.allekinderendoenmee.nl If you're logged in. On the homepage, you'll see "Parent Applications" in the menu on the left. Click on this to find the form completed by the parent. Then, contact the parent and review/assess the application. If they agree, complete the application and submit it. Need help with this? Please contact us at almere@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl or 036-7601565!

Victims of the childcare allowance scandal (KOTA)
Reminder for the intermediary: We need more information for an application from affected parents. When submitting an application, you must make a note if it concerns parents affected by the childcare allowance affair (for example, if the application concerns a KOTA victim). Of course, these parents must also our rules meet their income requirements. You can indicate this in the application form. This way, we gain more insight into which families need assistance from the Youth Fund for Sports & Culture.

We warmly welcome our new providers in Q4 2024!
New sports provider: Djalma Health Center (in Almere Buiten).
New cultural provider: Irina Bogdanova (piano teacher at CKV Almere).

Almere swimming pools that are affiliated with the Youth Fund
For your convenience, we have listed all the swimming pools in Almere for you:

• Optisport (5 locations)
  • Almere the Freebooter
  • Almere Muziekwijk (Operetteweg, formerly Aquayara)
  • Almere Gate
  • Optisport Almere Stad (JS Bachweg)
  • Optisport Almere Tussen de Vaarten (Formerly this was Aquayara)
• Van Rheenen (2 locations)
  • Fanny Blankers-Koen
  • Rie Mastenbroek
• Water Friends (Almere City, JSBachweg)
• Rescue Brigade (Almere Poort)
• Flevostars (Almere Stad, this swimming pool is for children with disabilities)
• Siemons Swimming Institute (Almere Stad, this swimming pool is for children with disabilities).

Did you know that…

• Do dance applications need to be submitted via the "culture" route? We still regularly receive these as sports applications.
• Some teachers or sports or cultural providers include the Youth Fund in their signature to promote the fund?
• An intermediary from November 26th will be called Meerkracht and will this change in all our communications?
• We've created new swimming flyers in Dutch, Arabic, and English to explain to parents and caregivers, among others, that they need to register their child at the pool.
• Did you know that Aziz Hitti (who works at Het Samenspel primary school) helped us translate the Arabic flyer? We'd like to thank him again!
• There a new toolkit 'Simply possible' Is it available? Download it and help us reach parents!
• We'll be collecting secondhand sportswear and supplies from schools the week before Christmas. Would your school like to participate? Please contact us. almere@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl.
• As a provider, you can do something extra to retain the children who are connected to your club through the fund, for example by:
  • To inform parents when their children's application expires so that they can make a repeat application.
  • Advise parents to submit an additional application When I grow up or Special Needs Fund if the available amount of an approved Youth Fund application does not cover the full tuition fee.
  • To direct parents to submit an application to When I grow up or Special Needs Fund if the children need sports clothes or equipment.

Name change from Intermediair to Meerkracht
Starting Tuesday, November 26, intermediaries (professionals who submit applications to the Youth Fund on behalf of children) will be called Meerkracht (More Power). A Meerkracht is a teacher, youth care worker, community sports coach, general practitioner, guardian, or social worker. A Meerkracht is involved in the child's upbringing, guidance, or education and is aware of the family's financial situation. A Meerkracht can apply to the Youth Fund and thereby give the child more self-confidence, enjoyment, creativity, and above all, more strength to participate. Someone who does this earns the honorary title: Jeugdfonds Meerkracht (Youth Fund More Power). Hence the name change.

Closing of the 2024 financial year of the Almere Youth Fund
We are gradually approaching the end of 2024 and would like to ask you to pay outstanding invoices as much as possible. before December 18 to send to us attn. invoices.almere@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl so that these can be paid before December 31st. This helps us to close and account for this financial year correctly. You can help us by sending the invoice: with the correct application number and addressed to Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur Almere, Haagbeukweg 157, 1318 MA Almere. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and your contribution to making sports and culture possible for children who lack the financial means.

Donation – Company of the Year 2024-2025
We'd like to congratulate Medex Instrumenten Service once again on winning the 2024-2025 Business of the Year award (Small Business category)! They chose us as their charity of choice. Thanks again! This win means the Almere Youth Sports & Culture Fund will receive a minimum donation of €500. We'll receive the exact amount later and, of course, share it with you!

Questions or more information?
We ask that emails intended for coordinators Yvonne Wolff and Lindy Heijmering be sent to: coordinator.almere@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl

For additional information about an application, please contact the Backoffice. This can be reached via almere@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl or 036-7601565 on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm.