The latest round of the Department for Education’s Condition Improvement Fund is now open to academies, multi-academy trusts, sixth-form colleges, and voluntary aided schools across England. The Fund provides capital funding for projects of up to £4 million which help keep school and college buildings safe and in good working order. This includes funding projects to address health and safety issues, building compliance, energy efficiency, and poor building conditions. A small proportion of expansion projects will also be supported. This round of funding will give priority to projects that replace coal and oil boilers with low carbon heating systems to prevent school closure. The deadline for applications is 12pm on the 7th December 2022. Funding for Building Maintenance & Improvements for Education Establishments (England)
Charitable organisations and educational establishments working to support the education of children and young people from disadvantaged or low-income backgrounds in inner London, are invited to apply for funding from the Portal Trust. The funding will support young people below the age of 25 to access educational opportunities and help them realise their full potential. Projects should aim to widen access and participation in further and higher education; deliver initiatives that help them engage with, and stay in, education; reduce re-offending; influence and improve education policy and practice; and/or improve the learning experience for children at the Trust’s partner schools. There is no minimum or maximum grant amount that can be applied for. Applicants should submit an online Initial Enquiry form in the first instance. Funding to Support the Education of Disadvantaged Young People (London)
The hub details our own EEDI journey at DSC, as well as listing a host of helpful resources for you, including books, articles and training. There are podcasts, organisational culture articles, mindfulness videos and much more! View it here.
Essential Writing Skills For The Public Sector – Last Chance To Register!
Government Exchange wish to advise you that we are taking final applications for upcoming “Virtual” Open Course Workshop on Essential Writing Skills which will take place on Thursday 27th October 2022.
Working in the public sector requires you to write for a diverse range of people, both internal and external stakeholders. The objective of this course is to understand and practise all the key skills for successful written communication in the Civil Service and beyond.
Learning outcomes
- Learn and practise some useful structural frameworks for writing persuasive English
- Learn and practise how to structure a proposal or argument most effectively
- Understand the importance of clarity, plain English, how to avoid jargon and how to be helpful in your writing, and apply it in practice sessions
- Understand and practise the key principles of how to summarise effectively
Essential Writing Skills Course Comments
“It brought home the importance of written communication within the public sector. It provided me with useful insights, provided techniques that I can implement and a potentially useful document resource.” UK Research & Innovation
“I would highly recommend this session! The trainer was brilliant. All sessions work at pace that was clear, easy to follow and understand. Thank you!” BEIS
“Very useful, interactive and enjoyable. Thank you.” Westminster City Council
My main objective was to have a better understanding of how to formulate consultation responses. My job is in Regulation for an energy company in NI and I have only been in the job for a short time. Part of my role is to write consultations in response to Regulatory or industry proposals. I feel after the course I am better equipped to prepare and write these consultation responses in the correct manner. Firmus Energy
Government Exchange
GE has long been a leading provider of training solutions with an exceptional reputation for delivering high quality. All our courses are led by highly experienced trainers that have a track record of delivering training to the very highest standard. Our trainers have personal experience of working at the highest level of either Parliament, Government or the Civil Service, enabling them to give a genuine insight into the subject matter. This course has also been approved by the internationally recognised The Institute of Leadership and Management (TILM).
Standard Fee and Group Bursary:
The successful transition to our new interactve “Virtual” platform for all our courses means we can now pass on savings to our learners. The rate for virtual workshops is £570 + VAT per place
If you would like to join the Essential Writing Skills Workshop – please click on link for registration form. LINK
For information on Special Bursary for group applications, please call 020 3137 8632 or email ahte.hamid@governmentexchange.co.uk
Upcoming courses for 2022
A Guide to Strategic Thinking – 27/10/2022
Essential Writing Skills For The Public Sector – 27/10/2022
Introduction to Parliamentary Select Committee – 28/10/2022
Writing a Strategy – 31/10/2022
Submissions & Briefings – 31/10/2022
Policy Masterclass – 02/11/2022 – 03/11/2022
Stakeholder Management For The Public Sector – 04/11/2022
Parliamentary Questions Workshop – 10/11/2022
Parliamentary Process – 15/11/2022
Policy (1) & Policy (2) – 22/11/2022 – 23/11/2022
How to Influence Whitehall & Westminster – 14/12/2022
On 22 August 2022 The London Community Foundation began fundraising for our Together for London cost-of-living appeal, which you can read more about on our website. Since then, we have been receiving generous donations from new and existing donors.
We will shortly begin distributing these funds to charities and organisations across London in the form of small grants to help you support your beneficiaries with increased costs due to the cost-of-living crisis.
In times of crisis and struggle, it’s important that we are as transparent as possible. That’s why we want to tell you about our intentions to launch the fund and how it will work. We hope this is one way we can help you plan ahead during this crisis period.
Key details for application
We will be launching the Together for London Fund on Thursday 27 October.
We know funds need to get out quickly, so we will be keeping the first round of the fund open for applications until 12 noon on Thursday 17 November (three-week application window).
We expect (at this stage) to be launching with £1 million and expect to be making grants of up to £10,000 each. This means we expect to make around 100 grants.
Keeping you updated
We will keep communicating with you to ensure, should things change, we can provide you with updates as soon as possible. We will also be hosting question and answer sessions where you can speak directly to our Grants and Impact team – so please look out for these dates.
For full details on the fund so far, please see our website below. Click here
My Practice, My Health is a project for adults (18+) living in or who have GP Surgeries in Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to Christian churches and registered Christian charities offering activities and services to welcome and support refugees arriving in England from Ukraine and Afghanistan. This could include services and activities such as supplying accommodation, clothing, food, mobile phones, and baby care items; befriending support; English language classes; baby and toddler groups; welcome parties; drop-in sessions; and expenses for volunteers or facilities. The funding is made available by the Church Urban Fund in partnership with the Benefact Trust, through the Refugee Support Small Grants Programme. Applications can be submitted at any time until the 9th December 2022, but may close earlier if all funding is allocated before this date. Funding for Churches Supporting Refugees Arriving from Ukraine & Afghanistan (England)
Webinar on Thursday, November 3rd 2022: Event Details Website Register to Attend
Programme
- Discuss the government’s introduction of Universal Credit since 2013 and understand the challenges that many claimants face
- Understand new support shames being introduced to the government and how they can be directed towards those in need
- Analyse changes to Universal Credit, particularly during the pandemic, and consider whether they could inform welfare decisions in the future
- Examine how local authorities and front line organisations can help people get access to a variety of support schemes
- Explore the economic fallout of the cost of living crisis and high energy costs and what the impact will be for local authorities, charities and front-line workers supporting their constituencies
- Look at the future of the welfare state, including the impact an ageing population poses to the welfare state
- Explore how online systems have been utilised during the pandemic to ensure financial support is quickly allocated to those in need and the lessons stakeholders should take for welfare management in the future
- Learn also about IT challenges which have recently limited the ability to uplift legacy benefits – and how this can be avoided in future
To register for the briefing, please click here.
A small number of grants are available for organisations, community groups, local events, and activities that help to build public and political support for the Warm This Winter campaign. They are especially interested in supporting groups working in the areas of fuel poverty, housing, disability rights, climate justice, or on alternative solutions. Learn more here.
ASA are recruiting for a new Black Asian, and Minority Ethnic Network Development and Project Manager (London).
https://asauk.org.uk/about-us/work-for-the-asa/
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
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and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.