Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities to fund equipment and services to support disabled and disadvantaged children under the age of 13 across the UK. The Toy Trust fund helps disadvantaged children and their families to alleviate suffering; support children through awful experiences; encourage achievement through adversity; purchase vital equipment; provide care; bolster existing initiatives; initiate brand new projects; and satisfy basic needs. Groups that have carried out some form of effective fundraising by themselves are particularly encouraged to apply. The next deadline to apply is mid-February 2023for the March meeting of Trustees. Funding to Support Disabled & Disadvantaged Children (UK)
Registered charities in England and Wales can apply for funding for projects that help disadvantaged and disengaged young people. Priority is given to projects designed to help disadvantaged and disengaged young people in the age range of 16 to 30, in England and Wales to pursue pathways to Education, Training and Employment. There is no minimum or maximum amount and projects can be funded for more than one year. The next closing date for applications to the Peter Cruddas Foundation is the 1st March 2023. Funding for Projects that Support Disadvantaged and Disengaged Young People (England & Wales)
Join Carers Network to be part of our well-established End of Life Carers Project and work with the Project Manager providing unpaid adult carers with individual support plans tailored to their needs, as well as developing relationships with partner organisations to raise awareness of carers’ rights and needs. We are looking for someone who is empathetic and confident to engage and support conversations around matters relating to death, dying and bereavement with both carers and professionals. You will also be a very organized individual, great at administration and have excellent IT skills. We are keen to attract former carers to join our team.
Our team is currently working on hybrid basis, with the opportunity to work from home and our offices near Queen’s Park tube station.
The ability to speak a community language would be advantageous.
Download job description and person specification here.
To apply: send us your cover letter and your CV to recruitment@carers-network.org.uk
Please note applications with cover letters are more likely to be short-listed. Use the list provided in the Person Specification to describe in your cover letter how you meet each of the specifications.
If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Heather St Louis, End of Life Carers Project Manager on 07721 024 687.
Closing date 13th January 2023. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 23rd January 2023
Join Carers Network to be part of our well-established Information, Advice and Guidance team and work providing unpaid adult carers with support on a variety of subjects such as carers rights and entitlements, basic welfare benefits information, making sense of forms and paperwork, or accessing support for the person they look after. You will also be a very organised individual, great at administration and have excellent IT skills. We are keen to attract former carers to join our team.
Our team is currently working on hybrid basis, offering the opportunity to work from home and our offices near Queen’s Park tube station.
The ability to speak a community language would be advantageous.
Download Job description and person specification here.
To apply: send us your cover letter and your CV to recruitment@carers-network.org.uk.
Please note applications with cover letters are more likely to be short-listed. Use the list provided in the Person Specification to describe in your cover letter how you meet each of the specifications.
If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Sonia Benitez, Head of Services, on 07772 674 369.
Closing date 13th January 2023. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 23rd January 2023
‘Many years ago I was going through one of the worst periods of my life – both personally and professionally. Absolutely everything that could go wrong did and all at the same time. My marriage had ended, I was in debt, my job was under threat, I’d finally realised I would never have children and I was being investigated by the police for allegedly running over a baby in a car park (I hadn’t – it was a malicious insurance scam).’ Read more here.
Most voluntary and community sector services are closed over Christmas and New Year, but some key services will be open during this time – please see the information attached.
Statutory services are of course open over Christmas and New Year and we have included their contact details here too.
Sobus will be closed until Tuesday 3rd January.
Wishing you all a peaceful and joyous festive season and a very Happy New Year.
We were very sad to hear that Mary Hennessy passed away on Sunday 18th December.
Mary was the Centre Manager of the White City Community Centre and so much more – organising, signposting, supporting and at the core of so much activity across the estate for over two decades. Mary had been unwell for some time but was working and busy with Centre and community activities even last week.
Funeral Details
Monday 16th January, 10 am.
Service
Our lady of the Visitation Church
Greenford, UB6 9AN
Buriel
Greenford Park Cemetery
Windmill Lane UB6 9DR
A book of condolence is available for anyone who wishes to sign it, at White City Community Centre.
Our sincere and heartfelt condolences to Mary’s friends and family.
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to charities, community groups, local authorities, clubs, and other not-for-profit organisations delivering sports and physical activities to improve the health and wellbeing of black, Asian and minority ethnic children and young people in England. The funding is made available by BME Youth through the Together Fund, a Sport England initiative which helps people who are most in need of support to get and remain active particularly those from culturally diverse communities, disabled people, lower socioeconomic groups and people with long term health conditions. Funding can be used for equipment, coach fees and expenses, hire of facilities, promotion and publicity, staff costs, and transport. Applications will be accepted at any time until the 31st March 2023 or until all funds have been allocated. Funding for Sport & Physical Activities for Disadvantaged Young People (England)
LinkedIn is inviting applications to join its Ad Grants programme, which provides free LinkedIn advertising to UK not for profit organisations focused on gender and racial equality, economic opportunity for professionals that are encountering barriers and environmental sustainability. Ad Grants can be used between February and June 2023 to: build awareness/provide education about a priority issue; support large-scale initiatives; recruit volunteers; hire talent; attract corporate partners; and generate donations. The programme offers two different product options: Sponsored Content which deliver native ads to the LinkedIn feed of target audiences; and Dynamic Ads which are more personalized ads. The closing date for applications is the 4th January 2023. Applications Open for LinkedIn Grants Programme (UK/Worldwide)
Grants of up to £20,000 are available to local not-for-profit groups that are building power within their community and campaigning for long-term change on issues affecting peoples lives. The Civic Power Fund’s Community Action Fund aims to help community organisers who are tackling injustice and exclusion, to empower people to improve their lives and their communities and dismantle the barriers to racial, economic, gender, disability, migration, climate and LGBTQ+ justice. Priority will be given to organisations led by people with lived experience of the injustice they are trying to overcome. Applicants must complete a questionnaire in the first instance by the 26th February 2023. Grants for Organisations Tackling Injustice & Inclusion (UK)
