Grants of up to £1,500 are available to charitable organisations supporting challenged and vulnerable young people under 16 in the UK. The 7stars Foundation’s Social Impact Grants Programme will provide funding for projects which support young people living in areas of deprivation and socioeconomic disadvantage who are challenged by abuse or addiction, who are young carers, or who are homeless. The programme will fund projects aligned to selected awareness days, such as Human Rights Day, Race Equality Week, PRIDE Month, or Children’s Mental Health Week. A maximum of three charities will be shortlisted for each award. The next opportunity to apply for funding will be from the 1st December 2024 until the 5th February 2025. Funding to Support Challenged & Vulnerable Young People (UK)
Grants of up to £75,000 are available to small local charities in England and Wales that provide specialist services. The grants are designed to support the development and growth of charities that understand the issues people face and are best placed to make a real difference in people’s lives. The funding is available through the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales’s Specialist Grants Programme. Eligible charities must address one of the Foundation’s open themes: addiction, asylum seekers and refugees, care leavers, domestic abuse, homelessness, offending, sexual abuse and exploitation, and trafficking and modern slavery. The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 25th January 2025. Grants of up to £75,000 Available to Charities Delivering Specialist Services (England and Wales)
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The online Charity Christmas Market is open for business! From cat and dog to parrot and penguin presents, t shirts, bags, beauty products, candles, cards, original designs, original art, African crafts and lots more and from a whole range of causes. With prices starting under £2, that’s your Secret Santa sorted too. You’ll feel good about doing good because every £1 you spend will help a charity and every £1 makes a difference. https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/online-charity-christmas-presents/
New research reveals many charity trustee boards remain ‘incomplete’, but 8 in 10 trustees would recommend the role to others.
“A new report published this week by Pro Bono Economics (PBE) has revealed that many charity boards remain “incomplete“. Less than four in 10 charities (37%) responding to the survey reported having a full board of trustees, leaving almost two-thirds (63%) reporting vacancies in some form.” Read more here.
“At a time when 4 in 5 charities in England and Wales have at least one trustee vacancy, new research from the Charity Commission and Pro Bono Economics shows that current trustees would highly recommend the role to others.” Read more here.
The next Hammersmith & Fulham Advice Forum meeting is via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 4th December at 11am. This is a meeting for advice organisations in Hammersmith and Fulham to share knowledge and experience.
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 379 556 973 313
Passcode: vfQTDA
If there is anything you would like to add to the agenda please contact: Dorota Hubiak on 0208 1485273 or email Dorota.Hubiak@hflaw.org.uk.
The second Arts for Impact campaign has a target of raising £3mn for participants, and is open to charities, with arts and culture as their core mission, that are looking for funds to support transformational impact for the people engaging with them. Read more here.
Organisers of the London Marathon have launched a scheme to enable 800 new charities to become part of the fundraising event from 2026 onwards. Read more here.
We will be holding the next Hammersmith & Fulham Advice Forum meeting via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 4th December at 11am. This is a meeting for advice organisations in Hammersmith and Fulham to share knowledge and experience. We hope you will be able to join us.
Please find below the Microsoft Teams link to join this event:
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 379 556 973 313
Passcode: vfQTDA
Agenda to follow. Please contact me if there is anything you would like to add to the agenda:
Dorota Hubiak
Administration Officer
Direct Tel: 02081485273 I Fax: 020 8741 8305 I
Get ready to experience the magic of Christmas like never before! Enter our competition for a chance to win 4 tickets to a spectacular family concert on Sunday, 15th December, featuring The Snowman and The Snowdog live on the big screen with a beautiful orchestral performance by Sinfonia Smith Square.
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sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
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.