In my wrap-up of funding news for the last month:
I hope you find it a useful read.
Paul Winyard
Senior Policy Officer
@PaulWinyard
Click here to go to the full post at the NCVO website
This year’s Funders Fair will take place on Tuesday 3rd July at Kensington Town Hall in the Great Hall, Small Hall and Committee rooms 2, 3 and 4. This is an opportunity to meet with funders, pick up tips to improve your fundraising and learn about new ways to generate income. Sobus, One Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea Social Council look forward to seeing you there!
Details of the timetable, workshops etc will follow. Click Here for more info and to register on Eventbrite
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Find out about East African Playgrounds funding efforts to help bring the joys of play to the children of the region. They’ve built over 200 playgrounds, trained 45 Ugandan staff and impacted the lives of over 300,000 children across East Africa.
Hear about Scottish Ballet’s research on trustfunding.org.uk, to provide a ballet and dance experience for young people with social & behavioural difficulties.
Great news – funding is still available for a wide range of courses including. “Falls Prevention“, “Children and Young People’s Mental Health” and “Safe Handling of Medication”.
Our courses are all nationally accredited and have been designed around a flexible learning delivery model to ensure they are easily accessible within the workplace. This means learners do not attend a classroom but still receive high-quality support throughout their learning journey.
I have included a full list of courses that are available, these can also be found on our website www.wefindanylearner.co.uk. For more information or to book instantly please call 01226 958 888 or email nick@wefindanylearner.co.uk. Alternatively, you can complete our online enquiry form or download a booking form and attach it as a reply.
GLA Sports Team have launched the first funding round for the Mayor’s new community sport programme, the London Together Fund. If there’s anyone in your network that you think would be interested, please do share the link round or include in any newsletters/websites etc.
There are contact details on the application website to the grants team at Comic Relief who are administering the fund should any potential applicants have further questions.
We are pleased to announce that the Coach Trip scheme is taking place again this year.
Application packs are available online via the dedicated Coach Trip Scheme page on our website.
Please visit www.lbhf.gov.uk and type in ‘Coach Trip Scheme’ in the search field. This will take you to the page where you can complete the form online or print off and complete manually.
If you would still prefer to receive your pack in the post, have any queries or would like further information, please contact:
Sacha Mortimer
Phone: 020 8753 5009
Email: sacha.mortimer@lbhf.gov.uk
With support from Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the FSI is delivering a heavily subsidised three day training event in London from May 15th – 17th offering small and local charities and community groups full & half day courses and workshops on key fundraising & governance skills. A sampling of training courses include GDPR Essentials, Telephone Skills to Maximise Corporate Relationships, Creating and Delivering a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign, Legacy Fundraising and Demonstrating your Impact.
Places fill up fast, so book your place today to access this fantastic training opportunity: https://bit.ly/2DYF6cE
The Good Finance UK website is full of useful information, tools and resources including…
…a quick profiler tool to help you work out if social investment is right for you
…a blog with loads of tips like these five for 2018
…a directory of investors and advisors
…upcoming events around the country
…guidance on how to measure your social impact
A reminder for West London community organisations that we are currently receiving applications in for the May/June 2018 voting round for Tesco Bags of Help.
Local projects that benefit the community may be eligible for funding. These can include:
Following each public vote, three projects in each Tesco region (by borough in London), will receive a grant award, with first place receiving up to £4K, second place up to £2K and third place up to £1K.
Voting occurs bi-monthly in-store. You can take our eligibility quiz and apply online by Clicking Here
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