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St James Traineeship Opportunity

Click Here to see the flyer for our traineeship programme that will taking place at Edwards Woods Community Centre.

Please note, I have limited funded places for candidates aged 24+ and these places will be offered on a first come first serve basis.

This is a pilot programme and following the successful completion and review we will look to run two programmes one for individuals aged 16 – 24 and one for 24+

If you have any question please do not hesitate to get in touch. – Demaro.Woodruffe@stjames.co.uk

Demaro Woodruffe
Employment, Future Opportunities & Community Liaison Coordinator

St James Group Limited | 54 Wood Lane | White City | London | W12 7RQ
Tel: 020 8735 5900
Mob: 07970156473

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Fundraising Now 2018 – Early Bird rates

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The way in which society operates is changing. The fundraising profession isn’t immune from this. In order to stay connected with your donors, it’s important that we embrace and adopt new tools and techniques.

Our flagship event – Fundraising Now – will bring together some of the leading movers and shakers to help you secure the financial future for your charity.

Click Here for the event page for more info.

Early Bird rates available until 31 July, from just £149 a day

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Work and Health Unit (WHU) – £4.2m Challenge Fund

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The Work and Health Unit (WHU), which is jointly managed by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health and Social Care, is using a £4.2m Challenge Fund to test new approaches that can help people experiencing mental health and/or musculoskeletal (MSK) issues stay in work.

They are looking to fund around twenty Initiatives which will improve their understanding of what works in one or more of the following areas:

  • Helping people stay in work by increasing their ability to self-manage their conditions.
  • Helping people access advice and support about what sort of work they might be capable of doing given their wider needs and circumstances.
  • Developing new approaches to help employers and individuals develop workplace solutions, or ways of working that facilitate greater participation of people experiencing these conditions.
  • Improving systems by joining up services to strengthen communication, liaison or joint action.

We welcome applications from employers, charities, social enterprises, local authorities, health bodies and others from across England, Scotland and Wales.

The deadline for receipt of Challenge Fund applications is Friday 17th August at 17.00. Projects are anticipated to run between October 2018 and February 2020.

Click the image at the top of this post to go to the Application Portal for more info.

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Mayor of London call for applications: micro grants for supporting outreach work with European Londoners

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The Mayor of London is committed to supporting European Londoners in the light of the UK leaving the EU.  As part of this work, we will be supporting civil society to engage with European Londoners about the Government’s proposed Settlement Scheme and reach out to those groups most at risk of marginalisation. We have now launched our pilot micro grant scheme to support this important work.

City Hall will provide micro-grant funding of up to £2,000 to community groups and small civil society organisations with demonstrable expertise and reach to deliver outreach activity on the settled status scheme, providing information and advice to vulnerable European Londoners.

You can find the link to read more and to apply here –  https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/business-and-economy/apply-european-londoners-outreach-funding

The deadline is 20th August 2018 5pm. If you have any questions about this microgrant scheme feel free to get in touch with me at Bella.Kosmala@london.gov.uk or Hannah Boylan Hannah.Boylan@london.gov.uk

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YHFF Shout Out

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Funding News

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Building Connections Fund

Supporting projects that are able to prevent or reduce loneliness
Funding size – £30,000 to £100,000
Deadline – Fri 24th August 12noon

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Global Giving Crowdfunding training

GlobalGiving is the largest global crowdfunding community connecting non-profits, donors and companies around the world. Apply now for September Accelerator training programme.

Charities will receive free online training in digital fundraising and have access to GlobalGiving’s fundraising tools and resources. You’ll then be entered in to a 3-week crowdfunding campaign in September to raise at least £4,000 for your chosen project. There will be match funding opportunities, bonus prizes and graduates will receive permanent GlobalGiving partnership.
Deadline: 1st August

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Training Events

Women Into Literature Development & Empowerment

Health Workshop – “Taking care of our Mental Health”

Thurs 26th July
5.30-7.30pm

More details contact here

 

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Building More Integrated Communities: New Funding Announced

The aim of the Integrated Communities Innovation Fund is to support a range of projects, both in size and in scale, that are bold and innovative in approach and that encourage integration in a wide range of contexts. Of particular interest are projects that can, in time, be scaled up to reach a minimum of 300. Overall, projects supported will:

  • Be innovative in the way they tackle integration challenges
  • Explain how they will achieve positive integration and offer evidence to support this
  • Clearly understand how outcomes will be measured and evaluated
  • Demonstrate how partners and the local community will buy-in to the proposed activity
  • Show potential for growth both in numbers of participants and effectiveness
  • Demonstrate clear deliverability, value for money and financial stability
  • Be led by organisations willing to share their experiences honestly and wisely.

The Fund is open to applications from legally constituted organisations or those with statutory powers working with beneficiaries in England.

There are no minimum or maximum grant levels set and funding is only available for 2018/19 and 2019/20. Further terms and conditions are set out in the Fund Prospectus

Submit an expression of interest as Stage One of Two by 23:45 on Monday 20th August.

Useful Links:

Assessment criteria

Expression of interest form

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/integrated-communities-innovation-fund

 

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Lloyds Bank Foundation: New Strategy Includes More Unrestricted Grants

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Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales has published its new strategy for the next five years. Included in the ‘Reaching Further’ strategy is:

  • A pledge to boost its additional support for the charities that it funds, which will include an expansion of its mentoring scheme whereby members of Lloyds Bank plc volunteer their expertise to grant receiving charities.
  • The Foundation mainly funds organisations with an income of less than £1m.
  • An increase the size of its largest grants to £200,000 over their six-year duration
  • A target of funding 700 charities at any one time until 2022
  • A pledge to offer longer, unrestricted grants to more small charities together with six-year grants with a break clause after the third year
  • The continuation of its advocacy work, with a particular focus on producing research and campaigning for policy changes on behalf of small charities.

The Foundation offers two grant programmes:

Invest grants – long-term funding for the day-to-day running of a charity (core costs), and/or the direct delivery of a charity’s work. Grants of a minimum of £30,000 to a maximum of £100,000, delivered across three years are available with the opportunity for continuation funding (up to six years in total). There are set annual rounds – details are available here. The next round opens on 27 August 2018 and closes on 5 October 2018

Enable grants: Enable grants are awarded to charities which have identified clear development needs with grants of up to a total of £15,000 across one or two years available to cover, for example, pilot initiatives, strengthening monitoring systems or creating stronger business plans and service development plans. This programme is temporarily closed and will reopen for applications under new guidelines on the 27th August 2018.

Charities can apply for either programme, but not both.

Useful Links:

Eligibility Criteria

https://www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/about-us/our-strategy/

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Sobus and the Funders Fair!

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This years Funders Fair was held at the Kensington and Chelsea Town hall together with One Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea Social Council and what a success!  And with that I wish to give a special thanks to all involved whether you were a funder, a speaker, a stall holder or one of the teams organising the event.

From the outset it was well attended and people continued to arrive throughout the day. There were workshops delivered by Young Hammersmith and Fulham Foundation talking about attracting donors and raising monies and Localgiving on raising funds online. Additionally Trust for London, John Lyon’s Charity, Big Lottery and City Bridge Trust discussing their grants and what they can do for you.

As you can see from the photos below, along with the workshops there were a range of stalls, such as Hammersmith United Charities, for people to browse and ask questions and these stalls were both funders and useful groups such the Charity Bank or Volunteer Centres.

It was so good to see so many people there and so many people that we have got to know on a personal level over the time they have been registered at Sobus. Even if you have regular contact with Sobus to find grants through our database, or to use us as a sounding board for your proposal or even critique your final proposal it is always good to meet actual funders. Simply putting a face to a name or talking with a funder is highly beneficial giving people that little insight which cannot come from anywhere else.

I hope everyone enjoyed the day but if you would like to see something done differently in the future then drop me an email nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk

Thank you everyone.

Nigel Jacques

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Funding Training from NCVO

Funding strategy | Bid writing | Finance for non financial people | Trading

 

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NCVO training update: Funding and compliance

NCVO have a range of funding courses to help you and your organisation. Take a look at the list below and remember to forward this email to anyone in your organisation who you think would benefit.

Charity finance for non-financial managers 

When: 21 September, 9.30 – 16.30    |    Where: London

This course will provide you with increased confidence and greater ability to review and assess your organisation’s financial health.
Find out more and book

Writing a sustainable funding strategy

When: 25 – 26 September, 9.30 – 16.30    |    Where: London

This brand new two day course will help you learn how to take control of your organisation’s financial future.
Find out more and book

Enterprisingly charitable 

When: 11 October, 9.30 – 16.30    |    Where: London

On this course you will take a practical look at all the elements that need to be considered when starting up an enterprise, within the context of a charity.
Find out more and book

Writing successful bids 

When: 12 October, 9.30 – 16.30    |    Where: Manchester

When you write a funding application, how often are you successful? On this course you will learn key tactics to make your bid stand out.
Find out more and book

Financial intelligence for trustees 

When: 30 November, 9.30 – 16.30    |    Where: London

This course will help you to review and access financial information, improving your ability to monitor resources, articulate impact and make better decisions.
Find out more and book

I hope you find these courses useful. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Best wishes,

Clare Aarons, NCVO
Training Co-ordinator
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL
Website: www.ncvo.org.uk  Twitter: @NCVO
Registered Charity No. 225922

 
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Funding Available to Support Regeneration in London

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Round 2 of the Good Growth Fund, Mayor Sadiq Khan’s £70 million regeneration programme to support growth and community development in London, is now open. Working with the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP), the fund supports innovative, best practice regeneration activities.  The aim is to encourage active participation in local communities through the delivery of co-ordinated place-based strategies that support diverse and accessible local economies from high streets and town centres to industrial areas. 

A broad range of public, private and third-sector organisations are eligible to apply including:

  • London boroughs
  • Sub-regional partnerships
  • Town teams and business improvement districts
  • Workspace providers
  • Community groups, social enterprises and charities
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

Round 2 offers a further £20 million of funding for collaborative proposals that bring together a range of partners to focus resources and seize opportunities in a local area. No minimum or maximum grant levels are stated; in Round one the largest grant awarded was £2,957,505 and the smallest £90,000.

Deadline for stage one applications is 13 July 2018

The 27 projects funded in round one included:

  • Battersea Arts Centre Community Garden, received £150,000 to help provide an edible, sustainable community garden with artistic interpretation on a newly reopened and greened Town Hall Road in Lavender Hill, Clapham
  • Participatory City Foundation, received £850,000 towards a participatory programme centred on the development of a warehouse which will provide a range of facilities for local users, including a metal and wood workshop, industrial kitchen facilities, fabric workspace and teaching space
  • Inclusive Growth in Finsbury Park received £1,030,000 to provide affordable studio and workspace for community groups where disadvantaged residents will be supported to set-up and grow their own businesses and receive business support and training.

 Useful Links:

Good Growth Fund Prospectus

Frequently Asked Questions

Click Here for more info

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