Our next Local Hero campaign is from 1st – 30th April 2017. Localgiving will be awarding £5,000 in prizes to the causes supported by the top 20 fundraisers in April. Participants will be ranked according to the number of unique online donors from whom they secured sponsorship throughout the month. The top fundraiser will secure a prize of £1,000 for their chosen cause! For further information click here.
The European Commission has published the 2017 Annual work programme for the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme. In this document, you can find the types of project that the Commission will fund in the next 12 months. For more information on each of these calls click here. For information about open calls within this and other programmes, please see our website.
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In collaboration with Crowdfunder and The Social Innovation Partnership, Trust for London and City Bridge Trust have launched a £100,000 fund available to organisations using crowdfunding to raise funds and deliver projects that will address inequality and lift people out of poverty in the capital.
Called Improving life for Londoners, this fund will provide up to 50% of the target (to a maximum of £10,000), with projects expected to raise at least the first 25% from the crowd. Check out the Crowdfunder page for details of eligibility and how to apply. If you want to find out more about crowdfunding and how to run a crowdfunding project, click here to register for a short Introduction to Crowdfunding webinar on Thursday, 23 March 2017 at 1.00pm.
Chris Millward, Chief Executive of the Institute of Legacy Management, discusses the ILM’s Good Practice Guidance released on the 24th February. Sharing the high professional standards that legacy professionals follow, the guidance acts as an ethical framework and sets out five key principles in the process to dealing with gifts and wills. Read more here.
The Johnstone’s Trade Community Spirit Competition is back, offering a prize to a UK charity of a £10,000 makeover of its premises. Applications are now being accepted for a local community organisation or charity building that could benefit from a redecoration. The competition will run between 3rd February and the 31st March. To find out more and to apply, click here.
Find out why Mike is running the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 23 April to raise funds for the local charity, Carers Network and support his campaign if you can here.
There are a limited number of places available in this October’s iconic Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon on Sunday 8 October.
If you would like to apply for a place to run as part of Team CN and help raise funds to support even more local unpaid carers, please email mark.bradford@carers-network.org.uk or call 020 8960 3033 to request an application form.
The consultation for changes to be made to the Code of Fundraising Practice has been launched. Areas to be changed include Working with Third Parties, Trustees, the Fundraising Ask and Whistleblowing, as well as several others. The deadline for response is Friday 28th April.
The consultation can be found here.
Places are limited so book now to avoid disappointment. For more information, click here, call 01226 958 888 / 07403 765 278 or email nick@wefindanylearner.co.uk. Alternatively you can fill in an online enquiry form and download a booking form.
The Home Office has launched a programme to build a partnership between government and groups working to promote cohesion and tackle extremism in their communities. The second call for bids for grant funding and in-kind support through OCE’s Building a Stronger Britain Together programme is now open.
Deadline for grants is 6th February, info & help available from Aysha, at aysha.esakji@lbhf.gov.uk. In-kind support is available throughout the year.
For further information click here.
We still have limited funding available and have a choice of over 40 FREE courses listed on our website www.wefindanylearner.co.uk If you are looking for a course not listed, then do not hesitate to contact us as we could possibly have it available. For more information, please contact me nick@wefindanylearner.co.uk or call 01226 958 888 or 07403 765 278. Alternatively you can fill an online enquiry form or download a booking form
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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.