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Crowdfunding Initiative to Tackle Poverty & Inequality in London

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.

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New ILM Legacy Fundraising Guidance

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.

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Johnstone’s Trade Community Spirit Competition

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.

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Fundraising Marathons for Carer’s Network

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.

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Fundraising Code Consultation

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.

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Funding Available For Distance Learning & Diplomas

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.

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OCE’s Building a Stronger Britain Together Programme

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.

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Free Training from We Find Any Learner

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

Book now for free training before the Apprenticeship Levy starts in April 2017. 

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Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme: Open Calls

New calls for proposals have been published under the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme:

 

  • The call for proposals to educate and raise the awareness of girls and boys about gender-based violence (deadline 8th March)
  • The call for proposals promote the access to justice and support of victims of gender-based violence and the treatment of perpetrators (deadline 8th March)
  • The call for a pilot projects promoting diversity and unity in Europe (deadline 28th February)

 

Visit our website for more information on these and other open calls at Access Europe Network.

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Communities Fund

The Department for Communities and Local Government will provide funding up to approximately £70,000 to local authorities working with community groups to deliver solutions to entrenched social issues for example relating to:

  • Early intervention and high cost individuals- people falling through gaps in statutory services perhaps because they do not meet individual service criteria or thresholds
  • Adult social care– for example: tackling social isolation including via community transport schemes; projects aimed at safeguarding vulnerable people including rehabilitation and preventative work around domestic abuse; and/or; work aimed at increasing public health and wellbeing
  • Children’s Services– this could, for example, include work around disabled children’s support services or those aimed at helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds
  • Employment Support– we are particularly interested in proposals working with those furthest from the labour market and/or where the training is tailored to reflect opportunities in the local employment market and so more likely to result in sustainable outcomes

This will be through £2.5m funding over the next two years. They invite proposals from local collaborations between local authorities and neighbourhood or community organisations to bid by 16 January. Bids should be for new projects or to extend an existing project into another area but not to prop up an existing approach.

Funding would be provided in the form of a direct grant to a local authority during the 2016/17 financial year. We expect that work would start in 2016/17 and continue until the summer of 2018.

Visit website

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