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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.
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The Community Business Bright Ideas Fund, which supports aspiring community groups in England wanting to set up new community businesses has re-opened for applications.
Grants of up to £15,000, tailored business support as well as learning events are available to:
- Give community groups the support and tools required to start setting up their community business
- Provide them with the early stage finance to carry out consultations with local people and the opportunity for feasibility studies
- To develop a community business idea, that the community wants and needs.
Community support provider Locality is delivering Bright Ideas on behalf of Power to Change in partnership with Co-operatives UK, the Plunkett Foundation and Groundwork UK.
Eligible business projects will be:
- Locally rooted
- Accountable to the local community
- Trading for the benefit of the local community
- Delivering broad community benefit
This round will close for applications on the 31st July. Interested communities can now read the Guidance and Register for a FAQs webinar with a live Q&A.
Click Here to find out more
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has launched the 2018 Great British High Street Awards. The Awards recognise and celebrate local achievements on Britain’s high streets and support the communities in which they live and work.
High streets are eligible to win up to £10,000 for their local community, plus the opportunity for their local businesses and consumers to participate in a Visa GBHS Spend & Win Competition, which rewards the people that make our high streets so special.
Winners will be named in each of the four UK nations across two categories:
The Champion High Street category will recognise the nation’s best high streets.
The Rising Star High Street category will recognise the nation’s most ambitious high streets, which are taking the lead and working together to revive, adapt and diversify.
An overall High Street of the Year in Great Britain and Northern Ireland will also be named.
The awards are open to:
- Business Improvement District
- Local Authority
- Parish Council
- Town Team
- Coastal Community Team
- Town Centre Partnership
- Community Interest Company
- Chambers of Commerce
- Trading Association
Entries close at 23.59 on the 22nd August 2018.
Useful Links:
The Great British High Street Awards 2018 (Video)
Click here to register your interest
Dear Colleagues,
This is to let you know that Carers Network has just launched an exciting new crowdfunding campaign to provide information and tools to improve the health of local carers!
Three in five of us will become a carer at some point in our lives – looking after a family member or close friend. Every year more than two million people in the UK become a carer. This can happen very suddenly and radically change their lifestyle, which may lead to worse mental and physical health.
The project will give 100 carers the tools needed to improve their health while still attending to their caring duties. It will also give them the opportunity to meet other people in the same circumstances – which will help them battle the isolation that being a full-time carer can lead to.
Could You Help?
The goal is to raise a total of at least £5,000. It is ambitious, but this cause deserves an ambitious goal. And with your help, we can make this happen!
Are you able to help us? If you are able to make a donation to our project it would make a great difference to the people we strive to help. It would also be helpful if you could share our campaign with your friends and family, on your social media or with anyone you feel may be interested.
For social media, a possible Tweet could be:
Click the image above to go straight to Twitter
Copy the text below to create your own tweet;
Please support @Carersnetwork ‘s @GlobalGivingUK #crowdfunding campaign to help carers live a healthier life! Donate here: https://bit.ly/2tMgRet
The more people we are able to reach, the more people we are able to help.
You can find out more about the project and donate here: https://bit.ly/2tMgRet
Thank you for your time.
Best wishes,
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Click the image above to go to the Social Change Awards website
An exclusive and fun event with inspiring speakers, celebrating great stories.
What are the Social Change Awards?
DSC Social Change Awards celebrate the passionate individuals and organisations committed to making a positive impact in society.
You don’t have to be a charity to apply. Whether you’re applying as an individual, an informal group, a company, a public body or a charity; If you are passionate about social change then there is a category for you.
The nomination period is open until 31 August 2018.
Click Here to go to the Social Change Awards website
Could your organisation be more effective, efficient and sustainable?
We’re looking for ambitious charities and social enterprises based in England and Wales who need support to get to the next step in their development.
By working with us, organisations have:
- increased the number of service users they reached
- increased and diversified their income
- improved their leadership and governance
- learnt to articulate their vision and mission
- understood their impact
- raised their profiles by developing better marketing
Could this be your organisation?
Pilotlight is an award-winning charity that connects the charity and business worlds to create positive social change. Our programmes enable organisations and their leaders to develop the strategic business skills needed to become more effective and sustainable. Our programmes are free of charge.
For more information and to apply visit our website.
Apply by 3rd August to begin working with us from September 2018.
If you have any queries please contact Georges Lebreton at glebreton@pilotlight.org.uk or on 020 7283 7022
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