The Friends Provident Foundation wants to promote financial inclusion and reduce social disharmony caused by the way that financial systems currently operate. It supports the development of a stronger voice for community-based financial organisations.
For more information visit www.friendsprovidentfoundation.org, or contact The Administrator, Friends Provident Foundation, Pixham End, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1QA Tel: 0845 2683388 (Monday [...]
The Veterans Challenge Fund (VCF) supports the Strategy for Veterans, developed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in consultation with other government departments and ex-service organisations representing veterans. The Fund received £750,000 this year. Past awards have ranged from £400 to £95,000.
Write to Veterans Challenge Fund, Ministry of Defence Main Building, Floor 7, Zone H, [...]
Nationwide Building Society has teamed up with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to launch the Nationwide Community and Heritage Awards 2008, inviting the public to nominate people or groups who deserve recognition for community or voluntary work that has made a real difference to people’s lives.
Nominations for the very best and most inspirational volunteers in [...]
The four Lloyds TSB Foundations across the UK will receive £37.1 million this year from the Lloyds TSB Group following its annual results announced on Friday, 22 February 2008. The cash fund will benefit charities supporting disadvantaged people and community groups across the UK.
Full details of current funding programmes at www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
North Somerset Partnership’s Annual Event is being held at the Winter Gardens from 09:30 until 1 pm on the 22 April 2008.
The focus this year will be to launch the new Sustainable Community Strategy and to showcase examples of planned or existing delivery partnership activities that contribute to the shared priorities contained within the strategy. [...]
The next Children’s, Youth and Parenting Organisations’ network meeting will be on: Tuesday 29 April, 10am - 12 noon, at the Old School Rooms Congresbury on how to ensure participation by children / youth / parents in the design of services offered by voluntary groups.
Jane Barber, Senior Participation Practitioner from Barnardos will be leading [...]
Sustainable Funding Introductory Workshop
Sustainable Funding Project’s one-day workshop giving an overview of sustainable funding
Date: 3 April 2008
Host: Birmingham Voluntary Service Council
Getting Ready for Enterprise
The Sustainable Funding Project’s course for voluntary and community organisations thinking about
developing a trading idea.
Date: 16 April 2008
Host: Community Council of Devon
Introduction to Sustainable Funding
part of Community [...]
Our new website goes live today, thanks to Cheap Web Hosting, a UK-based company that offers free website hosting for charities and voluntary sector organisations. It’s early days yet but so far the people at Cheap Web Hosting have been very helpful, and the company’s services are proving easy to use and reliable.
The new website [...]