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With One on One Support & Help from Derbyshire Community Foundation

Independent Charity Derbyshire Community Foundation has been asked by the Peoples Health Trust to promote and bring in quality applications for their Active Communities Funding programme across Derbyshire and DerbyCity. They are seeking projects that bring small communities together to share, learn, or play – projects that bring communities closer together and by doing so improve our quality of life and well-being.

If you are a local community group with an annual income of under £350,000 and would like between £5,000 and £50,000 for a two year project (existing or new) then you will be welcome to attend one of our Funding surgeries taking place at the start of July. You will also need to be based in certain eligible wards as the programme is geographically specific.

We will also be providing a unique and useful service of checking through any Derbyshire Active Communities applications, before the submission date of July 15^th, to ensure you have the best possible chance of acquiring a grant.

Active Communities is just running once in 2013, so, this is your one-off chance to grab some financial help for your work. Call the Foundation on 01773 514850 to see if you are in an eligible ward and book a place or if you cannot make the date arrange a telephone appointment.

Monday 1^st July

South Derbyshire (South D’shire CVS, Swadlincote)                                    9.30 – 10.30               

DerbyCity (Derby Community Action, Charnwood St)                                 11.00 – 12.00             

AmberValley (AmberValley CVS, Ripley)                                                   9.30 – 10.30               

Tuesday 2^nd July

Erewash (Erewash CVS, Long Eaton)                                                           09.30 – 10.30             

Bolsover (Tangent Business Hub. Shirebrook)                                              11.30 – 12.30             

HighPeak (HighPeak CVS, Whaley Bridge)                                                            14.00 – 15.00 

Chesterfield/ NE Derbyshire (LINKS, Newbold Road)                                  11.30 – 12.30  

Then come to the Newark and Sherwood funding fair on 26^th June, 2- 6pm at Kelham Hall.

If you want to meet organisations who may be able to fund your community project then this is the most important event that you will go to this year.

Whether your project is just at the ideas stage, or you have already started to draft an application, spending ten minutes talking it over with the funder will help to improve your submission.

Representatives of all the major local funders will be there to discuss your ideas and concerns with you face to face. This includes BIG Lottery; Children in Need; WREN; Newark and Sherwood District Council; Nottinghamshire County Council; Heritage Lottery Fund; People’s Health Trust.

In addition there will be organisations who can provide you with information and advice about a range of topics including finance and volunteering.

The event is open from 2 – 6pm so come along at a time to suit you.

To book a place go to: newarkfundingandinformationfair.eventbrite.com

Or contact Susan Meech, Funding Advisor at Newark & Sherwood CVS: smeech@nanadscvs.org or ring 01636 705447

Are you a business owner with ambitions to grow? Have you considered applying for the fully funded Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme?

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an innovative fully funded programme designed to unlock the economic and job creation potential of small businesses and social enterprises from across the Midlands. The Programme is delivered by Aston Business School in partnership with the Goldman Sachs Foundation and it is targeted at business owners who have clear ambitions to expand their small businesses or social enterprises

The aim of the programme is to provide participants with practical tools and resources to help them lay the foundation for long term sustainable growth and job creation in their businesses. This support includes attendance of twelve high quality, practically-focussed business and management education modules, delivered by Aston Business School, plus a range of other tailor-made support services including specialist workshops and one to one business advice. Through the on-going success of the programme, we are proud to be developing a growth orientated network of influential business leaders across the Midlands.

To date a total of seventy-nine business leaders have already completed the Programme, with a forth cohort of thirty businesses currently on the programme. We are now seeking up to thirty business owners or leaders to apply for the fifth cohort, which is due to start in September 2013. 

To find out more about the programme, businesses are invited to join the 10,000 Small Businesses Programme Team at a Preview Event for an opportunity to understand how the programme can benefit you and your business, meet the delivery team, hear from a past participant, ask questions and network with other likeminded business owners.

The Preview event is being held at Aston Business School, Birmingham on Tuesday June 11, from 6pm – 8pm. To book your place please visit www.10ksb.aston.ac.uk/events or call 0121 204 3225

Alternatively, if you would like additional information about the programme and how it can benefit your business please feel free to contact the team on email at 10ksb@aston.ac.uk or by telephoning 0121 204 3225.

The closing date for applications is June 28, 2013.

£40m of Lottery funding is to be invested in community health schemes across England as new research reveals that taking part in these projects can make you almost three times happier than if your income were to double.

14 organisations, including local health bodies and leading charities, will receive the funding from Big Lottery Fund to deliver the interventions to encourage healthier eating, increase physical activity and promote good mental health. Many of the projects will target vulnerable and marginalised groups such as families struggling with food poverty; older people experiencing loneliness and isolation; and young homeless people.

The funding comes as research from a five-year report compiled by Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) and the New Economics Foundation (NEF) suggests that community-based health projects can significantly improve people’s happiness and life satisfaction. The research - which surveyed just under 2,000 people taking part in Lottery-funded schemes including cooking lessons for families, cycling and therapeutic gardening projects - showed an average increase in life satisfaction from 6.5 to 7.1 on a ten point scale, which was sustained at least six months after their involvement in projects had ended. To put this into perspective, evidence suggests that even if a person’s income were to double, life satisfaction scores would only rise by just over 0.2 (see notes to editors for more information).

The data, which is one of the biggest sets available in the UK, looking specifically at the impact of community health interventions, also found the proportion of people reporting depressive symptoms fell 35 per cent after taking part in projects and the amount of people feeling relaxed increased by 41 per cent. The projects increased self esteem, with almost 25 per cent more people feeling good about themselves and optimistic about the future. Participants were also more likely to eat five portions of fruit and veg each day, an increase of 16 per cent, and become more active, with those only taking part in low levels of physical activity falling 21 by per cent.

Building on that research, Big Lottery Fund has today awarded £40m Lottery funding to around 200 health projects that will work in communities across England. For a full list of awards being made, visit the Big Lottery Fund here and for more details about the evaluation click here

The Community Sport Activation Fund is a £40 million Lottery revenue fund developed to support grassroots activity at a very local level. The Fund was designed in response to demand and will aim to unlock potential and resources. We will not prescribe how projects will deliver but will invest in what works best in different areas, based on local evidence.

Projects the fund is aimed at

The kinds of projects we expect to fund include:

• Activities reflecting a broad range of sports
• Informal opportunities which could lead to regular participation
• Multi-sport activities which provide people with a range of choices and opportunities to suit them
• Family orientated activities with a focus on 14 plus age group
• Local activator roles that focus on directly organising and delivering new opportunities for participation.

Projects could be for up to 3-years and the grants will range from £50,000-£250,000 with partnership funding required.

The best projects for this fund will demonstrate the following key characteristics:

• A focus on a clearly defined geographical area and community
• Demonstrable understanding of sporting needs
• Evidence of what potential participants want or need in order to take part in sport once a week
• Local partners working together to deliver and help fund the project
• A clear and robust delivery plan
• Realistic, but ambitious, numbers for increasing and sustaining once a week participation

The deadline for Round 2 applications is 1^st July 2013. For more details visit the Sport England website. 

First World War: then and now provides grants of £3,000 to £10,000 for communities to mark the Centenary of the First World War. HLF also provide grants of more than £10,000 for First World War projects – see Understanding the First World War for more information.

The difference HLF want to make - With a grant from HLF you could make a real difference to a wide range of people by helping them understand the war and its impact better. In particular, HLF believes that involving young people in marking the Centenary is important. See examples of the heritage your project might explore.

In assessment, HLF take account of the broad range of outcomes that your project might achieve. Under First World War: then and now, they expect your project to achieve a minimum of one outcome for people from the list below. It is unlikely that your project will achieve a large number of these outcomes.

Outcomes for heritage With HLF support, heritage will be:

• better managed
• in better condition
• better interpreted and explained
• identified / recorded

Outcomes for people With HLF investment, people will have:

• developed skills
• learnt about heritage
• volunteered time

Outcomes for communities With HLF support:

• more people and a wider range of people will have engaged with heritage.

Application process - First World War: then and now is a rolling programme, meaning you can apply anytime. The application form is straightforward, and HLF will assess your application in 8 weeks. Please contact your local team to find out when decisions are made. If you are thinking of applying under this programme, you can express your interest online. We will let you know if your application is suitable for this programme and you can then decide whether to go ahead. For more details and information please visit the HLF website.

Locality is providing support and grants to help hundreds of areas across the country create neighbourhood plans, with a £9.5m fund available. The Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning programme will officially launch on 1^st May 2013.

What is Neighbourhood Planning? - The Localism Act 2011 introduces statutory Neighbourhood Planning in England. It enables communities to draw up a Neighbourhood Plan for their area and is intended to give communities more of a say in the development of their local area (within certain limits and parameters). These plans will be used to decide the future of the places where you live and work giving opportunities to:

• choose where you want new homes, shops and offices to be built
• have your say on what new buildings should look like
• grant planning permission for the new buildings you want to see go ahead.

Neighbourhood Planning support - The Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning programme will support groups developing neighbourhood plans in two ways:

• direct support – advice and support, tailored to meet the needs of supported neighbourhoods
• grant payments – up to £7,000 per neighbourhood area, to contribute to costs incurred by the group preparing a neighbourhood plan or order.

The programme is underpinned by activities and resources to share learning, promote good practice, and encourage networking for groups developing neighbourhood plans. Before you apply make sure you talk to your local authority about the support they may be offering and what additional needs you might have.

Who is eligible? -Town and parish councils, neighbourhood forums and emerging neighbourhood forums preparing a Neighbourhood Development Plan or Neighbourhood Development Order in England will be able to apply.

Get ready to apply - In advance of the formal launch you can start to prepare for your application for direct support, grants, or both by previewing the kind of information you will need to supply when you apply. There are different stages of the neighbourhood planning process and the aim of this fund is to support you to move through these stages. We will therefore ask you a number of questions to help us to determine the kind of support you will need.

For more information visit the my community rights website, and the Neighbourhood planning section: www.mycommunityrights.org.uk/neighbourhood-planning

25 June - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 

Community Action, Charnwood Street, Derby

Are you a new group that hasn’t applied for funding?

Would you like to find out which funders to approach?

Are you looking for funding to continue your existing services?

Are you developing new projects/activities that need funding?

If so, come along to our Festival of Funding on Tuesday 25 June at Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby. As well as having the opportunity to talk with funders, there will be six funding workshops during the morning being delivered by:

10:15 to 11:00 am

Derbyshire Community Foundation

Heritage Lottery Fund

11:15 to 12:00 pm

Big Lottery

ProHelp

12:15 to 1:00 pm

Tudor Trust

Derbyshire Sport/Sport England

Other funders at the event include:

Co-op Community Fund

One East Midlands

Charity Bank

Princes Trust

Local Giving

Derby Diocesan

The Key Fund

For more information email Liz Gumbley. Put the date in your diary and we’ll see you there!

Derbyshire Community Foundation is currently seeking applications for their Rolls-Royce Fund and for 2013 there are two distinct categories eligible for support:

1) Organisations working with and for Carers

2) Organisations delivering crisis food support for families and individuals

in real hardship

Derbyshire based community groups and charities can apply for up to £2,000 and can access the pot through the ‘Apply for a Grant’ section on the Foundation’s website www.derbyshirecommunityfoundation.co.uk

Grants are to be used for project delivery as opposed to organisational core costs, if you want any more advice on this aspect of the fund or to chat in general then you call Geraldine Walsh or Sarah Stainthorpe on 01773 514850 or e-mail sarah@derbyshirecommunityfoundation.co.uk

For this specific one off pot there is a deadline of Friday 21^st June 2013. Decisions will be made at the end of July 2013. 

25 June - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 
Community Action, Charnwood Street, Derby

Are you a new group that hasn’t applied for funding?

Would you like to find out which funders to approach?

Are you looking for funding to continue your existing services?

Are you developing new projects/activities that need funding?

If so, come along to our Festival of Funding on Tuesday 25 June at Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby. As well as having the opportunity to talk with funders, there will be six funding workshops during the morning being delivered by:

10:15 to 11:00 am

Derbyshire Community Foundation

Heritage Lottery Fund

11:15 to 12:00 pm

Big Lottery

ProHelp

12:15 to 1:00 pm

Tudor Trust

Derbyshire Sport/Sport England

Other funders at the event include:

Co-op Community Fund

One East Midlands

Charity Bank

Princes Trust

Local Giving

Derby Diocesan

The Key Fund

For more information email Liz Gumbley. Put the date in your diary and we’ll see you there!

Heritage Lottery Fund will be running a workshop for BAME-led organisations in Leicester on Wednesday 12 June and would like to encourage Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic organisations that have started to develop their ideas upon a heritage project to come along and learn more about our programmes and processes. The workshop will start at 10:00 and is expected to finish at 13:00, lunch and refreshments will be provided.    

Below are some links to BAME based projects that have received funding from Heritage Lottery Fund that you may find useful.   

• Coming to Coventry:  http://www.hlf.org.uk/ourproject/Pages/Coming_to_Coventry.aspx
• The Sugar Tours Project: http://www.hlf.org.uk/ourproject/Pages/TheSugarToursProject.aspx
• The distance we have travelled, Greater Manchester Refugee Exhibition: http://www.hlf.org.uk/ourproject/Pages/TheDistanceWeHaveTravelled.aspx

The workshops will focus on what HLF looks for in a heritage project, explore a range of heritage projects and themes that has received HLF investment, and discuss our new and amended programmes.  There will be other areas that will be discussed and attendees will have opportunity to talk to Heritage Lottery Fund staff.

Heritage includes many different things from the past that we value and want to pass on to future generations. Heritage can include:

• people’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’ or spoken history);
• histories of people and communities (including people who have migrated to the UK);
• languages and dialects;
• cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes;
• histories of places and events (for example, the development of a village or town or the effects of a war or a strike);
• historic buildings;
• archaeological sites;
• collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or archives;
• natural and designed landscapes and gardens;
• wildlife, including special habitats and species; and
• places and objects linked to our industrial, maritime (to do with the sea) and transport history, such as coal mines, docks and railways

Booking and Attending

For the purpose of the workshops we are looking for BAME-led groups and organisations that have started to develop their ideas. The workshop will take place in Leicester on Wednesday 12 June. Booking is essential as there are limited places, with there being a limit of 2 per organisation, attendees will be provided details relating to workshop location when they confirm their booking.

For more information or to book a place at a workshop, please contact Helen Johnson, Development Officer, Heritage Lottery Fund East Midlands. Tel: 0115 934 9055 Email: hjohnson@hlf.org.uk

For more information on the Heritage Lottery Fund visit: www.hlf.org.uk

Friday 14th June, 10am – 4pm

A fantastic opportunity to find out more about social enterprises in Lincolnshire, how they benefit the community and doing good business together. Social Enterprises will be given a 90 second slot to stand up and sell their products and services throughout the day.

Who should attend:

Social Enterprises, intermediaries, experts (support bodies), anyone interested in setting up or buying responsibly from a social enterprise.

Friday 14th June, 10am – 4pm at New Life Conference Centre, 22 Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1XD

For more infroamtion and to book a place please visit the Pilotfish Partnership website here or if have any queries please contact Vicky Neeve on 01778 382 730 or vneeve@pilotfishpartnership.co.uk

Grants Officer – Birmingham; £21,210 - £24,605

HLF currently has a maternity cover Grants Officer position available for up to 12 months in our Birmingham office. The Grants Officer will be expected to assess and process applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund for grants in the West Midlands region, including progress monitoring of projects undertaken by successful applicants.

The job holder will be also expected to contribute to the wider work of the team in developing a regional focus, including processing a range of pre-application enquiries, undertaking outreach activities, and pursuing other strategic objectives. 

To review the job description and to apply for this role, please visit the vacancies section of the HLF website www.hlf.org.uk and complete the online job application.

The HLF is the UK’s leading funder of our diverse heritage and gives grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom.  We fund the entire spread of heritage including historic buildings, museums and archives, natural heritage and the histories of people and places.   We have awarded £4.97 billion to more than 33,000 projects across the UK.

Closing date for applications is Monday 6^th May 2013.

Interviews will be held in our Birmingham office on tbc.

If you have not heard from the recruiting officer two weeks after the closing date please assume you have not been successful. Thank you for your interest in this role and our organisation.

For more information and to apply please visit the HLF website: www.hlf.org.uk

BBC Children in Need’s Central team has a new vacancy in the region. To support the implementation and delivery of the new grant strategy a new Regional Officer role has been created, based in Birmingham.  There are similar vacancies in their South West, London and South East and North regions. To find out more about htis opportunity please click here

The role of the Regional Officer plays a significant role in the region, to meet the aims of the charity. It develops the outreach work of the region, and works with stakeholders across the region to facilitate the development and delivery of solutions for change. It provides management and support for the regional grant-making process, freelance assessors and the Regional Advisory Committee, and will act as a contact point across the local voluntary sector and for other key stakeholders throughout the BBC and beyond. This role supports the vision to enable even more effective and sustainable positive change for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.

BBC Children in Need is positively changing the lives of disadvantaged children and young people throughout the UK. We celebrate diversity and positively encourage applications from all parts of the community to join team.  Anyone interested in the roles can contact the regional Manager Melinda Connelly on 0121 567 7120, or mobile 07720 671423. But please note that she is out of the office until May 7 – in her absence, please contact any of the following – also Regional Managers  within BBC Children in Need:

Clare Cannock – clare.cannock@bbc.co.uk direct line: 0117 974 6600

Kerry Luker – Kerry.luker@bbc.co.uk direct line: 07720 671368

New businesses in four of the region’s counties will benefit from a new partnership that includes Nottingham based, Social Enterprise East Midlands (SEEM).

The Government has announced the North of England will receive over one million pounds from its Social Incubator Fund to nurture social businesses across the regions and this will include Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.

‘Social Incubator North’ will be led by Sheffield-based Key Fund in collaboration with SEEM, three other regional Social Enterprise Partnerships, and Locality: the government funding will be matched with another £1m from the delivery partners.

The £10m Social Incubator Fund launched last year is delivered by the Big Lottery Fund on behalf of the Office for Civil Society. The funding will enable Social Incubator North to provide investment into local social start-ups or expanding businesses and offer a period of intensive support. This will help turn early stage ideas into successful businesses that change lives, by giving entrepreneurs access to the resources they need to get their ventures off the ground.

Roger Moors, CEO of SEEM said: ‘Social Business can be any kind of model as long as it aims to have a positive social or environmental impact and there’s a demand for it. We really want to inspire people to come forward who have a passionate idea but just need the right support and access to finance to make it happen.’

Key Fund is the only regional social business specific community development finance institution in the UK. It has significant experience of successful investment, consortium management and business development. Ann Oldroyd, CEO of Key Fund, said: “We have over a decades’ experience nurturing new enterprises with a social conscience, and so we’re absolutely thrilled to lead this initiative for the North. Together with our delivery partners we can really make a hugely positive impact across the region.”

Social Enterprise East Midlands (SEEM) will be joined by other delivery partners Social Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber (SEYH), North East Social Enterprise Partnership (NESEP),  Social Enterprise North West (SENW) and Locality.

Each partner is a membership body responsible for directing growth in their particular region. Locality is the national membership body at the forefront of locally led community development and a longstanding partner of government in establishing and leading the growth of regeneration methodologies such as asset transfer and community share issues. It is intended that the programme will launch very quickly, in the next month or so. Keep posted on this development by visiting the SEEM and Key Fund websites: www.seem.uk.net  and  www.thekeyfund.co.uk

Do you have an idea for a heritage project?

Do you need help to achieve it?

Come to this FREE event to find out how the Heritage Lottery Fund could support you

Hear about our work to support groups in Derby applying for HLF funds

Find out about funding currently available including our new Sharing Heritage grant for £3000 - £10,000 

Hear the experiences of successful HLF applicants currently working on a project

The event will take place on Friday 12 April, 2-5pm, Derby City Centre

For further details and to book your place - please contact: Sarah Finch by email; sarahf@hlf.org.uk or on 0115 934 9062

BBC Children in Need’s processes for applying for a grant have recently changed and there are also new application deadlines for our Small Grants and Main Grants programmes.

For Small Grants:

Applicants can apply for a one year grant of up to £10,000.

Deadlines are 1^st April, 1^st June, 1^st September, 1^st December and 1^st February

Decisions on applications will be received in 8-9 weeks following the application deadline, for eg applications received for the April deadline will receive an outcome in early June.

For Main Grants

Applicants can apply for a grant of over £10,000 a year for up to 3 years

Deadlines are 15^th May, 15^th September and 15^th January

There is now a 2-stage process for applying - an initial application followed by a full application.  If your Initial Application is successful you will be invited to submit a Full Application within a month.  Funding decisions will take approximately 5 months from the Initial Application deadline – e.g. if applying in May and invited to Full Application you could hear the outcome in early October.

Applicants should contact their local CIN Regional office in Nottingham 01159 021 851 or the Helpdesk on 0345 609 0015 for guidance regarding what and how much to apply for.

For application forms and further information please visit the ‘Grants’ section of our website at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey.  You will also find FAQs and guidelines about what we fund there, which we would advise you to read before applying. 

Who & what we fund

Our vision is that every child in the UK has a safe, happy and secure childhood, and the chance to reach their potential.  To achieve this vision, BBC Children in Need awards grants to not-for-profit organisations to make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. We fund organisations working to combat or alleviate disadvantage, including:

• living in poverty or situations of deprivation
• disability
• behavioural or psychological difficulties
• illness, distress, abuse or neglect

We fund work that takes place in the UK and is for the benefit of children and young people aged 18 years and younger.  Applicants should be constituted, not-for-profit organisations based in the UK.  Applications can be for activities, equipment, salaries, volunteers’ expenses, travel costs etc. - it is up to the applicants to define their needs.  For us the most important consideration is the effect such a grant will have on the children and young people, and it is applicants that can demonstrate this that have the greatest chance of success. 

Monday 21^st January 2012, 2pm until 7pm

Calling all voluntary organisations and community groups in the borough of Gedling and beyond who are looking for funding.

Come along and meet friendly representatives from grant giving bodies alongside organisations who can support groups in offering funding advice, community loans or business support. The event is suitable for any voluntary sector groups including those working in play, sports, youth, arts, health, environment and open spaces and many of the funders will support school and parish council projects in the community.

The following organisations will be at the event to help:

• The Big Lottery Fund
• Nottinghamshire County Council Community and Voluntary Sector Team
• Nottinghamshire County Council Local Improvement Scheme
• Gedling Homes (administer Community Chest Grants)
• GCVS (Gedling Community and Voluntary Services)
• RCAN (Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire)
• Gedling Borough Council Leisure and Culture
• WREN
• Sported
• Youth Music
• TSELF Big Issue Trust
• The Charity Bank Ltd
• The Heritage Lottery Fund
• Sport Nottinghamshire
• Santander Foundation

If you would like to register your interest or find out more about this event, please contact Gedling CVS on 0115 987 1981 or email info@gedlingcvs.org.uk or just come along on the day.

Festival of Funding on Thursday 24^th January 2013 between 10.00am – 1.00pm

• Are you a new group that hasn’t applied for funding yet and would like to find out which funders to approach?

• Are you looking for funding to continue your existing services?
• Are you developing new projects/activities that need funding?

If so, come along to our Festival of Funding on Thursday 24^th January 2013 at Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby.  As well as having the opportunity to talk with funders, there will be 6 funding workshops during the morning being delivered by:

10.15am – 11.00am

• Matt Rowe – Big Lottery
• Lisa McIndoe – Co-op Community Fund

11.15am – 12 noon

•  Misbah Ramzan – Derbyshire Community Foundation
• Lezli Hall – ProHelp

12.15pm – 1.00pm

• Gary Beharrell – Lloyds TSB Foundation

• Sarah Finch – Heritage Lottery Fund

Other funders who will be there are:

• Derbyshire Sport/Sport England
• Derby City Council – Community First
• Metropolitan Migration Foundation
• Local Giving
• East Midlands Airport
• The Key Fund
• Charity Bank

This event will only be successful if you come along so please put the date in your diary!  

Projects throughout England now have the opportunity to apply for repeat and on-going activities under Awards for All in a pilot scheme running until the end of March 2013.

Currently Awards for All does not fund on-going, regular or repeat activities, as the programme has focused on ‘new’ project ideas.  However, in these challenging times we are increasingly aware of the pressures smaller groups face with rising costs and cuts to funding, and want to respond to this by looking at alternative ways of funding projects that support those most in need.

Following a successful six month pilot in the West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, we are now rolling out the pilot across England.

This pilot will open out the criteria to all projects where the applicant has an income of less than (or equal to) £30,000 according to their latest accounts.

We envisage this pilot running until 31 March 2013.  Any applications received for repeat and ongoing activities over this time period, and meeting the criteria above, will be assessed in the normal way.  Please be aware that application materials (Guide for applicants and Application form) will not be changed. Please see the application notes below before applying.

If you would like to speak to someone further about how this affects projects in your region please contact the BIG advice line on 0845 4 10 20 30.

Rural communities across theUKare set to benefit from a new injection of funding to help them revive their villages through community enterprise.  The Plunkett Foundation has been awarded over £450,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to create a new comprehensive support service for rural communities considering setting up or diversifying community-owned services – like shops and pubs – to help turn the tide on rural decline.

The funding will provide a much needed boost for communities considering community ownership, and will provide a combination of adviser support, training, feasibility grants, and opportunities for networking with other community enterprises.

The support is specifically focused at the early stage of a community’s ideas, and will help them progress to the next stage. Eligibility for support will depend on communities aiming to raise at least £10,000 themselves through community shares and support will be given to ensure communities are creating viable and sustainable businesses that engage the whole community.

This new service will open for applications on the 3rd December 2012, and Plunkett encourages rural communities who need support for their enterprises to contact them directly for more information via 01993 810730 or by emailing info@plunkett.co.uk

Monday 8th October 4pm-7pm

Ashfield House, Ashby Road, Burton on Trent, DE15 0LA

• Are you fundraising for your organisation?
• Are you looking for funding for a specific project?
• Do you want to improve your chance of funding?

For more information please visit: http://sdcvs.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/2012-funding-fair/

And contact jane@escvs.org.uk  01283 543414

or ericc@sdcvs.org.uk 01283 817415

This year is Charity Bank’s tenth anniversary and to mark this milestone we are running a photo competition to show the positive impact that people and organisations are having on their communities throughout the UK.

Do you have photos that show the positive impact that people and organisations are having on their community?

Perhaps you are connected to a charity or community group that is making a real difference?

Or perhaps you have photographed a community event, a litter collection, a community sports event, a regeneration project or another activity that has benefited the community?

The competition is open to the general public and our Borrowers and Depositors.

For more details visit www.charitybank.org/the-bigger-picture

• Localgiving.com Workshop - 4th September at Community Action 2.00pm - 4.00pm - this is a new website dedicated to helping small, local charities and community groups to grow supporters and donations.  It allows supporters to identify and donate to worthy causes quickly and easily, and therefore opens up an effective and extremely valuable source of funding for many different charities and community groups  This workshop is Free

• Tax Effective Workshop (Institute of Fundraising) - 12th September at Community Action - 10.00am - 4.00pm - everything every small charity needs to know to get started in raising funds from individuals tax-effectively.  There is a charge for this one day workshop - £40 plus VAT for voluntary organisations

• Introducing commissioning and procurement (NAVCA) - 17th September at Community Action - 10.00am - 4.00pm - this workshop covers all the basics of what you need to know about commissioning and procurement. There is a charge for this one day workshop - £40 plus VAT for voluntary organisations

• Derbyshire Sport Workshop - 19th September 6.00pm - 8.00pm -this session will be useful for members of not for profit sports clubs who are either new to grant funding or who want to brush up their skills or learn about current opportunities available for sporting activities - this workshop is Free

To book on any of these training sessions please email training@communityactionderby.org.uk

Core funding and free training for health charities - 2013 GSK IMPACT Awards

GSK’s IMPACT Awards are designed to reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health. Organisations must be at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK with income between £10,000 and £1.5 million. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000 plus free training valued at £4,000.

To apply go to: www.kingsfund.org.uk/gskimpactawards

Closing date Friday 21 September 2012

The Minister for Civil Society, has announced the launch of the Social Incubator Fund, which is now open to applications.

The £10m Fund (administered by the Big Lottery Fund) will invest in c.10 social incubators to help develop a credible pipeline of social investment opportunities for the Investment & Contract Readiness Fund and eventually Big Society Capital.

The Fund was announced in the updated Cabinet Office social investment strategy two weeks ago and highlights the government’s commitment to growing the social investment market.

Please visit the Cabinet Office website at the following link to access more information on the Social Incubator Fund: The Social Incubator Fund

Calderdale College as Accountable Body on behalf of the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) has been successful in its bid to deliver the European Social Fund Work Place Learning contract across the following regions:

• Yorkshire and the Humber
• West Midlands
• East Midlands
• North West
• North East

The College has been awarded a contract worth £55.7million over a 3.5 year period.

The college wishes to strengthen its partnership further by bringing on new partners to help deliver funding which is currently unallocated and will be commissioned in the future to deliver benefit in the context of targeted training and progression opportunities for those who most need them.

Providers who wish to become a delivery partner for this contract can now access key information in the downloads area on the left.

Applications must be submitted on or before Friday 3rd August 2012. Please refer to the Guidance for more details.

More details from this website page - http://www.enhancementfund.co.uk/work-place-learning.asp

If you are interested in this and are East Midlands based please contact Nicola Hudson, Senior Partnership Advisor at Calderdale College to discuss further. Nicola can be contacted at tel: 0113 3861861 mobile: 07948 320819

The UK Association of Building Preservation Trust are holding a regional event in Leicester on 6^th July. You do not need to be a member to attend, and there are a wide range of topics on the agenda. To find our more, including details of the agenda and hot to book you place, click here to take you to the APT regional events page.  

The Heritage Lottery Fund in the East Midlands are looking for a Development Officer at their Nottingham office. For more details visit the HLF website here or visit www.hlf.org.uk and click on About Us and then Vacancies. 

Merger to create one of the UK’s largest social investment intermediaries with a mission ‘to dismantle poverty’

Last week two of the UK’s leading social investors, Big Issue Invest and  TSELF announced they had merged – the first merger in the sector between two Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs). Both organisations have a strong track record of investing and making loans to social enterprises and charities. The merger provides a platform for growth and allows for a combined total of £8m to be immediately available for investment and loan finance, with individual amounts ranging from £50,000 to £1m.

To date, Big Issue Invest (BII) and TSELF (The Social Investment Loan Fund) have invested in 185 enterprises and disbursed over £18.5m in loans and investments. Nigel Kershaw, CEO, BII, said: “Both organisations have the same mission – to dismantle poverty and inequality by investing in social enterprises and charities providing sustainable solutions to social and environmental challenges. The merger naturally followed from a working partnership which highlighted synergies and some obvious advantages to combining the businesses. It makes sense to join forces, allowing us to broaden and strengthen our offering. This means a greater range of expertise, flexibility and most importantly impact. It will also allow us to attract additional funding into the sector.”

Mike Baker, CEO, TSELF, said: “Through our extensive track record of investing in organisations working in disadvantaged communities across the UK, TSELF has developed strong regional knowledge of what financial support is needed and what works. Working together with BII will allow us to continue to grow and share that knowledge and better serve the social enterprise and charity sectors.”

The merger of Big Issue Invest and TSELF provides a first port of call for social enterprises and charities looking for social investment.

TSELF will now operate as part of Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue.To find out more visit: www.bigissueinvest.com

And if you want to find out more you can contact Avril Howker the Regional Director on 0115 9746299 or at: a.howker@tself.org.uk

When: 29^th May 2012, 2pm – 7pm – Feel free to drop in between these times

Where: Mansfield Civic Centre, The Lindhurst Rooms, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7BH

A Funding, Investment and Support event for voluntary and community organisations across the East Midlands

The event is open to all voluntary and community organisations seeking funding, investment and support, giving you the opportunity to meet and talk with potential supporters of your group or organisations work.

Funders and supporters there on day include:

BBC Children in Need

Big Lottery Fund

Charity Bank

Lloyds TSB Foundation

Business in the Community

Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield and Mansfield

Coalfields Regeneration Trust

The Key Fund

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Business in the Community

Mansfield CVS

Ashfield Voluntary Action

Charities Evaluation Service

Community Accounting Plus

Nottingham CVS

Tea and Coffee will be provided and there is also plenty of Free Parking

We will be having a live twitter feed at our funding event tomorrow (29th May from 2pm - 7pm) to help show voluntary and community groups and organisations how important social media is becoming, especially when it comes to finding out about new funding, investment or support opportunities.

Come say hello in person or on twitter tomorrow between 2pm-7pm and let us know your funding, investment and support news or tips.

With 1 week to go until our funding event things are coming together very nicely, we have plenty of stall holders and nearly 100 groups and organisation booked to come along.

There are still some spaces for stallholders, so if you are interested please contact James Kirkpatrick on james@fundingsupport.co.uk or 07739 835909.

And there is also space for more voluntary and community groups and organisations, to book your places please contact the Focus on Funding team on Tel: 0115 934 8405 or Email focusonfunding@nottinghamcvs.co.uk 

Look forward to seeing you there.

Choosing the Right Legal Status for Your Organisation

Derbyshire ProHelp, a Business in the Community initiative, is offering a free workshop on legal status for voluntary and community organisations.

If your organisation is considering changing its legal status and you are not sure which is most appropriate for you, this workshop will help you decide.

Maybe you are a charity that wishes to trade and you need to know how this might affect your status?

This workshop will appeal to charities and community organisations which are considering different status options. Leading law firm Freeth Cartwright will be providing advice. Come along and have your burning questions answered.

Date and Time: Thursday 28 June 2012, 10:00am – 1.00pm (registration at 09.45)

Venue: Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby

Cost: Free workshop

How to Book: to request a booking form email training@communityactionderby.org.uk or contact Liz Gumbley on 01332 227738

Live UnLtd Summer of Social Action Campaign and are keen to receive applications from any young people who wants to set up their own community impact project.

We back people aged 11-21 with cash & support to launch projects that can change their world for the better

Projects can be around any topic/issues that young people are interested in from the arts and sport to the environment or bullying.

We have helped support inter-generational projects, start sports clubs, assist art and community projects and helped people start their own sustainable social enterprises. All projects and enterprises are run by the young people themselves.

Support is available in the form of cash awards starting at around £500 which is used to start projects and pay for equipment etc. You’ll also be given a dedicated Development Manager to help you with your project planning and budgeting. All of our support is free of charge.

Who can apply?

11-21 yrs of age

Living in the UK

Applying as an individual or informal group, with your own idea. This means that you cannot apply on behalf of an organisation. For example a youth club or youth centre.

Applications to UnLtd must meet the following criteria:

Have a positive social impact on your community

Demonstrate that you have identified a problem and can explain how your project would tackle the problem

Tell us what specific activities your project/enterprise includes and what you hope to achieve

Provide a learning experience or opportunity for you the applicant

How do people apply?

Applicants between 11-21 years old need to fill in an enquiry form. This can be found at www.liveunltd.com  Or can contact me direct to discuss their idea.

If you’d like more information on what we do or would like us to come and talk to colleagues/young people you work with please get in touch with Eva Fryc covering the Midlands region on Email: evafryc@unltd.org.uk or tel: 07545 933 827

The deadline for applications is 31st May 2012

Santander Foundation offers one-off grants of up to £10,000 to charities anywhere in the UK to help disadvantaged people through education and training or financial capability projects. There are no deadlines or application forms and full details of how to apply can be found on their website at www.santanderfoundation.org.uk

With May fast approaching, and our event date being 29th May, how about an update on our confirmed stall holders:

• BBC Children in Need
• Lloyds TSB Foundation
• Charity Bank
• Big Lottery Fund
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Business in the Community and ProHelp
• sported.
• Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield and Mansfield
• Coalfield Regeneration Trust
• Nottinghamshire County Council
• Nottinghamshire Community Foundation
• The Key Fund
• Ashfield Voluntary Action

This is a free event for voluntary and community groups, and to book your places please contact the Focus on Funding team on Tel: 0115 934 8405 or Email focusonfunding@nottinghamcvs.co.uk 

Look forward to seeing you there.

The Cable&Wireless Foundation is inviting organisations that work with people who have special needs to apply for grants of up to £10,000. The foundation said charities must fulfil two sets of criteria: to be an organisation or individual that supports people with special needs and to use the funds to help improve communications, such as websites.

For more information visit their website at: http://www.cw.com/about-us/cww-foundation/

Funding, Investment and Support:

It’s out there and available

A Funding, Investment and Support event for voluntary and community organisations across the East Midlands

The event is open to all voluntary and community organisations seeking funding, investment and support, giving you the opportunity to meet and talk with potential supporters of your group or organisations work.

Funders and supporters already confirmed include:

• BBC Children in Need
• Big Lottery Fund
• Comic Relief
• Charity Bank
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Lloyds TSB Foundation
• Business in the Community
• Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield and Mansfield
• Coalfields Regeneration Trust

In addition we will be having guest speakers at 4pm to present updates and new developments, including some from the East Midlands Funding Forum.

When: 29^th May 2012, 2pm – 7pm

Where: Mansfield Civic Centre, The Lindhurst Rooms, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7BH

To book your places please contact the Focus on Funding team at:

Tel: 0115 934 8405 or Email: focusonfunding@nottinghamcvs.co.uk

Tea and Coffee will be provided and there is also plenty of Free Parking

Funding, Investment and Support:

It’s out there and available

A Funding, Investment and Support event for voluntary and community organisations across the East Midlands

The event is open to all voluntary and community organisations seeking funding, investment and support, giving you the opportunity to meet and talk with potential supporters of your group or organisations work.

Funders and supporters already confirmed include:

• BBC Children in Need
• Big Lottery Fund
• Charity Bank
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Lloyds TSB Foundation
• Business in the Community
• Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield and Mansfield
• Coalfields Regeneration Trust

In addition we will be having guest speakers at 4pm to present updates and new developments, including some from the East Midlands Funding Forum.

When: 29^th May 2012, 2pm – 7pm

Where: Mansfield Civic Centre, The Lindhurst Rooms, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7BH

To book your places please contact the Focus on Funding team at:

Tel: 0115 934 8405 or Email: focusonfunding@nottinghamcvs.co.uk

Tea and Coffee will be provided and there is also plenty of Free Parking

At the recent EMFF Network meeting it was highlighted by a number of members that over the last few months they have seen a drop off in the number of enquiries and funding bids/applications.

This is staggering news considering the messages nationally regarding funding cuts. These messages are focused upon statutory sector, but are these messages now starting to impact upon other funders and investors? Are parts of the sector thinking there just isn’t any funding out there?

Two of the funders reporting a drop in both enquiries and applications in the East Midlands are BBC Children in Need and the Lloyds TSB Foundation.

As ever when applying for funding groups and organisations need to make sure they meet the criteria of the funder or investor they are approaching. Just because there has been a drop off in applications for some funders it doesn’t mean they will be flexible with their guidelines and criteria.

More information upon those funders seeking applications can be found below:

Details on BBC Children in Need can be found at: www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey

Lloyds TSB Foundation are seeking grant applications from East Midlands charities. For guidelines and eligibility please check their website at: www.lloydstsbdfoundations.org.uk

If any other funders and invested have found similar things happening we would be really interested in hearing from you.

BBC Children in Need is currently recruiting volunteer committee members, for its regional advisory committee in the Central region.  Please see the attached link for to the advert and job description for more details. 

https://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jj&id=42483&aid=15746

Need funding advice? Need help looking for funding?

Focus on Funding is holding a funding surgery to help your group

This surgery is open to any voluntary or community group in Nottinghamshire, who need help to secure funding for example a play group, historical society, football team or village hall.

You will get a 45 minute appointment with an experienced funding advisor who can help with:

• Completing funding application forms you’ve already started

• Finding new sources of funding

• Let you know what other help is available in your area

• Any other questions you have about funding

After your appointment you will have the opportunity to register with Funding Central, the free online funding search website, and carry out relevant funding searches. This may take up to 30 minutes.

Thursday 8 March, 10am - 4pm (appointments only)

Newark & Sherwood CVS, 67 Northgate, Newark,

Nottinghamshire NG24 1HD

Book an appointment

To book an appointment or if you have more questions about the surgery contact Focus on Funding on 0115 934 8405 or focusonfunding@nottinghamcvs.co.uk. To avoid disappointment please contact us at least a week before the surgery date to secure your place.

All set now for the EMFF Network meeting tomorrow in Amber Valley. There should be some interesting discussions between the funders and investors as we look at the impact of cuts in the East Midlands, amongst other subjects of course.

If you are a funder or investor into the voluntary, charity or third sector and are interested in meeting with other similar organisations in the region, then don’t hesitate to gt in contact.

We are currently being facilitated by Funding Support, and you can contact James Kirkpatrick at james@fundingsupport.co.uk or on tel: 07739 835909

Nottingham CVS are running a Twitterthon today (17th February) from 10am-4pm letting people know what their staff are up to all day long.

This is an interesting way to get the message out about what they do, who they support, and to highlight their importance to Nottingham communities. An certainly something to follow or look back on.

Check out their website article: http://www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/news/article/ncvs-twitterthon

And follow #NCVSday on twitter for the updates.

The East Midlands regional team at Heritage Lottery Fund are looking for a Grants Officer, for more information visit their website at: https://forms.hlf.org.uk/applications/HLFJobs_PublicPortal.ofml?001954bc7e7e&jobid=209

As ever we are keen to promote grant, investment and funding programmes, schemes and packages for voluntary and community groups, and the wider third sector. 

So if have a programme you want promoting let us know, and if you see one you think more people need to find out about, again let us know.

Also, if you have got an event for the third sector you want us to help you share just send it on over to us.

emfundingforum@gmail.com

Motors.co.uk are looking for nominations for communities most deserving local hero to win up to £10k mostdeserving.motors.co.uk

The announcement of the successful bids to the Transforming Local Infrastructure programme have been made. In the East Midlands there have been successful bids from Derbyshire RCC, Voluntary Action LeicesterShire, CommunityLincs, Nottingham CVS and NAVO.

For a full lsit andthe amounts head to: http://biglotteryfund.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/transforming-local-infrastructure-awards2.pdf