A start-up community interest company needs some support from exerts sales people to help them start a not-for-profit that is going to extend the use of mental health amongst ethnic minority communities by bettering the skills of mental health professionals and reducing the stigma that is attached to mental health Continue Reading
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Migrant Help Community Hubs Grant Scheme
The Community Hubs Grant Scheme is provided and administered by Migrant Help. Founded in 1963, Migrant Help is a registered charity that supports asylum seekers, refugees, victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, and others affected by displacement and exploitation. The funding aims to support new and existing community hubs Continue Reading
Morrisons Foundation
Grants up to £25,000 are available to registered charities for new projects which directly improve the lives of local people or communities, especially those that are vulnerable or disadvantaged, in England, Scotland or Wales. The Foundation is offering grants to help get new projects off the ground that will benefit Continue Reading
Good News, Everyone (2)
I have long been interested in history, from the distant past and prehistory to the more modern age. In my safe first world chair I used to wonder at what it would be to live like in unsettled times. Yes, I was born during the cold war and we had Continue Reading
Good News, Everyone
I read the interesting report1 by NCVO, ‘Time Well Spent’, recently on volunteering. It looked at the impact of the epidemic and how changes will linger. It echoed the thoughts I have had having talked to many an organization about volunteers. Always a problem for organizations it seems that it Continue Reading
Peer to Peer Mental Health Support
Normal, or whatever passes for it, is returning. A couple of weeks ago I went to an ‘in-person’ event: real rather than virtual. A networking event for mental health service across the Walsall area. I must admit that it felt a little strange to be back in a room full Continue Reading
The Strategic Legal Fund
The Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) for migrant groups in the UK is a fund to support legal work in the UK that goes beyond securing justice for an individual and makes a significant contribution to law, practice and procedures to uphold and promote the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and Continue Reading
Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communiti
The purpose of Supporting Grass-roots Live Music is to support activities that help grass-roots music venues and promoters to deliver and develop their work, getting live music to more people across England. A total fund of £1.5 million will be available until 31 March 2023. The National Lottery Project Grants Continue Reading
Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities
Funding is intended to support projects which are specific and targeted, rather than taking a generalist approach. This could mean supporting a defined group with its own defined needs, or addressing a challenging and pressing need within Armed Forces communities. Grants of up to £100,000 over two or three years Continue Reading
Walsall Cultural Compact Newletter
I should have posted this sooner, but dwelling on the human condition takes more time than you would think – and I am yet to find a conclusion. This is a list of some interesting things in and around Walsall for a variety of interesting activities to engage the brain Continue Reading