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
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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 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
Comic Relief Community Fund for England
Funding is intended to support community-led organisations (with an annual turnover below £250,000) to deliver change by drawing on the ‘lived experiences’ of people who have experienced the issues being tackled. These issues should align with one of Comic Relief’s four strategic themes: • Children Survive and Thrive – ensuring Continue Reading
Breath of Life Fund
Grants are available, for charities, community groups and other voluntary organisations to support research into respiratory diseases and the provision of services and facilities for people with respiratory diseases in North Staffordshire. Grants of up to £2,000 are available. The funding is for projects that support people with breathing difficulties Continue Reading
Why Volunteer?
From my own experience working with the not-for-profit sector and backed up by much research the two greatest problems for organizations is income (not enough of it) and volunteering (not enough of it). This is especially true of some rôles, for example committee work is hard to recruit to get Continue Reading
A Truly Great Website
Websites are part and parcel of who we are and can project an image to the world at large and potential clients. They can also, at their best, inform, educate and inspire. I came across one recently and was all of the previous. The Asians Woman Festival https://www.asianwomanfestival.com/ Now it Continue Reading
Definitely Professional
The myth is that organizations in the not-for-profit sector are not ‘professional’. In the sense that many, many people involved in the sector are not paid for their efforts and are volunteers rather that paid workers is certainly true. It is also true that we are not as ‘slick’ as Continue Reading
Clarion Futures Community Grants Programme
Grants are available to charities and community organisations working for the benefit of people who live in and around the areas in which the Clarion Housing Group operates. Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available. The programme offers grants to charities and community organisations to fund projects that will Continue Reading
Cash4 Clubs
Awards are available for sports clubs throughout the UK to improve facilities, buy new kit and equipment, and increase sporting opportunities. Grants of £500 and £1,000 are awarded at the discretion of Paddy Power Betfair and the judging panel. The deadline for applications is 27 September 2019 with notification to Continue Reading