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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UnLtd – Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
UnLtd awards funding and support to social entrepreneurs to help them nurture their social ventures and grow their impact. The following levels of funding and support are available: Start Your Venture – for social entrepreneurs with an idea or who are in the early stages of development. Funding of between 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
Report On CICs Now Published
The Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies has recently published its report for the last accounts year (ending 31 March 2021) and it has some interesting statistics. These are some 23,887 CICs in the UK and in the last twelve months the number increased by a huge 21%, 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales – Racial Equity Funding
Unrestricted grants for small and local charities that are led by and for members of Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic communities who are providing support to people from specific minoritised communities to overcome 11 complex social issues as determined by the Foundation. These are: Addiction and dependency on alcohol, drugs Continue Reading
Local Connections Fund
Grants are available for small local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in England that are working to reduce loneliness and isolation by bringing people and communities together. Grants of between £300 and £2,500 are available. There will be two funding rounds in 2021 with £2 million available for each 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
Trust in Charities is Rising
The Charity Commission has published a report which looks at the public’s views on the charity sector and it shows that the trust in charities is rising. A few years ago scandal hit the sector with abuse being found in Oxfam in Haiti and poor behaviour in Kids Company and Continue Reading
Elephant Trust
Grants are available to artists in the visual arts, small organisations and galleries within the UK to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. Grants are usually limited to £2,000, but larger grants up to £5,000 Continue Reading