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Improving Funding Advice for Black and Minority Ethnic Groups | |
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A general funding advice service for the Third Sector will always have to work hard to serve everyone who needs it. George, the regional funding advisers' network, saw the need to focus more on overcoming barriers to communication with Black and Minority Ethnic groups, and the report of its first workshop on the topic is now available. The workshop objectives were:to gain wider understanding of cultural differences when working with BME groups to overcome barriers to communication between BME ...
Read more... Published: Monday, September 14, 2009 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
Peddling and Meddling: Techniques for Tough Times | |
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Matt Harvey, poet, columnist and regular contributor to BBC Radio 4 will be a source of inspiration for South West funding advisers as MC at their annual conference in Taunton on 6 October. The event run by GEORGE, the South West Funding Advisers' Network, will explore the resources available to voluntary organisations in addition to grants, introducing different approaches to help them survive the recession and become stronger in the future. This is an essential networking event for those who ...
Read more... Published: Friday, August 07, 2009 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
BIG Lottery - BIG Debate Starts (17 Nov 2008) | |
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Every time you spend £1 on the National Lottery, you change someone's life! The Big Lottery Fund invests a percentage of your £1 in community groups & to projects that improve health, education and the environment. But now it's time to decide what we will be funding from 2009-2012. The Big Lottery Fund is here to help you. So What does your £1 mean to you and where do you want it to be spent? Please come and join the BIG debate which will be held on: www.facebook.com ...
Read more... Published: Monday, November 17, 2008 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
Community Grants Programme and information seminars | |
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South West Foundation have organised a series of seminars about the south west region Community Grants programme. The Community Grants programme is a partnership programme between the South West Foundation, Learning Curve, the Learning and Skills Council and the European Social Fund. Grants are available up to £12,000 for projects led by Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations that give people, who are furthest removed from the labour market, the skills and confidences that they might need to ...
Read more... Published: Friday, November 14, 2008 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
St Modwen Environmental Trust | |
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St. Modwen Properties PLC, a FTSE 250 listed company, is the UK's leading regeneration specialist with four particular specialisations: town centre regeneration; partnering industry in its restructuring; brownfield land renewal, and heritage restoration. The St. Modwen Environmental Trust has been established to provide support to the communities in which the company operates by offering grants to groups seeking to improve their local environment. The Trust is run by a board of trustees comprising ...
Read more... Published: Monday, March 10, 2008 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
Small Grants Make a Big Difference to Local Communities | |
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South West Funders' Forum launches new publication The vital role that small grants play in creating thriving local communities is highlighted in a new publication commissioned by the South West Funders' Forum and supported by Creating Excellence, Comic Relief and the Big Lottery Fund. ‘Taken for Granted - Why local communities need small grants' aims to encourage new and continued funding streams for voluntary and community organisations by showcasing inspirational success stories ...
Read more... Published: Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
Big Lottery £10 million award to library authorities | |
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Big Lottery makes awards of more than £10 million to 7 library authorities in the region. A massive £10.7 million has been awarded to seven communities across the South West through the Big Lottery Fund's Community Libraries programme. The good cause cash will provide the means to build, extend or refurbish libraries in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Torbay, North Somerset, Bournemouth and Poole; creating more space for a range of local activities and learning ...
Read more... Published: Friday, November 09, 2007 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
Arriving, Surviving and Thriving - Funding the Voluntary Sector | |
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Highlight of the joint conference on 6 July 2007 of South West Funders' Forum and George (the South West Funding Advisers' Forum) was the presentation of the first George Award, acknowledging and celebrating excellent performance and service from funders of the voluntary and community sector. Learn more and find the presentations and materials from the day. Paul Tucker, Chair of George, presented the George Award shield (sponsored by Charity Bank) to Hugh Pye, Chair of Trustees of South West ...
Read more... Published: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
Arriving, Surviving and Thriving - Funding the Voluntary Sector | |
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The South West Funders' Forum and George (the South West Funding Advisers' Forum) invite you to attend their joint conference on 6 July 2007. If you engage with the voluntary and community sector, whether as a funder or commissioner of services, a funding adviser, a development worker, or work in any capacity to support voluntary and community groups, this day is for you. The theme of the day is the growth of organisations from small grants and small beginnings to sustainability ...
Read more... Published: Friday, June 01, 2007 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
Review brings essential knowledge to Third Sector funders | |
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A report just published by Creating Excellence and funded by Lloyds TSB Foundation is believed to be the first survey of its kind for the region. Funding the Third Sector in the South West. What do we know? What do we want to know? A Knowledge Review for the South West Funders' Forum, by the Evaluation Trust, catalogues and considers almost 150 research reports, evaluations and other evidence from national and regional sources. Steve Keable, Chair of the South West Funders' Forum ...
Read more... Published: Monday, May 21, 2007 |
Category: Funding Topic: Funding |
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