ESF Community Grants Workshop in Reading

Find out if your organisation can apply and how to maximise your chance of application success for the European Social Fund (ESF) Community Grant programme in the South East Region.

Reading Voluntary Action (RVA) are holding a free workshop in partnership with Oxfordshire Community Voluntary Action (OCVA) to support you in applying to this fund.

Grants up to £15,000 are available to enable small voluntary organisations to put on activities and training that offer new skills and confidence building to unemployed and disadvantaged people to help them move towards employment.

The workshop takes place:

Thursday, 13 February 2014
10:00am to 1:00pm
Wheelchair accessible
Highbridge House, 16-18 Duke St, READING, RG1 4RU

For further information about ESF Community Grants and to book on the workshop please Click here 

Telephone: 0118 957 4123
Email: info@rva.org.uk
Web site: www.rva.org.uk

Courtesy of Voluntary Sector Digest from RVA

THAMES VALLEY ESF COMMUNITY GRANTS

Developing the skills of local people and supporting people into employment

If you are a charity, voluntary or community organisation working in:

Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Milton Keynes
Oxfordshire

and are supporting unemployed people over 18 years of age you can apply for a grant of up to £15,000.  The grants are intended to fund small local projects, so if your organisation has had an income of more than £300,000 in the last three years, you will not be eligible.

Grant application workshops are being held across the Thames Valley and OCVA would strongly encourage any organisation thinking of applying to attend. Dates of the workshops can be found here: http://www.ocva.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1491

For further information, please contact Hilary Burr – hilary.burr@ocva.org.uk.

Courtesy of OCVA

£10 million funding available to improve broadband in remote areas

A £10 million fund is being made available to alternative technology providers who come forward with innovative ideas to help superfast broadband reach Britain’s most remote communities. The new £10 million fund will enable a range of pilot projects to be undertaken up and down the country, as the Government seeks the most effective way to ensure that the most remote areas are included in the broadband transformation taking place across Britain. The funding applies to the 5% of the population, which is not part of the Government’s programme to deliver superfast broadband speeds by 2017.

View the article at GOV.UK

Coutesy of ACREheadlines

Comic Relief Local Communities Programme - Grants of £1,000 to £10,000

Comic Relief Local Communities Programme -  Grants of £1,000 to £10,000 (inclusive) available through Berkshire Community Foundation.

The programme aims to empower local people, enabling them to create lasting change in their communities.  Projects  should be run  by people directly affected by the issues they are dealing with and priority will be given to small, locally based groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community.

Under the programme, organisations can apply for funding to:increase local services,

•     build skills of local people,
•     increase community cohesion
•     respond to local economic needs
•     increase access to sport & exercise for people who face social exclusion and isolation.

Organisations which have received a Community Cash grant or any other grant from a Community Foundation can apply for a Local Communities grant. However organisations which hold a grant directly from Comic Relief, can not apply for a Local Communities Grant.

A Local Communities grant must be at least 30% of the total cost of the project.

For an application form please email grants@berkshirecf.org with a brief outline of your project.   Deadline for applications 3rd February 2014.

Courtesy of BFVA E Bulletin

Locality Brokers service

The Locality Brokers service is launching a new round of support for community organisations which are acquiring, refurbishing or looking to build a community asset. Additional funding has been made available for a limited time only, applications accepted until 3 March.

Courtesy of LINX - News from NAVCA

Funding still available for community led projects

Funding remains available for the Community Led Project Support Fund. The Fund can be used to support the pushing forward of a range of building projects from village halls to housing schemes. The grant pot managed by the HCA (Homes and Communities Agency) can be used to cover the cost of getting ideas for community building development off the drawing board and up to planning application stage,including paying for detailed site plans and professional fees.

Read more on the My Community Rights website.

Hilton in the Community Foundation

The Foundation makes grants of up to £30,000 to help disadvantaged young people in the UK and Ireland. Applications should be addressing one of four areas in education or health:

•     children and young people with disabilities
•     children and young people who are sick in hospital
•     young people who are homeless
•     young people and children who are life limited (requiring palliative care)

They have announced their quarterly deadline dates for 2014 - the next one is 11 February.

Courtesy of LINX news from NAVCA.