If you are a charity, voluntary or community organisation working in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, or Oxfordshire and are supporting unemployed people over 18 years of age you can apply for a grant of up to £15,000.
Organisations with an income of £300,000 a year are now eligible to apply, as long as you have no more than 9 full-time employees.
Funding for Capacity Building. This is a new element of the grants programme. Up to 10% of your total grant request can be for training costs, either related to the project that is the focus of this grant application or for broader issues around the long-term sustainability of your organisation. This could include fundraising, business development, social media, or anything that will build or organisation’s capacity.
The next deadline is 2nd June, and the final deadline is 1st September. All projects will need to be completed by 30th March 2015.
For further information, criteria and an application form please contact Hilary Burr – hilary.burr@ocva.org.uk
FaithAction, who manage the Together in Service fund, will be delivering a workshop in your area to help you get ahead when it comes to applying for funding. With actual examples of funded and unfunded applications, practical exercises and things to help you through the process, you will leave with a clear understanding of how best to approach grant funding.
Local dates include:
21st May 2014, Bristol Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY
25th June 2014, London UK Health Forum, Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, EC4Y 8JX
Topics include:
Funding types
Help from the Funders
Why applications fail
Budgets
Layout and Impact
All for £30 for members of FaithAction and £50 for non-members. Discounts are available, please contact for code.
To book or find out more contact Andrew.Welsby@faithaction.net or call 0845 094 6350.
Are you new to planning your fundraising?
Do you know that the financial future of your organisation is unstable?
Would you like a structure that will help your organisation to survive in the future?
Do you need support in planning fundraising applications?
RVA are running a training course that will enable you to
- Identify what could go into a fundraising plan
- List advantages and disadvantages of different funding sources
- Identify three ways to fundraise for their organisation
- Search for appropriate bodies to apply to for grant funding
- Identify what steps to take to plan their fundraising applications
25th April, 10:00am to 1:00pm
Highbridge House, 16-18 Duke St, Reading, RG1 4RU
This is a wheelchair accessible venue
More information at http://rvadirectory.org.uk/event/20140425/organisational-development-training-fundraising-st
Courtesy of Reading Voluntary Action Directory
Last week Pub is The Hub that supports country pubs to provide community services
such as shops, book clubs and even cinemas, was announced as the latest winner of
the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award by Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis
MP at the Publican Awards. Pub is the Hub has worked with over 400 pubs across
England and Wales including the Black Swan Inn, Ravenstonedale, Cumbria where
they provide freshly cooked school meals for the local primary school and the
Cholmeley Arms in Burton Coggles near Grantham which hosts a butcher’s in an
adjoining building. They are funded to £170,000 to help pubs, especially rural ones
to diversify services.
View the article at Gov.uk and find out more about Pub is the Hub via their website.
Courtesy of ACREheadlines
North Wessex Downs LEADER is funding to improve the rural economy and quality of life for people living and working in the North Wessex Downs.
They are interested to hear what you think the investment priorities should be for a new LEADER Programme 2015-2020. They want to hear your ideas and particularly welcome new innovations and collaborative projects and are holding community consultation meetings in Hampstead Norreys (24th April), Marlborough (7th May) or Vernham Dean (12th May).
As well as giving feedback via the consultation meetings you can also complete a form which is available to download from their website.
For more information please see the website.
