Tuesday 3 August 2021
St Ann’s Allotments in Nottingham, one of the largest inner city allotment sites in the world, has been awarded £109,900 through the Government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund for a flagship project called New Roots.
New Roots is one of 90 nature projects across England to be awarded the funding. The project will launch this month (August 2021) and run until March 2023.
The unique project will... Read More
Tuesday 3 August 2021
Framework Housing Association has released its new Nature in Mind Activities Programme (August-September 2021), packed full of outdoor, nature-based activities to help restore and improve people's mental and physical health.
Nature in Mind is an innovative eco-therapy service run by Framework and supported by the GreenSpace programme.
GreenSpace, the Green Social Prescribing Programme for... Read More
Thursday 29 July 2021
Nottingham has been awarded over £3.5 million in funding to help support some of the most disadvantaged people in the city.
The Changing Futures programme is a £64 million joint initiative by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.
The fund is for local organisations to work in... Read More
Wednesday 28 July 2021
A small grants fund has been opened to support voluntary and community organisations with addressing low Covid-19 vaccine take up in communities across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
The Inequalities Small Grants Fund for Communities has been set up by the Integrated Care System (ICS) for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and is being overseen by the Nottinghamshire Local Resilience Forum.
Grants... Read More
Wednesday 28 July 2021
Phase Two of the Movement for Good Awards is now open. Recognising the vital importance of longer-term funding, Ecclesiastical plan to give 30 charities £10,000 each to help them bring ambitious new ideas to life.
Ecclesiastical will also award an additional £50,000 to two of the winning charities to help them get more ambitious projects off the ground.
One charity can then qualify for a further... Read More
Tuesday 27 July 2021
Nominations are being accepted for The CSJ Awards 2022, run by The Centre for Social Justice. The annual, high profile award ceremony honours the best grassroot, poverty-fighting charities and social enterprises across the UK.
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is an independent think tank that exists to tackle poverty across the country. It seeks to work closely with its network of locally... Read More
Monday 26 July 2021
NCVS has been asked to raise awareness of Honour-Based Violence, Abuse and Forced Marriage.
One of the local voluntary sector organisations who provides support to people affected by these practices is Juno Women's Aid. In this blog, the organisation provides an overview about what we mean by these terms and the support they can offer.
Please note - The content covered in this blog is of a... Read More
Monday 26 July 2021
The Association of Mental Health Providers is pleased to announce the launch of the second round of its Mental Health Sustainability Fund.
The fund will provide grants of up to £5,000 to support the sustainability of mental health Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) provider organisations, with a turnover of £0-£250,000.
VCSE mental health organisations have a vital role to play in... Read More
Monday 26 July 2021
To celebrate Love Parks Week, the GreenSpace project team at NCVS is encouraging you to get outside, if you can, and share a picture of your favourite park or green space with us on social media.
The aim of our GreenSpace programme is to connect people with nature-based activities and green groups in their local community to support their health and wellbeing.
Over the next two years, GreenSpace ... Read More
Friday 23 July 2021
We're working in collaboration with fundraising website easyfundraising to provide you with a simple way to generate additional income for your voluntary and community sector organisation or group.
Easyfundraising, which has been running since 2005, enables people to support charities simply by shopping online. It does this by turning everyday online shopping into free donations for a nominated... Read More