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Tapping into a wealth of experience
Volunteering Development Officer Dave Thomas has recently had a birthday, which has prompted him to think about whether organisations make the best use of older volunteers’ skills and experience. A browse through the volunteering opportunities on the NCVS website will find more than a few roles offering to develop a potential volunteer’s skills and experience for the future. While this is an…
Football Foundation: Goalposts fund
There is no deadline for applicationsThe Football Foundation has grants of up to £25,000 available for the purchase of new goal posts. The fund cannot be used to purchase individual goal posts, goal posts that have already been purchased, or goalposts that are for the sole use of educational establishments.You can apply if you are:A not-for-profit football club or voluntary group (if you’re a…
National Churches Trust medium grants
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 17 December 2024The National Churches Trust has medium sized grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 towards urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects costing between £20,000 and £80,000. Also project development and investigative work up to RIBA planning stage 1, to support churches preparing for a major project and in developing their project to…
Cost of Living Resilience Fund
This fund closed to applications on Saturday 31 August 2024The Cost of Living Resilience Fund provides match funding for social sector organisations running services to help people struggling with the rising cost of living. The fund aims to increase sustainability in these organisations by supporting them to deliver projects that increase enterprise activity to build organisational stability and…
Health Inequalities Project Mapping Survey
The Local Core20 Ambassador Network Members are seeking information on Health Inequalities Projects that have taken place across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. They are interested in projects of all sizes, spanning various areas of the system. The goal is to share learnings, highlight positive outcomes, and identify areas for future project targeting. They are especially eager to hear about…
Volunteering and mental health
Our Volunteering Development Officer, Dave Thomas, has had a few worried leaders of volunteers contact him following recent publicity about mental health. As a result, his planned blog has been shelved, and he offers a few thoughts on mental health and volunteering.Mental health has been back in the news over the past couple of weeks following the BBC Panorama programme about the tragic events in…
Tesco Stronger Starts
This fund has rolling deadlinesThe funding aims to make a positive difference because where local communities thrive, their businesses and colleagues thrive too. Tesco Stronger Starts is managed by Groundwork, which is working with Greenspace Scotlandto support applicants in Scotland.Tesco Stronger Starts is open to charities and community organisations to apply for a grant of up to £1,500. Every…
The National Lottery UK Fund
There is no deadlineThe UK Fund offers substantial funding for existing projects that bring diverse communities together. They now support initiatives that empower children and young people to use their voices to influence change. UK-based charitable organisations can apply for grants ranging from £500,000 to £5 million, covering two to ten years of activity. The fund expects to support around 20…
Sign up now! Grow your VCSE organisation
Sign Up Now! Social Enterprise Accelerator (SEA): funded support to help your VCSE organisation growAre you ready to take your VCSE organisation to the next level? This September marks the launch of a free training and support programme designed specifically for Nottingham’s VCSE organisations.The SEA Growth Programme targets established charities and social enterprises that have ambitions to…
Social Enterprise Accelerator takes off
Chris Hill, NCVS Social Enterprise Development Coordinator, shares his views on the first two Social Enterprise Accelerator workshops.The Social Enterprise Accelerator (SEA) programme delivered its first two workshops on Tuesday 2 and Thursday 11 July 2024: An Introduction to Social Enterprise and Legal Structures and Governance for Social Enterprise.The attendees, new to Social Enterprise…
