Leeds City Council, BHA and MESMAC are working in partnership to award micro grants (using historical funds from the Elton John AIDS Foundation) of up to £700 to groups in the Leeds area to express their experiences of stigma and discrimination, and its impacts on people living with HIV, TB, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C […]
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Funding Support Network Meeting, 9th January 2024 – via Leeds Culturally Diverse Hub
The next Leeds Funding Support Network Meeting will be held via zoom on Tuesday 9th January at 1.00pm – 2.15pm If you are involved in fundraising for your charity, community group or other not-for-profit organisation in Leeds, as a management committee member, volunteer or paid worker, then join us to learn more about funding […]
Funding to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England improve their energy efficiency
On 7 December, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport launched a £25.5 million funding package to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England improve their energy efficiency. Eligible organisations will be able to apply for an independent energy assessment and capital grants to install energy efficiency measures. To apply for the second […]
Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund
The Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund allows voluntary, community groups, charities and partners to apply for funding. The Mayors Million Pound Safer Communities Fund – Special Grant Round 5 – Multiple and Complex Needs The next round of the Mayors Safer Communities Fund opens on Monday 9 October and will focus on the theme of Multiple […]
Children and Young People Resettlement Fund England
The Government has recently announced a Children and Young People’s Resettlement Fund. This competitive fund will provide grants to Voluntary, Community or Social Enterprise organisations and Local Authorities in England for projects that address the specific needs of children and young people on pathways from Ukraine, Hong Kong and Afghanistan. The goal is for funded […]
Asylum Matters Advocacy and Campaigns 3/10/23
By Jon from LASSN on 4th October 2023 in Activism & Campaigning, Funding, Opinion, Policy & Research, Resource
Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Home Secretary’s speech The news over the past week has been dominated by the Home Secretary’s appalling speech to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, in which she took aim at the UN 1951 Refugee Convention, claimed that being LGBTQ+ or a woman should not be enough to qualify for […]
Household Support Fund (HSF) – Cost of Living Grants
Forum Central are administering the Household Support Fund (HSF) – a Central Government fund. Grants panel to be held w/c 25 September. Please send applications before this date. This funding, administered by Forum Central, is to be distributed to organisations who support Communities of Interest including cultural diversity, people with mental health (including Young People), […]
Resources from Meeting about LCC Asylum Funding 20/9/23
A meeting took place today, organised by Dave Paterson from UPA and hosted by LASSN – to discuss ways of ensuring the bids submitted do not duplicate one another. It’ll take a while for the minutes to emerge, but for the time being, here are the resources shared by NACCOM to help groups and agencies […]
National signposting : useful organisations list
By Colin Archer (Conversation Club Leeds) on 19th September 2023 in Funding, Policy & Research, Resource, Safety & Inclusion, Services
Conversation over Borders offers a new national listing: “a collaborative extensive list of organisations and charities working with displaced people in the UK. To help this to grow you can submit new organisations or resources to the list using this form. We hope for the list to continue growing and become a thorough network of […]
Grant Funding to Support People Seeking Asylum in Leeds 2023 – 2025 – Deadline October 16th 2023
Leeds is proud to be a diverse city with a long history of welcome to those seeking sanctuary in our city. As a welcoming and compassionate city, Leeds City Council has a well-established structure to deliver the Strategic, Inclusive and Coordinated Approach to Migration, developed in partnership with organisations and volunteers across the city. Leeds […]
Grant Funding to Support People Seeking Asylum in Leeds 2023 – 2025
Leeds is proud to be a diverse city with a long history of welcome to those seeking sanctuary in our city. As a welcoming and compassionate city, Leeds City Council has a well-established structure to deliver the Strategic, Inclusive and Coordinated Approach to Migration, developed in partnership with organisations and volunteers across the city. Leeds […]
Resource of the week: Sources of Funding from Doing Good Leeds (aka VAL)
Here’s an excellent summary of funding opportunities from Voluntary Action Leeds https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/sources-of-grant-funding-for-voluntary-and-community-groups-in-leeds/