via Duncan at Refugee Council “The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), in partnership with Sport England, has launched the new Integrated Communities Innovation Fund. The Fund will help drive forward proposals to tackle the key causes of poor integration set out in the Government’s Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper published in March […]
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Resource of the week #29: acts435.org.uk
Those of you who know your New Testament may be familiar with this classic statement of early Christian communism The Believers Share Their Possessions 32 Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. 33 With great […]
Grant funding update from Voluntary Action Leeds
It’s been a while since we posted something like this (July 17 to be precise), so we thought it was about time we posted it again. Don’t forget, our fifth resource of the week was given over to www.fundingleeds.co.uk which we described as “an excellent site, and contains loads and loads of opportunities.” It’s still […]
Edge Fund – up to £3k for grass roots orgs turning <£25k
The Edge Fund is taking applications https://edgefund.org.uk/apply/ Closing date is Sunday 12th of November at Midnight Have a look at their criteria “Edge Fund supports those taking action for a just, equitable and sustainable world. We fund work that challenges abuses of power and aims to bring an end to the systems that cause injustice. […]
Financial support for destitute people/people setting up home
Do you support anyone who’s destitute or setting up home? They may be able to get help from National Zakat Foundation https://www.nzf.org.uk/OurWork/IndividualSupport
Get money to develop volunteering opportunities for young people – #iwill
Leeds Community Foundation are managing a grants programme called Youth Social Action #iwill and your organisation may be eligible. The #iwill grants programme has grants available for local organisations with awards of between £1,000 and £5,000. Closing Date: LEEDS : Thursday 10th August 2017 at 12noon. Theme: Youth social action (#iwill) has huge potential to create […]
Home Office Hate Crime Prevention/Awareness Funding
The Home office are looking for motivated and creative community groups to work in partnership with other organisations to develop projects that help to prevent hate crime and issues associated with it. Your project development must involve stakeholders who are affected by, are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime, or those who support victims/perpetrators […]
Funding Updates from Voluntary Action Leeds – July 2017
Help for Individuals and Families in Need – List of more than 30 grant makers
Do you know refugees or anyone else who’s struggling to set up home? This is a great list by One Parent Family Scotland – 32 National Organisations are listed from page 5 onwards
International Day of Older People, Small Grants for community events
Via Sean Tunnicliffe, Communications Officer at Leeds Older People’s Forum, part of Forum Central Applications for community event grants for International Day of Older People (IDOP) 2017 are now open. The closing date for applications is 4.00pm, Thursday 3 August 2017 International Day of Older People is celebrated worldwide on the 1 October each year; in Leeds we stretch […]
Fancy a year’s Sabbatical? The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust may be willing to fund it
via Sam Powell at LCC The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (http://www.wcmt.org.uk/) funds individuals to travel overseas in pursuit of new and better ways of tackling a wide range of the current challenges facing the UK. We are currently open for applications and all UK citizens resident in the UK over the age of 18 are […]