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NCVO and OTS Launch Funding Central

the.newsroom — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:31:58 +0000

The National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and The Office for the Third Sector (OTS) have launched Funding Central www.fundingcentral.org.uk, a new free website for comprehensive information about national, local and regional government funding, national, local or regional charitable funding, and EU funding.

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19 June 2009

Funding to help people find work

the.newsroom — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:02:09 +0000

More than 3,000 people are to benefit from £3 million of additional funding for training to help them find work. The extra money, available through the Government’s skills support package - ScotAction - will help to support individuals who have been made redundant or who are facing redundancy. The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Fiona Hyslop announced the European Social Fund money on a visit to the Access Partnership in Edinburgh, which helps unemployed people to upskill and find work.

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19 June 2009

Mayor offers financial relief for capital’s small businesses

the.newsroom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:15:41 +0000

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today launched a £3 million loan fund, which will help support small and medium businesses that are struggling to secure finance during the recession. The fund, part of the Mayor’s Economic Recovery Action Plan, is designed to bridge the funding gap being experienced by many small companies who have viable business plans but are failing to access funds from traditional source such as banks. It is fully focused on helping businesses retain jobs and support job creation in the capital.

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12 June 2009

FURTHER £30 MILLION FOR YOUTH CENTRES IN DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES

the.newsroom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:15:54 +0000

The most deprived communities in England can from today apply for funding to provide world class places for young people to go to as Children and Young People’s Minister, Beverley Hughes, announces a further £31.6m of funding through the myplace programme. Following the success of the first round of myplace projects, the Big Lottery Fund will deliver on behalf of DCSF, a further £31.6m of grants ranging between £1m and £5m each.

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5 June 2009

Social Enterprise Investment Fund 2009/10 - Open for Business

the.newsroom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:07:34 +0000

Social enterprises which improve the quality of health and social care for local communities can now apply for loans and grants from the Department of Health’s Social Enterprise Investment Fund, Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced today. The Fund has helped 200 social enterprises by investing over £20 million since it was first launched in 2007. There is more than £70 million available for start-up and existing social enterprises over the next three years.

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12 June 2009

New enterprise fund

the.newsroom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:03:28 +0000

A recycling project, employment service and credit unions are among the first organisations to receive support from the Scottish Government’s £12 million Third Sector Enterprise Fund. Finance Secretary John Swinney said 12 grants from the fund would help a range of enterprising organisations around Scotland grow and expand their services. Mr Swinney said: In an economic downturn, it is vital that we harness the ability of Scotland’s Third Sector to connect with some of the most vulnerable people in society and create valuable employment opportunities

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12 June 2009

Office of Third Sector announces £3m volunteer managing grant scheme

the.newsroom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:36:31 +0000

The Office of the Third Sector has announced new grants for volunteer managers in the UK over the next two years. Run by public body Capacitybuilders, the programme will see a total of £3 million allocated to a number of volunteering development organisations with a view to offering appropriate training to those who manage volunteers.

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11 June 2009

Online application open for grants from the Real Help for Communities: Modernisation Fund

the.newsroom — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:33:16 +0000

From 1 June to 17 July, third sector organisations with an annual turnover of between £150,000 and £750,000 are invited to apply online for a £1,000 bursary from the Government’s Modernisation Fund Grants Programme which is being delivered by Capacitybuilders. The funding is focused on helping organisations to increase their impact and become more resilient through working more closely with others, and is a key part of the Government’s action plan announced earlier this year for the third sector; ‘Real Help for Communities: Volunteers, Charities and Social Enterprises’.

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1 June 2009

BT Community Connections

the.newsroom — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:17:25 +0000

Are you a community or charitable organisation that is looking to extend your work with a laptop and a year’s free broadband? f so, you could apply for a BT Community Connections award today. BT Community Connections is an award scheme which enables community and charitable organisations to get online and make use of information and communications technology (ICT). Organisations, working in any field of community benefit, located throughout the UK or ROI can apply for a laptop and a year’s free broadband connection. There are more than 1,000 award packages available to groups who can demonstrate how an award will benefit their work and the local community.

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3 June 2009

NWDA invests in northwest’s green future

the.newsroom — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:23:31 +0000

The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has announced a new £4.4 million fund to support small businesses that want to invest in green technology. Focusing mainly in biomass, the Improving Your Resource Efficiency fund will cover up to 50 per cent of the purchase costs for energy efficient products such as solar panels up to a value of £175,000 and will run until 2012.

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2 June 2009