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Funders Spotlight - Comic Relief: Active Ageing ***Deadline 29th August***
This is a £1.5 million fund to engage older people aged 65 and over from ‘harder to reach’ groups to get involved in opportunities which use…
Read ArticleInnovation Support Programme: applications now open
Newcastle University has launched its Innovation Support Programme, an initiative which invites applications from VCSE organisations who would like…
Read ArticleCommunity Business Trade Up Programme
Are you running a community business – an organisation that directly benefits your local area? Do you want to increase your impact and sales?…
Read ArticleCoalfields Community Investment Programme - Funding Support and Practical Help
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust has reopened the enquiry survey for the Coalfields Community Investment Programme providing funding up to £10,000.…
Read ArticleFunding for community groups
Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving community funding scheme has launched for 2017 with a total fund of £82,000 to help small groups…
Read ArticleApply to the Life Chances Fund
The Life Chances Fund is an £80 million fund to provide payment-by-results contracts for locally developed projects by socially minded investors.…
Read ArticleSocial Investment Fund for Homelessness Charities
A social investment fund for homelessness charities across England worth £4.5m - said to be the first of its kind - will launch next month. …
Read ArticleNorth East Fundraising Conference 2017 - Exciting new event for VCS organisations in the North East
Network with your peers, immerse yourself in learning and inspire your donors. The North East Fundraising Conference will be held at the Crowne…
Read ArticleSport Works: Fully Funded Training Programmes for Young People
An exciting new contract has started in the North East supporting young people into education, employment and/or training. Sport Works has…
Read ArticleBBC seeking former Northern Rock Foundation grantees for Inside Out programme
BBC Inside Out in Newcastle are making an half hour film on the collapse of Northern Rock, due to be broadcast in September which will be the 10 year…
Read ArticleNew fund to tackle loneliness through youth social action
The Co-op Foundation is working together with the #iwill campaign to create a £2 million fund. The first round of this fund is now open.…
Read ArticleReport asks the question: ‘How can charities and public services best help, when people’s lives are complex?’
An innovative research project designed to address the question ‘how can charities and public services best help, when people’s lives are complex?’…
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