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North East Charity Awards: shortlist announced General News The judging panel for the North East Charity Awards, including VONNE's outgoing CEO Jane Hartley, have announced this year's shortlist: Outstanding individual contribution to charity: Stewart Bailey; Carol Briggs; Ivan Hollingsworth. Uniquely North East award: Blyth Star Enterprises; The Children’s Foundation; Foundation of Light, MFC Foundation and Newcastle United Foundation. Outstanding social enterprise award: TTE Technical Training Group; Urban Mushrooms; YMCA North Tyneside. 17 Sep 2018
Brexit will be bad for charities and beneficiaries General News This is the message being delivered by the Charity Finance Group (CFG) in its recent report on the impact of Brexit on charities. CFG is calling on the government to adopt a six-point plan to create a better outcome for the sector. The organisation’s recommendations to government include securing complete freedom for the UK to change VAT rules, to ensure services are funded to the same level that they are currently funded by the EU and for the UK to remain able to flexibly pool resources to access EU funds in key areas such as international aid. 14 Sep 2018
A Quiet Crisis: local government spending on disadvantage General News Lloyds Bank Foundation have published new research undertaken by New Policy Institute which looks at local government spending on disadvantage across England since 2011/12. Some of the key findings include: 14 Sep 2018
Action Learning for North East leaders Governance Are you a senior leader (CEO or senior manager) working in an organisation located in the North East? Would you benefit from joining a cross sector group of other leaders, to consider more dynamic ways of solving problems; and discovering solutions tried and tested by others? Do you want to sharpen your own approach to learning by developing or embedding an open, probing mind, an ability to listen, question and explore ideas? 14 Sep 2018
How organisations receiving ESF grants would be affected if the UK leaves the EU with no de European Funding Today, (13th September 2018) the Government published a second batch of technical notices related to the arrangements after March 2019 if there is no Brexit deal including one on organisations receiving ESF grants.  How organisations receiving ESF grants would be affected if the UK leaves the EU with no deal 14 Sep 2018
Jane Hartley steps down as CEO of VONNE VONNE News I have stepped down from the CEO role at VONNE and handed over the mantle to Carol Botten who will I’m sure be a great CEO, especially with the support of Lisa Goodwin (formerly of VODA) as her new deputy.   12 Sep 2018
Expression of Interest for local authority ESA partners now open Funding and support The two year Enabling Social Action (ESA) programme is a partnership between the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Universities of Sheffield and Hull. It aims to support local authority commissioners to co-design, co-produce and co-deliver services with local people, service users, and civil society organisations, to embed social action in their routine working.  As part of the programme, 4 ESA partnerships will be supported over a 12 month period from January 2019 - January 2020. The partnerships will help local authorities and their partners to:  10 Sep 2018
LNER Customer and Communities Improvement Fund Funding and support The London North Eastern Railway (LNER) franchise includes a Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF) to deliver projects that will benefit customers and communities along the East Coast Main Line. The funding is available yearly, with the next round of funding available from spring 2019. 31 Aug 2018
North Star Usay! Fund Funding and support North Star, in partnership with our tenants’ panel North Star Link , have allocated £3,000 to be donated to local charities or community groups operating in the following Local Authority areas: 31 Aug 2018
LA7 Community Grants: Round 5 (Grant - North East) European Funding Grants of up to £15,000 are available to support inactive / unemployed people to help their progression towards further learning and employment. The deadline for applications is 10th September. Gateshead Council LearningSkills, on behalf of the 7 Local Authorities (LA7) from the North East LEP area, is seeking bids from Third Sector Organisations for the provision of community projects. They are offering grants to support a range of activities aimed at assisting inactive/ unemployed people to move closer to the labour market. 31 Aug 2018

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