HERITAGE START UP GRANTS

This is a Heritage Lottery Fund scheme designed to support the creation of new organisations that will look after or engage people with heritage, or for existing groups to take on new responsibilities for heritage.

Not for profit groups and partnerships can apply for grants between £3,000 and £10,000.

Start-up grants can support the early stages of planning an organisation's activities.

For organisations not yet formally constituted, the grants can help to adopt the right governance structure.

For organisations further along in their development, a Start-up grant can also help explore options for managing and sustaining their heritage project in the future, or carrying out early scoping work to inform a future application for project funding.

Applications can be submitted at any time and will be assessed within eight weeks.

For further information, visit the Heritage Start-Up Grants webpage

(Source: GRIN)

PAVO OUTREACH 20-11-2014

Do you need some funding support?  Have you got an issue around governance?  Would you like to discuss potential project ideas?  Would your organisation like a health check?

Thursday 20^th November 2014             Machynlleth                               10am – 2pm

To make an appointment please contact PAVO on 01597 822191 to book a place. 

PAVO Outreach - 6th November 2014

PAVO OUTREACH SURGERY

Do you need some funding support?  Have you got an issue around governance?  Would you like to discuss potential project ideas?  Would your organisation like a health check?

Come along at meet with PAVO Development Officers on the following dates:

Thursday 6^th November 2014               Builth Wells                              10am – 2pm

                                                

Venue - Builth Library

To make an appointment please contact PAVO on 01597 822191 to book a place.  We will be working our way round Powys, so watch this space for details of further events.  We hope to see as many of you as possible.  Don’t delay, book today!

Tidy Wales Awards - Extended Deadline for Applications

Keep Wales Tidy has extended the deadline for applications to the annual Tidy Wales Awards.

The Awards recognise the efforts of Welsh groups that work to restore their local environment and improve life in their communities.

Awards of £250 (with £50 of vouchers for each shortlisted entry) are available in each of the following categories:

   - River Improvement Award
   - Coastal Enhancement Award
   - Recycling Innovation Award
   - Community Transformation Award
   - Biodiversity Improvement Award
   - Cleaner Communities Awards
   - Eco-schools in the Community Award
   - Keep Wales Tidy Environmental Volunteer of the Year Award

All entries should be subject to activities that took place during 2014. The three finalists in each category will be invited to attend the award ceremony in Cardiff in January 2015.

The extended deadline for entries is 28 November 2014 (5pm).

http://www.keepwalestidy.org/tidy-wales-awards

INSTITUTE OF FUNDRAISING EVENT

Be part of this exciting and informative fundraising day.

We asked Fundraisers in Wales which topics they would most like covered – here they are!
Tuesday 25th November 2014
Llety Cynin, Llangynin Rd, Carmarthen SA33 4JR

This day will offer delegates a holistic insight into fundraising exploring the issues associated with Corporate Fundraising, Fundraising via Social Media, and Legacy Fundraising and offering ways in which you can add to your portfolio of fundraising expertise.

We are extremely pleased to have:

Matt Howarth, Reason Digital on Social Media
Dr Claire Routley – Legacy Fundraising
Rachal Minchinton – Llamau – Community Fundraising
with Arfon Haines-Davies – Action Learning Set

We are looking forward to an exciting, informative event and hope to see you there.

10.30am – 3pm – Please arrive in plenty of time.
Tea & Coffee available from 10am.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK
£60 Individual Members of Institute of Fundraising /
£70 Non-Members
PRICE INCLUDES REFRESHMENTS AND LUNCH

SPIRIT OF 2014 - FOURTEEN

Would you like to work with the Community Foundation in Wales to invest at least £175,000 on behalf of, with and for, your community over the next three years?

BACKGROUND

We’ve been commissioned by the Spirit of 2012 Trust to steward an Olympics legacy community investment programme in two communities in Wales.  We are looking for distinguishable communities with a population of between 5,000 – 25,000 people.  This could include, for example, a network of villages, a ward, a neighbourhood or a Communities First area.

 Spirit was established from the proceeds of the sale of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Village.  Spirit wants to empower people to get out, be involved and feel better.

 Building on the significant platform of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Fourteen is a far-reaching and ambitious component of the Spirit programme.  Spirit will invest £3.5m to generate initiatives inspired by many aspects of the Commonwealth Games in 14 geographical communities across the UK, beginning in Glasgow and radiating across the UK to create a three year programme of community participation.

 The programme will extend the reach and legacy of the Games, connecting people and communities and increasing well-being.  The ethos and spirit of the Fourteen initiative will be community-led and seek to increase participation in one or more of the following activities, depending on community interest and need:

·         Social action and volunteering

·         Grassroots sport and physical activity

·         Cultural activity and the arts

·         Youth leadership and personal development

 The Community Foundation in Wales will work with each selected community over three years to:

1.      Set up a Community Panel

2.      Gain a clear understanding of community priorities and needs

3.      Run two community grant-making events

4.      Decide how best to spend a further £125,000 to spend within the community

5.      Attract even more funding

6.      Build relationships with partners and other Fourteen communities across the UK

 Please read the criteria for more information. 

      Someone needs to pull together an application form and send it to us by Monday 10^th November. The nominator can be anyone living or working in the applicant community who represents organisations, community groups, partnerships, charities or forums.  Because only two Welsh communities can benefit, we have designed a fast timetable and an application and decision process which supports applicants in making their best case for support.

        http://www.cfiw.org.uk/eng/grants/44-spirit-of-2012---fourteen

People's Postcode Trust - Small Grants Programme Open for Applications from Scotland, Wales and Greater London

Registered charities, SCIOs, constituted voluntary and community groups, social enterprises, community interest companies (CIC), not-for-profit organisations and sports clubs are eligible to apply. Grants range from £500 to £20,000 for organisations in Scotland and England and up to £5,000 for those in Wales. 

Funding is available for projects that advance citizenship or community development. Advancing community development involves creating opportunities for the community to learn new skills and, by enabling people to act together, helps further social inclusion and equality.

The Trust is looking for projects that engage local communities and leaves a positive long term impact beyond the duration of funding. Priority will be given to projects that are focused on improving life for disadvantaged groups and encouraging their inclusion within society.

Projects that have a focus on sport, health, reducing poverty, environmental improvement or the advancement of human rights are still eligible for funding as long as they are strong in meeting the community development criterion.

The Fund is open to applications from Scotland, Wales and Greater London with a deadline of 7 November 2014.

http://www.postcodetrust.org.uk/small-grants.htm