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EVENTS: FAITH IN ACTION WORKSHOPS
- 25 June 2009
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CUF, in partnership with local Dioceses and Livability, are running Faith in Action workshops to enable churches to be more effective in the community. There will be a choice of sessions, so you can tailor your day to fit you best. Topics covered included managing staff and volunteers, funding advice and keeping your Christian distinctiveness
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Funding: v Match Fund
- 24 June 2009
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The v Match Fund provides match funding to projects that focus on providing new opportunities for 16-25 year old volunteers. Grants of £10,000 to £250,000 are available to charitable organisations in England that have already raised an equivalent amount from profit-making businesses, grant making trusts or private individuals. The next application deadline for projects starting in October is 17 July. An online eligibility quiz can be found here.
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NEWS: Free Funding Database
- 18 June 2009
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Funding Central is a free smart website for the whole voluntary and community sector, including social enterprise, providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs. This has been set up NCVO with funding from Office of the Third Sector.
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News: Job cuts hitting the poorest hardest
- 18 June 2009
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While commentators argued the downturn would hit middle-income earners in the South East hardest, new research suggests that the most deprived areas are suffering badly, with the recession hitting low income workers in the Midlands and Northern England the hardest.
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Funding: Local Food
- 16 June 2009
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There is now a deadline for first stage applications to be submitted for Local Food grants. This has been introduced due to the high number of strong applications that have already been received for the programme. Grants from £2,000 to £300,000 are available for not-for-profit groups and organisations in England delivering such projects as growing, processing, marketing and distributing local food; composting and raising awareness of the benefits of such activities. The deadline is 21 August and it is unlikely that the programme will reopen after this date.
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