The Santander Foundation has announced the launch of a new grants fund worth £1.23 million. Designed to be quick and easy to use, nominations can be made by charities as well as Santander customers and staff. Just … [Read more...]
£100 million made available for public parks over three years
November 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and BIG Lottery Fund (Big) are to provide £100 million in grants for public parks over the next three years. The Parks for People programme is designed to encourage more people to get involved in the management of … [Read more...]
Investment and Contract Readiness Fund
October 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The £10m three year Investment and Contract Readiness Fund on behalf of the Office for Civil society is now open. The Fund will support social ventures to build their capacity to be able to receive investment and bid for public service … [Read more...]
CHARITIES COMPETE IN GROUND BREAKING NEW FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE
October 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
CHARITIES COMPETE IN GROUND BREAKING NEW FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE Ten charities from across England will be competing to engage their communities and supporters in a new form of fundraising. The Crowdfunding Challenge, which runs until November this … [Read more...]
The Challenge Fund for Historic Buildings at Risk
September 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Architectural Heritage Fund Flyer.pdf 23.4 KB Are you involved in or thinking about becoming involved in, a not for profit project that includes the repair and re-use of a listed building or an unlisted building in a conservation area, that is … [Read more...]
Reaching Communities and Awards for All want applications
August 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Request from the Big Lottery for more applications for funding: There were no successful Reaching Communities bids from the Lancaster District last year. As such, the Big Lottery Fund would like to see more applications from our area. You can … [Read more...]
The Co-operative Community Membership Community Fund
August 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Co-operative Community Membership Fund uses the “odd pence” donated from Co-operative Group Dividend cardholders to fund projects that benefit local communities. Community and voluntary groups as well as charities can apply for funding of … [Read more...]
Community shares: ideas for how to raise funds
June 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Community shares investment is different. Instead of turning to the private sector and wealthy individuals for support, community investment is about engaging communities to invest in themselves. By harnessing the collective investment powers of … [Read more...]
Local Giving: website to support donating
June 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
What is Localgiving.com? Localgiving.com is an easy and effective online tool for local charities and community groups to raise money, awareness and support. This website empowers local communities by providing resources to small charities and … [Read more...]
Social investment made simple website
June 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
From: http://www.knowhownonprofit.org/funding/social-investment-1 The term ‘social investment’ covers the different types of financial activity used to create social impact. Here we explore the main investment types available to you as a … [Read more...]