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May 29, 2009
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Capacitybuilders latest news bulletin / May 2009
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May 22, 2009
Capacitybuilders develop new £3m programme to boost volunteering support
Capacitybuilders is developing a new £3m programme to boost the support available to people managing volunteers. The programme, to be launched in June, is part of a £6.6m boost for volunteering announced by the Office of the Third Sector on 6th May.
The programme has three key strands including grant funded local projects to further increase the reach and quality of support for local people managing volunteers, work to raise the profile of volunteer management at a national level and bursaries to increase access to training relevant to the management and co-ordination of volunteers. To find out more about the programme, please visit capacitybuilders website.
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May 11, 2009
Want to explore how you could collaborate with another organisation or perhaps even merge? Then read on.
The Modernisation Fund
In February 2009 the Cabinet Office announced Real Help for Communities; a series of new funding programmes targeted at managing the impact of the recession on the third sector.
Funded by the Office for the Third Sector, the £16.5 million Modernisation Fund will help third sector organisations be more resilient to the impact of the economic downturn.
What is available?
The Modernisation Fund comprises a mix of grant and loan funding delivered by Capacitybuilders and futuerbuilders. £1,000 bursaries and grants of up to £10,000 will be distributed by Capacitybuilders from June,
A second stage of the programme includes loans of £30K or over and will be distributed by Futurebuilders to third sector organisations with existing plans for mergers and collaboration or who wish to take forward other activity to help their business prepare for difficult times.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the £1,000 bursary your organisation must have an annual income of between £150k and £750k and be delivering a recession related service.
What is a Recession Related Service?
Capacitybuilders has described a recession related service as one that falls into at least one of the following thematic areas;
Theme 1 - Wellbeing and health
mental health
substance abuse
domestic abuse
family support services
homelessness
crime prevention and victim support
supporting social cohesion
Theme 2 - Advice information and guidance
Advice on debt, housing, legal, finance
Theme 3 - Loss of income, training and skills
Unemployment
Training
Poverty alleviation
Whilst this is a national programme, Capacitybuilders are utilising the knowledge of local and sub regional ChangeUp Consortia to deliver the programme. In the East London sub region, the ChangeUp East London Partnership selected two Local Delivery Agents [LDA] to deliver the fund. The two LDA’s are the Forum@ Greenwich http://www.forumatgreenwich.org/ and the East London Community Foundation.
Each LDA’s is covering 5 boroughs which are;
The Forum@ Greenwich
Bexley
Hackney
Greenwich
Lewisham
Tower Hamlets
The East London Community Foundation
Barking & Dagenham
City
Havering
Newham
Redbridge
Workshop Events
Two workshops giving you an opportunity to seek advice and information, and explaining the fund in more detail, will be held shortly.
Further information
You can find out more about the Modernisation Fund by clicking on the links below.
Modernisation Fund Website
Forum@Greenwich
East London Community Foundation
East London CVS Network
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