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Council For Voluntary Services Central Lancashire Welcome to our weekly roundup of all things Voluntary Community Faith Sector in Central Lancashire! This email is issued to subscribers and contributors. Details of how to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your preferences can be found at the bottom of the email. Back issues of our newsletter can be browsed on line by clicking the "Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser" link on the top right of this email and clicking on the "Past Issues" tab on the top bar. To stay up to date please visit and like our Facebook page on: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Council-for-Voluntary-Service-Central- Lancashire/551523201534445 Please also feel free to suggest "like" links for that page. Sections: (click to go, press "Home" to come back) Funding Opportunities ; Vacancies and Employment ; Volunteering ; Fundraising News ; Training ;Events ; Public Notices ; Appeals ; Consultations ; Health ; And now, the news … Funding Opportunities Grants for School Trips - deadline 31 May 2013 The Eridge Trust, which is a charitable trust whose purpose is to encourage young people to enjoy and appreciate visual art, especially painting, has announced that the next deadline for its grant making programme is the 31st May 2013. The Trust makes grants of up to £2,000 to schools, colleges and others for school trips to museums, galleries and centres of art at home and abroad. Grants are also made to UK museums and galleries for projects aimed at young people. Trips must be for students in schools or sixth form colleges in the maintained sector. http://www.eridgetrust.co.uk/page2.htm Government Announces £50 Million for the Summer Schools Programme - deadline 31 May 2013 The Government has announced £50 million for the second year of the summer schools programme. Schools that opt in will be accessing £50 million of Pupil Premium funding to provide one or two week summer schools. These are aimed at improving transition between primary and secondary school for all Ever6 FSM pupils and LAC pupils who attract the Pupil Premium. Schools that take part will be allocated £250 per eligible pupil (for a one week summer school) or £500 per eligible pupil (for a two week summer school). The programme is not competitive: all eligible schools that apply by 31st May 2013 will be allocated funding to deliver a summer school. The Department is running the programme using an opt-in model, so it is for schools to decide whether they take part. http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/premium/summer/a00216636/summer- schools-programme Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust - deadline 1 June 2013 The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust which awards grants to charitable organisations has announced that the next closing date for applications is the 1st June 2013. During 2013, the Trust is seeking to fund projects that help children and young people. Grants are usually between £1,000 and £3,000 and are awarded for one year. Previous grants awarded include: A grant towards a resource centre providing advice and training for workers dealing with mental health in rural areas and funding towards a project aimed at behavioural programme for persistent young offenders. http://www.austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk Macmillan “Supporting You to Help Others” Grants Programme - deadline 28 June 2013 The Cancer Charity, Macmillan has announced that its “Supporting You to Help Others” grants programme is open for applications. The “Supporting You to Help Others” grants programme aims to support groups and individuals who support people affected by cancer or campaign to improve cancer care. The grant can be used towards: Start up costs for a Self-help and Support group; And / or for groups to expand and extend their reach for both Self Help and; Support and User Involvement. Applications will be accepted from people affected by cancer in groups or individually; other groups, such as voluntary organisations, community interest companies, community groups, social enterprises; and health and social care staff, information and support staff in partnership with people affected by cancer. http://www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCanHelp/CancerSupportGroups/HowWeSupportYourGro up.aspx The Church and Community Fund - deadline 30 June 2013 The Church and Community Fund (CCF) aims to grow the Church of England and develop its capacity to engage with the whole community through supporting the innovative use of resources. It also aims to help transform areas of greatest need and opportunity, to enable them to grow spiritually and numerically. The CCF currently has three strategic funding themes and will support projects that significantly expand the Church’s engagement with neighbourhood renewal, seek innovative ways of developing established community projects within communities of Christian Faith, and replicate models of successful community engagement across the wider church. The next deadline for applications for funding of £10,000 to £60,000 (for certain themes) is 30th June 2013. http://www.ccfund.org.uk/home/home Supporting Homeless People Leaving Hospital - deadline 8 July 2013 As mentioned in last week's issue. The NHS has launched a £10m 'Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund' that aims to support voluntary sector organisations to work with the NHS and local authorities to create services to ensure that homeless people get the support they need when they leave hospital. Revenue funding is available for projects to put in place arrangements to ensure that nobody is discharged from hospital back onto the street. Capital funding is available for projects to secure appropriate facilities for those requiring ongoing medical support after hospital discharge to allow time for recovery. Applications from consortiums of organisations are strongly encouraged with a voluntary sector agency as the lead organisation on the application. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homeless-hospital-discharge-fund-2013-to-2014 BBC Performing Arts Fund - Theatre Fellowships - deadline 22 July 2013 The BBC Performing Arts Fund has announced that its Theatre Fellowships grants programme is open for applications. Theatre Fellowships offer bespoke placements within existing organisations and is designed to support individuals through the early stages of their theatre making careers. Through this scheme, the Performing Arts Funs hopes to increase the Fellows' skills through training and development opportunities tailored to the individual, to raise their aspirations, and to encourage their creativity. Rather than awarding grants directly to individuals themselves, the Fund is looking for applications from theatre companies, organisations, venues and festivals from across the UK to host a fellow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/performingartsfund/grants/theatre-fellowships Hilton in the Community Foundation Grants - deadline 30 July 2013 Organisations that work with young people have the opportunity to apply for grants through the Hilton Foundation. Organisations such as charities and other not for profits can apply for grants ranging from a few hundred pounds up to £30,000 per year for up to 2 years that meet one of the Foundation's chosen areas of focus. These are: Disabled children; Children in hospital; Young people who are homelessness; Life-limited children in hospices. https://www.hilton-foundation.org.uk/apply.html Free Trees for School, Community and Youth Groups - deadline 13 September 2013 The Woodland Trust has 4,000 free tree packs to give away to schools, community and youth groups this autumn. The free tree packs are available for planting on one publicly accessible site. Each pack is worth £30, £105 or £420. All applicants need to do is find a suitable site and supply the volunteer planters and tree protection. Pre-school, school, college and university groups interested in a small pack of 30 trees should head straight over to the school pack page. http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/moretreesmoregood/free-trees/Pages/free-tree- packs.aspx Kerygma Fund - Dragon's Den on 12 November 2013 - deadline 25 September 2013 The Kerygma Fund welcomes requests from innovative and effective evangelism and discipleship projects based in local churches or Christian charities to present at its next ‘Dragons Den’ style event on Tuesday 12th November 2013 in central London. The five successfully selected charities or churches are each given 6 minutes to present “How we would use £5,000, £15,000 & £25,000?" and then 6 minutes to respond to questions. Later in the evening there will be an opportunity for the guests to anonymously pledge support to the presenting charities. The total amount raised is then announced before the event ends. The Kerygma Fund has been hosted by M&G Investments, Withers and C. Hoare & Co and has so far raised over £190,000. http://cinnamonnetwork.co.uk/kerygma-fund/ Canoe Foundation The Canoe Foundation has announced that the next closing date for applications for its grants is noon on the 7th October 2013. The Canoe Foundation makes grants to support or promote paddlesport with a specific focus on young people and/or people with a disability. The funding is available to not-for-profit organisations, charities, clubs, schools and other interest groups based in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. The Small Grants Panel has a budget of £25,000 per year and usually awards grants of up to £1,000. However, in exceptional circumstances the Small Grants Panel may award up to a maximum of £2,000. Larger grants (anything above £2,000) and those which fall into the other key areas; Places, Heritage, and International, are decided on by the Charity's Trustees. http://www.canoefoundation.org.uk/cf/index.cfm/grants/ The Bridges Social Impact Bond - no deadline The £14 million Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund is the first of its kind and will invest to deliver programmes designed to improve social outcomes in areas such as education, employment, housing and care for vulnerable young people, that will benefit society as a whole.