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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 Government Launches Enterprising Libraries Programme - deadline 29 July 2013 The Department for Communities and Local Government has announced that Libraries across the country can now bid for additional funding to help budding local entrepreneurs. The funding will help entrepreneurs enter the business world by transforming them into catalysts for local economic growth and social mobility. Ten libraries will be awarded up to £45,000 under the Enterprising Libraries programme which aims to bring together and develop existing business and intellectual property support. Winning bids will develop their own approach to supporting local enterprise but the range of services could include: Free access to business and intellectual property databases and publications; Market research, company data and information on patents, trademarks, design and copyright; Provision of dedicated space within the library building; Advice on funding, setting up and running a business; etc. The Enterprising Libraries grant programme is the second stage of the £1.3 million Enterprising Libraries project, a partnership between the Department for Communities and Local Government, Arts Council England and the British Library. http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-for-funding/enterprising-libraries/ Youth social action - deadline 29 July 2013 This is incredibly tight but the funding was only released on 27 June 2013 and we only received notice of it today! The government has announced a Youth Social Action Fund. There is £5 million in total over 2 years (£3m is available for programmes in Birmingham and Kent and £2m is available for programmes in Middlesbrough and Lancashire). There is a call for ideas and the deadline for this is 29 July. It is aimed at providing social action opportunities for 10 to 14 year olds and creating positive outcomes for young people, including improved attainment and engagement at school. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-social-action-fund Lancashire County Council: Small Grants for Individual Young People to support learning and development - multiple deadlines from 12 August 2013 Apply early for your project regardless of when it will take place in the year. Funding may be allocated to successful projects early in the year, so there may be limited funding remaining later on. Each year Lancashire County Council Young People's Service allocates funding to support local third sector youth groups and individual young people in each of the 12 districts of Lancashire. 25% of the total funding given to a district is initially set aside for individual young people to apply for support. Group application deadlines and timescales for decisions are listed below. Applications are reviewed by the Operation Manager, young people and the Cabinet member and so the process does take some time. Please account for this when submitting applications. Submitted to District Office 12th August - Cabinet member decision 14th October Submitted to District Office 9th September - Cabinet member decision 11th November Submitted to District Office 15th October - Cabinet member decision 17th December Individual applications made by young people for £250 or less will be reviewed and decided upon in District and so this will be a much quicker process. I encourage you to submit application to District Office at any time, so young people can receive funding quickly. If an Individual application is over £250 it will be subject to a Cabinet member decision and so the deadlines and timescales in the box above will apply. Application Form (Group): http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site7587/Uploads/2013/07/18/LCCYPSAppGroup.docx Application Form (Individual): http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site7587/Uploads/2013/07/18/LCCYPSAppInd.docx Digital Innovation Contest – Sport - deadline 14 August 2013 The Technology Strategy Board has launched the Digital Innovation Contest – Sport. The aim of the contest is to encourage digital innovation in the sports sector. The Board are offering five businesses up to £25,000 each to develop innovative commercial prototypes such as apps or digital services. To apply, it is not necessary to have an existing app or service, or to be currently active in the sports industry. One award of 25,000 is available in each of the following categories these are: Sport appreciation and understanding; Engaging the live stadium audience; Driving in- play viewer engagement; Personalising sport performance; Tracking athlete health. A briefing event will be held to give applicants the opportunity to find out more about the contest. Representatives from IC tomorrow and the contest partners will give an overview of the contest challenges, the application and assessment processes, and answer any questions from attendees. https://www.innovateuk.org/competition-display-page/- /asset_publisher/RqEt2AKmEBhi/content/digital-innovation-contest-sport Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants - deadline 2 September 2013 The Trust for London and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, in partnership with Migration Work CIC, are providing £400,000 as part of the Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) for Vulnerable Young Migrants. Grants of up to £30,000 are available to NGOs and private law firms to undertake strategic legal work to benefit children and young people who are significantly disadvantaged by migration status. The fund will accept applications in any area of law that affects vulnerable young migrants including: Asylum; Immigration; Human rights; Family law; Community care; Housing; Education; Mental health; etc. The SLF only funds two kinds of strategic legal action. These are pre-litigation research and "third party intervention" in an existing case. The next closing date for applications is the 2nd September 2013. http://strategiclegalfund.org.uk/ Quaker Housing Trust Grant - deadline 6 September 2013 The Quaker Housing Trust has announced that the next deadline for applications is the 6th September 2013. The Quaker Housing Trust provides grants and interest free loans to housing projects. This can include: Converting, renovating or refurbishing property; Building new housing, buying property and/or land; Expanding an existing housing project; Making a housing project ‘greener’; etc. To be eligible for funding, applicants need to have legal charitable status and be a small organisation (with an annual turnover of not more than £5 million). The Quaker Housing Trust supports housing projects providing homes for a very wide range of people, of all ages, including: People with mental & physical health problems; People with learning difficulties; People who would otherwise be homeless; Women escaping domestic violence; Single parents; Young families; People moving out of institutional care; Ex-prisoners; People with alcohol and other drug problems; etc. http://www.qht.org.uk/ 2013 GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards - deadline 20 September 2013 The 2014 GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards are now open for applications. The Awards are open to applications from UK registered charities with a total annual income between £25,000 and £2 million and that have existed for a minimum of three years. The Awards are an annual scheme that recognises and rewards small to medium sized charities that are doing excellent work to improve people's health. Up to ten winners will receive £30,000 plus the overall winner will receive an extra £10,000; up to ten runners-up will receive £3,000 and Award winners will also receive free training valued at £4,000. http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/current_projects/gsk_impact_awards/ Arts Council Launches Cultural Destinations Programme - deadline 26 September 2013 Arts Council England has announced that it is seeking applications under its new £3 million Cultural Destinations programme. Cultural Destinations is an initiative which forms part of the three-year partnership between Arts Council England and VisitEngland, the national tourist board. The aim of Cultural destinations is to enable arts and culture organisations working in partnership with Destination Organisations to increase their reach, engagement and resilience through working with the tourism sector. This programme will support the positioning of culture as a prominent part of the local visitor offer, helping to drive growth of the visitor economy. Grants of up to £350,000 are available to arts organisations or museums that has previously been awarded funding from any Arts Council England funding programme in an offer letter dated on or after July 1 2010. The lead