Hi,<div><br></div><div>Don't know if anyone is aware of this, but V-inspire are offering to double your money for any youth projects you are doing. This means that if you do a youth project and get, say £10,000 from a funder for that youth project (it has to be a project where youths are volunteering), then they will give you another 10k. They are trying to encourage youth volunteering.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope that's useful for you. I know a lot of you have 16-25's volunteering for you...</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Peter Vautier</div><div>London Chinese Radio</div><div>
<br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:18 PM, CMA-L <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi<br>
<br>
We've been collecting a few funding news items so there's something<br>
here for everyone:<br>
<br>
1) Unltd Advantage<br>
Unltd Advantage has been launched to help social enterprises access<br>
the right type of investment for growth.<br>
<br>
UnLtd Advantage has 3 main goals:<br>
<br>
* To bring high potential social enterprises to investment<br>
readiness to enable them to access the finance they require<br>
<br>
* To help social investors identify high potential opportunities<br>
more effectively<br>
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* To build a more efficient capital market for the social enterprise sector.<br>
<br>
For full guidance and information visit the Unltd Advantage website here:<br>
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<a href="http://unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=177&PageName=unltdadvantage" target="_blank">http://unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=177&PageName=unltdadvantage</a><br>
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2) Volunteering Programmes from Office of the Third Sector<br>
The Office of the Third Sector (OTS) has announced three new<br>
programmes to boost volunteering.<br>
<br>
Between 2009 and 2011 the Office of the Third Sector will be investing<br>
£6.6 million in three new volunteering programmes.<br>
<br>
The first two programmes follow commitments made in response to the<br>
recommendations of the 2008 Commission on the Future of Volunteering.<br>
The programmes are:<br>
<br>
* Access to Volunteering – A £2 million pilot fund to reduce<br>
barriers to disabled people volunteering and explore the feasibility<br>
of a national Access to Volunteering fund. The delivery organisation<br>
has not been announced.<br>
<br>
* Volunteer Managers training – A £3 million programme that will<br>
provide support to volunteer managers to ensure that volunteers are<br>
well managed and that they get the best possible experience from<br>
volunteering. This programme will be delivered by CapacityBuilders.<br>
<br>
In addition a third, £1.6 million programme will contribute to<br>
building a volunteering legacy for the London 2012 Olympic and<br>
Paralympic Games. This will include a new gateway to enable people<br>
inspired to volunteer by the Games to find local volunteering<br>
opportunities, and a team of development workers to help volunteering<br>
organisations across England become involved in creating a<br>
volunteering legacy for the Games. This programme will be run by<br>
Youthnet and Volunteering England. It will link to a new v programme<br>
to galvanize young people to get involved in volunteering using the<br>
inspiration of the 2012 Games.<br>
<br>
More information here:<br>
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<a href="http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/news/news_stories/090512_volunteering.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/news/news_stories/090512_volunteering.aspx</a><br>
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3) The Big Family Idea<br>
This is a competition from National Family Week and the Big Lottery<br>
Fund about improving family life. The Big Lottery Fund will provide<br>
£150,000 to help make the winning idea a reality.<br>
<br>
There are no restrictions on the size of the idea, the more ambitious<br>
the better, whether it improves family life in your street or<br>
revolutionises life for families throughout the UK, National Family<br>
Week want to hear it.<br>
<br>
The closing date is 31 July 2009.<br>
<br>
More information here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk/view.The-Big-Family-Idea" target="_blank">http://www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk/view.The-Big-Family-Idea</a><br>
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<br>
4) Clore Social Leadership Programme<br>
The purpose of the Programme is to identify, develop and connect<br>
aspiring leaders in the wider third sector working for the benefit of<br>
individuals and progressive social change in communities across the<br>
UK.<br>
<br>
The closing date for applications is 30 June 2009.<br>
<br>
The Programme will use a Fellowship model. Individuals from the third<br>
sector will apply - through an open competition - for a Fellowship<br>
award. The Fellowship will run for a period of up to two years.<br>
<br>
Each Fellowship is funded by the Clore Social Leadership Programme. If<br>
you are thinking of applying, there are two financial options for you<br>
to consider:<br>
<br>
One option is for you to undertake the Fellowship full-time. You may<br>
choose to do this if, for example, you are self-employed, taking a<br>
career break or unpaid sabbatical. If you follow this option, you will<br>
normally be eligible for a bursary of up to £20,000.<br>
<br>
A second option is for you to stay in employment during the<br>
Fellowship. If you are planning to do so, you will need to provide<br>
evidence of support from your employer when you submit your<br>
application. If you are offered a Fellowship, we will discuss with<br>
your employer the level of grant (up to £20,000) we will pay to them<br>
to help cover for the periods while you are away during the year.<br>
<br>
Your application will be considered on merit, not on your financial situation.<br>
<br>
For more information and an application form, go to the website here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.cloresocialleadership.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.cloresocialleadership.org.uk/</a><br>
<br>
You can email them (<a href="mailto:info@cloresocialleadership.org.uk">info@cloresocialleadership.org.uk</a>) or telephone<br>
them on 020 7420 9408.<br>
<br>
<br>
5) BBC Children In Need - Fun & Friendship<br>
Fun and Friendship is a new grant programme from BBC Children in Need,<br>
which is specifically targeted towards organisations working with<br>
disabled young people between 12 and 18 years.<br>
<br>
The purpose of the programme is to help projects to create and enhance<br>
opportunities for disabled young people to meet friends and have a<br>
good time, as independently as possible.<br>
<br>
The Fun and Friendship programme is a £3 million grant programme,<br>
which is additional to Children in Need’s other grant programmes.<br>
<br>
It will work with projects that take place over three years, and it<br>
expects to make up to 12 grants of up to £300,000 each across the UK.<br>
<br>
The final deadline is midnight on 31 July 2009.<br>
<br>
Guidelines and an application form are available from the website:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/funandfriendship.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/funandfriendship.shtml</a><br>
<br>
If you have any accessibility requirements or any questions relating<br>
to making your application, you can phone BBC Children in Need:<br>
<br>
Tel: 020 8576 7788<br>
<br>
or email them (<a href="mailto:pudsey@bbc.co.uk">pudsey@bbc.co.uk</a> - with Fun and Friendship in the subject line).<br>
<br>
<br>
6) Income Exploration Toolkit from NCVO<br>
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has a free<br>
toolkit to download called Income Exploration Tool, identifying and<br>
assessing the right income stream for you.<br>
<br>
This toolkit is useful to identify the impact a funding stream would<br>
have on specific areas of your organisation. To download the tool kit<br>
follow the link here:<br>
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<a href="http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/index.asp?id=2090" target="_blank">http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/index.asp?id=2090</a><br>
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8) Innovation Exchange<br>
Innovation Exchange, run by The Innovation Unit, ACEVO and Headshift,<br>
aims to promote third sector innovation through support and links with<br>
other innovative projects, commissioners and investors.<br>
<br>
The new Innovation Exchange website encourages the sharing of ideas<br>
and developing of projects.You can also leave comments on the website<br>
or request your own project space.<br>
<br>
To view the website visit the link here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.innovation-exchange.org/" target="_blank">http://www.innovation-exchange.org/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
9) IdeasTap.com has launched its £50k pilot Ideas Fund!<br>
The Fund actively seeks to promote new and exciting ways of working<br>
between young people and organisations - driven by and for young<br>
people.<br>
<br>
Individuals/groups of individuals can apply to the Ideas Fund between<br>
1st June - 30th June for projects running for a limited period of time<br>
such as the following:<br>
<br>
* Projects & Project Development<br>
* Commissions & Productions<br>
* Marketing & Communications<br>
* Education Activities<br>
* Multimedia development<br>
* New networks, partnerships and collaborations<br>
<br>
Funding ranges from £500-£5000. and more information on the Fund can<br>
be found on <a href="http://www.ideastap.com" target="_blank">http://www.ideastap.com</a><br>
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