NEW!! Covid Recovery Fund from Lloyds Bank Foundation

Please note - Merthyr Tydfil is the only area in Wales to be selected as one of the six areas referred to below.

Launch of new COVID Recovery Fund We are delighted to announce new funding for small and local charities helping people overcome complex social issues and recover beyond the immediate COVID-19 crisis. Charities can apply for a two-year unrestricted grant of £50,000 from Monday 3 August at 10am.

Find out more about the COVID Recovery Fund To meet the needs of small and local charities and the people they support, Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales will open new COVID-19 funding to support charities to recover beyond the immediate crisis. The COVID Recovery Fund will offer 140 charities a two-year unrestricted grant of £50,000 alongside the support of a Development Partner to help charities identify and act on any organisational challenges they are facing. To ensure this funding is distributed equitably, a minimum of 25% of the grants will be awarded to charities led by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. Eligibility criteria will also be flexed for charities operating in Wales and those based in the six communities we are partnered with. We will be publishing full eligibility guidelines this week and will be holding a Q&A webinar with our grants team to talk through and answer questions about the fund on 11th August between 2 pm – 3.30 pm. Webinar Visit our website to stay up to date. In the meantime, you can also subscribe to our newsletter, where we share resources, guidance and funding from around the sector.

New Funding Opportunity - the Fore Trust

The Fore Trust have a  new Transition Fund which is open for the first round of registrations. 

Small charities and social enterprises can apply for funding to help adapt to the post-lockdown world. 

Find out more and apply.

Local Places for Nature - closing date 31 July

Ydych chi'n gwybod ardal yn eich cymuned sydd angen ychydig o gariad? Do you know an area in your community that needs a little TLC?

Applications are still open for Local Places for Nature!  Keep Wales Tidy, the charity supporting a clean and safe Welsh environment, has got hundreds of free garden packages to give away to community groups and organisations.To make it as easy as possible for people to get involved, they’ve designed a choice of tailored packages. From small fruit and wildlife gardens, to more ambitious food growing areas and drainage projects. Each free package includes native plants, tools and other materials. Keep Wales Tidy will handle the orders and deliveries, and their project officers will even provide support on the ground to help you create your new nature space. Applying is quick and easy, just go to www.keepwalestidy.cymru/nature, Pick your package and fill out the online form. The next deadline for applications is 31 July #BacktoNature Mae’r ceisiadau’n dal ar agor am Leoedd Lleol ar gyfer Natur!  Mae gan Cadwch Gymru'n Daclus, yr elusen sy'n cefnogi amgylchedd glan a diogel yng Nghymru, gannoedd o becynnau gardd am ddim i'w rhoi i grwpiau a sefydliadau cymunedol.  I wneud cymrud rhan mor hawdd â phosibl, maent wedi dylunio dewis o becynnau wedi eu teilwra. O erddi bach ar gyfer ffrwythau a bywyd gwyllt, i ardaloedd tyfu bwyd mwy uchelgeisiol a phrosiectau draenio. Mae pob pecyn sydd am ddim yn cynnwys planhigion cynhenid, offer a deunyddiau eraill.  Bydd Cadwch Gymru’n Daclus yn ymdrin â’r archebion ac yn eu dosbarthu, a bydd eu swyddogion prosiect hyd yn oed yn rhoi cymorth ymarferol i’ch helpu i greu eich man natur newydd. Gellir gwneud cais yn gyflym ac yn hawdd. Ewch i www.keepwalestidy.cymru/natur, dewiswch eich pecyn a llenwch y ffurflen. Y dyddiad cau nesaf ar gyfer ceisiadau yw 31 Gorffennaf #NôliNatur

FREE! Funding Strategy Workshop from Lloyds Bank Foundation - only for Merthyr Tydfil groups

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.

As part of the development work which VAMT is currently undertaking with the Lloyds Bank Foundation, I’m pleased to be able to invite you to attend the following webinar taking place next Tuesday 28 July.  Please see details plus the Eventbrite link below

In a world where everything seems to be changing it is vital that those in leadership positions are taking stock

About this Event 

Are the assumptions you made about your organisation and its future pre COVID-19 still the same?

What implications does the pandemic have for our organisation and our beneficiaries and how should we respond? And having identified our path forward, what funding will we need, and how will that be secured?

In this webinar Patrick Boggon, a successful major fundraiser will take you through four key questions for Voluntary,  Community or Social Enterprise sector leaders to consider, and finish with his own personal take on ‘What’s next’

The webinar considers 5 points:

1. What are the issues that are going to affect us all?

2. What new opportunities do we have?

3. Identification of Current and Future Income streams 

4. What is the key to success for fundraising in the future?

5. What next – One person’s opinion 

Who is this session for? 

Senior leaders of charitable organisations either based in or delivering services in the six communities where our People and Communities work is taking place: Bolsover, Telford, Halton, Redcar, Merthyr Tydfil and Great Yarmouth. This session has a strategic focus and is best suited for those in senior roles within organisations.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fundraising-strategy-post-covid-19-tickets-113476707888

Help@Hope An interview with the Bevan Foundation video

Watch Heidi from Help@Hope talking about their response to the Covid-19 Pandemic with Helen Cunningham of the Bevan Foundation.  This was part of a piece of work called "Community Response to Coronavirus in the Merthyr Tydfil Borough", funded by a small grant from VAMT's Voluntary Services Emergency Fund, from Welsh Government,

https://vimeo.com/438894433/7c9b8f6e13  

Small Grant Scheme 2020-2021

VAMT is pleased to promote a new third sector small grant scheme for projects of up to £5,000.  Click on the links below for more details.

Flyer

Application Form

Guidelines

Meet the Funder Event - National Lottery

Fellow TSSW partner, Torfaen  Voluntary Alliance are hosting a "Meet the Funder" event on 22 July at 10:00am.  VAMT members are welcome to attend.  For further information visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/288654029173085/

NEW!! 2 pieces of research by Bevan Foundation published on Covid-19 in Merthyr Tydfil

Two pieces of recent research were launched by the Bevan Foundation at a virtual meeting hosted by VAMT. 

Charity and community group responses to Covid 19 in the Merthyr Tydfil Borough was a piece of research commissioned by VAMT to ascertain the needs of local groups as society moves towards a "new normal".

Community Response to Coronavirus in the Merthyr Tydfil Borough was funded by a small grant from the Voluntary Services Emergency Fund, administered locally by VAMT.

Meet the Funder event 29 July 2020

'Meet the Funder': Register now to join the People's Postcode Lottery online

This August, thanks to players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, four community focused Trusts will be launching their latest funding round. People’s Postcode Trust, Postcode Community Trust, Postcode Local Trust, and Postcode Neighbourhood Trust will be opening up to applications from 4 August 2020.

In collaboration with Third Sector Support Wales, we would like to invite you to attend an online ‘How To Apply For Funding’ workshop, where we will outline the latest

changes to our application process, detail the changes to the funding that is on offer, including our brand new Postcode Neighbourhood Trust. This will be a great opportunity to ask about the application process, or run your project idea by us.

The session will run online (Zoom) from 10 – 11.30am on Wednesday 29 July 2020.

To register, please email: funding@postcodelottery.co.uk by 20 July stating ‘TSSW workshop’ in the header. Please include the name of your organisation and the county you are based in your email.

A link to the event will be sent out in the morning of the session.

Please note the session will run through the medium of English.

'Cwrdd â'r Cyllidwr': Cofrestrwch nawr i ymuno â Loteri Cod Post y Bobl ar-lein

Mis Awst yma, diolch i chwaraewyr Loteri Côd Post y Bobl, bydd pedair Ymddiriedolaeth gyda ffocws gymunedol yn lansio eu rownd ariannu diweddaraf. Bydd Ymddiriedolaeth Côd Post y Bobl, Ymddiriedolaeth Côd Post Cymunedol, Ymddiriedolaeth Côd Post Lleol a’r Ymddiriedolaeth Cymdogaeth Côd Post yn agor am geisiadau o’r 4 Awst. 

Ar y cyd â Chefnogi Trydydd Sector Cymru, hoffem eich gwahodd i fynychu gweithdy ‘Sut i Wneud Cais am Gyllid’ ar-lein, lle byddwn yn amlinellu'r newidiadau diweddaraf i'n proses ymgeisio, yn rhoi manylion y newidiadau i'r cyllid sydd ar gael, gan gynnwys ein Hymddiriedolaeth Cymdogaeth Côd Post newydd sbon. Bydd hwn yn gyfle gwych i holi am y broses ymgeisio, neu drafod unrhyw syniad sydd gennych â ni.

Bydd y sesiwn yn rhedeg ar-lein (Zoom) o 10yb – 11.30yb ar Ddydd Mercher 29  Gorffennaf 2020.

I gofrestru, e-bostiwch funding@postcodelottery.co.uk  erbyn 20 Gorffennaf yn nodi 'Gweithdy CTSC ' ym mhennawd y neges. Cofiwch gynnwys enw eich sefydliad a'r Sir yr ydych wedi'ch lleoli ynddi yn eich e-bost.

Bydd dolen i'r digwyddiad yn cael ei anfon ar fore'r sesiwn.

Sylwch y bydd y sesiwn yn rhedeg drwy gyfrwng y Saesneg

Race Awareness, Hate Crime and Discrimination Information Session

Racism Awareness, Hate Crime and Discrimination 

A one-hour free Zoom session, hosted by VAMT and delivered by Race Equality First

Thursday 6 August 2020 11:00am-12:00pm

·          The prevalence of hate crime

·         Equality Law in the UK

·         The 4 types of discrimination

·         How to identify discrimination

·         What a hate incident is and what a hate crime is

·         Cases of hate crime and how they have impacted UK legislation

·         Current legislation around hate crime

·         How to identify hate crime

·         How hate crime affects people

·         Ongoing challenges in relation to hate crime

·         Barriers to reporting hate crime / incidents

·         The importance or reporting & how to report

To book a place, please email training@vamt.net and we’ll send a link closer to the date.

Guidance for Community Centre re-opening in Wales

Please find the latest guidance from WCVA in  English and in Welsh

FareShare Cymru are recruiting

This is an important time for FareShare Cymru as our services are in demand more than ever. We are continuing on a programme of change and growth that will lead to us branching out across South Wales, recruiting more volunteers and more community food members, handling more food and expanding our base in Cardiff.

Join us to be part of our story!

There are 2 opportunities available:
· Food Sourcing & Logistics Co-ordinator
· Assistant Operations Manager

More info and job descriptions available here

https://www.fareshare.cymru/en/work-with-us/