MTHA have a vacancy - part-time Community Development Officer

  

https://www.mtha.org.uk/corporate-information/jobs/

Funding Day 22 October 2021 at 10:30 via Zoom

 Please find a poster giving more details of the funding Event being hosted by Gerald Jones MP and Dawn Bowden MS on 22 October 2021, together with a link to get an invite to the event.  Look forward to seeing you there.

Poster here

www.bit.ly/FundingDay2021.

Keeping Well this Winter

 The links below take you to  a leaflet produced by the  Older Persons Commissioner for Wales and funded by Welsh Government with practical tips that will help older people to feel more prepared and confident about getting out and about again and to keep well through the winter months, as well as details of whom to contact for help or support.

In English here

In Welsh here

Free Webinar from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Managing your Community Asset Transfer

 

FREE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WEBINAR MANAGING YOUR COMMUNITY ASSET TRANSFER Thursday 21st October, 2021 11:00am - 13:15pm Ensuring a successful transfer of a property into community ownership can be fraught with challenges. This FREE 2 hour webinar will provide the knowledge, confidence and understanding to manage your community asset transfer effectively. The webinar is funded by the Coalfields Regeneration Trust and delivered by the Ethical Property Foundation - the UK's leading property advice charity.  Topics will include: how taking on an asset can benefit your organisation; how to engage with local authorities; what you need to know about Land Registry; pre-transfer guidance; the transfer process; negotiating and managing your lease - what you need to know; demystifying legal jargon; different lease arrangements; what trustees need to be aware of; funding; understanding and managing TUPE arrangements and timescales. Attendees will also receive a comprehensive information pack, templates and follow up bespoke 1:1 support if required. To book please click the link below. CRT Wales   BOOK HERE! Please share!     Share Tweet Share   www.coalfields-regen.org.uk wales@coalfields-regen.org.uk   The Coalfields Regeneration Trust

Together TV - Green Challenge Toolkit

Together TV has launched its Green Challenge Toolkit. People can register on individual basis for free basil seeds, a weekly calendar, recipe cards, exclusive tutorials and friendly tips on how to grow them – and cook them too! For registrants under 18 years old, we recommend what many schools are currently doing: asking a child’s family member to register on their behalf, so they will be able to follow the journey together.  Visit the link below for details of how to register.

  https://www.togethertv.com/green-challenge-cc

Don't forget . . . Final call for Inform

 Just to remind people - the final call for articles for Inform, VAMT's magazine is Monday 11 October.

Vodafone Support to Tackle Digital Exclusion

 Vodafone are inviting charities to apply for free mobile connectivity to help tackle digital exclusion. They can provide free Vodafone SIMS, each loaded with 20GB data plus unlimited calls and texts for 6 months. You can use these however you like - for example, to help stay in touch with service users, or deliver training to people in need. Find out more and apply here.

 

Social Enterprise, Tourism and Sport Capital Grant from MTCBC Now Open

The proposed SETS Capital Grant has been developed to assist eligible applicants in developing their services further and will consider such projects as capital works, large infrastructure purchases and in some cases the purchase of much needed equipment... the SETS Capital Grant will not finance any works relating to putting in adaptions to the Covid-19 pandemic or any form of feasibility study aligned to potential capital works.

 All applicants will need to use the CRF@merthyr.gov.uk email address when sending through applications and supporting documentation.

If you have any queries you can contact Joanne Davies  Joanne.davies@merthyr.gov.uk or use the CRF email address.

Closing date is 13 October.

 

 

Dwylo Bach need trustees . . .

 Do you have time to spare?

 You could help change the lives of young vulnerable children by becoming a trustee on our committee, and by doing so, it will give you an insight into the everyday working of our charity.

 To find out more book a place on our virtual information session being held on Thursday 14th October 2021 at 7.00pm through Microsoft Teams. Email jenna.hughes@cymryd-rhan.org

 Please share with anyone you feel would in interested in attending. 

 

 

Magic Little Grants 2021

 If you are a charity or constituted community group with an annual income under £250,000 you are eligible to benefit from a Magic Little Grant through Localgiving's partnership with People’s Postcode Lottery.

 It takes less than 15 minutes to complete our due diligence and application process. Successful groups will benefit from a £500 grant and a free year's membership with Localgiving to start fundraising through our online fundraising platform. 

 We’ve already funded 150 charities and community groups in Wales through the fund this year and still have 150 grants to distribute. The deadline for applications is 31st October 2021 and grants are provided on a first come, first served basis so with 8 themes to choose from, don’t delay in making your application!

 Apply for a grant here

 

For further information or any support with the application process, please contact: amy@localgiving.org 07808889672