Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Deadline closing soon for the Comic Relief Community Fund in Wales , 23rd August 2022

 


RCT, Bridgend and Merthyr Only

 Comic Relief Community Fund in Wales

 Funding from the Comic Relief Community Fund in Wales to support community led organisations.

Comic Relief and Third Sector Support Wales (TSSW) partners recognise the great work that community led organisations do across Wales and want to help organisations to build their own capacity in a sustainable and impactful way.

Small Grants - £1,000 - £10,000

The aim of this fund is to ensure that comic relief grassroots funding is reached by the community groups leading change and growth in their locality, enabling them to make positive changes in response to the specific needs of the community.

 The Small Grant is administered by Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil for  RCT, Merthyr and Bridgend areas. The application form, project finances spreadsheet and guidance for small grants (£1,000 – £10,000) can be requested via grants@vamt.net

COMIC RELIEF’S STRATEGIC THEMES

All successful applications will demonstrate a contribution to one of Comic Relief’s four Strategic Themes

Children survive and thrive

Actions to give children the best start in life and access to opportunities to achieve their potential

 Gender justice

Actions to improve equality for women and girls

 A safe place to be

Actions to help vulnerable people improve their circumstances and safety

 Mental health matters

Actions to enable access to support and increase awareness

 

ELIGIBILITY

Organisations with a socially focused purpose and an income of less than £250,000 are eligible to apply. 

TIMEFRAME

The application window is open from 19 April 2022, closing 23 August 2022


Monday, 8 August 2022

Meet the Funder ...... Plunkett Foundation/Benefact Trust

 


Our colleagues from Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations are holding a 

FREE On-Line Event – Meet the Funder: Plunkett Foundation/Benefact Trust

BAVO will be hosting this on-line opportunity on 12th September 5.30-6.30pm

If you’re from a community with an idea for a community business, or from a church looking for new ways to work with the wider community and generate additional income, join us to for this free webinar to hear more about the co-location model including examples from Wales and across the UK, and and find out how to access support and grants to develop projects like these.

Please book your place using the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/running-a-community-business-from-a-place-of-worship-in-wales-tickets-397009946437?fbclid=IwAR0NQlzldgQI9Jn5agJi7cdlysve6SfcIsb4ZX1Byy9ravnHVbMzmbKlAbg

 


Evergreen Art Project - a new grief support service

Please see information below regarding a new Grief Support Project ‘Evergreen Art’ being run by Head4Arts and other partners.


Sofa to Summit Mamas

 








Summer of Fun, Intro to Trail Running

 


Friday, 5 August 2022

South Wales Victim Focus

                                  



Investing in Volunteers - want to find out more ?


Investing in Volunteers (IiV) is the UK quality standard that helps you assess and improve the quality of your volunteer management and involvement.

WCVA (Wales Council for Voluntary Action) manages Investing in Volunteers in Wales. The IiV standards, assessment and accreditation are the same for every organisation, wherever they are in the UK. To find out more about the Investing in Volunteers quality standard click on this LINK

You can also click on  the brand new YouTube VIDEO which shows what have this Award means to Third Sector Organisations in Wales.

BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY - CONNECTING BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO DRIVE LOCAL IMPACT ACROSS THE UK


Business in the Community are one of the Prince’s charities and they work with over 600 members for greater social and environmental impact in our communities.

One of the programmes is Skills Exchange which offers 1:1 skilled business volunteer support for community groups, charities, CIC’s and CIO’c - they can help source skilled business volunteers for you with a wide array of skills including those listed below: 

  • Finance / budgets/ funding applications
  • HR/ policy writing or reviews/ staff management/ change management/ training or recruitment
  • Mentoring
  • Technology and digital support (advice on technology set ups, remote working advice, to website training and support)
  • Marketing, Communications and social media advice and support
  • Business planning, project management and general business support and advice
  • Specialist services like legal support or surveyors etc. 

Please visit their website Covid19 BITC (businessresponsecovid.org.uk) to submit a request for support. There is no limit on the number of requests you can submit and it only takes a minute

 For further information contact our Skills Exchange team at: Skills-Exchange@bitc.org.uk

Carers Wales - Free Online Support Sessions for September

 



Carers Wales  are offering free, online, support sessions to carers in Wales throughout September. 

Please see attached POSTER

 To register, please click the link below.

 https://www.carersuk.org/wales/help-and-advice/online-support-sessions/me-time-september

 


COST OF LIVING ADVICE DAY - FRIDAY 12th AUGUST