Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service

This new initiative is designed to help develop structured sports programmes in disadvantaged communities in Wales, by involving young people aged 16-25 as volunteers is open to applicants.  Project funding of up to £2,000 per project is available.  As well as funding, the projects will also have access to training, support and mentoring, along with qualifications including Community Sports Leadership Awards and recognition awards such as the Millennium Volunteers Award.

For further information please visit the Funding Page

The first deadline for 2010/2011 of the Youth Opportunities Bank has just passed. Over the coming weeks the young people are meeting weekly to discuss each application and assess it against the criteria. The Youth Opportunities Bank panel hope to have made their decisions by the middle of August. The next deadline for Youth Opportunities Bank applications is 29th Ocotber 2010. For an application form or more information contact Neath Port Talbot CVS on 01639 631387,  go online on the Volunteer section of our website or go to the Youth Opportunities Bank website.

As they reach the mid-point of the 2007-13 European Structural Funds programme, WCVA has produced a supplement that looks at the experience of the third sector and profiles how organisations are benefiting from European-funded projects. The supplement coincides with this month’s Europe Day and can be downloaded by going to the WCVA website.

Funding is available for events that have strong links with the environment and that raise awareness and understanding of the local environment and encourage people to use the landscape as well as events that celebrate the local heritage. We can also support interpretation of the environment and local heritage.  The closing date for application is 16 July 2010.  For further information please contact Eleri Davies, Valleys Regional Park Heritage Project Manager on 01443 335647.  The application form and guidance notes can be downloaded from the funding page of the website.

The second South West Wales Regional Funding Fair is an opportunity for community and voluntary groups to find out about the support and opportunities available throughout the south west region via the EU Convergence Programme and benefit from free information and advice from national and regional funders.  The Fair wil be held at Ffos Las Racecourse, Carmarthenshire on Tuesday 8th June 2010 at 10am – 4.30pm. The event is free to attend with free parking at the venue. To book your free place and for further information on the event, please visit the Regional Funding Fair website or contact Neath Port Talbot CVS on 01639 631246.

There will be a Information and Funding session at Neath Port Talbot CVS on Tuesday 11th May 2010 at 5:30pm. For more information please contact Gemma Woolfe on 01639 631246 or GemmaW@nptcvs.org.uk 

The scheme will provide Capital Grants from £500 to £15,000 to assist new and existing organisations including those which are hard to reach, to engage in activities which will provide longer term sustainable outcomes f or their communities.  The deadline dates for receipt of CFAP applications are 30^th June 2010 and 31^st October 2010.  Go to the funding page of the website for more information.

Estyn Llaw and the Welsh Language Board are pleased to announce the launch of a new Development Fund for 2010-11. Only organisations with a Welsh Language Scheme which has been approved by the Welsh Language Board may apply for funding.  The Fund was set up to motivate third sector organisations and enable them to implement new initiatives in order to develop good practice in bilingualism, biculturalism and the use of the Welsh language.  Closing date is Friday, May 14th 2010. For more information go to Estyn Llaw’s website. To discuss your ideas or for an application form, please contact

This grant scheme has been set up to support community organisations and voluntary groups, including social enterprises, based in Resolven, Clyne & Melincourt.  It has been made available by Ffynnon Oer Wind Farm Ltd, operated by RWE Npower Renewables.  The Community Foundation in Wales are co-ordinating the grant scheme. Local community organisations and voluntary groups with a base in Resolven, Clyne or Melincourt that are undertaking environmental, educational, community and charitable activities are eligible for the grant.  More information and how to apply go to the funding part of the website.

Throughout February the Youth Opportunities Bank were meeting on a regular basis to look through all of the applications received in order to decide which applications should be funded. After much discussion the panel came to their final decision and have funded six projects on this occasion spending a total of £2272.95. There will be another round of funding in the summer for anyone wishing to apply, for further information contact Nigel Cram, Neath Port Talbot CVS on 01639 631387.