Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
Businesses opening up their toilet facilities for public
Monday, September 21st, 2009Wales Third Sector Funding Conference
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009- Procurement and tendering
- Funders and funding streams,
- Assets and enterprise
- Smarter working.
Book early to secure your place. For a copy of the booking form please go to the wcva website.
Firework Display Grants
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Appointment of the Fundraising Standards Board Manager for Wales
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009To view the complete article please look under the Funding section of our website.
Big Lottery Fund Recession Package
Monday, August 17th, 2009New Awards. A new ‘fast track’ stream of BIG’s People & Places programme specifically dedicated to the recession will be launched, offering grants of up to £50,000 over two years to third sector organisations currently providing advice services. Applications will be invited from organisations providing advice services including, but not limited to, the following areas: Income maximisation – benefits advice, Financial literacy, Debt advice, Mental health, Domestic violence
Flexible Grant Management. BIG is currently monitoring existing grant holders for any sign that the outcomes of their projects may be at risk because of the impact of the recession. Only two projects in Wales are currently reporting difficulties. BIG’s grant management processes are already very flexible, and BIG’s staff are aware of the need to exercise the full flexibility available under existing tolerances if projects are encountering difficulties. In addition, BIG will introduce the provision of additional funds to top-up awards to existing grant-holders where projects are demonstrably at risk as a direct result of the recession, with up to £500,000 made available for this purpose. We will be shortly be contacting grant holders with more detailed information about how this will work.
Priority for Projects Mitigating the Impact of the Recession. The final element of the package is to make use of the flexibility of BIG’s existing People & Places demand-led programme. The award-making Committee has agreed to prioritise applications for projects which are likely to support communities withstand the impact of the recession. This will be implemented from the Committee’s September meeting and it is estimated that this should result in grants of up to £3 million being made available to projects which will provide direct support to communities most affected by the recession.
For further information about BIG’s recession package please visit www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/wales or contact our information line on 01686 611 700. Information will be available on online from Friday 14th August.
£2.5 million Grant Funding approved for Neath Port Talbot CBC
Monday, August 17th, 2009Grant funding totalling more than £2.5 million has been approved for Neath Port Talbot Council by the Welsh Assembly Government. The funding is part of a group of projects submitted by the authority under the Assembly’s Western Valleys Strategic Regeneration Area (SRA) programme which aims to target regeneration funding to areas of greatest need. For more information please go to the Neath Port Talbot CBC website.
Community Asset Transfer Fund
Friday, August 7th, 2009The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) and the Welsh Assembly Government today announced an agreement to deliver a new £13 million programme to help community groups in Wales to acquire public buildings, land and facilities and refurbish them to transform their communities for the better.
On Wednesday August 5, the Deputy Minister for Regeneration, Leighton Andrews AM, and Wales Chair of the Big Lottery Fund, Huw Vaughan Thomas, announced an agreement between the Welsh Assembly Government and BIG to deliver a new Community Asset Transfer Programme.
The aim of the programme is to help community groups acquire public buildings, land and facilities, and to regenerate and reinvigorate them to suit their own needs. BIG will administer the programme, which will provide revenue and capital funding. Organisations will be able to make applications from mid October this year.
Public Enquiries Line: 08454 102030
Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards are available on the website.