Chesterfield Borough Council are inviting community groups and voluntary organisations from across the town to apply for support from their new Community Grants Fund. More than £118,000 is available to eligible local groups in this financial year (2023/24) – with awards ranging from £500 to £6,000 – to help boost grassroots projects that will improve…
Local sports clubs and community groups can apply now for grants of up to £10,000 to support new exercise and sporting initiatives in their area, following the launch of the latest phase of our Community Matters Fund. The £500,000 ‘Active Communities’ fund has been launched to empower communities, improve health and widen participation in local…
Short, free training sessions that will develop your skills, improve your knowledge and ultimately help you develop your club. Each workshop typically lasts two hours and they’re open to anyone involved with a community sports club. The following Club Matters sessions are scheduled over the next few weeks. Introduction to Legal Structures – Workshop Tuesday,…
Cultivation Street is an annual competition to win up to £1000 in gardening vouchers for your community, neighbourhood or school garden. The school category closes 20 July 2023 and all other categories 1 August 2023. This year, they have a special category that is open to any school or community garden that has been designed…
The National Lottery Community Fund has unveiled its new strategy which says a focus going forward will be on four key missions where it wants its funding to make the biggest impact: There will be more announcements to come about new funding opportunities and programmes as The National Lottery Community Fund starts to work through…
Up to £3 million is available through The National Lottery Community Fund’s (TNLCF’s) Awards for All England programme this summer. This is the first phase of funding of the Million Hours Fund, which totals £11 million up to March 2025. Awards for All England welcomes applications for projects that will support young people primarily aged…
Sport England’s Small Grants fund has announced a new deadline for applications. This window for applications has been extended to 31st March 2024. The focus is on sport and physical activity for people who maybe less active.. They are particularly interested in projects working with people living within the 30% most deprived communities. They are…
Bolsover CVS is running a National Lottery Community Fund surgery for community-based organisations. The surgery will be on the 17th July 1-4pm The new area representative officer for the National Lottery Community Fund, Dayna, is offering twenty-minute appointments for organisations to come and discuss opportunities with lottery. Funding opportunities include Awards for All, which offers…
Some significant changes have been announced in the National Lottery Community Fund’s new strategy which will impact upon their Awards for All grant programme. There is a greater emphasis on equitable funding. They advise that they “know not all communities have the opportunities or the right set-up to come together. So, while our funding is…
The Joy Marketplace is now available as a directory of local services in Derbyshire! Joy marketplace, hosted by Joined Up Care Derbyshire, is now available in Derbyshire to support social prescribing and promote community and voluntary sector services. The marketplace provides a directory of services in Derbyshire and both services and activities can be added…
