The latest results from the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey show that, nationally, children and young people’s activity levels overall have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, with 47% of children meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines of taking part in an average of 60 minutes or more of sport and physical activity a day.…
Our final Talking Space of 2022 took place which focused on ways to encourage Women and Girls to move more. The session focused on strategies and stories from the This Girl Can campaign in Nottingham and featured contributions from Loz Uttley from Nottingham City Council and TGC Community Activator and Zumba Instructor Charm Daley. This…
Funding from Opening School Facilities enabled a number of schools across Notts and Derbyshire to open their school’s facilities in the evenings, weekends, or during the school holidays. In 2021 almost £350,000 of Department of Education funding was invested. This was predominantly in secondary schools, with a higher than national average percentage of young people…
A NEW unrestricted fund from the Co-op will support organisations with charitable aims (although there is not a requirement to be a registered charity to apply) to help diverse young people become leaders and activists. Unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 from this round are available from the £1.5m Future Communities Fund. Funding will be…
Funding to support the county’s budding Olympians, Paralympians and Special Olympians is available once again. Helping overcome potential financial hurdles such as training and equipment costs. Nottinghamshire County Council has continued its commitment to supporting Talented Athletes with a funding pot of £50,000 to help more up-and-coming athletes recognise their potential in their chosen sport, particularly…
Small local groups (income less than £350K) with great ideas to make their communities even better places to live will be invited to apply for funding to turn their ideas into reality. The Active Communities funding programme opens on 16 November 2022 1pm in parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. What they fund: Small and local…
The Co-operative Foundation are hosting a webinar from 10am – 11am on Wednesday 23 November for voluntary organisations that want to find out more about unrestricted funding available soon from their new Future Communities Fund. Sign up for the webinar. In this first round of funding they’ll look to support organisations building communities that are: The fund…
The YAPP Charitable Trust – this small fund has just opened on 1st November to support running costs up to £3,000 for registered charities whose expenditure is less than £40,000 per year. They fund ongoing core costs and one of their priorities is children and young people aged 5 – 25. More information can be…
In order to help organisations deal with rising costs and inflationary pressures, Keyfund are pleased to announce that they will shortly be launching a new Flexible Finance Fund. This is a revolving facility available up to £150,000 that can be drawn and repaid flexibly, as needed for an initial period of up to five years.…
Five groups are to share £45,387 of Nottinghamshire’s Local Communities Fund (LCF) capital grants. They are: An additional £6,000 has been earmarked for four groups which have applied for a small revenue grant (£5,000 or less). They are: The latest round of LCF funding means the county council has delivered £1.6 million in capital and…
