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…
Activity Alliance has relaunched its Inclusive Activity Programme with new content and endorsement from the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). The new package offers a range of specialist inclusion training options for organisations and individuals. Since 2018, the Inclusive Activity Programme (IAP) has provided specialist inclusion training on how…
Sport England, in association with Sheffield Hallam University, Youth Sport Trust, Activity Alliance and Association for Physical Education, has shared key insights taken from its Secondary Teacher Training (STT) programme. The research explores how secondary schools can adopt inclusive practices and incorporate student voice to provide a better PE, school sport and physical activity (PESSPA)…
88 schools across Notts and Derbyshire have been selected by Sport England to complete the Active Lives Young People Survey this autumn term. The survey is the biggest of its kind, gathering insight into young people’s physical activity habits and their feelings towards physical activity. Active Notts and Active Derbyshire are able to offer all…
More than 150 girls from four schools in Derby and Nottingham took part in a range of activities from archery to parkour, boxing and climbing after designing the event themselves. The girls, from Djanogly City Academy, City of Derby Academy, The Bemrose School, and Derby Moor Academy, took part in the Girls Active School Games…
