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Greene King IPA – Proud to Pitch In – Funding for Sport Activities
Grants of up to £4K are available for grassroots sports clubs to deliver activities within local communities. Money for the fund is raised through the sale of Greene King IPA in local pubs, online and in-store. A total of £360,000 of funding is available with grants of up to £4,000 are available. A wide range…
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Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund
The aim of the Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund is to support the modernisation and improvement of village halls. This is so that they are fit for purpose and can provide activities which seek to achieve one or more of the following outcomes for their communities. The town or village in which it…
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Sport England’s Small Grants Programme – Some Changes
A few changes have been made to Sport England’s Small Grants programme. The key changes are highlighted below. Sport England’s Small Grants Programme seeks to develop opportunities for communities to get more people physically active. They’ll support projects through providing funding of between £300 and £15,000. Sport and physical activities funded can now run from…
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LitterSorters: Walking with a purpose
To help mark the Great British Spring Clean (March 15 to 31), we joined Transition Chesterfield for their monthly LitterSorters litter pick. Litter picking is a great way to make a positive difference to the environment as well as walking with a purpose. Insight from the Walk Derbyshire Consortiums also tells us that one of…
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Funding for Projects Working with Older People to Tackle Loneliness
The McCarthy Stone Foundation are now welcoming applications for their Spring 2024 Grant Programme. The Foundation runs a number of grant programmes throughout the year for organisations supporting people over 65. Their latest programme is looking to fund organisations working either in direct interventions to alleviate loneliness, or in group-based social isolation work. Organisations with…
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Tesco and The Sun Offer 150 One-off Grants Through the Footie for All Fund
Tesco and the The Sun newspaper, have joined together to provide a funding pot of £150,000. The fund is to encourage more children and young people to take up football or improve access to the game. The grants are part of The Sun’s Footie for All campaign. The fund is to highlight how financial struggles…
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The Fore’s Unrestricted Funding Programme Opens on 28 March – Apply Early.
The Fore offers unrestricted funding to small charities and CICs that are making a big impact. That is, organisations which want to significantly grow, strengthen, become more efficient or resilient. They won’t fund ‘business as usual’. They have a particular interest in supporting grassroots organisations working with underserved communities. Unrestricted grants of up to £30,000…
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Bank Accounts for Community Groups
The Resource Centre has written a very useful guide for new groups looking to open a bank account. The article covers areas including: Click here for more information.
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Volunteer Focus – Walk Notts Strategic Partnership Meeting
We know how important the volunteer workforce is in relation to enabling people to be active in a way that works for them. The walking workforce like many others, relies on volunteers to flourish. But Volunteers and volunteer recruitment is not free. It takes time, organisation and commitment to manage a successful volunteer programme. During…
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Making Movement a Priority in Communities
As part of our work with the Notts Falls and Physical Activity Community of Practice, we hosted our THIRD webinar in the Making Movement a Priority series, titled Making movement a priority in Communities. The interest in this session was truly overwhelming, with over 100 people signing up to attend the event and half of…