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Arnold Clarke Winter Community Fund
Arnold Clarke’s Communities Support is available to organisations who provide services which are widely accessible to those within local communities and address the needs of the people living within them, supporting our local communities to a better future. This fund support projects within the following categories: Please note, although they want to help everyone, they…
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FREE Funding Training in Nottingham
First Steps in Funding – 1st October 2024 at Antenna in Nottingham – 9am – 1pm The session will introduce grant funding and will look to cover a range of topics to help you better understand what funders and grant makers are looking for. And how you can develop strong proposals. You’ll look at researching…
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Swim Sista Swim
The Programme Charity, the Canal & River Trust, is working to encourage people from more diverse backgrounds to access the nation’s historic waterways. After some community engagement and listening to the lived experience of staff within their own organisation they found that it is very common for black people to have little or no water…
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Severn Trent’s Neighbour GOOD Scheme!
The aim of this fund is to support existing community driven initiatives or newones by providing funding and hands-on volunteering. Local groups, organisations, charities, and community project owners are invited to apply for up to £2,500 funding and 20-30 Severn Trent volunteers across two days to support with the delivery of their projects or initiatives.…
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Derby Trailblazers -keeping members safe
Franky Boyland, the Active Derbyshire Sport Welfare Officer, highlights a great example of a club proactive in keeping members safe. “Tonight I went to meet Lexi, Club Welfare Officer for Derby Trailblazers Basketball Club, her passion for the role was infectious! “Derby Trailblazers have been around for almost 25 years and currently have just under…
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Hundall Hitters
Sport Welfare Officer Franky shared some learning she took from a visit with a local rounders club this week, all of which are small, practical actions clubs can take to help participants feel welcome and included. Franky said; “What a lovely bunch of women the Hundall Hitters Rounders Club are. During my visit this week…
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British Judo Young Leaders Away Day
Over the weekend Franky Boyland, our Sport Welfare Officer, went to Walsall to the British Judo National Training Centre to meet the British Judo Safeguarding Team and the Young Leaders Group for an away day. Franky shared some of what happened at the event and how the voice of young people is helping to shape…
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Day out with Move More Derby Ambassadors
Sport Welfare Officer, Franky’s work with local groups and clubs continued this week with a Move More Derby Ambassadors Meeting at Alvaston Park. The Move More Derby Ambassadors are a group of passionate people championing physical activity for all, across Derby. It’s a meeting that is open to all and happens once every two months,…
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A small step to help create a safer culture
Yesterday, the Active Derbyshire and Active Notts teams were at Ilkeston Town Football Club for a team planning session. Franky Boyland, the Sport Welfare Lead for Active Derbyshire shared something she saw quite a bit at the venue which is just an example of a small step all clubs can take to create a safer culture:“I…
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Funding Workshop with East Midlands Airport Community Fund
South Derbyshire CVS is hosting a funding workshop with the East Midlands Airport Community Fund. The session will be held 25th September 2024, between 1:00pm and 2:00pm. The Airport Community Fund is dedicated to bringing lasting benefit to those areas most affected by the airport’s operations. It forms part of the Airport’s Community Relations programme,…
