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Support for residents this winter in Derbyshire

Applications are now open for voluntary, community and charity organisations to apply for a grant from Derbyshire County Council to open a Warm and Welcoming Space this winter. It follows the success of a scheme last year which helped to fund more than 150 spaces supporting Derbyshire residents during the colder months. Organisations can now…
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Meet the Funder: National Lottery Community Fund is in the Derbyshire Dales

Vijay Kumari the National Lottery Community Fund’s Derbyshire officer is joining Derbyshire Dales CVS on Zoom on Friday 24th November. She will be talking about forthcoming changes to the Awards for All programme. From 15th November you will be able to apply for up to £20,000 and have your project funded for up to two…
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Making Movement a Priority in Care Homes

As part of our work with the Notts Falls and Physical Activity Community of Practice, we hosted our THIRD webinar, titled Making movement a priority in our Care Homes (this is becoming a bit of a habit). The interest in this session was truly overwhelming, with over 180 people signing up to attend the event…
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Cashback from Christmas Shopping – Easyfundraising

Black Friday and Christmas shopping can help fund your organisations’ essentials, running costs, training qualifications, and more? Leading brands like Amazon, eBay, Currys, Screwfix, Argos, Nike, M&S, Booking.com, Sports Direct, Trainline, and thousands more partner with online fundraising platform easyfundraising – to give your organisation a free way of receiving cashback. How it works is…
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Tesco Stronger Starts Fund – Awards up to £1,500

Tesco Stronger Starts fund is open to a wide range of organisations to apply for a grant of up to £1,500. Every three months, three local good causes are selected to be in the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores throughout the UK. Grants can be awarded to schools, voluntary or community organisations (including…
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Meet the Funder Event in Derby – Foundation Derbyshire – 6th December

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Loans and Grants to Better Support People Impacted by the Cost-of-Living

The Cost-of-Living Fund provides grant funding alongside Recovery Loan Fund loans to eligible charities and social enterprises who are supporting people in the 30% most deprived areas of England and delivering products and services to people impacted by the cost-of-living crisis. The fund is intended to help the organisations better support people impacted by the…
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New sport welfare roles for Derbyshire and Notts

Active Partners Trust has successfully applied to Sport England for funding to appoint two Sport Welfare Leads – one for Derbyshire and one for Nottinghamshire. The Sport Welfare Leads will work with National Governing Bodies of Sport to promote good practice and safe sport in their local clubs. These roles will provide support with safeguarding in the widest…
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New 2021 – 2022 Active Lives Survey data packs released

The latest data packs showing adult activity levels in Derby and Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have just been released. This data is mainly taken from Sport England’s Active Lives Survey and shows the trends in activity levels within our communities pre and post pandemic and covers from 2015 when the survey was first launched to…
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Making our Move Celebration 2023

As part of our shared plan, Making our Move, we are celebrating the individuals, groups and organisations who are working right across our communities to address inequality and empower everyone to be active in a way that works for them. We have been showcasing some of the great work and amazing people who are supporting…