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The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is seeking applications for the provision of a high-quality training course for practitioners engaged in outreach to help families to access children's centre services.

The CWDC is looking for an organisation with high research standards. Organisations will be required to identify how practitioners' practice changes through the training to better meet the needs of diverse families and communities, and create improved outcomes for children.

The CWDC is also seeking applications for the provision of quality assurance of outreach training and support training providers to improve quality.

The CWDC is also seeking applications for the provision of a high-quality training course for practitioners engaged in outreach to help families to access children's centre services.

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Suffolk County Council is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of a person-centred specialist therapeutic residential short-break service in a council owned property located in Stowmarket.  See website above for more information.

If you are also interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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The Community Grants programme is to support organisations who are working with people who face barriers to the labour market or to mainstream skills provision.  Small voluntary and community organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to £12,000 to work with people who are unemployed or economically inactive.  This March deadline is a second additional round as there are still significant funds available.  See here for flyer.

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Contracting opportunities for third sector organisations (TSOs) to provide products or deliver services to, or on behalf of, Citizens Advice.

Citizens Advice provides opportunities to a range of external organisations, inculding TSOs, to deliver goods and services over a contracted period. Some departments oversee the procurment process internally and others will go through the central procurement unit.

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact: Email: David Mahon, Telephone: 020 78332181

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Grant for TSOs in the UK that aim to support community and environmental projects.

The Veolia Environmental Trust Grant is provided and administered by the Veolia Environmental Trust and is for third sector organisations active throughout the UK. The scheme is intended to support community or environmental projects across the UK.

These may include such things as:
• Installing or enhancing skate parks and play areas.
• Restoring footpaths and garden spaces.
• Protecting natural habitats.
• Improving community halls.
• Restoring churches.

Eligible organisations must:
• Be proposing a project that is situated within five miles of a site operated by Veolia Environmental Services (UK) plc.
• Be involved with community or environmental projects.

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The fund is looking for looking for projects that promote health and welfare at work, such as:

• Reducing stress and improving other mental health conditions

• Providing healthy activities

• Ensuring work life balance

• Supportive management

Successful projects can be awarded between £1,000 and £50,000 a year.  For further details and advice on the application process in the East of England interested small business or local partnerships should contact Neil Wood, Health Work and Well-being Co-ordinator for the East of England at neil.wood@dh.gsi.gov.uk.

If you are interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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Projects should be run by people directly affected by the issues they are dealing with and priority will be given to small, locally based groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community. This can also include “Communities of Interest” which cover a wider geographical area.  While groups will be using a range of activities we specifically want 50% of the available funds to go to sports projects. £1,000 - £10,000 grants.

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The Awarding Authority is inviting expressions of interest from local (or sub-regional, i.e. cross local authority boundary) partnerships to help improve local capacity and capability to deliver employment and skills provision. This support could include: challenge or advice to help strengthen local partnership development and delivery; help to develop greater alignment between regional and local provision or to undertake peer / performance review.  A total of £50,000 is available.  See here for more info.

If you are interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards (£1,000- £4,000) support local community projects which are based in areas where Tesco has stores for:

• Organisations supporting children's welfare and children's educational projects, including special needs schools.
• Organisations supporting elderly people and people with disabilities.

See here for full details.

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To support volunteers in their attempts to access the job market, with an emphasis on arts, sports and cultures and an eye on the 2012 London Olympics. 

See here for information on the event held to launch the above EEDA programme.

See http://www.cover-east.org/News.asp?selidx=1&viewmode=ViewRecord for information of the programme managed by COVER and who to contact.

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The Programme itself is job focused – the only people on this should be people ultimately looking for a job.  It is not funding for training, as such, but funding for support towards employment and reducing the barriers – this could be self confidence training but it could be more direct job searching support.  If there are any additional needs to be supported in that path to employment, then this programme will support, through mentoring, that beneficiary to achieve that goal.  Organisations can be access this programme as referral agencies, specialist support agencies or in doing 'the full service'.  This service is delivered in Norfolk by Community Connections, Move on East, Meridian East and Norfolk Guidance Services.

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Financial assistance is available to support projects run by charities and not-for-profit organisations for the benefit of young and disadvantaged people.  There are no minimum or maximum levels of grant. The Foundation prefers not to fund 100% of project costs and encourages organisations to find other sources of funding, preferably in cash, towards the cost of their activity.

Projects involving developing a charitable organisation or an innovative programme which meets the Foundation's aims may be supported for up to six years. In these circumstances, grants are made for up to three years, and the project is then reviewed before any further funding is allocated.
Normal projects can be supported for up to three years. See website above for more information.

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Included below are some programmes to support 14-19 year olds available through City College Norwich. Click on the summaries for full information.

• NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) sport programme, all sorts of activities available
• Vocational courses for young people aged 14-16 under supervision of the Youth Offending Team
• Programme for young parents or parents to be aged 16-19 in the Norwich area, life and vocational skills.
  

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The programme is intended to provide a package of grant funding and business support in order to enable TSOs working in the health and social care fields to grow their provision and achieve long term sustainability through volunteering projects.  This fund does not open until 19th April.

If you are also interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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The Cambridge Community Knowledge Exchange is a new initiative from the University of Cambridge which provides free access to research for voluntary and community sector organisations. The Cambridge Community Knowledge Exchange works with community organisations who want some research carried out and with students who need to carry out a project as part of their degree, seeking to make a match between the two.  Please find more information in the attached leaflet.

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The Hardship Fund is a £16.7 million grant programme. It will support third sector organisations in England who are delivering front-line services to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society.

Grants of between £50,000 and £250,000 are available to organisations with an annual income of at least £200,000 that are in financial hardship as a result of the recession, which is impacting on their ability to deliver services in the following areas:

• health and social care
• housing support
• education and training
• information, advice and guidance.

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Grants are open to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and under.  Small grants (under £10,000) and main grants (over £10,000).  Four rounds per year.

If you are interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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The NEET Brokerage Project delievered by City College Norwich will support young people in Norwich with mental health difficulties, between the ages of 16 and 18, who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. Through working with partners, early intervention and listening to the needs of the young people, City College aim to get them back on track through one-to-one programmes of tailored activities.

It may be that you know someone who might be suitable for support please use the attached REFERRAL FORM to help you get this information together to see if someone might be suitable.  This includes contact details if you want to talk it through. 

It may also be that you are able to offer support to individuals on this programme - indeed, you could refer someone onto the programme and provide the actual support required yourself!  It may be that your support may be needed to support that individual access another service offered through this programme.  Please see the referral form for contact details and here for fuller programme details and launch event feedback.

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Attached is the list of DWP prime contractors working in Norfolk and the programmes that are being delievered, as well as some key contacts. Norfolk DWP contracts. 

Within the DWP website above, attached here is the actual page for current tenders where you can apply directly:

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplyingdwp/what_we_buy/opportunities_to_tender.asp

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Financial assistance is available for projects that help those most in need and improve the quality of life in communities across England.  The programme is largely aimed at benefiting the work of voluntary and community organisations.

Under Reaching Communities, the Big Lottery Fund will give out grants for projects running for up to five years that:

• Offer people better chances in life, including being able to get better access to training and development to improve their life skills.
• Build strong communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems.
• Develop improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy.
• Create healthier and more active people and communities.

http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities.htm

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Financial assistance is available for third sector organisations (TSOs) in England and Wales with the object of relieving people with physical, mental or sensory disabilities.  Whilst it does have an equestrian focus, this trust will seek to support other charitable causes.  See here for more information

If you are interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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Financial assistance is available for organisations to carry out projects to improve and encourage the safe use of the Internet for educational, inclusion and other charitable purposes.  See here for more information.  Projects should seek to benefit the target recipients, which include:

• Young people.
• The elderly.
• The disabled and sick.
• The disadvantaged.
• Vulnerable people.

If you are interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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Radical Routes makes loans available to co-operatives working for social change, in order to enable projects to get off the ground which might otherwise not be able to proceed.

Radical Routes is mutual society and will only make loans to member co-operatives. Investment is in the form of shares, and Shares are normally withdrawable subject to a period of notice, and there are currently no restrictions on how often withdrawable shares can be issued, so people can invest when they please.

Loans are generally 'top up' loans, providing 20% - 30% of the costs.

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Collated tenders released by all local authorities. Click on the English language option and then choose by area (i.e. UK) or business category if it is that you are looking for something specific.  If you choose last 5 editions at the top of the screen then you will get more options available to you.  This link will take you straight to that page.

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See website for a list of grants and funds available to organisations in the Breckland area.  This is also an excellent resource for identifying other suitable national grants and loans.

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The Active Women programme is a themed funding round provided and administered by Sport England. The programme is intended to tackle gaps in sporting participation, with a particular emphasis on women in disadvantaged communities and women caring for children under 16. It is hoped the scheme will increase the number of women playing sport through stimulating local demand and encourage organisations to identify and provide an appropriate and accessible supply of sporting opportunities.

If you are interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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The UK Grants Programme 2009 - 2012 is provided and administered by Comic Relief and aims to tackle poverty and social injustice by helping people make lasting, positive changes in their lives and their communities.  The Older People strand of the programme aims to support older people to bring positive change to their communities and is keen to support those developing ideas for action.

In particular, the scheme is keen to fund projects that:

• Bring generations together to learn from each other through, for example, the creative arts or I.T.
• Encourage older people to act as a resource for other older people.
• Support those less physically and mentally able.
• Engage hard to reach groups such as BME elders, frail older people, older people with mental health needs, older carers and older people on low incomes.
• Generate profits to further social or environmental goals.

See here for more details.

If you are interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.

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Communitybuilders is a £70m investment fund which takes forward a commitment within the Communities in Control: real people, real power White Paper to build more cohesive, empowered and active communities.  See website for more information.

If you are interested in looking for potential partners or lead bodies for an application on the above fund, contact us and we can advertise your organisation HERE. You can also identify potential partners/lead bodies yourself by clicking on desired categories in the Directory and approaching potential partners directly.