News: New funds for offenders; substance misuse; research; homelessness; Jobcentre plus
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New funds added
New funds have been added that may be relevant for you if you work with:
- Offenders; drug and alcohol misuse; personal development skills; Information, Advice and Guidance – DWP Progress2work-LinkUP (deadline 19th March)
- Research. Report required on role of infrastructure organisations (NAVCA, deadline March 19th)
- ALL GROUPS! New Funding Directory of all available funds to third sector groups collated by the National Family Learning Network (inserted as 31st December ‘deadline’)
- Homeless and housing. ‘Crash’ and ‘Help the Homeless’ funds (inserted as 31st December ‘deadlines’)
- Be a Jobcentre plus provider – amended details under ‘DWP – Department of Work & Pensions (Jobcentre Plus)' inserted as 31st December ‘deadline’.
See our Funding page for more information.
LSC transitions
See here for the latest information on the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People’s Learning Agency.
Outcomes survey
Are you, or other organisations you know of, looking at measuring your outcomes? Have you or others carried out social impact measurements? Do you know of organisations that are recording their performance to share with funders, trustees and others? Please see here for further information of contributing to a survey on this.
The Shuttle
Mobile IT facility, taking internet and computer access and support to commentates. See here for more.
Supporting people back to work toolkit
A project is being aimed at putting together a toolkit targeted at using ICT to help people get back into work. A survey to support this has been launched. It is anonymous and is intended to be completed by people aged between 16 and 64 years old who aim to find, keep or improve a job OR create or develop a self-employment endeavour. See here.
Date Added: March 15th 2010
