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The CVS Practitioner and Volunteer Coordinator Network will take place tomorrow morning, Thursday 24th September, via Zoom. You can find the agenda here.
Email Donna to ensure you get your invite.
► It's Shelter's open day tomorrow. If you'd like to get involved, please drop Emma Garner an e-mail so she can send you a link to enable your participation.
► A Project Manager is being sought to work on a Pennine Lancashire-wide crime reduction initiative funded by the Home Office. E-mail Richard Brown to find out more, or e-mail Street Scenes with your CV to express your interest before the deadline of
Friday 25th September.
► Do you have a couple of hours to spare to help teach English and life skills to newly-arrived asylum seekers and refugees? Could you help out at a drop in session to provide care and support to asylum seekers and refugees? If so, the ARC project would love to have you on board as a volunteer. If this sounds like you, you're more than welcome to apply. Please forward your CV to Saida Soge, the Manager of ARC. For more about ARC and their work, why not visit their website?
Problem gambling training delivered by the Beacon Counselling Trust is available via Zoom through Blackpool Council. Click here to see what's available. There are sessions in September, October & November.
► The Carers Service's latest news update can be found here.
Giving World helps charities access brand new life essentials for free. Find out more, sign up and get involved on their website.
► The Lancashire Health & Wellbeing Centre are holding their AGM on
Friday 9th October. Contact them to request an agenda (details of how to participate can be found there).
Lancashire Mind have announced the launch of their Mental Elf 2020 - which promises to be the biggest & best Mental Elf yet. Find out more on their website and check back to keep updated.
Leading Lancashire from UCLan have a number of forthcoming training opportunities available.
► The NHS COVID-19 app is being launched tomorrow.
► The NSPCC and O2 have teamed up to develop an online safety webinar for parents and guardians. E-mail them to learn more.
Our Lancashire's Rob Richards has produced his final weekly newsletter. He is moving on to pastures new. We wish him every success.
Trueman Change run a wide variety of very useful events, including on
this Friday.
Youth Action have an update focusing on their exciting new creative collaborations.
Funding update

News

Sport England’s Tackling Inequalities Fund keen to hear from potential applicants
UK Hospices Can Apply for Core Costs from Monday 28th September
Garfield Weston Foundation's New £25m Culture Fund to Open on 5 October
Funding for Youth Volunteering Projects Related to COVID-19 Crisis
► Funding for Science Events that Engage Under-Represented Audiences
► Launch of Festival UK Research and Development Project Fund


Deadlines


Green Recovery Challenge Fund - closes Thursday 24th September
A short-term competitive fund for environmental charities to kick-start environmental renewal.

ScottishPower Foundation - closes Thursday 24th September
Grants to charities for projects that support education, environmental protection, arts, culture, heritage, science, poverty and disability relief, citizenship and community development.

Small Charities Challenge Fund - closes Thursday 24th September
Grants to support the work of small organisations working to tackle poverty and achieve the Global Goals.

Comic Relief - Change Makers - closes Friday 25th September
Funding for organisations with proposals to make lasting change in the fields of homelessness, forced migration, gender justice, mental health, and early childhood development.

Enterprise Development Programme - Mental Health - closes Friday 25th September
Support to charities and social enterprises working in the mental health sector.

KFC Foundation Community Grants Programme - closes Friday 25th September
Grants to grassroots organisations providing safe social spaces, mentoring, work, or social skills for young people aged 11 to 25 years old.

Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity - closes Friday 25th September
Grants to organisations for projects that relate to the delivery of financial skills to different defined groups.

TDS Charitable Foundation - closes Friday 25th September
Funding for organisations that support landlords and tenants to improve standards and educate those involved in the private rented sector.

Alec Dickson Trust - closes Sunday 27th September
Grants to support volunteering projects organised and run by young people (under 30 years).

COVID-19 Homelessness Response Fund - closes Monday 28th September
Emergency funding for frontline homelessness charitable organisations directly affected by the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak.

Adamson Trust - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants for organisations to help with the cost of holidays or respite breaks for children (aged 3 to 17 years) with physical, mental, or emotional impairments.

AHF Transforming Places Through Heritage Programme - Transformational Project Grants - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants for charities and social enterprises towards the capital costs of work to restore redundant or underused community-owned historic buildings in town centres and bring them back into use.

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants to charities for projects that address specific categories set out by the Trust each year.

Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Small Grants Scheme - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants for individuals and institutions to promote links between the UK and Japan through projects of mutual interest and benefit.

Daiwa Foundation Awards - closes Wednesday 30th September
Awards for projects between institutions/organisations based in the UK and Japan that produce tangible long-term outcomes.

FM Global Fire Prevention Grant Program - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants to organisations which support fire prevention for the benefit of the public.

Innovation Continuity Loans: Strand 2 (September 2020) Follow-on Competition - closes Wednesday 30th September
Loans for organisations at risk of not continuing planned or existing innovation activity due to the impact of COVID-19.

LGBTQ+ COVID-19 Fund - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants for groups and organisations who can support LGBTQ+ communities through the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.

Michael Tippett Musical Foundation - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants for the development of group music making in the UK, especially involving young people, with composing central to the project.

NFU Mutual Community Giving Fund - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants for community initiatives and charitable events.

Philip Bates Trust - closes Wednesday 30th September
Grants to individuals and organisations for projects that encourage and develop artistic interests in young people.

Phoenix Fund - closes Wednesday 30th September
Emergency grants for micro- and small-sized organisations led by representatives of BAME communities to support core costs.

Sea-Changers Grant Programme - closes Wednesday 30th September
One-off grants to marine conservation organisations for projects that address specific marine conservation areas.
► The Council's funding portal, Community Foundation for Lancashire's funding page (guidelines can be found here) and the Lancashire Police & Crime Commissioner's website provide exceptional resources for those seeking funding - including the Community Action Fund.
 

IT skills project from home

We are committed to ensuring that people have access to IT skills during the COVID-19 lockdown.
To this end, our Future Digital Inclusion and Make It Click projects, which provide those who need that little bit of extra help to get the skills they need to make use of online resources, are here to help.

Find out more.

Action for Jobs

We can give you a helping hand to learn new skills, gain experience and build your confidence to get a job.

If you'd like to find out more, please call 01254 583957 or 07547 566054, or drop us an e-mail.

#ActionforJobs

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