The next meeting of the Practitioner and Volunteer Coordinator Network will take place on Thursday 27th May between 9.30 and 10.30am. This meeting will take place via Zoom. Meeting ID is 958 2736 1752 and passcode is 400631.
► The Carers Service are running a Dementia Awareness Workshop on Thursday 27th May from 1 to 2.30pm. Please drop them an e-mail if you would like to register or learn more.
Additionally, they are holding their AGM via Zoom on Wednesday 9th June from 10.30am. Meeting ID is 854 7769 5740 and the password is Carers.
► Applications are open for the Big Give Christmas Challenge. You can learn more at webinars on Thursday 27th May (book) and Monday 7th June (book).
► Home-Start East Lancsare seeking to recruit a Part-Time Data Administrator. Deadline is Friday 28th May.
► Blackburn Eagles FC are hosting a football tournament and are looking for volunteers to help out with parking management, setting out pitches and litter picking this weekend at Blacksnape Playing Fields. There are two shifts (8-11.30am and 11.30am-3pm) on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th May.
If you'd like to help out on the day, or get involved in grassroots football, please feel free to attend or drop them an e-mail.
► Lancashire Womenare seeking to recruit a Service Designer (closes Monday 31st May) and a Resettlement Worker (closing date: Wednesday 2nd June).
► It's NCVO's annual Twitter party on Tuesday 1st June to celebrate Volunteers Week 2021.
► Age UK BwDare currently looking for a Community Link Worker. Deadline is 9am on Wednesday 2nd June.
► Aurora Woodlands School in Darwen offer specialist education and therapeutic provision for boys and young men aged 10 to 19 with additional needs. They are holding an open day on Monday 7th June for those wishing to learn more.
► UCLanare accepting nominations for their Community Leadership & Volunteering Awards. Deadline for nominations is 5pm on Thursday 10th June.
► Lancashire LGBT's next LGBTQ+ Mental Health Hour webinar will be happening at 6 to 7pm on Thursday 10th June. Scan the QR code here or head over to this link to register.
► The ARC Projectare looking for a newTrustee.
► The Council's Covid Community Champions Networkhave a news update here.
► Lancashire County Councilare seeking feedback on market capacity for a new Refugee Health Ambassadors Service.
► Leading Lancashirehave a number of valuable sessions coming up in June.
► LSCft's latest update can be found here.
► n-Compass' Connect 5 Traininggives frontline staff the confidence to engage in conversations about wellbeing.
► Respond, recover, reset: the voluntary sector and COVID-19, a collaboration between Nottingham Trent University, Sheffield Hallam University and NCVO, have published their report. You can contribute to building an understanding of the impact of the pandemic on the sector by completing their latest survey here.
► Empowering Women Fund - closes Friday 28th May Grants for small women's groups and organisations to support the development of innovative ways of empowering women in their local area, and to build organisations' capacity.
► Global's Make Some Noise - closes Friday 28th May Grants for small charities working to achieve change for disadvantaged communities.
► National Lottery Grants for Heritage - closes Friday 28th May Grants to support the heritage sector to strengthen its recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the medium term and to build back for positive change across the UK's heritage.
► NFU Mutual Charitable Trust - closes Friday 28th May Grants to large charitable groups and organisations for projects that further the objectives of the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, particularly those that educate young people in rural areas and relieve of poverty in rural areas.
► Pink Ribbon Foundation - closes Friday 28th May Grants to breast cancer charities that assist people affected by breast cancer and organisations that work on breast cancer research and prevention.
► Co-op Local Community Fund - closes Sunday 30th May Grants for small, locally based voluntary and community groups to support projects which benefit local communities around Co-op food stores and funeral homes.
► Adamson Trust - closes Monday 31st May Grants for voluntary and community organisations and charities to help with the cost of holidays or respite breaks for disabled children (aged 3 to 17 years) with physical, mental, or emotional impairments.
► Arnold Clark Community Fund - closes Monday 31st May Grants for charities and local community groups who need financial assistance due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
► National Survivor User Network (NSUN) - Side by Side Fund - closes Monday 31st May Small grants to peer support, mutual aid or self-help groups to connect remotely, prepare to move their activities to face-to-face, or make their group more sustainable.
► Philip Bates Trust - closes Monday 31st May Grant for individuals, voluntary and community organisations undertaking projects that encourage and develop artistic interests in young people.
► Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund - closes Monday 31st May Grants for existing clubs and organisations to support disabled people as they return to previously run activity (or to enable previous projects to resume delivery) when the coronavirus/COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed.
► Biffa Award - Partnership Grants Scheme - closes Tuesday 1st June Large grants for not-for-profit organisations that are looking to improve a built or natural environment of regional or national significance and located within 15 miles of a significant Biffa Group Limited operation or active Biffa Landfill site.
► Changemakers Programme - closes Tuesday 1st June Funding and specialist support for social entrepreneurs to help them develop bold ideas and sustainable solutions that will help build people's financial resilience to life shocks.
► Heart Research UK and SUBWAY Healthy Heart Grants - closes Tuesday 1st June Grants for not-for-profit organisations to support new, original and innovative projects that actively promote a healthy heart and help to prevent, or reduce, the risk of heart disease in local communities.
The BwD Community Fund, which we on behalf of the Borough Council, the Brian Mercer Trust and the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, is open for applications.
Organisations can apply for grants of up to £1000 under the scheme.
► Next deadline: Monday 7th June.
► Get the full picture here.
► Download the application form here.
