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The Ready for Work Programme, part of the Business Action on Homelessness campaign from Business in the Community (BITC), is an initiative in Sheffield which provides an unpaid two week work placement and training for people who are at risk of or who have experienced homelessness.

On completion of the training participants receive a reference and a Job Coach for ongoing support for six months. The programme does not affect Jobcentre Plus benefit entitlement.

For more information contact Naomi Whitehead, Ready for Work Manager, Sheffield, by telephone on 0114 201 3307 or 077 1834 1350.

VC Train are holding series of free social enterprise workshops across South Yorkshire. The events are suitable for decision makers and leaders within organisations that are interested in developing social enterprise as part of a strategy for sustainability.

The events will be held in:

• Rotherham

Tuesday 16 February 2010

• Doncaster - Rossington

Tuesday 6 April 2010

• Barnsley

Tuesday 1 June 2010

• Sheffield - Stocksbridge

Tuesday 20 July 2010

All workshops will run from 9:30- 4:00. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Andy Peers, Managing Director of Love Enterprise, will lead the workshops, which will cover:

• Understanding the immovable aspect of any social enterprise – the social mission

• Translating the social mission into your strategic planning

• Understanding and embracing new opportunities to achieve your social mission

• Creating a culture of greatness within your organisation

• Putting it all into action – creating a practical action plan.

You need to register your interest for the workshops in advance; priority will be given to VC Train Members. To find out  more information or to register your interest contcat Helen Hall, VC Train, by telephone, 01709 930 032, or email.

Alternatively visit the Vc Train website here.

The European Commission has beginner’s guides on EU Public Contracts and EU Grants and Funding. The guides are available to download from the European Commission website here.

There are also links to Public contracts by EU Policy and Grants, Funds and Programmes by EU Policy.

You can visit the European Commission web page here.

As previously reported in December, Sportsmatch is currently accepting applications. However some changes to the criteria has been announced.

Both revenue or capital costs are covered,  however the maximum capital grant that can now be awarded is £25,000.

Capital projects involving construction, refurbishment or land improvement are not eligible for support.

It is also now expected that Sportsmatch will be allocated by Autumn 2010, so early submission of applications is encouraged.

The Sportsmatch programme matches sponsorship that has been given to community sports organisations by companies, trusts, charities, or private individuals in order to fund projects that promote new participation at grassroots level.

For more information visit the Sportsmatch website here.

To read the previous post on this site click here.

A new guide called Commissioning and the Community Sector: How community sector organisations can be ready for commissioning has been published to help voluntary and community sector organisations become ready for commissioning.

The guide has been published by NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action), as part of a partnership of voluntary and community sector organisations called Kindle.

The guide can be downloaded from the NAVCA site here.

Local people are coming together to celebrate their area and support local causes on I Love Doncaster Day on Friday 12 February 2010.

South Yorkshire Community Foundation (SYCF) can match every pound raised with another pound from government match funding, and all money raised in Doncaster stays in Doncaster to tackle important local issues.

You can do your bit by taking part in activities on the day such as organising a Dress Down Day in your workplace. A suggested donation of £2.00 with gift aid of 56 pence added on can be turned into more than five pounds with match funding to support local causes.

You can add your organisation’s name to the list of organisations supporting the day by emailing SYCF (put I Love Doncaster in the subject line, include details of what you are doing and your logo). You will then be sent you your free ‘I Love Doncaster Official Supporter’ poster for you to display.

For more information visit the Doncaster CVS website here.

The ‘I love Sheffield’ campaign is also running on the 12 February 2010.

There will be separate ‘I Love’ campaigns for Barnsley and Rotherham, and for South Yorkshire as a whole.

The Department of Health are accepting applications for the Department of Health Third Sector Partner Programme. The programme is looking for six strategic partners from third sector organisations working with the following priorities:

• Mental Health organisations

• Women’s Sector organisations

• Carer’s organisations

• Armed Forces and Veterans Charities

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender organisations

• Offender Health and Social Care organisations.

Only one application will be successful under each of the priority areas.

Partnership and consortia of organisations are eligible to apply.

The deadline for applications is 12 March 2010.

For more information visit the Department of Health website here.

The LIFE+ (2007 - 2013) programme is expected to open again for applications on 5 May 2010. This scheme supports environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the EU.

As the 2010 information pack has not yet been released it is recommended groups interested in this fund have a look at the 2009 application form and information for guidance. The 2010 literature will be published on the Europa website on the day of the launch.

For more information visit Europa website here.

The Volant Charitable Trust has announced the next deadline for applications.

The Trust supports registered charities whose purpose is to alleviate poverty and social deprivation with particular emphasis on children and women’s issues.

There is no stated minimum or maximum grant size, however most grants are given for more than £100,000 to large national charities but some smaller grants are given to local and regional charities.

Revenue and capital costs can be funded, including equipment, premises, core costs and salaries.

The next deadline is Friday 30 July 2010.

For more information visit the Volant Charitable Trust website here.

For the previous Volant Charitable Trust entry click here.

The Community Learning Champions Support Programme, has announced Phase 2 of the Development Fund is now open. Grants of up to £25,000 are available.

Funding is available to set up community learning champion programmes, which promote informal learning to adults in disadvantaged areas.

Grants can be used for full cost recovery for costs for a project, including salaries, overheads, marketing/publicity, capital costs and  professional and legal fees.

Organisations working in partnership from the voluntary and community, public or private sector are eligible to apply.

There is a list of eligible disadvantaged areas that can access this fund, the list can be found on the website. Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield are all listed as eligible areas.

The deadline for application is 2 March 2010.

For more information visit the Learning Revolution website here.