The main focus for SGF is for projects that have a long-term impact on disadvantaged children. Projects must support disadvantaged children addressing the following themes:

• Education and health

• Children with disabilities

• Street children (which includes children for whom the street is a central reference point including those at risk of going onto the streets, working on the streets and/or living on the streets)

• Children going through family breakdown.

Grant giving is also guided by the foundations principles, which are:

• Enabling all children to reach their full potential

• Meeting children’s immediate and long term needs – as outlined by children themselves

• Placing children’s safety and well-being at the heart of what we do

• Sharing learning to enable projects to develop and grow and developing our learning as a Foundation so that we can better help disadvantaged children

• Supporting projects that deliver quality over quantity.

SGF define a child as anyone under the age of 18 years old. Occasionally SGF will consider projects that also but not exclusively support young people (up to 25 years old).

SGF is not a sports charity however some grants may be allocated to projects that help disadvantaged children through sport.

Examples of possible projects from the SGF website are as follows:

• A physiotherapy project for children with disabilities to help them become more mobile

• A drama project that helps children with mental health issues to grow in confidence

• A mentoring project for children affected by family breakdown to support them in making key life choices.

Existing and new projects will be considered. Applications must demonstrate how the project will be sustainable once the funding has ended.

SGF will support projects across the UK however occasionally international projects will be supported. Projects in Liverpool are of particular interest.

Applications forms can be download online for the SGF website here.

For more information visit the SGF website here.

Deadline: 5:00pm, 9 March 2012
Contact: Steven Gerrard Foundation
Telephone: 01704 320 045 (Monday to Wednesday 9am - 5pm)
Email: grants@stevengerrardfoundation.org
Website: www.stevengerrardfoundation.org/grants.htm

We are also putting together a programme of free training events across the county, and details for these will be published shortly.

The surgeries are as follows:

Doncaster: 20 February, 19 March, 23 April, 28 May, 25 June
(at Doncaster CVS)
Rotherham: 28 February, 20 March, 17 April, 15 May, 26 June
(at Voluntary Action Rotherham)
Sheffield: 28 March, 25 April, 22 May, 12 June
(at Voluntary Action Sheffield)
Barnsley: 23 April, 21 May, 18 June
(at Voluntary Action  Barnsley)

You need to contact us to book a place.

Contact: SYFAB
Telephone: 0114 249 4343
Email: enquiries@syfab.org.uk
Website: www.syfab.org.uk

If you complete the survey you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 M&S voucher.

You can visit the survey here.

Website: http://ctt-news.org/O-AOL-55IOLBJ79-9E0H0-OP03-1/s2.aspx

Venue: To be confirmed
29 February 2012, 12:00pm - 4:30pm

You must book a place, and place are limited; therefore it is advised to book early.

For further information and/or to book a place at the event please contact Janet Siddons and be prepared to provide the following details:

• Name

• Organisation

• Postal address

• Contact telephone number

• Number of places required.

Deadline for bookings: 10 February 2012
Contact: Janet Siddons, Contracts Officer, Learning Disabilities
Telephone: 01302 735 536
Email: janet.siddons@doncaster.gov.uk

The week aims to raise the profile of small charities. The week will run as it did last year, Monday is I Love Small Charities Day, Tuesday is the Big Advice Day, Wednesday is Policy Day, Thursday is Fundraising Day and Friday is Celebration Day.

There are various ways that charities can get involved, from fundraising, to attending FSI events or auctioning items on ebay to raise money for their charity.

For more information visit the FSI website here.

Contact: FSI
Telephone: 020 7009 3543
Email: info@thefsi.org
Website: www.thefsi.org/2012/01/small-charity-week-major-announcement

The scheme is assisted by the New Homes Bonus, which rewards councils for making use of empty homes. Tribal Education Ltd will be administering the Empty Homes Community Grants Programme on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

Successful applications will:

• Bring empty home back into use as affordable housing
• Deliver value for money
• Have the support of the local authority
• Have an expected completion date before 31 March 2015.

An application form can be downloaded from the Grants Admin website here.
Additional guidance is available on the Department’s website here.

Deadline: 17 April 2012

Contact: Grants Programme Administrator, Tribal Education Ltd
Telephone: 0845 603 1869
Email: info@grantsadmin.co.uk
Website: http://www.grantsadmin.co.uk/empty_homes/

There are 100 stands available across Sheffield, and these will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Organisations can apply by completing an online application form here.

Deadline: None, but get applications in as soon as possible.

Contact: Peter Andrews, ParkThatBike
Telephone: 01594 564 344
Website: www.parkthatbike.com/freeStands.cfm

Downloadable documents with information about the funding, an application form and guidance are available from the North East Community Assembly website here.

Priorities are agreed by each of the Ward panels, so check out those for your ward. They will be based around the Assembly’s Community Plan:

• Improved public spaces

• Community support and people getting on together

• More things for children and young people to do

• Getting people out of poverty and into work

• Reducing health inequalities.

The decisions of which groups will be recommended for funding will be made by Community First Panels made up of members of the local community, but these have not yet been formalised. The forms are available now for groups to pull the required information together ready for submission, and the Assembly will advise where to send completed forms when the panels have been registered.

First deadline: 27 February 2012
Contact: North East Community Assembly
Telephone: 0114 203 7562
Email: communityassemblynortheast@sheffield.gov.uk
Website: http://northeastassembly.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/community-first-funding-your-chance-to-apply-for-funding-for-your-community-group-or-a-project-to-make-your-area-a-better-place-to-live/

The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme will be launched at the end of February 2012.

There will be an information event on 13 March 2012 in Brussels which all potential applicants are advised to attend. Those wishing to go should register their interest by sending an e-mail to Jacqueline Teller before 24 February 2012.

Deadline: end of May 2012
Contact: Jacqueline Teller
Email: Jacqueline.teller@aal-europe.eu
Website: www.aal-europe.eu/news-and-events/pre-announcement-of-the-5th-call-for-proposals-of-the-aal-jp

The workshops are free and will last a couple of hours, they will be held in the evening at The Spectrum. Contact Julie Adamson for details about dates and times. You need to book a place.

Venue: The Spectrum, Coke Hill, Rotherham S60 2HX.

Contact: Julie Adamson, VAR
Telephone: 01709 834 465
Email: julie.adamson@varotherham.org.uk
Website: www.varotherham.org.uk/volunteer-centre-news-volunteering/4210-new-workshop-to-promote-trustees-and-management-committee-members-starts-soon

Barnsley Council’s JCU is looking for organisations that can demonstrate an understanding of what is required to deliver a Local Healthwatch for Barnsley, along with having the necessary skills and experience for delivering services within this field. In particular, the JCU wish to hear your views on the following matters:

• How to establish and understand the impact of a Local Healthwatch for Barnsley, and the risks associated with its delivery
• How to identify innovative ideas, knowledge and experience around the delivery of a sustainable Healthwatch for Barnsley.

Attendees at the Healthwatch event will be invited to share their views on these matters, and a follow-up questionnaire will also be handed out.

Venue: Barnsley Library, Shambles Street, Barnsley, S70 2JF
Date: Friday 17 February 2012, 10 - 4

The JCU may use this information in preparation for the procurement process for Local Healthwatch, which begins in April 2012.

To attend, contact Jennie Pearce to request an expression of interest form.

Deadline: (for the follow-up questionnaire) 29 February 2012

Contact: Jennie Pearce, Market Development Manager
Telephone: 01226 775 808
Email: jenniepearce@barnsley.gov.uk
Website: http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/local-healthwatch-pathfinders-announced

Are you part of a voluntary, community or faith group or organisation?
Do you need help in getting your group or organisation started?
Does your group or organisation need some support to overcome barriers and problems, or find funding for its activities?

If these are your first steps into fundraising, or you are interested in building the capacity of your volunteers to fundraise or you are looking to develop a project then this session will be for you.

Before taking your questions, SYFAB will be talking about the SYFAB online services (Funding Search database, Funding News with email alerts and online information sheets) and discussing different ways to fundraise.

Venue: St Marys Walkley, 2 Howard Road/South Road, Walkley, S6 3TN
Wednesday 15 February 2012, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

You must book a place. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. You can be added onto a waiting list for future events if you cannot get a place on this event. Groups on the waiting list will will have priority to book onto future events of this kind.

To book a place please contact Madeleine Gadsby, at TfR, contact details below.

Contact: Madeleine Gadsby, Together for Regeneration
Telephone: 01709 309 119
Email: madeleine.gadsby@tfr.org.uk

The website states that applications for capital items may be favoured.

Groups that get through to the final will have to promote themselves to their communities and supporters to get online votes for their project from 1 - 18 May.

Deadline: 31 March 2012 (for initial applications - online voting for finalists follows)

Contact: Creme of Nature Community Action Award Team
Telephone: 020 7148 3933
Email: chris@communityactionaward.com
Website: www.communityactionaward.com/index2.html

There is some additional information on the scheme on the MoneySavingExpert website here, including a reported deadline of  3 February 2012.

So however you like yours…mashed, boiled or roast, get your registration in quick!

Website: http://gyop.potato.org.uk

They do not support physical energy efficiency measures but they can fund evaluation and promotion of targeted energy efficiency strategies.

As well as funding work that fits their general programme, in 2012 the Trust will also be prioritising applications which address one or more of the following themes:

• Fuel poverty and disability
• Fuel poverty and young children
• The links between fuel poverty and migrant communities
• Real and perceived barriers to the take-up of assistance
• Fuel poverty and the climate change agenda
• Fuel poverty definition and target.

Further details about each theme are available on the guidance notes which you can download from the website.

You can look at details of previously funded projects here.

The Trust want to speak to potential applicants at an early stage to discuss their ideas and whether they are likely to fall within their areas of interest.

You can download an application form here.

Deadline: next round 14 May (decisions late June)
Contact: Dr Naomi Brown, Trust Manager
Telephone: 01539 736 477
Email: eagact@aol.com
Website: www.eagacharitabletrust.org/home

The press release gives a very short summary. You can download the full report or an executive summary from the same web page.

Website: www.cdf.org.uk/web/guest/news-headline?id=677798

This is an annual scheme run by the University of Sheffield and the Union of Students to support local organisations working with the homeless, vulnerable and displaced in Sheffield.

Funding comes from students in University accommodation who can opt to pay an additional £6 per year as part of their accommodation payment, that money goes to fund projects.

Applications are considered by a committee of students who decide which organisations receive a grant and the size of the donation. Click here for more information.

Deadline: 24 Feb 2012
Contact: Emma Damian-Grint
Email: emma.damian-grint@shef.ac.uk
Website: www.giveasyourent.co.uk/

Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James’s Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW
Tuesday 31 January 2012, 10 - 12:30

There will be presentations from Karen Boardman of the Heritage Lottery Fund on their funding programmes and Grace Tebbutt, Community Heritage Worker from Green Estate, on support she can offer to groups on developing a heritage project.

Shahida Siddique from Together for Regeneration will also be there to speak to about project advice and support.

The first presentation starts at 10:30. Free tea and coffee is provided from 10am but people are not supposed to take their drinks into the prayer room where the presentations are held.

There is no need to book, just turn up on the day.

Contact: South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau
Telephone: 0114 249 4343
Email: fiag@syfab.gov.uk

Voluntary Action Rotherham (VAR) is undertaking their annual survey, looking at the voluntary and community Sector in Rotherham. It should take about 15 minutes to complete online and all responses where contact details are provided will be entered into a prize draw to win £100 for your group.

VAR are undertaking this joint survey on behalf of the Rotherham Infrastructure Network; working with Together for Regeneration, South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau, Rural Action Yorkshire, and Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance. The information, which the survey will provide, is vital to all these organisations in developing policies and services, in order to represent and support you efficiently and effectively.

You can complete the questionnaire here.

Alternatively, you can request a paper version by contacting VAR:

Deadline: 31 January 2012
Contact: Wanda Steadman, VAR
Telephone: 01709 829 821
Email: wanda.steadman@varotherham.org.uk
Website: www.surveymonkey.com/s/GNKV2YW

To download the tender document, click here.

Deadline: 6 February 2012

Deadline: 17 February 2012

Website: www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View Notice.aspx?NoticeId=402107

They are also tendering for a provider of support to young people, aged 19 - 24, that have learning difficulties and disabilities and are at risk of being NEET. You can find details of this opportunity on the Contracts Finder website (see below).

Deadline: 17 February 2012

Website: www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View Notice.aspx?NoticeId=402109

The outcomes & impact of youth advice – the evidence
The report demonstrates the critical difference that getting good advice can make to young people’s health and well-being. It also highlights good practice, for example, identifying the service characteristics that appear to be most closely related to achieving good outcomes for young clients, including face-to-face advice provided through independent, holistic, young person-centred services.

Creative Homes: How the Arts can contribute to quality of life in residential care
It is intended to celebrate existing good practice in the use of the arts with and for older people in residential care and to inspire more and better work.

An Evidence Review of the Impact of Participatory Arts on Older People.
This independent review pulls together the conclusions of studies into the effects of participating in artist-led creative projects on older people. It concludes  ‘it is evident that engaging with participatory art can improve the wellbeing of older people and mediate against the negative effects of becoming older.’ It explores these impacts in terms of mental and physical wellbeing and the broader effects on communities and society.

All the reports can be downloaded from their website.

Contact: The Baring Foundation
Telephone: 020 7767 1348
Email: baring.foundation@uk.ing.com
Website: http://www.baringfoundation.org.uk/

Deadline: 28 March 2012
Contact: Help the Hospices
Telephone: 020 7520 8200
Email: info@helpthehospices.org.uk
Website: http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-services/grants/uk-grants/one-off-capital-grant-programme/

Venue: Chapeltown Library, Nether Ley Avenue, Sheffield S35 1AE
When: Thursday 9 February, 6-8pm

First Contact: Madeleine Gadsby
Telephone: 01709 309119
Email: madeleine.gadsby@tfr.org.uk

Second Contact: Lucy Atkins
Telephone: 0114 2037153
Email: lucy.atkins@sheffield.gov.uk

Deadline: 15 February 2012 at 12:00
Contract dates: 01 April 2012 for 2 years
Contact: Claire Smith, Rotherham MBC
Address: Civic Building, Rotherham, S65 1UF
Phone: 01709 382121
Email: claire-ss.smith@rotherham.gov.uk

Grants are to help these organisations deliver employment and skills activities to disadvantaged people. Grants of £2,000 - £10,000 are available. The average grant is £9,500. Projects must provide employability and skills opportunities aiding un-employed people aged 18+ work towards a job or training.

Priorities are:

• People with disabilities and health disabilities

• Lone parents

• People aged 50 and over

• People from ethnic minorities

• People in hard-to-reach/deprived communities.

However any marginalised group will be considered.

Applications need to show progression opportunities for the individuals, whether that be into further education, volunteering, work placements or employment.

Types of activities funded can include initial help with basic skills, taster work experience, training advice and guidance, job search assistance, confidence building and personal development and debt counselling.

All activities must be completed by September 2013.

The Community Grants programme is part funded by the European Union through the European Social Fund (ESF) and co-financed by the Skills Funding Agency. The programme awards grants for small voluntary and community organisations that would not normally be able to access ESF funding.

For more information, including guidance notes and the application form, visit the HLC website here.

Deadlines: 3 February 2012, 4 May 2012, 3 August 2012, 2 November 2012
Contact: Natalie Thompson, Community Grants Development Worker
Telephone: 01482 327 438
Email: natalie.thompson@hlc-vol.org
Website: www.hlc-vol.org/commgrants

Applicants will need to show their experience of delivering similar services.

Application Deadline: 10 February 2012 at 12:00
Contract dates: 02 April 2012 for 3 years
Contact: Louise Clarke, Barnsley MBC
Address: Town Hall, South Yorkshire, S70 2TA
Phone: 01226 772286
Email: louiseclarke@barnsley.gov.uk

VAR are undertaking this joint survey on behalf of the Rotherham Infrastructure Network; working with Together for Regeneration, South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau, Rural Action Yorkshire, and Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance. The information, which the survey will provide, is vital to all these organisations in developing policies and services, in order to represent and support you efficiently and effectively.

You can complete the questionnaire here.

Alternatively, you can request a paper version by contacting VAR:

Contact: Wanda Steadman, VAR
Telephone: 01709 829 821
Email: wanda.steadman@varotherham.org.uk
Website: www.surveymonkey.com/s/GNKV2YW

• Employee Assistance Helpline Services - Three year contract with a possible option of a further two years, from 1 August 2012 to 31 July 2015, or extended until 31 July 2017. More information is available here

• Occupational Health Services - Initial three year contract with a possible option of a further two years, from 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2015, or extended until 31 May 2017. More information is available here.

Those wishing to be considered for either opportunity can obtain a draft specification and a pre-tender questionnaire by contacting SYPTE at the address given below. Questionnaires and expressions of interest must be returned by the dates specified.

Deadlines:
Employee Assistance Helpline Services: 12pm, 30 March 2012
Occupational Health Services: 12pm, 3 February 2012

Contact: SYPTE
Address: Legal Services
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
11 Broad Street West
Sheffield
S1 2BQ
Email: tendering@sypte.co.uk
Website: www.sypte.co.uk

26 January 2012 (9:30am-4:30pm)

• Developing your fundraising strategy
• Understanding statutory funding
• Developing corporate relationships
• Managing volunteers.

27 January 2012 (9:30am-4:30pm)

• Demonstrating your impact
• Major donors
• Funding from trusts and Foundations
• Marketing and communications.

Although the training is free, a £50 deposit is required, and will be banked if a cancellation is made.

Location: A4e Ltd
14-16 Matilda Street
Sheffield
S1 4QD

Website: www.thefsi.org/2011/10/free-training-for-small-charities-the-fsi-roadshow-2/

Funding towards the cost of training courses and support is still available for specific accredited Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications is available until June 2012.

More information about the fund can be found here.

Deadline: 10 February 2012 for applications for all qualification levels (training must be completed by 30 June 2012)
Contact: Jas Hayre
Tel: 0113 3861863
Email: jash@calderdale.ac.uk
or
Nicola Hudson
Tel: 0113 3861861
Email: nicolahu@calderdale.ac.uk
Website: www.enhancementfund.co.uk

Over the next 20 years, the FIMT will provide long-term support for Service personnel and Veterans across the UK in making a successful transition to civilian life. The FIMT will focus on a range of problems that can affect ex-service personnel and their families can experience, including alcohol-related issues and mental illness.

The FIMT expects to be open for applications for grants from July 2012. More information can be found on the BIG Lottery Fund website here.

Contact: Alice Farrow, FIMT
Telephone: 07788 540 924
Email: afarrow@theproffice.com
Website: http://www.cobseo.org.uk/forces-in-mind/

To be eligible, applicants must:

Be a voluntary organisation (including registered charities, social enterprises, Community Interest Companies).
Work extensively with their local communities.
Be based and working in England.
Be able to spend the grant and complete the project by 31 March 2013.

Organisations should be working in one of the following areas:

Support young people and/or vulnerable people in the local community.
Preserve local history, and educates residents about their local area.
Provide and document opportunities for the disabled.
Develop the local community and integrate different groups.
Provide information which improves the quality of life for residents in their local community.

Application forms are available to download from the website.

Deadline: 5pm 2 March
Contact: Community Film Unit
Telephone: 01784 469 751
Email: matthewjoblin@communityfilmunit.co.uk
Website: http://www.communityfilmunit.co.uk/fund.html

The event is free, but you can choose to donate £20 to the cost.

Contact: Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber
Website: http://workingcapital.eventbrite.com/

They currently have a property available in Doncaster (Centurion Retail Park) and one in Sheffield (Crystal Peaks). Suggested uses of properties (depending on the size of the property) include workshops, fundraising or education events, theatre or dance performances, sports activities, pop up community information hubs, drop-in clinics, training and exercise facilities and get-active campaigns.

You can register with them to receive details of available properties.

For more information see the 3Space website at: http://3space.org

You can download the guide here.

Website: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/advice-support/funding-finance/sustainable-funding/publications#trustees

• The Arts
• Free and Quiet Minds
• Breaking Cycles of Abuse
• Local People, Local Places.

You can read our earlier posting here for more details.

Deadline: 30 March 2012 for all four programmes

Contact: LankellyChase Foundation
Telephone: 01235 820 044
Email: enquiries@lankellychase.org.uk
Website: http://www.lankellychase.org.uk/news/36

This year, the award is looking to find the best example of a project that uses physical activity to improve the well-being of its clients. Whatever the activity is, it must allow everybody the chance to participate.

All applicants will be judged on the following criteria:

• The extent to which homeless clients can participate in the activity
• The degree to which the activity is inclusive
• The impact the activity has on well-being, and how this is demonstrated
• The relationship between the initiative and the wider community
• The degree to which the activity is innovative, or is run in an innovative way
• The sustainability of the activity, or future plans for it.

An award of £650 will be given to the project ranked in first place, and there is a second place award of £350. The top 4 short-listed entrants will also be eligible for two free one-day delegate places at Homeless Link’s annual conference in July.

Download an application form here.

Deadline: 20 April 2012

Contact: Kate Alaway
Address: c/o Michael Whippman Award 2012
Homeless Link
Gateway House
Milverton Street
London
SE11 4AP

Website: http://www.homeless.org.uk/mw2012

The South Yorkshire Community Foundation has administered this Big Lottery programme throughout the Fair Share Trust areas of Kimberworth Park in Rotherham, Monk Bretton in Barnsley and Stainforth in Doncaster.

The Fair Share Trust aimed to identify areas that had not received their fair share of lottery funding and redress that through the programme.

Applications can be made via e-mail or posted hard copy to SYCF and should address the questions in the brief (link below). You can also find more information on what the evaluation should include by downloading the Fair Share Evaluation Checklist below.

Download the Fair Share Trust evaluation brief here.

Download the Fair Share Trust evaluation checklist here.

Further information about the national project can also be found on the Fair Share Trust website at www.fairsharetrust.org

Deadline: midnight; 31 January 2012

Contact: Karen Alsop, SYCF
Telephone: 0114 242 9003
Address: South Yorkshire Community Foundation
6 Leeds Road
Sheffield
S9 3TY
E-mail: kalsop@sycf.org.uk
Website: www.sycf.org.uk

Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James’s Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW
Tuesday 31 January 2012, 10 - 12:30

There will be presentations from Karen Boardman of the Heritage Lottery Fund on their funding programmes and Grace Tebbutt, Community Heritage Worker from Green Estate, on support she can offer to groups on developing a heritage project.

Shahida Siddique from Together for Regeneration will also be there to speak to about project advice and support.

The first presentation starts at 10:30. Free tea and coffee is provided from 10am but people are not supposed to take their drinks into the prayer room where the presentations are held.

There is no need to book, just turn up on the day.

Contact: South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau
Telephone: 0114 249 4343
Email: fiag@syfab.gov.uk

http://syfab.org.uk/fundingnews/2011/12/05/comic-relief-launching-financial-inclusion-fund-for-older-people/

Click here or on the link below to read it.

Website: www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2012/jan/10/funding-application-guide

The guide has the following sections:

• Charitable funding for organisations
• Public sector funding for organisations
• Low and no-cost alternatives to support learning and development
• Funding schemes for training providers
• Funding for learners
• Future funding and developments.

You can download it from the website.

Website: http://ncvys.org.uk/blogs.php?act=view_topic&id=249

The figures shown use tax credit data to give the closest measure we have of local levels of child poverty. The figures are estimates for mid-2011.

Contact:  End Child Poverty
Telephone: 020 7278 6541
Website: http://endchildpoverty.org.uk/why-end-child-poverty/poverty-in-your-area#whereHighest

Come along to a funding and support day to meet representatives from:

• South Yorkshire Community Foundation
• Coalfields Regeneration Trust
• South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau (SYFAB)
• Together for Regeneration (TfR)

One hour slots are available to discuss your group’s needs.

Appointments must be booked in advance.

Contact: Madeleine Gadsby, TfR
Telephone: 01709 309 119

They have a pool of over 600 highly skilled professionals who can offer support with projects in the following areas:

Financial management
Business planning
Human resources issues
Change management and restructuring
Marketing and communications

Contact: The Cranfield Trust
Telephone: 0844 8003390
Email: admin@cranfieldtrust.org
Website: http://www.cranfieldtrust.org/?pIDref=114-services

Date and time: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m., 23 January 2012
Venue: Doncaster CVS, 5-6 Trafford Court, Doncaster,  DN1 1PN

You can download a flyer for the event here.

You need to book a place.

Contact: Adam Howard
Telephone: 0114 224 2257
Email: adam.howard@groundwork.org.uk

The Council has £10,000 to allocate  for a programme of work between 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013.  It should  relate to prevention programmes, improving awareness of services, provide screening for key illnesses and conditions, improve lifestyles, enhance independence and address social isolation with a particular focus on greater awareness and understanding of mental health needs for Muslim Elders.

You need to complete an expression of interest form. It is available with guidance notes to download here.

Deadline: 12:00pm on  6 February 2012
Contact: Howard Waddicor, Commissioning Officer, Adult Social Care
Telephone: 0114 205 7130
Email: accountablebody.services@sheffield.gov.uk

Groups looking for a grant from RAG can now apply to their second round of applications. Grants are from £100 to £20,000, with organisations local to South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire prioritised (accounting for over 80% of last year’s grants). Application forms and guidelines and are downloadable from the website.

Deadline: 7th February
Contact: Emma Damian-Grint
Email: emma.damian-grint@sheffield.ac.uk
Website: http://goo.gl/1HI4k

Previously everyone eligible to join a credit union had to have something in common but this requirement has now been removed, leaving credit unions free to extend their operations by offering financial services to organisations such as housing providers, social enterprises and businesses, community groups and charities.

For more information see the Association of British Credit Unions Limited’s website here.

Website: www.abcul.coop/media-and-research/news/view/208