The Piggy Bank Fund provides small grants of around £500 for projects that benefit young people aged 13-19 in Whitehawk, Manor Farm and Bristol Estate. Applicants will need to fill out an application form, and provide a one minute video about their project. The deadline for applications is March 20th. The videos will be shown at a public event on March 25th, where a vote will be taken on which projects to fund. For more information contact: info@…
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Islamaphobia and hate crime training
Two training workshops run by Brighton & Hove City Council 1. Islamophobia / Anti-Muslim Hate Monday 16th March 2015, 6 – 9 pm, Rooms 2 & 3, Second Floor, Brighton Town Hall 2. Reporting Hate Incidents/Crimes and Legislative Frameworks Wednesday 18th March 2015, 4:30 – 7:30 pm, Rooms 2 & 3, Second Floor, Brighton Town Hall Both workshops will be run by Fiyaz Mughal, the founder director of Faith Matters, a national organisation that also runs…
Funding for new partnership projects involving Brighton University and local communities
Do you have a good idea for a community-university partnership project? Do your ideas involve working with communities or projects local to University of Brighton campuses? Do you need some seed funding to kick-start co-working? The Community University Partnership Programme (CUPP) has money available for seed funding, to get new partnerships off the ground. Seed funding aims to support the development of new or early partnership working between …
Free Food safety training for community group volunteers
These courses are run by Brighton & Hove Community Learning. To book a place, call them on 01273 294287 or email [email protected] Level 2 Food Safety – Central Portslade This is a one day course. There is no crèche facility on this course. Course date: Wednesday 6 May Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm Venue: Portslade Town Hall. Victoria Rd. Portslade BN41 1YF Tutor: James Aldcroft Level 2 Food Safety – Central Brighton This is a one da…
Making the media work for you
This free publication is a useful guide for community and voluntary organisations on using the media. It’s aimed at larger charities, but has some useful advice and tips for anyone getting to grips with publicising their organisation. It’s written by journalists, and covers news media, social media and developing media campaigns. You can download it at http://ejc.net/projects/Ongoing/making-the-media-work-for-you-a-guide-for-civil-society-organis…
Serviced offices to let in central Brighton
Two serviced offices have just become available to rent at the Care Co-ops Social Enterprise Centre, just 2 minutes from the clocktower. Offices accommodate 4-5 desks each (for social enterprises we would explore renting by desk to a group of organisations). Facilities include all services and internet access, 24 hour access, additional on-site hire options including meeting rooms and a 250 capacity venue. Cost: £440 per month each (10% discount …
Free table tennis equipment for groups
Over the past three summers Table Tennis England, Brighton & Hove Council and Brighton Table Tennis Club have organised Ping! – placing loads of tables around the city for anyone to play on – all for free! Last year over 42,000 people played on the tables. Ping! is back this year and will be bigger than ever. Table Tennis England is offering organisations based in Brighton and Hove up two Instant Ping Pong Packs to get people playing table tennis…
Free video production workshop
… The Media Trust is running an introductory workshop for charitable and community groups to help them understand how they can create video content that will enable them to amplify their campaigns and calls to action. When: 13 May 2015, 10.00am-4.00pm, Where: Brighton You need to complete an application form to apply to attend. For more details and an application form contact Adam Perry on: [email protected] …
Women’s Empowerment Fund grants of £2,000 to £20,000
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is launching a call for applications for a Women’s Empowerment Fund. The Fund is £250k in total and voluntary and community groups whose primary objective is to work with women in the community are invited to apply for funding for local community engagement projects that empower women. They will award 10 -20 grants across the country. The deadline is 31st March 2015. For more info see: ht…
RAISE Challenge Fund grants available to support innovative ideas
RAISE Challenge Fund grants are available to support community and voluntary organisations across the South East with grants in the region of £2,500 – £10,000 to help develop leadership and vision, unlock potential and develop innovative ideas. Examples of projects which could be funded are: Business planning Use of data and research Training Marketing and Communications Starting new ventures Applicants should be able to demonstrate how the propo…