… Deadline 12/04/15. Jewson are awarding funding of between £1,000 and £50,000 to community projects. Examples of projects: a new roof for your village hall, a sensory garden for local school children or the renovation of a long-forgotten community building. Works by nomination, followed by shortlisting, followed by voting by the public then a judgement by the panel. Go to their website: www.buildingbettercommunities.co.uk for more information. …
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Piggy Bank Fund deadline extended to 17th April
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. They will then be required to attend a grant presentation session on 22nd April at the Crew Club between 16-30 and 18-00. The deadline for applications has now been extended to 5pm on Friday 1…
Survey on community food
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership are doing a survey to find out about all kinds of places where people eat together in groups. The survey is at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BHFPcommmeals They would like to hear from places people eat together in groups (or would like to in future). Also from anywhere that regularly receives donated food. Some examples include lunch clubs growing projects day centres community groups cafes which offer a lunch …
Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact
Two further workshops on evaluation and making the most of your data are being held for Community Works members. The workshops are an opportunity to explore monitoring, evaluation and impact through the practical learning of bringing together a Data Management Strategy. They will explore the concept and contents of such a strategy, the benefits of having one and what it might bring to your group. For full workshop information including dates plea…
Seed funding for community-university partnership projects
… Seed funding aims to support the development of new or early partnership working between academic staff at the University of Brighton and local community organisations. Each year they invite new partnerships to make applications for up to £5000 to make their ideas happen. Contact Brighton University for more information. …
Disability awareness workshop
… Community Works are running a Disability Awareness workshop with local specialist providers the Fed and Brighton & Hove Speak Out. Tues 7th April, 10am – 1pm, Community Base 113 Queens Road. Fees vary from £25-£45. For more information contact [email protected] or call 01273 234023. …
Free office goods and furniture
… Prestamex House is vacating this week, and many hundreds of items of office goods and furniture are available to community groups, citizens and small businesses for free. Please email Cat at [email protected] if you are interested in viewing or picking up items. Viewing and pick ups on Tuesday 24th, Thursday 26th and Sunday 29th 11am to 6pm, Prestamex House, 171 Preston Road, BN1 6AG. There’s free parking at the front of the building. …
Governance Network, 20th May
Community Works carried out a consultation at the end of 2014 on trustee support. It asked trustees questions about what areas they would like support in and how they would like to address these areas. In brief, the responses indicated that the majority of people would like a quarterly network that is held in the evening and has a well-structured learning element to it. The topic areas that people indicated they most wanted to address were: Devel…
May 1st deadline for Brighton & Hove council small grants
Brighton & Hove Council has announced the deadlines for this year’s annual grants programme for smaller organisations. The first deadline is Friday May 1st. The council runs a general grants scheme, offering funding of up to £5,000 for community groups with an annual income below £35,000, as well as four specialist grants programmes: Arts partnership awards (grants of up to £2,500, match funding required) Environmental Sustainability grants (gran…
Information sessions about Community Works Mentoring programme
The Community Works Mentoring Programme for 2015-16 is coming soon. They are holding two Information Sessions for anyone who would like to find out more. Whether you would like to take part as a mentor or whether you are seeking the support of one, you can come along to find out the details of the programme, criteria for taking part and speak to people who have participated in previous years. The aim is also to help you decide whether mentoring s…