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Celebr8 Local Authority and Community Programmes funding available
24 September 2009
Celebr8 (don’t discrimin8) has been running since 2006 and aims to promote diversity as an economic, social and cultural asset. It was initiated by 4NW (the Regional Leaders Board) and has won support from other regional agencies.
The 2009-10 theme is community cohesion, and funding is available to support community groups or local authorities to participate in Celebr8 through providing capacity for projects that can demonstrate innovation or good practice in comjmunity cohesion.
The scheme will financially support projects, by providing a minimum of fivegrants - each of up to £4000 - for local authorities, groups of local authorities (eg at sub-regional or MAA level) or community/voluntary sector groups who are working with their local authority. Applications are sought from each of the five sub-regions.
The grants would be available for activities that demonstrate or promote ‘those from different backgrounds getting on well together’ with special reference to one or more of the following nine strands - Sexual Orientation, Transgender, Age, Faith, Gender, Disability, Race, Asylum seekers/refugees, Socio-economic disadvantage.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 12pm 19th October 2009. Please submit electronically.
A decision will be made at a judging panel of regional partners on 27th October 2009. Successful applicants will be notified in the week beginning 2nd November by email. The successful applicants will be announced at the Celebr8 conference in Liverpool on 11th November 2009.
Featured Event
Open Public Services - Passage of a bill workshop
This VSNW/Parliamentary Outreach Service event will explore the stages that the bill would go through, their relative importance and ways to engage and influence
Featured News
Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund results announced
The beneficiaries of the £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society.
Relaunch of Voluntary Sector Cuts Website
The Voluntary Sector Cuts website has now been relaunched with additional functionality to enable VCS organisations to records cuts to funding and their effects
Views sought on Department of Health draft statutory guidance
VSNW are requesting your views on draft statutory guidance as support for joint strategic needs assessments and health and wellbeing strategies
Events & Trainings
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
