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New £1 million fund for faith groups from CLG
19 March 2010
Communities Secretary John Denham has launched a raft of measures aimed at helping faith groups to get their voices heard by government and public bodies, and to play their part in delivering public services.
The new measures include:
► A £1 million Faith Leadership in Government Fund: national faith-based organisations can apply for a share to help them develop a bigger voice and strengthen capacity to challenge and engage government.
► A £50,000 Innovation in Faith-Based Social Action Prize: to publicise and reward faith-motivated projects that are finding new ways to meet local problems, bring people together and meet the needs of local communities.
► A new 'myth-busting' guide for local government on working with faith groups: intended to help deal with confusion over commissioning services from faith-based groups.
The measures were announced at the Faith and Social Action: Innovation and Enterprise conference in London earlier this week.
For more information visit the Communities and Local Government website.
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
Two days left to enter our case study competition - prizes up for grabs!
We are inviting local groups and local or regional infrastructure organisations from across the North West to submit ideas for Listen Value Invest 2012 case studies about their work and how they are adjusting to the new environment
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
Events & Trainings
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
