Month: December 2020

Heart of England Community Foundations Winter Wellbeing Campaign a Festive Success!
Heart of England Community Foundations Winter Wellbeing Campaign a Festive Success!
 23 Dec 20

The Heart of England Community Foundation launched the Winter Wellbeing campaign towards the end of 2020 after securing funds and opened applications for a little Festive Fun for one-off projects […]
Managing Funding Risks
Managing Funding Risks

It is important that Trustees and fundraisers are aware of the risks and take action to prevent them, as fundraising can be a risky business. In Fundraising UK’s post they […]
Using QR Codes as a Tool For Charity Fundraising
Using QR Codes as a Tool For Charity Fundraising

Charity Digital News explore in their article how QR Code technology can be used to help a Charity fundraise as part of a ‘scan to give’ campaign. Whilst QR Codes […]
New £4 Million Fund to Tackle Loneliness
New £4 Million Fund to Tackle Loneliness

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund have announced a new fund to reduce loneliness by helping people feel more connected. The […]
£400 Million Additional Funding Announced for Cultural Organisations
£400 Million Additional Funding Announced for Cultural Organisations

The UK Government has announced an additional £400 million will be awarded to arts, culture and heritage organisations across England in the form of grants and loans from the Culture […]
Greggs Foundation Breakfast Club Grants
Greggs Foundation Breakfast Club Grants

The Greggs Foundation currently supports over 127 breakfast clubs throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Schools that are interested in applying for funding to open a breakfast club at their school […]
Free Trees for Community Groups and Schools
Free Trees for Community Groups and Schools

The Woodland Trust has announced that it has thousands of free tree packs available to community groups and schools across the UK, plus nurseries, colleges, universities and outdoor learning centres. […]
Tech for Good Digital Development Fund ‘Build’
Tech for Good Digital Development Fund ‘Build’
 22 Dec 20

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Comic Relief are launching their Tech for Good digital development fund ‘Build’ the next round of funding for our joint Tech for Good programme, Build, in […]
Park Pond Clean-Up Underway in Three Sandwell Parks
Park Pond Clean-Up Underway in Three Sandwell Parks

Sandwell Council has started major tree works near to pools at three parks – Smethwick Hall Park, Victoria Park in Tipton and Victoria Park in Smethwick. The work includes the […]
Stark Warning from Sandwell over New Variant of Coronavirus
Stark Warning from Sandwell over New Variant of Coronavirus

Sandwell’s director for public health Dr Lisa McNally today issued this stark warning: “A new variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has now spread to most areas of the […]
ESF Community Grants New Rounds
ESF Community Grants New Rounds
 21 Dec 20

ESF Community Grants awards funding of up to £20,000 to organisations who can run projects that support people unemployed (for 6 months minimum) back into work/training. Projects need to demonstrate […]
New Rapid Covid-19 Testing to Start in Sandwell
New Rapid Covid-19 Testing to Start in Sandwell

Rapid coronavirus testing will start on Monday (21 December) in Sandwell. West Bromwich Town Hall has been converted into a large testing site able to accommodate 12 testing points at […]