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Grants to start your own bike library

22 May 2023 - 08:50 by michelle.foster

Bike libraries are local hubs that will allow people to borrow a bicycle, like a book, to try out. They aim to boost access to cycles and give people a chance to give cycling a go.

a blue bag with a yellow ribbon around the top and white pound sign on the frontBike libraries are generally based in the heart of a community, within easy reach by foot, in places such as community centres, schools, village halls or local business premises.

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Sport England – Small Grants Programme

15 May 2023 - 14:02 by michelle.foster

The Sport England Small Grants programme provides funding to remove barriers to participation in physical activity and improve community sport provision. Grants of £300 to £15,000 are afundingvailable to projects across England.

The aim of the fund is to bring communities together and provide sport and physical activities for people who may be less physically active.

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Co-op Local Fund Reopens for 2023 Applications

15 May 2023 - 11:42 by michelle.foster

Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across the UK and Isle of Man can now apply for grants from the Co-op Local Community Fund, which allows Co-op members to a blue bag with a yellow ribbon around the top and white pound sign on the frontsupport the projects they care most about.

The grants will be awarded for projects around Co-op food stores and funeral homes that:

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Youth Investment Fund Refurbishment Grant

4 May 2023 - 14:57 by michelle.foster

The Youth Investment Fund team wants to ensure every eligible youth service can apply for funding to renovate their service and recognises that some services only require a small investment to image: funding bagimprove their offer to young people.

In response to need, the Youth Investment Fund team has developed a Refurbishment Grants application stream for organisations. The focus of the fund is refurbishments on individual sites.

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Free webinars on a social value spreadsheet

28 Apr 2023 - 12:07 by michelle.foster

Are you a Manchester VCSE organisation? Struggling to measure your ‘social value’? Could a free and simple spreadsheet help you?

The Community Hubs Network for Manchester have developed a simple spreadsheet where you add some straightforward data and it can transform this into graphs and information that you can use in reports, funding bids etc.

The content is based on the National Social Value TOMS (themes, outcomes and measures) framework so it is a recognised system using ‘approved values’.

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