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Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust applications focused on food poverty (UK)

The Trust supports registered UK charities that work with communities in the UK. The funding is intended to support those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are the most limited.

The Trust operates a three-year rotation system, with different fields of interest being funded each year. There are normally four application rounds per year with applications accepted for one month only, usually in February, April, July and September. Charities can only apply for one round per calendar year.

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easyfundraising: 250 free online fundraising packs available

Funding platform easyfundraising has 250 free fundraising toolkits to give away to help organisations raise money easily online.

The packs contain shareable content to help you get your supporters raising money for you online, including social media posts, newsletter contents, poster, flyers and videos.

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V4CE Catalyst Programme – Supporting BME communities to develop resilience and influence

Are you a BME organisation interested in developing? You can register now for the V4CE Catalyst Programme for London and regions across England.

V4CE offers free:

Needs assessment
Organisational resilience
Building workshops
Tailored 121 infrastructure support
Newsletter and signposting
Networking with other BME organisations

Register here

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People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

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Trading for Good – New funded programme for social enterprises and community businesses

Gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to develop and grow projects that tackle social and environmental challenges through strong trading income streams. Trading for Good is a new programme by the School for Social Entrepreneurs that provides funding, education and support for social entrepreneurs and community businesses across England. The programme includes a Match Trading Grant, learning and development programme and your own ready-made network.

Find out more here

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Training Needs Analysis 2023 summary

Thank you to those of you who took the time to complete our Training Needs Analysis survey between September and November 2023. We greatly appreciate the insights that were shared with us. Like with all of our services, Macc is committed to ensuring training provision is accessible and as comprehensive as possible. The feedback received has demonstrated the variety of need that exists for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Manchester and beyond.

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Announcement: Macc has successfully secured Manchester City Council’s contract to provide infrastructure support to the city's voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector

Macc is delighted to announce that, following an open tender process, we have once again been successful in securing the contract with Manchester City Council to deliver infrastructure support to the city's voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. This work enables us to support charities, community groups (including the community work done by faith organisations), voluntary groups, and social enterprises to be healthy, sustainable, well-run and above all, impactful for our communities.

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Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund Round Five

The Greater Manchester Environment Fund (GMEF) is accepting applications from charities and other not-for-profit organisations across Greater Manchester for Round Five of the Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund.

Grants of between £2,000 and £40,000 are available for local organisations to create or improve green spaces, including but not limited to:

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Islamic Relief UK

Islamic Relief UK is offering grants of between £1,000 and £40,000 for voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector organisations across the UK to deliver projects that support marginalised and vulnerable people and their communities.

In 2024, a total of £2.5 million is available for projects and activities that align with the following aims:

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Rosa’s Stand With Us Fund

The Stand With Us Fund was set up to address the critical lack of investment in frontline organisations supporting women and girls who experience male violence.

Originally started with money raised by Reclaim These Streets in the wake of the appalling kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Metropolitan Police Officer, the fund exists to make the UK safer for all women and girls.

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Vegan Society Grants

The Vegan Society, a UK charity which exists to increase awareness of veganism for the benefit of people, animals and the environment, has announced it will accept applications during the month of July 2024.

This year, the Society is offering grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 with an eye to supporting fewer projects but those having a higher impact.

The funding is intended for new and innovative projects which will encourage non-vegans to go vegan and stay vegan.

The Society is looking for projects that:

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