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The grants target small, local projects working to address community issues in areas of extreme Urban Deprivation or remote, socio-economically deprived Rural Areas. Organisations need to have a demonstrable track record of success.
The past several years have been ones of financial upheaval, encompassing both the global financial crisis in 2007 and 2008 and cuts to public service spending under the Coalition government from 2010. Ongoing reductions in public spending have affected the voluntary sector as a whole; the most recent UK Civil Society Almanac showed that it lost £1.9bn from government between 2009/10 and 2012/13. 
Big Advice Day, on 14 June, is offering your small charity the chance to access expert, pro bono advice on any topic. 
Support is available from a range of professionals on any and every charity topic, you simply need to let them know what support you require and you’ll be matched with the right advisor.
Join this campaign from the Directory of Social Change (DSC) campaign to promote government grants for charities and voluntary groups. 
The Tudor Trust is an independent grant-making trust which supports voluntary and community groups working in any part of the UK.
The Project Development Grant scheme is intended to assist an organisation to cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating a project and taking it towards the start of work on site. 
The Place at Platt Lane is looking for trustees with the skills, expertise and enthusiasm to provide strategic direction, supporting the development of the business and helping it on its journey to becoming a sustainable, community-owned asset. 
NCVO has launched the 15th edition of the UK Civil Society Almanac, once again providing a comprehensive overview of facts and figures related to the voluntary sector.
NCVO principally use charities’ accounts to estimate the sector’s finances, as well as survey data to understand rates of volunteering and the sector’s workforce.
The Hilden Charitable Fund has allocated a small budget to help community groups run summer play schemes for disadvantaged communities. Some priority will be given to projects which show they are inclusive of children from refugee families, and show BME involvement. 
The Trustees are looking to fund:
• Projects for children aged 5 to 18 years
• Locally based schemes lasting from 2 to 6 weeks
The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities for England and Wales, has launched a new public beta online charity registration service. The service offers improvements to users including: 
• clearer application forms
• auto prompting and completion
• introduction of tailored question sets for charity types
• a charity name check facility
• hard copy printing
• quicker turnaround times
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