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Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme Consultation

12 Feb 2016 - 11:05 by michelle.foster

Gift Aid is a tax relief. It allows individual taxpayers to give a sum of money to a charity or Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC), which is treated as being paid to the charity net of basic rate income tax.

The Government is keen to understand your experience of operating the scheme.

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Institute of Fundraising and Small Charities Coalition Press Release - Significant work needed to raise awareness of fundraising changes with smaller charities

12 Feb 2016 - 11:04 by michelle.foster

The results of a survey run by the Institute of Fundraising (IoF) and the Small Charities Coalition (SCC) shows that almost half of respondents are ‘not very familiar’ or ‘not at all familiar’ with the review of fundraising self-regulation conducted last summer.

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Fabulous Fan Fayre - raise unlimited funds for your community group through a new opportunity

8 Feb 2016 - 09:49 by michelle.foster

Are you interested in raising unlimited funds for your community group through a new opportunity? If so come along to an information event to find out more.

Date & Time: 22 February 2016, 11am-1pm
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Ashton New Road, Manchester

Working in partnership with Fabulous Fan Fayre - Macc are inviting local VCSE groups to an open day to explore how not for profit organisations can raise funds in a unique and exciting way.

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Mayor launches £900,000 community chest

5 Feb 2016 - 10:02 by michelle.foster

Communities across Greater Manchester are being invited to bid for a slice of £900,000 to reduce demand on police services by building strong neighbourhoods, boosting volunteering, and empowering the region’s young people.

The funds available include:

Commissioner’s neighbourhood fund
Grants of up to £1000 (from a total fund of £200,000) are available for projects that contribute to stronger, safer neighbourhoods; increase neighbourliness; and encourage communities to help themselves and others.

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Learning Disability Engagement - Grant funding

5 Feb 2016 - 10:01 by michelle.foster

NHS England wants to support the involvement of people with a learning disability who are given the least chance to have their say. This is so that people: have their experiences listened to; can be involved in improving healthcare; and can tell NHS England about the issues and challenges that make it harder for them to get the same quality of healthcare as everyone else.

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Powerhouse, Moss Side, Manchester – Soft Market Testing Exercise

5 Feb 2016 - 09:56 by michelle.foster

The Powerhouse is a large purpose built youth centre in Moss Side. The Powerhouse are currently looking for agencies/organisations/partnerships who are interested in developing new operating arrangements for the Powerhouse in Moss Side Manchester and have decided to start a process of soft market testing.

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Charity accounts, reports and audits update

5 Feb 2016 - 09:55 by michelle.foster

Sandy Adirondack, Governance and legal training and consultancy for the voluntary sector provides legal updates for voluntary organisations. In Sandy’s latest update you can find information on changes to the statement of recommended practice for charity accounts (SORPs) and an increase in the audit threshold.

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horizon - a free online tool for data on youth social action in the UK

27 Jan 2016 - 09:41 by michelle.foster

Across the UK, millions of young people choose to make a difference in their community through social action — whether by campaigning against climate change, mentoring a peer who's struggling at school, starting a social enterprise, or fundraising for a cause they are passionate about.

horizon is a free digital mapping tool to enable any organisation to access data on youth social action programmes. The goal is to make it easy for schools, local authorities, third sector organisations and funders to discover what youth social action is taking place in their region

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Skills and Opportunities Fund

27 Jan 2016 - 09:30 by michelle.foster

NatWest's Skills and Opportunities Fund has committed £2.5m to fund projects in charities, social enterprises, community groups, state-funded schools and colleges across the UK and Ireland. The focus for this funding is to support organisations that help people in disadvantaged communities develop, create or access the skills and opportunities they need to help themselves; skills that will enable them to get into work or start a business, now or in the future.

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First Utility Foundation Grants

27 Jan 2016 - 09:28 by michelle.foster

Grants are for projects that change the lives of the UK's most vulnerable families and children for the better: Improving the quality of life of older people; Making life better for people with disabilities.

The Trustees are looking for projects run by UK-registered charities which deliver support for vulnerable communities in the UK.

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