Bid Writing is an essential skill when it comes to securing funding for your organisation. This interactive webinar is ideal for staff or volunteers who are responsible for writing funding applications.
What can I expect?
This 3 hour training workshop will be a combination of presentation, group discussion and practical work. It is useful to come to the session with a project in mind (but is not essential).
You can apply now for small grant of between £1,000 and £5,000 to improve local spaces and services along the 70-mile Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) as part of a new community fund, delivered by GMCVO.
With billions of pounds being invested to transform train travel between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York, TRU has launched the community fund to give back to the communities it is working in.
To support the incredible work that so many charities do to support the Climate and Environment, Movement for Good will award £5,000 to 10 charities working in this area.
The nomination window opens for five days only, 12 - 16 August 2024.
This special draw is open to charities whose core charitable purpose is to protect and conserve the natural environment and/or combat climate factors such as preventing global temperature increase.
Ten winning charities will be drawn to win £5,000 each during the week beginning 19 August and announced on 23 August 2024.
Home Truths 2: Race Equity Series Session Three continues this event series hosted by ACEVO and Voice4Change England. This is an integral part of ACEVO and Voice4Change England’s ongoing initiative aimed at challenging and addressing racial inequality in the civil society.
The MYRIAD: Spark Project Fund is offering funding for test and learn projects exploring how culture and creativity can reduce mental health inequalities in global majority communities. Through these projects the aim is to create opportunities to explore new practice, new approaches and new partnerships. Expressions of interest are being invited from VCFSE, cultural sector and statutory organisations.
MASH are delighted to be commissioning an independent evaluation of the impact of their services.
MASH is a charity based in Manchester which provides support to women who sex work or are at risk of sex working. The community MASH support are some of the most marginalised women in the area who face significant barriers to accessing mainstream services and support. MASH provide non-judgmental, expert advice to these women and aim to help women to be happier, healthier, safer and more able to identify and achieve their goals.
These meetings are a chance for GM Ethnic Communities Network members and allies to connect, share experiences and learn from one another as well as hear from guest speakers on relevant topics.
Free refreshments and a vegetarian lunch will be provided.
Does your community organisation need additional funds? Come along to find out how your organisation can receive free unrestricted funding via funding platform easyfundraising.
In this informal webinar, Becky from easyfundraising will show you how your volunteers, staff and supporters can use the easyfundraising platform to raise donations for free for your organisation when they shop with leading retailers.
What to expect:
The leading supermarkets, Tesco, Morrisons, ASDA, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Iceland, and Ocado partner with online fundraising company easyfundraising, to give your voluntary organisation. Charity, social enterprise or CIC a way of receiving funding – for free.
How it works is simple. An online shopper buys their weekly food shop with one of the above brands, and the supermarket then sends your organisation a free donation as a thank you. In most cases, supermarkets offer a flat monetary amount of up to £5, and others offer a percentage based on what the online shopper spends.
CAST’s Coffee Connections service matches up peers across the charity sector every two months for a virtual chat about all things digital. What you talk about will be entirely up to you and your match: it could be a challenge you need help with, advice you'd like to share, or just a general chat about digital, data or design. The service is open to anyone who works within a social or voluntary organisation and has an interest in digital.
The next round of matches will take place on 12 September 2024