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Bulletin Contents - 13th December 2011FREE Funding Workshop – ‘Reaching Communities’ Financial inclusion in Derbyshire Passport Training: For volunteers who work with children or young people £10 million Local Energy Assessment Fund launched | ||
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Lottery’s Awards for AllLooking for a grant of £300 - £10,000 for your group or organisation’s activities? Could your group be eligible for funding from the Lottery’s Awards for All programme? High Peak CVS is offering you the chance to come and discuss your group’s activities and funding needs with BIG Lottery Fund’s Development Officer, Matthew Rowe. Each ‘Drop-In’ session will last ½ hour and will give you a chance of a 1-1 chat with Matt Rowe (our local Lottery Development Officer) and High Peak CVS’s funding advisor, Esther Jones about the project or activity that you would like funding for, its suitability for Awards for All funding (or signposting to alternative funders) and tips on what to emphasize in your bid. Appointments need to be booked in advance - If there is enough interest we will run sessions in the afternoon as well as the morning! To book a time please ring High Peak CVS on 01663 735 350 or email esther@highpeakcvs.org.uk with the name of your group, your preferred time of day and a daytime phone number. Do bring a fellow committee member or trustee with you to this Drop-In if you would like! |
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FREE Funding Workshop – ‘Reaching Communities’The BIG Lottery Fund also offers a larger grants programme called ‘Reaching Communities’. This offers grants of £10,001 - £500,000 for revenue projects and up to £50,000 for capital projects to community organizations and groups for projects that help people and communities who are ‘most in need’. High Peak CVS is joining forces with Derbyshire Dales CVS to offer a FREE workshop on the ‘Reaching Communities’ programme for groups and organizations who are going to apply or are considering applying. The workshop will be lead by Matthew Rowe, BIG Lottery Development Officer, and will be very much an information-based workshop, focusing on the main points of the programme including how to describe and evidence the need and the outcomes of your proposed project. Application to this funding programme is via a two-stage process and is highly competitive. If you are thinking of bidding to it, this workshop is highly recommended! To book your place on this workshop please contact High Peak CVS on 01663 735 350 or email esther@highpeakcvs.org.uk with your name, the name of your group or organization and a daytime phone number. |
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Financial inclusion in Derbyshire Future needs: 2012 onwardsDay Conferences Friday 20 January and Thursday 26 January 2012 The Financial Inclusion Derbyshire Partnership has been working over the last couple of years to address issues of financial exclusion in the county including: access to affordable credit, banking and savings; debt and income maximisation advice; financial capability/education. The conferences will partly celebrate what has been achieved to date but will mainly provide an opportunity to identify key financial exclusion needs/ issues in the Derbyshire, for 2012 onwards, and plan future priorities. This will lead to a new financial inclusion strategy. To request a booking form please contact f.rostron@ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk or call 01629 821929 for more information |
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Passport TrainingFor volunteers who work with children or young people.Volunteers must be aged 16 years + This is a free five session course. The second High Peak course will take place on five consecutive Wednesday evenings, starting February 22nd, 6.30 p.m. – 9.30.p.m in the Adult Community Education Centre in Fairfield, Buxton and involves: Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate and identity badge as an accredited volunteer recognised by Derbyshire Children’s Trust. We will need to ensure that volunteers are CRB checked at enhanced level and will have to a supply CRB registration number. If you are someone who is considering volunteering, and are not yet CRB checked, the identity badge will not be issued until you have received your CRB and started volunteering Places are limited to a maximum of 20 per course. If interested please contact David Shaddick at the Buxton Volunteer Centre, 16 Eagle Parade, Buxton SK17 6EQ. Tel 01298 23970. E-mail david@buxtonvc.org.uk Or to find out more about this course go to the County Council website |
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£10 million Local Energy Assessment Fund launchedThe Energy Saving Trust and the Department for Energy and Climate Change have launched a new fund which aims to support communities across England and Wales to play an active role in the development of a low carbon society where energy supply is both secure and affordable. The fund will resource work by community groups to understand their potential for improvements in energy efficiency and local deployment of renewable energy, alongside demonstrations of solid wall insulation. Organisations including parish councils, voluntary associations, development trusts and faith groups are all eligible to apply. The grant fund provided by the programme is intended to help communities to prepare for new opportunities in sustainable energy and climate change arising from the Green Deal, Renewable Heat Incentive and Feed in Tariffs. The grants can be used to fund projects that follow the Energy Hierarchy (reduce energy use, use energy efficiently, generate renewable energy). Up to 200 communities will receive funding, with an average of £50,000 available per community (maximum grant of £130,000). There are two applications deadlines:noon on 22nd December 2011 and noon on 20th January 2012. All funding will need to be spent by 31st March 2012. Find out more and apply here: www.greencommunitiescc.org.uk Groups applying to the fund can include up to £1000 for help from a third party to develop their application. If your group would like help from High Peak CVS to make an application, please contact Esther via 01663 735 350 or esther@highpeakcvs.org.uk |
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£5K Jackpot for Businesses with Growing AmbitionEntrepenuers with clever ideas for exporting goods and services have been challenged to bid for prizes including £5,000 worth of top business advice. The gauntlet was thrown down this week by High Peak Borough Council, which revealed that UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) had called on self-employed people and small and medium enterprises to share their export ideas. The Exporting for Growth Prize is open to businesses with a new product or service they want to export or an idea for such a product or service. It is also open to enterprises that have started exporting in the last 12 months and would now like to take it further. Prizes include £5,000 worth of mentoring from HSBC Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers, three grants to travel overseas to explore markets, and a full range of services from UKTI. More information can be found here. Applicants should explain in no more than 200 words why their idea is workable. Alternatively, businesses can call Kerry Bailey in the Derbyshire UKTI office on (01332) 826427. Deadline for competition applications is Friday, January 13 next year. |
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Volunteer Coordinator VacancySouth Derbyshire CVS have a vacancy for a Volunteer Coordinator to manage a team of volunteers within CVS and to support the administrative work of the Volunteer Centre. The successful candidate will be motivated, organised, have experience in administration and a good understanding of volunteering and the needs of volunteers. 16 hours per week, NJC Scale 5 point 23 (£20,198 pro rata). Based at South Derbyshire CVS, Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Closing date: Friday 6th January 2012 More information and an download an application pack are available: here |
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Home Heat HelplineThe Home Heat Helpline is a free, not for profit phone helpline set up and funded by Britain's leading energy suppliers - British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, npower, Scottish Power, and SSE - to help customers who are struggling to pay their energy bills and keep warm. Launched by the Energy Retail Association in October 2005, it is staffed by a team of expert advisors based in Glasgow, who are on hand to give quick, clear information on the grants, benefits and payment schemes that callers may be entitled to. For help or to find out more call the Home Heat Helpline Team can be called on 0800 33 66 99 |
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