Charity and Voluntary Sector

MoD: A team of Armed Forces personnel, recovering at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre from serious injuries, competed in the Ironman UK Triathlon event in Bolton on Sunday 31 July 2011.   They included Royal Marine Joe Townsend, aged 23, who lost both his legs on operations in Afghanistan.
 
The Ironman UK is a long-distance triathlon, considered to be one of the toughest single day endurance events.  It is a race comprising a 2.4-mile (3.9km) swim (open water), 112-mile (180km) cycle and 26.2-mile (42km) run (a full marathon).
Press release & links ~ Ironman UK
 
HL: A new £20m grants scheme has been opened up by Homeless Link for voluntary sector organisations working to tackle rough sleeping in England, with £8m being given out in the first funding round. The Homeless Transition Fund will award grants of up to £250,000 to protect & enhance essential services for single homeless people.  Grants will also be awarded to support the introduction of No Second Night Out and other new ways to end rough sleeping.  
 
The independent Fund has been set up to help support the Government’s rough sleeping strategy ‘Vision to end rough sleeping: No Second Night Out nationwide’.  Administered by Homeless Link, the Fund will award £20m over the next 3 years.  Organisations have until the 30 September 2011 to submit applications. 
 
Currently running as a pilot across London, No Second Night Out is a standard that the Government wants every local authority in England to adopt.  It involves having the right services in place to make sure that anyone who ends up on the streets gets rapid help so they don’t spend a second night on the streets.
Press release & links ~ Vision to end rough sleeping: No Second Night Out nationwide
 
DFID: The second round for the GPAF Impact funding scheme has opened.  The deadline for applications is 19 September 2011.  The GPAF is a demand-led fund supporting projects focused on poverty reduction and the most off-track Millennium Development Goals in poor countries.  Projects are selected on the basis of demonstrable impact on poverty, clarity of outputs & outcomes, and value for money. 
 
The funding via the Impact window is available to medium sized UK-based not for profit organisations and locally registered civil society organisation in certain countries.  Organisations receiving Programme Partnership Arrangements are not eligible to apply.  
Press release & links
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