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Charity and Voluntary Sector
CO: Vital frontline advice services across England will receive a multi-million pound support package as the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) launches the Advice Services Transition Fund. The Cabinet Office is supporting BIG’s programme by contributing half of the funding.
Alongside the launch of the £65m fund, the Government is publishing a review the not-for-profit social welfare advice sector in England. It shows that the Government has a role to play in supporting the sector to adapt to the new funding realities, but advice providers will also need to take the initiative and change the way they work.
BIG: Last week, at a national event to inspire new thinking about the future of the UK’s public parks under threat, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and BIG Lottery Fund (BIG) announced they will invest £100m for public parks over the next 3 years.
The new-look Parks for People programme aims to get local people more involved in the management of their parks and, for the first time, will provide funding to conserve historic cemeteries and offer help & advice about long term park maintenance.
ACE: Know of a volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution to an arts or culture project? Nominate them for the first-ever British Volunteer Awards – See ‘In the News’ section for more information. Applications close Tuesday 30 October 2012.
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