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Charity and Voluntary Sector (Archive)

Ofgem: Energy customers who don’t fix could be paying up to £250 more than needed
DECC: A share of £100,000 is up for grabs as part of a new community energy competition
RoSPA: Funding pot of £510,000 is available for the development of innovative technologies that will help to cut motorcycle casualties in Wales
ScotGov: Latest round of Climate Challenge Fund awards will see 33 community-led projects share £2.86m
UKTI: UK & Pakistan hold joint conference on financial & professional services
SFA: Apprenticeship vacancies up by almost a third – (Encouraging start to the year for apprenticeships and traineeships)
CAB: Energy price cuts part of “phony price war” – (CAB: Welfare system ‘too important to be a political football’)
BIG: Additional support is being made available to help families living with autism & parents who are unemployed
FCA: Compensation package agreed for consumers sold card security products
WAG: Minister keen to help allotments bear fruit
DfT: £5 m boost for water rescue charities ~ WAG: Welsh search & rescue charities awarded £230k by UK Government
MoJ: Online tracking service launched for victims of crime
HMT: £3m boost for Royal Navy charities from LIBOR funds
LGA: Scrapping welfare assistance funding ‘an expensive mistake', warn councils – ( HL: Stark warning about the removal of funding for Local Welfare Assistance)
JRF response to the PM’s announcement on benefit cap reduction to £23,000
DCLG: New strengthening faith institutions programme: now open for bids

LGR Decisions Made, Now the Real Work Begins