Charity and Voluntary Sector

CO: The Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd has launched 2 new projects to ‘make it easier for people to give time & money to causes they care about’:
* One project will match every £ given to local charities up to a total of £500k match funding.  This will be run through Localgiving.com, a website specifically designed to support small, local charities & community groups.
 
* The second initiative, the Challenge Prizes, is a call-out for new ideas to inspire more people to get involved in tackling 2 specific social challenges.  One prize will be given to the best idea for involving lots of people in giving better support to older people in their area. The second prize will go to the best idea for mobilising people to reduce waste in their communities.
Press release & links
 
ScotGov: Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital investment, has announced the new People and Communities Fund to promote & support community-led regeneration initiatives across Scotland, is ‘open for applications.
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BIG: 11 projects across Scotland are sharing in over £4m from BIG’s Investing in Communities fund aimed at supporting those most in need.  Parents with learning disabilities and people affected by homelessness are to benefit from new training, education & employment opportunities, while isolated elderly people will get out and about & remain independent for longer, thanks to the latest grants from the Big Lottery Fund.
Press release & links
 
COCharity donations will be made possible at 12,000 ATMs belonging to Royal Bank of Scotland and cash machine operator Bank Machine this summer, which is already being heralded as the ‘summer of social action’.
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BIG: Life-saving health & education work among some of the most disadvantaged communities in Bangladesh and Myanmar has yesterday received grants from Big Lottery Fund.  

3 charities are sharing over £1.2m in funding from BIG’s International Communities programme, which supports projects tackling the causes of poverty & deprivation and the effects they have on the lives of the most disadvantaged people.
Press release & links
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