Charity and Voluntary Sector
BIG: Ronald Quested considers himself lucky. He survived, when more than 30,000 Merchant Navy seamen were killed during the Second World War. Ronald wants their sacrifice to never be forgotten.
He, along with 2 other Merchant Navy veterans & 2 war widows, is making a visit to Malta to mark the 70th anniversary of the Maltese people being awarded collectively the George Cross for their bravery in withstanding an intensive bombing campaign on the island. The £8,150 cost of the visit is being funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Heroes Return 2 programme, which now no fixed deadline for applications.
BIG: Fixing it for young people across the UK is the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) which recently awarded £7,197,907 to Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) for Fixers.
‘Fixers’ is an award winning social action campaign encouraging young people between the ages of 16 & 25 to change things for the better. Young people can choose & develop campaigns that will be useful to the community and help other people.
‘Fixers’ is an award winning social action campaign encouraging young people between the ages of 16 & 25 to change things for the better. Young people can choose & develop campaigns that will be useful to the community and help other people.
BIG: Enterprising communities in rural Scotland are being offered grants of up to £50,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to start up community business ventures that will breathe new life into their areas. The news comes as 10 Scottish communities are sharing the first grants from BIG’s Village SOS funding competition.
SE: Sport England has launched ‘Ping! the Public’ - a new initiative to boost recreational table tennis. £250k of National Lottery funding has been set aside to pay for public ping pong tables. From village halls to city councils and the Woman’s Institute to after-school clubs, non-profit organisations can apply for their own table.
DCLG: Eric Pickles has called on local bands to take part in 'Bandstand Marathon - Communities in Tune', a nationwide music day which aims to encourage 500 areas across the country to come together & celebrate the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012 through a range of free live performances.
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