Past Events
Regional Briefing Sessions for Transition Fund - INVITATION
13 December 2010 – Newcastle and Stockton - venues to be confirmed.
The Cabinet Office has launched a new £100million Transition Fund to help the charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises that are affected by public spending cuts to make necessary adjustments so that they can continue to play an important part in public service reform and the Big Society Agenda. The Transition Fund will help civil society organisations which deliver high quality public services to be more resilient, agile and able to take opportunities presented by a changing funding environment.
The Office for Civil Society has appointed BIG Fund (non-Lottery funding operation of the Big Lottery Fund) to administer the fund. We will be holding briefing events in the North East for civil society organisations which meet the criteria below and are interested in applying to the Transition Fund.
Please forward this invitation on to charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises which meet the criteria and may be interested in applying to the fund.
The briefing events are open to charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises which meet the following criteria:
1. Civil society organisations with an income of between £50,000 and £10 million
2. At least 60% of your income is from taxpayer funded sources
3. You must spend at least 50% of your taxpayer funded income on service provision in at least one of the following areas – health and social care; homelessness; education and training; offender rehabilitation; welfare to work/ employment services; children and families; debt counselling and legal advice
4. Your free reserves must not be more than six months
5. You face significant cuts; you will experience cuts of least 30% of your taxpayer funded income in 2011/12, as compared to your most recent set of signed annual accounts
6. The minimum grant size is £12.5k and grants will meet no more than half your taxpayer funded income. This means that you will have lost at least £25k
7. The majority of the grant expenditure will be on change activities
8. You are delivering the majority of your services in England.
Further eligibility information is available from our website www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/transitionfund
To register for the event, please email transitionne@bigfund.org.uk by 8 December 2010 with your name, phone number, organisation, email address, and any access/communication requirements. Please also choose which two hour session you are able to attend. We expect demand to be high for these events and there are a limited number of places. Call 0191 376 1600 and ask for the North East regional team if you have a question about the events.
- 13 December at 10 -12pm Newcastle
- 13 December at 2 - 4pm Stockton
If you are unable to attend a briefing session, all of the information you need on eligibility and applying is available on our website. After the regional briefing sessions we will also upload all of the information from the events including the presentation to the website.
Thanks,
BIG Fund Team
'Be a Councillor' event at Town Hall, High Street, Stockton on Tees Wed. 17th November 2010
Review of Polling Districts, Places and Stations
Environmental Sustainability Training @ Newtown Community Resource Centre for Community Groups & Not for Profit Organisations 02 December 9.30am - 3.30pm - Free
A one day course for community groups and not for profit organisations looking to improve their environmental credentials and reduce costs. This interactive informal training event will provide information and tools to enable individuals and organisations on how to maximise the opportunities of effective environmental management.
Topics covered will include: energy efficiency and carbon footprints; feed in tariffs; water efficiency; waste management; developing an environmental policy; communication of environmental issues; funding for environmental improvements; as well as current help and advice available.
The course is free of charge and will be delivered by environmental regeneration charity Groundwork North East and will include refreshments and lunch. There will also be an opportunity for delegates to win energy saving devices.
Please contact James Hadman on 01642 733902 at SRCGA to reserve a place on this course.
Catalyst Volunteer Achievement Awards
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/09/24/community-heroes-honoured-at-catalyst-annual-achievement-awards-84229-27334028/
SRCGA Training Clock, working with Skill Share
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