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Do you know of a Community Venue suitable to Hire for Dance? |
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Tesco Waterside Half Marathon - Call for Three Person Team Relay entries |
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Comic Relief accepts applications from the voluntary and community sector throughout the UK including: constituted voluntary and community groups, charities, social enterprises, Co-operatives, faith organisations, and community interest companies. Comic Relief receive many more applications than they are able to fund and usually only support work which fits our current priorities, so before you apply for funding, please read through all the Essential Information carefully. Comic Relief usually makes grants for between one and three years and can give grants for running costs and capital costs. There is no minimum or maximum grant in most of their programmes, but where there are limits, these are clearly stated in the programme guidelines. Their grants on average vary between £25,000 and £40,000 per year, and rarely exceed this upper limit. Comic Relief is unlikely to make large grants to very small organisations.
The following programmes are open to applications and all have a closing date of Friday 24th July 2009. Mental Health Young People Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Abuse International Grants Refugees and Asylum Seeking Women Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Young People Young People and Alcohol Young People with Mental Health Problems
Please see www.comicrelief.com for further details on all the above programmes or call 020 7820 5555 for further information. |
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CARDI announce Call 2 of their Grants Programme
CARDI is a not for profit organisation developed by leaders from the ageing field across Ireland (North and South) including age focused researchers, academics, statutory, voluntary and community sector representatives with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies. It is overseen by a Steering Group and hosted by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland.
CARDI is delighted to announce that Call 2 of CARDI Grants Programme is now open. In Call 2 we expect to spend approximately €300,000. Awards of up to €25,000 will be made for research projects and up to €10,000 for networks. Applications must be submitted by 15.00 hours (3pm) on Friday 2 October. Go to www.cardi.ie/grantprogramme for full details.
For more information please contact: Paul McGill, Strategic Research Officer, CARDI, Tel: 00353(0) 867 904 158 or Kate Morris, Communications Officer, CARDI, Tel: 00353 (0) 867 927 684 The Centre for Ageing Research
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EAGA Partnership Charitable Trust
The independent Eaga Partnership Charitable Trust (Eaga-PCT) is a grant–giving trust that currently supports projects and research in two main areas: the relief of fuel poverty and the promotion of energy efficiency; and vulnerable consumers – multiple needs and preferences. The Trust gives priority to funding proposals that have the potential to inform or influence national perceptions and policies and have a wide geographic focus. A project that operates at a local level will only be considered for a grant if it: clearly demonstrates innovation; identifies the policy relevance of the project; has wide applicability; and has well developed and accurately costed evaluation and dissemination plans. In 2005 and 2006 very few applications for EAGA were received from N.Ireland and no funding was provided. The closing
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2009. Please
contact: Dr Naomi Brown, Trust
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Managing Community Assets - the rural context
Facilitated by NICVA and Charity Bank, this event on 26 August at the Rural College, Draperstown is targeted at voluntary, community and social economy groups that manage community assets in a rural area of Northern Ireland. This practical event will also feature case studies from Workspace Draperstown and Newry and Mourne Enterprise Agency, plus workshops on the barriers to generating income and gaining local support. Niamh Goggin from Charity Bank will give a presentation on: Can larger organisations help smaller ones? The event will enable you to network with others running similar projects; have an opportunity to hear from other successful projects; and find out more about the support that's out there. Please contact Georgie Finlay by 17 August to register on 028 9087 7777, email: georgie.finlay@nicva.org. |
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Play Seminar – Play for a Change
Derry City Council in partnership with Nature Play (Richter) is hosting a short Play Seminar in St Columbs Park and would welcome your attendance on Friday 24th July 2009, 10.00am – 3.00pm at St Columbs Park House. Play is essential to the healthy development of children and young people – not just their physical development, but their social and cognitive development too. Through play, children learn to share, to socially interact with others, learn to deal with conflict, start understanding others needs as well as learning to take responsibility for their own actions. Please find a copy of the programme attached. It is intended to accommodate up to 100 participants on a first come first served basis. We would welcome confirmation of your attendance on 028 7136 5151 – ext 6816 or email: colin.kennedy@derrycity.gov.uk |
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The Young Fathers Project seeks new recruits
The Young Fathers Project, based at Shepherds View, is currently looking to recruit new young fathers for various programmes and initiatives. The Young Fathers Project aims to provide support for young men aged from 14 - 25 years who are becoming a father or are already a father. This support could be anything from advocacy, mentoring, support through the family courts, awareness of being a good role model and parent, coping skills, accredited programmes, meditation between parents and grandparents, etc. We have also set up a social economy project for young fathers who are currently unemployed and willing to gain experience and skills in painting / decorating, removals, joinery, gardening, etc. This project has been up and running for a few months now and is growing rapidly and needs more young fathers to come on board and develop it. We are also in the process of moving premises to Pump Street, which will develop the Young Fathers Project and centralise it. If you know of any young fathers, any projects or services that we could link in with to develop the young fathers project and support any young men out there, please could you get in contact with the young fathers project on 028 7126 6115. |
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Do you know of a Community Venue suitable to Hire for Dance?
Dance Resource
Base is the premier non-profit resource organisation for dance in
Northern
Ireland and works to
link, serve and strengthen the sector by developing practical services and
support to those involved in dance. Dance Resource Base also provides
information to the general public about dance. Dance Resource Base
are in the initial stages of researching dance studios and other spaces
suitable for dance practice within Northern
Ireland. We hope
to gather information from all corners of the region and create an
accessible database for members and visitors, including all the venues,
halls and other spaces, suitable to host dance rehearsals, classes,
workshops and even performances in Northern
Ireland. Our Dance Artists are continuously searching for new places to work and this could be a great opportunity to raise the awareness of your community venue! |
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Open Weekends celebrate art, culture, sport, and everything that makes up the London 2012 Games. This year's events mark three years until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games on 27 July 2012. Open weekends offer you an opportunity to be part of the larger celebration of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. And, you don’t have to be an athlete to take part as there are many opportunities available, such as: Volunteering, tourism, business, arts and cultural activities, education programmes and sporting programmes. Registration will close at midday on Thursday 23 July 2009. To find out more and to register your event, log on to the London 2012 website at the following link: What is London 2012 Open Weekend? Registering an event gives access to a comprehensive London 2012 Open Weekend Marketing and communications campaign toolkit, including posters, postcards and giveaways. Open Weekends will be held each July for the next three years up to the opening of the London Games on 27 July 2012. |
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New primary school uniform grant available
Parents are encouraged to apply for the primary school uniform grant, which will be available for the first time in the 2009/10 school year. The current Clothing Allowance Scheme has been extended to cover primary school children, as well as those in post-primary schools. The allowance will be £35 and the eligibility criteria are the same as those currently used for the post-primary school uniform allowance. Education and Library Boards are responsible for the administration of the scheme. You can get an application form by phoning your Board at the relevant contact number below. Western Education and Library Board – 028 8241 1496 |
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Tesco Waterside Half Marathon - Call for Three Person Team Relay entries
Saturday 12th September 2009 @ 10.30 am, Gransha Grounds, Clooney Road, Derry How would you like to represent your company, club, college, school or community group? Why not enter a team into the 2009 Tesco Waterside Half Marathon Three-Person Team Relay. Each team member will run approximately 4.4 miles. This year promises to be even bigger and better with a great prize list and a record field. Please note that the minimum age for Team Relay participants is 15 years. For race entry information please go online and visit: www.derrycity.gov.uk/halfmarathon Or call Maureen tel + 44 (0) 287134 7695. Email: halfmarathon@derrycity.gov.uk |
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