Nationla Funding News

Manchester City Council is currently delivering its £170 million budget reductions and is seeking responses from city residents about a number of related issues.

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has launched a £1 million competition to help support 12 struggling towns and cities across England.

The Government has awarded £30 million to 72 of England's local voluntary sector support organisations through the Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund.

The grant will enable Youth United, a coalition of organisations working with 1.5 million young people, to train a new generation of local volunteers for national youth groups.

Newcastle and Gateshead are the latest to join communities in the North East and other parts of England that have signed the Armed Forces Community Covenant.

Not-for-profit voluntary and community groups can apply for funding to help buy an empty property in England through the Government’s 2011-2015 Affordable Homes Programme.

The National Youth Council for Voluntary Services (NYCVS) has published the 5th edition of the Funding Guide for Workforce Development.

A cash prize of £10,000 is on offer to voluntary, community or faith-based groups in the UK that work with women and need the money to make a positive impact in their local community.

Funding in Nottingham has been made available to the city’s voluntary and community sector for projects aiming to reduce the impact on the environment.

A new grant is being offered to Basildon organisations.

UK based charities can apply for funding to support projects that help disadvantaged children in the UK.

A £1.3 million award from the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund will help the children's charity Beatbullying expand its services by setting up a new not-for-profit organisation.

Manchester groups interested in learning to grow their own food have until 27 January 2012 to submit an application to join this programme.

Small local voluntary and community groups from Northumberland to Cornwall have a chance once again to apply for funding that will make a difference to their local community.

Drawing on information from projects supported by its Young People's Fund programmes, the Big Lottery Fund has published good practice guides for organisations working with young people.

Comic Relief has launched a new interim Older People’s grant programme for 2012 that will support projects across the UK.

The Department of Health has allocated funding to councils across England to help keep vulnerable people safe and warm this winter.

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, announces the Government's intention to introduce a Co-operatives Bill.

A new £3 million loan fund has been created to help social enterprises develop and expand their work within Kent.

The Charity Commission's new risk framework places greater emphasis on preventing problems and identifying risks early.