Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
Volunteers will be at the forefront of a new government public transport initiative that is being designed to deal with the increased pressure on routes as lockdown is lifted.
Journey Makers is being coordinated by...
The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) today opened the £200 million emergency fund to support charities and community groups during the coronavirus pandemic.
You can read the guidance on who is eligible and how to...
The government has released an additional £150 million to support charities during the pandemic.
Oliver Dowden MP, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport announced that the additional funding would come from dormant bank and building...
The Government's new Coronavirus Community Support Fund will open for applications on Friday 22nd May at 10am. £200million of funding will be available primarily for small to medium organisations in England, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Further details, including...
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) has published recent results from its State of the Sector programme.
The results have been released earlier than originally intended, in order to assist understanding of the role of charities...
More information has been made available on how the government’s £750 million package of support for the charity sector is being distributed, as well as how organisations can apply for it.
The Charity Commission has published new guidance to examiners urging them to be vigilant for...
A Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee has criticised the government for failing to adequately support UK charities in the face of plunging incomes and rising demand for the sector.
In particular the...
A new report from the Ubele Initiative has found that almost 90% of micro and small community organisations led by people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds could be forced to close if the COVID-19 crisis continues until June 2020. ...
Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Secretary of State for International Development has written to organisations delivering aid on behalf of the department to tell them that they could be paid in advance in order to meet ongoing costs.
In the...