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Childcare Investment Readiness Fund

3 Jul 2015 - 10:30 by michelle.foster

The Childcare Investment Readiness Fund is a £500,000 pilot fund, managed by Social Investment Business on behalf of Department for Education that aims to support early years and childcare social enterprises looking to expand their presence in the early years market.

The Fund will provide grants to early years and childcare social enterprises for the purchase of specific capacity building support to help facilitate their growth and become more appealing to investors. Applicants must have a proven track record and the potential to expand their services into new locations.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Children and Families
Funding

Staff wellbeing in the voluntary and public sectors - take the Guardian’s survey

3 Jul 2015 - 10:27 by michelle.foster

Employee absence from work is persistently higher in the public and voluntary sectors than in other sectors, with stress increasingly blamed as the main problem.

Research shows that – on average – the annual absence from work in the public sector was 9.6 days, 8.3 days in the not-for-profit sector and 6.6 days in the private sector. This is costly for the sectors – with the median annual cost of public-sector absence being £899 per employee, which is nearly £300 more than other sector.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Local Sustainability Fund Launches for England's VCSE Sector

2 Jul 2015 - 12:43 by michelle.foster

The Big Lottery want to help Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations which are delivering important services, but currently facing challenges, to plan for the future. Delivered by the Big Lottery Fund on behalf of the Office for Civil Society, the Local Sustainability Fund aims to help these organisations become stronger, more sustainable, and more resilient, to ensure they prosper and continue to support beneficiaries in future years.

There are two aspects to the programme a VCSE Diagnostic Tool and the Local Sustainability Fund.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Early Help

In October, Beth Plant, Manager of Policy and Influence at Macc along with Elaine Morrison Head of Commissioning 10-19 years held a Summit for voluntary and community sector groups that worked with children, young people and families came together to discuss Early Help for families, how can voluntary and public sector organisations and communities support children and families to increase resilience and prevent problems escalating?

There were several reasons for this:

Big Lottery Fund Women and Girls Initiative - Empowering women and girls to take control of their lives

25 Jun 2015 - 14:46 by michelle.foster

The women and girls initiative is a funding stream of up to £45 million which The Big Lottery will invest in services for women and girls. The overarching aim of this funding is empowering women and girls to take control of their lives.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Bids invited for Manchester community grants scheme

25 Jun 2015 - 14:44 by michelle.foster

Adactus Housing Association have announced the second round of their Neighbourhood Fund for Manchester.

There is £10,000 up for grabs across Manchester with a maximum of £1,000 available for each successful project.

The fund is open to individuals, residents groups, community groups, charitable organisations and social enterprises working in and around areas where Adactus have homes.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

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