Thank you to SCVO for forwarding details of the following: The two-year £1.85 million Community Business Bright Ideas Fund is jointly funded by Power to Change and the Department for Communities and Local Government. The programme will be delivered on their behalf by a consortium including Co-operatives UK, Plunkett Foundation and Groundwork UK, led byContinue Reading

Wider Impact is delighted to be commissioned to independently evaluate the Big Lottery funded Stoke on Trent Foodbank Project (https://stokeontrent.foodbank.org.uk/). Project Manager Anna Wilcox (pictured centre) says, ‘The Stoke on Trent Foodbank is part of The Trussell Trust’s UK-wide foodbank network. This helps local churches and communities to open foodbanks, providing emergency food to thousandsContinue Reading

Wider Impact has been commissioned by Dudley based Summit House Support Ltd ( see http://summithousesupport.co.uk/ ) to carry out a feasibility study to explore options for a VCS consortia based collaborative approach to joint adult health and social are commissioning in Dudley. Funded by the Lloyds Bank Foundation Enable Programme (https://www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/  ) the work will lookContinue Reading

Thank you to SCVO for forwarding this: Due to the departure of our current Chief Executive Officer we have an exciting vacancy at North Smethwick Development Trust. About Us NSDT has been acting as a community hub and local enterprise since 1992. Since the transformation of the Brasshouse in 2014 following a major redevelopment weContinue Reading

Thank you to SCVO for making us aware of the following: The Nominet Trust which provides funding and support to technology with a social benefit, has announced that its Social Tech Seed Investment Programme re-open for applications on the 22nd September 2016. Social Tech Seed is an investment programme that offers early-stage investment typically ofContinue Reading