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£2.5m Royal Bank of Scotland funding available

Posted by Edwin Categories: Edwin's Blog Published September 12, 2016

We have just been made aware of the below funding opportunity: The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that the 2nd Funding round of its £2.5 million Skills and Opportunities Fund will re-open for applications on the 19th August 2016. Charities, social enterprises, community groups, state-funded schools and colleges across the UK and Ireland willContinue Reading

Top Tips for event planning

Posted by Edwin Categories: Edwin's Blog Published

We are grateful to Midland based SCVO for these tips for event planning: Well folks here’s your last five top tips to help you with your event planning. I hope you’ve picked up some top tips for when you are planning your community event. Remember if you would like support or advice SCVO is alwaysContinue Reading

£1.8m funding available – Greggs Foundation Local Community Projects Fund

Posted by Edwin Categories: Edwin's Blog Published September 9, 2016

Thanks again for our colleague Steve Baylis for making us aware of the following: Greggs Foundation Local Community Projects Fund The next application deadline for the Greggs Foundation Local Community Projects Fund is the 30th September 2016. The foundation is a grant making trust which distributes around £1.8 million per year to organisations throughout England,Continue Reading

Enjoyed a really good marketing meeting yesterday with Blackheath based charity Loaves N Fishes (see http://loavesnfishes.co.uk/), who we are supporting as part of the Lloyds Bank Foundation Enable programme (see http://www.widerimpact.com/april-2016-wider-impact-director-selected ). Pictured to my left is Fiona Hawkins, Managing Director of marketing company Plinkfizz (see http://www.plinkfizz.com/ ) and Tyla Allen, Media & Marketing & BusinessContinue Reading

£10K grants available from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust

Posted by Edwin Categories: Edwin's Blog Published September 3, 2016

We have been made aware of the following funding: Coalfields Regeneration Trust – Deadline: 16th September 2016 The Coalfields Regeneration Trust has announced that the Coalfields Community Investment Programme is now open for applications. The Coalfields Community Investment Programme make grants of up to £10,000 (£5,000 for capital costs to community groups that help peopleContinue Reading

Wider Impact Consultancy, Edwin Lewis