Resource Centre support work with volunteer run community groups in East Brighton area has almost doubled in the last year. Our latest report to East Brighton Trust shows that we have continued to provide essential support with our Accounts Examination and Design & Print service. In addition, demand for one-to-one support and consultancy, in all aspects of running a group, has more than doubled. It has been inspiring to see so many new groups, ru…
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Brighton Soup’s next funding event 22nd March
It’s been a while, but Brighton Soup are getting ready for our spring soup community funding event. Last time out Silvina de Vita pitched and won £415 in donations for her Arts & Crafts Project. Based at the Bevy, the project is helping to bring people together over creative activities. This time Brighton Soup will be taking place at St Richard’s Community Hall, Hangleton on Friday 22nd March 2019. If you need a little funding and support for you…
Networking opportunity for groups working in Hanover & Elm Grove
Coffee & Croissant with Colleagues – Hanover & Elm Grove Hub Networking events Date: Every first Wednesday of the month 9th January, 6th February, 6th March, 3rd April, 1st May, 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August, 4th September, 2nd October, 6th November, 4th December. Time: 9:00am -10:30am Venue: The Edge Community Centre, Pankhurst Avenue, Brighton, BN2 9YN Facilitated by Trust for Developing Communities In these sessions you will… Meet other peopl…
Becoming a CIO workshop
Community Works is running a workshop on How to become a Charitable Incorporated organisation. Where: Rose Room, BMECP, Fleet Street When: 12 February, 6.00-8.00pm Book: via Eventbrite Led by Tim Smith of Griffith Smith Solicitors, this session will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) legal structure, including the differences between a CIO and a Community Interest Company (CIC), and how to c…
Homity Trust – Grant applications welcome!
DEADLINE 31st January 2019 ONLY through http://www.homity.co.uk The Homity Trust is seeking applications from community groups based in Sussex. They say: ‘Our Trustees and Grants committee meet 3 times a year to consider the best quality applications and can award smaller (<£1000) funds quickly to those groups showing real need. Homity is not bound to any particular sector but does prefer proactive community causes. If you have a well argued need…
Good Food Grants – deadline March 14th 2019
Thanks to a generous bequest from Neil Smith, Brighton & Hove Food Partnership is again offering Good Food Grants to local community food projects. Groups can apply for grants of between £200 and £850 for projects working to improve the health, skills and confidence of local residents through healthy eating, increased cookery skills and food growing. They are looking for projects that bring people together, celebrate food and support the city’s m…
Grants for tenants of Southern Housing Group
… If you live in a Southern Housing Group property, you can apply for small grants to organise activities and outings for people in your community, or work together with your neighbours to improve your gardens. Check out our new information pages about Southern Housing Group Grants for Customers and Southern Housing Group Gardening Neighbours grants for more information. …
Working with the Media: Wednesday 23 January 2019
This training in run by Community Works. Are you confident when working with the media? Understanding how to engage with print, TV and radio journalists is key to the success of your organisation. Come along to this workshop which will help you to: recognise the media’s agenda, understand different ways of dealing with different media and how to communicate with each, develop and illustrate your key messages and avoid the common pitfalls. The Wor…
Nationwide Fund for Housing and Homelessness
Charities, community land trusts and housing co-operatives can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 to make a change in the local area. Nationwide are looking for local housing projects that will strengthen the local community by supporting the most vulnerable, finding new approaches to increasing the supply of housing or by reinventing renting for both tenants and landlords. The funded projects will also get community and volunteering…