“Connect, Collaborate, and Innovate to make a better Brighton” Brighton City Lab is a free, community-led collaboration session. The idea is to build on the work already taking place in the city to make Brighton better. Be Inspired: Learn from the many initiatives happening in the city. Connect and Collaborate: Share ideas, resources and support. Feed into the fairness commission: The Fairness Commission is an independent body set up by the counc…
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Getting to Grips with Monitoring and Evaluation
Community Works free training for small organisations: Getting to Grips with Monitoring and Evaluation and the Community Insight Tool Date: Thursday 10 March 2016Time: 9.30 – 1.00pm Venue: Community Base Conference Room Trainer: Paul Bramwell (training consultant) and Kate Gilchrist (BHCC Public Health) Cost: This training is free, but will be prioritised to Community Works members This training is aimed specifically at groups: With an income of …
Free First Aid for babies & children course
The Brighton and Hove City Council Community Learning team are delighted to be able to offer a free first aid for babies and children course for your community group. The three hour course is an opportunity for you to feel more confident about what to do in an emergency situation with children. The course is offered by a qualified Red Cross approved tutor, and a resource booklet is also available at the end of the course to support the learning. …
You can vote for local charities to get cash from Tesco
If you are shopping in Tesco before 6th March, you can vote for one of three local projects to receive a grant from the Bags of Help grant scheme. For this scheme Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork. It will result in three community groups/ projects in each region awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge. So the good news is that every project will get some money, but it is up to the public to choose how …
CUPP Seed Fund Programme
Community University Partnership Programme (CUPP) seed funding aims to support the development of partnerships between academic staff and community organisations that will work together on a topic of mutual interest. Up to £5,000 is available per project and CUPP can offer you support to develop partnerships, project ideas and your application. To see what sort of projects they have previously funded, please visit Community 21 and search for ‘201…
Brighton & Hove Council 2016-17 grant funds now open for application
Groups with annual incomes below £35,000 can now apply for funding from Brighton & Hove Council’s five annual grant schemes, for activities in 2016-17: Annual grants for smaller organisations Environmental sustainability grants Arts partnership awards Community festivals grants Hedgcock Bequest There will be three deadlines in 2016: 15th April, 8th July and 14th October. Forms and guidance are available to download from the council’s website. Fun…
Next Brighton Soup event 29th April
Brighton Soup are holding their next event on Friday 29th April at The Crypt, Kemptown. Community projects who need a little funding are invited to submit their ideas by midday on Tuesday 5th April. Four shortlisted projects will be invite to pitch on the night to win the ticket money. If you want to know about what it’s like to pitch at BrightonSoup: http://brightonsoup.org.uk/2016/01/19/so-who-can-pitch-at-brightonsoup/ Projects must be charita…
Community Shares Conference
Brighton & Hove Social Enterprise Network is organising a Community Shares conference on Thursday, 7 April 2016, 10 am. to 4 pm at the Brighthelm Community Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD. It is free. Community Shares offer opportunities for communities to raise finance for capital projects that would not be possible from grants. Community Shares can help communities: buy pubs, shops or community buildings transfer assets from Local Authori…
Tesco’s Bags of Help funding scheme
The second round of funding for the Tesco Bags of Help scheme will open for applications on 18 April 2016 and close on 3rd June. Bags of Help is administered by Groundwork and funded by Tesco customers from the proceeds of the 5p charge for plastic carrier bags. The scheme is open to community groups across England, Wales and Scotland to apply for grants of £8,000, £10,000 and £12,000 to improve local green space. Online applications will be acce…
Know My Neighbour Pop-up Cafe
Know My Neighbour is a citywide campaign run by One Church Brighton, aiming to encourage neighbourliness to create a better connected city. The pop up café will run throughout Know My Neighbour week 21st – 27th May at Gloucester Road Church, 11am – 7pm. Local people and community groups are invited to get involved by showcasing their work – either in the form of entertainment, running a food session at the pop up café (lunch or afternoon tea) or …