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Access to Volunteering Fund Events March 2010

Access to Volunteering is a £2 million pilot that aims to increase the number of disabled people volunteering by giving grants to supporting organisations. The Fund is running in three trial areas – Greater London, North West and West Midlands. The next deadline for applications is 19th April 2010. As part of the pilot we are running a series of events to help organisations understand the many ways they can work with disabled volunteers:

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Big Lottery Fund - Reaching Communities: Improvements to be introduced from Spring 2010

Reaching Communities is remaining open. Reaching Communities will continue to be a key element of their increased commitment to deliver the vast majority of their funding to the voluntary and community sector. There is no change to who can apply, what they will fund, or the difference they want to make with this programme. The programme will continue to make awards between £10,000 and £500,000 and will continue to fund for up to five years

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Stand Up Speak Up Campaign

The Football Foundation is shortly going to roll out another round of funding for the Stand Up Speak Up Campaign. This will support projects that use football to tackle issues of prejudice, (gender, sectarianism, sexual orientation, faith/belief matter), in communities across Europe.

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The Community Builders Fund

The Communitybuilders Fund offers loans, grants and business support. There are three different elements to the fund which are meant to meet the needs of organisations at different stages in their journey to sustainability. They are Development, Feasibility and Investment.

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