NEWS
WEATHER WARNINGS
03/02/2012 3:30:27 PM
The weather forecast in the North East is warning that temperatures are set to plummet over the weekend. Please take care during the cold weather and urge you to look after elderly or vulnerable neighbours if you are able
National Energy Action (NEA), MHNE member, is holding a Fuel Poverty Awareness Day which is taking place on the 10th February ‘12. This campaign is to raise awareness around the themes of health, and help with bills, aimed at the general public and decision makers. MHNE will be supporting the campaign too.
For more information about Fuel Poverty Awareness Day CLICK HERE Please click on the title for the handy Infograph ‘Four Steps to Affordable Warmth' and NEA's ‘Fuel Poverty Action Guide' which NEA are promoting for Fuel Poverty Awareness Day
This press pack contains information on Cold homes and ill health, support available, cold weather payments, fuel poverty by region and much more.
PLEASE READ ON FOR SOME TIPS ON REDUCING BILLS AND STAYING HEALTHY THROUGH THE COLD WEATHER
One stop shop for health information
30/01/2012 12:36:20 PM
The Patient Information Centre website www.ntw.nhs.uk/pic contains a wealth of health and social care information. The website, which is part of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust receives over 848,000 hits per year!
All information produced by the Trust has Information Standard Accreditation - this means that clear and robust processes are in place to develop patient and carer information.
BBC Children in Need (UK)
27/01/2012 4:13:01 PM
BBC Children in Need provides grants for up to three years to properly constituted not for profit organisations working with disadvantaged young people aged 18 or under. Within the BBC Children in Need grants programme, organisations can apply for Small Grants of £10,000 or less per year for up to three years and for Main Grants of over £10,000 per year for up to three years.
Funding is available to organisations (including schools) that work with young people who are suffering from:
- Illness
- Distress
- Abuse or neglect
- Are disabled
- Have behavioural or psychological difficulties
- Are living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Examples of projects that recently received funding include:
Relate Northamptonshire which received a grant of £58, 589) to provide counselling for disadvantaged children and young people in six schools in Northamptonshire, who have experienced domestic abuse, drug and alcohol abuse and family break up.
Bushbury Nursery School in Wolverhampton which received a grant of £67,645 to develop and provide a series of Stay and Play sessions, a Toy library, and outreach work for children and their parents in the Bushbury area.
The next closing date is the 15th April 2012.
Funding to Help Older People Cope with Financial Hardship and Exclusion (UK)
27/01/2012 4:12:28 PM
Comic Relief has announced that funding is available through its new interim Older People's programme 'Managing Money Better'. Through the programme grants of more than £10,000 are available for projects that help older people cope with the challenges of this particularly harsh financial climate and the resultant exclusion and hardship it is causing. This programme will be aimed at supporting older people (65+) to build their knowledge and skills to manage their money more effectively, ensure access to good, independent financial advice, guard against financial scams and abuse and cope better with cold homes. Comic Relief are especially interested in how older people can be supported to manage the extreme rising fuel and food prices. In addition, the programme aims to encourage partnerships with voluntary sector organisations and banks, building societies, credit unions, energy companies and others to recognise and respond better to the needs of older people.
There is a two stage application process and the deadline for stage 1 applications is the 13th February 2012.
Sportsmatch to Re-open for Applications in April (England)
27/01/2012 4:11:58 PM
Sport England has announced that the Sportsmatch scheme will re-open for applications in April 2012.
Sportsmatch makes awards to not-for-profit organisations that have secured sponsorship to deliver new community projects to grow or sustain participation in sport. Sportsmatch uses money from the government to encourage new sponsorship of grassroots community sport. Priority is given to applications seeking to match sponsorship from the commercial sector but donations from private individuals or charitable trusts are also acceptable provided they meet our sponsorship eligibility criteria. Awards of between £1,000 and £100,000 can be made to match funding from no more than five sponsors, with each sponsor contributing a minimum of £1,000.
Previous grant recipients include Devizes School, a secondary school and specialist sports college in Wiltshire . They obtained a three year sponsorship from a local construction firm, Gaiger Brothers, which amounted to £10,000 per year. The school matched this with a further £10,000 from Sportsmatch and were able to run an annual multi-sports coaching camp during the school summer holidays.
Postcode Trust Opens for Funding (Scotland, England and Wales)
27/01/2012 4:11:23 PM
The Postcode Trust has announced that applications are now open for both under and over £2,000 in Scotland, England and Wales. Through the Postcode Trust grants are available to small organisations and community groups operating in the areas of:
- Poverty Prevention
- Advancement of Health
- Community Development
- Public Sports
- Human Rights
- Environmental Protection.
Projects supported can last for up to 3 months.
Please note that the Postcode Trust have changed the way they fund regions in England. From January 2012, they will be funding different regions at different times of year. The first two funding rounds (opening in January and April respectively) will only be open to English applications from the NORTH (that is, North East, North West and Yorkshire and Humber). The Midlands will be able to apply in the later funding rounds of 2012.
For further information on how to apply and applications deadlines please click on the link below.
http://www.postcodetrust.org.uk/first-funding-round-of-2012-open/
Henry Smith's Charity - Holiday Grants for Children (UK)
27/01/2012 4:10:44 PM
The Henry Smith's Charity is currently accepting applications through its Holiday Grant for Children Programme. Applications can be made by schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities for grants towards holidays or outings within the UK for children aged 13 and under who are from areas of high deprivation, are experiencing disadvantage, or those who have a disability. Applications can be considered for holidays or outings that have the objective of providing children with a break they would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience. The maximum grant available is £3,000 for any one trip. Grants are normally limited to a maximum of two-thirds of the total cost of a trip as we would expect some local partnership funding to be in place.
There are no closing dates and applications can be submitted at any time.
http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/holiday-grants-for-children.html
Information Society Policy Support Programme To Open for Applications (UK)
27/01/2012 4:10:15 PM
The European Commission has announced that it will be launching its sixth call for proposals under Europe's Information Society Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) on the 1st February 2012.
The aim of the ICT PSP is to support transnational pilot actions and thematic networks to stimulate innovation and competitiveness through the wider uptake and best use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by citizens, governments and businesses. The themes for the 2012 call for proposals are:
- ICT for Smart Cities
- Digital Content open data and creativity
- ICT for health, ageing well and inclusion
- ICT for innovative government and public services
- Trusted eServices.
The call for proposals will be open to consortiums of organisations consisting of national Governments, public administrations and private sector organisations from a minimum number of different Member States or associated countries. To assist potential applicants, the European Commission will be holding an Information Day on the 6th Call for Proposals on Friday 3 February 2012 in Brussels.
The closing date for applications will be 5pm on the 15th May 2012.
Grants to Help New, Innovative Visual Arts Projects (UK)
27/01/2012 4:09:46 PM
The Elephant Trust offers grants of up to £2,000 to artists and institutions (priority is given to small organisations and galleries) for new, innovative visual arts projects based in the UK. The Trust was set up in 1975 to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities. Priority is also given to artists and small organisations and galleries who should submit well argued, imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions.
The next deadline for the submission of applications is the 2nd April 2012.
The Kids Fund (UK)
27/01/2012 4:09:04 PM
The Field Studies Council is an independent educational charity committed to raising awareness about the natural world. The Council works through a network of 17 residential and day Centres in the UK providing courses for schools and colleges at all levels in addition to adult Individuals & Families courses, outreach education, training and consultancy. The Kids Fund aims to bring environmental understanding to disadvantaged young people by attending a course at a Field Studies Council centre. It helps disadvantaged young people to attend a course who may otherwise be excluded due to some form of disadvantage - health, mobility, deprivation or financial. Funding will normally be up to 80% of the cost of your group's course to an FSC Field Centre to a maximum of £3000. Applications can be submitted at any time.
http://www.field-studies-council.org/supporting-you/applying-to-the-kids-fund.aspx
