Community Grants - North East
County Durham Community Foundation is offering £12,000 to groups undertaking activities including help with basic skills, work experience, training advice and guidance, job search assistance, confidence building, personal development and support to overcome barriers to training and employment. For more information see the County Durham Community Foundation website.
Community Grants - South West
The Learning Curve in partnership with the South West Foundation and the Skills Funding Agency is soon to open a new round of Community Grants Funding. They are holding a series of information events around the region Wednesday 24 August - Friday 23 September. For more information see the Learning Curve website or contact Caroline Harris 01225 792500.
Community Grants - East of England second round opens November Grants of 12k are available for voluntary sector organisations providing employment services to the following target groups: People with disabilities and health conditions; Lone parents; People aged 50 or over; People from ethnic minorities. 10% of the grant is available for capacity building activities such as support to achieve quality marks. See the tchc website for more information.
Community Grants - East Midlands second round opens October
See the Enable website for more information.
Community Grants - Co-ordinating body contract awards
In some regions the Grant Co-ordinating body has been awarded contracts and programmes will soon be underway:
South East - Surrey Community Action
Progress Programme - new calls for proposals:
Employment of persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders
A small number of grants up to 350, 000 EURO are available (80% of project costs) for settings in the open labour market that can help develop policies for employment and social integration of people with ASD. See the call for proposals for more information. Closes August 19
Network of European Foundations - EFID Awards closes August 31
10 awards of up to €10,000 are available for community activities which support people with dementia and their families. The amount granted through the award should aim to improve a current project run by a community based organisation. See the EFID website for more information.
GSK's Impact Awards closes September 23
Organisations must be at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK with income between £10,000 and £1.5 million. Up to 15 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £35,000 plus free training valued at £4,000. See the GSK website for more information.
Big Lottery -Villiage SOS £5m for rural organisations closes October 6
£5m for rural organisations. Organisations can apply for grants worth between £10,000 and £30,000 for projects that will support new community enterprises that will make a lasting difference in rural communities with a population of less than 3,000. See the Village SOS website.
Department of Health - Innovation across Health & Social Care
closes October 21 - Grants (for 2010-2011 awards ranged between £14,000 to £173,356) are available for voluntary sector organisations to innovate; share best practice or promote partnership according to one of four themes: Personalisation and Choice of Care and Support; Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes; Improving Public Health; Improving Long-Term Care and Support. See the Department of Health website for more information.
Hilden Charitable Fund is accepting applications at any time. It makes grants to projects that address disadvantages and in particular wants to support projects that address homelessness; asylum seekers and refugees; community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people; and penal affairs. For more information see the Hilden Website
Free Learn Direct Course on Winning Public Sector Contracts
This free online course reflects current government policy aimed at making the procurement process transparent and easier to access by businesses, and in particular small businesses. It's hosted by learndirect on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with input from Cabinet Office, the Federation for Small Businesses, and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. For more information and to take the course, seethe learn direct website.
Skills Funding Agency Prime Contractors - sub-contracting opportunities? See the Skills Funding Agency list of prime contractors awarded funding for the 2011 - 2012 period including European Social Fund. JHP Group, awarded almost £15.5 million in ESF alone are seeking expressions of interest for delivery of their existing contracts. See the JHP website for more information.
ACTOR now closed until September 1 2011 - The Skills Funding Agency will take the time to assess the ACTOR and communication process, refining and simplifying where possible. Any procurement introduced between July 15 and September 1 will automatically include organisations registered with ACTOR before July 15. The new Approved College and Training Organisation Register (ACTOR) replaced the current Qualified Provider Framework (QPF). ACTOR will be used as the procurement channel for all core Skills Funding Agency provisions, including ESF co-financed programmes. As part of ACTOR registration, providers must complete generic ItTs. The Skills Funding Agency will devise a methodology, using scores in the ACTOR process to award contracts to eligible organisations.
In order to access ACTOR you must register on the Skills Funding Agency Bravo online procurement system:
- When registered you will receive an e-mail - return to the Skills Funding Agency Bravo Solution Home Page and login (right hand side of page)
- Go to 'PQQs Open to All Suppliers' (bottom of page)
- Click on the 'Actor due dilligence questionnaire', then click on 'Express Interest' (top of page)
- Click on 'buyer attachment' and then download the 'ACTOR OPs Manual'
- The OPs manual will give you more information about registering on ACTOR
Well-being at work and Financial Participation
Restructuring, well-being at work and financial participation: Deadline September 26. See the call for proposals for more information. You can learn more about the Progress Programme here.
Big Lottery Fund - Improving Financial Confidence. Closes Sept 16
Grants between £500k - £1 million available to help people overcome financial exclusion by increasing their confidence and skills needed to choose, access and use financial products and services suitable to an individual’s needs. Improving Financial Confidence is targeted at certain groups of social housing residents, who live in target local authority areas. See the big lottery website for more information
Cabinet Office Launches Contract Finder
On February 11, Cabinet Office launched the contracts finder. It will enable organisations to search for Public sector contract opportunities over £10,000. An increasing number of opportunities will be available as more Government departments take part. Go to the Contracts Finder website for more information and to search for contracts. |
ESF 2011 - 2013 - CFO Plans and ESF Frameworks
Progress Programme - Current calls for proposal
London Enterprise Network
EU Integration fund - The UK Border Agency administers 258 million Euro for the 2007 - 2013 period to finance activities which support the integration of migrants from outside of the EU (such as ESOL). Calls for proposals are made annually around March. See the UK Border Agency Website for further information.
Direct from European Commission (managed by National Agency / Contact point)
The EU Culture Programme 2007-2013 has a budget of 400 million euro for projects and initiatives to celebrate Europe's cultural diversity and enhance Europe's diverse heritage through the development of cross border co-operation between cultural operators and instructions. See the UK Contact point for more information This includes projects with third countries. Culture must be the principal activity for organisations to be eligible. Deadlines throughout the year according to activity. See all past and future deadlines
European Network Against Racism - Listing of Calls for Proposals from the EU for projects tackling discrimination - see the ENAR EU Funding Page
Youth in Action Programme The next application deadline is June 1 2011 for all projects between September 1 2011 and January 31 2012. See the UK National Agency Website - British Council
Grundtvig Programme - deadlines throughout 2011 according to action. See Ecorys - the UK national agency for information on how to apply.
FP7 - Seventh Research Programme - Socio-economic and Humanities research funding
Open Institute
Open Society Institute's ongoing Roma Decade Matching Fund, various deadlines
Closed Funding Opportunities - 2011
Home Office Choices Fund - closed August 18
Big Lottery - Transforming Local Infrastructure - closed August 5
East of England Community Grants first round - closed August 12
East of England ESF Evaluation, Regional Growth Fund round 2 - closed July 1
Skills Funding Agency London NEET - closed June 23
British Red Cross Positive Images fund - closed June 17
NIACE Community Learning Fund - closed June 10
East Midlands Local Authority Consortium ESF 2011 - 2013 - closed June 17
Seeda ERDF round 4, Department of Health Volunteering fund - closed May 25
Big Lottery Fund, Improving futures - closed May 12
Central Bedfordshire European Social Fund, Lankelly Chase Small Grants Programme- closed May 13
European Integration and European Citizenship fund -closed April 7
European Network for Women Entrepreneurs - closed April 20
Learning & Skills Improvement Service - Regional Response Fund - Feb 25
European Year of Volunteering - OCS Grants - Feb 7; Contracts March 7
EU PROGRESS PROGRAMME All - inclusive cooperation between public authorities, companies and social enterprises in favour of social inclusion and integration into the labour market - March 2
National Offender Managamenet Service - ITT Now Closed
See the contact details of Prospective Prime Providers invited to tender and prosepctive sub-contractors who have expressed an interest in each region
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