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"The Community programme focuses on funding core work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. We are particularly interested in work that achieves this through: * improved social and community involvement * improved life choices and chances * helping people to be heard."

Christine's test. Does this work? Fund-raising in a tight economy (with help from Elizabeth)

£1 Million Available to Support Youth Projects (UK) Young people are being given the chance to claim a share of £1 million to help tackle the dangers of drugs, crime and play a positive role in their community. The Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cash Awards will see £1 million of grants being distributed by youth charity "The Prince's Trust" to young people who want to run community projects in some of Britain's poorest areas. The Awards, worth £250 to £5,000, are available to disadvantaged 14 to 25-year-olds who want to transform their area and learn practical skills. Projects could range from improving local youth facilities to tackling teenage pregnancy or drug misuse. Projects must: · be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25 · clearly benefit the local community · benefit the people running the project · be a new or developing project. Previous projects supported include; an amateur boxing project to give young people greater confidence; and a media project to promote community cohesion and greater understanding between the local community and asylum seekers. Applications can be made at any time.

"Human Centered Design Toolkit Close For years, companies and other organizations have used Human-Centered Design to arrive at innovative business solutions. Funded by IDE as part of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and in collaboration with non-profit groups ICRW and Heifer International, IDEO relied on this approach to improve the lives of communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The resulting HCD Toolkit helps NGO staff and volunteers understand people's needs in new ways, find innovative solutions to meet these needs, and deliver solutions with financial sustainability in mind. The free kit is divided into four sections that bolster listening skills, running workshops, and implementing ideas. The HCD Toolkit contains the elements to Human-Centered Design, a process used for decades to create new solutions for multi-national corporations. This process has created ideas such as the HeartStart defibrillator, Cleanwell natural antibacterial products, and the Blood Donor System for the Red Cross--innovations that have enhanced the lives of millions of people. This process has been specially-adapted for NGOs and social enterprises that work with impoverished communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and compiled into a Toolkit available for download here or for order at cost at www.blurb.com."

I just found this link to Community Accounting via Third Sector email alert.....should help us to cost accurately for future project funding applications.

Chris, Eliz, Rach - this portuguese foundation could perhaps help us pilot a collaborative project putting together three principles and hot buttons. To develop a complete framework!

charity twitter money fundraiser - with network of sympathisers: using ChipIn, twitter, and blog! to post challenge! - helping raise money for hungry kids...

Can you prove your worth and avoid cuts? Answering these nine questions could help, no matter where funding comes from.

Here's another inspiration for my charity chums. This YouTube Channel is for the sector. It covers some of what wie discussed, but these are big figure heads! so they have more clout than little mini-me ;o) Enjoy

Thanks, Will. This is really powerful.... and loads of tips on how to do it/building your org's prescence on YouTube....CWP - we need to register as a non-profit on YouTube. Especially as we now have Flip to help us!