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worth us checking here to see if there is anything for joint CfL/CLP projects.

A few more funding streams to check out - European funding

"Clinks Volunteering Guides Clinks has published a series of guides designed to support organisations in their day-to-day work with offenders. The guides have been developed with the expertise of Volunteering England, Charities Evaluation Services, and the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation. Targeted at those who involve volunteers, or provide mentoring and befriending services to offenders and ex-offenders, these guides are designed to support any organisation whether they are already established or just setting up."

Founded in 1963, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) is a charitable organisation that acts as an umbrella body for organisations working with children and young people in England & Northern Ireland. Through working in partnership, sharing knowledge, resources and services we have created a powerful, authoritative and influential voice to improve the lives of children and young people.

"the Oneplace website. Here you can see how local public services are performing in England, if they provide value for money and where they could improve. The Audit Commission, Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorates of Constabulary, Prisons and Probation and Ofsted are working together to provide an independent overview of the quality of life in your area. You can also discover how well local public organisations, such as councils and police forces work together to meet local needs."

This is the website that Robert (NOT Bob) told Christine and me about. I think we're going to be visiting it quite a bit in the not-too-distant future!

"First Figures for DWP Volunteer Brokerage Scheme 30/10/2009 As reported in Third Sector magazine, nearly 2,400 unemployed people have completed volunteering placements in the first five months of the £8m volunteer brokerage scheme being run by environmental charity BTCV for the Department for Work and Pensions. The scheme, which began in April this year, has a target of matching 34,000 jobseekers with volunteering placements within two years. A DWP spokeswoman said the department had no monthly targets, but expected the numbers to rise significantly in future months and did not intend to alter the overall target. The scheme is being run by BTCV in partnership with volunteering charities Volunteering England, CSV and v. BTCV said 1,128 of the 2,365 placements were arranged by BTCV itself and the rest by its partner charities. "

think cyber communities; think Reaching Communities

US grassroots grantmakers group! - fab!

Bunny - do you know of the Grassroots funding in England? We've grown a bit too much to be eligible, but it might be worth you asking your CVS about it if you haven't already! Eliz

Will - you might have told me about this before - but it was back in the old days when I was all linear and I'm not sure! Bunny - this one might be good for you cos they give help to small organisations on securing public sector contracts. Eliz

Futurebuilders - Small Organisation Tender Fund up to 10% tender value.

Could CLP be eligible for funding? Recommended by Lyn Telford specially for us. What a star!!

Free tickets for under 26s for some performances in selected theatres and some as low as £5. Good for those communities you work with, for them to see the impact of the creative industries ;-) Enjoy

We should go for this?

Might be appropriate for CLP? Aimed at smaller orgs who don't have capacity to deal with full reporting requirements of larger ESF grants. Up to £12k available - next and final round beg October 2009.

Some resources that will help you assess risk when dealing with volunteers ;-)

"truck loads" - and I mean truck loads...of interesting papers about classroom design, the use of ict as part of delivery. Get the evidence here for your creative ideas my lovely show ponies ;-) Xtine, here's more evidence to validate (in the eyes of authority) you & Eliz's wonderful ideas ;-D

"truck loads" - and I mean truck loads...of interesting papers about classroom design, the use of ict as part of delivery. Get the evidence here for your creative ideas my lovely show ponies ;-)