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Funding is available for initiatives that will support local communities and meet the following criteria: 

• Will make a significant difference benefitting the wide local community. 
• Addresses the needs of the local community. 
• Tackles the underlying issues in the local community. 
• Has used evidence of community needs and aspirations to develop an existing model. 
• Will transform the community, improving the lives of those who live there. 

Read more at: www.asdafoundation.org/grant

Arts for Wellbeing sessions at Adult Community Education Centre, Talbot Street, Glossop on Mondays 1 to 3pm and Fridays 10 to 12pm starting Monday 3rd November until December, these sessions will focus on seasonal art. Clare,the resident artist, will guide you through making Christmas cards, decorations and bunting, up-cycling of picture frames and designing arty calendars for 2015 which could make great gifts.

The sessions will be free of charge and light refreshments will be provided. For a small charge lunch will also be available following the Friday session. To book your place, simply email info@glossopartsproject.org or contact Sonja on 07855 320179.

GAP are collaborating with Carrot Productions, a Glossop-based music company, in a production of

"The Snowman” in Chester Cathedral at the end of November (www.carrotproductions.com). Carrot Productions have asked GAP to make snowman-themed Christmas decorations to be displayed in Chester Cathedral over the Christmas period. They will be making these baubles during the November sessions, so book your place now to be involved with this exciting project and have your work displayed in Chester Cathedral.

Art and Craft Workshops - GAP are also looking to provide art and craft workshops on Fridays from 1 to 3pm at the Glossop Adult Community Education Centre from Friday 7th November. These workshops will be run by Clare and invited local artists, and will include felt-making, ceramics and clay modelling. To cover the cost of these sessions and the time of visiting artists a charge will be made for these workshops, which will include lunch. Further information and timetable of workshops will be available shortly.

The GAP website www.glossopartsproject.org is updated regularly with news and forthcoming events.

We are looking for volunteers to help with this project. Training and support will be given - you don't need any previous knowledge, just a desire to help people and a little experience of using the internet.

If you are interested in helping with this project, please get in touch with Esther Jones via esther@highpeakcvs.org.uk or 01663 736 429

Nearly four-fifths of households have used at least one charitable service in the last 12 months, half in the last month, and over ninety per cent of households at some time in the past.

www.ippr.org/publications/charity-street-the-value-of-charity-to-british-households

www.socialenterprise.org.uk/social-economy-alliance

Throughout the campaign, Localgiving will match one-time donations pound-for-pound up to £10, and monthly donations up to £10 per month for 6 months. All groups with active Localgiving.com memberships are eligible to receive match funding, and the campaign will run across the whole of the UK.

localgiving.com/gyt/about

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission

Grants range from £200 to £3,000.  Funding is for one-off grants, but two-year funding can be considered in exceptional cases.

Contact: Head of Democratic Services, Derbyshire Dales District Council, Tel: 01629 761302, email: grants@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

Awards are available for amounts from £300 to £10,000 and the total project cost should not exceed £50,000.

Contact: Funding Enquiries, Sport England, Tel: 08458 508 508, email: info@sportengland.org

Open for Applications tp maximum value of £10,000 and minimum value of £1,000

Contact: Grants Team, Derbyshire Community Foundation, Tel: 01773 514850, email: info@derbyshirecommunityfoundation.co.uk