News & Developments

Take Back Your Power is an interactive workshop featuring Clare Mullin from Parliament Outreach on Women in Democracy and a taster of M-prez Community Action and Strategy programme. Entertainment is provided by local artists, with a commissioned piece on the Future of Democracy by Emeka Ejiofor and female rapper Nemz and others.

Drawing on the important work that M-prez Enterprise has already done in engaging women and young people with democracy, especially developing community strategies for Sustainable Development. This special event will look at how people can affect change and influence Parliament on issues that are important to them. 

Doors open from 6.15pm event starts 6.30 pm and admission is free, but booking is required. More information at www.m-prez.com or www.parliamentweek.org 

Free local transport available. Refreshments at Mellor School and at Mellor Parish Centre. Programmes £9 (purchased in advance £7). Children under 16 free. All proceeds to Cancer Research UK and Mellor Parish Centre.

www.melloropengardens.org.uk                  

For more information:
Peter Oldham petermboldham@o2.co.uk  0161 427 5939
Mary Hoult  mhmellor@aol.com  0161 427 7255

Friday 20 November 9.30am – 12.30pm at West Studios, Chesterfield College, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield. S41 7LL

Celebrating the creativity that is Made in Derbyshire with presentations by Junction Arts, Made In Derbyshire, screenings of film projects and performances by Jamie Joseph and the QDOS Community Choir. There will be time in the programme for small group discussions and of course individual networking, a chance to catch up with arts practitioners, managers and enthusiasts from all corners of our creative county.

Places are free but limited so please book in advance by contacting arts.team@derbyshire.gov.uk

Thursday 12 November 7.30pm at The Royal Hotel, Hayfield.

Professor Anderson is a scientific advisor to the Welsh Government’s climate change commission, reports on shale gas and aviation-related emissions to the UK and EU Parliaments, and advises the Prime Minister’s Office on carbon trading and the development of national carbon budgets. An engineer by training, his industrial experience has been mainly in the petrochemical industry. He is also Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, one of the UK’s leading research institutes in this field.

You will also have your chance to have your questions answered by this acknowledged expert.

Saturday 28 November 2015
Imperial Rooms, Imperial Road, Matlock DE4 3NL, 9.30am until 3pm 

Free coffee, cake and lunch are provided. Sign language interpreters, hearing loop and speech to text service will be available on the day. 

To book your free place: please email us on: paulawt@yahoo.co.uk or > text 07947 488137 

The policy landscape affecting the VCS is continuing to shift rapidly in both complexity and geographical impact. Policy reform and austerity measures continue to shape the national agenda in contrast to increasingly localised implementation mechanisms and models of devolved budgets and responsibilities. 

In December 2015 One East Midlands will close its doors as the provider of regional VCS policy support. Their role of enabling the VCS to understand, influence and adapt to changing policy contexts has been in operation for 15 years. During that time One EM has developed learning, resources and methods of working that have helped to create and maximise opportunities for the VCS. 

Before closing OEM want to take one final look at where the sector currently sits and the big challenges facing us all. At their  closing conference they will ensure that the most useful, current and relevant of our work is shared and, where possible, continued beyond the life of One EM. 

For more details of the event and to book a place visit the One East Midlands website at www.oneeastmidlands.org.uk/One_EM_Legacy_and_Learning

Community Plus provides grants of up to £5,000. The scheme is open to local UK charities or local projects of national charities with funding available to cover salaries, equipment or materials. Click on the Spotlight section to find answers to regularly asked questions about our Community Plus scheme.

There are no deadlines for any of the grants programmes. Email to grants@santander.co.uk 

The Foundation provides funding to charities and charitable incorporated organisations through two programmes:

Invest - a flexible, long-term core funding programme for charities delivering clear, targeted outcomes for disadvantaged people. These grants are up to £25,000 per year for two or three years, with the opportunity for continuation funding for a further period - up to six years in total.

Enable - a smaller and shorter grants programme for charities that have identified clear development needs. This funding aims to help the organisations deliver their mission more effectively. These grants are up to a total £15,000 over two years.

Applicants must be working with people who are 17 years or older and experiencing at least one of the following: 

• Have been abused or are at risk of abuse.
• Are victims of sexual exploitation.
• Are ex-offenders or those at risk of offending.
• Are long term unemployed.
• Are leaving care.
• Are homeless.
• Have learning disabilities.
• Have mental health and wellbeing issues.
• Have addictions.
• Are isolated and vulnerable.
• Have severe financial difficulty as a compounding disadvantage.

The only exceptions are young people who are under 17 years of age and young parents or looked after children and disabled young people moving into independent living.

To be eligible, organisations must:

• Be registered with the Charity Commission.
• Operate mainly in England and Wales.
• Have at least one year of published accounts covering a 12 month operating period.
• Have a one year track record of direct service delivery.
• Have an income in the last set of published accounts of between £25,000 and £1 million.
• Have free reserves of less than 12 months’ expenditure in the last set of published accounts.
• Have an active board of at least three Trustees.

More information can be found on the Lloyds Foundation website - 
www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/our-programmes

Grants of £10,000 to £250,000 are available to fund improvements to facilities and work that helps more people get involved with the buildings as well as urgent structural repairs.

For more information visit the HLF website www.hlf.org.uk

So if your project, charity or group could benefit from £300 then visit the Galaxy Hot Chocolate website at galaxyhotchocolate.com after 2 November 2015 to enter.