Funding opportunity 

Youth Sector Development Fund (4th Round)

The purpose of the YSDF is to promote and support growth and build capacity within third sector organisations (TSOs) who deliver effective services and activities for young people in England, particularly the most disadvantaged.

Through a mixture of grant funding and business support DCSF wants to enable good third sector youth organisations to sustain and grow their provision, including strategies to diversify their income streams. Up to £100 million from April 2008 to March 2011 is available to support third sector organisations (TSOs)

The deadline for applications is 4pm, 4th February 2010.

For further information please visit - http://ysdf.ecotec.com/

SEP for Young People who are or could become NEET - Applications Wanted to Run Programmes

Summer Learning Programme for are disengaged or potentially disengaging in Luton schools with the potential to become NEET.  To view details of the programme click here.

A bigger role for communities in inspiring young people- News of funding

The Home Office £4.5m Community Fund – helping the community tackle guns, gangs and knives.

Youth violence is a major concern that continues to devastate families, communities and neighbourhoods.

The Home Office is working across government to provide help and support for young people, parents and victims. Voluntary and community organisations are key to this process and can make a real difference by transforming the lives of vulnerable young people who are either at risk or who have been involved in gangs or carried or used an offensive weapon.

In December 2008, the Home Secretary outlined a new £4.5m fund for local community groups to run activities for young people in 13 priority areas (One of which is Bedfordshire, and as Luton is covered by Bedfordshire Police, this includes us). This will fund intensive work with young people through mentoring and outreach work. Organisations can apply for grant funding of up to £10,000 per annum for three years.

This fund is being managed on behalf of the Home Office by Tribal’s Community Development Team. For more information on the fund please visit Tribal’s website at:

http://grantsadmin.co.uk/homeoffice_communityfund/

Contact details: Grants Programme Administrator
2nd Floor
154 Gt. Charles Street
Queensway
Birmingham
B3 3HN

Grants to finance tendering costs or capacity building work
The Small Organisation Tender Fund helps finance tendering costs or capacity building work – such as legal costs, advice from procurement specialists, financial expertise and bidding staff costs – to help small organisations win specific public sector contracts.

There is a limited pot of up to £220,000 for this fund and grants will be offered for up to 10% of a contract value, up to a maximum of £15,000. Contracts being tendered for must hold a minimum value of £30,000. There is no closing date for applications. A ‘small organisation’ for the purposes of this fund is defined as one with an annual turnover of less than £250,000 and applicants must have been trading for a minimum of one year.

Find out more about the Small Organisation Tender Fund

Funding Guide for Workforce Development
An updated version of the popular funding guide for workforce development for both local groups and infrastructure organisations. It is available to download free of charge at http://www.navca.org.uk/stratwork/children/cwdc/resources/

Opportunity to Supply Early Interventions Services in Bedfordshire

The three local Area Boards have released the following opportunity.  For an application form click here.

To Become A Right Here Pilot Site: Improving Mental Health And Well- Being For Young People

Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Mental Health Foundation are inviting applications from groups of voluntary and statutory organisations across the UK, to work with them in developing new ways of protecting and promoting the mental health and well-being of 16 to 25 year olds. We expect to select up to four partnerships to work with from September 2009 – December 2013, with one focusing on improving support for Black and Minority Ethnic Young People.

Each of the pilots will be awarded up to £800,000 from September 2009 - April 2013. We will also provide additional support to assist with planning and implementing the work, developing the partnerships, and documenting and sharing the learning. The deadline for applications is 18 December 2008. For more details or to apply to become a Right Here pilot site, in the first instance, please visit the comprehensive Right Here website: www.right-here.org.uk. Alternatively, contact Tamasine Angell (info@right-here.org.uk; 0207 803 1181) with further queries.

Grant to Promote Sharing of Good Practice

A new grant scheme to promote sharing of good practice in the field of children’s workforce development has been developed, the three documents needed to make an application are:

· A summary of the grant scheme.  · The grant application form.  · The accountability form which sets out how you will need to evidence your use of the grant, should you be successful.

If you wish to receive these forms please contact Shirley Anuku on: 020 7833 3319or email: Shirley@ncvcco.org

Funding Information and Advice for Community and Voluntary Organisations

What Funding is Available?

If you want funding for a project or your organisation and don't know where to look for information about what is available, you need to read "Funding Opportunities". This is a monthly publication, researched and produced by the Regeneration Service and shown at the link below. "Funding Opportunities" is sent by email to several hundred voluntary and community organisations in Luton.

"Funding Opportunities" contains pages of information on the latest and most current funding opportunities. It also contains interesting news articles relating to funding, information on local training events and procurement and tender opportunities. In between the monthly publications, email alerts are sent where deadlines for application are imminent.

For more information please Click Here