We have now annouced our 10 Finalists, who will be putting their ideas into practice over the next year to compete for a share of £1 million. (more…)
The Green Awards is a scheme to recognise companies and brands that are successful in communicating green messages. This year they have also introduced a new ‘people-powered’ category. They are accepting applications for ‘Campaigner of the Year’, to recognise creative and committed individuals who get their message across using their own contacts, funding they raise or donate, and good old ingenuity - which we know exists in abundance in our Big Green Challengers! The deadline for entries has been extended until 17th September. You do have to pay £23.50 to enter though - I wonder, as an individual or not-for-profit campaigner, does this put you off applying?
The Office of the Third Sector have launched a Grassroots Grants scheme, through which they are making £130m available over the next three years. The scheme will be managed by the Community Development Foundation. A total of £80m will be available for small grants to grassroots organisations in grants of between £250 and £5,000. If you are a community group interested in trying to access some of this funding you’ll need to contact one of your local funders to find out more - I’ve just scanned the list and these are England only. The other £50m will be available to enable local funders to generate additional donations to invest in endowments, with a view to making the funds last longer and do more. It’s great to see this longer term thinking being planned into the fund, and it will be interesting to see how it works.
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