Community Development News

The Big Lottery Fund has now distributed £100m of funding through its People and Places scheme in Wales following its latest round of grants.

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Challenge Network chief executive Craig Morley has said Nat Wei, the government's former Big Society tsar and one of the charity's founders, had no influence over its recent £7.1m grant from the Cabinet Office.

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England director Dharmendra Kanani says the BLF will put hundreds of millions of pounds into initiatives lasting up to eight years

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Small community schemes including sports clubs will benefit first, says Lesley Chambers of the Community Development Foundation

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Deutsche Bank has launched a new small grants scheme offering up to £2,500 to London-based education and community development organisations. 

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The government has launched a new community rights microsite that offers a range of support to help local community groups and individuals.

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With a dwindling government pot, communities need to take ownership of their Local Enterprise Partnerships, says Robert Ashton.

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The money will help three larger groups assist smaller organisations that want to use Right to Bid, Right to Build and Right to Challenge provisions

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After seven years of failed funding bids, the deprived Welsh ex-mining community of Glyncoch has finally raised £792,000 to build a community centre, utilising a crowd-funding site for the final £40,000.

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Voluntary and community organisations in Norfolk will be given the chance to apply for grants from their council’s new £450,000 big society fund.

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