Updates from WCVA

Social Business Growth Fund

Working in partnership to provide online volunteer management resources for cultural and heritage organisations
Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (PAVS) has been awarded a contract to develop bilingual resources to support volunteering management in the Culture and Heritage Sector in Wales.

Nominate NOW for BAVO’s Volunteer Achievement Awards 2017
Every year thousands of individuals and groups volunteer across Bridgend County Borough give their time, energy, skills and commitment to help others in their community.

Volunteers Week -The Mentor Ring
On Friday 9th June 2017, our volunteers, trustees and staff came together to celebrate and reward the hard work of our volunteers and mentors.

WCVA general

Last chance to book and join the fun!
On 13th July we'll be unveiling the most inspiring Active Inclusion participant of 2017! Come along and celebrate.

Third sector general

Registering your faith organisation as a charity
The Charity Commission, the regulator of charities in England and Wales, is running a series of short workshops, for faith-based organisations, to help them to register as charities.

Core funding and free training for health charities - 2018 GSK IMPACT Awards
GSK’s IMPACT Awards reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health. Organisations must be at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £80,000 and £2.5 million.

Funding

Greggs Foundation’s Environmental Grants Scheme opens for round 3
Using money from the 5p levy on carrier bag sales in Greggs shops, the Greggs Foundation's Environmental Grants scheme aims to improve people’s lives by improving the environment. Groups that missed the second round have three months to apply to the third round.

Greggs Foundation’s Local Community Projects Fund opens for round 3
The Greggs Foundation's Community Projects Fund provides grants of up to £2,000 to not-for-profit organisations across Great Britain for projects or for equipment for people in need at the heart of local communities.

ScottishPower Foundation opens for applications from Great Britain
The ScottishPower Foundation, a registered Scottish charity operating independently of ScottishPower, offers funding to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations based and working across Great Britain.

Eaga Charitable Trust
The Eaga Charitable Trust, an independent grant giving trust founded by Eaga, now Carillion Energy Services, provides financial support for work that contributes to understanding and addressing the causes and effects of fuel poverty.

Skipton Building Society's Grassroots Giving 2017
Skipton Building Society has been offering the Grassroots Giving scheme since it was set up in 2013 to celebrate the Society’s 160th anniversary. This year, there are 164 pots of £500 to give away to support the development of local grassroots groups from across the UK.

Training and events

Webinar - Taking Forward Wales’ Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
Join us! 18th July, 1pm

Learning to lead
Just moved into management or want to brush up on your leadership practice?

Webinar: Project budgeting and full cost recovery
Are you confident you're claiming all the costs you're entitled to when you complete funding bids? Are you sure you know what you should be claiming?

Webinar - National Principles for Public Engagement in Wales
How to apply the National Principles to your work

Join Agroecology Land Trust for fantastic Renewable Energy courses
Want to learn about off grid Wind, Solar and Biomass Energy in a beautiful woodland location? Join Agroecology Land Trust on 22nd-23rd July / 26th August / 27th-28th
August to gain practical skills and experience in designing and installing your own sources of renewable energy.

Policy and politics

This week's consultations
How can citizens be more involved in public services?

Project seeks to find out why people don’t vote
The Electoral Reform Society Cymru has launched Missing Voices, a project to learn why people don’t vote.

Share your ideas about new taxes
The Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford is looking for ideas for potential new Welsh taxes.