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The Information and Advice Group networking event for frontline workers takes place on Wednesday 10 February 2010 at the Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton.

A range of workshops and networking sessions run throughout the day and lunch is provided.

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On the 8 may 2009 The Equality and Human Rights Commission announced a new £10.2 million Strategic Funding Programme, providing three-year project-based funding of up to £450,000 for community and voluntary sector organisations.

A first priority area will fund organisations providing guidance, advice and advocacy services in areas including education, health and employment, as well building capacity where there are gaps in local provision, for example for women who have experienced violence. A second priority area will support increased co-operation between groups - including ethnic or religious communities - in areas where there are known tensions.

A third priority area is support for legal advice and awareness of legal rights. This will operate as a separate Programme which is expected to launch in June.

The Commission is particularly keen to fund activity that directly serves and involves individuals and local communities, that meets an unmet need, and that has the potential to inspire and inform longer-term activity that helps promote the Commission's objectives.

The new funding programme builds on the Commission's 2008-09 interim programme, and is at the core of a soon to be launched three year strategy which will set out the Commission's vision of a Britain built on principles of fairness, equality and respect.

A series of local funding surgeries, providing information, advice and guidance to those voluntary and community organisations that wish to apply for the funding will be held across the nine English Regions, Wales, Scotland and from 18 May - 3 June 2009. The deadline for applications for strategic funding is 5pm, June 12, 2009. Results from the first tranche of applications will be announced towards the end of July 2009.

Further details available at:

http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/newsandcomment/Pages/Commission-announces-£10-million-funding-programme-for-voluntary-and-community-sector.aspx

 

This helpful briefing note and list of contacts has been prepared by the ChangeUp Consortium to help improve communications and knowledge between commissioners of local services, potential bidding organisations and other agencies providing help.  

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For more information contact Jim Simpson, ChangeUp Project Manager (Mondays and Tuesdays) at Brighton and Hove Community and Voluntary Sector Forum. Telephone (01273) 234016, email jim@cvsectorforum.org.uk or write to:

Brighton and Hove ChangeUp Consortium
PO Box 5216
Brighton
BN50 9XZ