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Young People in the Lead: ‘Young people are Hope’
23 June, 2021
Joe Rich, our Head of Youth Voice, shares more about her work with our Young People in the Lead advisory panel. Read more -
Making it work: our funding for employment
15 June, 2021
We want to talk about the difference charities and community groups make to people who are out of work, especially those who have never worked, have been out of work for a while, or have particular barriers to accessing employment. Read more -
Volunteers’ Week - An unprecedented response to an unprecedented crisis
1 June, 2021
Using new data taken from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund evaluation, this Volunteers’ Week we’re able to share an unprecedented insight into the impact and benefits of volunteering. Read more -
Why you should Love Coventry – 2021’s UK City of Culture
17 May, 2021
Last Thursday (12 May), the team at Coventry City of Culture Trust announced the Love Coventry programme, and £1.3 million of new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund. Read more -
Bringing People Together: a new funding programme
15 March, 2021
Today marks a year since the first announcement on 16 March 2020 that all ‘unnecessary social contact’ should stop across the UK due to COVID-19. Read more -
National Lottery Community Fund supporting Plunkett Foundation in 2020
11 March, 2021
Whilst it seems hard to think back to a time pre-Covid, the reality for the community-owned business sector was that they started 2020 in a relatively buoyant position. Read more -
The New Infrastructure Programme: the story so far
10 March, 2021
We set up the New Infrastructure Programme last year to give critical community infrastructure organisations the opportunity, space and time to plan for the future. Today we have announced funding to 14 vital and varied infrastructure organisations across the UK. Read more -
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World Mental Health Day – Youth social action and well-being in lockdown
9 October, 2020
EmpowHER, a programme to inspire young women and girls to lead change in their communities, has been nominated for a Charity Times Award 2020. Hallie, 16, is a recipient of the Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Award and one of the participants in the Preston programme, and here she speaks about the programme, and how the programme’s social action work has changed to respond to the pandemic and lockdown. Read more
