POVERTY IN ENGLAND

Love this tool on the Church Urban Fund website

Find out more about the level of poverty in your parish and how this compares with other parishes locally and nationally by entering your postcode or diocese

Birmingham - Local Development Agencies

Birmingham Local Development Agencies Network is currently made up of 10 well-established, voluntary organisations.

Your local development agency can offer information, advice and/or practical help about a range of topics including; 

> Funding                                                              > Groups start-up                                                > Management structures                                      > Resilience & risk management                      > Achieving quality standards                              > Accessing & delivering public sector contracts

Find out more about the Development Agencies in your area

Support Organisations - Community Matters

Community Matters offers information, advice and support for community and voluntary groups throughout the UK.


By becoming a member groups can access a range of useful  downloadable resources and benefits including 10% off Finance ReDirect Community Insurance 

CRB Checks

Volunteers needing a CRB check?


Click the link to find a list of CRB umbrella bodies - registered bodies that processes criminal record check applications for non-registered organisations.


Connecting Neighbourhoods CIC has recently used the CRB processing service provided by BAYC who offer a reduced price for the service if you affiliate with them. BAYC CRB CHARGES

Community First - Local Funding

The Community First Programme is an £80 Million Government Funded initiative managed by the Community Development Foundation(CDF) supporting communities to come together to identify their local priorities, plan for the future, and develop grassroots activity.The programme will be led and delivered through ward based community panels, each supported by a panel partner organisation. £500 is the minimum and £2,500 is the maximum amount that can be awarded to groups for a period of one year. Each panel will have a set of local priorities.


See here to see which wards have set up Community First panels and links to all the panel websites

Community Foundations

Community foundations want to make your communities a better place to live by funding and supporting projects that engage local people


For further information about Community Foundations in the West Midlands, see below.




                                                                                                                          Birmingham and Black Country; Shropshire and Telford ; Heart of England (Warwickshire and Coventry)  ; Herefordshire ; Staffordshire ; Worcestershire

Funding Central

Funding Central is a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. The site provides access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.

Local Authority - Funding Support Links

Find out about grants to local voluntary organisations in your local authority area


Shropshire Council


Telford and Wrekin


Wolverhampton


Walsall


Dudley


Sandwell


Solihull


Birmingham

Worcestershire

Direct Gov website 

Post from Geraldine

Attended a positive meeting today with Andrea & Janice and local agencies to set up long term program for children in the Stechford area made some useful contacts. Next meeting in 2 weeks to look a applying for bids for projects, everything we discussed yesterday getting into practice. Will keep you informed of developments.

I'm all set up to blog too

I'm in too !!

Welcome Melanie and pics from today!

Melanie just became the 3rd Bromford staff member to register to post on this blog

Here's the pictures of today's training session - not including the unconventional lunch time training venue!!

Wey Hey, I'm in!

Come on you bloggers x x

I am officially the first person today to get registered on this blog. More to follow..........

Stechford Community Engagement Project

Geraldine Cunningham :Bromford Housing Manager covering Stechford, Kitts Green, Hall Green, Yardley, Acocks Green, Small Heath, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, and Ladywood areas  VISIT THE BLOG HERE

Welcome

This is the online blog connecting Bromford Housing Group -Housing Managers who are attending the Introduction to Working with Communities course, currently being delivered by Connecting Neighboourhoods CIC.


Bromford Housing Group Housing Managers attending the course are able to view and download all course session content and information, access useful information and advice, promote community engagement projects happening in their areas' and post questions and comments within the network.


For further information contact: info@connectingneighbourhoods or visit www,connectingneighbourhoods.org