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Birmingham City Council - External Funding Support
The Council has now established the External Funding Support to enable local community groups to make the best use of the many different sources of funding available. A significant factor in the provision of this service is the ability to tap into external funding sources to support local priorities and help communities to grow and prosper. External Funding Support makes information electronically available on many external funding sources, e.g. regional funders, grant updates, tips for your funding application and areas of good practice etc, which is accessible by all. We also produce a Newsletter on a monthly basis where alongside news about funding streams we advertise successful projects. You can find the Newsletter (current and previous editions) at the end of this page and download it or you can e-mail the External Funding Support Team to add you on the mailing list. Grantnet is a user friendly database which has been specifically devised to allow people to identify funding sources available to community, voluntary and other organisations.Birmingham Community Empowerment Network [b:cen]
Birmingham Community Empowerment Network (b:cen) is the Government-funded programme designed to give communities in Birmingham a say in the decisions that affect their area and strengthen their ability to take action to create better places to live.Birmingham Foundation
The Birmingham Foundation, established in 1995 promotes and supports local charitable and community activity through a range of effective grant making programmes in areas of poverty and deprivation in Birmingham and the Black Country. The endowment fund is made up of a pool of donor funds, which are invested and the income of which used to meet local needs, forever – "the gift that keeps on giving"B.STRONG
B.STRONG is a city-wide organisation initiated and supported by the Community & Play section of the Local Services directorate. B.STRONG provides organisational development support and capacity building training to voluntary organisations and community groups based in Birmingham.
0121 464 2548ChangeUp
ChangeUp is about strengthening the support and assistance available to voluntary and community organisations. The ChangeUp framework was developed in partnership with the sector and focuses on improving capacity building and infrastructure within the voluntary and community sector.Capacitybuilders
From April 2006 ChangeUp is managed by: Capacitybuilders, an agency at arms length to government, led by a board of sector experts.Regional Action West Midlands [RAWM]
RAWM has been set up to build and strengthen the capacity of the voluntary and community sector to participate in and influence government policy and strategies at a regional level "to promote and maximise the contribution of the voluntary and community sector in improving the quality of life for disadvantaged communities in the region."
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