£1.14 million for Buckinghamshire Communities

The Buckinghamshire Foundation (TBF) has been appointed by the Government to distribute funding to grassroots initiatives in Buckinghamshire.

Grants are available from £250 - £5000 for volunteer led not-for-profit or community groups based in Buckinghamshire who have been operating for over 12 months with an annual income of less than £20,000.

For the full story and how to apply Click here.

More Funding Opportunities

Promoting Positive Activities for Young People

Small grants of up to £500 are available for projects designed to attract new participants in positive youth activities organised by voluntary and faith groups.

Click here for details.

If you wish to apply click here for an application form.

Also please read the guidance notes for applicants click here.

Other Projects

If you would like to see other projects or news available here from The Priory Centre, please let us know via email: wyccvs@nascr.net or call us on 01494 523440.

Facilities

Please feel free to use the facilities at The Priory Centre (if you are a voluntary/community group) - we can offer competitively priced photocopying, display boards, hire of Powerpoint, advice on charities and lots more. We would be delighted to hear from you.

Voluntary Voice

As many of you know, we arrange for a weekly column in The South Bucks Star under this heading.

We invite local voluntary/community groups to submit an article which may be about their group in the form of some publicity or to provide details of an upcoming event.

We are always looking for new groups to join the rota so if you have some information to pass on and can do it in about 200 words please ring The Priory Centre or send your article by email to wyccvs@nascr.net.

Directory

July 2008. We have updated the Directory of local voluntary and charitable organisations.

Download the Directory Organisations index.

Download the Directory Categories index.

Download the Priory Centre Directory.

Read more about the Directory.

Treasurer wanted!

The Priory Centre is looking for a treasurer. Could you be the person we need?

We'd like someone who can oversee what our bookkeeper does and take responsibility for our budgeting and accounts - come to Management Committee meetings (every two months) and have a say in how we spend our money.

If you are interested please contact us: 01494 523440, or email wyccvs@nascr.net

Library contents list

We have compiled a list of the publications in our library. It is available for you to download and print as either pdf (portable document format) or rtf (rich text format).

Priorities

The June edition of our quarterly Priorities newsletter is now available.

Download Priorities June 2008 PDF Document.

Download Priorities June 2008 Word Document.

View Priorities online.

Where's the best place to spend a penny?

Help the Aged is on the hunt for your nominations for the ‘age-friendly’ Loo of the Year.
Three quarters of older people surveyed by Help the Aged last year were concerned by the standard of their local public toilets. But maybe you’ve found a good one? If so, Help the Aged would like to hear about it! The charity is a sponsor of the Loo of the Year Awards 2008 and would like your nominations for the ‘age-friendly’ Loo of the Year.
Click here to find out how.

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