WCVA Update - 11 February 2019

This week's updates from WCVA

11 February 2019

Hello, and welcome to this week’s newsletter. Registration for gofod3, WCVA’s massive annual event for the third sector in Wales, is now open! This year we’ll be hitting Cardiff City stadium on 21 March. Please join us to celebrate the third sector in Wales and meet all the other people effecting change across Wales - get your ticket at the gofod3 website today. We’re using this year’s event to highlight some of the amazing work the third sector is doing to support people in Wales – please get in touch with us if you have an inspirational story or an example of some innovative work you’d like to share with the sector. Last week, Welsh Government announced that over £69,000 in funding has been awarded to help Welsh projects working to improve the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa – all through round 2 of the Wales for Africa scheme which is administered by WCVA! The scheme enables organisations in Wales to access funding of up to £5,000 for small-scale projects that contribute to Wales’ delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. See the full list of recipients on our website. Thanks for reading, we’ll catch you next week.

Training Opportunities

Making your funding applications stand out This course will help you develop a compelling application, giving you the best chance of securing the funding you need. Keep Reading

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Registration for gofod3 now open

WCVA’s annual get-together for the third sector in Wales is back in Cardiff on 21 March - the full programme of exhibitors and events is now available to view on the gofod3 website. Sessions fill up fast, so we advise that you book as soon as you see something that catches your eye!

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Policy latest

First Ministers: No Deal Brexit would be ‘a catastrophe’ The First Ministers of Wales and Scotland have released a joint statement about preparations to leave the EU. Keep Reading

Measuring our nation’s progress The Welsh Government is now consulting on the 46 National Indicators Keep Reading

Round 2 of Wales for Africa grant recipients announced

We are pleased to announce the organisations that have been successful in the second round of the Wales for Africa grants schemes!

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Volunteering news

Time well spent: a national survey of volunteer experience Research conducted by NCVO sought to find out more about volunteers’ experience, in order to inform recruitment practice and policy. Keep Reading

Funding latest

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust  2019 round open Up to £5,000 is available to groups working under the theme of children and young people. Keep Reading

The Chestnut Fund - grants for conservation The Chestnut Fund is an independent charity, making grants available to encourage and enable community groups to carry out conservation activities. Keep Reading

People's Postcode Trust - Community Project Small Grants Grants of between £500 - £20,000 are open to projects. Keep Reading

What does a collaborative office space look like?

We’re looking at more ways to bring the third sector in Wales together – please tell us what you think of our vision of a collaborative working space.

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