Help Shape Building Communities Programme with disadvantaged communities

Building Communities

Help shape a new £15m programme working with disadvantaged communities in Wales

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Area:

Wales

Total available:

£15 million

Application deadline:

20/01/2014 12:00:00

What's it all about?

Nearly a quarter of the Welsh population live in poverty and Wales has the highest level of child poverty in the UK. Help reverse these trends by applying to become a Chair/Trustee Director of an independent Trust which will support some of the most disadvantaged communities.

How can I help?

• Apply below to become the Chair or a Trustee Director of a Trust being set up by the Big Lottery Fund to develop and deliver a £15 million programme helping some of the most disadvantaged communities in Wales.
• Work with local people in chosen communities over a ten year period.
• Support communities to develop their own solutions to poverty, improve their wellbeing, raise aspirations, build social capital and increase their resilience.

You will need to commit around 24 days a year. The posts are not salaried but reasonable expenses are paid.

How can I apply?

• Please read the job advert and questions and answers.
• Download the application pack and complete the employment monitoring form.
• There will also be a recruitment information event held in our Cardiff office during the afternoon of Wednesday 4 December 2013. Book your placehere and we will then contact you to confirm the time.

The closing date for applications is Monday 20 January 2014. 

Register for our recruitment information event

Would you like to attend our recruitment information event on Wednesday 4 December 2013?

It will be held during the afternoon at the Big Lottery Fund offices on the tenth floor, Helmont House, Churchill Way, Cardiff, CF10 2DY.

Register here to reserve your place and we will then contact you to confirm the time.

BBC Children in Need Funding Available!

BBC Children in Need are keen to invite applications from projects working with disadvantaged children and young people particularly to the Small Grant scheme.  

Small grants are available for up to and including £10,000 for work with disadvantaged children and young people in Wales.  The process has recently changed  so that applicants will hear the outcome of their application with 8-9 weeks of applying.   

They have not received as many applications as expected from this area of work with Children and Young People. 

Small Grants are a way of kick starting projects into life and can be a way of evidencing the need to move on to a Main Grant application in the future.  Applications are also available through the Welsh Language, and are keen that those projects that wish to, are able to apply though Welsh.

Small Grant deadline of 01 September and a Main Grant deadline of 15 September coming up.  

It would be great if we could see some new projects working with children and young people applying for BBC Children in Need funding.