Category: Charity

We are providing a free seminar aimed at helping charities to gain a better understanding of how to make their fundraising more innovative and effective. This seminar will be held on 31 March 4.30pm-6.30pm at Neurosupport, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR. In this 2 hour event BWMacfarlane Chartered Accountants are working in partnership with expert … Continued

This is the last week to apply for the Big Energy Idea Fund. The deadline is Friday 28th February 2014. The Big Energy Idea is going to provide 10 successful social entrepreneurs with an individual package of support and funding of between £50,000 and £2m to help them grow their business and social impact. The … Continued

Social Investment Business and Social Enterprise North West announced the first local impact fund pilot in Liverpool, making £2m available to charities and social enterprises in the region. The Liverpool City Region Impact Fund will offer unsecured loans of between £50,000 and £250,000 for up to five years to about 20 charities and social enterprises … Continued

There is a Relate Cheshire and Merseyside event, Relationships in the 21st Century, being held on 26 February 2014. Relate is the leading national provider of relationship support and Relate Cheshire & Merseyside is a local charity providing a wide range of support services including relationship counselling, sex therapy, family counselling, young people’s counselling, and … Continued

The government has published a free guide to help small charities and voluntary groups create community events. The “Can Do” guide to organising and running voluntary and community events, published last week, says it covers most “permissions and licences” needed to run an event. It lists around 30 bodies who may need to grant a … Continued

Liverpool City Council is holding a Budget Meeting on Monday 20 January 2014, 4pm at the Liverpool Town Hall, Council Chamber, Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 3SW. This is a budget meeting for the voluntary, community and faith sector. There will be a presentation from Joe Anderson, the Mayor of Liverpool on the current budget position … Continued

As previously announced, a new tax relief for equity and certain debt investments in social enterprises will be available from April 2014. Organisations which are charities, community interest companies or community benefit societies will be eligible. Following consultation, investment in social impact bonds issued by companies limited by shares will also be eligible. A ‘roadmap’ … Continued