Tag: community-first

Applications for funding from the Community First Programme are now open. The Closing Date for bids is 12 noon, 1 February 2014. We would like to encourage bids typically around £500 although bids can be made up to around £2,500. The final decision on awarding the grant will be made by the Community Development Foundation (CDF). Funding is only for...

The Leabridge Ward Community First Panel met on November 21 2013 and agreed the priorities for funding for the year to March 2014: To help promote the local economy To improve the quality of community life To bring different communities together To support the local heritage. It was reported that all last year’s bids (2012/13) had eventually been submitted. The...

Leabridge Ward Community First Panel to manage the Community First Programme  locally. The Panel Partner is Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group (CPNAG). The programme is overall supervised by the Community Development Foundation. More information about the CDF can be found at the Community Development Foundation website. If you want to contact the Panel, then please write to Leabridgeward.London@claptonpond.org Please leave...

Community First is an £80m government-funded initiative across the UK that will run until March 2015. We are now entering the third year. The programme will help communities come together to identify their strengths and local priorities in order to plan for their future and become more resilient. It will fund both new and existing community groups. £30,000 is available to...

The Government would like to encourage and support neighbourhoods who want to take a more ‘strategic’ approach and develop Community First Plans identifying what resources and capacity is already available to the community. A Community First Panel of local people has been formed to manage this for the Leabridge ward. Through the panel, small grants are available to fund community...