T3SC (Tameside 3rd Sector Coalition) is dedicated to providing support, advice and information to our local voluntary and community groups (the VCS or third sector).
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E-Bulletin - September 2008

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Funding news

• Funding Bulletin and advice from T3SC

• Meet the Funder - European Social Fund / Community Grants - Project Towpath

• YAG Deadline approaching

• The Terrence Higgins Trust Young Leaders project

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Funding Bulletin and advice from T3SC

Here is our latest compiled Funding Bulletin for September.

To look through archived funding bulletins go to our funding page: www.t3sc.org/funding.htm. It also contains factsheets on completing applications and themed funding guides for children and young people, older people and black and minority ethnic groups amongst others.

If you are looking for funding and can’t find exactly what you are looking for here we have the FunderFinder database at T3SC which you are free to use. Or you could use our Resource Room to fill in your application form, have a cup of tea, use the excellent resources and get some support.

T3SC (Tameside 3rd Sector Coalition), St Michaels Court Stamford Street Ashton OL6 6XN
Telephone 0161 339 4985, email hannah.powell@t3sc.org

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Meet the Funder - European Social Fund / Community Grants - Project Towpath
Thursday 18 September, 2.30pm – 4pm at T3SC

Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Learning Consortium has been awarded the contract for the Community Grants Project 'Project Towpath'. These grants are aimed specifically at all small voluntary and community sector groups within Greater Manchester that help people return to work.

Grant amount: Grants up to £12,000 can be used to provide support to 'hard to reach' communities and individuals, to enable them to access employment or further learning and training.

Who for? Some examples of the type of activity that can be supported by a grant are:

• Initial help with basic skills.

• Taster work experience, including voluntary work.

• Training, advice and counselling.

• Job search assistance.

• Confidence building and personal development.

• Engagement activities that support individuals to overcome barriers to learning or employment

Further information: www.gmcvo.org.uk/?q=projecttowpath.
If you are interested in attending, please contact Naomi on 0161 339 4986 or email naomi.creed@t3sc.org 

For more information on funding see our Funding page.

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YAG Deadline approaching

Don't forget the next deadline for Youth Action Grant applications is 4pm on Thursday 16 October.

For more information or an application form, contact Stuart Vaughan at T3SC, stuart.vaughan@t3sc.org.

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The Terrence Higgins Trust Young Leaders project

The Terrence Higgins Trust Young Leaders project has money available for groups of 13-19 year-olds to run their own projects on sex and relationships.

Young Leaders is a peer-led sex and relationship Education (SRE) project for young people across England funded by the Big Lottery Fund, and is a preventative response to the escalating rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) amongst young people in the UK. The North West board is made up of young people from around the region who attend meetings and participate in an Open College Network (OCN) accredited training course. The group are responsible for distributing grant money to other youth groups across the region for SRE projects.

Who for? Groups of 13-19 year-olds to run their own projects on sex and relationships. So far the North West Young Leaders board has funded 12 projects in Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Lancashire, which have included: peer education residential; DVD drama production by young people living with or affected by HIV; training and resource manuals to raise awareness of homophobia; workshops on self-confidence and sexual health related issues for young women from South Asian communities; groups of young people participating in and watching theatre productions and young people learning about local services by producing and managing a sexual health notice board in a youth centre.

Grant amount: Groups can apply for up to £1000.

Further Information: You can find out more about applying for a grant by attending the free ‘You Know You’ Grant Seminars in Stockport on Friday 19 September or in Carlisle on Monday 22 September 2-4pm. Visit www.tht.org.uk/youknowyou or contact Katie Douglass, Young Leaders Participation Officer, on 0151 666 9894.


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