Enhance Redcar Meet the Funder Events

Enhance Redcar and Cleveland is grant-funded infrastructure support service delivered by Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency and funded by the Woodsmith Foundation. They don’t currently have a website, but you can find out more about their events by following them on Eventbrite by clicking here.

Elements Training Portal

The Elements Training Portal has been developed by North Tyneside VODA, Connected Voice and Northumberland CVA, who have been working together since 2019 to help VCSE organisations and groups. The partnership has now been extended to include, Community Action Northumberland, Durham Community Action, Inspire South Tyneside, Sunderland VSA. This partnership addresses challenges like limited capacity and geographic barriers by offering high-quality eLearning. Access is available anytime, anywhere with an internet connection.

All courses on the portal are free, available to everyone and typically take less than an hour. If you are new to the Elements Training Portal, you’ll need to set up a personal login. After completing a course, you can download a certificate to confirm your achievement.

Good Fundraising: Success with grant applications – presented by Robin Fry

Do you struggle writing successful funding bids? This session will take you through the key steps in preparing a strong funding application that will tell funders exactly what they need to know. Funders are increasingly asking for online applications with a limited number of words. This resource will help you make every word count. It will also provide you with a project outline that you can use to cut and paste into online applications so you won’t need to start from scratch with each application. Take the course by clicking here