Social investment is often seen as a London-centric activity. It can be harder for social enterprises and charities outside of the capital to access social investors and gain a better understanding of the financial products available. Well not anymore! This ‘Let’s talk good finance’ event in Birmingham offers third sector arts and cultural organisations with…

Join the IHBC at for a unique learning experience at Auckland Castle. Local project leads will review the full range of project challenges while speakers from key national bodies will set that work in context:   Historic England (Carol Pyrah) Heritage Lottery Fund (Sara Crofts) IHBC (Fiona Newton) CIOB President Rebecca Thompson, Chair for the Day…

The Ethical Property Foundation are organising three free property workshops/advice clinics as part of their 2017 National Programme for Property Education. The workshops are: 21/9/17 Durham- Managing Asset Transfer for your Community 28/9/17 Bristol- Managing Asset Transfer for your Community 3/10/17 Birmingham- Negotiating and Managing Property Leases

The Aviva Community Fund offers the chance to get funding from £1,000 up to £25,000 for an important community cause. It’s open to everyone to enter a project for their community where you will need to tell them what a difference these much-needed funds could make.  The Aviva Community Fund will finance over 500 projects across…

The John Ellerman Foundation has recently created a curatorial development fund worth £500,000 which aims to strengthen regional  museums and galleries in the UK. The foundation wants to help organisations enhance and sustain curatorial development to attract a broader public. They expect to make about five or six grants for periods of two to three…

The Prince’s Regeneration Trust’s BRICK programme and the Heritage Alliance’s Giving to Heritage programme are teaming up to run this special workshop which will focus on funding and fundraising for heritage. The first half of the workshop will offer guidance from the Institute of Fundraising on how and where to look for funds, and in…

Booking is now open for The Heritage Alliance’s 2017 Heritage Debate ‘Is heritage good for your health?’ which will be held at the Waldorf Hotel’s Palm Court. The Heritage Alliance likes to think that heritage is good for people’s wellbeing and health, and evidence is starting to be available to back this up. Heritage participation can improve…

The Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham in association with World Heritage UK, are holding a special international meeting to discuss research and global policy focusing on the communication of World Heritage values at the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. The four session themes are linked to the an AHRC Collaborative doctoral…

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is a small-medium sized grant giver which provides grants for running costs or one-off capital costs to charities and not-for-profit organisations working in the following sectors: Rural Issues Urban Deprivation Community Support Disability and Healthcare Arts, Education and Heritage Small grant applications can be made throughout the year. For more information and…

Greggs Foundation funds projects that improve the physical environment in a way that also benefits the wider community.  They offer grants of up to £2,000 and concentrate on helping existing not for profit organisations to deliver new projects. They are interested in projects that improve the physical environment in a way that will improve people’s…