Funding and infrastructure
New government funding
Government has announced details of the £10m Innovation in Giving Fund, which will be administered by NESTA to support innovations that demonstrate the potential to have a national impact of the giving of time and money. The deadline for applications is 14th October 2010.
The Government will be announcing details of the £24m Social Action Fund in October, but we do have some early information.
Funding cuts
This is the place to follow the latest developments on what we know about the impact of funding cuts, tools that are available to demonstrate value and impact, and information on what Volunteering England is doing to support our members.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has also written to all local authority leaders about supporting the voluntary sector. You can see the letter on their website or by following this link 
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Volunteering England's response (46.3Kb) to the 'Best value: new statutory guidance' consultation, which sets out Government expectations of the way best value authorities should work with voluntary and community groups when facing funding decisions.
- Parliamentary meeting on Supporting volunteering in a difficult funding environment
- Supporting a stronger civil society (Office for Civil Society consultation) including Volunteering England's response to question nine: How can central Government best work with national infrastructure to support and deliver the Big Society?'
- Letter from Justin Davis Smith to Council Chief Executives regarding the Comprehensive Spending Review
- An Investment Case for Volunteering: Submission to the Spending Review 2010 (PDF)
Other current issues:
- Free volunteering from red tape
- Internships, job substitution and the private sector
