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Nina Dauban talks with Dino on BBC Radio Nottingham

Listen to Nina Dauban, CEO of Forever Notts talking to Dino on BBC Radio Nottingham about the work of Forever Notts

Forever Notts: A New Era of Local Giving

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation, a cornerstone of local philanthropy for over two decades, has been renamed as Forever Notts in a determined push to ensure more funding remains local to support the county’s vibrant community groups. The Foundation helps to build stronger communities by encouraging local giving and all the money it raises supports non-profit, grassroots community groups. […]

Supporting Rural Communities – RCF 2025 grant programme

The new Supporting Rural Communities grant programme will open for applications on Friday,10th January 2025. Organisations can apply for up to £25,000 by the 21st February 2025 to create tangible change in their community. Do you have an idea that will generate a new income stream for the local community, or create training […]

BASKET BRIGADE is 21 YEARS YOUNG!

Basket Brigade Notts is a 100% volunteer-run project, led by local social enterprise, Indigo Brave and supported by Nottinghamshire Community Foundation. This year Basket Brigade is 21 years old! They have grown hugely since the first ever Basket Brigade in The Millennium Centre, St Ann’s. and continue to do the same Christmas magic. Each year […]

East Midlands Funding Forum Bulletin

For information on funding and events across the East Midlands read the East Midlands Funding Forum’s monthly bulletin. Click here to see the latest bulletin

Job Vacancy – Fund Development Director

This is an exciting opportunity to secure a role with maximum feel good factor and enviable ethics. You will be joining a small charity team as Fund Development Director. We are not just any charity but one that’s supports 100’s of other charities and wonderful community projects across all themes including mental health, […]

Grantway – to find funding opportunities

Grantway is a new grant search portal available completely free of charge. Based on feedback from charities and volunteer organisations, they have launched a new version with the most wished-for additional functionalities, with there are more to come over the summer. Currently, they have more than 2500 grants available across the UK, covering Wales, Scotland, […]

Job Vacancy – The Lamb Trust Charity Support Visitor

The Lamb Trust provides support and befriending to vulnerable elderly persons across the City and County of Nottinghamshire. The Trust is administered by Nottinghamshire Community Foundation on behalf of the J W Lamb trustees. We are looking for an experienced befriender with a background in social care and the welfare of the elderly? The post is […]

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation awards grants from the Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation has announced sixteen grants totalling £96,860.20 to voluntary and community organisations in the city and county from the Arts Council England’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund. The Let’s Create Jubilee Fund will ensure that thousands of people from communities all across England will have the opportunity to take part in exciting creative events […]

Arts Council England Let’s Create Jubilee Fund is open

Arts Council England has launched the Let’s Create Jubilee Fund, a £5m programme to support community and voluntary groups to develop creative activity in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, made possible thanks to Lotto Good Causes For more info and to apply visit our grants page

First Award from the Samuel Fox Foundation

Stonebridge City Farm were so grateful to receive a fantastic donation of £38,000 from Nottingham Building Society to support their volunteer programme in 2022. This is the first donation from The Nottingham’s new Samuel Fox Foundation, administered by Nottinghamshire Community Foundation on behalf of The Nottingham. The cheque presentation took place on the birth […]

Basket Brigade 2021 Launched #BB21

Each December volunteers come together to transform gathered goods, raised funds and items donated from local companies into baskets of food, presents and luxury items for families and individuals in need at Christmas. They then deliver these baskets to the local community members that have been nominated throughout the year. Hundreds of […]

Welcome our new Trustee – Nadeem Raza

We are delighted to announce that Nadeem Raza is the newest recruit to join the board of trustees. Nadeem is the CEO for Microlise Group Plc, an AIM listed business on the London Stock Exchange. He is also a Non-Executive Director for Trakm8 Plc, another AIM listed business. Nadeem has worked with […]

Well done Sophia, Dan and Becca – Team Basil Skyers

Dr Sophia Skyers, along with friends Dan Dolby and Becca Morris, took part in this year’s Virgin London Marathon in October raising funds for the ‘Basil Skyers Myeloma Foundation’ Sophia, Dan, and Becca received huge support for the challenge and raised a total of £7,137 and donations and gift aid continue to come in. […]

SSBC Ideas Fund – 3 Year Programme Coming Soon

This exciting new fund is opening soon – come back on 1st September when the application portal goes live.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) UPDATE

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation recognises that the covid-19 outbreak is an exceptional event that will have an impact on the work of charitable groups and want to offer reassurance that we stand shoulder to shoulder with the sector during this time. We wish to be as helpful as possible during the coming weeks and months […]