VCSE Newsletter 11 April 2025
Friday 11 April 2025
Get applying for the Love Your Neighbourhood grant.
This is the perfect opportunity to team up with other local organisations and make a difference in your community.
We already have 550 volunteer hours pledged to carry out environmental improvements 30 June - 6 July 2025, which is fantastic.
The £500 collaborative grant is seeking applications from community groups, parishes, schools, scouts to work together to create environmental improvements or enhancements in your community. £500 can be spent on equipment, plants, containers, trees, seeds, bird and bat boxes, paint, varnish, anything that makes your community better. Closing date is Monday 5 May 2025.
If you would rather deliver a smaller project on your own then £100 is available to support your project, the closing date is Monday 2 June 2025.
You don't have to apply for a grant to register your time spent improving the environment, you can even just log your activity.
Are you looking to volunteer?
Voluntary Action Leicestershire (VAL) help to signpost people looking to volunteer to a range of local opportunities. Find out more on their website. There are various opportunities available in local communities, so they would encourage anyone thinking about volunteering to explore their options, find out more about local organisations and have a look to see how you might be able to support local charities, good causes and community projects to make a huge difference to local people.
Are you already volunteering?
If you are already volunteering, then they would love to hear more about your experience as a volunteer and to share your story! If you are interested in telling VAL more, please get in touch with them by email.
East Midlands Airport Spring News
Read what's been going on and what's planned from your local airport.
East Midland Airport are available get to know their neighbours better, and regularly attend events in the local area, where residents have the opportunity to ask questions or talk to them about any issues or concerns. They have released their programme of outreach events for 2025 is now published on the website. Locally they are attending the following events:
- Monday 5 May 2025 - Castle Donington May Market
- Sunday 13 July 2025 - Ashby Show
- 19-21 July: EMA 60th Anniversary Community events at Aeropark Aviation Museum
- Saturday 13 Sept 2025 - Diseworth Show
They will also be hosting some half term fun on the 28 and 29 May, and opening their doors to children children aged 4-13, will be able to enjoy our interactive facility, arts and crafts and special visitors. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance as places are limited. The QR code is in the Spring edition newsletter to register.
On the link below you can find and sign up for their quarterly newsletters and also find out more about the EMA Community Fund and their Community Sponsorship Fund.
Read the Spring newsletter and visit their page
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Measham Summerfest 2025 set to be another fantastic day for the family.
2024 Measham welcomed over two and half thousand visitors, this year they are going BIG Measham Summerfest 2025 has now been launched.
The event is organised by volunteers from Measham Events group.
If you think you can help or want to find out more about the event then please email Julia Gibbon fundraising.meashamevents@gmail.com
Ashby Film Nights
Paddington in Peru (PG) - 30th April
To celebrate the return of Paddington to Ashby, Ashby Film Nights are showing Paddington in Peru. Support your local community cinema.
Tickets: £6.00 (cash or card payments). Doors Open at 6.45 pm, the film starts at 7.15 pm. Wine and soft drinks will be available for purchase before the film. Location Ashby School, Nottingham Road, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 1DT.
To watch the trailer follow this link.
|Leicestershire Communities Funding Bulletin - April 2025
April's Funding Bulletin with a list of grants and funding opportunities.
The document can be accessed via the Leicestershire Communities website.
The Grants and Funding page of the Leicestershire Communities website also contains information regarding a range of other sources of funding, and associated support, including the VCSE Grants and Funding Information document .
You can also find details of a range of other grants and funding opportunities via the Government's Find A Grant service.
Posted: Mon, 14 Apr 2025