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How can crowdfunding work for your community project?
May 26, 2015
In this blog you can find out how you can get funding for your community project using crowdfunding. It was written by Jess Ratty, Brand Communications Manager at Crowdfunder.
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Featured project: Cadence Cafe CIC
May 19, 2015
Cadence Café CIC is a family-run community organisation and social enterprise in Tyldelsey, near Wigan. We met Cadence’s Youth Director, Kerry-Anne Bradford.
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A community delivering performance where you least expect it
May 5, 2015
In this blog post you can find out about Assemble Fest in Hull, a community theatre festival taking in place in shops and local businesses in Hull’s Newland Avenue.
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Guest blog: Helping the community to help themselves
April 15, 2015
This guest blog was sent to us by Chris Jacobsen, the Communications Manager at Hull 2020 Champions. Hull 2020 helps residents turn ideas for their community into a reality. Using their ‘Community Kick-starter’ programme the project help locals identify what they need …
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Insights from Live Q&A: help and support from My Community
April 2, 2015
Gemma is Network Officer at CDF. In this blog she recounts the highlights from yesterday’s Q&A session. We spoke with representatives from Co-Operatives UK, LGA, Locality, NALC and NAVCA about the exciting new My Community Network and support.
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Discover the My Community Network
March 27, 2015
CDF’s Communications Manager, Charlotte Stuffins, shares what you can expect from the My Community Network which launches next Wednesday, 1 April here on Just Act. This blog was originally published on MyCommunity.org.uk – view the original post here. What is …
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Submit 2 Success: alternatives to a traditional youth club
March 10, 2015
Ralph Presgrave is project coordinator for Submit 2 Success. In this guest blog Ralph writes about how he left his role as a youth worker to devote his time to this community project that uses sport to reduce anti-social behaviour …
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Guest blog: Street Dance and the Community
January 26, 2015
This guest blog comes from Tamika Abaka-Wood from Barking & Dagenham Youth Dance (BDYD). Tamika began dancing with the group as a teenager, and 11 years later still works with the organisation as a dance teacher.
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Guest blog: Sporting Communities
January 14, 2015
Ben Rigby is Director at Sporting Communities CIC, an organisation set up in 2012 that works with communities to help them run sport, recreation and play activities. In this guest blog, Ben tells us about the organisation’s journey and the …
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Even more top tips for setting up and running a community organisation
January 7, 2015
In a recent blog, we shared some top tips on setting up a community organisation from Sarah Bishton, from the Advice Team at Community Matters. Here, you can read the second instalment with even more advice. Sarah took part in …
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