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BISHOP PRESENTS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

30th June 2009

Over 170 invited guests gathered at the Bishop’s Palace gardens last night in Exeter to celebrate the achievements of volunteers across Devon as part of local charity, Devon Community Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year Awards.

To date, Devon Community Foundation has awarded over £6.5 million in grants to over 1,900 small voluntary and community groups run by Devon’s volunteers. It is these groups which are often in the frontline in helping local people in need and building better, more inclusive local communities.

Awards to the eight finalists were made by The Rt Revd Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter and the evening, which was hosted by BBC Radio Devon’s David Fitzgerald, included a charity auction and DVDs of the winners produced by the Twofour group.

	New Torbay Targeted Support Fund Devon Community Foundation is pleased to announce that it has been asked to manage the Targeted Support Fund in Torbay on behalf of the Office of the Third Sector. This Fund is designed to provide short term help to voluntary sector organisations working in Torbay which support people who are affected by the economic downturn. Grants of between £10,000 and £40,000 are available and are accessible to groups with an income between £30,000 and £250,000. The Foundation is working in partnership with Torbay Voluntary Service which will be providing practical support for applicants. Call Rebecca Pearse 01803 212638 or email rebecca@torbayvs.co.uk For more information on Torbay Targeted Support Fund please see our How to Apply for a Grant section and/or please follow this link to the guidance notes.

New Torbay Targeted Support Fund

Devon Community Foundation is pleased to announce that it has been asked to manage the Targeted Support Fund in Torbay on behalf of the Office of the Third Sector. This Fund is designed to provide short term help to voluntary sector organisations working in Torbay which support people who are affected by the economic downturn. Grants of between £10,000 and £40,000 are available and are accessible to groups with an income between £30,000 and £250,000. The Foundation is working in partnership with Torbay Voluntary Service which will be providing practical support for applicants. Call Rebecca Pearse 01803 212638 or email rebecca@torbayvs.co.uk

For more information on Torbay Targeted Support Fund please see our How to Apply for a Grant section and/or please follow this link to the guidance notes.

Devon Community Groups receive £455,000

Grassroots Grants

Devon Community Foundation was celebrating this week after hitting their first Grassroots grant making target, awarding £455,000 in grants to voluntary and community groups and projects across Devon since July 2008.

The money is part of a £1.4 million Grassroots Grants programme being managed by the Foundation on behalf of the Office of the Third Sector. It supports local volunteers and groups with small amounts of cash which will make a big difference to them, their local communities and local people.

Grants have supported a huge range of projects from community allotments to youth groups and from music tuition for those with disabilities to lunch clubs for isolated elderly people.

CELEBRITY CHEF GETS TORBAY GRASSROOTS CHALLENGE OFF TO TASTY START

Celebrity Chef Mitch Tonks joined with local charity Devon Community Foundation on 24th February at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club to officially launch the Torbay Grassroots Challenge.

Almost 100 invited guests attended the launch of the Challenge, which aims to build a £0.25 million Torbay Grassroots Endowment Fund over the next three years to provide a permanent source of grants for local voluntary and community groups who are often in the front line in helping local people in need.

Plymouth Grassroots Challenge

Plymouth Theatre Royal panto star, Lesley Joseph has helped to launch the Plymouth Grassroots Challenge Fund to support small voluntary and community groups across the City.

The Grassroots Challenge, which is being run by local charity Devon Community Foundation in partnership with city charity the Drake Foundation, can match £1 for £1 all donations made to the Plymouth Grassroots Challenge Fund

Michelmores/Marsh Business Breakfast & Lord Digby Jones

raise over £3,000 for Grassroots Challenge

The 100th anniversary meeting of the Michelmores/Marsh Business Breakfast Club raised over £1,500 for local charity Devon Community Foundation recently, when over 200 local business people met at the Exeter Golf & Country Club to hear guest speaker Lord Digby Jones.

The money, which was raised through the donation by Lord Digby of his speaker's fee and a percentage of ticket sales for the breakfast will now be doubled by the Foundation's Grassroots Challenge to make £3,000 for local causes across Devon.

Grassroots Win

Devon Community Foundation, Devon’s local charity for

local people, was celebrating today after securing £2.5

million to support small voluntary and community groups

across the county and to kick-start greater investment

from individuals and companies in local community projects.

Wales and West Utilities Step up to Grassroots Challenge

Gas distribution company, Wales and West Utilities joined together with local charity Devon Community Foundation today to support Exeter’s Merry Go Round Toy & Leisure Library with a £5,000 Grassroots Grant.

Wales & West Utilities is one of the first companies to step up to Devon Community Foundation’s Grassroots Challenge, which matches donations £1 for £1 to make local giving go further for small community and voluntary groups across the county.

The means the £5,000 from Wales & West Utilities is doubled by the Foundation to create a £10,000 Wales & West Utilities Acorn Fund. The company will continue to build its fund over the years and the income generated will make grants to support voluntary groups like the Toy Library across Devon each year, every year.

First Grassroots Grants Awarded

Cullompton Rangers Youth were awarded £1,867 through the Grassroots Grants programme. This money will help the club to buy new equipment and provide even more opportunities for young people from 5-15 to play football.