Our Next Meeting
Barnet VCS Environmental Network

Thursday 21 October,
10.30 - 12noon

If you've already been to a Barnet VCS Environmental Network meeting then you'll automatically receive an invite and zoom link for our 8th on 21 October.

If you've not joined us yet, then do email Ellen. These are informal and informative networking sessions for those working in the Barnet VCS, where we can come together to discuss environmental issues in the Borough, and work out how we as a sector can make a difference.

This networking group will raise awareness of environmental projects that are happening in the Borough, help to establish partnerships and joint initiatives and seek funding opportunities.

In October we'll be joined by a team member from Barnet Council's Street Scene to discuss recycling and fly-tipping, we can also pick up on any questions linked to the Barnet Community Innovation Fund, which closes on 1 November. 

If you have any topics you would like to raise/discuss, do let Ellen know.

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Funding
Barnet Community Innovation Fund

Opens: Friday 1 October
Deadline: Monday 1 November 

Round 2 of the the Barnet Council-led Community Innovation Fund (CIF) opens tomorrow, Friday 1 October. 

The website has been updated with the latest funding criteria, and the application will be live from 1 October. 

This is  joint initiative with local NHS partners and Barnet's volunteer and community sectors represented by Barnet Together. Round two's funding pot will be £320,000 with funding bands of up to £2,000, up to £10,000 and up to £65,000.

The 4 priorities are:

1. Mental Health and Wellbeing support particularly focusing on pandemic related crisis support and interventions
2. Initiatives that promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
3. Sustainable Green Spaces for healthy leisure projects
4. Projects supporting Families, Children  and Young people, with a particular focus on family health
    

If you have any questions about the fund, please contact Marta Montague, Community Innovation Fund Manager.
 

Funding 
The Aviva Climate Fund 

Deadline: Tuesday 5 October

The Aviva Community Fund supports small UK causes making a big difference in their communities. Partnering with Crowdfunder to build capabilities of these causes, drive sustainable fundraising and leverage our talented and enthusiastic workforce to get their best ideas off the ground.

Every quarter, they distribute £250,000 funding, supported further by donations from the public. They're currently looking to support projects that are fighting climate change and building stronger, more resilient communities across the UK via The Aviva Climate Fund by adding extra £150,000 to the pot for projects leading the way on climate action.

They're hoping to build a brighter, more sustainable future by matching each donation made up to £50*.

For your project to be eligible it will need to do at least one of the following:
1. Help prevent or reduce the impacts of climate change
2. Help prepare people and places for climate change impact, through education and recovery planning

*match funding rules apply - see The Aviva Climate Fund website for more details.

Funding
Grants for Good

Deadline: Wednesday 15 December

Every three months, The Matthew Good Foundation share £10,000 between five shortlisted projects that have made a positive impact on communities, people or the environment.

To stay true to our ethos of donating funds to causes close to the hearts of their members, every three months, five shortlisted projects will be voted for by John Good Group employees. These five charities will all receive a share of £10,000 – the more votes a cause receives, the bigger the donation. Following the vote, the project that receives the most votes will receive a grant of  £3,500, second place £2,500, third place £2,000 and fourth and fifth place will both receive £1,000.

Your application must be on behalf of a local community group, charity, voluntary group or social enterprise that has a positive impact on communities, people or the environment and has an average income of less than £50,000 in the last 12 months.

For more information, and to access their simple online application form

Recycle
Vodafone & Barnardo’s need your old phones for Afghan refugees

Donate Now...

Vodafone UK and Barnardo’s are asking the public and businesses to donate unwanted smartphones and tablets to ‘The Great British Tech Appeal’ specifically to help refugees arriving from Afghanistan.

Vodafone will add six months’ free data, calls and texts and work with Barnardo’s to get devices to Afghan young people and their families who have recently arrived in the UK. 

Read more via UK Fundraising

Online Event
Green Social Prescribing

Tuesday 12 October, 10am - 12noon

Event organised by Social Farms & Gardens

Green social prescribing links people to nature-based interventions and activities. Find out how it works and how care farms and other green care sites are getting involved. An online session open to all with practical tips. 

This would be an ideal opportunity for people to gain insights into how Green Spaces can be used as part of health interventions/improvements - central to the Barnet Community Innovation Fund's requirements.

Find out more
 

Case Studies
Collecting ideas for climate action

Get in touch...

ACEVO's climate emergency committee is gathering a series of case studies highlighting positive climate leadership shown in charities, both environmental and non-environmental. They hope this will provide a range of ideas about how organisations can approach different types of climate action and play their part in a just transition to net-zero. If you'd like to share what you have been doing at your organisation - no action is too small - do submit your story. 

Resources  
The Environmental Funders Network

Connect with...

The Environmental Funders Network is a UK-based network of foundations, family offices and individual donors supporting environmental causes. Their aim is to increase the amount of financial support for environmental causes and to improve its overall effectiveness.

Their website features useful resources, a blog and stories to inspire you.

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