Polly Rowe | City & Guilds Foundation

Interview with Change Grow Live’s Laura Shurrock

by Polly Rowe | 15 Oct 2020 | Charity partners, Funding, News, Our networks, Prisoners and ex-offenders, Youth engagement

We recently caught up with Laura Shurrock, Mentoring Support Officer at Change Grow Live, a charity we have been supporting since 2018 with a three-year grant. Change Grow Live’s mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Our funding supports Change Grow Live's project in partnership with Birmingham Youth Offending Service and the West Midlands Police, which helps young people in the community who are at risk of...

An update on our bursary programme – providing access to the skills most needed, for those who need it most

by Polly Rowe | 6 Oct 2020 | Bursaries, City & Guilds initiatives, Critical transition points, Funding, News, Our networks

Our bursary programme was designed to change people’s lives by allowing them to develop their skills. We know that, for some, the cost of training can be a huge barrier to getting the skills to find jobs and progress in their careers. Recent research indicates that without the support of funding, those hardest to reach will find it even harder to progress in a labour market which favours those already in higher-paying work. That’s why we set up the bursary programme in 2000 – to help people in...

Essential financial support now available for social enterprises through £18.7m Covid-19 grants

by Polly Rowe | 14 Jul 2020 | Charity partners, Critical transition points, Funding, News, Our networks

Here at the City & Guilds Foundation, we’re incredibly proud to support UnLtd – a leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in and around the UK. Today, UnLtd have made an exciting announcement about a new Social Enterprise Support Fund. The Fund is directly responding to an urgent need in the sector to help social enterprises change the way they work, make their spaces COVID-secure, and manage liquidity during the next six months. There are five social enterprise support...

A commitment to the beneficiaries supported through the City & Guilds Foundation

by Polly Rowe | 9 Apr 2020 | Charity partners, Funding, News, Our networks

The City & Guilds Foundation, along with a wider group of funders, recognise that the covid-19 outbreak is an exceptional event that will have an impact on civil society groups, and want to offer reassurance that we stand with the sector during this time. We wish to be as helpful as possible during the coming weeks and months so that civil society groups can focus on the vital work of supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. We understand that there will be times...

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