Tesco and easyfundraising have come together again to give a helping hand to voluntary groups, charities, and CICs working tirelessly to keep up with spiraling costs and rising demand. They will donate £1000 funding pots to 5 community organisations this May.

For a chance to receive £1000 for your community organisation, follow these simple steps:  

1. Firstly, register your organisation with fundraising platform easyfundraising before May 31st.easyfundraising enables your community organisation to receive unrestricted funding from 8,000 leading online retailers including Tesco.
2. Then ask everyone connected to your organisation to use the easyfundraising platform to shop with Tesco in May. Each time one of them shops online at Tesco, your organisation will be entered into the draw to receive a £1,000 funding boost. The more people who shop online with Tesco on your behalf, the more chances your organisation has of winning.

And what’s more, when your supporters shop with Tesco in May, they’ll raise £10 for you if it’s their first-time shop, and £1 for each subsequent shop they do.*

easyfundraising will even help you to get your supporters involved, with free downloadable images, flyers and messaging to share across your social media channels and newsletters.

Signing up to easyfundraising is your first step; it only takes 2 minutes so get started here: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/merthyr-tydfil

Tuesday 14^th May 10am-12pm – Online

Your easy route to unrestricted funding!!

Does your community organisation need additional funds?

Come along to find out how your organisation can receive free unrestricted funding via funding platform easyfundraising.

In this informal session, Becky from easyfundraising will:

• Do a live demonstration of how it works
• Explain how to get your organisation set up
• Give you tips on how to raise as much as possible

There will also be Q&A session with Becky to help get a full understanding of how your organisation can benefit.

Suitable for: anyone involved in fundraising for good causes of all shapes and sizes including voluntary groups , CICs, social enterprises, churches, schools, sports clubs and charities.

You will have the opportunity to ask questions and share your experiences too.

For more information and book your place at the online event contact:- 

Emily.whiteman-cranston@vamt.net

The post holder will work with the Building Communities Trust Invest Local Officer, the Invest Local Ynysowen Steering Group, residents, volunteers, groups, stakeholders and partners to deliver the projects and programmes of work identified in the Driving Change plan. The role will engage with local residents and develop a sustainable volunteer base, build local capacity to develop a sustainable funding strategy to secure the long-term future of the community beyond the Invest local funding.

Closing date - 17th May 2024

This new vacancy will be part of our "4 Day Week" trial, 80/100/100.  80% hours, for 100% pay and 100% output.

An application pack can be downloaded HERE

Join us as we publish our new research Beyond Essentials: Community Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Wednesday 22 May from 10.30-12.00.

This online launch will see us share core findings of our latest research into how communities continue to respond to the cost-of-living crisis and outline the changes we want to see. You’ll also hear directly from community organisations at the heart of this work and have the opportunity to ask questions and comment on the research.

Book your free place to hear more about:

• the work community organisations are doing to mitigate the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis;
• the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on people who use community facilities;
• how the work of community organisations is addressing the cost-of-living crisis and complementing or replacing that of public sector organisations; and
• the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on community organisations’ own resources, including staff and volunteers.

We hope you can join us, if you have any questions or for more information, please contact Policy Officer, Eleri Williams on eleri.williams@bct.wales