Cats Protection Lifeline is a specialist cat fostering service for people fleeing domestic abuse, and this vital service is now about to launch in Wales. Lifeline is looking for volunteers to open their homes and hearts to cats in need. Through becoming a foster carer for Lifeline, volunteers know that they are not only supporting a pet, but a whole family too. 

All expenses are covered so there’s no cost to you, and you’d be fully supported every step of the way: https://www.cats.org.uk/what-we-do/cp-lifeline/lifeline-form

We are also hosting two online drop-in sessions for people to hear more about our vital services and how to get involved with fostering, we are running these in conjunction with Dogs Trust Freedom who offer the same specialist fostering service for dogs: 

Thursday 4th April - 13.00-13.40 -  Volunteer Foster Carer Drop In Session Tickets, Thu 4 Apr 2024 at 13:00 | Eventbrite  

Monday 8th April - 18.30-19.10 -  Volunteer Foster Carer Drop In Session Tickets, Mon 8 Apr 2024 at 18:30 | Eventbrite 

We would be grateful for your support in sharing these within your community and any colleagues, clients, friends/family and social media pages. 

For further information on Lifeline, please don't hesitate to contact us at lifeline@cats.org.uk or 0300 012 0289.  

We are offering unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 to help small charities and social enterprises develop, grow or become more sustainable.

Successful applicants will receive:

• A grant of up to £30,000 of unrestricted funding over 1 to 3 years.

• Access to free, highly skilled support provided by experienced professionals.

• Access to our programme of skills training workshops, covering areas such as fundraising, communications, finance, strategy and more.

• A fully-funded place on an impact measurement course.

• Access to peer networking opportunities.

Who is eligible to apply?

All UK-registered charities, CIOs, CICs and CBSs with an annual income of under £500,000 are welcome to apply. Please also take our eligibility quiz here.

Our grants are intended to create a step change for your organisation. What do you need to get to the next stage of your development? Our grant might help your organisation to grow, increase your staff capacity, become more sustainable or make your systems more efficient – we don’t mind, we just want you to be able to be better at what you do.

How to apply:

• You will need to register your interest in applying. Registration will be open for one week from 12pm on 28th March to 12pm on 4th April. During this time, please register your interest on our Apply for Funding webpage (this will take 2 to 3 minutes).

• On 5th April, all registered applicants will receive confirmation of whether they have been allocated a place on the funding round along with details of how to apply. If there are more applicants registered than places available, places will be allocated at random.

• Once you have received confirmation of your place on the funding round, write your application before the deadline of 5pm on Monday 29th April.

Please come along to our online Q&A session on Thursday 28th March, 1pm to 2pm to hear more from The Fore team about our processes and pose your own questions before you register to apply. You can sign up here. If you can’t make it on the day, please register if you would like to receive the recording after the event.

If you have any questions, we are happy to help – Please email us at info@thefore.org 

SAVE THE DATE

A Communities of Practice Approach to enabling collaboration to tackle child poverty.

18^th April 2024

10.30am- 12.00pm

Please save the date and join us to explore how we can best use a Communities of Practice approach to provide a national platform for problem solving, knowledge sharing and access to expertise on working together to tackle child poverty.

We know that partners are extremely busy and that whatever approach we take needs to be worthwhile. This event is an opportunity for the Welsh Government and external partners to come together and discuss the most effective ways of establishing a Communities of Practice approach that will add value and support collaboration.

Information on registering to attend this event will follow.