Internationally celebrated virtuoso violinist Tasmin Little OBE announced as Help Musicians ambassador

Help Musicians are proud to announce internationally renowned and respected classical violinist Tasmin Little as a Help Musicians ambassador. Gramophone Award winner and widely acclaimed concerto soloist and recording artist, Tasmin brings a wealth of experience and an ideal voice to Help Musicians. Her outstanding 30-year career has been recognised with an OBE for services to music, a Gramophone Award for Audience Innovation, a BASCA Gold Badge Award, 5 Honorary doctorates, and a Critics’ Award Classic BRIT Award, amongst many more accolades. Tasmin has performed all over the world with…

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National Emergencies Trust Announces First New Charity Partners to Enhance Support for At Risk Groups

The National Emergencies Trust (NET) is announcing plans to distribute £12million of funds from its Coronavirus Appeal to a range of charity partnerships offering targeted support to some of the UK’s most at risk groups. Each partner will provide support to a disproportionately impacted group that NET believes may have been underserved through the pandemic so far, according to its own detailed gap analysis. This analysis reviewed Coronavirus Appeal grants data to-date, as well as other funding made available to groups from external sources, to identify key areas of unmet…

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Bates Wells launches free Crisis Decision Tool

Bates Wells’ have launched a new online tool which guides charities and social enterprises through next steps on insolvency, merger, collaboration, cost cutting, raising finance Bates Wells’ new Crisis Decision Tool aims to help charities, social enterprises and other non-profit entities facing financial difficulty, who are unsure of the next steps to take. The free and easy-to-use tool provides clearly structured, tailored guidance on what options are available. The user just needs to answer up to six questions to receive a detailed report on the options covering merger, collaboration, cost…

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Tesco Mobile partners with Crisis to bring ‘lifeline’ of connectivity to people experiencing homelessness in Great Britain

Tesco Mobile and Crisis have announced the start of an ambitious two-year partnership aiming to help thousands of people experiencing homelessness across Britain to reconnect with society. The importance of connectivity Our new partnership aims to combat growing issues around digital exclusion and, in the first year, will include an initial donation of £700,000 worth of phones, devices and connectivity (connectivity relating to data, minutes and texts). Mobile connection can provide a lifeline; It can bring us closer together, closer to society and can help to provide access to essential…

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Catalyst & The National Lottery Community Fund COVID-19 Digital Response

We’re helping charities develop solutions to their data, design and digital challenges to delivering essential services, so that they can better support people and communities affected by COVID-19. The COVID-19 Digital Response is being delivered by CAST on behalf of the Catalyst network, and is being funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. It will help address urgent issues which affect the most vulnerable. Around £1.75 million will be made available in direct grants to nonprofits. This fund is aimed at enabling networks of charitable organisations to develop their digital, data…

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