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Regen School
This organisation is a community based school of regeneration, providing hands on, practically based support and training for community organisations in how to develop as organisations and deliver outcomes that regenerate their communities.
You can contact Regen School at
Unit 23-24
53 Mowbray Street
Sheffield
S3 8EN
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Tel 0114 221 6556
or 0114 221 2180
Fax : 0114 221 6555
Email: stuart@regenschool.com
South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau (SYFAB)
This organisation offers several free services such as, Information on funders and materials to support the production of applications, a monthly newsletter covering funding schemes and approaching deadlines, a development worker who can assist with planning, costing and making applications, but not with writing them, and training in Funding and Fundraising for Community & Voluntary Groups, which is accredited by the Open College Network (OCN).
You can contact South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau at
The Workstation
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX
Tel General Enquiries: 0114 249 4343
Funding Advice Line: 0114 276 5460
Fax: 0114 221 1839
E-Mail enquiries@syfab.org.uk
Website www.shef.ac.uk/~oip/syfab/index.html
South Yorkshire Open Forum (SYOF)
This body has a series of areas of work including the recruitment of advocates from the voluntary and community sector to sit on a range of committees, boards and groups on behalf of the sector at sub regional level, co-ordinating the delivery of the Change Up programme and several research programmes, delivering information and support in relation to European funding and Strategic Economic Zones supported by it.
You can contact South Yorkshire Open Forum at:
The Ladder
Maltkiln Street
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 2HY
Tel: 01709 519 100
Fax: 01709 821 124
Email: enquiries@syopenforum.org.uk
Website: www.syopenforum.org.uk
South Yorkshire Women's Development Trust (SYWDT)
This organisation provides support, resources and funding opportunities for women's organisations across South Yorkshire.
You can contact South Yorkshire Women's Development Trust at:
The Ladder,
Maltkiln Street,
Rotherham,
S60 2HY
Tel: 01709 515880
Fax: 01709 515881
E-mail Isadora.sywdt@btconnect.com
Or
Women's Construction Training,
21 Buckenham St
Sheffield
S4 7JQ
Tel: 0114 2737046
E-mail: helen.sywdt@btconnect.com
Together for Regeneration (TFR)
This organisation supports the development of community partnerships and project development and implementation. Also provides project development support for church projects.
You can contact Together for Regeneration at
The Diocesan of Sheffield
Church House
Rotherham
S65 1BL
Tel 01709 309109 or
01709 309119
Fax : 01709 515956
Mobile : 07979 900326
Email : joanne.bott@sheffield.anglican.org
VC Train
This organisation sets out to provide a mutually beneficial consortium structure for voluntary and community sector learning and training providers in South Yorkshire, in order to support and enable all member organisations to access mainstream funding, develop their capacity and achieve high standards of quality and performance in meeting the needs of learners and in tackling disadvantage and advancing equity and social inclusion.
You Can Contact VC Train at:
South Yorkshire Voluntary & Community
Sector Training Consortium
The Ladder
Maltkiln Street
Rotherham
S60 2HY
Tel: 01709 518800
Fax: 01709 518777
E-mail: contact@vctrain.org
Website: www.vctrain.org.uk
Burngreave New Deal For Communities (BNDFC)
This organisation combines the delivery and support of a range of services for people in Burngreave and their representation in relationships with the public sector, with the provision of grant funding and capacity building support to developing local organisations and projects. (Some future provision funded through Single Pot Investment Planning system)
Sheffield Refugee Forum
This body is a forum of bodies, across public private and voluntary community and faith sectors, promoting policies and action to address the needs of asylum seekers and refugees in the city. In particular it provides an opportunity for organisations working in this area to exchange information. In addition it manages and monitors the implementation of the Sheffield Integration Strategy. Further to this it supports the development of refugee community organisations and the Refugee Community Forum.
You can contact the Sheffield Refugee forum at
Sheffield Asylum Team
Howden House
Sheffield
S1 2SH
Tel: 0114 273 4435
Email : owen.mcdowell@sheffield.gov.uk
Sheffield Out of School Network
This organisation is a partnership body aiming to support the development of good quality, locally based, affordable and accessible out of school provision for Sheffield's children. In practice they deliver support to organisations delivering such services in the form of advice on training and NVQ assessment, quality assurance, advice on funding, software tools for establishment and management of out of school provision and signposting of those seeking out of school childcare to local services.
You can contact the Sheffield Out of School Network at:
11 Leopold Street
Sheffield
S1 2GY
Tel: 0114 249 4941
Fax: 0114 249 6246
E-mail: information@osn.org.uk
Website: www.osn.org.uk
Sheffield Community Enterprise Development Unit (SCEDU)
This organisation is similar to others operating in areas of deprivation across the UK , but seems unique within the sub region and city of Sheffield as it has a focus covering most of the city as opposed to a particular neighbourhood. The organisation contains several departments and sub organisations such as the Key Fund, Sheffield Enterprise Clusters, Sheffield Community Childcare Network, a training arm Applegrove Learning and Women in Enterprise, Using these elements the organisation assists the development and growth of community enterprises in general and in specific areas such as childcare and women's enterprise within Sheffield. Grants are available to enable groups wishing to start a new enterprise or expand an existing one (eg to carry out feasibility studies, pay for professional fees, develop business plans etc). and at the Mowbray Street site there is office space to rent and conference facilities for small start up businesses.
You Can Contact Sheffield Community Enterprise Development Unit at:
Scedu, Unit 1
53 Mowbray Street
Sheffield
S3 8EN
Mon-Fri 8.45am-5.15pm
Tel: 0114 281 2222 Or
0114 201 5260
Fax : 0114 281 4173
Email : mowbray@scedu.demon.co.uk
Website: www.scedu.org.uk
