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£5000 up for grabs for local sporting or active leisure group

1/16/2012 6:45 AM EST  -   ICG PR
Today sees the launch of a campaign that will result in a local youth sporting or active leisure organisation being awarded a massive £5000 grant.
The campaign, which is being run by The Mall Blackburn as part of its Mall Cares initiative, is aimed at rewarding the hard work of teams, charities or companies that promote exercise and a healthy lifestyle as well as providing excellent sporting activities for the...
Camelina
 

Danforth Plant Science Center Awarded Major Bioenergy Grant from U.S. Department...

10/11/2011 10:33 AM EST  -   Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Grant Supports Expansion of Research in Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels
ST. LOUIS, MO, October 11, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $5.5 million to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to develop the oilseed plant camelina (Camelina sativa) as a sustainable source of biofuel. Sixty grants, totaling $156 million, were awarded by the...

Diamyd awarded three million dollar grant and expands the NTTDS portfolio

9/12/2011 2:30 AM EST  -   Diamyd Medical
Diamyd Medical AB with collaborators has received a three million dollar grant from the US National Institutes of Health to develop the Company’s patented Nerve Targeting Drug Delivery System (NTDDS) for prevention of Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. The grant allows Diamyd to expand the NTDDS technology to also target neuropathy, in addition to the Company’s development portfolio for the treatment of...

Halton Foundation grants promote better indoor air around the world

9/9/2011 9:08 AM EST  -   Halton Group
Halton Foundation’s grant application period has started
Halton Foundation supports non-profit organisations and initiatives that promote wellbeing of people suffering from poor indoor environmental quality for environmental or economic conditions. Halton Foundation welcomes now new applications. Decision on grants will be made in November 2011.  

Halton Foundation is a charity organisation that promotes...

£400 Available for Wales’ Land Girls

8/31/2011 10:11 AM EST  -   Lantra
A £400 training grant is available to women working in Wales’ land-based industries from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project.

Over the past four years this project has proven successful in England, where it has helped 1,212 businesses and 3,250 women increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Because of the positive impact, Lantra has extended the funding UK-wide, so women...

Supporting the Skills of Wales’ Women

7/18/2011 7:15 AM EST  -   Lantra
For Immediate Release
Supporting the Skills of Wales’ Women

Fifty women working in Wales’ land-based industries will benefit from a £400 training grant from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project, which is being offered in Wales for the first time.

Over the past four years this project has proven successful in England, where it has helped 1,212 businesses and 3,250 women increase their skills in...
Funding for the Southeast's farmers, foresters and growers
 

£500,000 for Farmers, Foresters and Growers through LandSkills SE

7/12/2011 6:26 AM EST  -   Lantra
For immediate release

More than half a million pounds has been allocated to help the South East’s farmers, foresters and growers get the training they need to boost their business’ profitability.

From 1 August 2011 until 31 March 2012, £527,000 is available to businesses in this region to get up to 70% off training. Through the end of May 2011, this programme has provided funded training for 2,600 courses to over...

Foundation Giving for Economic Development in Ohio on the Rise

5/5/2011 1:09 PM EST  -   Foundation Center
Grant Dollars Increased 152% Over Three Years
New York, NY — May 5, 2011. A new report from the Foundation Center finds that there is a growing interest among large foundations in Ohio in supporting economic development activities in the state. According to Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio, grant dollars...

Foundation Funding for U.S. Indigenous Peoples in Decline

5/3/2011 11:07 AM EST  -   Foundation Center
Minneapolis, MN — May 3, 2011. Over the past decade, U.S. foundation support explicitly benefiting Native Americans declined from 0.5 percent to 0.3 percent of total foundation giving. According to Foundation Funding for Native American Issues and Peoples, released today by Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) and the Foundation Center,...
Lucy Taylor
 

CULTIVATING A CAREER IN HUMAN RESOURCES

4/5/2011 12:55 PM EST  -   Lantra
When Lucy Taylor left her job as an editor of law employment books little did she expect to be buying her own copies of them ten years on. For the mum-of-one a new career in human resources has seen her flourish and horticultural retailer company Thomson Bros (Esher) Ltd is harvesting the benefits. What’s more, she has just been named the Women and Work Production Horticulture Winner of the Year.

Since 2006, the...