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The Coalition government has stepped up its process of decentralisation and devolution of power to local authorities and their communities. Local authorities will have the liberty to make decisions about allocation of resources free from central government guidelines. An increasing role for the VCS to deliver public services is expected. VCS organisations are expected to have a key role to play in identifying needs as well as delivering services. This page deals with policies that have an impact on funding, commissioning and procurement for the VCS.

Santander Foundation Community Plus

Santander Foundation Community Plus provides grants of up to £5,000 to small local charities or local projects of national charities.

Sport England’s Small Grants

Sport England's Small Grants uses lottery funding to make awards of between £300 and £10,000 to not-for-profit organisations to help more people play sport.

Foyle Foundation

The Foyle Foundation is an independent grant-making trust, which since November 2001 has distributed over £54million in grant to UK charities.

Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund 2013-14

The Department of Health’s Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund is an innovative capacity and grant funding programme which helps to build capable communities.

National Lottery ticket price increase

Ticket prices for the weekly National Lottery draws will increase from £1 to £2 from 3 October, Camelot has announced.

Post Office Community Enterprise Fund

The Department for Communities and Local Government has launched a competition asking the public to suggest projects their local post office could start up to benefit the community.

Consultation to encourage local areas to identify key economic priorities

The government is calling on local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) in England and local authorities in Scotland and Wales to identify their economic priorities in disadvantaged local areas.

Stamp duty tax relief on joint purchases

Charities which have jointly purchased a property with an organisation which is not a charity, such as a trading arm, can now claim for overpaid stamp duty land tax, following a Court of Appeal ruling.

Britain’s Personal Best

Britain's Personal Best is a national Olympic Legacy initiative funded by the Big Lottery Fund to get people to achieve their very own personal best. This could be for their individual good or for a good cause, culminating in the weekend of 4 to 6 October.

Cabinet Office supports two match fund initiatives

The Cabinet Office has put money behind two match funding initiatives in a bid to attract more giving both to small charities and larger ones.

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