Resources: Funding focus - Russell Commission - Small Grants Round

What will it fund? Under the first strand, it is looking for a variety of organisations in England to help the body assess the potential for new or expanded volunteering opportunities for young people under the Russell Commission proposals in 2006-07. Under the second strand, it will support organisations to look at past and current programmes to involve volunteers and find out what works and what doesn't. In particular, it wants to record successful attempts to reach out to traditionally under-represented groups and to foster innovation in this area. The main point of the grant is to pay for staff time to develop this work. Note that neither strand will support the actual delivery of youth volunteering places - that will wait for the implementation body itself.