£6
million of funding has been awarded to third sector organisations in Wales, Welsh
Labour's Children and Communities Secretary, Carl Sargeant has announced.
Mike
said…..I greatly welcome this extra funding for the voluntary sector; I am well
aware that volunteers form the backbone of many communities and this extra
funding will go a long way to supporting this work. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank volunteers in Swansea East for the work they do in
supporting their communities.’
£4.5 million of core
funding has been allocated to Third Sector Support Wales to help them provide
advice and training to third sector organisations across the country for key
activities such as fundraising and governance.
A further £1.3 million
has been awarded to the Volunteering Wales grant scheme to provide support to
volunteer-involving organisations and £41,000 has been awarded to the Community
Foundation in Wales, a charity which distributes grants to community groups and
voluntary organisations throughout Wales. The money will part fund two posts at
the charity.
The remaining funding will be used to compensate Third Sector
organisations who are members of the Third Sector Partnership Council for the
time spent working with the Welsh Government and organising network events to
share Welsh Government priorities and research the views of the sector to share
with Ministers
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