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Comic Relief Older People's Programme - Now Open to Expressions of Interest - 09/03/2010
Comic Relief's Older People's Programme aims to support older people in the UK to bring positive change to their communities, enabling them to contribute their time, energy and skills to those individuals who need it most.
Expressions of Interest are invited from community groups and organisations who are targeting their work at older people aged 65 and over.
Comic Relief is looking to fund projects where older people are:
- acting as mentors to vulnerable young people;
- giving support to their peers who may be isolated;
- acting as advocates around the needs and rights of those with caring duties; and
- running social enterprises.
Comic Relief particularly welcomes applications which address the needs of those in the community who experience the greatest levels of isolation and exclusion.
Grants of between £15,000 and £40,000 are available for up to three years and applicants must be able to demonstrate the active engagement of older people in the development and delivery of the work.
The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 30 April 2010.
