Applications are invited to Harrogate Borough Council's Community Chest for grants ranging from £500 and £5000. Applications can now be submitted anytime until 27 November 2009 or 'whenever the fund is fully allocated' - so the sooner the better!
Links to Ripon Council for Voluntary Service (Ripon CVS) and "The Community Chest" are available under "Quick Links".

What do the Big Issue, Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Restaurant and the Eden Project have in common? They are all social enterprise success stories that have firmly established themselves in the business world.
Business Link Yorkshire is looking to help social enterprises fulfil their business potential. Further informations is available by following the link above.

North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations (NYFVO) are offering free workshops to voluntary and community organisationson on "Planning for sustainability - Widening your funding base".