It’s a great start to the year for Rural Regeneration Charity, ruralnet|uk who have secured £96,000 grant funding from Government body, ‘Capacitybuilders'.
The funding will be used to provide isolated rural communities with the expertise and support to use ICT to build capacity and overcome isolation.
In partnership with the ‘Teesdale Village Hall Consortium’, the programme will initially benefit 33 community groups. It will then be promoted on a national basis through further partnerships.
ruralnet|uk will use this experience to deliver solutions that support Third Sector organisations’ work, build capacity and enable organisations to help their beneficiaries through an outcome-based approach.
Simon Marshall, ruralnet|uk’s Business Development Manager says,
"We are delighted to receive this grant and look forward to working with the Teesdale Village Hall Consortium. The partnership will provide an opportunity to make a real difference by developing strategic management skills along with ICT capacity in one of the most isolated areas within the third sector."
Contact: Simon Marshall
Editors’ notes 1. ruralnet|uk is a rural regeneration charity (no. 1089238) pioneering innovative uses of ICT for the benefit of rural communities. See: www.ruralnetuk.org/index.htm 2. Capacitybuilders is a new national agency with responsibility initially to manage the £70 million ChangeUp programme for the financial years 2006/07 and 2007/08.
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