Grant seeking

Following a successful trial, fundraising consultancy Company Solutions has announced its trust application service.

The Department for International Development (DFID) has announced the recipients of £5.5 million in grants to help people in the UK get personally involved in fighting global poverty.

Abbey Charitable Trust is to fund a Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) based at Great Ormond Street Hospital which will help patients and their families, no matter where they live in the UK.

The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales has appointed three new trustees to its board of 12.

The 2008 ACEVO Funding Roadshow, the annual one-day conference for charities featuring senior-level presentations from the principal statutory, lottery and trust funders, will take place in Birmingham

The budget for the Heritage Lottery Fund in Northern Ireland will be reduced from £3.6 million this year to £2.4 million next year.

The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales has appointed a new Director of finance and administration and a new Head of grant-making North.

A state-of-the-art sports centre part funded by American billionaire Chuck Feeney has opended at Trinity College Dublin.

A consortium led by the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council and Border Action has announced details of another round of Peace lll funding which will focus on Strand 3 - Securing the Future.

The Baring Foundation has opened this year's Strengthening the Voluntary Sector (STVS) independence grants programme, with £900,000 available.