England

Arts Council England is to invest an extra £44.5 million in artists and arts organisations over the next two years to help them through the recession.

The Big Lottery Fund is to grant nearly £50 million to 119 projects in England as part of its BASIS (Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Support) programme, which aims to strengthen third sector i

Futurebuilders and Capacitybuilders will together deliver the £16.5 million Modernisation Fund, part of the Government's £42.5 million initiative to help the third sector through the recession.

Youth volunteering organisation v is offering £10 million in grants to generate 'enticing and imaginative' opportunities for 16-25 year olds across England.

Ian Charlesworth has joined Futurebuilders England as Enterprise Director.

Futurebuilders England and the National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning (NPTSC) have launched the Small Organisation Tender Fund.

The fifth funding round of vcashpoint has opened.

The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales has announced grants worth £3.8 million to 141 organisations as part of its Community programme which supports small and medium underfunded charities t

Applications are open to Faiths in Action, a £4 million grants programme open to faith, inter-faith, voluntary and community sector organisations at national, regional and local levels in England.

Will Aid, the charity will-making scheme, has published the results of its 2008 survey into wills and will-making.