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The Access to Volunteering Fund is a £2 million pilot project that aims to increase the number of disabled people volunteering by giving small grants to organisations who support people with disabilities to volunteer. The Fund is running in three trial areas – Greater London, the North West and the West Midlands. 

The pilot consists of five rounds of grant funding of between £250 - £5,000, with an average grant of £2,000 anticipated. This will run between autumn 2009 and March 2011.

The next deadline for applications is the 19th April 2010. As part of the pilot there are a series of events being held to help organisations understand the many ways they can work with disabled volunteers:

• Find out how disabled volunteers can benefit your organisation
• Learn how the Fund can support disabled volunteers
• Hear how organisations are already using the Fund
• Ask questions about the Fund prior to making an application

The dates and locations of the free events are:

• Birmingham: 22nd March 2010, 10.00am – 11.30am
• Liverpool: 22nd March 2010, 3.30pm – 5.00pm
• London: 23rd March 2010, 10.00am – 11.30am

If you wish to attend please email events@accesstovolunteering.org as soon as possible as places are limited.

Further information on the Access to Volunteering Fund can be found here

For more information on how to apply click here

Research more funding opportunities on the MBF Funding page