Midlands News

Business Planning Workshop, Peterborough,18 January 2012
This event will be a fun and practical learning experience to help increase skills in business plan writing. This information-packed day includes sessions on SMART outcomes, marketplaces and opportunities, budgets and risk analysis. Lunch will be provided and there will be an opportunity for networking. Venue is the Green Backyard, at Rams Fair Meadow Allotments Site. Members: £5; Non-members: £15. To book your place either tel: 024 7667 5211 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to book your place by January 13, 2012.

Radio Interview: Listen to a radio interview with Midlands Development Worker Marie Wellings about her work, via the following MP3 link:FCFCG radio interview

Regeneration East Midlands: FCFCG members specifically based in the East Midlands can get useful information, training opportunities and funding ideas from this organisation. Regeneration East Midlands promotes the regeneration of rural and urban areas in the East Midlands, including Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. It runs training and workshops which cover a variety of areas including Governance Training, Applying for Small Grants, Full Cost Recovery and much more.

Regeneration East Midlands also works in conjunction with the East Midlands Funding Forum, to provide information about funding opportunities. For more details you can visit the Regeneration East Midlands website or contact them via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it