Edinburgh, 17-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — 42 winners whittled down from over 1,000 entries will receive grants totalling over £1m from the RBS Skills & Opportunities Fund later this month. The fund seeks to support community and charity initiatives that help people achieve qualifications, get into work or set up their own business, now or in the future.
Winners have been chosen from each of seven regions: Scotland, Ireland, the North, Midlands and East, the South East, South West and Wales, and London and include a diverse and inspiring range of not-for-profit organisations, which are helping local people to help themselves build better lives and stronger communities.
You can find out more about all the winners and the inspiring projects that RBS will be putting the funding towards at: skillsandopportunitiesfund.rbs.com
Here are just a few of them:
Thom Kenrick, Head of Community Programmes at RBS, commented: “We are delighted with the response to our new Skills & Opportunities Fund and pleased to support local community organisations with much-needed funds to help their projects get started or expand.”
Ross McEwan, RBS Chief Executive added: “We’ve been helping to make a difference in our communities for generations. Now, through our new Skills & Opportunities Fund, we want to help more people learn new skills, get into work or start a business. By helping people help themselves, we build stronger communities and we can all grow. If it matters to our local communities, then it matters to us.”
Applications for the next round of funding open on Monday 24 August this year and RBS are hoping for a similarly enthusiastic response. To find out more about the Skills & Opportunities Fund and check out the application criteria, visit skillsandopportunitiesfund.rbs.com.
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