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The Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) is expanding to be able to support charities and social enterprises operating in the Black and Minority Communities sector.

As part of Volunteers Week 2021, we are sharing some of the stories of our staff, who volunteer outside of VAL.

Yesterday’s release of the ‘We’ve Missed You’ campaign and its ‘By The Clock Tower’ poem - the focus of the European Regional Development Fund’s (ERDF) Reopening High Streets Safely ‘We’ve Missed You’ campaign managed by Leicester City Council - has inspired a community creative writing challenge, which launches today and seeks thirty amateur poets from the city to get involved.

On 6 May 2021 Companies House updated their “protect your company from corporate identity theft “ guidance.

On 6 May 2021 the Cabinet Office’s Small and Medium Business Hub guidance was updated.

Application deadline midday, 1 June 2021

Applicants will close on midday on Monday 24 May 2021

In a change from previous years, there will only be one deadline for expressions of interest this year by noon on 1 June 2021.

The deadline for round 7 is midday on 26 May 2021.