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Sport Relief: The Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund
About the Fund
Sport Relief is supporting The Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund with a grant of £1million. Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available to small community and voluntary organisations and social enterprises in London that are doing great work to help local people living tough lives.
Please note: Your proposals do not have to be sport related to be considered.
The fund is open across all London boroughs.
Aim of the Programme
We believe that local people know what is needed in their community and are best placed to make any changes. Having lots of activities happening in area brings vibrancy to a local community which can make it a better place to live. We are also aware that many people are undertaking great work in their area but often struggle to get the support they need. We therefore want to support community groups undertaking work that helps people of all ages feel more included in their community, builds their skills and increases their sense of achievement.
Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available to support work where there is clear evidence of benefit to people who are excluded or disadvantaged through low income, rural or social isolation, age, disability, race, sexuality or gender.
Priority will be given to:
- Small, locally based groups or organisations working in areas of disadvantage
- Organisations demonstrating a clear understanding of the needs of their community
Organisations can apply for funding towards work that addresses one or more of the following themes:
- Tackling educational disadvantage
- Getting people into work
- Fighting gangs, knife and gun crime
- Improving physical and mental health
- Addressing other manifestations of poverty such as homelessness, pensioner poverty or the working poor
The Fund will prioritise organisations demonstrating the following:
- Disadvantage – reaching those who are excluded or disadvantaged due to low income, social isolation, age, disabilities, race, sexuality, gender or poor health
- Need and demand – evidence that the activities are needed in the community and in demand
- Lived Experience – people directly affected by the issues are involved in the organisation and the planning of the project
- Effective Practice – evidence that the methodology being used will be successful
- Partnerships – a range of relevant partners are in place to deliver the work
Deadline for applications
Friday 6th May 2016 at 12 noon
Income & Expenditure Forecast Template
Please contact The Programmes Team at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund at 020 7582 5117.


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Say your out and about, and you happen to see an assult underway, where it appears to you the assilant is threatening someone's life. Are you allowed to pull your weapon, order the assaliant to cease and hit the ground, and if he continues his attack you can shoot him?
Now your not playing Cop, just using force to save someone elses life, rather than your own.
In most states, if a third party would be legally justified in using lethal force to defend himself, then you would be legally justified in using lethal force to defend that person. The law varies from state to state, so you would need to speak to a lawyer in your state.
I would disagree with you when you say "Now you're not playing Cop..." That is precisely what you would be doing in such a situation and it is a very dangerous thing to do.
Intervening in a third party situation is very risky. First, there is the immediate physical risk. A gun is not a talisman. It does not guarantee that you will prevail. You may lose. The perp may be able to close the distance and disarm you. The perp may have a gun and get a lucky shot off. You may miss. You might not have seen the perp's partner behind you. Are you willing to risk your life for someone you don't know?
Second, there is the legal risk. It often isn't clear just what is really going on in such situations.
For example, suppose you are at the local strip mall when you see a man burst out of store, running in terror. Seconds later, another man runs out with a gun in his hand, chasing the first man. What have you just seen? A nutcase trying to kill a shopper? The store owner chasing a robber? An undercover officer chasing a suspect?
If you use deadly force in a situation where the person who you thought was the victim was, in fact, not legally justified in using force to defend themselves, then you could face murder charges. Are you willing to risk going to jail for the rest of your life for someone you don't know?
I carry on a regular basis. I won't say that I would never intervene in a third-party situation. But my default choice would be to get out of Dodge and call the police.
My gun is to protect myself and my family. I don't get paid to save other people. I don't have backup on the way. I don't have a radio to the dispatcher. I'm not wearing a blue uniform that will identify me to the responding officers as one of the good guys. I don't have soft body armor. If I end up dead, the victim isn't going to provide for my family. If I end up in court, the victim isn't going to pay my legal expenses (which could top $100,000 in the case of a murder charge).
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Season to Date for the Second Straight Year "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Late-Night Among Total Viewers and Adults 25-54
"Nightline" Increases Week-to-Week Among Total Viewers, A25-54 and A18-49
For the week of December 26, 2011, ABC's "Nightline" ranked No. 1 across all key target demos: Total Viewers (3.385 million), Adults 25-54 (1.362 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.039 million) according to Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" delivered across the board week-to-week increases among Total Viewers (+1%) , Adults 25-54 (+4%) and Adults 18-49 (+2%) .
Season to date, "Nightline" ranks No. 1 in late-night among Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, ahead of both NBC's "The Tonight Show" and CBS' "The Late Show," marking the 2nd straight year that the ABC program is taking the top spot in overall viewers and in the key adult news demo.
Note: Due to the Christmas holiday, all three programs were coded specials on Monday (12/26/11). In addition, due to the New Year's holiday, "ABC News: Nightline" was re-titled on Friday (12/30/11) and is excluded from the average. Ratings for these telecasts were excluded from the weekly average.
ABC News' "Nightline" is anchored by Cynthia McFadden, Terry Moran and Bill Weir. John Donvan and Juju Chang are correspondents. Jeanmarie Condon is the Executive Producer. The program airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.
(Week of December 26, 2011)
TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/ Rtg A18-49(000)/ Rtg
ABC "Nightline" 3,385,000 1,362,000/ 1.1 1,039,000/ 0.8
CBS "Late Show" 3,012,000 1,194,000/ 1.0 872,000/ 0.7
NBC "Tonight Show" 3,294,000 1,306,000/ 1.1 954,000/ 0.7
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 Live + SD weeks of 12/26/11, 12/19/11 & 12/27/10. Most Current: 2011-2012 Season (9/19/11 - 1/1/12) and 2010-2011 Season (9/20/10 - 1/2/11).


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Language Arts Classroom Competition
WordMasters: Grade 4 Blue Division Nov-Dec '09
All of the words listed here will appear in the second WordMasters Challenge, which will be held at your school between November 20 and December 11. (Your teacher will tell you exactly when.) The WordMasters Challenge is an analogy-solving contest. The contest will challenge you to use the words from your list in logical pairs that will look like this:
(a. chiseled / b. mangled / c. etched / d. kindled / e. erected)
To do this well, you will have to understand the exact meanings of all of your words, and you will have to reason carefully about the relationships shown in the pairs.
Here is how you should get ready for the Challenge: After you have learned the meanings of these words, think about possible relationships among them. Which words have similar meanings? Which words have nearly opposite meanings? (Of course, some words have more than one meaning.) Think of some categories under which several words might be grouped.
Be sure you understand the part of speech of a word—whether it's a noun, a verb, or an adjective. (Some words, such as "coast" and "launch" and "buff" and "link" and "chisel" and "strut" on this list, can be either a noun or a verb depending on how they are used. "Erect" can be a verb or an adjective. "Complex" can be an adjective or a noun.) Pay attention to the prefixes and suffixes of words, because they are often clues to meaning and part of speech. And try to familiarize yourself with other forms of these words—not just "leisurely" but also "leisure," not just "etch" but also "etching," not just "intricate" but also "intricacy," not just "lustrous" but also "luster," not just "kindling" but also "kindle," not just "demolish" but also "demolition," not just "coast" but also "coastal," not just "cocky" but also "cockiness," not just "raging" but also "rage," not just "complex" but also "complexity," etc.
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Seoul joins the global space club as it puts first satellite into orbit
After repeated failures, South Korea finds success
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South Korea launched a satellite into space from its own soil for the first time yesterday, a point of national pride that came weeks after arch-rival North Korea accomplished a similar feat to the surprise of the world.
The 140-tonne Korea Space Launch Vehicle blasted off from the Naro Space Centre in Goheung county on the south coast, reaching its target altitude nine minutes later and deploying its payload satellite. A positive outcome after successive failures in 2009 and 2010 was critical to ensuring the future of South Korea's launch programme and realising its ambition of joining an elite global space club.
"After analysing various data, the Naro rocket successfully put the science satellite into designated orbit," said Science Minister Lee Ju-ho. "This is the success of all our people," he said.
Initially scheduled for October 26, yesterday's launch had twice been postponed for technical reasons. The delay meant that rival North Korea was able to claim a rare technological victory over the South by launching a satellite into orbit on a three-stage rocket on December 12.
South Korea was a late entrant to the high-cost world of space technology and exploration. Its repeated failures had raised questions over the feasibility of the country's launch programme.
"This success has put the country's entire rocketry programme back on track," said independent space analyst Morris Jones. "They were under enormous pressure, given the earlier failures and the North's success last month, and this will give them confidence and, of course, secure critical political and financial support."
But South and North Korea remain way behind Asian powers with a proven track record of multiple launches such as China, Japan and India.
President Lee Myung-bak hailed the launch, saying in a message: "We took the first step toward opening an era of space science in earnest. We should take this opportunity to elevate [South Korea's] national power by a notch."
Following the launch, Kim Seung-jo, president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, said it could have an operating prototype as early as 2018.
It is still unclear if South Korea intends to commercialise its launch vehicles once an indigenous carrier is developed.
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Harris And Simpson Hoping For Start In VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 After Cementing Bathurst Deal Queensland pair Craig Harris and Michael Simpson are desperately chasing the funds to be a part of next month's VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 ...
Harris And Simpson Hoping For Start In VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 After Cementing Bathurst Deal
Queensland pair Craig Harris and Michael Simpson are desperately chasing the funds to be a part of next month's VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 after confirming their partnership for the V8 1000 at Bathurst in October.
Simpson, from the Gold Coast, was officially named as Harris' co-driver in his Castrol-backed Falcon for the V8 1000 at Bathurst this week and the pair is hoping to get some extra support to race in front of a home crowd at the Queensland Raceway on August 24-26.
The two have produced impressive results in this year's Konica V8 Supercar Series and are confident that their time behind the wheel during the season will help their cause in the endurance events.
Harris offered Simpson his Castrol Falcon for round four of the Konica series at Phillip Island after Simpson's Ford was badly damaged in round three at Winton and a bond has existed between the pair ever since.
"It's great that we have put together a deal with Michael for Bathurst, but we are hoping we can get the bucks together so we can get the 500kms of the Queensland 500 under our belts," said Harris, who is the leading Ford driver in the Konica Series.
"The atmosphere around the VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 is just fantastic this year and it would be great to be involved in such an event in front of our home crowd.
"Castrol has provided some great support for us this season, but the Queensland 500 was never on our schedule. I think the event is going to be so big that we cannot afford to miss it. We hope we can find a sponsor that thinks the same.
"Michael did a great job when he had our car at Phillip Island and I think would have gone close to winning the weekend if not for some engine problems.
"I think we will make a very solid combination."
Simpson, who has run at Bathurst in a whole range of cars, is looking forward to making his debut at Mt Panorama in a V8 Supercar.
"It was terrific for Craig to give us his car for the Phillip Island round and it's a good feeling to be extending the relationship," said Simpson.
"The Harris Racing organization is a very professional and well-run unit and I think we will be going to Bathurst with a good chance of a top-10 result.
"It would be a fantastic bonus if we can get on to the grid for the VIP Petfoods Queensland 500."
Simpson has produced some terrific results in this year's Konica Series in an older EL Falcon, which has received some strong support from Stone Brothers Racing one of the leading teams in this year's Shell Championship Series.
"Michael looked good the first time he stepped into the car," said Ross Stone, a co-owner of the Stone Brothers team with his brother Jim.
"He has got the ability and is not scared to have a real go.
"I certainly think he has a future in this sport."
Tickets for this year's VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 can be purchased Ticketthrough master7.com or by phoning 1 300 888 806.
-Queensland Raceway