Talsu novada fonds

Talsu novada fonds is a grant-making foundation based in Talsi, Latvia working on community development, children & youth, poverty & hunger +2 more.

Talsu novada fonds is a Latvian community foundation (nodibinājums) based in Talsi. It works to develop community philanthropy in the Talsi municipality by encouraging residents' groups to take part in improving the quality of life in their neighbourhoods and by strengthening charitable traditions. Its activities include neighbourhood idea workshops and a public forum, a annual small-grant competition for local environmental improvement, a youth ideas laboratory and project competition, a Christmas charity campaign for children from low-income families, donation drives for families in need, nature and forest expeditions, and volunteer programmes including European Solidarity Corps volunteers. The foundation also runs or takes part in projects on tourism, cultural heritage such as restoring a historic piano in the Talsi municipal museum, and an Erasmus+ partnership on civic engagement. It works with local government, businesses and national funders across the region.