Happy Monday one and all!
I hope you all had a nice weekend, I hope you find the funding information useful.
- The North Face Explore Fund
- The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund
- Community Plus Fund
- Reaching Communities Fund
- The Big Tree Plant Scheme
- Catalyst Heritage Building Fund Raising Capacity
- Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust
- Grants for Scouting Groups
- Kelly Family Charitable Trust
- Peter Cruddas Foundation
- Tudor Trust
The North Face® Explore Fund
The Explore Fund is a financial support-giving program committed to supporting non profit, community organisations that break down the barriers to getting young people outdoors.
North Face are firm believers in the physical, mental and social benefits of a healthy, active outdoor lifestyle, and that a strong connection with the outdoors will lead to greater support and protection of our natural landscapes.
Grants of up to €2,500 are available. The Explore Funds projects that:
- Focus on breaking down barriers to getting young people outdoors.
- Have clearly defined goals and objectives, target a specific issue/youth community, are action-oriented and quantifiable and are committed to long-term change.
- Build community and encourage public involvement.
The deadline for applications is 28 February 2013 & decisions will be made by 12 September 2013.
The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund
The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund are looking to help small, local community based projects and community minded people. So from January 2013 to March 31 2013 we are seeking to donate sixty £300 awards to help people or groups with their community programmes.
Community Plus Fund (UK
The Santander Foundation has announced the launch of a new £1.23 million Community Plus Fund to support charities helping local disadvantaged people across the UK
Applications for up to £5,000 will be regularly considered by a panel across the region.
Reaching Communities (England
The Big Lottery Reaching Communities Fund providers financial assistance of £10,000 - £500,000 is available for projects which encourage voluntary and community organisations to identify their own local ideas for funding. It will support projects that improve the quality of life in communities across England
The Big Lottery Fund supports charities and the voluntary sector, health, education, the environment, and regenerative projects to regenerate and revitalise communities.
Every project must:
- Respond to need - this is a problem, issue or situation where something needs to change to make things better for a person, group of people or environment.
- Involve the people who will benefit from the project in planning and running the project.
Achieve one or more of the following four outcomes:
- People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills.
- Stronger communities, with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems.
- Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy.
- Healthier and more active people and communities
Vinspired, igniter
Vinspired Support young social entrepreneurs to get their ideas off the ground from as little as £1. Vinspired has launched a crowdfunding platform to help young people achieve their own social action projects.
Igniter lets young people seek funding for their ideas and activities from members of the public.
As with most other crowdfunding sites, pledges are only collected if the project hits its financial target within the set period.
The Big Tree Plant Scheme
The Big Tree Plant Scheme offers grants to community groups in England
Grants of between £500 and £25,000 are available for single projects. Applications for larger grants may be considered, for example, for a city wide project.
Regional Growth Fund
The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is a fund operating to support projects and programmes that lever private sector investment to create economic growth and sustainable employment.
Round 4 is now open for applications and will allocate a further £350m.
The RGF is a flexible and competitive fund, with bidders able to submit bids either as a project or a programme. It has a minimum bid threshold of £1 million.
Eligibility for round 4 remains the same as in previous rounds, see website for more information. Private sector organisations are eligible to bid either individually, or in partnership with other private or public sector organisations either for a project or programme.
For the purposes of RGF, universities and charities are generally considered to be private sector.
Public sector organisations can only bid as part of programme/consortia bid and there must be a private sector lead for that bid. Organisations can be part of more than one bid. For example, a company may be submitting a bid of their own and be one part of a programme bid as well. Duplicate bids will not be accepted. Each project should only have one bid associated with it. Applicants who were unsuccessful in previous rounds are eligible to bid in the new round.
The Regional Growth Fund will provide a mixture of direct support for private sector investments and private public partnerships. All projects should lever private sector investment for long term growth and private sector employment. The criteria for RGF asks bids to show that they would:
- create additional sustainable private sector growth
- rebalance the economy in those areas currently dependent on the public sector
- not otherwise go ahead without support from the Regional Growth Fund
- offer value for money
- be State Aid compliant
Round 4 funding is available until 2016. All potential bids should take into account that they will need to draw down the funding by 31 March 2016. This is a relatively short time frame and projects/programmes need to be high quality and ‘shovel ready’ - ideally ready to start immediately.
The deadline for receipt of completed applications is 12 noon on 20 March 2013.
Applications and supporting evidence should be sent to rgfround4applications@bis.gsi.gov.uk
Catalyst Heritage: Building Fundraising Capacity
The Catalyst grants initiatives form part of a broader partnership initiative between the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), DCMS and Arts Council England (ACE). It aims to encourage more private giving to culture and heritage, and to build the capacity and skills of cultural and heritage organisations to fundraise from private donors, corporate sources, trusts and foundations.
Umbrella grants of £100,000 to £500,000 - Umbrella grants are available to umbrella bodies providing support services for heritage organisations. Projects will deliver a range of capacity building services, learning and networking opportunities to enable heritage organisations to increase the funding they receive from private sources, such as individual and corporate donors, trusts and foundations.
The next deadline is 23rd March 2013.
Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust
The AFMT funds projects that give disadvantaged young people the chance to develop an existing interest in the great outdoors. The AFMT supports projects taking place within the United Kingdom
Please see the website for more information. Applications can be submitted at anytime.
Grants for Scouting groups
Over the years The Scout Association has been extremely fortunate to receive generous donations from many individuals and organisations who wish to support their work at a national and local level. The result of these donations is that there are a range of funds available, particularly to support local groups/units and individual members who require financial assistance in undertaking their scouting.
Grants are available for:
- Opening or re-opening new sections
- Starting a new group in a recognised area of social deprivation
- Local development planning events
- capital equipment for promoting Scouting
- adult recruitment events
- youth recruitment events aimed at the cub and network sections
- training adviser recruitment and retention
- Employment of local development staff Non-wood badge leader training
- capital equipment for the delivery of adult training
- young leader training
- activity assessor training and assessment
- activity permit assessments
- DofE asessments
- trustee/executive training
- trainer training
- minibus training and assessment
- Air and sea scout training and capital equipment purchase
- Support for members 'in financial hardship'
- Volunteer expenses, uniforms, camp and activity costs
- Members with special needs and the development of special needs scouting, including small scale building works to ensure accessibility for all
Applications can be submitted any time but must be at least 6 weeks before the event. E-mail: development@scout.org.uk
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
The Kelly Family Chatitable Trust is now open to registered charities whose activities support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members.
The Fund offers revenue and capital grants. Grants are of between £1,000 and £5,000. The next deadline is 1st March 2013.
Please see their website for more information.
Peter Cruddas Foundation
The Peter Cruddas Foundation award grants to Registered Charities to benefit disadvantaged and disengaged young people in the UK by ensuring the funding reaches those most in need. Priority funding streams are:
- pathways/support for young disadvantaged or disengaged young people into mainstream education, training or employment and crime diversion schemes.
The next deadline is 1st March 2013.
Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust is interested in encouraging people to use their own skills and abilities as a resource for change; to find new ways of tackling deep-rooted problems or to cope with and move on from difficult situations.
They are most interested in helping smaller, under-resourced organisations which offer direct services and which involve the people they work with in their planning. The groups they fund don't have to be registered charities, they can also make grants to other groups as long as they can show them how they would use their grant for charitable purposes.
Tudor's focus is on smaller groups, led by people of vision, which are committed to growth, progression and development. Applications can be submitted at any time contact number 020 7727 8522.
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