Welcome to todays Strategic Commissioning Team's funding bulletin! As well as links to other funding websites, it also includes information around the following grant schemes:
- Cranfield Trust
- Google's grow your charity online
- Green grants machine
- Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards
- Galaxy hot chocolate fund
- The big tree plant scheme
- Regional growth fund
- Catalyst heritage: building fundraising capacity
- DepicT! film making competition
- Trees for schools
- Hedley foundation
- Sport
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Innovation Fund
- The Jephcott Charitable Trust
- SITA trust
- Swimathon foundation
- Youth music foundation
- Daiwa foundation awards
Cranfield Trust - Free management consultancy projects
Cranfield Trust volunteers provide one-to-one consultancy to charities local to them. To qualify for their help, charities, social enterprise or community interest companies must be working to address issues of poverty, disability or social exclusion.
The Cranfield Trust can help by offering support with projects in the following key areas: Financial management; Business planning; Human resources issues; Change management and restructuring; Marketing and communications.
HRNet Service - HRNet is a pilot scheme offering a unique free online resource. Registered charities can obtain answers to personnel questions from HR professionals in the commercial sector.
Tel: 0844 8003390 / E-mail: admin@cranfieldtrust.org
Google’s Grow Your Charity Online
Google, in partnership with the Media Trust and Charity Technology Trust has launched a new campaign to help 30,000 of Britain
The 'Grow Your Charity Online' initiative will provide free training and tools for smaller charities across the country. It comprises an online learning hub, specialised training, workshops and live events.
As part of the campaign, Google will host a regular series of online educational events, allowing charities from across the UK to join advice sessions remotely, while Google UK employees will dedicate a percentage of their work time towards the project, by volunteering their expertise at workshops over the year.
Green Grants Machine
Green Grants Machine are the UK's most comprehensive source of information on grants, loans and awards available to help your business go green and save on energy bills.
The directory contains information on over £1.2 billion of funds available to help you ... purchase hybrid fleet vehicles, install solar panels, introduce a recycling scheme in the workplace or to invest in green packaging to name just a few.
Registration is completely FREE and gives you full access to all the features of the website, including information on over 350 funding schemes and their weekly green funding e-newsletter.
Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards
The international Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards celebrate the work of young media artists from around the world by recognising talent in media production.
The competition recognises projects that best illustrate the programme's 'Create with Purpose' philosophy. Winning submissions demonstrate the imagination, talent and skill of young people in and out of school, from across the world, using media to communicate their ideas, exhibit their potential, and take action in their communities.
Winners' prizes include Adobe software and Samsung Tabs, plus a financial donation of between US$500 and US$2,000 to a charity of choice.
The Awards are open to participants from young people aged 13-19. All submissions must be submitted by an educator who has worked directly with young people on their project. The educator must be participating in Adobe Youth Voices, either through Adobe Youth Voices partnerships or the Adobe Youth Voices Essentials programme. Winning projects will be announced in June
The deadline to submit content produced in 2013, including all Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards UNICEF Challenge entries, is 19th April 2013.
E-mail: stephanie@sbkplan.com
The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund
This fund is to help small, local community based projects and community minded people. From January 2013 to March 31 2013 The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund will be donating £300 awards to help people or groups with their community programmes.
The Big Tree Plant Scheme
Grants are available 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. Deadline: 15 March 2013
Regional Growth Fund
The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is a £2.6 billion fund operating from 2011 to 2016. It supports projects and programmes that lever private sector investment to create economic growth and sustainable employment. The first 3 rounds allocated £2.4 billion which will leverage over £13 billion of private sector investment and create or safeguard over 500,000 jobs. Round 4 is now open for applications and will allocate a further £350m.
The 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
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.
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.
DepicT! Filmmaking Competition
DepicT! is an international short film competition provided by Watershed Media Centre which seeks to unearth up-and-coming film-making talent in the UK
The contest is open to applications from film-makers with productions that last no longer than 90 seconds but still manage to show originality, imagination and the ability to engage audiences.
Films can focus on a wide range of genres, including:
- Animation
- Documentary
- Drama
- Experimental or artist film
- Hybrid work
All shortlisted film-makers will be invited to attend the Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol UK UK
The deadline for entries to the 2013 competition is 8 July 2013.
Trees for Schools Fund
The Tree Council supports well planned tree planting projects in areas of land used by the public.
Grants of between £100 and £700 are available to schools to help undertake a tree project during National Tree Week (23rd November to 1st December 2013).
Assistance is available to cover costs of trees, labour and costs to enable establishment.
Children under the age of 16 must be actively involved in the planting process and schools must be local authority run or charitable institutions.
The current deadline for applications is 30th April 2013.
Hedley Foundation
The main objective of the Trustees' grant-making is to assist and encourage development and change. It follows that most grants will be of capital or one-off nature, but the Trustees sometimes agree to help fund the introduction of new and innovative projects with a series of up to 3 annual grants. Few grants exceed £5,000 and most of them go to charities where they can make an impact. They do not support large or national appeals.
Applications are only accepted from registered charities working with young people, their education, recreation, support, training, health and welfare.
Subsidiary objectives include disabled people and the terminally ill and provision of specialist equipment and support for carers. Grants are for specific projects only, mostly one-off, but no core revenue, salary or transport funding. The Foundation makes a limited number of recurring grants for up to three years.
E-mail: pbarker@hedleyfoundation.org.uk
The next deadline is the 13th March
Sport England
Places People Play will be available to breathe new life into tired facilities that can be unattractive to sports participants, expensive to run and difficult to maintain, putting these clubs right back at the heart of their local communities. There will also be money available to convert existing buildings into venues that are suitable for grassroots sport.
Typical investments might be:
- A sprung floor that converts an unused hall into a local multi-sport facility
- New changing rooms, so away teams no longer need to change in the car park
- New floodlights that mean a facility can be used for many more hours of the day.
At least £35 million of the funding will go to community and voluntary organisations, through grants of between £20,000 and £50,000. The remaining money will be open to a wider group of organisations, including councils and schools, with grants of up to £150,000 available. Applicants whose project will benefit disadvantaged young people will also be invited to apply for funding from the Thomas Cook's Children's Charity from August this year.
Eligible improvements must fall under the following headings:
- Building modernisation
- Outdoor sports lighting
- Outdoor sports surfaces and AdiZones
- Modular buildings
- Sports equipment
Round 4 will open on 4th March 2013 when the deadline for this round will be announced. Tel: 08458 508 508 E-mail fundingsupport@sportengland.org
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Innovation Fund
Funding is available to support a small number of truly exceptional ideas and/or projects that contribute to meeting the identified objectives under their three main strategic aims:
- Cultural Understanding
- Fulfilling Potential
- Environment
Not-for-profit organisations (not individuals) can apply for R&D funding to scope a new idea which enables them to work together with other organisations or experts outside their usual practice, or to enable them to undertake active research into areas they would not normally have the time or money to explore.
The funds available are modest in scale and competition is likely to be strong. As a guide, it is expected that grants will average between £10,000 and £25,000.
Initial Enquiries can be submitted at any time of the year but please allow at least three months between submission and the proposed starting date.
Jephcott Charitable Trust
The Jephcott Charitable Trust provides funds for specific projects or part of a project where successful monitoring can be achieved and which the Trustees consider suitable.
The funding priorities are:
- Population Control
- Education
- Health
- Environment
Grants are made in the range of £2,000 to £10,000, and in exceptional cases only, up to £20,000. Applications can be submitted at any time (The Trustees normally meet in April and October each year).
The fund benefits:
- Deprived children and young adults (regardless of gender) up to 25 years old
- Those in care, fostered and adopted
- Parents and children
- Families in need
- People disadvantaged by poverty.
No grants are made to non-registered charities, individuals, charities with an annual income in excess of £150,000 or national charities. Grants are usually one-off and project-based. They are happy to consider established or start-up organisations.
Grants are normally within the range £500-£2,000. Applications to be considered in the May meeting must be received by the Correspondent by the end of March; applications for the November meeting must be received by the end of September.
Tel 01903 217108 E-mail: correspondent@magdalentrust.org.uk
SITA Trust - Young Persons Volunteering Fund
Young Person's Volunteering Fund is the name of SITA Trust's funding programme for volunteering projects owned by 14-25 year olds. SITA Trust can support projects in any of 90 funding zones around qualifying waste processing sites operated by their donor, SITA UK
SITA Trust can provide up to £10,000 towards agreed project costs.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate that young people will be fully involved in the design and development of the project. An application must also demonstrate that it takes into account the 9 principles of volunteering as set out by the Youth Action Network a national charity whose vision is for all young people to have the opportunity to participate in youth action volunteering and develop their own solutions to community needs.
Before SITA Trust can release funding to a supported project they need to receive a payment called the Contributing Third Party payment (CTP). This payment is unique to the Landfill Communities Fund.
Swimathon Foundation
Grants between £300 and £2,500 are available to organisations including swimming pools, operators, clubs, community organisations and charities ("Applicants”) who can demonstrate how funding will allow them to help more people participate in and enjoy swimming and to make swimming more accessible.
Applicants must be a representative of, or have the support of, a pool participating in Swimathon 2013.Examples of the organisations which may apply include: community groups, swimming clubs, older people’s organisations, youth groups, sports clubs, disability charities, scout troops and healthy living groups.
Youth Music Programme
The Youth Music Programme is the name for Youth Music’s grant-making process. Its main aim is to support music-making opportunities for children and young people in England
The Programme provides funding for organisations enabling them to transform the musical experiences of young people; encouraging their talent, building their confidence, and ensuring an effective and sustainable youth music sector which serves the evolving needs of young people.
At the heart of the Youth Music Programme is a commitment to achieving positive outcomes for children and young people and their long-term engagement in music making.
They are particularly interested in funding projects which include children and young people who are in challenging circumstances such as social, economic, or cultural disadvantages.
It is an aim to also use the funding to advance the learning and development of all children aged 0-5, by ensuring universal access to high-quality music-making activities.
They want to ensure that all children and young people with musical talent and potential have opportunities to develop regardless of their background or chosen genre. The next deadline is 27th March 2013.
Daiwa Foundation Awards and Grants
Grants of £3,000-£7,000 are available to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan
Application Form: Apply via an on-line application process.
There are two application deadlines each year: 30th March (for a decision by end of May) and 30th September (for a decision by 30th November).
Finally...
The Nation Council For Voluntary Organisations European Funding Network website contains a lot of easy to use information related to European Funding, worth checking it out if you would like to know more about how you could get involved.
Also, there are a lot of funding updates from the East Sussex Council March funding newsletter. You can subscribe to this monthly newsletter on the East Sussex Council website.
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