If you have a project in mind for an activity, for building community capacity or anything else community related, then you will find our funding update invaluable! Please see Rhi's most recent findings below...
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” (Anne Frank)
- Avon and Somerset Police & Crime Commissioner Community Action Fund
- Cash 4 Clubs
- Comic Relief Local Communities Grants Programme - West of England
- Golsoncott Foundation
- MTV Staying Alive Foundation
- Rowing Foundation
- Skipton Building Society – The Big 160 Appeal
- Sport England - Small Grants Programme
- theBigGive.org.uk
Avon and Somerset Police & Crime Commissioner Community Action Fund
This annual £200,000 grant is funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset in order to enable communities to come together and tackle issues in their local area relating to the priorities set out in the Police and Crime Plan.
These priorities are to
· Reduce the impact that anti-social behaviour has in our communities
· Tackle domestic and sexual violence, particularly violence towards women and children
· Prevent and reduce burglary and fear of burglary in your area
· Ensure victims are at the heart of the criminal justice system
· Grants will be awarded with the aspiration of equitable coverage across the force area
· Bids must evidence value for money and be realistic and deliverable with any financial dependencies clearly identified
· Supporting comments from your local police team or other organisations are welcomed
Grant Available: Up to £5,000
Deadline: 1 September 2013
Telephone: 01275 816385
(Avon and Somerset Police)
Cash 4 Clubs
Financial assistance is available for sports clubs throughout the UK to improve facilities, buy new kit and equipment, and increase sporting opportunities. Cash 4 Clubs is a charitable fund provided by Internet gambling company Betfair in partnership with SportsAid.
- Grants are available for local sports clubs across the UK to provide additional opportunities for sporting activities, for example through the purchase of new equipment, improving facilities or providing training for coaches.
- Funding is available for both mainstream and minority sporting activities, providing that the sports club plays an active role in their local community.
- The fund is open to applications from any sports club in the UK as long as they are registered with their National Governing Body or local authority.
- No preference is given to the type of sport involved or the ages of people who will benefit from the project, but priority will be given to clubs that play an active role in their local community.
Grant Available: £250 - £1,000
Deadline: 31 July 2013
Contact: Cash 4 Clubs, Betfair, Winslow Road, Hammersmith Embankment, London, W6 9HP
Email: cash4clubs@betfair.com
(Funding Central)
Comic Relief Local Communities Grants Programme - West of England
Grants for sports projects and community projects in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset that empower local people and enable them to create lasting change in their communities
- The Comic Relief scheme is provided by Comic Relief and administered locally by the Quartet Community Foundation.
- There are still many communities in the UK that suffer from economic and social deprivation and the current economic climate may make this situation worse. This programme aims to empower local people, enabling them to create lasting change in their communities.
Grant Available: £1,000 to £10,000
Deadline: 16 August 2013
Contact: North Somerset office
The Badger Centre, 3-6 Wadham Street, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JY
Telephone: 01934 641965
Golsoncott Foundation
The Golsoncott Foundation aims to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the UK public in the arts generally and, in particular, the fine arts and music. The Golsoncott Foundation Grant is provided and administered by the Golsoncott Foundation and is for voluntary sector organisations in the UK.
The scheme is intended to support projects that promote fine arts and music.
The scheme aims to improve public education through the arts.
In particular, the programme wishes to fund projects for young people and initiatives that attract new audiences.
Applications from individuals and students seeking funding for academic or vocational courses are not admitted, though applications from organisations for bursaries are. Capital appeals from museums, galleries, theatres, arts complexes and schools are not encouraged.
Grant Available: £5,000
Deadline: 31 July 2013
Contact: Hal Bishop, Golsoncott Foundation, 53 St Leonard’s Road, Exeter, EX2 4LS
Telephone: (01392) 252855
(Funding Central)
MTV Staying Alive Foundation
Funding is available to support youth led initiatives across the world that work to prevent the spread of HIV. The Fund also provides Staying Alive materials (including programming and teaching kits), a small fund to buy technical media equipment, a local mentor, a personal grant manager, training and development.
- Organisations that are led by young people between the ages of 15 and 27 that work in HIV prevention are eligible to apply.
- The Foundation is interested in organisations that are start-ups and do not have much support, financial or otherwise. Priority will be given to organisations that have little or no existing funding to date, rather than those with several funders on board.
- All grant applicants must demonstrate credibility through independent references, government accreditation, and verifiable banking and accounting systems.
Grant Available: Up to US$12,000
Deadline: 12 August 2013
Contact: Grants Enquiries, MTV Staying Alive Foundation, 17-29 Hawley Crescent, London, NW1 8TT
(Funding Central)
Rowing Foundation
Grants are available to support rowing in Britain with preference shown to encouraging participation in rowing by the young or disabled through the provision of equipment.
Funding is available to schools, organisations and clubs in Britain that are involved in the water elements of the sport of Rowing and who are individually affiliated to British Rowing (other than via their governing body).
Grant Available: £500 to £2,000
Deadline: 12 August 2013
Contact details: Pauline Churcher, Rowing Foundation, 2 Roehampton Close, London, SW15 5LU
Telephone: 020 8878 3723
Skipton Building Society – The Big 160 Appeal
Financial awards are available for local community groups in the UK who are passionate about making life better for others and who need a bit of help in getting their projects off the ground. Skipton Building Society has created the Big 160 Appeal to celebrate 160 years of its being in business.
Skipton is offering both financial awards and support to local communities across the UK. The one-off community giving programme aims to assist grassroots groups and organisations that are passionate about making life better for others, but which get very little support elsewhere.
Local grassroots groups, such as community allotments, social groups for older people, groups running activities for young people, from across the UK may apply.
Grant Available: £500
Deadline: 31 July 2013
Contacts: The Big 160 Appeal, Skipton Building Society, Head Office, The Bailey, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1DN
Sport England - Small Grants Programme
Financial assistance is available to help not-for-profit sports clubs, local authorities and schools in England to carry out local community sports projects.
Grants are awarded for costs associated with eligible sporting activities, for example:
· Purchasing new kit or equipment.
· Coaching fees.
· Helping youth groups to work together with local sports clubs.
Grants Available: £300 to £10,000
Deadline: Open for applications
Tel: 08458 508 508
(Grant Advisor)
theBigGive.org.uk
The Big Give website is designed to help donors of all sizes find and support charitable causes in their field of interest. The Big Give is free to all users, and any registered UK charity may register and post their projects on the site
(East Sussex Council)
