Dear PLANS readers,
I will be passing on the funding bulletin baton as I am leaving my role as Project Support Officer for the Strategic Commissioning team on Monday. Thank you for the insight into the wonderful world of volunteering and the fantastic contribution you are making for the children and young people of North Somerset .
Make sure you keep an eye on the PLANS blog for future funding bulletins! Good luck with your future funding applications.
Rhiannon
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.”
(Frank Zappa)
Contents
- BIG - Reaching Communities Grants Programme
- Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund
- Health Research
- Nailsea Community Trust Ltd
- Post Office - Community
- RBS Inspiring
- The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust
- Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
- Warburtons Trust - Community Grants and Funding for Community Projects
- Wooden Spoon Charity
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BIG Reaching Communities Grants Programme
The Big Lottery Fund has announced key changes to its Reaching Communities England funding programme which began eight years ago.
The key changes were conveyed earlier this week by the Big Lottery Fund’s England
“Each month in England Brighton – it does ‘what it says on the tin’. By spring 2014, we will have invested £1 billion since 2006 across England
The following changes will take place:
- The upper grant limit has been removed to create flexibility to support larger projects. Groups that need funding of more than £500,000 or have a building application should call Big Advice first.
- Feasibility funding of up to £10,000 will be offered through Awards for All.
- Building projects will be supported with grants from £10,000.
- Revenue funding will be available to help new community building projects through the early stages.
- Groups are urged to contact the Big Advice line early on to discuss their ideas and get guidance.
- Groups will need to add more detail to Stage One applications which will result in earlier decisions.
- Decisions on Stage Two applications will be made every two weeks.
- Greater emphasis on learning across all of BIG’s funding means that applicants will need to set out more clearly how and what learning and impact will take place throughout the life time of the funding.
For further details on the Reaching Communities England Programme, visit the Big Lottery Fund website.
(Grant Advisor)
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund
The Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund is a £14 million fund run by the innovation charity National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), working in partnership with the Cabinet Office.
Charities, social enterprises, public services and for-profit businesses can apply for grants. In most cases match funding will be required. Private individuals may not apply.
The first round runs from April until October 2013, and it is looking for innovative ventures and programmes that use social action to achieve impact in the following areas:
Ageing well
- Helping people to age well, particularly by supporting people over 50 years to have a purpose, a sense of well-being and to be connected to others.
- Long-term health: Enabling people with long-term health conditions to have a better quality of life, particularly through the use of peer to peer networks and groups.
- Young people: Supporting and encouraging young people to succeed and find employment, for example through mentoring, coaching, and peer-to-peer networks.
- Impact volunteering: Using new approaches to ‘impact volunteering’ to mobilise volunteers to increase and enhance the outcomes achieved by public services.
Grant Available: £50,000 to £500,000
Deadline: 1 October 2013
Contact: 1 Plough Place , London , EC4A 1DE
Telephone: 0207 438 2500
(Grant Advisor)
Heart Research UK
Grants are available from 1 September 2013 for not-for-profit organisations to support new and innovative projects that promote heart health and prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities in the UK
Grant Available: Up to £10,000
Deadline: 30 September 2013
Email: Barbara Dinsdale on lifestylemanager@heartresearch.org.uk or Katharine Greathead on lifestyle@heartresearch.org.uk
Telephone: 0113 297 6206/6213
(Funding Central)
Nailsea Community Trust Ltd
Nailsea Community Trust Ltd provide grants to:
- people of any age or occupation who are in need due, for example, to hardship, disability or sickness, and who live in the town of
- schoolchildren, college students and undergraduates for study/travel abroad.
Grant Available: up to £500
Deadline: Open to applications
Apply: On a form available from the correspondent. Applications can be submitted either directly by the individual or via a relevant third party such as a school, social worker or Citizens Advice. Applications are considered at meetings held every three months.
Contact: 1st Nailsea Scout Activity and Training Centre, Clevedon Road Bristol , BS48 1EH
Email: info@turn2us.org.uk
(Community Opportunities in Nailsea - COIN)
Post Office - Community Enterprise
Communities across England
The £200,000 Community Enterprise Fund, from the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Post Office, offers 20 grants of up to £10,000 each to be used to start up not-for-profit projects that provide a service, activity or support that will benefit their local community. These could include:
- Classes in key skills such as reading, languages or the Internet.
- Mentoring and advice service for local small businesses, or display space for local producers.
- Partnership with a local charity to provide a meeting space, notice board and other forms of support.
- A hub or meeting space for community groups involved in local issues, such as neighbourhood planning.
Anyone who wants to propose an idea can fill in the short application form which can be found on the Post Office website. They should take the form to the local post office and discuss the idea with their local branch manager or sub-postmaster.
Grant Available: Up to £10,000
Deadline: 18 October 2013
Contact: communities@postoffice.co.uk
(Grant Advisor)
RBS Inspiring Youth Enterprise
From 2 September 2013 funding is available to non-profit organisations in the UK UK
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be formally constituted.
- Operate on a non-profit distributing basis.
- Not currently be receiving RBS Group sponsorship or grant funding.
- Have experience of supporting enterprise development.
- Accept liability for the total costs of making an application.
Grant Available: Three levels of funding are available:
Small (up to £10,000)
Medium (£10,001 - £25,000)
Large (£25,001 - £50,000)
Deadline: (Midday) 16 September 2013
Contact: e-form
(Funding Central)
The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust
The Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust was set up in memory of two generations of the Ferguson
Grants to charities will be on a matching funding basis only so that if the applicant has raised 50% of their budget the Trustees will consider awarding matching funding up to a maximum of 50%. However, if the applicant has raised less than 50% of their budget the Trustees will only consider awarding a maximum of 30% funding.
Evidence of actively seeking funds from other sources is seen by the Trustees as being a beneficial addition to any application.
All grants made by the Trust are project based and must have an educational aim, element or content.
Grant Available: Up to £50,000
Deadline: 31/09/2013
Apply: e-form
(East Sussex Council)
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Trusthouse gives grants for running costs or one-off capital costs to charities and not-for-profit organisations in accordance with criteria that are regularly reviewed and decided by the Trustees.
The grant committee focus on projects addressing Rural Issues and Urban Deprivation including Rural Deprivation:
- Projects providing transport for the elderly, disabled or disadvantaged
- Contact networks for the young disabled
- Projects which encourage a sense of community such as community centres and village halls
- Employment training schemes especially those promoting local, traditional crafts
- Projects addressing issues such as drug/alcohol misuse or homelessness
Urban Deprivation - applications are accepted from local or national charities or not-for-profit organisations which are working with residents of urban areas (ie more than 10,000 inhabitants) which are classified in the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation as being in the lowest 20%. For example, the Charity is interested in the following:
- Youth clubs
- Training schemes to help people out of unemployment
- Drop in centres for the homeless
Grant Available: Up to £30,000
Deadline: Open to applications
Contact: Judith Leigh, The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, 65 Leadenhall Street , London , EC3A 2AD
Telephone: 020 7264 4990
(Trusthouse Charitable Foundation)
Warburtons Trust – Community Grants and Funding for Community Projects
Warburtons trust offer funding to support projects, activities and organisations that will be of real direct benefit to local communities and have a direct and tangible social impact on people’s lives in England , Wales and Scotland
Community grants are for small sums of money that can be used for something specific that will benefit the cause you support e.g. buying equipment, supporting a community day etc.
Funding for community projects is for a clear, identifiable project that can be attributed to our support or might enable the organisation to extend what they currently undertake. They will be able to identify and report on the impact, in an in-depth manner.
Grant Available: Grant Applications for organisations/projects based in England , Wales and Scotland
Project Applications: Organisations/projects within 15 miles of a Warburtons depot or site - £251 - £5,000
Project – Expression of Interest within 15 miles of a Warburtons depot or site - £5,001 - £20,000*
Deadline: Open to applications
Telephone: 01204 556600
*Please note that funding at this level will be awarded in limited cases and where the project merits this high level of funding and demonstrates significant social impact.
(Funding Central)
Grants are available to schools, parish councils and community organisations for projects that directly benefit the environment in the Wessex Water Region.
Grants are available to projects that aim to improve, preserve or conserve the local environment. Examples of the types of projects that are supported are:
- Creating a community wildlife pond.
- Helping to protect an endangered species.
- Turning derelict land into a nature reserve.
- Carrying out an innovative environmental project at a school.
Grant Available: From £100 to £2,500
Deadline: Open to applications
Apply: application form
Telephone: 01225 526327
(Funding Central)
Wooden Spoon Charity
Wooden Spoon supports projects that benefit physically, mentally and socially disadvantaged children and young people under the age of 25 in UK
Capital projects
- Must have a minimum predicted life-span of five years, be non-transferrable and of a permanent nature.
- Grants will not be considered for salaries, administration costs, professional fees and on-going overheads related to a capital project.
Community Projects
- Education: This is a centrally driven programme delivered in partnership the professional rugby clubs and specialist education providers designed to support disenfranchised young people back into education, employment or training.
Grant Available: £10,000 to £100,000
Deadline: Open to applications
Capital Projects Contacts
Email: radiosheri25@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: 0117 2033670
Email: davidreed952@btinternet.com
Telephone: 018233320
Community Projects Contact
Jai Purewal, Wooden Spoon Projects Coordinator
Email: jpurewal@woodenspoon.com
Telephone: 01252 773720
(East Sussex Council)
