Belated funding update - 23 September 2013

Dear readers

 

A few days late this week, but please find this weeks pick of opportunities which include:

£100 to £1000

• The Mall Fountain Charity Fund
• Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable Trust
• South West Foundation

£1000 to £5000

• Scout Association

£5000 to £10,000

• Royal Bank of Scotland – Inspiring Youth
• Birmingham Bodenham Trust – Special Education Grant
• Gerald Palmer Eling Trust Company

£10,000 plus

• Heritage Lottery Fund – Our Heritage
• Henry Smith Charity

Thanks,

Heather

£100 to £1000____________________

The Mall’s Fountain Charity Fund 

Small local charities and voluntary community groups, where a small amount of money can make a difference, are eligible to apply. The organisation does not need to be a registered charity, but must have charitable aims, a constitution or set of rules and a management committee.  Applicants must be based and working within a 25 mile radius of the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, including Weston-super-Mare and Newport to the west, Stroud to the north, Chippenham to the east, and Shepton Mallet to the south.

The maximum amount awarded from the fund is £1,000, and only one grant from the programme will be awarded to an organisation in a year. Next round open to applications in January 2014 with a deadline for March 2014.

For examples of eligible expenditure and how to apply, go to the The Mall Foundation Fund

Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable Trust

The Trust gives grants for projects in England and Wales (but with a clear preference for the South West of England) in the areas of medical and disablement, Methodism, the community, disadvantage, non-Methodist churches, the environment and the arts.

Grants are usually awarded in the range of £100 to £2,000, typically between £500 and £1,000, and are made as one-off payments for a specific project or part of a project.

The application process is ongoing and interested applicants may apply at any time.  However, the majority of applications are decided at the Trustee meetings held in April and October each year.  Therefore, the Trust recommends December to February and June to August as the best times to submit applications.

Those eligible to apply include registered charities and non-profit making bodies that are properly constituted and with clear charitable purposes that are operated entirely on a voluntary basis.  Applicants must demonstrate what other sources of funding have been sought and secured.  A grant will not normally be paid until all other funds needed for a project have been raised and the project started. For further information on eligibility criteria and how to apply, go to the Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable Trust website.

South West Foundation – Small Grants

The foundation was set up by the South Western Co-operative Housing Society and was launched in September 2001. the overall aim of the Foundation’s grant programmes is to alleviate poverty and hardship by supporting organisations working with people most in need in the market and coastal towns and rural areas of the South west Region. 

Grants of up to £1,000 are available for funding projects that encourage and enable people to take part in their communities.

Applications may be submitted at any time, but applicants must contact the Foundation to discuss their proposal before an application form can be sent out. Further information and contact details can be found on the South West Foundation website.

£1000 to £5000___________________

 

The Scout Association – Development Grants Board 

Grants are available to Scout groups across the UK.  A number of funds are available with varying levels of grant, but are generally up to a maximum of between £2,000 and £3,500.  Grants are available for various purposes and groupings, whilst others support individual members who may be experiencing financial hardship in being involved in Scouting activities.  Applications may be submitted at any time.

Interested applicants must submit a generic form which will be directed towards the most suitable fund by the DBG. For Large Development Grants over £2,000 a separate extended application form is required, which will is available from the DGB Grants Manager.

Most applications must be received at least six weeks before the event or project being applied for. For further information on eligibility criteria, and to obtain an application form, please go to the Scout Association Development Grants Board website

£5000 to £10,000__________________

Royal Bank of Scotland – Inspiring Youth

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group has launched a new three year funding programme week which will focus on young people, women and social entrepreneurs in the UK. RBS will provide a funding pot of £1.5million over the next three years for the Youth Enterprise programme, which is the first programme to open for applications.

Inspiring Youth Enterprise will invest in both new and existing programmes, led by not-for-profit organisations, supporting young people aged 13 to 30 years. 

RBS are looking to support organisations that are helping young people on their enterprise journey.  This might be helping them to set up in business, delivering enterprise education, innovative networking events, developing entrepreneurial knowledge and skills, and more.  They will be open to applications twice a year for the annual funding pot of £500,000.

All successful applicants will be given the opportunity to take advantage of a range of additional benefits including accessing network and partnership and the impact its making. 

The deadline has not been confirmed yet.

Email via the online contact form on Inspiring Youth Enterprise website.

 

Birmingham Bodenham Trust – Special Education Grant

The Grant is provided and administered by The Birmingham Bodenham Trust and is available for individuals and voluntary and community organisations in the UK. The scheme is intended to support organisations providing specialist equipment or care provisions for people with special education needs who are under the age of 19. Special educational needs include communication and learning difficulties, deafness, blindness, in a wheelchair and autism.

In particular, the scheme wishes to fund projects with the themes of education and training, recreational activities, medical treatment or care. Projects must be innovative and not be available under normal local authority or Central Government provision.

Applications are considered a quarterly Trust meetings, and applicants will be informed of the decision in writing. Further details can be obtained from:

Birmingham Bodenham Trust
Finance (WS) PO Box 16306
Birmingham
B2 2XR  

Telephone:   0121 303 8744

Email:  Carrie_Neath@birmingham.gov.uk

Gerald Palmer Eling Trust Company 

The Trust Company offers grants to charitable organisations working in the UK .  The scheme is intended to support small local organisations undertaking charitable projects, particularly to relieve sickness and poverty.  Funding is available for small, local community projects.

The application process is ongoing and interested applicants may apply at any time.  Applications are available from Gerald Palmer Eling Trust Company website, or via:

Mr K R McDiarmid

Gerald Palmer Eling Trust Company

Englefield Estate Office

Englefield Road

Theale

Reading

Berkshire

RG7 5DU

Telephone 01189 302 504

Email: mcd@englefield.co.uk

 

£10,000 plus__________________

Heritage Lottery Fund – Our Heritage

The Our Heritage programme is for any type of project related to national, regional or local heritage in the UK. You can apply for a grant of more than £10,000 and up to £100,000. They fund projects that make a lasting difference for heritage, people and communities in the UK. Under this programme, they fund applications from single organisations, partnerships and private individuals.

They recommend that you send a project enquiry form before you apply.

Applications can be submitted at anytime.

E-mail: enquire@hlf.org.uk 

Tel: 020 7591 6042

Source: Fit4Funding

Henry Smith Charity

Henry Smith Charity awards grants totalling approximately £25 million each year to up to 1,000 organisations and charities throughout the UK for initiatives and projects that address social inequality and economic disadvantage.

Applications can be made for revenue funding (projects, core costs) and capital expenditure (building, equipment).  Priority is given to work with groups experiencing social and/or economic disadvantage (people with disabilities for example) and to work that tackles problems in areas of high deprivation (those that fall within the bottom third of the National Indices of Deprivation).

For details of the main categories for which grants are made, and the type of work that is prioritised for support, go to What We Fund page. There are no deadlines for these grants, but the Trustees meet four times a year in March, June, September and December to consider grant applications.