Funding Bulletin 6 August 2013

Please find the PLANS funding bulletin for this week, including:

• Hilton in the Community Foundation
• Eastbourne Borough Council Community Grants Programme
• Post Office Community Enterprise Fund
• Sport England Community Sport Fund
• Heritage Lottery Fund

Hilton in the Community Foundation – Last Round for 2013

Hilton Hotels’ charity dedicated to supporting young people in need, the Hilton in the Community Foundation focuses its grants programme on supporting children and young people up to the age of 25.

Applications are currently being considered from registered charities working in the areas of young people and education or young people and health with a project focusing on one of the following areas of disadvantage:

• Children and young people with disabilities Children and young people who are sick in hospital
• Young people who are homeless
• Young people and children who are life limited (requiring palliative care)

Maximum amount for any one organisation £30,000 deadline for next round of applications 15 October 2013. Successful applicants must wait five years before re-applying.  Unsuccessful applicants must wait for at least 12 months from the date of their rejection letter to re-apply.

Full details on the Hilton Community Foundation website

Eastbourne Borough Council – Community Grants Programme

This programme is open for applications for small grants of up to £10,000.  The priorities are:

• Open access services providing comprehensive advice on welfare benefits, money and debt advice, housing and employment
• Community development and support services, i.e. those which provide support to voluntary and community groups and other not for profit organisations to develop new community projects and activities
• Youth engagement activities
• Support for homeless people and rough sleepers
• Projects which address financial inclusion
• Projects which support unemployed people back into work
• Projects which support the inclusion of disabled people in community activities

Deadline is 5pm on Monday 4 November 2013.

Further information from Eastbourne Borough Council 

Post Office Community Enterprise Fund

If you have an idea you would like your Post Office to support, download and print the PDF from Post Office Community Enterprise Fund Write down your idea, take it into your Post office and have a conversation with the sub-postmaster or branch manager about what you could do together to benefit the local community. 

Post Office branches (excluding Crown branches) can now apply to receive up to £10,000 to support a new scheme or service for their local community.

Winning bids will be selected by a panel comprising Post office LTD, Department for Communities and Local Government and others.  Judging will take place in autumn with the successful schemes announced shortly after.

The deadline for applications is Friday 18 October 2013.

Sport England – Small Grant

If your project meets the strategic outcomes and your organisation is eligible, an application is likely to be fundable if it meets the following criteria:

• Must fit with Sport England's Youth and Community Strategy
• Applications must be for between £300 and £10,000 and total project costs must not exceed £50,000
• Projects must be deliverable in a 12 month period from the date of our award letter
• Projects must be focused on sports that are recognised by Sport England
• Your project must be delivered to beneficiaries based in England
• Your project start date must be at least 10 weeks after submission of your completed application and supporting documents
• Your project must be for new activity and new costs associated with helping more people play sport

Please note that for sports that Sport England deem higher risk, appropriate affiliation to the National Governing Body will be required. Please call 08458 508 508 if you are unsure whether your sport fits this criterion. Further information on what Sport England can and cannot support is available at Sport England Small Grants

Sport England – Community Sport Activation Fund 

Designed in response to local demand, the Community Sport Activation Fund is a £40 million Lottery funding programme to provide grassroots activity at a very local level.  We will invest in what works best in your area, based on local need and evidence. The kind of projects we expect to fund include:

• Activities reflecting a broad range of sports
• Informal opportunities which could lead to regular participation
• Multi-sport activities which provide people with a range of choices and opportunities to suit them
• Family orientated activities with a focus on the 14+ age group
• Local activator roles that focus on directly organising and delivering new opportunities for participation

Projects could be for up to three years and the grants will range from £50,000 to £250,000 with partnership funding required. Of the five funding rounds offered, three are still available as follows:

• Round 3: 11 November 2013 to 13 January 2014
• Round 4: May 2014 to June 2014
• Round 5: April 2015 to June 2015

Further information on key characteristics that the best projects will need to demonstrate, and how to apply for funding can be found at Sport England Community Sport Activation Fund

Heritage Lottery Fund: Understanding the First World War

Heritage Lottery Fund can provide funding to help groups, communities and organisations mark the Centenary by exploring, conserving and sharing the heritage of the First World War, from memorials, buildings and sites, to photographs, letters and literature. Find out more about the grants we offer from £3,000 - £10,000, £10,000 - £100,000 and £100,000 upwards.

The heritage of the First World War includes anything relating to the First World War that we value and want to pass on to future generations – see examples of the heritage your project might explore.