Funding update for Friday the 13th.. woooo

Dear PLANS readers

Thank you to all who took the time to complete my survey on the funding bulletin. It will remain open for your input for the remainder of the month Survey link..

Currently 95% of respondents find the information on funding useful.

50% of you would prefer the bulletin to be monthly with 30% preferring to keep it to weekly. If the bulletin does switch to monthly, the only issues I can see is that it will probably be larger than it is now. However, as you can see below I have re-jigged the format and grouped funding opportunities by amounts:

• £100 to £1000
• £1000 to £5000
• £5000 to £10,000
• £10,000 plus

I would love to hear your feedback on what you think of this format. Look forward to hearing from you! Funding opportunites this week include:

£100 to £1000

• Mars Milk Fund

£1000 to £5000

• The Archer Trust
• Michael Tippett Musical Foundation

£5000 to £10,000

• Royal Bank of Scotland – Inspiring Youth

£10,000 plus

• Heritage Lottery Fund – Our Heritage
• Henry Smith Charity

Have a nice weekend,

Heather

£100 to £1000____________________

Mars Milk Fund

The Mars Milk Fund is here to support the nation at play. Regardless of whether you’re an artist or an athlete, bowler or bird watcher, dramatist or diver, they want to help you.

They are giving away four awards of £300 every week until Sunday 6th October 2013. On top of this, every week there will be a People’s Choice Award for the entry with the most votes.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply tell them in less than 200 words how £300 would help you.

To vote, go to your favourite profile and click on 'vote' and enter your e-mail address.

£1000 to £5000___________________

The Archer Trust

The Archer Trust is a UK Christian charitable grant-making trust.

If you meet the following criteria, they may be able to help you: You are a small UK charity for whom a grant of between £250 and £3,000 will make a big difference. In one way or another, you provide aid or support to a defined group of needy or deserving people, for instance those with physical or mental disabilities or the disadvantaged. You are competently run and can support your application with up-to-date accounts.

The Trust prefers to support organisations working in areas of high unemployment and deprivation. They favour charities which make good use of volunteers. The Trust support projects both in the UK and overseas, but for overseas projects only via UK charities which can ensure that funds are being well used.

Applications can be submitted at any time; however replies may take some time because the trustees only meet twice a year, normally in March and September.

Any correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary, The Archer Trust, Bourne House, Wadesmill, Ware, Herts, SG12 0TT.

Source: Fit4Funding

Michael Tippett Musical Foundation

The Michael Tippet Musical Foundation  provides grants for the development of group music-making in England and Wales, especially involving young people in projects incorporating composition and creative ideas. Projects in and out of schools or in community situations will be considered. Grants awarded will be made towards creative musical activity. The Trustees will consider applications for first-time initiatives as well as the development of existing projects.

Grants are likely to be in the region of between £500 and £4,000 and will be made on a one-off basis. The Trustees will pay particular attention to:

·         The project’s musical aspirations, recognising that creative projects may take many different styles and forms

·         Projects involving young people, taking place in or out of school, college or in community settings

·         The artistic leadership of the project

·         How the project will be planned

For how to apply and when, please see the guidelines.  The next deadline is 30th September 2013.

E-mail: admin@tippettfoundation.org.uk 

£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. 

£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.