I hope you are all having a good week and looking forward to the weekend.
We've a busy week next week here at Castlewood. We have the Local Commissioning Network chairs coming to an early evening meeting on Monday to discuss the project evaluation and NSC support for the networks going forward. And on Wednesday evening we are hosing a presentation and Q & A session for Local Commissioning Networks, activity providers and any other organisations who work with young people form the National Citizenship Service in North Somerset.
I hope you find the funding opportunities below useful.
Keep well,
Heather :-)
£100 to £1000
- Cash 4 Clubs
- Help The Homeless
- Police and Crime Commissioner Community Action Fund
- Awards for All - small lottery grants (up to £10,000)
- Lankelly Chase Foundation
£100 to £1000____________________
Cash 4 Clubs
Under this scheme, financial assistance isavailable for sports clubs throught the UK to improve facilities, but new kit and equiptment, and increase sporting opporttunities.
Anything that will add to the sustainability and eddectivness of your sports clubc is eligible and match funding is not a specific requirement.
Sports clubs that are registered with their sport's national governing body or local authority can apply. Applications may be submitted at any time and are considered three times a year.
Further information
Email: cash4clubs@betfair.com
Website: http://www.cash-4-clubs.com
£1000 to £5000___________________
Help the Homeless – Accepting Applications for Winter Round
(from j4bcommunity Funding News)
Help the homeless, a registered charity, offers funding four times a year to small and medium sized registered charities with a turnover of less than £1million per year.
All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offer shelter or other forms of sustenance. The scheme will principally fund capital costs, but may consider revenue costs if necessary to the project.
The next deadline for applications is 31 December 2013. Further details can be found on the Help the Homeless website
Commissioner’s Community Action Fund – Avon and Somerset
This fund is a new annual grant scheme created with funding from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset , and is administered by the Avon and Somerset Police Community Trust, a registered charity.
Funding is intended to enable communities to come together and tackle issues in their local area relating to the priorities set out in the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Plan which can be found on the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner’s website
The priorities are to:
§ Reduce the Impact of anti-social behaviour in the local communities
§ Tackle domestic and sexual violence, particularly violence towards women and children
§ Prevent and reduce burglary and fear of burglary in local areas
§ Ensure victims are at the heart of the criminal justice system
Funding is open to local voluntary and community groups, and registered charities based and workin in the Avon and Somerset Police Force area.
For further information on eligibility and how to apply, go to the Avon and Somerset Police website.
Awards for All England
Awards for All gives groups a quick and easy way to get small Lottery grants of between £300 and £10,000.
We want to fund projects which address the issues, needs and aspirations of local communities and people. We will fund a wide range of community projects aimed at developing skills, improving health, revitalising the local environment and enabling people to become more active citizens.
You can apply to Awards for All England if you are a community group, not for profit group, parish or town council, health body, or school. You do not need to be a registered charity to apply.
You must have a bank account that requires at least two people to sign each cheque or withdrawal.
You must use the grant within one year.
We will pay for activities that will benefit the community, including:
· putting on an event, activity or performance
· buying new equipment or materials
· running training courses
· setting up a pilot project or starting up a new group
· carrying out special repairs or conservation work
· paying expenses for volunteers, costs for sessional workers or professional fees
· transport costs.
You must read the guidance notes carefully before filling in the application form. We have very clear criteria as to what we can and can’t fund.
To access guidance notes and applications forms, please go to Awards for All England website
Other________________________
Lankelly Chase Foundation
Open call for project ideas. The Foundation’s mission is to bring about change to improve the lives of people facing severe and multiple disadvantage, by which they mean projects/proposals that improve the lives of people facing a combination of the following social harms rather than focusing on single issues, and building on their strengths and capabilities.
· Homelessness
· Substance misuse
· Mental illness
· Extreme poverty
· Violence and abuse
For further details on whether this Foundation is the right funder for you, what they will and will not fund and how to apply, go to the LankellyChase Foundation website
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