Dear readers
I hope this post finds you well.
It has been a surprisingly mild firework and bonfire season - I hope you have had an enjoyable time.
We have quite a few opportunities for you today - some are reminders of previous ones. I hope you find something here that is useful to your or your network.
Don't forget to keep in touch with us if you need a critical eye for your applications.
See you soon,
Heather
This week:
£100 to £1000
- Alec Dickson Trust
- Princes Trust Development award
£1000 to £5000
- Tesco Charity Trust Community Award
- Kelly Family Charitable Trust
- Help the Homeless
- Edward Harvist Trust Capital Grants Fund
£10,000 plus
- (Up to £10,000) Sport
- BBC Children in Need -
- Heritage lottery Fund - Young Roots Programme
- Our Place! Programme
Other
- Peter Harrison Foundation (Opportunities Through Sport)
- The Volant Charitable Trust
£100 to £1000____________________
Alec Dickson Trust
If you are under 30 and living in the UK
Applications for grants, not normally in excess of £500, are invited from individuals aged 30 and under, or from small groups of young people who believe their actions to be in pursuit of the aims of the Trust. Trustees will meet twice a year to consider applications.
Please note that it is highly unlikely that applications from young people embarking on organised gap year projects overseas or requesting a grant for college/university course fees will match with the Trusts’ funding criteria.
Contact information:
Email: alecdicksontrust@gmail.com
Telephone: 020 7278 6601
Website: http://www.alecdicksontrust.org.uk
The Princes Trust Development Awards
Development Awards are cash grants of up to £500 to help young people get into education, training or employment. You are eligible if you are aged 14 – 16 and not expecting to achieve five GCSEs (or equivalent) grades A-c, or are aged 16 – 25 and not in education, training or employment.
Eligible young people are invited to meet face to face with a Prince’s Trust Awards Assessor to discuss their Award and fill out an application which ill then be sent to a Princes’ Trust Awards Panel for a decision. The whole process can take up to 6 weeks, so applications should be made will in advance if possible.
For further information on what can and cannot be funded, please go to the Princes Trust website, or call t hem on 0800 842 842, or alternatively text ‘call me’ to 07983 385 418.
£1000 to £5000___________________
Tesco Charity Trust Community Award
The Trust awards grants for local projects that support children and their education and welfare, elderly people and adults and children with disabilities. There are two categories of community awards:
- Grants to support children's welfare and/or children's education
- Grants to support elderly people and/or adults and children and disabilities
A wide range of work can be funded, but salary costs are not eligible.
- Applications for funding for children’s education and welfare should be made between 1 May and 30 June each year.
- Applications for work with older or disabled people should be made between 1 August and 30 September each year.
For further information, please visit the Tesco Charity Trust website
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
The Trust supports charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members. Applications are also welcomed from sports and health-related charities whose activities comply with the above criteria.
The Trust will consider capital and revenue grants and is happy to support requests for core funding as well as project-based grants. It actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established. Grants are generally between £1,000 and £5,000.
Applications are considered twice a year, and must be submitted by 1 March and 1 September to be considered at the subsequent meeting.
For further information and an application form, please visit the Kelly Family Trust website.
Help the Homeless
Help the Homeless makes grants of up to £3,000 for charities with an income of less than £1m for work to help homeless people to return to mainstream society. All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society rather than simply offering shelter or other forms of sustenance.
There are quarterly deadlines for grant applications in March, June, September and December.
Edward Harvist Trust Capital Grants Fund
The Trust provides grants of up to £3,000 for work to improve the quality of life for local people, including the elderly and disadvantaged. Applications can be made four times a year in April, May, July or August.
Grants can be made for the following purposes:
- The relief of elderly and disadvantaged residents
- The relief of distress and sickness
- The provision and support of facilities for recreation and leisure with the aim of improving the quality of life
- The provision and support of educational facilities
- Any other charitable purposes
The funds are used for one-off capital grants rather than towards running costs. Preferably, this takes the form of items of equipment rather than general contributions towards large capital costs such as the purchase of a building.
For further information and an application form, please go to the Edward Harvist Trust website.
£10,000 plus__________________
Sport England
This fund will invest in the prevision of specialist equipment to deliver sport to disabled people. Not for profit organisations can apply for between £300 and £10,000 of Lottery funding to purchase sports equipment that will help increase the number of disabled young people (aged 14+) and adults regularly playing sport as part of Sport England’s wider commitment to increasing disability participation. To find out more about the fund, and how to apply, please go to the Sport England.
Big Lottery Reaching Communities Programme
This funding is for projects that help people and communities most in need. Grants are available from £10,000 upwards and funding can last for up to 5 years. We can fund salaries, running costs, a contribution towards core costs and equipment. We can also fund up to £100,000 for land, buildings or refurbishment capital costs. We strongly encourage partnerships between the voluntary and community sector and the statutory sector.
For further information on who can apply and how to apply, please visit the Big Lottery Fund website
BBC Children in Need – Main Grants
This programme is open to charities and not for profit organisations applying for grants over £10,000 per year for up to three years. Grants are aimed at children and young people of 18 years and under experiencing disadvantage through:
- Illness, distress, abuse or neglect
- Any kind of disability
- Behavioural or psychological difficulties
- Living in poverty or situations of deprivation
Grants are used to fund organisations working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots Programme
This programme is for projects that engage young people aged 11 to 25 with heritage in the UK
This is a rolling programme, so you can apply any time. We will assess your application in eight weeks and make a decision. To find out more, go to the Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots web page.
Our Place! Programme
On July 9 2013, Don Foster, Minister for Communities, announced a £4.3m package of support for neighbourhoods to take their future into their own hands. This follows a successful year-long pilot programme, which saw neighbourhoods across the country working out how to improve the lives of local residents.
Expansion of the 'Our Place' programme builds on the Neighbourhood Community Budget Pilots that have helped change local service provision in 12 areas over the past four years. The 12 pilots range from inner cities and suburbs, to housing estates and small towns. They have seen the public, private and voluntary sectors working together to tackle issues of concern to local residents.
The extra funding could see at least 100 communities deliver local services that focus on local priorities and reduce costs. To find out more, visit the website at: http://mycommunityrights.org.uk/ourplace/
Other________________________
Peter Harrison Foundation (Opportunities Through Sport)
The Foundation supports sporting activities or projects which provide opportunities for people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their potential and to develop other personal and life skills. You can apply for any amount, and for capital projects or revenue funding.
The Trustees welcome applications for the following types of project:
- Projects which provide a focus for skills development and confidence building through the medium of sport
- Projects that have a strong training and/or educational theme within the sporting activity
- Projects that provide sporting equipment or facilities for disabled or disadvantaged people
- Projects with a high degree of community involvement
- Projects that help to engage children or young people at risk of crime, truancy or addiction
There is a two stage application process: firstly fill in an initial enquiry form, and if your proposal may be of interest, you will be contacted by telephone to discuss your idea in more detail. You may then be invited to complete a full application form.
The Volant Charitable Trust
Set up by the author J K Rowling, the trust makes grants for charities and projects, whether national or community-based that alleviate social deprivation, with a particular emphasis on women’s and children’s issues.
The Trustees meet twice a year – in March and September – to consider applications and allocate funds. The deadline for applications to the March 2014 meeting is 10 January 2014, and successful applicants will be notified immediately following the meeting.
For guidelines on how to apply, and for an application form, please go to the Volant Trust website.
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