Thursday 5 December 2013

£100 to £5,000 Funding opportunities

  1. The Torch Trophy Trust
  2. Cash 4 Clubs
  3. Alec Dickson Trust
  4. Tesco Charity Trust - Community Award
  5. Hedley Foundation
  6. The Yapp Charitable Trust
  7. Hilden Charitable Fund
  8. Eucalyptus Charitable Trust
  9. Quartet Community Foundation Express Programme
  10. Woodward Charitable Trust
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The Torch Trophy Trust

What is it?
  • A trust providing bursaries to sports volunteers, including those involved in youth sport or sport for the disabled.
  • Bursaries of between £100 and £1,000 are available for organisations or individuals who cannot obtain funding from any other source.
  • The aim of the funding is to enable volunteers and groups to develop their skills as coaches or officials to assist their club, organisation or community to develop their chosen sport.
What can apply?
  • Applications are welcome from all parts of the United Kingdom and from all sports including disability and youth.
  • Applications must be accompanied by a letter from the relevant Governing Body.
Deadline?
  • The 2013 deadline is Tuesday 31 December.
More information:

Cash 4 Clubs

What is it?
  • Financial assistance is available for sports clubs throughout the UK to improve facilities, but new kit and equipment, and increase sporting opportunities.
  • Towards anything that will add to the sustainability and effectiveness of your sports club is eligible and match funding is not a specific requirement.
Who can apply?
  • 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.
Deadline?
  • To be announced in early 2014 (check website).
More information:

Alec Dickson Trust

What is it?
  • Grants of up to £500 are available to help young people to run a project in their local area anywhere in the UK that involves local volunteers.
Who can apply?
  • If you are under 30 years of age, are involved in volunteering or if you ar running a project in your local community or have found it difficult to find funding.
Deadline?
  • There is no deadline.
More information:
Email: alecdicksontrust@gmail.com


Tesco Charity Trust - Community Award

What is it?
  • The scheme provides one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000
Who can apply?
  • Registered charities and not for profit organisations who are working on local projects that support children and their education and welfare, elderly people and adults and children with disabilities.
  • Applications must be made via the online application form.
  • 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.
Deadline?
  • There are four rounds of funding each year. Up to date information can be found here.
More information:

Hedley Foundation

What is it?
  • A charitable foundation which supports young people, the disabled and the terminally ill.
Who can apply?
  • Grants of up to £5,000 are available registered charities to projects that support:
    • Young people  - their education, recreation, support, training, health and welfare
    • Disabled people and terminally ill – provision of specialist equipment and support for carers
Deadline?
  • No deadline.
More information:

The Yapp Charitable Trust

What is it?
  • Core funding for the running costs and salaries to small registered charities with an income of less that £40,000 a year.
Who can apply?
  • Any registered charity who is undertaking with:
    • Elderly people
    • Children and young people aged 5-25
    • People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
    • Social welfare – people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending)
    • Education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children)
Deadline?
  • None

More information:
Email: Eform

Hilden Charitable Fund

What is it?
  • Priorities include Community Based initiatives for Disadvantaged Young People aged 16-25, Homelessness, Penal Affairs, Asylum Seekers and Refugees. The average grant is around £5,000.
Who can apply?
  • Will not give grants to individuals.
Deadline?
  • There are no application deadlines. 
More information:

Eucalyptus Charitable Trust

What is it?
  • The foundation makes grants (usually under £5,000) to voluntary and community organisations in England and Wales to carry out ‘general charitable activities’.  In the past, grants have been made to national organisations and local charities.
Who can apply?
  • Local and national charities can apply in writing to the address below
Deadline?
  • No deadline, process is ongoing.
More information:
Phone: 0117 905 4000
The Eucalyptus Charitable Foundation
c/o KMPG LLP
100 Temple Street
Bristol
BS1 6AG.

Quartet Community Foundation Express Programme

What is it?
  • Grants (up to £2,000) from the Express Programme are awarded to small, local voluntary and community organisations where a small amount of funding can make a difference in disadvantaged areas. The work of your organisation must benefit people who are disadvantaged or isolated. People may be isolated due to poverty, disability, age, location or culture. Priority is also given to groups that:
    • Enable people to take opportunities that would otherwise not be available to them.
    • Reflect the concerns and priorities of people living and working in the area.
Who can apply?
  • Applicants do not have to be a registered charity, as long as the organisation has charitable aims, a constitution, a Management Committee, use of a group bank account with at least two signatories, and a child protection policy if applicable.
Deadline?
  • Applications can be submitted at any time.
More information:

Woodward Charitable Trust

What is it?
  • Grants for small  scale, local work in a variety of areas such as projects with children, homeless people, minority groups, disability, arts and offenders. 
  • Three kinds of grants are available:  small grants up to £5,000, large grants over £5,000 and children’s summer play scheme grants of £500 to £1,000.
Who can apply?
  • Grants are allocated to charities with an income of less than £250,000 a year.
Deadline?
  • Grants are assessed twice a year in January and July. 
More information:

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