Funding opportunities for activity providers and commissioners

Funder: Variety Youth Club Grant	Amount: Up to £1,000
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For funding youth club organisations that work with disadvantaged young people between the ages of 8 and 18. Further information on eligibility criteria and how to apply can be found on the Variety Club website.	Funding rounds occur approximately four times a year, and eligible expenditure includes improvements to club premises, the purchase of equipment and funding for facilities.
Funder: Monument Trust -The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts	Amount: Discretionary
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Health and Community Care including the sexual health of young people. Arts and Heritage including arts, architectural and environmental projects of national or regional importance, including galleries, museums and historic houses and gardens. Proposals are particularly welcome for cultural projects which will make a major contribution to improving economically depressed areas.  Criminal Justice: including prisoners’ re-settlement, advice and mentoring, and alternatives to custody.	You can apply at any time, for any amount. If the Trust is interested in funding your work, they will contact you for more information.  For full details on how to apply, visit the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts website. Details of the Monument Trust can be found on their website
Funder: Happy Days Children’s Charity	Amount: Discretionary
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The charity supports families with children aged 3 – 17 who are disabled, have a special need or have been abused in the UK.  Day trips/theatre trips/theatre workshops Family Holidays	Interested applicants must complete an application form, with is available on their website at Happy Days Charity The Charity will accept an application from parents, guardians, grandparents or siblings, GPs, consultants, nurses or social workers.
Funder: The Bromley Trust	Amount: unknown
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To promote Prison Reform within the United Kingdom with particular emphasis on the reduction of re-offending. To oppose the extinction of the world's fauna and flora and the destruction of the environment for wildlife and for mankind worldwide.	Full criteria and guidelines can be found on their website at The Bromley Trust Grant Applications
Funder: The Co-operative Community Fund	Amount: £100-£2,000
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Available to voluntary, self-help, co-operative and not-for-profit organisations throughout the UK for projects that fulfil a community need.  Applicants do not have to be charities, but projects must have a charitable purpose.  Funding is available for projects that: Address a community issue Provide a long-term benefit to the community Support co-operative values and principles Ideally be innovative in its approach Applicants can apply for anything from equipment to event costs, help towards rent or fixtures, sport or computer equipment.	Applications may be submitted at any time.  Further information on how to apply for funding on line can be found on their website at Co-op Community Fund application process
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Big Lottery Fund Awards for All	£300 - £10,000
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Grants that improve communities and the lives of people within them. Example: 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	Rolling programme Guidance notes and application forms can be found on the Big Lottery Fund Awards for All England website.  Any not for profit group, Parish or Town Councils, schools or health bodies can apply.
Funder: The Mall’s Fountain Charity Fund	Amount: Up to £1000
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Small local charities and voluntary community groups, where a small amount of money can make a difference, are eligible to apply. Applicants must be based and working within a 25 mile radius of the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, including Weston-super-Mare and Newport to the west, Stroud to the north, Chippenham to the east, and Shepton Mallet to the south.	The next round is expected to open to applications in January 2014 with a deadline in March 2014. For examples of eligible expenditure and how to apply, go to the The Mall Foundation Fund
Funder: Ashworth Charitable Trust	Amount: Up to £3,000 (some £5,000)
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This Trust awards grants for registered charities in the UK undertaking charitable activities, primarily those supporting humanitarian causes. Details of projects that the Trust has funded in the past can be found on their website at Ashworth Trust Funding	The Trustees meet twice a year, in May and November.  Applications need to be submitted by the middle of March or the middle of September respectively. Further details on how to apply can be found on their website at Ashworth Trust - Apply for Funding
Funder: Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust	Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
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Grants are available for projects or activities which benefit and protect animals, relieve the suffering of animals, address the conservation of wildlife or encourage a greater understanding of animals.	15 May 2014 Further details on the criteria and application process is available on their website at Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Fund
Funder: Avon and Somerset Police Crime Commissioner Community Action Fund	Amount: Up to £5000
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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 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 working 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.
Funder: Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust	Amount: Up to £10,000
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For registered charities working with the most vulnerable people in society.	Apply in April or August in order to be considered at the June and October Trustee meetings.  Apply in writing to the Marie E Edge-Jurgens, Saffrey Champness, Lion House, 72 – 75 Red Lion Street, London, WC1R 4GB.
Funder: Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	Amount: £1,000 to £30,000
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The large grant scheme offers between £10,000 and £30,000 for capital appeals (for example, new buildings or renovations).  The small grant scheme offers between £5,000 and £10,000 for revenue costs (for example, salaries or core costs) or for capital costs. The fast track scheme offers grants of less than £5,000 for revenue costs (for example, salaries or core costs) or for capital costs.	The Trustees meet four times a year to assess applications – in January, April, July and October.  To be considered for a particular meeting, your application needs to be received at least eight weeks in advance. To find out more, read the guidelines and download the application forms, please go to the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation website.
Funder: RBS Inspiring Enterprise Funding	Amount: Up to £50,000
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Organisations in the UK which help young people or women to start up and succeed in business. To be eligible, applicants must be based and operating in the UK, formally constituted, operating on a non-profit distributing basis and have a track record of either providing enterprise support to women or to young people. Applications are expected to cover a variety of structured programmes in areas such as: business basics, skills and knowledge development, mentoring, peer support and a range of other ideas that will help build and develop the skills to allow more young people and women to start up and succeed in business. Full details can be found on the RBS Inspiring Enterprise website	The provisional dates for Inspiring Youth in Enterprise are: Round 4: 20 January 2014 to 31 January 2014 (noon). Round 5: 30 June 2014 to 11 July 2014 (noon). The provisional dates for Inspiring Women in Enterprise are: Round 4: 7 April 2014 to 17 April 2014 (noon). Round 5: 6 October 2014 to 17 October 2014 (noon).
Funder: Quartet Community Foundation / Sport Relief Community Cash	Amount: £500-£1,000
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Quartet Community Foundation has recently opened a new grants programme in partnership with Comic Relief and 3 other Community Foundations in the west of England. Groups eligible to apply for the Sport Relief Community Cash grants programme need to: Be working in a disadvantaged or deprived area within the specified boundaries Be a small local group with an income of less than £100,000, run by local people Have limited access to other sources of income Examples of the type of activities funded: Parent & toddler Groups Dad & lad groups Equipment and material for sports groups Community festivals Cross generational work Sport Tournaments / competition costs Lunch clubs Running costs for self help groups Committee and volunteer / staff training Hire of sports facilities	The deadline for application submissions is 9am Tuesday 4th March 2014. Applications must be made through Quartet Community Foundation. Please click the link below to read full guidelines for the grants programme and to find out how to apply. Sport Relief Community Cash Grants Programme 2014