f Keeping you up to date with the latest funding opportunities Funding Insight The weekly funding e-magazine from www.grantsonline.org.uk 30 th March 2020 New Funding Opportunities....................1 Grants of up to £25,000 Available to Move to Digital Learning (UK)........2 New Funding Programme Announced to Keep Children Safe from Crime and Violence (UK) 3 Funding to Support Textile Recycling and Re-Use (UK)......................3 New Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning Programme Launched (UK). 4 Pink Ribbon Foundation Grants (UK)........................................5 Funding to Help Entrepreneurs Start Up and Grow their Organisation (UK)...6 Funding for Projects that Improve People’s Lives (UK).....................7 Funding for Special Schools and Colleges (UK).............................9 Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund (UK)...........10 Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Power and Accountability (UK).........11 Capital Grants for Theatre Improvements (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).................................................................12 Ford Britain Trust Small Grants Programme Re-opens for Applications (England and Wales)...................................................................13 New £3 Million Fund to Boost Health in Disadvantaged Areas (England).....14 Arts Council England – Covid19 Funding Support (England).................15 Taking Teaching Further (England)........................................16 Funding to Encourage Young People with Experience of Care to Share Their Views (Scotland)...............................................................17 Funding Available to Address Local Health Needs (Northern Ireland).......18 Funding to Provide Support for Communities and Charities Affected by the Coronavirus (Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales)...................................19 Society of Merchant Venturers Charity (South West).......................19 Small Grants for Organisations with an Annual Income of Under £75,000 (London) .........................................................................20 Funding to Provide Support for Communities Affected by the Coronavirus (Bristol, Bath & North-East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire).........21 Funding to Provide Support for Vulnerable Groups and Charities Affected by the Coronavirus (Devon)......................................................22 Funding to Provide Support for Communities Affected by the Coronavirus (North Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire or Hull).......................23 Funding to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation (Tower Hamlets)........24 Funding to Bring Communities Together (Bradford).........................24 Funding to Support NHS Mental Health and Well Being Projects (County Durham and Darlington)..............................................................25 1
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Keeping you up to date with the latest funding opportunities
Funding Insight
G InsightThe weekly funding e-magazine from www.grantsonline.org.uk 30th March 2020
New Funding Opportunities....................................................1Grants of up to £25,000 Available to Move to Digital Learning (UK)......................................................2New Funding Programme Announced to Keep Children Safe from Crime and Violence (UK)...............3Funding to Support Textile Recycling and Re-Use (UK)........................................................................3New Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning Programme Launched (UK)...........................4Pink Ribbon Foundation Grants (UK)....................................................................................................5Funding to Help Entrepreneurs Start Up and Grow their Organisation (UK)..........................................6Funding for Projects that Improve People’s Lives (UK).........................................................................7Funding for Special Schools and Colleges (UK)....................................................................................9Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund (UK)....................................................10Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Power and Accountability (UK)...................................................11Capital Grants for Theatre Improvements (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)..............12Ford Britain Trust Small Grants Programme Re-opens for Applications (England and Wales)............13New £3 Million Fund to Boost Health in Disadvantaged Areas (England)............................................14Arts Council England – Covid19 Funding Support (England)..............................................................15Taking Teaching Further (England)......................................................................................................16Funding to Encourage Young People with Experience of Care to Share Their Views (Scotland)........17Funding Available to Address Local Health Needs (Northern Ireland).................................................18Funding to Provide Support for Communities and Charities Affected by the Coronavirus (Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales)........................................................................................................................................ 19Society of Merchant Venturers Charity (South West)...........................................................................19Small Grants for Organisations with an Annual Income of Under £75,000 (London)...........................20Funding to Provide Support for Communities Affected by the Coronavirus (Bristol, Bath & North-East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire).......................................................................................21Funding to Provide Support for Vulnerable Groups and Charities Affected by the Coronavirus (Devon)22Funding to Provide Support for Communities Affected by the Coronavirus (North Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire or Hull)................................................................................................................................. 23Funding to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation (Tower Hamlets).................................................24Funding to Bring Communities Together (Bradford).............................................................................24Funding to Support NHS Mental Health and Well Being Projects (County Durham and Darlington). . .25
Funding Reminders...............................................................26Funding Available to Music Creators to Develop their Career (UK).....................................................26Funding to Accelerate the Use of 5G In Creative Industries (UK)........................................................27Widening Access to Dementia Care and Mental Health Support (UK).................................................27Magic Little Grants 2020 (England, Scotland and Wales)....................................................................28Government Launches New SuperBus Fund (England)......................................................................29Funding for Women’s and Disability Football Teams (England & Wales).............................................30Royal Society of Chemistry – Outreach Fund Small Grants Scheme (UK)..........................................31Music Grants for Older People (England & Wales)..............................................................................32
Grants of up to £25,000 Available to Move to Digital Learning (UK)
The UFI Charitable Trust (Ufi), which aims to help improve vocational skills in the UK's workforce, has announced the Voctech Now Fund is open for applications. The Voctech Now Fund aims to support vocational training providers who need to move to digital delivery methods in order to keep their learners engaged, as existing face to face delivery models are restricted as a result of Covid-19.
Grants of between £10,000 and £25,000 are available.
VocTech Now is a very targeted programme to address immediate barriers being faced by vocational learning providers in supporting users and by learners in continuing with their programmes with the closure of most training facilities.
VocTech are looking for applications from vocational learning providers who
need to transition to digital delivery methods have a reasonably well-developed idea about how digital tools can solve the problems they
have accessing learners, as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions can deliver to a significant number of learners through an existing route to market can implement their ideas immediately and show real results for their learners quickly
VocTech Now is for projects that can be deployed quickly with direct positive effects for learners who would otherwise not be able to access learning, so that:
more adults to access the skills they need for work and professional updating in this new environment of travel restriction.
the professional practice of learning providers develops so that they can continue supporting their students and move more practitioners into a ‘digital first’ or blended way of working after Ufi funding ends.
In order to achieve this, projects must build from a strong base already, both in understanding of the target learners, route to market and having some level of understanding of the current VocTech market or groundwork already in place.
The funding is available to charities, private companies, community interest companies and other not for profit organisations. As a charity itself, Ufi must ensure that any grant given to any organisation that is not a charity demonstrates public benefit.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 6th April 2020.
Applicants will be advised on 14 April 2020 whether or not they have been successful. Successful applicants will be expected to commence work straight away.
Potential applicants can attend a webinar on 30 March 2020 at 13.00 to hear more and ask any questions they might have. Information about this is on the UFI Events page where organisations can register to attend or use this link to register. Organisations can also email UFI with general questions about the fund at [email protected]. The webinar will be posted on our website for those unable to attend on the day.
New Funding Programme Announced to Keep Children Safe from Crime and Violence (UK)
A new £6 million fund has been launched to support organisations working to prevent youth offending and make communities safer.
Comic Relief and the Youth Endowment Fund have joined forces to help keep children safe from violence by co-designing a new funding programme with help from young people affected by youth violence; and those organisations and individuals with experience of prevention.
The programme will aim to ensure that children most as risk of being drawn into crime and violence receive the support they need, and in particular will address rising knife crime.
Further details of the programme will be announced later in the year.
Funding to Support Textile Recycling and Re-Use (UK)
Grants of between £20,000 and £170,000 are now available to commercial and not-for-profit organisations of any size to support clothing or linen waste textile recycling and re-use. The aim is to keep waste textiles out of landfill so that it remains a valuable resource.
WRAP is offering a total of £1.5 million in grants for projects that use innovative ideas, technologies and equipment, and that fit a range of criteria, including demonstrating “innovation beyond normal practice”. Projects also require match funding: 10% from not-for-profit and 50% from commercial organisations.
Funding is intended for capital expenditure only; either for equipment or technologies (excluding software apps) that enable recycling or re-use. Financing comes from Defra’s £18m Resource Action Fund, which supports resource efficiency projects across the board.
The closing date for applications is the 18th June 2020.
New Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning Programme Launched (UK)
The British Council in partnership with the Department for International Development is inviting state funded schools to apply to the Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning Programme to enable UK schools to work with partner schools overseas; focusing on global themes. The programme provides grants to clusters of schools or one-to-one school partnership.
Fee paying schools can opt to join a cluster group with state-funded schools and still benefit from many elements of the programme. However, any fee-paying schools that want to organise a visit overseas would need to self-fund their trip.
Clusters of Schools can apply for grants of up to £35,000 to support a wide range of global learning activities, including training for teachers and supply cover, reciprocal visits to international partners schools, and hosting community events.
One-to-one school partnerships can apply for grants of up to £3,000 to cover the cost of one teacher to travel to a partner school. The grant is used to cover the cost of one teacher travelling to the UK from overseas and one teacher travelling from the UK to the other country.
To apply for funding, schools must have a partner school outside the UK from the British Council's list of participating countries.
Cluster applications will also be favoured over one-to-one partnership applications in the first instance.
The next closing date for applications is the 15th June 2020.
The Pink Ribbon Foundation has announced that it is currently accepting applications to its grant making programme.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to UK charities:
To relieve the needs of people who are suffering from, or have been affected by, breast cancer by providing, or assisting in the provision of, information, care or emotional, practical and financial support.
To advance public education in the understanding of breast cancer, its early detection and treatment, in particular but not exclusively by commissioning, or conducting, research into the causes, detection and treatment of breast cancer and by disseminating the results of such research.
Higher grants may be awarded if the trustees feel there is a special reason to do so.
Any charity working in the field of breast cancer can apply for a grant.
Applications from general cancer charities must demonstrate that the grants requested will be applied to benefit those affected by breast cancer. Where applications relate to general services, details must be given of how many (and what proportion) of the total number benefiting from the charity's work are affected by breast cancer.
The closing date for applications is the 29th May 2020.
Funding to Help Entrepreneurs Start Up and Grow their Organisation (UK)
The Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland have announced that the Social Entrepreneurs Programme has re-opened for applications.
This programme has helped almost 2,000 people to start up and scale social enterprises, charities, community projects and impact-led organisations.
This year, the programme will support a further 260 people across the UK with:
A learning programme A grant (£1,000 – £7,000) Mentoring A supportive community of like-minded peers
Individuals can apply for one of three levels of support.
Start Up - for projects in the planning stage but ready to start, or less than two years old. Trade Up - for projects established at least a year ago, and probably has at least one paid
member of staff. Scale Up - for project established two or more years ago, and probably has two or more paid
members of staff. It makes at least £75,000 a year (no upper limit).
People with all abilities and from all backgrounds are invited to apply for the programme including the long-term unemployed, ex-offenders and people with disabilities.
The closing date for applications is the 30th April 2020.
Funding for Projects that Improve People’s Lives (UK)
The Henry Smith Charity provides grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to three years to charitable organisations (charities and not-for-profit organisations, including social enterprises) that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available.
The charity has six funding priorities that describe the work they support and how they want to bring about change for the most disadvantaged people in the greatest need. These are:
Help at a critical moment - Helping people to rebuild their lives following a crisis, critical moment, trauma or abuse.
Positive choices - Helping people, whose actions or behaviours have led to negative consequences for themselves and others, to make positive choices.
Accommodation / housing support - Enabling people to work towards or maintain accommodation.
Employment and training - Supporting people to move towards or gain employment. Financial inclusion, rights and entitlements - Supporting people to overcome their financial
problems and ensure that they are able to claim their rights and entitlements. Support networks and family - Working with people to develop improved support networks
and family relationships
Grants can cover running costs, salaries and project costs for organisations that can demonstrate a track record of success and evidence the effectiveness of their work. Eligible organisations include charities and not-for-profit organisations (including social enterprises) in the UK with a turnover of £50,000 - £2 million (in exceptional circumstances up to £5 million).
Applications can be submitted at any time and decisions are usually made within 6 months.
Established under the Will of Lady Montagu Douglas Scott (Valerie Finnis) in 2006, the Finnis Scott Foundation makes grants for any charitable purpose, but their present policy is to focus grant-making in the areas of horticulture and plant sciences, as well as fine art and art history. The funding is open to charities and charitable organisations, including School Parent Teacher Associations.
Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available. Exceptionally, larger grants may be considered at the Trustees’ discretion. Preference is given to making grants to smaller charities where the grant would have a significant impact. The Foundation funds both capital and revenue projects.
Previous organisations supported include;
Flower Pod - a horticulturally based Social Enterprise in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Rhyl Primary School PTA The Horticultural Therapy Trust Hestercombe Gardens Trust
The next closing date for applications is the 5th June 2020 .
For more information about The Finnis Scott Foundation, please email: [email protected] or telephone +44 (0)1604 233233
Special needs schools and colleges can apply for grants of between £15,000 and £75,000 through the Wolfson Foundation's Funding for Special Schools and Colleges grants programme. The funding is available for projects that are focused towards helping pupils to develop skills which would help them to gain employment or live independently after leaving school or college.
The funding covers capital costs such a buildings and equipment.
The applicant organisation should meet all of the following criteria:
be a registered charity, local authority be registered with the relevant regulatory authority, where applicable, and have at least a
good rating
The project should be for a new building, refurbishment work or equipment and aim to produce one or more of the following outcomes:
Increased access to services for new and existing users Improved quality and range of services Improved financial stability of the organisation
Previous projects supported include:
a grant of £16,000 to the Lindsworth School in Birmingham for the refurbishment of an on-site house for Independent Living Skills programme.
a grant of £25,000 to BeyondAutism for the Redevelopment of Rainbow School’s Earlsfield Campus, South London; and
Victoria School and Specialist Arts College in Birmingham which received a grant of £35,000 towards a Food Technology Room.
Projects requesting £50,000 or more need to have matched funding in place.
There is a 2-stage application process and the next stage 1 closing date is the 1st July 2020. Applications successful at this stage will have until the 1st September 2020 to complete the stage 2 application.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund (UK)
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust recognises that climate change caused by human activity is threatening the well-being of humanity and that the wealthiest countries and individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of emissions, whilst the poorest countries and sections of society are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to tackle this issue, the Sustainable Futures fund focuses grant making on:
Identifying the true costs and risks of resource depletion, climate change and other environmental problems
Campaigns, initiatives and work that promote alternatives to consumerism Campaigns and movements that give a voice to young activists and marginalised groups on
issues of economic and environmental justice.
Grants are available from a few hundred pounds to over £100,000 and may be single payments or spread over up to three years.
Funding priorities are:
Better economics – with grants funding work that explores how sustainability rather than traditional forms of economic growth
Beyond consumerism – funded work will include that which engages people individually and collectively in moving culture away from consumerism and towards more sustainable ways of living
New Voices – funding for campaigns and movements that enable marginalised groups and young activists to have a voice in decisions which affect them
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Power and Accountability (UK)
The next closing date for applications to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Power and Accountability Fund is the 24th August 2020.
Funding is available from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) to support projects that challenge how power is concentrated, shared and used and how it is changing through globalisation, new technology, new channels of communication, extreme inequality and other factors. Specifically, the Trust wants to support people to create a world in which power is more equally shared, and in which powerful institutions are responsive and accountable to wider society and aligned with the long-term public interest.
In addition to the specific focus areas above, JRCT is open to occasionally supporting other work that furthers the vision of this programme, is highly innovative, with the potential to bring about systemic change and is exceptionally difficult to fund from other sources.
Projects can be UK-based or can be pan-European. Applications aimed at increasing the accountability of the UK government and other UK bodies for the impact of the policies and practices that they pursue within global institutions are also considered.
Applicants must have an account for the Trust's grants management system in order to be able to make an application. Applicants that don't already have one, must register for an account at least two weeks before the application deadline.
A broad range of organisations and individuals are eligible to apply – check eligibility here.
Recent grants awarded have ranged from £1,000 to £100,000+ including:
£34,500 to the Bevan Foundation £11,000 to the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies £1,000 to three 4 all theatre
Capital Grants for Theatre Improvements (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
The Theatres Trust's Theatre Improvement Scheme awards capital funding as grants of up to £20,000. The Trust works in association with the Wolfson Foundation and each year funds projects with a specific theme – in 2020 the theme is to reduce their environmental impact. From sedum roofs to new windows, building management systems to more efficient water heaters, funding will be given to projects that demonstrate how a small intervention can have a big impact.
Theatres and projects of all sizes are eligible as long as they can demonstrate excellence in the pursuit of becoming an accessible theatre. Applicants must also:
Own or manage theatres with titles or signed leases of more than 15 years on buildings in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Run a year-round programme of live performance, of no less than 30 performances a year Have a bona fide UK charitable or not-for-profit legal structure and be able to provide certified
or audited accounts for at least two years. Operate theatres that achieve excellence through their producing and programming or
architectural significance
Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the Trust to discuss their project before applying. Application forms should be downloaded from the website and emailed to [email protected]
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on the 14th September 2020.
Ford Britain Trust Small Grants Programme Re-opens for Applications (England and Wales)
The Ford Britain Trust's large grants programme has re-opened for applications until the 31st July 2020. Through the large grants programme registered charities, Schools/PTAs (Non-fee paying, state sector schools only) and non-profit organisations can apply for grants of between £250 and £3,000 for projects that:
Benefit the local community/environment; Work with young people/children; Promote education/schools (mainstream) as well as special school Promotes the teaching of Engineering Support special educational needs and people with disabilities.
Grant applications will be considered for projects being undertaken/expenditure being made in all UK postcodes however locations near Ford Motor Company Limited / FCE Bank plc UK operations are given a higher weighting.
These are:
Essex (including East London) Bridgend (South Wales) Southampton Daventry Manchester Liverpool.
Exceptions may be made for initiatives in which Ford Motor Company Limited employees and retirees are involved. Grants made by the Trust are usually one-off donations for a specific capital project or part of a project, typically items of furniture and equipment.
The Trust also operates a small grants programme for amounts up to £250. This is currently closed and will reopen for applications between the 1st April – 30th June 2020.
New £3 Million Fund to Boost Health in Disadvantaged Areas (England)
The King's Fund in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund has launched a new £3 million Healthy Communities Together programme to empower voluntary and community sector organisations and the local health and care sector to work together to boost the health and wellbeing of their communities.
The programme is open to applications from groups of voluntary and community organisations and public sector organisations working together in a local area in England and is designed to target areas experiencing the most disadvantage. The fund will operate across six different locations in England.
The programme consists of two phases. In phase 1, a maximum of six areas will receive up to £50,000 funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and a package of learning and development support from the King’s Fund for up to nine months to develop their partnership and project plans.
The closing date for application for phase 1 is the 27th May 2020 with projects for phase 1 are projected to start in September 2020.
At the end of this phase, each site will be invited to apply for phase 2 of the programme for further funding and support. Successful partnerships will receive up to £450,000, as well as ongoing learning and development support from The King’s Fund, over a further three years.
Arts Council England – Covid19 Funding Support (England)
Arts Council England (ACE) has made £160m of emergency funding available to organisations and individuals who will need it during the Covid-19 crisis. It has also changed the funding requirements for individuals and organisations currently in receipt of funding to take account of the current Coronavirus pandemic.
These emergency funding streams will be open to applications in the near future.
The Arts Council will make £90 million available to its National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) and is making £50 million available to organisations that are not in receipt of regular funding from the Arts Council. Organisations who have applied to National Lottery Project Grants are still able to apply for this support.
Arts Council England will also be making £20 million available to individuals.
The Education and Training Foundation has announced that round 3 of the Taking Teaching Further programme is now open. The Taking Teaching Further programme is a national initiative to attract experienced industry professionals with expert technical knowledge and skills to work in Further Education (FE). The focus will be across any of the 15 technical teaching routes. The programme’ s long-term aims are to:
raise the profile and prestige of skilled FE teaching, particularly among industry professionals; and
increase the overall number of skilled technical teaching roles by helping providers to support experienced industry professionals with the training that they require to become FE teachers.
Taking Teaching Further Round 3 funding is available for all FE providers with two routes to access the programme depending on provider type.
The take-up of the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) places on both Route 1 and Route 2 is subject to individuals meeting the participation criteria outlined in the programme guidance documents.
Route 1
Route 1 of the programme is open to all FE Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges in England (colleges). Places will be made available to all colleges on a draw-down basis.
To participate, FE Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges need to register their intent through this form.
The deadline to register intent to participate is 12pm on 7 April 2020.
Route 2
Route 2 of the programme is open to all independent training providers, employer led providers, third sector training providers, local authority providers, and adult and community learning providers. These places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and the Foundation strongly advise providers to register early from the 1 April 2020 for places.
Registrations to take part in Taking Teaching Further Route 2 will open on 1 April 2020 through this form.
For applicants that have any questions or require further information, please contact the Taking Teaching Further team via [email protected] or call 020 3740 8280.
Funding to Encourage Young People with Experience of Care to Share Their Views (Scotland)
he Life Changes Trust has announced that young people aged between 18-35 who currently live in Scotland and have at least three months experience of the care system can now apply for grants of between £100 and £2,000 through the Conference Grant to share their experiences, views and influence others.
The funding is being made available so that young people can attend events such as workshops, seminars, and national gatherings, where they can contribute to discussions either as a participant or as a presenter.
Funding must be spent within 6 months and can be used to take part in opportunities within the UK or internationally.
The funding can be used towards the following costs:
registration fees travel costs accommodation costs childcare costs equipment and stationery costs (e.g. for printouts to deliver a presentation/workshop) costs for a supporter, if required. He or she must be able to support the applicant throughout
the event or trip
Applications are being accepted at various times throughout the year and the next deadline for applications is the 3rd April 2020.
For any questions on Conference Grants, please contact Lindsay Brown, Funding Manager: [email protected] or tel. 0141 212 9609
Funding Available to Address Local Health Needs (Northern Ireland)
The Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) has announced that grants are available to promote and support local communities to work in partnership with community pharmacists.
The funding which is being made available through the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) aims to promote and support local communities to work in partnership with community pharmacists to address identified local health and social wellbeing needs.
Projects could for example focus on addressing a wide range of health and social wellbeing needs in villages or in urban housing estates. The funding is available to pharmacists who have commitment and support from a pharmacy contractor or a constituted community group or voluntary organisation. Statutory organisations e.g. HSS Trusts, Councils etc cannot apply but can support applications and be involved in developing projects.
Two levels of funding are available:
Level 1 funding (up to £2,500 for projects lasting up to 6 months) Level 2 funding (up to £10,000 for projects lasting up to 1 year).
The closing date for Level 1 applications is the 22nd October 2020. The next closing date for Level 2 applications is the 19th November 2020.
Funding to Provide Support for Communities and Charities Affected by the Coronavirus (Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales)
The Steve Morgan Foundation has announced an emergency hardship fund for those affected by the coronavirus in Cheshire, North Wales and Merseyside. Funding of up to £1 million per week for twelve weeks is available to charities and not-for-profit organisations to help with the costs of additional emergency services to support people affected by the coronavirus.
The Steve Morgan Foundation Covid-19 Emergency Fund will help those affected by the pandemic and help charities experiencing a loss of fundraising revenue to remain operating.
Applications can be made at any time.
https://stevemorganfoundation.org.uk/
Society of Merchant Venturers Charity (South West)
Registered charities and organisations with a charitable purpose within the greater Bristol area can apply for grants of between £500 and £5,000 through the Society of Merchant Venturers Charity.
The Charity will consider applications from organisations addressing the following needs within the greater Bristol area (defined as the former County of Avon):
Social Needs – care of the elderly, homelessness, poverty or the prevention of crime Youth – to support training (outside educational establishments), assist character
development and increase employment prospects and to assist the disadvantaged Education – directly involved with primary, secondary and tertiary education. Priority will be
given to the SMV family of schools; and in support of other greater Bristol educational activities and initiatives.
Social Enterprise – to promote and support social enterprise Health Care Culture and the Arts Environment Bristol – projects, preferably those associated with the Society’s spheres of interest and
achievement which will benefit Bristol and its economic development
The charity meets four times a year, typically in January, April, July and October, to consider applications for funding and the next closing date for applications is 5pm on the 23rd June 2020.
Small Grants for Organisations with an Annual Income of Under £75,000 (London)
Small not for profit organisations working to improve communities and the environment in London can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 per year for up to three years for the following types of projects:
Greening and growing projects which bring communities together and improve the local environment.
A project which enables disabled people and/or older people who are disadvantaged to actively participate in the arts, sports and health and well-being opportunities.
Applications can be for Capital or Revenue or a mixture of the two. A revenue grant cannot be for more than 50% of the organisation’s annual turnover, based on the most recent set of accounts.
This programme is open to groups working in London with an income of less than £100,000 (as shown in the organisation’s latest annual accounts). Eligible organisations will be:
Registered charity or Exempt or excepted charity Registered Community Interest Company or Charitable company Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered charitable industrial and provident society or charitable Bencom
Potential applicants are asked to complete an Eligibility Quiz prior to application.
The funding is being made available through the City Bridge Trust’s Connecting Communities Small Grants Scheme and applications can be made at anytime.
Funding to Provide Support for Communities Affected by the Coronavirus (Bristol, Bath & North-East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire)
The Quartet Community Foundation has announced emergency funding to support local activities that are helping communities affected by the Coronavirus in Bristol, Bath & North-East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Funding of up to £5,000 for a single organisation and up to £20,000 for partnerships is available to small voluntary and community groups with charitable aims to help vulnerable groups including:
The elderly (aged 65 and over) People with disabilities and/or underlying health difficulties Homeless people Low income families Refugees and asylum seekers People experiencing food poverty
Funding from the Coronavirus Response Fund can cover running costs, including staff and transport costs, and volunteer expenses. Small capital costs are also eligible, but must directly support these vulnerable groups.
The following activities will be a priority for this grant programme:
Direct and immediate practical support for vulnerable groups Volunteer capacity to organisations delivering support to the above groups Providing the above groups with access to necessary resources Initiatives to reduce isolation and vulnerability
Funding to Provide Support for Vulnerable Groups and Charities Affected by the Coronavirus (Devon)
Charities and community organisations can apply for funding to help the most vulnerable affected by the coronavirus outbreak in Devon. Through the Devon Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund, the Devon Community Foundation will provide support in two stages: response and recovery.
In the response stage, the Foundation will give extra money to organisations supporting vulnerable groups affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
In the recovery stage, the Foundation will fund a wider group of local charities and community organisations whose operations and finances have been affected so they can recover and continue their activities once the outbreak eases.
The fund will currently support:
Groups that support the ongoing needs of vulnerable people to ensure that their health and wellbeing is maintained.
Groups and activities that support vulnerable people self-isolating (the elderly, people with preexisting medical conditions etc).
Support for foodbanks and organisations working to combat hardship caused by the pandemic including child hunger.
Community response coordination. Volunteer costs for new and existing organisations responding to the effect of the pandemic. Additional costs of working remotely and adapting services delivered in the wider community. Additional support as required for emotional support, mental health and bereavement support.
The fund will also provide a focus for organisations wishing to work with the Foundation to help coordinate support to the affected communities.
Funding to Provide Support for Communities Affected by the Coronavirus (North Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire or Hull)
The Two Ridings Community Foundation has announced an emergency fund to help those affected by the coronavirus in North Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull. Small charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and other not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of up to £2,000 from the Two Ridings Community Foundation Coronavirus Community Fund.
The fund will support the following:
Community organisations that are preparing themselves to appropriately respond and continue their work in a difficult work environment, and to tailor their specialist services to give help to the people who need it the most
The development of advice and support initiatives to fill gaps for people and places where there are no current suitable services
Groups that provide vital community support to maintain some level of viability through these uncertain times where they are experiencing a significant loss of income as a result of the current crisis.
The fund has two streams of activity and groups can only apply for up to £1,000 from either or both streams.
Stream 1 supports initiatives to help ensure vulnerable people remain safely connected with the community including telephone support, costs of web-based advice or activity and volunteer/transport costs.
Stream 2 covers organisational running costs or overheads such as rental costs or utility bills.
Funding to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation (Tower Hamlets)
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations for projects that tackle loneliness and social isolation within the borough of Tower Hamlets. The funding will support local actions that help people to connect with each other, enjoy each other’s company and enhance their quality of life.
This can include activities such as volunteer befrienders, support to use the internet, projects to increase confidence in young people or those with disabilities, and activities that bring different generations together.
The funding is being made available through the Loneliness Theme of the Tower Hamlets Council Small Grants Fund and the next deadline for applications is 12 noon on the 22nd June 2020.
Useful Links:
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https://eastendcf.org/tower-hamlets-grants/
Funding to Bring Communities Together (Bradford)
Funding of £50,000 is available for Round 3 of Bradford for Everyone’s Innovation Fund, which is part of the Stronger Communities Together Strategy. Legally constituted organisations can apply for grants of between £2,500 to £5,000 to fund bold and ambitious projects that will benefit the local community in the Bradford District area, by bringing people from different backgrounds and communities together through greater interaction, dialogue and understanding.
This could include projects such as:
buddying schemes for refugee and asylum seekers to help with language barriers and finding work.
creating opportunities to help people participate in community and civic life, projects that address intergroup LGBTQ+, racial or religious discrimination, help navigating local services, encouraging people to gather together to tackle local environment issues, campaigns where people can be brought together to tackle hate crime.
The deadline for applications for Round 3 of this funding is the 13th April 2020.
Funding to Support NHS Mental Health and Well Being Projects (County Durham and Darlington)
Funding of up to £20,000 is available to support mental health and wellbeing projects that enhance the work of the NHS in County Durham and Darlington. Registered charities, volunteer-led organisations, Social enterprises, and other organisations with clear charitable purposes can apply for funding for both one year and two-year projects of up to £10,000 per year from the NHS Health Improvement Fund.
Projects to reduce smoking, create smoke free environments, and increase resilience in young people are also welcome.
Grants can be used to cover costs such as equipment, marketing, room hire, transport, tutor and volunteer costs, and salaries. Organisations based outside of County Durham and Darlington but running projects for the benefit of residents of those areas are also eligible to apply.
The closing date is 12 midnight on the 31st May 2020.
Funding Reminders Funding Available to Music Creators to Develop their Career (UK)
Help Musicians UK has announced that the Do it Differently Fund has re-opened for application. The Fund helps independent, entrepreneurial music creators to build their career. Grants are offered under the following two strands:
Recording & Releasing Touring & Live Development
Grants of £500 - £3,000 can cover professional development opportunities and creative projects at a crucial point in the artists career. Successful applicants will also be able to access a suite of wellbeing and development services worth up to £2,000, including business development sessions, education around “healthy” touring practices, online CBT and wellbeing tools, specialist hearing assessment, bespoke hearing protection and short-term treatment of performance-related conditions.
Please note that PR & Marketing and Equipment costs can only account for up to 50% of the total grant request. For example, if you apply for the full grant amount of £3,000, a maximum of £1,500 can be allocated towards PR & Marketing and Equipment. Applications exceeding this limitation will be regarded as ineligible.
The fund is open to emerging and professional musicians of all genres and disciplines, with a focus on independent music creators who can evidence self-sufficiency in one or more aspects of their career (e.g. self-managing, self-releasing, self-producing). Applicants can be a solo artist, composer, group member, songwriter, producer or a multidisciplinary artist. Bands or ensembles of up to 6 members can also apply.
Applicants must be aged over 18, based primarily in the UK and be eligible to work here and been a resident in the UK for at least 3 consecutive years and also have an active career and track record.
The fund is currently closed but will re-open for applications on the 27th April 2020.
Funding to Accelerate the Use of 5G In Creative Industries (UK)
The Government has announced that from early March, bidders can apply for funding from a new £30 million competition which will look at how 5G could boost creative industries including film, TV, video games, logistics and tourism.
This is alongside announcing the nine projects who successfully bid for a share of £35 million from the rural and industrial 5G competitions.
This funding comes from the £200 million 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme, part of Government’s long-term strategy for meeting its digital connectivity targets, outlined in the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review.
Widening Access to Dementia Care and Mental Health Support (UK)
Hospice UK has announced that capital grants of up to £40,000 are available for projects that improve the physical environment within which adult and children’s hospices deliver care. The grants will seek to address inequality and widen access to hospice care for people with dementia or a mental health condition.
This can be through a number of ways:
Putting into practice the recommendations or findings from an organisational or local scoping exercise
Piloting a new project based on a robust needs assessment Responding to national policy or research evidence.
Total available funding in this grant round is £200,000. Hospice UK expect to award between five and seven grants in this round.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 20th April 2020.
Magic Little Grants 2020 (England, Scotland and Wales)
Online fundraising platform Localgiving, together with the Postcode Community Trust will be launching this year’s Magic Little Grants programme on the 10th March 2020. Small charities and community groups will be able to apply for grants of up to £500 to support and inspire people to participate in sports or exercise.
To be eligible applicant organisations will need to have an annual income of below £250,000 or be in their first year of operation. A total of 900 grants will be available.
Localgiving members will be notified via email when Magic Little Grants launches and will be able to complete the 10-minute application process via their charity account on the Localgiving website.
Organisations who are not members of Localgiving will also benefit from an annual membership funded by Postcode Community Trust, which will provide them with access to Localgiving’s suite of online fundraising tools. To be notified once the Magic Little Grants application process has launched, please sign up to the Localgiving newsletter here
Applications can be submitted at any time until the 31st October 2020.
Previous projects funded include:
Flamingo Chicks, who received a grant to provide sensory kits for disabled children to attend dance classes.
Featherstone Rovers Foundation, who received a grant to deliver a range of activities to encourage more young people to try Rugby League.
Happy Wanderers Ambulance Organisation who received a grant to provide free transport for older people and wheelchair users to access local physical activities.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that English local authorities can bid for a share of £70 million of funding to trial new superbus networks to deliver low fare, high frequency services in urban areas in the top 75% most deprived local transport authorities.
Eligible local transport authorities must demonstrate in their application that the proposal focuses on a town or city with a population of greater than 75,000.
There is a two-stage application process with Local Authorities initially submitting an Expression of Interest. The DfT will assess Expression of Interest in terms of the size of the pilot area, the challenges it faces and the delivery plan and timescale.
Up to three projects will be taken forward from this phase to phase 2. Local authorities shortlisted to move forward to Phase 2 will be granted some funding in 2020/21 to support the development of their final proposals. The DfT expect local authorities to give in their EOI an indication of the level of funding they would need to deliver this.
The closing date for submitting an Expression of Interest is 5pm on the 30th April 2020.
Funding for Women’s and Disability Football Teams (England & Wales)
The Football Foundation has announced that its "Grow the Game" grant scheme has re-opened for applications.
Through this funding round grants of up to £1,500 are available from organisations wishing to set up women and girls football teams and disability teams.
Applications are welcome from not for profit organisations that are planning to set up two new football teams over the next two years. To be eligible for funding organisations must have a signed constitution (with a dissolution clause), child protection policy, equal opportunities policy, bank statement and income/expenditure records. The type of activities that can be funded include (but are not limited to):
Facility hire Referees fees CRB checks Affiliation fees League entry Promotion and publicity FA coaching courses Additional courses Football kit/equipment through a bespoke voucher
Organisations are able to receive a grant of £1,500 per new team created over two or three years with financial support being reduced in the second or third year of the project.
The closing date for applications is the 31st May 2020.
For any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected]
Royal Society of Chemistry – Outreach Fund Small Grants Scheme (UK)
Individuals and organisations such as researchers, museums, schools, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries can apply for grants of up to £10,000 to run chemistry-based events and activities for public audiences and in schools.
Applications for school’s engagement activities should demonstrate how the proposed activities will:
enrich student's chemistry education and not solely deliver the curriculum provide students with opportunities to explore chemistry through local contexts, AND/OR demonstrate career opportunities and develop employability skills, AND/OR provide opportunities which would not normally be accessible to the students taking part, e.g.
for hard-to-reach student audiences.
Applications for public engagement activities should demonstrate how the proposed activities will:
increase chemists' visibility as approachable people AND/OR increase the publics' confidence in discussing chemistry AND/OR demonstrate the relevance of chemistry to everyday interests and concerns.
The Outreach Fund is split into two categories: small grants - up to £2,000 and large grants - between £2,000 and £10,000.
Previously funded projects include "Cool chemistry at the seaside" where the Society awarded a grant of £2,000 to volunteers in Ramsgate who transformed an empty town-centre shop into a makeshift theatre, delivering free chemistry demonstrations to anyone.
The closing date for applications to the small grants programme is the 11th May 2020. The closing date for the large grants programme is the 14th September 2020.
The registered charity, Concertina which makes grants of up to £250 to charitable bodies that provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly has announced that the next deadline for applications is the 30th April 2020.
The charity is particular keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Concertina has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in England and Wales. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents. Some of the charities that have received grants from Concertina include:
Theatre Chipping Norton to help fund high calibre music recitals in six Care Homes in the area.
Sue Ryder Care, Lancashire to fund access to music therapy workshops at Birchley Hall near Wigan and St Helen’s.
Useful Links:
Application Form
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http://www.concertinamusic.org.uk/Grants.php
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