f Keeping you up to date with the latest funding opportunities Funding Insight The weekly funding e-magazine from www.grantsonline.org.uk 16 th December 2019 New Funding Opportunities....................1 Funding to Use Digital Technology for Vocational Training (UK)............2 Funding for Projects that Support Disadvantaged Young People (UK).........3 Funding for Rural Business Start Ups (UK).................................3 Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund (UK)............4 Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Power and Accountability (UK)..........5 Grants of up to £1,500 Available for the Professional Development of Musicians (UK) 6 National Churches Foundation Grant Reopens for Applications (UK)..........7 Funding for Projects That Contribute to the Ongoing Transformation of the Northern Ireland Conflict (UK).....................................................8 Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Rights and Justice (UK except Northern Ireland) 9 Weston Charity Awards Are Now Open for Applications (England & Wales)....10 Lloyds Bank Foundation Relaunches Grants Programme (England & Wales).....11 Funding for Community Sports Facilities (England)........................12 Arts Impact Fund (England)...............................................13 Arts Council/ V&A Purchase Grant Fund (England)..........................14 Funding Available to Promote Cycling and Walking (Scotland)..............14 Grants for Climate Action Projects (Scotland)............................15 Funding Available to Develop Scottish Music and Dance (Scotland).........16 Innovation Voucher Scheme - Follow on Funding (Scotland).................17 School Library Improvement Fund (Scotland)...............................17 Northern Ireland’s Creative Industries boosted with New £240,000 Seed Fund (Northern Ireland).................................................................18 Society of Merchant Venturers Charity (South West).......................19 Funding of Up to £10,000 Available to Tackle Social Deprivation (North East) 20 Funding for Major Capital Projects to Encourage Physical Activity (London & Surrey) .........................................................................21 Apply for Grants of up to £20,000 to Improve Sports and Leisure Facilities (London & Surrey)..................................................................22 BAME Teacher Recruitment and Retention Project (London)..................23 Funding Reminders...........................24 New Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning Programme Launched (UK)24 New £7 million Heritage Impact Fund Launched (UK)........................25 Funding for Projects that Work with Disabled Children and their Families (UK) 26 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 16th December 2019
New Funding Opportunities....................................................1Funding to Use Digital Technology for Vocational Training (UK)............................................................2Funding for Projects that Support Disadvantaged Young People (UK)..................................................3Funding for Rural Business Start Ups (UK)...........................................................................................3Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund (UK)......................................................4Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Power and Accountability (UK).....................................................5Grants of up to £1,500 Available for the Professional Development of Musicians (UK).........................6National Churches Foundation Grant Reopens for Applications (UK)....................................................7Funding for Projects That Contribute to the Ongoing Transformation of the Northern Ireland Conflict (UK) 8Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Rights and Justice (UK except Northern Ireland)..........................9Weston Charity Awards Are Now Open for Applications (England & Wales)........................................10Lloyds Bank Foundation Relaunches Grants Programme (England & Wales).....................................11Funding for Community Sports Facilities (England).............................................................................12Arts Impact Fund (England).................................................................................................................13Arts Council/ V&A Purchase Grant Fund (England).............................................................................14Funding Available to Promote Cycling and Walking (Scotland)...........................................................14Grants for Climate Action Projects (Scotland)......................................................................................15Funding Available to Develop Scottish Music and Dance (Scotland)...................................................16Innovation Voucher Scheme - Follow on Funding (Scotland)..............................................................17School Library Improvement Fund (Scotland).....................................................................................17Northern Ireland’s Creative Industries boosted with New £240,000 Seed Fund (Northern Ireland).....18Society of Merchant Venturers Charity (South West)...........................................................................19Funding of Up to £10,000 Available to Tackle Social Deprivation (North East)....................................20Funding for Major Capital Projects to Encourage Physical Activity (London & Surrey)........................21Apply for Grants of up to £20,000 to Improve Sports and Leisure Facilities (London & Surrey)..........22BAME Teacher Recruitment and Retention Project (London)..............................................................23
Funding Reminders...............................................................24New Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning Programme Launched (UK).........................24New £7 million Heritage Impact Fund Launched (UK).........................................................................25Funding for Projects that Work with Disabled Children and their Families (UK)..................................26Funding for Charities to Develop an Effective Web Presence (UK).....................................................27Funding to Support Youth Organisations (UK).....................................................................................28New £5 Million Fund Launched to Develop Support for Unpaid Carers (UK)......................................29Grants to Cover Running Costs for Small Charities (UK)....................................................................30Funding of up to £60,000 for Community Centres and Village Halls (UK)...........................................31Field Studies Bursary Fund (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland).......32Funding Available to Support Local Good Causes (England, Scotland and Wales).............................33
Funding to Use Digital Technology for Vocational Training (UK)
The UFI Charitable Trust (Ufi), which aims to help improve vocational skills in the UK's workforce, has announced that it will launch a new call for proposals through its VocTech Seed fund on the 21st January 2020.
VocTech Seed offers grants of up to £50,000 for projects lasting up to 12 months. UFI will be looking for innovative ideas that use digital technology for vocational learning. As the name suggests, VocTech Seed is intended to support innovative and creative projects at a relatively early stage of development. It aims to enable new ideas to reach a point where they can demonstrate their potential to customers or funders and reach the market.
Ufi is also particularly keen to support projects which will have long term impact on employers, communities of learners or sectors which cannot easily access current provision because of industry or market conditions, past learning history or other factors.
As part of the launch, the UFI Charitable Trust will be hosting a number of workshops and webinars for potential applicants.
The closing date for applications will be the 13th February 2020.
Funding for Projects that Support Disadvantaged Young People (UK)
Grants of over £10,000 per project are available through the BBC Children in Need Main Grants programme to not for profit organisations and special schools that work with young people who are experiencing disadvantage through illness, distress, abuse or neglect; any kind of disability; behavioural or psychological difficulties; and / or living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Applications should demonstrate how your project will change the lives of children for the better.
Grants of over £10,000 are available with no upper limit stated, however, BBC Children in Need make very few grants over £120,000.
Organisations eligible to apply will be not for profit i.e. special schools; registered charities; voluntary organisations; churches; and community groups, etc. In the case of special schools this must not be for work that they have a duty to fund.
To apply organisations will need to register with BBC Children in Need by submitting an Organisation Registration form. To complete an Organisation Registration Form, please read the Organisation Registration Form Guidance. Once an organisation is registered, BBC Children in Need will send a link to fill in a Main Grants Project Application Form. Registrations can be made at any time of the year.
The next deadline for applications is the 13th January 2020.
A share of £5000 of funding is available for UK citizens over the age of 18 who are starting a new business in a rural area. To be eligible individuals must be able to demonstrate how the business will support rural communities, the countryside or rural sustainability.
The Rural Start-up Fund has been made available by a partnership between Forest Holidays and The Prince’s Countryside Fund and the available funding will be awarded to one winning business or shared between a number of rural start-ups. Successful applicants will also receive mentoring support from a relevant expert at Forest Holidays.
The closing date for applications is the 12 pm on the 6th March 2020.
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 23rd March 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.
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
Grants of up to £1,500 Available for the Professional Development of Musicians (UK)
Emerging and professional musicians of all genres and disciplines can apply for grants of £500 -£1500 to help them access opportunities that will allow them to focus on developing their artistic and professional development at a crucial point in their career.
The funding which is being made available through the Help Musicians UK Transmission Fund is designed to help emerging and professional musicians of all genres and disciplines to build their careers by supporting the costs of formal and time limited training and mentoring opportunities. Eligible artists may for example be a solo instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, singer songwriter or a multidisciplinary artist. Bands or ensembles with 6 members or less can also be supported.
All artists supported must have an active career and be able to demonstrate the following:
Exceptional ability within their discipline High quality musical output Regularly working (performances, commissions, releases) at a professional level (getting paid
for your work) Achievement or the potential to achieve a national or international impact An impressive track record An entrepreneurial spirit and dedication toward their career
Group applicants must have 50% of their members meeting the criteria shown above and have been established and playing together regularly for at least 1 year.
Grants of £500 - £1500 are available and can support opportunities such as short courses, workshops, training and time limited periods of coaching with an expert in the artists chosen field both in the UK or internationally. Travel, accommodation and access costs can also be funded.
Eligible applicants will be:
Aged over 18 Based primarily in the UK and be eligible to work here Have been resident in the UK for at least 3 consecutive years In financial need and without significant backing
National Churches Foundation Grant Reopens for Applications (UK)
Churches across the UK can apply for grants of between £500 and £5,000 towards the cost of urgent maintenance works and small repairs through the National Churches Trust Foundation Grant Programme.
The Foundation Grant Programme can award grants of up to £10,000 towards urgent maintenance works and small investigative works costing up to £10,000 and will cover no more than 50% of costs.
Applications are accepted from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination, but particularly from those in priority areas i.e. North East England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis starting in January 2020 until the 30th October 2020.
Funding for Projects That Contribute to the Ongoing Transformation of the Northern Ireland Conflict (UK)
Registered, excepted or exempt charities based within any of the four jurisdictions of the UK can apply for programme or project funding or for unrestricted or core support for work which will contribute to the ongoing transformation of the Northern Ireland conflict.
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) aims to fund work delivered by organisations, individuals and charities and grants range from a few hundred pounds to £100,000+ and may be single payments or spread over up to three years.
JRCT is interested in funding work which:
Addresses the root causes of violence and injustice, rather than alleviating symptoms Cannot be funded from other sources Is likely to make a long-term, strategic difference.
Funded projects will address the following priority areas:
Strengthening human rights and equality Supporting inclusive, non-sectarian and participatory politics Supporting processes of demilitarisation Dealing with the past i.e. work that promotes a shared understanding of the root causes of
past violence, or which encourages government to implement initiatives to address the legacy of violence at a societal level.
The Trust is particularly interested in receiving applications related to women’s participation in all of these areas.
In addition to applications from Northern Ireland, it is open to receiving applications from Britain and the Republic of Ireland for work related to the above areas, and for work with an all-Ireland focus. Registered, excepted or exempt charities based within any of the four jurisdictions of the UK can apply for programme or project funding or for unrestricted or core support. Further details on eligibility can be found here.
Local work will be supported only where it is likely to have a wider impact, for example if it is testing a model which can then be replicated or is addressing a local issue that has wider social or political implications.
The next deadline for applications is 12 noon on the 23rd March 2020.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Rights and Justice (UK except Northern Ireland)
The next round of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust’s Rights and Justice programme is now open and will close on the 23rd March 2020.
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) is interested in funding work which is about removing problems through radical solutions, and not simply about making problems easier to live with; that has a clear sense of objectives, and of how to achieve them; and is innovative and imaginative and where the grant has a good chance of making a difference.
JCRT makes grants to a range of organisations including registered, excepted or exempt charities based in the UK for work that seeks to make positive change across the UK as a whole, or across one or more of its member countries - England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
The Funding priorities for the Rights and Justice theme are:
1. Protection and promotion of human rights and their enforcement in the UK2. Promoting rights and justice for minorities who face the most severe forms of racism3. Promotion of rights and justice for refugees and other migrants by identifying and tackling
structures and systems that may deny them their rights.
JRCT focuses on work at both a national and European level, although work at a European level is limited and must have direct relevance to communities living in the UK.
Whilst the focus is to support national advocacy and campaigning, JRCT is open to applications which aim to effect structural change at local and regional levels of policy-making, provided the applicant can demonstrate the wider significance of the work.
Across the policy, JRCT places an emphasis on supporting those who have direct experience of racism and oppression.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for a grant for unrestricted or core support, although support for specific programme or project funding is also available.
Recent grants awarded have ranged from £5,000 to £100,000+ including:
£20,000 to the Barrow Cadbury Trust £59,365 to Citizens UK (Safe Passage) £16,400 to the Equality and Diversity Forum
Weston Charity Awards Are Now Open for Applications (England & Wales)
The Garfield Weston Foundation has announced the launch of the 2020 round of the Weston charity Awards. Charities in Wales, the North and Midlands of England with an income of less than £5million a year and working in the fields of Welfare, Youth or Community are eligible to apply for an Award.
Twenty winners will be selected who will receive a package of support over the year to help them be successful – this includes free access to experts who can advise the charity on the things they need most, whether that’s planning, finances, strategy development, fundraising, expansion or something else.
Charities will receive an unrestricted cash contribution of £6,500 to help with the resources to make the most of the year with Pilotlight (This includes travel and expenses to meetings). “Connect” events held throughout the year to allow winning charities to network with other charity leaders.
The closing date for applications is the 10th January 2020.
Lloyds Bank Foundation Relaunches Grants Programme (England & Wales)
Charities in England and Wales with an income of between £25,000 and £1million that are tackling complex social issues can now apply for core funding grants worth up to £100,000. The funding is part of the Lloyds Bank Foundations relaunched grants programme which now has a simpler and more flexible approach.
The Foundation helps charities to tackle the following complex social issues:
Addiction and dependency Asylum seekers and refugees Care leavers Domestic abuse Homeless and vulnerably housed Learning disabilities Mental health Offending, prison and community service Sexual abuse and exploitation Trafficking and modern slavery Young parents
Grants are available of up to £100,000 and are available over three years (with the possibility of continuing to six years) and can be used entirely for core costs. Core costs are overhead costs of an organisation, as opposed to those specific to a project; with charities able to flex how much they spend each year.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
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Funding for Community Sports Facilities (England)11
Sports clubs, local authorities, schools and community organisations can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £150,000 to enhance local sports and recreational facilities.
The funding which is being provided through Sport England's Community Asset Fund can be used to enhance traditional sports facilities as well as outdoor spaces like canal towpaths, woodlands and open spaces; etc that can be used as part of an active lifestyle.
Statutory bodies and education establishments will specifically need to:
Provide a minimum of pound-for-pound partnership funding; Demonstrate the strategic need for their project proportionate to the scale of investment
requested; Limit requests to a maximum of £150,000 within any 12-month period.
Sport England typically expect their awards to be either:
Small-scale investments typically ranging from £1,000 to £15,000. These will address emergency works due to something like storm or flood damage, or something totally unexpected that is stopping people from being able to stay active right now.
Medium-scale investments typically ranging from between £15,000 to £50,000. These will address more substantial changes. This might be an upgrade to an existing facility or developing a new space in the community.
By exception, Sport England will consider larger investments ranging from £50,000 to £150,000. This will be when organisations can demonstrate a considerable impact or are targeting under-represented groups. They are also unlikely to have received funding from Sport England previously.
This is a rolling programme and applications can be submitted at any time.
Arts Council England has announced that loans of between £150,000 and £600,000 are available to entrepreneurial arts and cultural organisations. The aim of the loans is to increase the resilience of art and culture in England.
The loans can be used, among other things, to:
Acquire new assets Improve built infrastructure Develop new ventures Scale up existing revenue streams.
The Arts Impact Fund is created and funded by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Nesta. It’s supported by the Arts Council with additional funding from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Unsecured loans are available with a repayment term of between three and five years with interest rates ranging between 3.5% and 8.5%.
Applications are accepted at any time.
Previous loans awarded include:
South East Dance - £350,000: The Brighton based dance agency will use the loan to bridge fundraising and allow work to start on its new hub The Dance Space. The new building will provide a rental income from its studio and office space, reducing the need for public funding and supporting its work with local artists and community development programme.
Autograph Media - £150,000: to set up a new commercial image licensing business specialising in race and cultural diversity. Autograph Media is the trading subsidiary of the visual arts charity, Autograph ABP, based in Shoreditch.
Live Theatre - £600,000: to launch a new commercial hospitality venture, making use of its capital assets to subsidise the work of the theatre in Newcastle.
The Arts Council England has announced that the V&A Purchase Fund has been renewed until 2022. Accredited museums, specialist libraries and record repositories accredited under the Archive Service Accreditation Scheme can now apply for a share of the £724,000 of funding available this year.
The fund enables regional museums and cultural organisations to strengthen the quality, relevance and standard of their permanent collections and supports the purchase of a wide range of material for the permanent collections of organisations in England and Wales. The purchase price of an object should be between £500 and £500,000 with grants available for up to 50% of the purchase price, though it is unlikely that any organisation will receive more than £50,000 in any one year.
Funding Available to Promote Cycling and Walking (Scotland)
Grants of £25,000 are now available to social housing providers, local authorities and registered social landlords in Scotland who actively promote walking and cycling options for their residents. Funding is available for infrastructure proposals such as secure cycle parking, street furniture such as seating, litter bins, bollards and planters as well as improvements to access points and lighting.
The Social Housing Fund is supported by the Scottish Government and is a partnership between Cycling Scotland, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Living streets Scotland and Sustrans Scotland. The programme aims to improve facilities and make walking and cycling easier, more attractive and more accessible helping to overcome transport poverty, isolation and health inequalities.
The Scottish Government has announced that community groups can apply for grants through the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) to tackle climate change by running projects that reduce local carbon emissions. CCF Development Grants are available in 2019/20 to help Scottish community-led organisations to scope out a potential climate action project.
Grants of up to £500 (per organisation) can be used to:
Enable community-led organisations to develop ideas for a climate change action project which would support low-carbon behaviour changes, increase climate literacy and reduce carbon emissions.
Assist in progressing to a full CCF Grant application or similar activities for another funder. Organise a community consultation event and survey work. Engage a consultant or advisor to support project development. Cover expenses associated with visit(s) to other projects/organisations within Scotland (flights
excluded). Develop a low-carbon project idea. Host an event using the Scottish Government's Climate Conversation toolkit.
Eligible applicants will be Scottish based, legally constituted, community-led organisations who operate on a not-for-profit basis, or a trading company wholly owned by a not-for-profit organisation.
Applicant organisations must not currently in receipt of a full CCF Grant Award. Organisations that received a CCF Development Grant previously can apply but their proposal must be substantially different from the previously funded grant.
The next application deadline is the 15th January 2020.
Arts and cultural organisations across Scotland can now apply for a share of £150,000 to support traditional cultural activity. Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available for projects which are nurturing the talent skills and ambitions of young people between the ages of 5 and 26 who are engaged in traditional Scottish music and dance, specifically in piping, drumming, Highland dance and traditional fiddle playing.
Funding has been made available by The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Youth Development Fund and is administered by Creative Scotland.
The funding is available to enable organisations and groups to create something new and of quality through:
The development of artistic skills – to bring in external specialists/tutors and/or to permit professional development to progress the artistic skills of both young people and their leaders.
Innovative creative collaborations – to allow for groups/organisations to collaborate with local, regional or national partners to develop new ideas and ways of working with young people.
The creation of new composition and/or choreography – to allow for the commissioning of an entirely new and original work for groups/organisations working with young people to develop and/or perform.
The transfer of skills – to provide the opportunity for young people to try something new across the indicated art form areas.
The deadline for applications in this round is the 3rd February 2020, proposed work from selected projects should be carried out between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.
The Scottish Funding Council has announced that the next deadline for applications under its Follow-on Innovation Voucher Scheme is the 17th January 2020.
The awards are specifically intended to encourage existing partnerships that have previously collaborated and jointly received funding. This can include the Scottish Funding Council Innovation Voucher awards scheme or any other funded activity. Businesses in partnership with Higher Education Institutes can apply for funding of up to £20,000. The grant requested must be matched in cash by the company.
Applications for the follow-on scheme can be submitted to continue a previous or to develop a collaboration in a new area with a research group drawn from a different department or institution.
The Scottish Library and Information Council has announced that the Scottish Library Improvement Fund (SLIC) will re-open for applications on the 10th January 2020. School Library Managers in Scottish state schools will be able to apply for funding to support innovative projects in Scotland’s school libraries. The fund is not designed to create new school libraries but enhance what is already there.
Previously supported include a teenage sensory reading programme in the Highlands and a mental health and wellbeing initiative in Clackmannanshire. There are no minimum or maximum grant amounts but projects must be completed within twelve months. SLIC accepts up to two applications per local authority.
The deadline for applications will be the 3rd February 2020. Collaborative bids are welcomed, these may be from two schools or a school and another organisation e.g. the Scottish Book Trust.
Creative businesses, arts organisations or collaborative partnerships between arts organisations, creative businesses and academia in Northern Ireland can now apply for grants of between £500 and £10,000. The funding is available to assist entrepreneurs, creative businesses and arts organisations to undertake projects that contribute to the growth of the creative industries and unlock future income generation. The Creative Industries Seed Fund is worth £240,000 and is being funded by the Department for Communities and Future Screens NI and supported by Digital Catapult.
The programme aims to:
Encourage cross-sectoral collaboration; Drive innovation in technologies; Create new content, products, services and experiences.
Priority in this funding round will be given to applicants who: are a partnership between arts organisations, creative industries, and/or academia; use digital and immersive technology to enhance the experience of arts audiences, create new digital artistic products, or allow for digital distribution of existing arts products or services.
The deadline for applications in this round is the 27th January 2020.
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 19th March 2020.
Funding of Up to £10,000 Available to Tackle Social Deprivation (North East)
Registered charities exempted or excepted organisations can now apply for up to £10,000 of funding for core costs and charitable activities that benefit the residents of Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside. Priority will be given to projects that:
ease social deprivation
and/or
enrich the fabric of the local community and the quality of life of individuals within that community.
The funding is being made available from the 1989 Willan Charitable Trust which, with the help of the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, distributes up to £500,000 each year. The Trustees prefer to prioritise projects for which the funding will represent a significant contribution to the delivery of the project.
Examples of projects that the 1989 Willan Charitable Trust will fund include:
Projects that meet the needs of communities experiencing high levels of deprivation.
Self-help initiatives that improve local quality of life.
Services for young people that address educational needs or offer diversion from crime and anti-social behaviour.
Projects assisting local communities affected by crime and anti-social behaviour Art projects that help tackle deprivation or improve local quality of life. The work of youth organisations and, in particular, the Sea Cadets, Scouts, Guides, Boys’
Brigades and other uniformed organisations. Grants here will not generally exceed £1,500. Projects that draw on the region’s rich maritime tradition to deliver improvements in local
quality of life or address deprivation. Gap year voluntary work through Project Trust. Grants are limited to a maximum of £500
towards expenses in undertaking a voluntary placement. Applicants must normally reside in the North East region.
The closing date for applications in this round of funding is the 15th February 2020.
Funding for Major Capital Projects to Encourage Physical Activity (London & Surrey)
Grants of between £20,001 and £150,000 are available for the renovation, modernisation or creation of significant sports and leisure facilities in London and Surrey. The funding is available to not for profit organisations such as local authorities, charities, community and voluntary sector organisations, sports clubs, parish and town councils and schools that have already shown a commitment to encouraging and supporting people who are not physically active to participate in sporting activities. To be eligible, applicants must have in place robust business plans as well as strategies for increasing participation into the future along with plans for monitoring and evaluating their impact.
Priorities for funding are to increase participation, especially among those who are currently physically inactive or who have low levels of activity, in particular:
Individuals who are currently physically inactive or who have low levels of activity. Groups which are currently physically inactive or who have low levels of activity. Children and young people outside of school hours.
There is a 2-stage online application process:
Stage 1: The Grants Sub-committee makes recommendations to the full Trustee Board as to which applications should be invited to stage 2.
Stage 2: Those applicants invited to progress have 12 months in which to submit a detailed application for consideration at one of the quarterly Trustees' meetings.
Schools are eligible to apply for projects that will be open to the local community for a significant proportion of each year. There is a two-stage application process. The next closing date for stage -1 applications is the 11th March 2020. Applicants successful at this stage will have until the 12th June 2020 to submit a stage-two application.
Previous grants awarded by the Trust include:
A grant of £50,000 for a Community Gym at Robert Clack School in Barking and Dagenham. A grant of £150,000 towards the development of a full size and floodlit 3G Artificial Turf
Pitch(ATP) at Frenford Clubs in Redbridge, which will allow the club to expand its existing offer to support more people with disabilities, older people and women and girls.
A grant of £150,000 towards creation of a fully accessible play facility in Albany Park which meets the Plan Inclusive Play Areas (PIPA) standard providing children with disabilities and long-term health conditions with the same opportunities for movement and physical activity as other children.
Apply for Grants of up to £20,000 to Improve Sports and Leisure Facilities (London & Surrey)
Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available to small capital projects that aim to help improve existing or to build new sports facilities. The funding is available to not for profit organisations (including Schools) to encourage and support more people to become involved in sport and physical activity.
To be eligible the project needs to be located in one or more of the 32 London Boroughs and/or the City of London, Surrey, South Northamptonshire and Aylesbury Vale. The funding is being made available through the London Marathon Charitable Trust and the current funding priorities are to increase the participation rate of individuals who are currently physically inactive or who have low levels of activity; groups which are currently physically inactive or who have low levels of activity; and children and young people outside of school hours.
Previous projects supported include:
A grant of £9,409 for fitness equipment Waltham Forest Pool A grant for £5,000 towards a climbing tower at Stubber Outdoor Pursuit Centre A grant of £15,000 for Mill Hall School for Deaf Children to provide a covered play area.
Schools are eligible to apply for projects that will be open to the local community for a significant proportion of each year.
The next closing date for applications is the 11th march 2020.
Useful Links:
Facilities Grants Programme – Small Grants EOI Guide
Facilities Grants Programme – Small Grants Application Guide
BAME Teacher Recruitment and Retention Project (London)
Funding of between £40,000 and £50,000 is currently available to an organisation or partnership to help the Greater London Authority (GLA) to develop its work to improve the recruitment and retention of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) teachers. The project may focus on both recruitment and retention, or more heavily on one than the other. It will be carried out across approximately 16 months, from the time of the grant award until March 2021.
Applications with new ideas on how to better address and enhance recruitment and/or retention of BAME teachers in London are welcomed, as well as applications which build capacity for existing work.
The closing date for applications is the 17th January 2020.
Funding Reminders New Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning Programme Launched (UK)
The British Council in partnership with the Department for International Development is inviting schools to apply to a new funding programme to enable UK schools to work with partner schools overseas focusing on global themes. The Connecting Classrooms through Global learning programme provides grants to clusters of schools or one-to-one school partnership.
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.
Cluster applications will also be favoured over one-to-one partnership applications in the first instance.
There are no application deadlines; and applications can be submitted at any time.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced the launch of its new £ 7 million Heritage Impact Fund. The Heritage Impact Fund is a partnership between the Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England, Historic Environment Scotland and Rathbone Greenbank Investments.
The fund offers tailored loan finance of between £25,000 and £500,000 for up to three years to charities, social enterprises and community businesses across the UK seeking to acquire, reuse or redevelop buildings of historical or architectural importance.
To apply, applicants must be a formally constituted and incorporated charity, community business or social enterprise whose members have limited liability.
Applicants should in the first instance speak to a member of the AHF’s Investment Team for advice and guidance. If the project is one which the AHF would like to support, applicants will be encouraged to apply and then supported throughout the application process throughout.
Funding for Projects that Work with Disabled Children and their Families (UK)
Hallmoor Parents Teachers Friends Association and Mayfield School were amongst some of the Parent Teacher Associations and schools that have recently received funding through the True Colours Trust UK Small Grants Programme. Through the programme, charities and projects with a charitable purpose can apply for funding that supports disabled children and their families.
Grants of up to £10,000 are usually available for hydrotherapy pools; multi-sensory rooms; mini buses; young carers projects; sibling projects; and bereavement support; specialised play equipment / access to play and leisure; and family support / parent-led peer support.
Other projects supported in the past include:
Friends of Sherwood Park who received a grant of £5,000 towards the creation of the multi-sensory outdoor environment.
Roddensvale Parents & Friends Association who received a grant of £5,000 towards the costs of refurbishing its sensory room.
Funding for Charities to Develop an Effective Web Presence (UK)
The Transform Foundation provides grants for charities and not for profit organisations operating for the public good to develop an effective social media and web presence with the aim of developing future funding streams.
The Foundation has two funding programmes:
A Facebook Grant programme (which provides £5,000 of funding to spend on Facebook advertising, with potential scale-up funding of up to £10,000)
A Website Grant Programme (which provides a funding package of up to £18,000 to cover the upfront costs of a new charity-specific website including strategy, design, development and training).
The Transform Foundation specifically target mid-sized organisations with a turnover of £350,000 - £30 million; or those organisations that have the internal resources to follow-up the Transform Foundation grant with internal investments.
There is a two-stage application process. Stage 1 is a simple online form to check eligibility criteria and that the applicant has a clear, measurable plan for deploying the funding to generate income or impact. Stage 2 consists of a face to face or online meeting with the Foundation or their partners. Decisions are usually made within 21 days of the stage 2 meeting.
Applications for Stage 1 applications can be made at any time.
Not for profit youth organisations that support young people (aged 14 - 25) facing disadvantage can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £60,000 through the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund.
The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is about helping young people in the most precarious positions, where making the transition to adult independence is most challenging.
The funding is available for up to two years and will support the core operating costs of the applicant organisation. Organisations may be planning to:
Replicating a programme or service Widening the reach of an idea or innovation Spreading a technology or skill Advancing policy or enhancing its implementation Influencing attitudes
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Previous projects supported through the Youth Fund include:
The British Youth Council (BYC) which received a grant of £60,000 over 24 months. BYC is the national youth council for the UK. Each year it supports up to 2,000 young people to participate in local youth councils or national networks, such as the UK Youth Parliament and Make Your Mark referendum campaign. The funding was used to develop its income generation capability and enable BYC to offer participation training to frontline staff.
The London Youth Support Trust (LYST) received a grant of £60,000 over 24 months. LYST is a youth enterprise charity that aims to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to start their own businesses. Through this grant LYST plans to expand its business incubation and support programme nationally, opening two enterprise centres out of London, in locations where youth unemployment is an issue. Funding would enable the team to focus on fundraising, build relationships with potential partners, and research and formalise an appropriate structure moving forward.
New £5 Million Fund Launched to Develop Support for Unpaid Carers (UK)
The Government has launched a new fund to support innovative projects supporting unpaid carers. The £5 million Carers Innovation Fund will invest in innovative ways of supporting unpaid carers, outside of mainstream health and care services.
This funding will be used to improve support across the country and help build more carer-friendly communities.
Examples of the kind of projects the fund would invest in include:
technology platforms – for example, to help carers to take a break from their caring responsibilities
support groups – like carers’ cafes and Men’s Sheds, which develop peer support groups and offer short courses to help reduce isolation
Projects will be expected to show a positive effect on:
carers’ health and wellbeing carers’ ability to manage work alongside caring responsibilities carers’ ability to take a break from their caring role reducing loneliness and social isolation
Applicants will need to demonstrate their idea is a fresh approach that is better than existing provision, will benefit the local community and can be expanded and replicated.
The voluntary sector, charities, SMEs and commercial organisations can all bid for funding to prove their concept, with the aim of securing longer term funding from other sources.
Carers and other experts will sit on the evaluation panel to make sure proposals are feasible.
The fund was first announced last year as part of the Carers Action Plan, a cross-government programme of targeted work to support unpaid carers over the next 2 years.
Grants to Cover Running Costs for Small Charities (UK)
The Marsh Christian Trust was founded in 1981 with the sum of £75,000 by its current Chairman, Mr Brian Marsh OBE. His aim was to create a sustainable way to give something back to society by supporting organisations and people who are making a difference.
The Trust supports around 300 charities every year and focuses on providing funding which could help small organisations pay for various running costs, such as volunteer expenses, training days, equipment maintenance and other core outgoings. The Trust aims to build long-standing relationships with successful applicants and, subject to an annual review, continue its support over time.
Applicants must be a registered charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. This does not include Community Interest Companies (CICs). Charities will be working in the areas of:
Arts and heritage Social welfare Environmental causes and animal welfare Education and training Healthcare
Charities must have been established for more than one financial year and able to provide a full set of their most recent Annual Report and Accounts, or the equivalent financial information if their annual income is under £25,000.
Grants are unrestricted and range from £300 to £2,000 with new applications at the lower end of this scale.
Applications are considered on the basis of the organisation’s financial position, performance against charitable aims and objectives and the ratio of voluntary income against fundraising expenses.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Examples of the support given include:
Core costs for Compaid, a digital skills centre in Kent that supports people with disabilities and sensory impairments
Glassdoor, an organisation that offers shelter to the homeless in London.
More information on the Trust and projects supported can be found in the Annual Review 2017-18
Funding of up to £60,000 for Community Centres and Village Halls (UK)
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is offering Community Centres in deprived urban communities and Village Halls in remote and economically deprived rural areas the opportunity to apply for capital grants of between £7,500 and £60,000. Grants can be used to fund new buildings; upgrading, renovating or extending buildings; improving or creating outside space (but not car parks). All applicants must have secured 50% of the total cost of the work and have local community fundraising underway.
Grants will be made to projects centred on ‘community centres’ in the broad sense, this may include a church, sports facility or other building which offers a range of activities throughout the week which all the community can access.
It is expected that the completed venue will provide a range of activities for all ages and abilities which help to promote community cohesion and address local problems of isolation, poverty, lack of local facilities, transport and other issues of relevance to the area in which the centre is located.
The Foundation is particularly interested in innovative schemes to bring back disused buildings into full community use i.e. as community hubs, shops and activity venues. Traditional Village Halls are also supported.
Applications can be submitted at any time and should show that, in urban areas, the venue is in the most deprived 20% of the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation or, in rural areas, in the most deprived 50% of the Indices.
Previous projects supported include:
£25,000 to Ingol and Tanterton Community Trust towards the cost of building an extension to the kitchen of a busy community café as part of a major expansion project at a community centre in Preston.
£18,000 towards the cost of Ty Talcen Community & Visitor Centre as part of the regeneration of the rural community of Myddfai in Carmarthenshire.
£16,193 to Islay & Jura Community Enterprises towards the cost of refurbishing a leisure centre which focusses on providing facilities for disadvantaged and deprived members of the two Hebridean islands.
Field Studies Bursary Fund (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland)
The Field Studies Council (FSC) Bursary provides support to individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds enabling them to take part in FSC curriculum focused courses with their school class. This support, for individuals, is valuable as it can be a deciding factor on whether or not a whole class experiences fieldwork and out of classroom learning.
Bursaries can be awarded to a maximum per school of £1500 for residential courses and £450 for day visits per academic year. Each individual student may only benefit from one bursary.
Bursaries will represent a maximum of 80% of the curriculum course fee. Applications from schools with a group size of more than 30 students of whom at least 50% are eligible for bursary support will be considered on an individual basis.
Children and young people aged 4-19 attending school or college in the state sector who live in the 10% most deprived areas of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland and who are attending a curriculum focused FSC course are eligible to apply.
Applications can be made at any time but must be made at least 4 weeks prior to the date of the FSC course.
Examples of Projects Funded include:
Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull: 25 of the group who visited FSC Malham Tarn to study GCSE geography received a bursary to enable them to go.
Corpus Christi Primary, Glasgow: This school received bursary support for 12 of their group of 45 primary students to attend a course at FSC Kindrogan.
Funding Available to Support Local Good Causes (England, Scotland and Wales)
The Morrison’s Foundation awards grants to community projects that improve people's lives.
Applicants must demonstrate how the project will deliver public benefit, who in the community will specifically benefit and how it will bring about positive change.
Grants may be applied for by any charity which is registered with the Charity Commission (England and Wales) or the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (Scotland) that have financial information dating back to 2012. Applicants must also have raised some funding towards the project elsewhere.
Projects supported have ranged from support groups to children’s hospitals and homeless shelters to hospices across England, Scotland and Wales. In 2018, a total of £9,717,536 was distributed to 807 organisations which included:
Groundwork London received a grant of £11,578 to run a series of activities for people at risk of social isolation.
Friends of East Preston School received a grant of £5,000 to replace their old and dilapidated outdoor trim trail.
Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice received a grant of £20,000 to buy a new minibus and run activity trips for young patients.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis can be submitted at any time and there is no specific grant amount that can be applied for.
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