f Keeping you up to date with the latest funding opportunities Funding Insight The weekly funding e-magazine from www.grantsonline.org.uk 24 th June 2019 New Funding Opportunities...........................1 New £5 Million Fund Launched to Develop Support for Unpaid Carers (UK)....2 New £500,000 Public Engagement Funding Programme for UK Libraries (UK)....3 Funding for Digital Technology for Adult Social Care (UK).................4 Funding Available to Research the Social and Economic Value of Health (UK) 5 Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless (UK). 6 Funding for Housing Projects that Cater for People with Special Needs (UK) 7 Funding for Schools to Purchase Musical Equipment (UK)....................8 Grants for Musicians and Bands (UK).......................................9 Collaborative Research and Development Grants for Emerging Artists (UK)..10 Finnis Scott Foundation (UK).............................................11 Smart, Affordable Global Energy Systems: Apply for Funding (UK)..........12 Revitalising UK Aerospace - Funding Available for Research and Investment Projects (UK).....................................................................13 Fund Opens to Reduce Waste from Plastic Packaging and Textiles (England). 14 Mandarin Excellence Programme - Funding Available for Schools (England)..15 The FA and Football Foundation Launch £300,000 Futsal Fund (England).....16 Funding to Enhance the Cultural Impact of Arts Organisations (England)...17 Funding Available for Care Experienced Young People To Achieve their Potential (Scotland)...............................................................18 Grants for Climate Action Projects (Scotland)............................19 Innovation Voucher Scheme - Follow on Funding (Scotland).................20 Funding to Promote Events in Scotland (Scotland).........................21 Small Project Grants for Museums (Scotland)..............................22 £6.5 Million Fund Launched to Increase the Use of Recycled Materials (Wales) 23 Active Communities Programme Now Open (Wales)............................24 Grants for Small Charitable Organisations Working in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods (North East of England)..................................................25 Funding Support for Former Mining Communities (East & West Midlands, North East & North West of England and Yorkshire).....................................26 Funding Opportunity for Projects Helping Young Black Men into Employment (Newham, London)..................................................................27 Trust for London Announces New Application Deadline (London).............28 Grants for Education Projects with Young People (London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham)................................................................29 Funding for Youth Social Action Projects (Essex).........................30 Funding Reminders.................................. 31 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 24th June 2019
New Funding Opportunities..................................................................1New £5 Million Fund Launched to Develop Support for Unpaid Carers (UK)........................................2New £500,000 Public Engagement Funding Programme for UK Libraries (UK)....................................3Funding for Digital Technology for Adult Social Care (UK).....................................................................4Funding Available to Research the Social and Economic Value of Health (UK)....................................5Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless (UK)..........................................6Funding for Housing Projects that Cater for People with Special Needs (UK).......................................7Funding for Schools to Purchase Musical Equipment (UK)...................................................................8Grants for Musicians and Bands (UK)...................................................................................................9Collaborative Research and Development Grants for Emerging Artists (UK)......................................10Finnis Scott Foundation (UK)...............................................................................................................11Smart, Affordable Global Energy Systems: Apply for Funding (UK).....................................................12Revitalising UK Aerospace - Funding Available for Research and Investment Projects (UK)..............13Fund Opens to Reduce Waste from Plastic Packaging and Textiles (England)...................................14Mandarin Excellence Programme - Funding Available for Schools (England).....................................15The FA and Football Foundation Launch £300,000 Futsal Fund (England).........................................16Funding to Enhance the Cultural Impact of Arts Organisations (England)...........................................17Funding Available for Care Experienced Young People To Achieve their Potential (Scotland)............18Grants for Climate Action Projects (Scotland)......................................................................................19Innovation Voucher Scheme - Follow on Funding (Scotland)..............................................................20Funding to Promote Events in Scotland (Scotland).............................................................................21Small Project Grants for Museums (Scotland).....................................................................................22£6.5 Million Fund Launched to Increase the Use of Recycled Materials (Wales)................................23Active Communities Programme Now Open (Wales)..........................................................................24Grants for Small Charitable Organisations Working in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods (North East of England) 25Funding Support for Former Mining Communities (East & West Midlands, North East & North West of England and Yorkshire)............................................................................................................................................. 26Funding Opportunity for Projects Helping Young Black Men into Employment (Newham, London).....27Trust for London Announces New Application Deadline (London).......................................................28Grants for Education Projects with Young People (London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham). .29Funding for Youth Social Action Projects (Essex)................................................................................30
Funding Reminders.............................................................................31Project Development Funding for Churches (UK)................................................................................31Funding for Projects that Tackle the Root Causes of Social Inequity (UK)...........................................32Funding to Support Youth Organisations (UK).....................................................................................33Grants for Chemistry-Based Public and Schools Engagement Activities (UK)....................................34Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Support the Performing Arts and the Conservation of Historic Objects (UK) 35Funding for Projects that Support Disadvantaged Young People (UK)................................................36Grants of up to £10,000 Available for Church Building Projects (England, Northern Ireland & Wales) 37
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.
New £500,000 Public Engagement Funding Programme for UK Libraries (UK)
The Carnegie UK Trust has announced that public libraries can apply for a share of funding through the second phase of Engaging Libraries Programme to deliver projects that involve and share with the public research in health, society and culture, and to foster partnerships between public libraries and researchers. A total of £500,000 is available.
Engaging Libraries Phase 2 has three core aims. The programme aims to:o Energise and empower people through engagement with research about health,
society and culture in one of the following ways:o Enable people to access, use and respond to researcho Enable people to value and think critically about researcho Enable people to play a role in formulating research
Enable public libraries to build upon and explore their civic role as safe spaces for participation and engagement with research.
Facilitate partnerships between public libraries and universities or Independent Research Organisations (IROs).
Public libraries are encouraged to bring their own ideas and definitions of these areas and to identify issues which resonate for their library service and the community they serve. Around twenty projects will be funded.
Public libraries can apply on their own or in partnership with other libraries.
The level of funding available is:
£12,000 – £25,000 for applications from a single library service £12,000 – £50,000 for a joint application
The Trust is also encouraging partnerships with different organisations and individuals, including schools, artists or musicians. The closing date for applications is at 5pm on the 25th September 2019.
Potential applicants that have any queries can email [email protected]
Funding for Digital Technology for Adult Social Care (UK)
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.25 million from Innovate UK to develop technology that creates more efficient and effective adult social care systems. Proposals are invited for technology that can track data in real-time and use it to inform how resources are deployed and prioritised to the best effect. This could include:
Using technology to improve the point of entry into adult social care. Creating more dynamic and flexible care systems that respond to changing needs. Making better use of evidence to inform commissioning both now and in the future.
A total of £250,000 is allocated to phase 1 for up to 5 feasibility study R&D contracts worth lasting up to 3 months and costing £50,000.
This Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition with funding provided by the GovTech Catalyst for Torfaen County borough council aims to develop data and digital technology to deliver better adult social care.
This is a 2 phase programme; only successful applicants from phase 1 will be able to apply to take part in phase 2. Phase 1 concerns technical feasibility, research and development contracts will be awarded to demonstrate technical feasibility of the proposed solution. It is recognised that this is a highly complex challenge and it is not anticipated that proposals to fully address the whole scope will be forthcoming. The funder therefore expects to fund a portfolio of projects that address significant aspects of this ‘Grand Challenge’.
Organisations of any size may apply.
The deadline to register for Phase 1 is at midday on 17th July 2019; the deadline to submit a proposal for Stage 1 is 24th July 2019.
A briefing event will be held in Cwmbran on 19th June 2019.
Funding Available to Research the Social and Economic Value of Health (UK)
The Health Foundation’s £1.5m Social and Economic Value of Health in a Place Research Programme 2019 invites researchers to submit ideas for research that will generate new knowledge on the ways in which the physical and mental health of a population shapes their social and economic outcomes.
The Health Foundation wants to support five projects with funding between £200,000 and £300,000 for a maximum duration of two years.
These projects will develop the concepts and metrics needed to help understand how the health status of a population may influence the social and economic outcomes of that population.
The priority areas for this call are:
understanding the relationship between a given population’s health and the health of individuals within that population
establishing the definitions and metrics needed to examine the relationship between the health of a population in a place and the social and economic outcomes of that place.
There is a two-stage application process for this programme. Applicants must initially submit an outline proposal application form; these applications will be reviewed and successful applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.
The closing date for submitting outline proposals is 12.00 on the 25th July 2019. Following a review of the outline proposals, shortlisted projects will be invited to make a full application.
Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless (UK)
Help the Homeless makes grants of up to £5,000 to small and medium sized charitable organisations (with a turnover of less than £1 million) whose aim is to help homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life. The grants are available for capital costs and examples of previously supported projects include:
The Booth Centre, an advice and activity centre for homeless people in Manchester, where people undertake education and training courses as well as receiving advice and food, received a grant of £1,500 to transform the centre with new lighting, a new water heater and new decoration.
A grant of £3,000 to the Amber Foundation to enable the Foundation to buy new bedroom furniture for their residential centre in Devon, where every year over 60 unemployed, homeless young people are able to rebuild their lives and gain the motivation, confidence, self-esteem and skills for independent living.
The closing date for the next round of funding is the 15th June 2019.
Funding for Housing Projects that Cater for People with Special Needs (UK)
The Quaker Housing Trust has announced that the next deadline for applications is the 16th August 2019. The Quaker Housing Trust provides grants and interest free loans to housing projects that cater for people with a wide range of needs, including:
mental & physical health problems learning difficulties would otherwise be homeless escaping domestic violence single parents young families moving out of institutional care addiction problems refugees, asylum seekers, migrants survivors of trafficking.
To be eligible for funding, applicants need to have legal charitable status and be a small organisation (with an annual turnover of not more than £1 million and without access to sufficient income, reserves, nor other fundraising, to pay for the work).
The Quaker Housing Trust give grants and interest-free loans as one-off funding for capital cost items of expenditure across a wide range of practical elements such as:
buying property or land building new housing converting, renovating or refurbishing property. expanding an existing housing project. making a housing project ‘greener’. and smaller practical things which turn a house into a home.
Previous projects supported include:
Hope into Action, Bilston which received support for turning a property into a home for three people who are, or are at risk of being, homeless, and are in need of some support.
The Bridgnorth Housing Trust, Bridgnorth, which received support towards building 22 new almshouses, to increase the number of homes they have to offer.
Funding for Schools to Purchase Musical Equipment (UK)
Schools, teachers and individuals in full time education in the UK, that wish to purchase musical instruments and equipment or to fund music courses and training can apply for funding of up to £1,500 through the Universal Music UK Sound Foundation's Instrument and/or Equipment Awards.
To date the Foundations (formerly known as the EMI Music Sound Foundation) has made awards to over two thousand schools, individual students and teachers improve their access to music through the purchase or upgrade of musical instruments and equipment. The funding has to be made for music education that is beyond statutory national curriculum music teaching. The Foundation cannot fund retrospectively and schools are not eligible for financial assistance under this scheme if they have already purchased their instruments or if they do so before their application has been approved. The Foundation also fund courses and training opportunities for music teachers who work within schools.
The closing date for applications is the 11th September 2019.
Artists or bands are able to apply for a grant of £5,000-£15,000 to significantly develop their careers over the next two years. Applications can be submitted by the artists themselves or those who are working on their behalf, for example, a manager, an independent label or publisher. Priority will be given to those that have not been funded by PRS for Music Foundation in the previous 12 months.
The PRS Momentum Music Fund is open to Artists/Bands that are at a crucial tipping point in their careers, showing current progression and growth as an artist with the potential to significantly develop their careers over the next two years.
Grants of £5,000 -£15,000 are available with the average in the region of £10,000.
Grants can cover:
Recording – i.e. a new album, EP, single, producer, engineer, mixer fees, studio hire, session musician fees, etc.
Touring (in the UK only) – i.e. travel, accommodation, musician fees, set/production design, tour management, equipment hire, etc.
Marketing and promotions – i.e. PR, radio plugger, digital marketing, music videos, merchandise production, etc.
Priority will be given to contributing to expenditure which helps the artist to develop professionally and creatively.
Applications can be made by UK based artists/bands directly or representatives of the artist who may be a Manager; Label; Publisher; Booking agent; PR/Plugger; Lawyer or Trusted advisor to the artist.
The next deadline to apply to the Momentum Fund is the 13th August 2019.
Collaborative Research and Development Grants for Emerging Artists (UK)
Help Musicians UK is looking for exciting collaborations that create work across art forms, creative sectors and other disciplines. Applications to the Fusion Fund must be music-focused and projects should include contributions from at least one non-music discipline for example storytellers, lighting designers, choreographers, technologists, scientists, gaming designers, theatre directors, visual artists etc. Applications that consider unusual and extraordinary spaces to show work to new audiences are also of interest.
There should be tangible results of the collaboration, such as a body of work created for an upcoming recording or a new performance. Overall, the project should push the boundaries of what the artist does as a music creator or performer, exploring or testing something that they are not currently able to achieve without support.
Grants of £2,000 to £5,000 can cover reasonable costs associated with the project including:
Venue and rehearsal space costs Recording costs (live or documentation) Travel costs Access costs Accommodation costs Subsistence Fees for musicians, artists or collaborators time to allow for the project to happen
The fund is open to professional and emerging professional musicians of all genres and disciplines with an active career including: Solo instrumentalists, conductors, composers, vocalists, singer songwriters or multidisciplinary artists. Bands or ensembles with six members or less can also apply.
Applicants must be:
Aged over 18 (no upper age limit) Based primarily in the UK and be eligible to work here Have been resident in the UK for at least three consecutive years In financial need and without significant backing
The closing date for this round is 9am on the 2nd September 2019.
Applicants that have an idea that they think fits with the scheme, they can find out more by booking a Skype or phone advice session with Creative Programme Officer Bex. Please read through the guidelines before the session.
To secure a place for a 15-minute discussion of an idea please email [email protected] or call 0207 239 9119.
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 Trustees meet on a quarterly basis; the next meeting is on the 16th October 2019. Apply by the 20th September 2019 for this meeting.
For more information about The Finnis Scott Foundation, please email: [email protected] or telephone +44 (0)1604 233233
Smart, Affordable Global Energy Systems: Apply for Funding (UK)
A competition that offers UK based businesses the opportunity to apply for a share of up to £22 million to help provide clean, affordable and secure energy in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia opens on 17th June 2019. This is an investment in innovative, market-focused energy technologies aimed at reducing energy prices; generating cleaner energy and ensuring security of supply. Early stage projects costing £50,000 - £300,000; mid stage projects costing £50,000 - £1.5 million; and late stage projects costing £50,000 to £5 million will be eligible for grants representing 25-70% of the total costs depending on the type of business and the stage of the project.
The UK has committed to helping 3.2 million people in sub-Saharan Africa access household electricity for the first time by 2021. Round 7 of Innovate UK’s Energy Catalyst will encourage the development of products and services that help poorer households and enterprises in the regions to access secure, low cost and low carbon energy. The Fund is part of the Global Challenges Research Fund and Transforming Energy Access programme. Successful projects will address the World Energy Council’s ‘Energy Trilemma’ in three ways:
Cost – reducing prices to make energy accessible to everyone Emissions – generating cleaner energy with lower emissions to protect the environment Security of supply – putting reliable infrastructure in place to keep energy flowing without
disruption or shortage
The competition offers 3 strands for projects in different stages of development:
early stage – for feasibility studies exploring an idea’s technical potential
mid-stage – funds research and development
late stage – supports projects undertaking prototyping and pilot testing
Any UK business can apply, grants will represent 25-70% of total project costs depending on the stage applied for and the type of business applying. To apply for mid-stage or late-stage funding some of the research, testing or demonstration must be carried out in sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia by either a UK or international partner.
The funding is being made through the Innovate UK’s Energy Catalyst funding programme.
The competition closes on the 18th September 2019. Projects must start by 1st April 2020 and end by 31st March 2023.
Revitalising UK Aerospace - Funding Available for Research and Investment Projects (UK)
To ensure that the UK’s aerospace sector maintains its global engagement and influence, UK based businesses, research and technology groups and academic organisations are invited to express an interest in a £150 million annual competition. This competition is inviting expressions of interest in funding for industrial research or capital investment projects in aerospace.
Projects must have potential application within the civil aerospace sector, and priority areas are stated in the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy.
These include:
bolstering UK whole-aircraft design and system integration future-proofing advanced systems technologies in the UK – specifically, smart, connected and
more electric aircrafts securing the UK’s world-leading position in large, complex aviation structures, particularly
wings developing more efficient propulsion technologies, including large turbofans
Competition information
the competition will open on 1st July 2019, and will close on 24th July 2019 UK-based businesses, research and technology groups and academic organisations can be
the project lead, depending on the project type businesses can attract a maximum of 50% grant funding. Within that, individual businesses
can attract up to 70% depending on funding requests from other partners organisations must sign up to the ATI framework agreement an online briefing event will be held on 8th July 2019 where organisations can find out more
Fund Opens to Reduce Waste from Plastic Packaging and Textiles (England)
The government is inviting organisations to apply for funding under a £4.7 million grant scheme to help boost the recycling of plastic packaging and textiles. Organisations in England can apply for government funding of between £200,000 and £1 million for innovative solutions to drive up the recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging such as plastic trays, pots and tubs, plastic films and pouches, as well as funding for innovative projects that boost the recycling of textiles when they have reached the end of their life.
This scheme will provide funding support for new capital infrastructure projects that will help to recycle difficult plastic packaging and textile materials. This grant will support economic / commercial activity.
For plastics this could include innovative sorting or segregation equipment, and smarter systems to enable sorting of different polymers. For textiles this could include machinery for recycling textiles, technology for disassembling or sorting textiles, automated processes for removing items from textiles such as zips, and technology to sort textiles by fibre type and colour.
The closing date for applications is the 2nd August 2019.
To access supporting documents (Guidance Document, FAQ's, Outline Proposal Forms, etc) for this call for proposals please click here .
Mandarin Excellence Programme - Funding Available for Schools (England)
Applications are now invited from state schools in England to join the Mandarin Excellence Programme for the 2020-2021 academic year. The Programme aims to deliver a minimum of 5,000 speakers of Mandarin on their way to a high level of fluency by 2020. Grants of a minimum of £20,000 per year are available to state-funded secondary schools in England.
In order to take part in the programme, it is highly desirable that schools should:
have an Ofsted rating in your most recent inspection of 1 (outstanding) or 2 (good) already be committed to a strong presence of two or more languages on curriculum be committed to teaching Mandarin Chinese to MEP pupils for whom that is not their first
language
Schools on the programme should also be able to do the following:
provide a programme of at least eight hours a week, made up of a combination of class-time teaching, extra-curricular teaching, self-study and intensive language courses in China and the UK. This should include four hours of teacher-taught classroom lessons, ensuring a rigorous programme of study for all pupils in the programme.
act as or work with a hub school, growing the number of schools and pupils in the local area on the programme, to contribute towards meeting the national minimum target of 5,000 Mandarin pupils on track to a high level of fluency by 2020. This includes retaining pupils on the programme so that they reach a high level of fluency, through the delivery of the rigorous programme of study and other activities.
work to ensure that pupils will be on course to complete HSK IV and V exams within 6 years of starting the programme. Pupils should also be on course to complete Chinese GCSE and A Level, IB or Pre-U qualifications during and beyond the programme lifespan.
Some pupils will have the chance to visit China.
The next intake of Mandarin Excellence Programme schools will need to start delivering the programme in September 2019.
Schools interested in taking part in the programme should download and complete an Expression of Interest form. This document outlines the key programme requirements, funding arrangements, and allows schools to explain how the programme could work at their school.
Once complete, please email the completed Expression of Interest to [email protected] .
The FA and Football Foundation Launch £300,000 Futsal Fund (England)
The Football Association and Football Foundation have launched a new £300,000 fund aimed at developing the sport of Futsal in England. Futsal is a five-a-side game, normally played on a flat indoor pitch with hockey-sized goals and a size-four ball that has a reduced bounce. The sport is played across the world and is officially recognised by both UEFA and FIFA.
The scheme offers grants of either £1,500 or £3,000 to develop new youth futsal leagues across the country to increase the opportunity for players to play futsal on a regular basis in a structured games programme.
The grant can be spent on the following items:
Facility hire Equipment Referees/co-ordinator fees Marketing & promotion Affiliation & insurance fees FA safeguarding & welfare courses for on-site league co-ordinators FA DBS for on-site league co-ordinators FA First Aid courses for on-site league co-ordinators
The funding is available to County Football Associations who are running or plan to run leagues; youth football or futsal leagues; adult leagues setting up youth futsal provisions; affiliated clubs wishing to develop youth futsal leagues; PL & EFL Community Trusts; and FA University Community Football Hubs.
Priority will be given to applications in the following categories:
Youth futsal leagues – u18s and below Youth football leagues – u18s and below County FA’s
Applications are now open and close at 5pm on the 2nd August 2019.
Funding to Enhance the Cultural Impact of Arts Organisations (England)
Arts, cultural and creative organisations in England can apply for small-scale repayable finance from the Cultural Impact Development Fund to enhance their social impact and help them to become more resilient. The aim of this £3.7 million Fund is to enable risk-taking, ambitious organisations in the arts and cultural sector to take on small-scale repayable finance in order to achieve social outcomes and increase their capability to articulate, achieve, monitor and evaluate their intended social impact. Loans of £25,000 to £150,000 are available at repayment terms of one to five years and interest rates ranging between 5.5% and 8.5%.
The Cultural Impact Development Fund is pioneering the use of financial incentives to drive the achievement of social impact targets in its investment portfolio, making it one of the few impact investment funds with a clear trade-off of financial return for the attainment of social outcomes. The financial incentive takes the form of a reduction to the headline interest on a given loan in cases where the total loan term is 36 months or more. Managed by Nesta and funded by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment, the finance is provided by its partners Big Lottery Fund and Big Society Capital.
Unsecured loans (and revenue participation agreements, where appropriate) of between £25,000 and £150,000 with repayment term of one to five years and interest rates ranging between 5.5% and 8.5% are offered to socially-driven arts and cultural organisations operating in England – these include:
Arts and cultural venues Museums, libraries and archives Non-venue based organisations (e.g. touring organisations, production companies, festivals,
etc.) Sector support organisations (e.g. development agencies, workspace providers, cultural
education organisations).
Applications to the fund can be made at any time. For fund-specific enquiries, please contact Trishna Nath.
Funding Available for Care Experienced Young People To Achieve their Potential (Scotland)
Round seven of the Life Changes Trust’s Aspirational Awards has opened for applications. The Awards support the personal development of young people aged 21-26 with care experience living in Scotland. The scheme offers young people the opportunity to think big about their future and transform their lives with a significant grant to help them reach their best potential. Awards can be used to achieve a long-term goal such as learning a language in order to volunteer or work abroad, or to build on existing interests for example, in sports, drama, dance or music.
Aspirational Awards from the Life Changes trust are open to young people aged 21-26, resident in Scotland, with at least three months of care experience i.e. those who have been: Looked after at home (e.g. supervision order); in foster care; in residential care; in secure care; in kinship care (living with a relative or guardian).
This is an opportunity to support young people in thinking big about their future and allow them to apply for funding which will support personal development, and help them to achieve their potential and reach as high as possible in life. An aspirational idea must be based on these principles:
An ambition or dream which will create a long-term impact on your life Something which will help you achieve a long-term goal This could be something that you
have been working towards over a long period of time (and would have proof of doing so).
Aspirational Awards funding is flexible and is designed to meet the specific needs of individual people. Previous awards have included, for example:
A start-up business Help with vocational courses such as art & design materials or cookery classes Volunteering abroad Specialized qualifications such as mechanics and tree surgeons Internships Specialist equipment for music/DJ-ing and writing Funding towards a PhD!
Applications close at midnight on Sunday 21 July 2019.
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 19th July 2019.
Innovation Voucher Scheme - Follow on Funding (Scotland)
The Scottish Funding Council has announced that the next deadline for applications under its Follow on Innovation Voucher Scheme is the 19th July 2019.
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.
EventScotland, the national events agency which aims to strengthen and promote Scotland's events industry, has announced the National Events Programme round 43 is open to applications for events from January 2020 onwards.
The National Events Programme complements the International Funding Programme and is important in developing domestic tourism across Scotland. Through the programme funding is available to support events (outside of the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow) that showcase Scotland and help to generate tourism.
Previous events supported through the programme include:
The Wigtown Book Festival which received a grant of £12,205 to create a new infrastructure for the event to increase audience capacity and grow the event.
The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival which received a grant of £25,000 to target visitors from outside Scotland to help grow their audience numbers.
The closing date for applications is the 4th October 2019.
The Small Project Fund from Museums and Galleries Scotland is designed to support museums to carry out small discrete projects in line with their own continuous improvement goals and the aims of the National Strategy.
Projects should demonstrate one of the following:
An enterprising approach, an innovative or new way of solving a problem or income generation strategy
Skills development (for staff and or volunteers) Advocacy – helping to raise the profile of the museum
Any organisation that runs an Accredited Museum in Scotland can apply for a grant of between £500 and £5,000 for up to 75% of the costs of a small, discrete project.
There are three funding rounds each year. The next application deadline is the 26th September 2019.
Apply online. To discuss any potential applications please contact the Investment Manager at [email protected]
Previous projects funded include:
Linlithgow Heritage Trust - Capacity Building Project to increase the resilience of the Trust. Fife Folk Museum - 'Things We Love' a new exhibition where the museum volunteers
£6.5 Million Fund Launched to Increase the Use of Recycled Materials (Wales)
The Welsh Government has launched a new £6.5 million fund to increase the use of recycled materials. The fund will offer grants to businesses of any size seeking capital investment funding to increase their use of recycled materials in manufactured products, components or packaging.
Eligible businesses may either apply for a ‘small scale’ grant from approximately £25,000 up to €200,000 or a ‘large scale’ grant from €200,000 and normally up to £750,000. The Circular Economy Fund will be administered by WRAP on behalf of the Welsh Government.
There will be several funding rounds over the next year. The next closing date for the small grants programme is the 30th August 2019. For large grants there is a two-stage application process. The closing date is the 16th August 2019 for outline applications and the 25th October 2019 for full applications.
For more information including eligibility criteria, guidance documents, FAQs, application forms and submission deadlines – please refer to the relevant page below:
The Health Lottery in Wales has announced that it is seeking applications for funding through the Active Communities Programme.
Health Lottery Wales is part of the People's Health Trust’s Active Communities programme which provides grant funding of between £5,000 and £25,000 per year (for up to two years) for projects designed and led by local people which target areas most affected by health inequalities.
Projects will be small and local and could cover a few streets, a housing estate or a small village. The programme also supports Communities of Interest. These are groups of people who have things in common and wish to come together to address something that is important to them. These ideas could be based in one neighbourhood or cover a wider area but they must live close enough to each other to meet up regularly.
Projects that are applying as a community of interest, please contact the Active Communities Programme before completing the online application form. This is because the application process is slightly different for communities of interest. You can either call the Active Communities programme on 020 7749 9100, or request a call back or email.
Projects can last for between twelve months and two years and will make neighbourhoods better places to grow, live, work and age.
The deadline to apply is 1pm on the 10th July 2019.
Projects previously funded include:
A group for local older and younger people to get together in a local area and do activities together (for example craft, technology, history)
A group for adults to learn English and enterprise skills connected to sewing A local magazine written by and for the benefit of disabled people, giving information and
calling for action on matters affecting disabled people locally A community cafe created and run by single parents as a space to meet, seek support and
socialise A peer support group for families with disabled children A tenants action group for people living on an estate
Grants for Small Charitable Organisations Working in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods (North East of England)
Round 3 of the Greggs Foundation North East Core Funding programme is now open for applications. The North East Core Funding programme makes grants to charitable organisations based in the North East of England who make a difference to people in need especially those who are disadvantaged and excluded.
The programme aims to help charities in the North East of England to thrive and to make a lasting difference by making grants that increase the capacity of the organisation to provide quality services. Around £600,000 per year is donated to charities in the North East through this programme.
Not for profit organisations with a turnover of less than £300,000 who work in the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and Teesside are eligible to apply and may do so every 12 months.
Grants can cover the core revenue costs of organisations working in disadvantaged neighbourhoods for example, running costs (bills etc), and core salaries (managers or administrators rather than project workers or sessional staff).
The Foundation prefers to support existing work with a proven track record that targets the following priority groups:
People with disabilities Homeless people Voluntary carers Older and isolated people.
Grants of up to £15,000 per year are available for a maximum of three years.
Organisations interested in applying are advised to contact the grants manager before submitting an application. This Round closes on the 21st September 2019.
Funding Support for Former Mining Communities (East & West Midlands, North East & North West of England and Yorkshire)
The Coalfields Community Investment Programme, which provides grants to community and voluntary groups to tackle key challenges that still affect the top 30% most deprived coalfield communities in England has re-opened for applications.
Grants totaling £125,000 will be available in this funding round for projects that address the following themes:
Skills - growing the skills of people in order to increase their opportunities; Employment - developing pathways to increase the number of people in work; Health - supporting projects that increase participation in activities/services that improve
health and wellbeing.
The maximum grant per project will be £10,000 of which a maximum of £2,000 may be for capital expenditure.
Applicants are advised to consult the eligible wards list on the website before making an application.
Organisations eligible to apply include:
Registered Charities; Companies Limited by Guarantee; Community Benefit Societies; Community Interest Companies; Charitable Incorporated Organisations; and Unregistered groups with formal rules.
To apply, organisations need to complete an eligibility survey to determine whether the applicant organisation/group meets the criteria to apply for funding from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT). The Eligibility survey opens on 17th June 2019 and closes at 5pm on 30th August 2019. The deadline for applications is 13th September 2019 at 5pm.
Projects previously supported include:
Durham Christian Partnership, a County Durham based charity that provides foodbank and signposting services to members of the local community £10,000.
Funding Opportunity for Projects Helping Young Black Men into Employment (Newham, London)
Projects that aim to help young black men (aged 16 – 24) to find employment in London's competitive labour market can now apply for a share of £200,000. This call is for applications from suitably experienced organisations working in Newham. Applicant organisations should have a track record of supporting young black men into employment, an in-depth understanding of barriers to access to employment and experience of working with employers.
Trust for London’s Moving on Up (MOU) is a partnership initiative with City Bridge Trust and Black Training and Enterprise Group. Its ambition is to increase the employment rate for economically active young black men in London from 64% in 2014 to 84% by 2020. Within the MoU programme, ‘young’ means age 16 to 24 and ‘black’ includes people from black British, black African, black Caribbean, other black and mixed black ethnic groups.
A total of £200,000 has been allocated for the MOU programme in Newham to be awarded to experienced local partner organisations (individually or as consortia) to help deliver the following new services under three priority themes:
Priority 1: Employer engagement to support young black men to succeed in the labour market.
Priority 2: Outreach and engagement programme to enroll young black men in the Moving on Up Programme.
Priority 3: In-work progression programme to equip young black men to secure promotion opportunities.
Applicant organisations will have a track record of supporting young black men into employment; an in-depth understanding of the barriers to accessing good quality employment faced by young black men in Newham; and experience of working with employers to generate job opportunities for young black men. No grant levels have been published.
The funding is being made available through the Trust for London and the closing date for applications is 1pm on the 26th July 2019.
Trust for London Announces New Application Deadline (London)
The Trust for London has announced that the next closing date for applications is the 4th October 2019 at 1pm.
Each year the Trust awards around £8.5 million to community and voluntary organisations for new and innovative projects that address the root causes of London's social problems. In particular, the Trust wants to support work which falls under its seven funding programmes. These are:
Good homes & neighbourhoods Better work Decent living standards Shared wealth Pathways to settlement Connected communities Stronger voices.
There is no minimum or maximum size of grant and the amount you request should be the amount needed. However, most grants will be around £80,000 over three years. The Trust will occasionally fund work to tackle poverty and inequality which falls outside the priority areas.
For a list of recently funded projects please click here.
Grants for Education Projects with Young People (London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham)
The Drapers Company manage a small grant programme on behalf of the Sir William Boreman's Foundation. The Foundation supports work with young people aged under 25 living in the London Boroughs of Greenwich or Lewisham.
Registered charities and educational establishments can apply to the Fund for one-off grants of up to £5,000 to support their work. Projects funded will have an educational focus and, ideally, focus on inclusiveness.
Applicants are requested to write to The Drapers Company outlining the following:
The projects or activities that funds are needed for How the project will benefit the education of young people living in Greenwich or Lewisham The operational/project budget Any other funding applied for that relates to the project
Applicants are further requested to enclose the organisations most recent annual report and accounts.
The next meeting to consider applications is the 5th November 2019. Applications need to be submitted at least three weeks before the meeting.
The Clerk to the Governors
Sir William Boreman’s Foundation
Drapers’ Hall
London
EC2N 2DQ
Individuals can also apply for grants of up to £3,000 to support their education.
Further information can be found on The Drapers Company website:
Community groups, charitable organisations, social enterprises and community interest companies (CIC’s) working in England to engage young people aged 10 to 20 (up to 25 for young people with disabilities) in volunteering can apply for grants of £1,000 and up to £5,000. Projects funded will feature high quality opportunities, available to all, that enable social action to become a part of life for young people. Organisations working with young people from backgrounds with below-average levels of participation or from disadvantaged areas have until 5pm 26th July 2019 to apply. Applications to the ‘#iwill Fund’ are made through Essex Community Foundation.
#iwill is a UK-wide campaign that aims to make social action part of life for as many young people as possible by the year 2020. Through collaboration and partnership, it is spreading the word about the benefits of youth social action. In Essex, Essex Community Foundation and the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner are acting as match-funders and awarding the grants locally.
The fund prioritises projects that:
Seek to increase participation from young people from less affluent social economic groups and young people who might not usually take part in volunteering, campaigning and fundraising activities
Are working with young people at the younger end of the spectrum (10-14 years old) Build the appetite of young people to continue with campaigning, fundraising and/or
volunteering and leave a legacy of behaviour/activity after the funding stops Involve young people in consultation, planning, delivery and evaluation Give young people the opportunity to learn new skills, develop their potential and confidence Give young people the platform to get their voice heard Can address the six principles of Youth Social Action being: Reflective: Challenging:
Impactful: Progressive: Youth led and Embedded.
Registered charities, constituted community groups and other charitable organisations including Social Enterprises and CICs are eligible to apply.
Projects previously funded include:
Yellow Door (Canvey Island): £5,000 to enable young volunteers to plan and run a “Bridging the Gap” inter-generational project held once a week.
Funding Reminders Project Development Funding for Churches (UK)
The Gateway Programme supports congregations and local communities to look after and build a sustainable future for their church buildings.
Preference is given to projects from Churches that can demonstrate strong community engagement and sound plans for economic viability. Priority is given to projects that demonstrate support beyond the congregation, and into the future.
Gateway Grant Programme grants can be used for project development and investigative work up to RIBA planning stage 1, to support churches preparing for a major project, and in developing their project to the point at which they can approach a major grant funder.
Grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 for up to 50% of the project costs are available.
Applications are excepted from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination, across the UK. The Trust particularly encourages applications from priority areas i.e. North East England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
The first deadline to apply for a Gateway Grant is the 12th September 2019.
Funding for Projects that Tackle the Root Causes of Social Inequity (UK)
The next closing date for grant application to the Scurrah Wainright Charity is the 14th September 2019.
The Charity supports a wide range of charitable projects with an emphasis on social reform and tackling the root causes of social inequity. The charity favours causes that are outside the mainstream, and unlikely to be funded by other charities. Typically, grants are between £1,000 and £5,000.
The charity runs three funding programmes:
Yorkshire. Trustees give priority to applicants working in the Yorkshire region. Your organisation need not be based in the region but the project itself must directly benefit the Yorkshire community. We fund national charitable organisations ONLY if the project is specifically working in the Yorkshire region, with clear evidence of local control and access to the grant.
Southern Africa, particularly Zimbabwe. Projects that have applied to the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust because they meet the
AWRT's broad objectives to work for a just and democratic society and to redress political and social injustices, but have not been able to proceed with an application to that Trust because they are eligible for charitable funding.
Previous organisations supported include:
The Boaz Trust a Christian organisation serving destitute asylum seekers in Greater Manchester which received a grant of £2,000.
The Grandparents Association in Leeds which received a grant of £4,800.
Organisations applying do not have to be a charity, but its work must satisfy the Charity Commission's definition of charitable purposes and public benefit.
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.
Grants for Chemistry-Based Public and Schools Engagement Activities (UK)
Grants of up to £2,000 are available from the Chemistry Society through the Small Grants Outreach Fund.
The Fund provides financial support to members, individuals and organisations to enable them to run chemistry-based public and school engagement activities.
Grants can support anything from one off events to large programmes of activity and should aim to offer teachers a range of effective curriculum-enriching activities and opportunities to further engage their students with outreach; provide hard-to-reach student audiences with inspiring chemistry engagement opportunities, and assist members in maximising their outreach and engagement contribution.
Applications for schools 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.
The scheme is open to individuals and organisations, including, but not limited to, members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, member-led groups, schools, researchers in academia or industry, museums, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries.
It is a rolling application process and the next deadline is 12 noon on the 9th September 2019.
The Society also runs a large grants programme for grants of between £2,000 and £10,000. This is currently closed to applications.
Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Support the Performing Arts and the Conservation of Historic Objects (UK)
The Leche Trust has announced that the next closing date for applications is the 16th August 2019.
The Leche Trust is a grant making charity that provides funding of up to £5,000 to UK registered charities, public authorities or institutions in the areas of the Performing Arts and Conservation.
Through the Performing Arts funding strand, the Trust supports projects that promote excellence in professional performance in music, dance and theatre, with particular emphasis on new work and on the development of young professionals aged 18 or over. Trustees are sympathetic to projects that widen geographical access to the performing arts, for example through festivals and touring.
Through the Conservation funding stream, the Trust will support projects to conserve historic objects, collections and features of buildings and landscapes which date from the Georgian period or earlier, i.e. pre-1830s. Projects may include acquisition costs (for objects) and conservation surveys as well as remedial work.
Trustees are inclined to give grants to smaller projects, or specific elements of projects, where their contribution can make a greater impact. In the case of churches, Trustees will consider supporting the conservation of such features as monuments, wall paintings, stained glass, and historic furniture and fittings.
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 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. schools; registered charities; voluntary organisations; churches; and community groups, etc. In the case of schools this must not be for work that they have a duty to fund.
The Fund is open to applications all year round, but there are a number of deadline and award dates throughout the year. The next deadline is 11:59pm on the 13th September 2019.
Examples of projects funded include:
Castle Wood School, Coventry: £89,779 to provide a fortnightly Saturday Club for disabled children and young people. A diverse range of activities will help develop life skills, provide social opportunities and improve confidence and self-esteem through making new friends.
Rowan Gate Primary School, Northamptonshire: £24,715 to provide weekly film making sessions for disabled children. The project will develop communication and media skills and increase independence.
St Joseph's School and Community Steering Group, Allerdale: £61,480 for a project that will provide an after school and holiday clubs to engage disadvantaged young people living in Workington in physical and healthy living activity.
Grants of up to £10,000 Available for Church Building Projects (England, Northern Ireland & Wales)
The National Churches Trust has announced that its Gateway Grants programme has re-opened for applications until the 12th September 2019. The National Churches Trust is the national charity dedicated to supporting and promoting places of worship of historic, architectural and community value used by Christian denominations throughout the UK through advice, support and funding.
The Gateway Grant programme offers grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 towards project development and investigative work up to RIBA planning stage 1, providing support to churches preparing for a major project, and in developing the project to the point at which major grant funders can be approached. Grants will never exceed 50% of the project costs for this phase.
Priority will be given to projects in North East England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Grants of up to £10,000 are also available to local church trusts to fund projects that support organisational development, increase their capacity to churches in their area or that deliver new ways of supporting churches in their area.
