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Dear Members
This week’s newsletter bids, grants and Funds come to you in conjunction with our sponsors KPI
DEVELOPMENT Limited going forward. Exciting news on that next week with our newsletter going
out to some 3,133 professionals’ in the industry. This week we have another BUMPER EDITION of 50
pages of information News, Bids Grants and Funds.
EPA Conflicts of interest are the “biggest risk” to the effectiveness of external quality assurance,
the Institute for Apprenticeships has admitted.
Employer groups developing apprenticeship standards name the organisation to deliver this service,
but so far just a quarter – 10 out of 40 – of those chosen have been approved by the IfA. The body’s
concerns were revealed in newly-published minutes from January and March meetings of its quality
assurance committee, which is responsible for approving organisations to check apprenticeship
assessments. These minutes, along with those from the IfA’s approval and funding, and audit and
risk assurance committees, have been published for the first time following a Freedom of
Information request by FE Week. Conflicts of interest are “one of the main reasons for rejecting
potential EQA providers” and there is an “ongoing need to manage” these conflicts, according to the
minutes from a March 14 meeting.
“It is also one of the biggest risks to the effectiveness of EQA and the reputation of the institute,” the
minutes warned. FE Week previously reported in March that the IfA had “concerns” about conflicts
of interest in its new EQA model, according to minutes from a December 2017 quality assurance
committee meeting obtained via a previous FOI request. At the time the committee agreed to
develop “a register of interest for EQA providers” which “should list any declared interests that EQA
providers have and how these are to be mitigated”.
According to the March minutes, the committee now plans to “mitigate conflicts” through this
register of interests, “conditions of recognition” and ongoing management. The assessment and
quality team at the IfA had also been asked to “draw up a decision tree” to outline conflicts and how
they are being handled. “The committee agreed it needs to ensure that the relevant checks and
balances are in place for managing conflicts of interest for EQA providers,” the minutes noted.
Read more at
https://feweek.co.uk/2018/08/01/ifa-quality-committee-fears-conflict-of-interest-the-biggest-risk-
newly-published-documents-reveal/
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Health and Social Care Level 3 Assessor/ ICQ required who can also look at Admin Level 3 IQA
work. London NW9 required CV to [email protected]
PREVISTA & SMART TRAINING NEWS
Prevista has acquired the brand, assets, goodwill and the key staff of SMART Training. This took
place on 1st August 2018.
Prevista has been a leading skills and training provider for over 22 years, delivering Apprenticeships,
Traineeships, employability and NEET programmes successfully to a wide range of employers and
learners across England. With our Ofsted Grade 2 accreditation, Investors in People Gold, 79%
success rates, high employer and learner satisfaction rates and highly talented teams of Account
Managers and Tutors, Prevista has rich experience of transforming the skills of workforces through
government funded training.
Underpinned by Prevista’s quality systems and processes, we will provide our learners and
employers with a market leading service of improved quality, infrastructure, learning and teaching
resulting in positive outcomes. Prevista will build on the successful delivery model of SMART
Training, including the established learner and employer centred delivery model and use of study
days.
James Clements Smith, Managing Director of Prevista, commented, ‘This news provides an exciting
outcome for learners, employers and staff. This transition will enable learners and employers to
continue their journey with our service offering evolving to meet the unique demands of the dynamic
Apprenticeship, Traineeship and Student Loans market. Our vision and commitment to support our
learners and employers will drive our continuous innovation of technology, processes, products and
services to ensure we are best placed to meet their needs now and in the future’.
The latest All about Construction is now available from City and Guilds.
This month’s edition has information on
• NVQ Incremental changes
• Update on City & Guilds apprenticeship standards
• Network and support events
• Assessor opportunities at City & Guilds
• Government reforms
Plus we have added T Level and Apprenticeship standards update to the Construction summary
document. Please see links below for further details.
T levels
What are T Levels?
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Originating from the Government’s Post-16 Skills Plan, T levels are new technical study programmes
set at Level 3 that will sit alongside apprenticeships and be equivalent in size to three A Level
programmes within a reformed skills training system.
Construction is one of 15 industry routes, which will contain three pathways:
• Design, Surveying and Planning;
• Onsite Construction
• Building Services Engineering
When will T levels be available? Design, Surveying and planning will be among the first T levels to be
developed, potentially introduced in September 2020, with the remaining construction pathways
scheduled for September 2021.
Public consultation on the T levels closed on 8th February 2018. The Institute for Apprenticeships
(IfA) are currently reviewing the output of the consultation before any further announcements.
What will a T level look like?
The below is a draft structure of the T level programme proposed during the public consultation:
For more information visit:
https://www.cityandguilds.com/tlevels
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) fined £200,000 for revealing identities of
abuse victims in mass email. ICO warns about GDPR
Clinks is seeking a Corporate Services Manager [£45,816 pa, London, full time] to lead Clinks’
internal management work including finance and HR. We are seeking a dynamic individual with
excellent relationship building skills to oversee the financial, governance, IT, HR and facilities support
and work with the wider staff team and trustees. The role involves providing effective financial
management and control of financial assets, establishing, implementing and maintaining accounting
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policies and procedures and the systems necessary to provide high quality financial support to the
organisation. The successful candidate will ensure the appropriate governance arrangements are in
place and that the organisation meets its regulatory requirements as a registered charity and
company limited by guarantee.
The deadline for applications is 7th September see application at https://www.clinks.org/work-for-
clinks?utm_source=Light%20Lunch&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=lightlunch546
Wipers Youth CIC is holding a 'Overrepresentation and Disproportionality of BAME Young Men in the
Criminal Justice System' training course [20th September, London | 15th October, Manchester |
22nd November, Birmingham | £85]. It examines the issue of racial disproportionality within the
youth justice system and explores how the growing disproportionality of black, Asian and minority
ethnic (BAME) children and young people in the system can be best addressed. Attendees will gain a
greater understanding of this group's distinct needs and how these can be met. Find out more here
https://www.wipers.org.uk/pages/81-uncomfortable-conversations-series
On Wednesday, September 5th, Apprenticeships4England in association with Bolt and Ingredient
Films, will launch FEQ, a unique hybrid event and programming strand, focused on two panel
discussions and offering exhibitors and sponsors opportunities to engage with a large audience
made up of training providers, employers, AOs, EPAs and other organisations working within the FE
sector. The panel discussions will be broadcast in a BBC Question Time like format, live on the
internet, enjoying TV production values and sponsorship branding space within what is a first in
terms of content marketing.
Tickets are free but limited - to find out more and book your tickets to attend, click on the FEQ
website link below. http://www.fe-q.co.uk/?utm_source=conference&utm_campaign=cbce394f73-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_03_09_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_300f514832-
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Training Company for sale in North London area details to follow
On Tuesday I think the week has been so busy I was over at Haringey with one of the leading
youth providers and indeed bumped into Keesha Sinclair who with her colleague Andrea Wershof
she is doing mainly Hornsey they are doing great work as part of the Local Area Coordination in
Haringey Rather than waiting for people to fall into crisis, assessing deficits, testing eligibility and
fitting people into more expensive (and increasingly unaffordable) services, it works alongside
people to:
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• Build and pursue their personal vision for a good life
• Stay strong, safe and connected as contributing citizens
• Find practical, non-service solutions to problems wherever possible
• Build more welcoming, inclusive and supportive communities
Local Area Coordinators are a single, local point of contact, working with people of all ages with
mental health conditions, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and older people.
Go to https://www.haringey.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/public-health/local-area-
coordination
NCS funding should go to local youth services, says LGA
The Local Government Association has called for some of the money going towards funding the
National Citizen Service, the government's flagship volunteering programme, to be devolved to local
youth services.
The LGA, the membership organisation for local authorities, said that the £634m spent on the
NCS by the government between 2014/15 and 2017/18, 95 per cent of its youth services budget,
would “be better spent on all-year-round provision for young people in their local areas”. However
Michael Lynas, chief executive of the NCS, has said that taking away money from a youth service that
is working does not make sense.
Youth centres closing
The LGA said that more than 600 youth centres closed and nearly 139,000 youth service places were
lost in the UK between 2012 and 2016. Central government funding for children and young people’s
services has fallen by £2.4bn since 2010, and LGA analysis shows that a further £3bn will be needed
by 2025 just to maintain services at their current levels.
The LGA pointed out that just 12 per cent (93,000) of eligible youngsters took part in the NCS in
2016, while in some areas take-up was as low as 4 per cent. It said NCS money would be better spent
on all-year-round provision for young people in their local areas, rather than a “time-limited
programme which is restricted to a certain age group and is attracting only a relatively small number
of teenagers”.
It said that council leaders want some of the scheme’s funding to be “devolved to councils to help
make up the spending reductions in local youth services, which have been cut by nearly 40 per cent
(£260m) since 2010”.
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‘Plug the shortfall’ The LGA is calling on the government to devolve the amount from the NCS
programme’s funding between now and 2020 to local councils to help “plug the shortfall in youth
services spending”.
It says that this would help councils reverse some of the cutbacks in local youth service provision.
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People Board, said: “While the
National Citizen Service is a good programme which can be a positive experience for those who take
part, we believe this should be part of a much wider youth service offering to support children and
young people.
“A time limited programme of work cannot provide the trusted, longer-term relationships that are a
valued element of youth work, and that are needed by some young people to develop the self-
esteem, confidence and skills to take part in such programmes.
“Councils have been forced to cut important services for thousands of young residents in recent
years as a result of increasingly squeezed budgets, so it is wrong that nearly all of the government’s
funding for youth services is being spent on a very short programme which attracts only a small
number of participants.
“The government needs to devolve a slice of the funding to councils so they can begin to scale back
the cuts to council youth services and provide targeted support to a much wider group of young
people locally all year round, whether that is giving them safe spaces to meet, diverting them away
from crime or supporting them to succeed in school, training or employment.”
'Like comparing apples and oranges' Michael Lynas, chief executive of the NCS Trust, told Civil
Society News that although he agreed that local youth services do need more money, “taking
money from another service that is proven to work does not make sense”.
He said that comparing the NCS with local youth services was “like comparing apples and oranges”
and said that the NCS is the fastest growing youth programme in 100 years.
Over 400,000 16-17 year olds have participated in the NCS to date, with tens of thousands more
expected by the end of the year.
He added that the LGA figures are for 2016 and are out of date as they show that one in eight of the
relevant age group are signed up to NCS, where as it is now one in six.
He also said it was frustrating that much of the criticism levelled at the NCS in the past is that it is a
“middle class programme”, but its own analysis of participants suggests it reaches a broad base.
- See more at: https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/local-government-association-says-ncs-funding-
should-go-to-local-youth-services.html#sthash.iG3bgJ5a.dpuf
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Bids, Grants & Funds
Apprentice Training - Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System
Knowsley Council
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is looking to receive applications from potential providers
to join a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) for the provision of Apprentice Training via the
Apprentice Levy.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=2d19ce84-b7ad-e711-80e6-
005056b64545
Deadline: 31/08/2018
Sefton Community Learning Provision 2018 - 2019
Sefton Council's Community Learning Service has been allocated funding from the Education Skills
Funding Agency (ESFA) for revenue projects throughout Sefton, for which the Council would like to
contract providers to design and deliver innovative adult learning courses for the academic year
2018 - 2019.
Programmes will be classed as "local flexibility" (formally Community Learning ) between 6 and 44
guided learning hours, focused on adults aged 19+ years residing in Sefton.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=9034d84f-b294-e811-80ed-005056b64545
Closing date 14 August 2018
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Alumni Outreach Programme
University Of Plymouth
The University of Plymouth is seeking a provider of alumni outreach programmes to young people
aged 13 - 19 into target schools and colleges in the South West, with the aim of increasing the
progression of students from disadvantaged backgrounds into higher education.
The aim of this is to use successful role models to raise aspiration and increase awareness of higher
education opportunities.
Expressions of interest from potential providers should send an email to
[email protected] , together with a high-level outline of experience
Approach to market date 27 August 2018
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3ce7b69e-3b80-486b-87fd-
ddac16aa9eef?p=@8=UFQxblRRPT0=NjJNT0
Northamptonshire County Council Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship
Northamptonshire County Council
Northamptonshire County Council invites quotations for the provision of the Teaching Assistant
Level 3 Standard Apprenticeship.Northamptonshire County Council are interested in procuring a
training provider to deliver the Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship standard. We currently
have 11 interested learners but would like the option of an additional 8 learners being able to access
the apprenticeship through the life of the contract. The learning will need to take place in the
learners’ swork environment.
Training Providers who wish to tender need to provide copies of the following policies: Safeguarding,
Equality/diversity and inclusion, Health & Safety, Appeals/Complaints and business continuity plan.
https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk
Closing date 23 August 2018
LGBT Youth Groups and Pastoral support
Cheshire West and Chester
1. To provide LGBT Youth Groups for young people to meet on a regular basis. The LGBT youth
groups must provide
• Safety and a safe space for young people to be themselves and explore their identity
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• A fun social group and somewhere to make friends
• Confidentiality and anonymity
• Trained sessions to CWAC staff per annum. The aims of the sessions are to raise awareness of
working with LGBT young people; sessions are delivered over a lunchtime period. Session content to
be agreed with the Commissioning Manager.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=0a13e11c-bf93-e811-80ed-
005056b64545
Deadline: 20/08/2018
Request for quotation for Chartered Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship
Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council wishes to invite RoATP Training Providers to bid to deliver the
Chartered Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship to one learner.
Value £27000
https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk
Closing date 21/08/18
Cultural Sensitivity Training
RBKC
RBKC wishes to commission a generic course which is mandatory for all staff called 'Cultural
Awareness', designed in an engaging and interactive style. The outcomes we are seeking is for
employees to develop and demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an appreciation of individual
differences, which contributes amongst other things to different perspectives, higher employee
morale and closer community relationships/ alignment.
We aspire to increase our productivity and performance and anticipate our service users' needs/
delivering improved services to all.
http://www.capitalesourcing.com/
Deadline: 24/08/2018
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PROVISION OF INDEPENDENT TRAVEL TRAINING AND TRAVEL BUDDIES
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
The aim of the Services are to promote independence, with a view to enable independent travel, to
enable Service Users to build confidence and learn skills to use the options of using various modes of
transport or walking to reach any destination safely.
This shall enable Service Users to use all the options available in the Home to School Travel
Assistance Policy which is currently the primary method of ensuring they access school, but be
capable of accessing recreational activities of their choice outside of education.
The Provider shall structure a Travel Training Programme ("TTP") with agreed learning outcomes
which will be used as part of the basis of evaluation to measure the success of the Services.
The overarching aim of the Services is to ensure that Service Users have a Personal Travel
Assessment ("PTA") to enable them to travel independently.
The Services shall provide opportunities for Service Users to acquire the skills to travel
independently to their education setting and recreational activities of their choice outside of
education.
The Provider shall conduct an initial assessment ("Assessment"). This Assessment shall include
establishing if the Service User has a concept of, but not limited to:
- handling money;
- Oyster Card (applying, topping up, keeping Oyster Cards safe etc.);
- appropriate behaviour;
- road safety;
- identifying landmarks;
- communication skills (including, how to deal with difficult people);
- travel skills (how to deal with delays / unexpected rerouting);
- personal safety; and
- literacy and numeracy skills.
The Assessment shall also include an individual Risk Assessment, Personal Assessment and the
development of a PTA.
The PTA shall include reviews of the Service User's Independent Travel Plan ("ITP").
Where appropriate the Service User and their parent(s)/carer(s) shall be assisted in obtaining a
Freedom Pass or an Oyster Card (either under sixteen (16) or sixteen (16) plus).
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The Provider shall enable and empower Service Users to be independent travellers wherever
possible and, in cases where this is not possible, to achieve their individual potential through
supported travel.
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3cc31f2a-4ba1-401a-aec6-
199511e28b78?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-08-02&utm_source=SavedSearch
Closing date 28 August 2018
Provision of Apprenticeship Levy Training Provider-Lots 7 and 9
Supply Hertfordshire
The Employer (Council) wishes to procure a Framework Agreement of external Training Providers
who are accredited to RoATP (the Government's approved Register of Approved Training Providers)
to deliver quality apprenticeships across a variety of areas throughout Hertfordshire and adjoining
counties (Participating Bodies) as identified in the PIN Notice placed on 1st August 2018.
THE FRAMEWORK IS BEING RE-OPENED WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO:
Lot 7- Environment and Property
Lot 9- Schools
When future Standards are required, we will alert the market by way of publishing additional PIN's.
Please note the timetable in 2.1 of the Framework Agreement (for this purpose only) has been
revised as follows;
Procurement Stage/Action Date(s)
The Council submits a PIN to the OJEU Wednesday 1st August 2018
Deadline for Clarifications from Tenderers (by 5.00pm on) Wednesday 8th August 2018
Deadline for the Council to Respond to Clarifications Friday 10th August 2018
Tender Submission Deadline (by 12.00 Noon on) Wednesday 15th August 2018
Evaluation of Tenders Friday 17th August 2018
Intention to Award the Framework Agreement Announced Friday 24th August 2018
10 Day Standstill Period concludes (at midnight on) Thursday 6th September 2018
Framework Agreement Commencement Monday 10th September 2018
The Framework Agreement will be awarded for a core period of 2 years, with the option to extend
this up to 2 further years, year on year. Please note that the requirements of the Framework
Agreement will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to
meet changing demands. In addition, there will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is
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guaranteed under the resultant Framework Agreement and the Council and other Participating
Bodies will be entitled to enter into other Contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the
provision of any, or all, of the requirements which are the same as, or similar to those specified
under the established Framework Agreement.
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Closing date 15 August 2018
Request for Quotation for Design And Delivery of a Systems Leadership Development Programme
Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council invites quotations for the provision of the design and delivery of a
Systems Leadership Development Programme for an identified group of Senior Managers.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=d5d27c43-8691-e811-80ed-
005056b64545
Deadline: 13/08/2018
Business Advice Services
Cumbria Chamber Of Commerce
This invitation is issued by Cumbria Chamber of Commerce/Cumbria Business Growth Hub. It covers
business advice for the following initiatives delivered within its Cumbria Business Growth Hub
umbrella:
- ERDF Growth Hub project (excluding supply chain)
- Local authority support to non ERDF eligible businesses (excluding supply chain)
- ERDF BSUS Business Start-Up Support project
- New Enterprise Allowance
- Other potential business support projects/initiatives
We are looking to renew our pool of experienced business advisers (individual advisers and/or
specified individuals within an organisation), both generalist and specialist, to carry out business
reviews/training needs analyses, develop action plans and deliver advice and coaching to businesses
(primarily small and medium sized businesses [SMEs]) and/or potential start-ups in Cumbria.
This will be a flexible pool of contracted advisers, drawn on as needed depending on factors such as
levels of demand, client needs and preferences, experience and specialisms.
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The pools may also be used for other similar business support projects. Note that this tender is to
replace the existing pool for the relevant projects.
Advisers already contracted must reapply if they wish to continue to work on these projects and/or
to work on future projects in the next four years.
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a12acf20-64bb-4907-8c7f-
c306b44fe63e?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-08-02&utm_source=SavedSearch
Closing date 20/08/18
Provision of Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (MAPA) Training
Nottinghamshire County Council
The Council is seeking to establish a single provider framework for the provision of Management of
Actual and Potential Aggression training for NCC employees, target group of employees within
Children's, Families and Cultural Services (CFCS) and Adult Social Care and Health and Public
Protection (ASCH&PP) departments.
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e10dc88a-f0a5-4bbe-a268-
fdbce38fa7da?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-08-02&utm_source=SavedSearch
Closing date 22 August 2018
Non-Executive Leadership Inductions and Regional events for the FE Governance Community
Education and Training Foundation
The ETF are seeking a provider with an excellent track record of delivering governance inductions
and regional governance events. In partnership with the ETF, and using the new framework as the
basis for the content of the events, we would like to deliver a series of regional inductions that are
located to enable participation by all Further Education institutions across the country.
We also require Regional Governor Conferences that are interactive and provide sufficient space and
time for board members and trustees to engage with each other, as well as hear from leading
experts on hot topics that are exercising boards within the sector.
https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG155103
Closing date 31 August 2018
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Waste Education Theatre and Workshops Programme
Derbyshire County Council
Bidders are invited to provide a fixed price quotation to carry out a programme of Waste Education
Theatre and Workshops focussing on what people in Derbyshire can do to minimise waste and
maximise reuse and recycling. The work programme will commence in October 2018 with the first
performances being delivered in Spring 2019 (January to March).
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=5e22b3df-ac91-e811-80ed-
005056b64545
Deadline: 06/09/2018
Provision of Inclusion Expert resource for the Standards and Testing Agency
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to recruit a pool of Inclusion Experts with a range
of specialisms to ensure that Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests and professional
Skills Tests in Literacy and Numeracy are inclusive and accessible for all.
We are looking for experts with knowledge and expertise in Autism spectrum disorders, Behavioural
development, Communication and language development (including dyslexia), Cultural
awareness/understanding, English as an additional language (EAL), Hearing impairments (HI), Visual
impairments (VI), and other Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - SEND (including dyscalculia
and dyspraxia).
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc6211bd-91ae-484d-9033-
1f165bcab2ba?p=@8=UFQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT0
Closing date 21 September 2018
Provision of Educational Psychologist resource for the Standards and Testing Agency
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an Executive Agency of the Department for Education (DfE)
is looking to procure the services of pool of qualified Educational Psychologists to ensure that Key
Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests and professional Skills Tests in Literacy and
Numeracy are inclusive and accessible for all including those with a range of special educational
needs and disabilities.
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72d26434-e453-4361-a686-
c39390d7aec5?p=@8=UFQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT0
Closing date 21 September 2018
Curriculum Programme Pilot
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
The Department for Education launched the Curriculum Programme Pilot on 26 July 2018. This pilot
is the first phase of the £7.7m Curriculum Fund, a manifesto commitment to support schools and
teachers access high quality curriculum resources.
The curriculum programme pilot funding is for schools that have developed high quality, knowledge-
rich curriculum programmes in history, geography and/or science at key stages 2 and/or 3.
The fund will allow schools with high quality, knowledge-rich programmes to work with other
schools to refine and test the effects of their programmes on reducing teacher workload and
improving pupil outcomes.
The pilot will run from January 2019 for 2 terms, and will be open to schools with programmes in
history, geography and/or science, for key stages 2 and/or 3.
Curriculum programmes are complete packages of the resources teachers need to provide a national
curriculum subject across a key stage.
ESTIMATED VALUE: Up to £150,000 for the first programme piloted, with up to £100,000 for each
additional programme. (£2.4m available across all pilots).
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Closing date 17 September 2018
Prevista Expression of Interest form for National Citizens Service tender
Prevista is seeking experienced providers of youth-focused programmes for the forthcoming
National Citizen Service tender which is due to be released in September 2018.
The National Citizen Service Trust is due to commence the re-procurement of the National Citizen
Service with new contracts starting in 2019.
The National Citizen service is a programme for 15-17 year olds delivered in three phases:
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• “Adventure” (outdoor and/or residential, focused on challenges; an opportunity for an
intense period of personal and social development, outside of physical and emotional comfort
zones);
• “Skills” (focus on social action and transition to adulthood; enabling young people to connect
with, get involved in and impact upon their communities, developing skills and knowledge useful for
further social action) and
• “Social Action” (spending 30-60 hours on the design and delivery of a social action project
that benefits both young people and the communities they live in)
Prevista will be leading a Supply Chain Partner approach to this tender and will be responding to
both the PQQ and ITT when they are released.
We are looking for experienced providers of inspiring programmes and projects which focus on
social mixing, reflection, challenge, increasing responsibility and independence, social action and
inspiration. At this stage, we are developing our delivery model, and so we would be keen to
understand more about the provision that you currently offer and how we could work together to
achieve success.
We will be submitting an application in the LONDON REGION ONLY.
Please complete the short EOI and return to Mark Sargeant, Director of Business Development at
Prevista via email [email protected] by Tuesday 14 August 2018 (5pm).
Positive Behavioural Support Tender
Kent County Council
The Kent and Medway Transforming care partnership (TCP) works of behalf of Kent County Council,
Medway Council and all 8 of Kent and Medway’s Clinical commissioning groups. The aim of the TCP
is to enable more people to live fulfilled lives in their own homes in the community.
The TCP is seeking to develop and deliver bespoke and personalised care and support for people
with learning disabilities and mental health issues, and/or autism who are aged 14 years and over,
and who are currently in-patients, or at risk of admission to secure in-patient facilities
The TCP is seeking to commission services from this framework to deliver the least restrictive option
for people, with a preference for people to maintain their own tenancy where this can safely meet
needs and promote the achievement of a range of outcomes. Where this is not possible; for people
to live in supported living, or specialised housing with care. Providers are expected to continually
work with people to enable them to further step down to the least restrictive and most independent
arrangements in the future.
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Scope
Successful providers who join this Framework will be expected to contribute toward delivery of the
TCP programme, ensuring the aims are sustainable beyond the end date of the national programme
by;
1) timely and efficient design and delivery of personalised support and packages of care, by working
with people’s ‘circles of support’, to those people who are stepping down from specialist/secure in-
patient services;
2) offering more robust community placements to those at risk of admission to specialist hospitals;
3) working with community learning disability, mental health, autism and criminal justice services to
identify people who may become at risk of hospital admission, or more robust community
placements, thereby preventing service or carer breakdown, and sharing practice across the system.
The Framework Agreement will run for four years from November 2018 until October 2022.
Although call off contracts made via the Framework will last for as long as the individual requires
support therefore potentially in perpetuity.
Value excluding VAT: 6 000 000.00 GBP
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Deadline: 19/09/2018
Funding to Improve the Education, Physical and Emotional Wellbeing Of Children (UK)
Grants of up to £1,000 are available to registered charities and non-profit organisations who work to
improve the education and physical and emotional wellbeing of children.
Applicants applying for funding may focus on one or more of these areas:
• Living in Poverty
• Physical & Mental Health Problems
• Health & Wellbeing
• Living With Disability
Examples of grants awarde in the past include:
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• £5,000 Panathlon Foundation – for the Panathlon Challenge for young people with
disabilities, to fund tournaments and specialist equipment
• £2,500 JT Inspires – to promote the fitness of children and young people with congenital
heart disease
• £500 Clydesdale Hockey Club – for coaching and equipment costs for primary school hockey
competitions in Greater Glasgow
• £1,000 Shadwell Community Project – to develop its outdoor play space which is used by
children and young people from deprived areas in the local community
The next closing date for applications is the 9th October 2018.
Useful Links:
Grants application form
Grant report template
Grant guidelines for charities
http://lesmillsfundforchildren.org.uk/apply/
Market Engagement Event. Headstart Hull – Counselling service for Children & Young People aged
10 - 19.
Hull City Council
Hull City Council on behalf of the HeadStart Hull partnership is looking to procure a counselling
service for children and young people aged 10-19. The service will be delivered as part of the
HeadStart hull programme to provide early intervention to improve emotional health and wellbeing.
It will ...sted in attending this event, please RSVP to the contact details on the attached Market
Engagement Flyer to book your place.
Please note, this advertisement will not be monitored for bookings, questions etc. If you have any
queries, please contacted via contact details within the attached flyer.
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Deadline: 13/08/2018
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Funding to Support the Development of Small Charities and Social Enterprises (UK)
Small charities, social enterprises and community interest companies can now register to apply for
funding and support through the Fore Trust.
The Trust is offering development funding of up to £30,000 and business support to expand the
capacity of small charities, social enterprises and community interest companies. To qualify
applicant organisations will need to have a turnover of less than £500,000 per year).
To apply for funding, organisations must register at the start of each funding round. Numbers for
each round are capped and registration are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once the cap
is reached, the round is closed. Once successfully registered, organisations are invited to submit a
simple application.
The closing date will be the 3rd September 2018.
Useful Links:
Application Guidelines
Frequently Asked Question
Examples of previous grants awarded include:
• Street Doctors who received a grant of £30,000 to enable the organisation to transition from
being a small-scale student voluntary organisation to a national movement. The funding
enable the organisation to employ a part time CEO and to develop the infrastructure to
formally contract with Youth Offending Institutions and Teams.
• Art Against Knives which uses art as a tool for communication and personal development for
16-25yr olds received a grant of £27,510 to help fund the strategic development of the
organisation to strengthen its longer term sustainability.
• Circle Crew for Change which is the UK’s first youth mutual organisation owned by young
people, led by young people and for young people received a grant of £30,000 to fund a
part-time Project Development Manager to drive the organisation at the critical transitional
period in its development.
http://www.thefore.org/charities/
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Grants to Support Childrens Health and Education (UK)
The next deadline to apply to the DM Thomas Foundation Central Grants Programme is the 9th
October 2018. Grants of up to £30,000 are available to registered charities for projects that improve
education and health for young people in three key areas:
• Children and young people with disabilities
• Children and young people who are sick in hospital
• Children and young people who are life limited (requiring palliative care)
The Foundation is a small charity and generally will not make awards of over £30,000 (per year).
Funding can be requested for one-off projects or for up to 2 years work.
Applications from schools and hospitals are welcomed as long as they are made through an
appropriate registered charity.
If favoured, grant applications for up to £5,000 can be approved by the Director, up to £10,000 can
be approved by the Grants Committee, and applications for more than £10,000 are recommended to
the Trustees for final approval.
Useful Links:
The DM Thomas Foundation for Young People (Video)
Application Form
Application Guidelines
https://dmthomasfoundation.org/what-we-do/grants/dmtf-central-grants/
Funding for Young People’s Social Action Projects (UK)
Go Think Big are offering grants of up to £500 for social action projects put forward by young people
aged 15 – 25. This is an opportunity to gain funding for a creative and unique project idea that will
help society or the applicants local community.
Projects supported will help young people who feel isolated or excluded to make friends. The young
people targeted may be outside of the school system, unable to participate in activities, or having to
spend a lot of time in hospital.
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Projects supported can be based around anything from skills workshops, podcasts or journalism
pieces, to live events, community initiatives or apps and will be creative, entrepreneurial and
innovative.
Applicants can be an individual or a group of people, where the project is led by a Project Leader
who will be responsible for all communications and finances. Participation in the programme will run
for 6 months; projects can take place at any point during that period or for the entire duration,
depending on the nature of the idea and must:
• Have a project leader aged 15-25 who lives in the UK and take place within the UK
• Be rooted in social action i.e. have an element which benefits the community or young
people within it
• Be realistic, will be completed within 6 months, and achievable with up to £500
• Consider how digital can be used. This may include, but is not limited to, digital platforms,
digital connectivity, digital research or data management
• Consider the use of charities or professionals where appropriate
The deadline to apply is Sunday 19th August.
Questions or queries can be submitted by email to [email protected]
Useful Links:
Apply Online
https://gothinkbig.co.uk/opportunities/without-limits
Funding to Protect Cultural Heritage in Conflict Affected Countries (UK)
The British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund aims to protect cultural heritage in conflict-affected
countries. The Fund is for projects (work or activity that is defined at the outset and will contribute
to achieving the outcomes of the Fund) focusing on the protection of cultural heritage at risk due to
conflict in one or more of the Fund’s target countries. Cultural heritage encompasses:
• Archaeological sites and monuments
• Collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or archives
• Historic buildings
• Cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes
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• Histories of people, communities, places and events
• Heritage of languages and dialects
• People’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’).
The Fund is designed with UK organisations in mind, but any organisation is eligible to apply.
Eligible organisations will be working, or in the process of developing partnerships, with local partner
organisations in one or more of the Fund's current target countries within the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) region, specifically: Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Palestinian
Territories, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen.
Small Grants of under £100,000 are available for projects lasting up to two years. Small grant
applications are assessed quarterly and will achieve three outcomes: Cultural heritage protection;
training and capacity building; and advocacy and education. Small grant applications are open until
10th August 2018.
Closing Round - large grants over £100,000 and up to £300,000 for projects being delivered up to
January 2020. There is a two-stage application process, with applicants being asked to complete an
Expression of Interest Form in order to confirm eligibility, before being invited to complete an
Application Form. It is possible to apply for multi-year grants, and the maximum for any such
application will be £3m. Applications must be submitted by one lead applicant organisation with up
to eight partner organisations. The deadline for submitting an Expression of Interest form for Closing
Round Grants will be 24 August 2018 and the Full Application Deadline 30th September 2018.
Useful Links:
Eligibility Criteria
Small Grants Guidance
Closing Round Grants Guidance
https://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/culture-development/cultural-protection-fund/apply
Electric Vehicle Charging for Public Spaces: Funding for Feasibility Studies (UK)
The UK Governments Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and Innovate UK, are investing up to
£20 million in a 2-phase competition for innovation projects that will deploy new approaches to
electric vehicle (EV) charging. This call is for Phase 1 is feasibility studies. Projects put forward will be
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based around a demonstration of business models and solutions that are suitable for investment,
provide local authorities with new options they can be confident in and encourage electric vehicle
take up in the area. Solutions proposed should provide great experiences for end users, both private
and public, such as street cleaning or delivery drivers.
Of particular interest are applications that can be used in different streets and locations and:
• Provide well designed infrastructure that makes efficient use of street space
• Favour interoperability with charging providers
• Are resilient, as future proof as possible and minimise road disruption
• Consider potential wider uses such as traffic movements or crime prevention
• Consider local energy assets i.e. energy storage, grid balancing, energy trading, smart
charging
• Consider infrastructure with multiple use cases when not in use for charging
The total costs for a Phase 1 feasibility study should be £75,000 - £120,000 with funding available of:
• Up to 70% for a micro or small business
• Up to 60% for a medium-sized business
• Up to 50% for a large business
Eligible projects will be business led and must:
• Be a UK based business, academic organisation, charity, public sector organisation or
research and technology organisation (RTO)
• Carry out the project work in the UK, unless a strong case is made to do otherwise
• Intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
• Collaborate with other businesses, research organisations or third-sector organisations
Apply by 12:00pm on Wednesday 29 August 2018. Projects must start by 1 January 2019, end by 31
March 2019, and can last up to 3 months.
Useful Links:
General Guidance for Applicants
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/196/overview
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Funding to Reduce Marine Litter (UK)
In addition to their main programme, from spring 2018 Sea-Changers have announced a specific
fund to address marine litter issues. The main objectives of the fund are to:
• Address the root causes of marine litter in the UK.
• Prevent/reduce marine litter impact on UK coastal and marine environments and/or species.
• Add to the body of knowledge about the nature and impact of marine litter in the UK.
Sea-Changers will look favourably on groups applying for projects that:
• Conduct beach cleaning activities
• Can demonstrate connections to existing wider beach clean activities
• Consider potential recycling options for material gathered
One-off grants of up to £600 (in exceptional cases £1,000) are available through normally two
funding rounds per year. Approximately 60 per cent of the funding available will support projects in
Scotland with 40 per cent going elsewhere in UK.
The next deadline to apply is 30th September 2018.
Marine litter focussed projects previously funded through Sea-Changers include:
• Mill Strand Integrated School, Portrush, Northern Ireland - £300. Having adopted the beach
and regularly undertaking litter picking as part of outdoor classroom learning the school
aims to help local users and tourists to care for the beach and seas by sponsoring and
installing a 2minutebeachclean station.
• Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners (NARC) - £500 to continue the work of this voluntary
group of divers with a passion for keeping the underwater environment in Pembrokeshire
litter free.
Useful Links:
Application Form
Sea-Changers Video
http://www.sea-changers.org.uk/news/218-marine-litter-fund-launched
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Grants of £1,000 Available to Fund Innovative Geography Teaching at Secondary Level (UK)
Two grants of £1,000 each are available to fund innovative geography teaching at secondary level.
The aim of the grants is to enable imaginative, innovative or creative teaching materials to be
developed.
The grants will be awarded to teacher – higher education partnerships. Ideally these will comprise
one school teacher and one lecturer/researcher from a UK Higher Education Institution. The funding
is being made available through the Royal Geographic Society Innovative Geography Teaching
Grants.
Every year, the Society identifies an area of research which is either based upon a timely issue or
approach. The aim is to serve both geography pupils and the wider teaching community through the
creation of teaching materials on this particular issue. The materials produced will be published on
the Society’s website.
The application deadline is the 15th February 2019.
Useful Documents:
Innovative Geography Teaching Grant Guidelines
https://www.rgs.org/schools/teacher-grants/innovative-teaching-geography-grants/
Co-operative Bank Donation Fund Opens for Applications (UK)
Organisations such as Registered Charities, Community Interest Companies, Co-operatives and
Credit Unions; etc. that have a Community Directplus account with the Co-operative Bank have until
the 30th September 2018 to apply for funding of up to £1,000 from the Customer Donation Fund.
Since 2003 the Co-operative Bank Donation Fund has donated over £750,000 to 866 organisations.
The money can be used to support special projects and fundraising activities; and all Community
Directplus account holders are eligible to apply.
Previous projects supported include:
• Theatre company 20 Stories High which received funding towards three dictaphones, 12
MP3 players and the work of an experienced Technical Manager to help develop and stage a
new production.
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• Wiltshire Wood Recycling, a not for profit organisations, which received funding towards
new tools, boots, hard hats and high-viz jackets for the workers.
Useful Links:
Projects Funded
Click here to print the application form.
https://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/business/community
Funding for Rural Community and Education Projects (UK)
The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, which supports charities in the UK working in agriculture, rural
development and insurance has announced that the next closing date for applications is the 26th
October 2018.
The Trustees are particularly interested in initiatives in the areas of education of young people in
rural areas and relief of poverty within rural areas.
The Trust focuses on providing funding to larger initiatives, which would have a significant impact on
the rural community. The Trustees are particularly interested in initiatives in the areas of education
of young people in rural areas and relief of poverty within rural areas.
No minimum or maximum levels are set and previous awards have ranged from £1,000 to £55,000.
In 2016, the Trust made donations totalling £256,500 to a total of 15 organsiations.
Projects supported in the past include:
• Farms for City Children, which aims to expand the horizons of children from towns and cities
by offering them a week in the countryside living together on one of their farms.
• The Royal Highland Education Trust which aims to create an opportunity for each child in
Scotland to experience the countryside and to facilitate a wider understanding of the
environmental, economic and social realities of rural Scotland.
The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust also provides small grants of up to £250 through the NFU Mutual's
Community Giving Fund which supports worthwhile community events, charities, schools and
community group activities that are local to their operations.
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Next closing date 26th October 2018
Useful Links:
Application Form
https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/about-us/charitable-trust/applications-for-funding/
Grant Scheme to Promote Understanding of Ecology Opens for Applications (UK)
The British Ecological Society's Outreach Grants programme has re-opened for applications. Through
the programme, individuals and organisations such as schools, museums, libraries and community
groups will be able to apply for grants to promote ecological science to a wide audience. The funding
is available for projects that increase public understanding of, and engagement with ecology.
Applications from museums and schools are welcome but projects must involve significant outreach
beyond schools. Projects aimed solely at delivering curriculum to school children will not be
considered. The maximum award is £2,000. However, the award may be used as part-funding for
larger projects involving other sponsors.
The closing date for applications is 2pm on the 10th September 2018.
Useful Links:
To apply register online
https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/funding/outreach-grants/
Grants Available for Music Performance and Education Projects (UK)
The Wingate Foundation has announced that its Music Grants programme is open to applications.
The Music Grants programme supports those areas of music performance and education which do
not readily attract backing from commercial sponsors or other funding bodies, or which are not
eligible for public funding. Priority will be given to those organisations which give opportunities to
young professionals and to education projects for young people as well as for new adult audiences.
Previous projects supported include:
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• The National Children's Orchestra which received a grant of £15,000 per year for three years
to give musically talented children under the age of 14 the opportunity of playing together in
full, age-banded symphony orchestras.
• The Drake Music Project which received a grant of £10,000 to address the imbalance in
music provision for disabled people by delivering a range of music technology driven
projects.
The next closing date for applications is 5pm on the 14th September 2018.
Useful Links:
Examples of Past Projects
Application Form
http://www.wingatefoundation.org.uk/sc_music.php
Grants Available to Support the Performing Arts (UK)
The Wingate Foundation has announced that its Performing Arts (excluding music) grants
programme is open for applications.
Funding is available for charities with a record of artistic excellence that require additional funding,
not available from public sources or commercial sponsorship, to broaden their repertoire or develop
work of potentially outstanding interest which cannot be funded from the usual sources. Assistance
will also be considered for training and professional development for creative talent or the technical
professions. The Trustees additionally wish to support arts projects that place a particular emphasis
on addressing educational or social exclusion outcomes. Applicants can apply under either or both
headings.
Previous projects supported include:
• Little Angel Theatre one of only three puppet theatres in England dedicated to the
celebration and development of puppetry and live animation which received funding
towards a new building dedicated to education, community and outreach work.
• The Dulwich Picture Gallery a public art gallery housing a world-class collection of Old
Master paintings which received support towards a new strand of the Youth Engagement
Programme, ‘Off the Wall', which aims to widen access to, and engage with, young people.
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The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 14th September 2018.
Useful Links:
Application Form
Past Projects Supported
http://www.wingatefoundation.org.uk/sc_performing_arts.php
Hospice Grants for Conditions Other Than Cancer (England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland)
This Living and Dying Well with Conditions other than Cancer Programme from Hospice UK is funded
by the Albert Hunt Trust. The aim of the grant programme is to inspire and fund hospice projects
that will make a tangible difference to adults, children and young people and their families living and
dying with conditions other than cancer.
Grants awarded will enable hospices to initiate or build on a hospice enabled approach to supporting
people and their families living and dying with conditions other than cancer by, for example:
• Putting into practice the recommendations or findings from local scoping exercise
• Piloting a new project based on a robust needs assessment
• Adapting existing activities where, through the investment of additional resources, greater
impact can be achieved through adoption of new roles and approaches.
• Responding to national policy or research evidence.
The trust is looking to support projects which reduce the barriers and blocks to hospice care and
enable care for:
• Elderly people (80+ years) living and dying with conditions others than cancer
• Children or young people living with life limiting conditions others than cancer.
Grants of up to £30,000 are available from a total pot of £250,000 to support projects running over a
period of 18 months which will cover 3 months setup phase, 12 months project delivery and a
further 3 months to cover any unforeseen delays mid project. It is expected that up to 15 projects
will be funded.
Full members of Hospice UK that are adult or children’s hospices based in England, Wales, Scotland
or Northern Ireland are eligible to apply. Note that due to funder restrictions hospices based in the
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Channel Islands or the Isle of Man are not eligible under this programme.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on 10 September 2018. Applicants will be informed whether or
not they have been successful by mid October 2018.
Useful Links:
Application criteria and guidance
https://www.hospiceuk.org/what-we-offer/grants/open-grant-programmes/details/albert-hunt-
trust---hospice-grants-2018
Capital Grants for Theatre Improvements (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
The Theatres Trust's Theatre Improvement Scheme awards capital funding as grants of up to
£20,000. The Trust works in association with the Wolfson Foundation and each year funds projects
with a specific theme - in 2018 the theme is Improving Accessibility.
Grants will be awarded to projects which make theatres more accessible through changes to the
building or its systems. Priority will also be given to:
• Projects that could serve as best practice case studies to inspire other theatres
• Projects that serve the needs of the audience and include evidence of consultation with
users and potential users of the venue.
Theatres and projects of all sizes are eligible as long as they can demonstrate excellence in the
pursuit of becoming an accessible theatre. Applicants must also:
• Own or manage theatres with titles or signed leases of more than 15 years on buildings in
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Run a year-round programme of live performance, of no less than 30 performances a year
• Have a bona fide UK charitable or not-for-profit legal structure and be able to provide
certified or audited accounts for at least two years.
• Operate theatres that achieve excellence through their producing and programming or
architectural significance
Early stage pre-application conversations are encouraged. Application forms should be downloaded
from the website and emailed to [email protected]
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Apply by Thursday 13 September 2018
Useful Documents:
THEATRE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME TERMS AND CONDITIONS
APPLICATION FORM
http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/how-we-help/grants-funding/theatre-improvement-scheme
Dream Fund: New Application Round Now Open (England, Scotland & Wales)
The Dream Fund offers charitable organisations across Great Britain to think big, be ambitious and
collaborate with other not-for-profit partners to deliver their dream project. The Dream Fund gives
organisations the chance to deliver the project they have always dreamed of, but never had the
opportunity to bring to life. The total award fund of £3,000,000 will be awarded as grants of up to
£1,000,000.
Applications for innovative, creative, original, and present projects that are a genuine ‘dream'
submitted by partnerships of at least two charitable organisations (one must be a registered charity)
are invited. Other partners can be other charities, voluntary groups, community interest companies,
universities or other not-for-profit organisations.
The lead partner in any application must have an annual income that is at least two times the
amount applied for. For example, if applying for £500,000 then the lead partner’s annual income
must be at least £1,000,000 in the last audited accounts. There is no maximum upper limit regarding
the annual income of applicants.
Previous Dream Fund winners include:
• Edible Playgrounds - a partnership between Trees for Cities, School Food Matters and Chefs
Adopt a School for a project that transforms outdoor spaces to create productive food-
growing and sensory outdoor learning resources.
• Heritage Heroes - a partnership between Canal & River Trust with Help for Heroes a project
that engaged retired military veterans in a major canal restoration campaign.
This round will close at 5pm on Friday 31st August at 5:30pm.
Useful Links:
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Guidance Notes
Application Form
Learn more about the Dream Fund by watching the introductory video
Previous Dream Fund Winners
http://www.postcodedreamtrust.org.uk/dream-fund
New Funding to Support Children Affected by Domestic Abuse (England and Wales)
The new Children Affected by Domestic Abuse Fund from the Home Office will award up to £8million
in total over the next 2 financial years to organisations in England and Wales to support children
who are exposed to domestic abuse. The fund will award grants to projects designed to intervene
early to help children who have been directly or indirectly affected by domestic abuse.
Bids are invited from local commissioners i.e. PCCs, local authorities or health commissioners, or
from any other suitable organisations across England and Wales. Consortium bids incorporating
larger and smaller organisations are particularly encouraged but must have a lead partner to accept
and manage the grant.
All bids funded will demonstrate the following outcomes:
• Improved outcomes for children/young people
• Demonstrate partnership working
• Show value for money
• Include monitoring, evaluation and shared learning
• Be deliverable and sustainable
Applicant organisations must have been in operation for at least 24 months and be able to provide
evidence of their ability to deliver suitable interventions to support children (aged under 18 years)
who are or have been exposed to domestic abuse. In addition, bids must demonstrate how the
support delivered will link into wider support for victims of domestic abuse at a local level.
Grants of a minimum of £500,000 will be awarded with no maximum set. The grant applied for
should represent no more than 25% of the applicant’s annual turnover from the previous financial
year.
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The closing date for applications is the 19th September 2018 and contracts will start on the 5th
November 2018.
Useful Links:
Children Affected by Domestic Abuse Fund Prospectus
Contract Notice
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-affected-by-domestic-abuse-fund
Grant Programme Now Open for Projects Benefitting Clarion Housing Group Residents (Various
Locations England)
Clarion Housing Group Community Grants Programme (England) is inviting charities, community
organisations and voluntary groups with an annual income of less than £500,000 to apply for grants
between £1,000 and £5,000 for projects that can be completed within 12 months.
The Clarion Housing Group (CHG) is the largest housing group in the country. CHG’s Community
Grants Programme is managed by the environmental charity Groundwork.
Projects supported will primarily benefit Clarion Housing Group residents with all applicants
expected to contribute to at least one of the following outcomes:
• The project engages Clarion residents in positive activities
• The project offers support services to Clarion residents
• The project improves the environment and community space for Clarion residents
All applicants should consider equality and diversity when thinking about how their project will
engage the wider community.
A pre-application Eligibility Quiz will confirm eligibility to apply.
The closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday 21 September.
Examples of projects previously funded include:
• The AFC Fylde Community Foundation, £5,000 to deliver their Jubilee Community
Engagement Festival project in Preston
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• Warden Park Primary Association, £2,175 to deliver their Creative Writing Project in
Haywards Heath
• Lay Witnesses for Christ International – UK, £4,960 for their LWFCI Sports Club project in
Orpington
Useful Links:
Programme Guidance and FAQ
https://www.groundwork.org.uk/clarion-uk
New Funding to Develop Artistic Practice (England)
The next funding round of the Arts Council England's Developing your Creative Practice programme
has opened for applications. Developing your Creative Practice has been designed to support the
development of independent creative practioners working in dance, theatre, music, visual arts,
literature, combined arts or museums practice. The aim is to offer practitioners the time and space
to work on ambitious and innovative research and development opportunities to make a step-
change in their practice.
Arts Council England is looking for exciting, ambitious proposals that allow applicants to take that
important next step in the way they make their work. Applicants are encouraged to consider their
long term needs and proposals can cover creative research and development or building skills
through international exchange. Examples might include:
• Creative media and the wider creative industries e.g. film or audio, design or gaming
• Technology, including digital technology e.g. virtual reality or live-streaming
• Other non-arts organisations or settings e.g. residential-care providers, or a science
organisation
• Other non-arts cultural forms or sectors e.g. health and wellbeing, social inclusion, heritage
or sport
This fund is only open to individuals over the age of 18 years who:
• Are living and working in England
• Have three years’ creative practice experience outside a formal education context
• Are working in Arts Council England’s supported disciplines i.e. they will be dancers,
choreographers, writers, translators, producers, publishers, editors, musicians, conductors,
composers, actors, directors, designers, artists, craft makers, and curators.
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Awards of £2, 000 - £10, 000 (from a total pot of £3.6 million per year) are made through quarterly
rounds. Funded project activities can last up to one year.
This funding round will close for applications at 12pm (noon) on 16 August 2018.
For further information or to check eligibility contact Arts Council England by email
[email protected] or phone 0845 300 6200).
Useful Documents:
Application Guidelines
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/DYCP
New Programme Launched to Use the Arts to Bring About Positive Change in Communities
(England)
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has announced the launch of Creative Civic Change. This is a
new fund which will enable people to use arts and creativity to make positive changes in their
community.
Creative Civic Change is open to areas will provide funding of between £50,000 and £300,000 as well
as other support, like advice and mentoring, to at least 10 local areas in England over the next three
years.
The new Programme is most interested in local communities in England which have often been
overlooked for funding in the past, and may face some or all of these issues:
• The decline of local industry
• High levels of unemployment
• A pressing need for services or activities
• A high proportion of children in poverty
• People in the area in poor health relative to the general population
• Or other characteristics that demonstrate need.
Local communities can mean anything from a few streets or part of an estate, to a neighbourhood or
a cluster of villages (must be areas smaller than a local authority).
This new programme is a collaboration between the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Big
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Lottery Fund and Local Trust.
Expressions of interest in Creative Civic Change are now open and must be submitted by the 28th
September 2018.
Useful Links:
Briefing Document
Frequently Asked Questions
http://localtrust.org.uk/our-work/creative-civic-change/
The Weir Charitable Trust (Scotland)
Small community groups and charities based in Scotland can apply to the Weir Charitable Trust for
funding of up to £25,000 to support projects relating to:
• Sport i.e. encouraging and increasing public participation in sport
• Health i.e. the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering
• Culture i.e. supporting heritage through participation projects
• The advancement of animal welfare
• Recreational Facilities i.e. the provision or organisation of recreational facilities that are
primarily intended for people who need them due to age, ill-health, disability, financial
hardship or other disadvantage and are available to members of the public at large.
The Trust accepts applications from new or established community groups and small charities, based
in Scotland and providing services in Scotland, who are struggling to secure funds through
mainstream funders or who have unsuccessfully explored all the statutory sources of funding.
Eligible applicant organisations will have an income of £100,000 or less per year.
Projects supported in the past include:
• Farmersfield Rest-home for Elderly Donkeys (FRED) - £2,000 for this rest-home for elderly
donkeys.
• Plains Senior Residents Club - £1,797 for this volunteer-run Club offering over 20 senior
residents a weekly home-cooked meal and a friendly place to meet
• Inverness Foodstuff - £10,000 to support the Volunteer Manager role at this drop-in-centre
for people in need.
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The next deadline to apply is the 31st August 2018 at 5pm.
Useful Links:
Guidance Notes
FAQs
http://weircharitabletrust.com/apply-now
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 17th August 2018.
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.
Useful Links:
Application Pack
Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.interface-online.org.uk/how-we-can-help/funding/follow-innovation-vouchers
Funding for Community Sports (Perth, Fife, Dundee and Angus)
Grants of up to £500 are available to sports clubs, schools, religious organisations; and Scout and
Guides groups, etc in Perth, Fife, Dundee and Angus to run sporting activities for the benefit of
people in the local community.
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The funding is being made available through the Aldi Scottish Sport Fund and applicants need to be
based in the vicinity of an Aldi supermarket. In 2017 the Fund awarded a total of £50,000 to 115
projects.
The Fund operates on a regional basis in Scotland with each region having their own deadline.
Previous projects supported include:
• Glasgow Panthers Wheelchair Sports Club, which promotes Rugby 7’s to disabled and able-
bodied players of all ages. With the help of the Aldi Scottish Sports Fund, the club were able
to pay their hall hire fees for 10 weeks and set out a 5-year plan for the sport in Scotland.
• Special Olympics Grampian Area Ski Group, which provides weekly ski instruction to athletes
with learning disabilities. The club used their Aldi Scottish Sports Fund contribution to
subsidise travel costs for the yearly regional skiing competition in Birmingham.
The closing date for applications is the 7th August 2018.
Useful Links:
Application Form
Frequently Asked Question
https://www.aldi.co.uk/scottishsportfund
Funding Available for Organisations Supporting the Homeless (Wales)
The Community Foundation in Wales has opened the ‘Transformation & Growth Fund’ to help
voluntary and community organisations serving those at risk of homelessness.
The fund is designed to help address local housing and homelessness issues by providing grassroots
organisations with development grants to build sustainability, develop ideas and deploy innovative
solutions; and increase these organisations' capacity and resilience so they are more sustainable
with greater capacity to support people in vulnerable housing situations.
Grants of between £10,000 - £25,000 for a duration of up to two years are on offer to organisations
from the following counties in Wales:
• Blaenau Gwent
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• Bridgend
• Caerphilly
• Cardiff
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Neath Port Talbot
• Newport
• Pembrokeshire
• Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Swansea
• The Vale of Glamorgan
• Torfaen
Projects supported will be addressing at least one of the 3 priority areas below, working to:
• Increase economic well-being
• Improve the supply of low-income housing and housing opportunity
• Prevent homelessness
It’s a two-stage application process with Stage one being an Expression of Interest Form. Applicants
successful at this stage will be contacted by their local Community Foundation within a month and
invited to attend an application workshop and submit a full application.
The deadline for the Expression of Interest Form is the 3rd of August 2018.
Useful Links:
To start an English Expression of Interest Form - Click Here
To start a Welsh Expression of Interest Form - Click Here
https://www.wcva.org.uk/funding/funding-latest/2018/07/transformation-and-growth-fund-open-
for-applications
Combating Rural Isolation with Technology: Apply for Funding (South Wales)
The GovTech Catalyst, a Small Business research Initiative (SRBI) is investing up to £250,000 in
projects that combat digital exclusion and a lack of access to transport in rural communities in South
Wales. Isolation and loneliness have a significant impact on wellbeing and this Fund aims to develop
digital innovations that could connect isolated people, transform public services and support
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transport opportunities.
This first phase will fund a series of feasibility studies with the best ideas going forward to share up
to £1 million to enable further development. Phase One contracts are expected to be worth up to
£50,000 and to last up to 3 months. Phase 2 contracts could be worth up to £500,000.
The competition is calling for low cost, co-designed, user-friendly technology that tackle social
isolation. Eligible lead applicants will be an organisation of any size working alone or with others
from business, the research base or the third sector as subcontractors that can demonstrate a route
to market for its idea.
Projects supported will propose solutions suitable for everyone that address 3 main challenges:
• How to use technology to reduce loneliness for older people who are currently digitally
excluded
• How to co-ordinate transport to improve the ability to travel while reducing public subsidy
• How to better connect people in rural areas to improve wellbeing, reduce pressure on
health and social care and improve efficiency of services
Priority groups for projects include:
• Older adults
• People with disabilities
• Volunteers with a desire to help those in need in the community
• Young people trying to access work
The deadline for registration is at midday on 29 August 2018 and applications must be submitted by
12 noon on the 5th September 2018.
Useful Links:
Application Guidance
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/202/overview
Grants to Improve Local Communities and Environments (Northern Ireland)
Grants of up to £50,000 are available in Northern Ireland through the Alpha Fund to support projects
that enhance local community facilities or encouraging bio-diversity and environmental
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improvements.
All projects must be located within ten miles of Mullaghglass landfill site. During 2018, funding will
be available through two funding streams. The Alpha Main Grants Programme for grants of between
£10,000 and £50,000 and the Alpha Small Grants Programme for grants of between £3,000 and
£10,000.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on the 26th October 2018.
Useful Links:
Main Grants Application Form
Small Grants Application Form
Main Grants Guidelines
Small Grants Guidelines
http://www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/northernireland/pages/the-alpha-programme-ni
Applications Open for Community Safety Grants (Suffolk)
The Suffolk Police & Crime Commissioner’s Fund recognises that Voluntary and Community Sector
organisations play a significant role in reducing crime and disorder and in supporting victims across
Suffolk.
The Fund looks for strong applications from organisations that are working in partnership or
collaboration with hard to reach groups on projects and services that are filling gaps in services.
Supported work will link with key areas of focus in the Police and Crime Plan for Suffolk 2017 – 2021
these are:
• Vulnerable people – who are or could be a target for crime.
• Victims of crime – helping people cope with the immediate impact of the crime and recover
from the harm caused – especially where partnerships are formed to support victims.
• Hidden harm – supporting those who are or could become a target for crime, cyber-crime,
human trafficking, child sexual abuse.
• Substance misuse – working with those who have drug and alcohol issues.
• Preventing reoffending – working with those who offend to reduce re-offending.
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• Reducing crime and anti-social behaviour – towards reducing anti-social behaviour.
Funded projects also show how they meet one of the following key themes:
• Volunteering and Rural Communities
• Hate Crime
• Business Crime and the local economy
• Substance Misuse
• Offences committed out of sight, online, etc i.e. human trafficking, female genital mutilation,
modern day slavery, honour-based violence and hate crime
The maximum grant available is £20,000, however no grant will normally exceed 10% of an
organisation’s total income.
The next closing date 27 September 2018.
Useful Links:
Apply Online
http://suffolkcf.org.uk/grants/suffolk-pcc-themed/
Funding for Large Heritage Projects (UK)
Grants of over £100,000 are available to support a wide variety of larger heritage projects.
The funding which is being made available through the Heritage Lottery Fund's Heritage Grant
Scheme is available to not-for-profit organisations; and partnerships led by not-for-profit
organisations for any project relating to national, regional and local heritage. This can include for
example:
• Archaeological sites; collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or
archives
• Cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes
• Historic buildings; histories of people and communities
• Histories of places and events; etc.
Projects supported in the past include:
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A grant of £730,000 to the Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust Limited to transform
Richmond Station in North Yorkshire into a self-sustaining heritage and leisure attraction for the
local community.
Heritage Grants applications go through a two-round process. This is so that organisations can apply
at an early stage of planning their project and get an idea of whether they have a good chance of
getting a grant before they send a proposal in greater detail.
The next closing date for applications is the 16th August 2018.
Useful Links:
Heritage Grants application guidance (PDF, 1.28 MB)
Project enquiry form (PDF, 626.02 KB)
Heritage Grants application form (PDF, 153.81 KB)
Heritage Grants standard terms of grant (PDF, 621.38 KB)
Heritage Grants receiving a grant (PDF, 129.02 KB)
https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/heritage-grants
Society for Microbiology – Science Education and Outreach Grants (UK)
The Society for Microbiology provides grants to support the teaching of microbiology. The scheme is
open to Full, Full Concessionary or Postgraduate Student Members residing in the UK or Republic of
Ireland to support relevant science teaching or promotion initiatives, or to support developments
likely to lead to an improvement in the teaching of any aspect of microbiology. The maximum grant
available is £1,000. Activities funded can include:
• Running a school- or college-based science week activity (e.g. hands-on or programme of
talks);
• Supporting microbiology activities in an out-of-school science club;
• Buying materials and equipment outside of normal department resources to support a
microbiology activity (no more than £500 can be used toward large equipment such as
microscopes and incubators);
• A class visit to a microbiology laboratory to carry out activities; and
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• Organising a visit to or from a working microbiologist.
The deadline for applications is 1st October 2018.
Useful Links:
Apply Online
https://microbiologysociety.org/grants/education-outreach-funds/education-and-outreach-
grants.html
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (UK / Ireland)
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) has announced that it is now accepting applications for
the next round of its Northern Ireland programme. The programme aims to address the root causes
of violence and injustice and contributes to the ongoing transformation of the Northern Ireland
conflict. It is looking to support projects working on the following priorities:
• Strengthening human rights and equality;
• Supporting inclusive, non-sectarian and participatory politics;
• Supporting processes of demilitarisation;
• Dealing with the past.
JRCT is particularly interested in receiving applications related to women's participation in all of
these areas. Grants range from a few hundred pounds to £100,000+ and may be single payments or
spread over up to three years. 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.
The closing date for applications to this funding round is noon on the 20th August 2018.
https://www.jrct.org.uk/northern-ireland
Funding for High Quality New Music Projects (UK)
PRS Foundation’s Open Fund for Organisations supports high quality new music projects led by
promoters, talent development organisations, venues, festivals, curators and large performance
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groups (for example orchestras, choirs, jazz bands or folk groups with 12 or more performers).
Supported projects will involve the creation, performance and promotion of new music and enable
Music Creators i.e. songwriters, composers, or solo artists, bands, producers and performers of all
backgrounds, to develop creatively and professionally.
Grants of up to £10,000 are awarded to composers cover activities such as:
• Touring
• Recording
• Promotion and marketing
• Commissions of new music by UK-based creators*
• Exciting community projects involving high-quality music creators
• Music creator residencies
• Live programmes featuring new UK music
Successful proposals will fit all three of the following funding priorities:
• To support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music in any
genre
• To enable the UK’s most talented music creators to realise their potential
• To inspire audiences
Priority is given to not for profit groups.
Next closing date 1st October 2018.
Useful Links:
Grant Making Criteria
FAQs
http://prsfoundation.com/funding-support/funding-for-organisations/the-open-fund-for-
organisations/
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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 £1million) 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 September 2018.
Useful Links:
Download application form.
http://www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/applying-for-funding/
Enterprise Hub Launchpad Competition Opens for Applications (UK)
The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced that the Enterprise Hub Launch Pad competition
is open for applications. The Enterprise Hub Launchpad Competition will award entrepreneurs in the
UK aged 16-25 with a cash prize and bespoke support to start a business based on an innovative
idea.
The winner will receive
• The JC Gammon Award
• £15,000 equity-free seed funding
• Lifetime membership of the Enterprise Hub
The closing date for applications is the 10th September 2018.
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Useful Links:
Guidance Notes
Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/launchpad/default.htm
Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Bring Together Diverse Communities (England)
Local groups and organisations, who are working to bring together neighbours and develop
relationships across diverse faiths and ethnicities in order to improve their communities, can apply
for grants of £250 to £5,000 from the Near Neighbours Fund - Small Grants Programme. The fund
which operates in East & West London, Luton, East Midlands, Birmingham, the Black Country,
Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire has two key objectives:
• Social interaction - to develop positive relationships in multi-faith and multi-ethnic areas
• Social action - to encourage people of different faiths and of no faith and of different
ethnicities to come together for initiatives that improve their local neighbourhood.
Grants awarded in the past have offered funding to a broad range of work; environmental, social,
cultural, artistic, and sporting, that furthers the programme's aims of encouraging social interaction
and social action.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until all funds are spent.
Useful Links:
Application Guidance
Application Form
Near Neighbours Fund - Small Grants Programme (Video)
https://www.cuf.org.uk/near-neighbours-small-grants
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Democracy Matters Community Engagement Fund Opens for Applications (Scotland)
The Scottish Government Democracy Matters Community Engagement Fund provides grants of up
to £300 (in exceptional circumstances up to £500) to small voluntary organisations and community
groups in Scotland to help them run an event with a group of five or more people to discuss what
matters to them in relation to democracy.
Groups and voluntary organisations with a turnover of up to £100,000 can apply for a grant to run an
event and cover costs such as venue hire, catering, childcare and inclusive communication such as
interpreters.
To apply for a grant, groups must have:
• A constitution and an annual income below £100,000 in the last financial year (excluding any
income for capital items such as buildings and equipment)
• A bank account in the name of the group with 2 signatories on all payments
• Be able to hold an event by 26th October and provide feedback by 31st October
Groups without a constitution or bank account can still receive funding, but the application has to be
made by another body submitting the application on their behalf. If successful, this other body will
receive the grant and is responsible to VAF for how it is spent.
An organisation or group can apply for more than one grant if the events involve different people.
Costs can include:
• Venue hire
• Catering costs
• Childcare costs
• Travel costs
• Inclusive communications
The closing date for applications is the 14th September 2018. However, grant award decisions will be
being made on a weekly basis. Early applications would be preferred.
Useful Links:
Online Application Form
https://www.voluntaryactionfund.org.uk/funding-and-support/democracy-matters-community-
engagement-fund
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Funding to Develop Music Opportunities for Young People (Scotland)
The next deadline for applying to Creative Scotland Music Initiative (YMI) is the 20th August 2018.
YMI provides funding to individuals, organisations and networks to develop opportunities in the
music sector for young people (aged 0 - 25 years). There are 2 streams to apply under. These are:
• Access to Music Making (grants of £1,000 to £40,000 for extracurricular
programmes); and
• Strengthening Youth Music (grants of £1,000 to £20,000 for training
programmes).
YMI also provides funding through its School Based Music Making programme. The School Based
Music Making Programme is a targeted fund for Scotland's 32 Local Authorities and Jordanhill
School.
Examples of projects funded include:
• Developing Potential which was set up by Drake Music Scotland, a charity which creates
music making opportunities for people with disabilities.
• Hear My Music is a community music organisation working specifically with young people
who have complex needs and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
http://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/targeted-funding/youth-music-
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