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Healthy Communities Small Grants Programme

The People’s Health Trust has announced that they will be announcing the first recipients of their Health Communities small grants programme. 
The Health Communities small grants programme will make awards of between £5,000 and £10,000 to local projects which help people live longer healthier lives, and address health inequalities. The People’s Health Trust are particularly keen to support grassroots activities through their small grants programme, which is currently open in 9 local society lottery areas.
Funding will be available from other local society lotteries in the coming weeks and months, and local charities and community groups are urged to check the People’s Health Trust’s website for details.
http://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/index.php/apply-for-funding/local-society-lottery?dm_i=10CZ,MFYW,57OTOG,1TGA5,1

£60,000 Buy Better Together Challenge Fund

The Government, together with Co-operatives UK, the trade association of co-operative enterprises have announced a new challenge prize and guide to enable communities to realise the benefits of community buying.
Community buying involves groups of people combining their buying power to purchase goods or services together and get better deals from shops and other suppliers. This can help businesses spread their overheads and in turn lowers costs for consumers. The ‘Buy Better Together Challenge’ is aimed at raising awareness of the benefits of community buying and sharing best practice amongst communities. A total of £60,000 is available through the prize fund. Support will be awarded to schemes that best demonstrate new and different models of group buying and which deliver real deals and social benefits for communities. Any group or organisation within the public, voluntary or business sectors is eligible to enter the competition.
The Buy Better Together Challenge will be open for applications from January 2012. In May, shortlisted applicants will be asked to prepare a detailed business plan for the final stage, aided by a business mentor if they need it.
The overall winner of the prize will be announced in October 2012.
http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/buying/

Starbucks Youth Action Programme

Young People between the ages of 16 – 24 that wish to make a positive difference within their community, can apply for grants of up to £2,000 through the Starbucks Youth Action programme. 
The programme is open to young people for projects in Greater London; Belfast; Birmingham;  Bristol; Cardiff; Dublin; Edinburgh; Leeds; and Manchester.  Previous projects supported include introducing bee-hives to an inner-city park in Manchester, tackling cyber-bullying in Cardiff; and supporting cheer-leaders in Kensington. 
The closing date for applications is 9 am on the 5th March 2012.
http://starbucks.co.uk/responsibility/community/youth-action

Facilitation Fund

As part of its announcement, that the Government has awarded £116,473 million to 13 Disabled People’s User-Led Organisations (DPULO) to be a representative voice for disabled people and deliver better services, the government has also announced that it is seeking funding for applications from disability organisations through its Facilitation Fund.
The Facilitation Fund is designed for DPULOs to bid for modest amounts of money to fund specific projects and to improve their sustainability.  It is anticipated that the typical grant will be in the region of £10,000 or £30,000 over the duration of the whole programme (ie until March 2015). 
Examples of activities / projects that can be supported include:

• Training
• strengthen the role of DPULOs in the local community
• funding DPULOs to run enterprise schemes to generate income
• radio or press promotion
• equipment essential to the running of DPULOs. This includes updating computers below the £1,000 capital threshold and other potential capital assets below £5,000 (as per DWP’s Capitalisation Policy); etc.  

Applications to the Facilitation Fund can be submitted at any time.
http://odi.dwp.gov.uk/odi-projects/user-led-organisations.php/

 

Blind People & Learning Disabilities Grant

The Will Charitable Trust has announced that the next deadline for applications through its Blind People & Learning Disabilities grant is the 31st January 2012. 
Through the programme UK registered or exempt charities can apply for funding for:

• The care of and services for blind people, and the prevention and/or cure of blindness
• The long-term care of people with learning disabilities either in a residential care or supported living environment in a way that provides a family environment and a wide choice of activities and lifestyle or by providing long-term day/employment activities.  

Grants will generally fall within the range of £5,000 to £20,000. The total amount awarded varies from year to year according to available funds. As a guide, in the year 2008/09, 44 grants were awarded from our normal programme totalling £491,000.
http://www.willcharitabletrust.org.uk/howtoapply.htm

 

EDF Energy's Green Fund (England, Scotland & Wales)

EDF Energy's Green Fund is now open to applications from community, non-profit, charitable and educational organisations across the UK. The Green Fund is made up with a small premium that EDF Green Tariff customers pay, EDF match these contributions and use it to help support renewable energy projects across England, Scotland and Wales.
The Fund offers grants of up to £30,000 to help cover the cost of renewable energy technology that can be used to produce green energy from the sun, wind, water, wood and other renewable sources.
Projects supported in the past include;

• Ringmer Community College, East Sussex – staff and pupils used funding to install solar panels on the south-facing roof of their school;
• and Care Kent  used funding to fit wind turbines, a ground source heat pump and solar panels that meet all its energy needs. 

The next deadline for applications is the 28th February 2012.
http://www.edfenergy.com/products-services/for-your-home/our-services/green-energy-fund.shtml

 

Volant Charitable Trust

Registered charities whose purpose is to alleviate poverty and social deprivation with particular emphasis on children and women’s issues have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Volant Charitable Trust. The Trust which was set up by the author J K Rowling also supports research into the causes, treatment and possible cures of Multiple Sclerosis. However this funding stream is currently fully committed and is not considering further applications for funding in this area at the present time. In addition the Trustees will as and when appropriate, support disaster appeals. The Trust will support both capital and revenue funding. Applications for funding requests of £10,000 or less, for those projects based in Scotland only, are dealt with by the Trust’s appointed agents, the Scottish Community Foundation. The Trustees have already committed funds for overseas projects, and are not, therefore, considering further applications for projects outside the UK at present.
The next deadline for applications is Friday 27th January 2012.
http://www.volanttrust.com/index.html
Funding for Projects that Support Disabled Children and their Families (UK)
Local organisations and projects that support disabled children and their families have the opportunity to apply for funding through the True Colours Trust Small Grants Programme. Grants of up to £10,000 are usually available for one-off purposes, to help smaller organisations develop and deliver programmes for children, their siblings and families. The Trustees are particularly keen to award grants for

• Hydrotherapy pools;
• Multi sensory rooms;
• Mini buses;
• Young carers projects;
• Sibling projects;
• and Bereavement support.

The True Colour Trust also makes grants for improving access to affordable palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa. The Trust's strategic programme is focussed on increasing access to opioids in Zambia. It has also launched a small grants programme which is administered by the African Palliative Care Association. This programme provides grants, of between £1,000 - £2,500, to organisations offering palliative services.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
http://www.truecolourstrust.org.uk/small_grants.aspx

 

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust has announced that its grant making programme is open for applications. Within the UK, the Trust makes grants to both organisations and individuals for activities that relate to:

• Peace and conflict resolution
• Promoting racial justice
• Power and responsibility
• Quaker concerns. 

The Trust tends to fund work that is on a national level and there are no maximum grant limits although the Trust does stress that costings need to be realistic. 
Previously supported projects include Asylum Aid, which assists people seeking refuge in the UK.  Asylum Aid received a grant of £203,170 from the Trust to support a project that enables women fleeing serious human rights violations to gain protection in the UK; and the University of Liverpool received a grant of £75,000 from the Trust to undertake an audit of local democracy in Burnley and Harrogate.
The next deadline for applications is 12 noon on the 19th December 2011.
http://www.jrct.org.uk/

 

Comic Relief Grants

Comic Relief has announced that its UK grants programme is due to re-open for applications on the 29th June 2012.  Through its UK grants programme voluntary and community based organizations can apply for grants through a number of different funding schemes.  These include:

• Mental health
• Domestic and sexual abuse
• Refugee and asylum seeking women
• Sport for Change
• Young People aged 11 – 25 that are sexually exploited
• Suffer from alcohol abuse
• Suffer from mental health problems. 

Comic relief will also re-open for applications on the 10th April 2012 under its older people and sport for change programmes. 
Comic Relief provides both capital and revenue and can pay for up to 100% of projects costs but they encourage applicants to get some of their funding from other sources. On average grants of between £25,000 and £40,000 are available. 
In addition, Comic Relief operates a programme that support disadvantaged communities.  This programme is devolved to the Community Foundation Network. Please contact your local Community Foundation directly for details of their funding application procedures.  This will be the last funding cycle under their current grants strategy. The new strategy will launch in spring 2013 with grant making resuming in summer 2013
http://www.comicrelief.com/apply-for-a-grant/apply-for-a-uk-grant

Funding for Young People to Start their Own Business

Launched, to coincide with Global Entrepreneurship Month, the  TeenBiz scheme aims to provide teenage entrepreneurs with the tools needed to start their own enterprise.

The objective is to help 100 young people to start their own business over the next three years.  Each month two students will receive up to £500 of funding.  One student per month must be a social entrepreneur (a business which makes money whilst their work helps other people). The funding can be used towards a wide  range of start-up costs.  In addition to the funding successful applicants will receive a mentor and a ‘Business in a Box’ startup pack including a virtual PA service, business cards and the loan of office space.  TeenBiz is open to young people aged from 13 to 18-years-old.

Applicants are reviewed by the TeenBiz team on a monthly basis and five short listed applicants are passed to the sponsor who will then choose the winners.   Awards start from the 1st of January 2012
http://www.teenbiz.org.uk/

Funding to Support Social Entrepreneurs

UnLtd, the national charity that supports social entrepreneurs, has announced that the Autumn 2011UnLtd Awards (Level 2) competition in England is now open for applications. UnLtd's Awards provide practical and financial support to social entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and projects. Level 2 Awards provides grants of up to £15,000 to support people whose ideas are already developed or pay for the living expenses of Award Winners to help them devote more time to their projects. In addition winners receive dedicated business support.  
UnLtd also provides grants of between £500 and £5,000 through its Level 1 Awards.  Level 1 awards provide grants of between £500 and £5,000 to develop new ideas into real projects. UnLtd gives out 1,000 Level 1 Awards each year across the UK. Level 1 Awards are aimed at individuals or informal groups of people who have an idea and want help getting it off the ground. The money is to help with the running costs of the project.
The closing date for submitting an Expression of Interest  for Level 2 Awards is the 21st November 2011.  Applications for Level 1 Awards can be submitted at any time
http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=1&PageName=whatareunltdawards

Grants to Help New, Innovative Visual Arts

The Elephant Trust offers grants to artists and institutions (priority is given to small organisations and galleries) for new, innovative visual arts projects based in the UK. The Trust's aim is to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when confronted by lack of funds. The Trust supports projects that develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts. Priority is now being given to artists and small organisations and galleries who should submit well argued, imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions. Arts Festivals are not supported. The Trust normally awards grants of up to £2,000, but larger grants may be considered. 
The next deadline is the 16th January 2012
http://www.elephanttrust.org.uk/docs/intro.html

 

Baily Thomas Charitable Fund

The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a registered charity which was established to support projects in the area of learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability by making grants to voluntary organisations within the UK and the Republic of Ireland working in this field. The Trust consider under learning disability the conditions generally referred to as severe learning difficulties, together with autism. In this area, they consider projects concerning children or adults. Application for funding is normally considered for capital and revenue costs and for both specific projects and for general running/core costs.  They offer grants from £250 upwards. 
The next deadline for applications is the 1st March 2012 for research applications and the 1st May 2012 for general grant applications
http://www.bailythomas.org.uk/

 

Kellog’s Swim Active Grants

The Kellogg's Swim Active Programme has announced that its Swim Active grants programme is now open for applications.  Applications are accepted from non for profit organisations such as; swimming clubs, schools, facilities, pool operators, community organisations and enterprises.
The programme is offering grants that support any aquatic activity which enhances motivation, removes barriers and increases participation in the sport. There is no minimum or maximum level of grants.  Projects must focus on one or more of the following areas;

• reach deprived communities
• target non swimming individuals
• break down barriers to participation in aquatic activity
• increase participation in aquatic activity
• and target socio-deprived communities

Example projects that could be supported include; supportive social sessions for mums-to-be and new mums; to provide an additional social opportunity; aquatic Youth Clubs for young people aged 14-19; etc. 
The closing date for applications is the 1st December 2011 and projects must be delivered from 1st January 2012 and completed by 30th April 2012.
http://www.swimming.org/get-involved/kelloggs-swim-active

 

People’s Health Trust Small Grants

People’s Health Trust which is funded through the new Health Lottery has announced that its Healthy Communities Small Grants Programme opened in October 2011. 
Through its Funding programmes, the Peoples Health Trusts aims to award around £50 million per year to support health-related projects in England, Scotland and Wales. 
The Trust aims to do this by supporting projects that tackle the early causes of ill health. For example, projects that: 

• improve the health and wellbeing of people
• increase physical activity
• improve the look and feel of local communities
• improve transport within communities

The Trust will award grants through two funding streams.  The Healthy Places Healthy People Programme and the Healthy Communities Small Grants Programme. 
Through the Healthy Communities Small Grants Programme the Trust will be funding projects that:

• Are requesting between £5,000 and £10,000
• Last up to 12 months; are based and operate within one of the local lottery areas
• Are run by local charities and community groups with an annual income of less than £75,000 a year. 

Information on the Healthy Places Healthy People Programme will be made available in due course.
People’s Health Trust operates via 51 local society lotteries throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The small grants programme opens in different society areas at different times. Before applying check that the Trust are accepting applications from your area.
http://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/

Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields Programme

Sport England has announced round 2 of their Protecting Playing Fields Programme (PPF) on the 24th October 2011.
Applications can be submitted by organisations such as voluntary or community organisations, local authorities, sports clubs, playing field associations, charities and education establishments. PPF is seeking to support projects that help communities maximise the sporting benefits of playing field land. Grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 will be available towards:

• The purchase of land for new playing fields and bringing disused playing fields back into use
• The purchase of playing field land where there is a known and established threat, such as through the expiry of a lease or a development proposal
• Improvements to existing pitches through levelling, drainage, reseeding and realignment. 

Local Education Authorities and schools are able to apply to the programme to:

• Provide new playing fields
• Bring into use disused playing fields
• Improve existing playing fields in order to establish and/or host a community club-schools link.

All projects will be required to secure partnership funding.
The application deadline for round 2 will be the 12th December 2011.
http://www.sportengland.org/funding/protecting_playing_fields/programme_information.aspx

 

Hilton in the Community Foundation Grants

Organisations that work with young people have the opportunity to apply for grants through the Hilton Foundation.
Organisations such as charities and other not for profit organisations can apply for grants ranging from a few hundred pounds up to £30,000 per year for up to 2 years that meet one of the Foundation's chosen areas of focus these are:

• disabled children
• children in hospital
• homelessness
• life-limited children in hospices.

Previously supported projects by the Foundation have included:
Oakington Manor Primary School,  which received a grant of 1,000 towards equipment for journalism projects and Ratho Primary School which received a grant of £168.48 to provide 'healthy living' water bottles for all of the children at the school. 
The next closing date for applications is the 7th February 2012.
http://www.hilton-foundation.org.uk/application.htm

Creative England Opens for Business

Creative England, which is the British Film Institute’s (BFI) delegated body for the distribution of Lottery funded film activity and was launched at the beginning of October  has announced  that its first fund is now open for applications. 
The Film Culture Fund will aim to:

• ensure audiences have access to a wide and diverse range of film content
• deepen and enrich audiences' experience through education opportunities
• integrate the unique resources of regional screen heritage into wider film provision.

A total of £490,000 is available to organisations such as cinemas, film archives, film festivals and the non-theatrical exhibition sector (mobile cinema and film societies), for projects including:

• Audience development within the film exhibition sector
• Film education activities which are linked to and support film exhibition infrastructure (e.g. cinemas, film festivals, film societies and other platforms)
• The acquisition, preservation and conservation of and access to regional screen heritage. 

The minimum grants that organisations can apply for is £2,000 and the maximum is £50,000.  The application deadline is midday on the 28th November 2011.
http://www.creativeengland.co.uk/news/3-october-2011-creative-england-opens-business

Funding for Schools to Purchase Musical Equipment

Schools in the UK, that wish to purchase musical instruments and equipment can apply for funding of up to £2,000 through the EMI Music Sound Foundation’s Instrument and/or Equipment Awards. To date the 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 closing date for applications is the 10th February 2012.
http://www.emimusicsoundfoundation.com/index.php/site/awards/

WREN Launches New Heritage Fund

WREN, the Waste Recycling Group, has announced the launch of a new Heritage Fund to support the repair, maintenance or restoration of a building or structure of architectural or historic importance including places of worship. 
Under the new scheme, grants of between £15,001and £50,000 are available for  Grade 1 (Grade A in Scotland) and Grade 2 *star listed buildings or structures including places of worship situated within 10 miles of an active and licensed Waste Recycling Group landfill site.
This funding programme will be directly managed and administered by WREN.    WREN is working in partnership with English Heritage, Historic Scotland, Cadw (Wales) and the National Churches Trust who have all helped in the development of this programme.  Wren will not consider nor accept applications submitted directly by applicants.  
All Heritage Fund applications must be recommended and supported by one of the 4 key partner organisations above.
http://www.wren.org.uk/schemes/heritage-fund

 

Health volunteering fund

Department of Health will award up to £5.1m for health and social care volunteering projects

Paul Burstow

Paul Burstow, the care services minister, announces that local Home Starts, Age UKs and mental health organisations will be among the recipients of grants worth up to £50,000
The Department of Health today announced it is awarding up to £5.1m to voluntary organisations for volunteering projects in health and social care.
It will give grants worth up to £50,000 to 51 local voluntary organisations, including local Home-Start charities, Age UKs and various mental health organisations. The successful applicants, who were named today, will share a total of £2.5m.
Paul Burstow, the care services minister, also announced national volunteering organisations will be able to apply for a share of up to £2.6m next week. They can apply for a maximum of £200,000 a year for up to three years.
The department’s health and social care volunteering fund is supplying the funding.
Successful bidders had to meet one of four themes: improving health and social care; delivering better health outcomes; improving public health; and a patient-led NHS.
The funding announcement coincides with the launch of the DoH’s new ‘volunteering vision’.
Burstow told Third Sector the vision aimed to "more closely align" funding for voluntary organisations with the DoH’s strategic priorities.

Go to their website here>> for more information

 

Reaching Communities (England)

The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has announced that it is accepting applications to their Reaching Communities Programme. Reaching Communities provides grants of 10,000 - £500,000 for projects that help people and communities who are most in need, and can really make a difference. BIG wants to fund projects that respond to needs identified by communities and those that fund projects that help those most in need including those people or groups who are hard to reach.
Organisations that can apply for funding include; registered charities; voluntary or community groups; statutory bodies, (including schools); charitable or not-for-profit companies.  The budget for Reaching Communities will be at least £100 million each year until 2013.
The type of projects supported in the past have included a learning bus to reach hard to reach learners in Nottingham and a project that teaches young people in Hackney, Islington and the City of London to play a range of musical instruments.  
Applications can be made at any time.
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities?tab=1&

 

Fund for Civil Society Organisations

The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the launch of a Special Grants Fund for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Commonwealth Associations (CAs) to undertake strategic and innovative projects that will promote the Commonwealth theme for 2011, ‘Women as Agents of Change’. Applications from registered CSOs and CAs across the Commonwealth are being invited to undertake projects lasting between three to six months which meet at least two of the following criteria:

• Foster collaboration and learning between women’s organisations in more than one Commonwealth country
• Involve collaboration with national women’s machineries (NWMs) and governments in promoting women and girls’ social, economic and political empowerment;
• Showcase the achievements of women in addressing social, economic and political change at national or regional levels
• Projects which will have an impact on women at a regional level
• Bring together women from different geographical, social and ethnic background to promote national and regional priorities.

Priority will be given to applications which address one or more of the following areas:

• Capacity enhancement for Women’s organisations in policy development and implementation
• Implementation of the Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action (PoA)
• Women’s leadership and participation in democratic governance
• Social protection and girls’ development
• Opportunities for rural women and girls
• Women’s social, economic and human rights.

Available grants are of up to £2,000. To request a copy of the application form, email Shabinah s.ossman@commonwealth.int .
http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/NewsArticle.aspx?articleID=162

 

 

The True Colours Trust's Small Grants

The True Colours Trust through their small grants programme, inviting applications for grants of up to £10,000 from small organisations in the UK, to help them develop and deliver programmes for disabled children, their sibling and families. The fund are particularly keen to support; Hydrotherapy pools; Multi sensory rooms; Mini buses; Young carers projects; Sibling projects; Bereavement support.
There are no application deadlines.  Applications can be submitted at any time.
http://www.truecolourstrust.org.uk/small_grants.aspx