Funding News
The High Weald Sustainable Development Fund (SDF)
This is a grant scheme to encourage individuals, community groups, schools businesses and parish councils to develop innovative projects that protect our beautiful High Weald landscape. All sorts of projects are eligible for funding. The common thread is that they must demonstrate 'sustainability'. This means projects need to benefit the environment and communities and the local economy at the same time. At the moment most applications to this scheme have been from organisations based in Kent so High Weald is keen to raise awareness of the scheme in East and West Sussex.
Community Cash Awards - Prince's Trust
Available now to help you set up a project that will benefit your community -projects must be run and managed by young people between ages of 14-25
Children in Need Grants
Children in Need is offering small grants of up to £10,000 a year for three years for third sector organisations working with children and young people. The scheme is designed to reach organisations that have not previously considered applying for Children in Need funding. Grants will be allocated in four tranches, with application deadlines on 15 January, 15 April, 15 July and 15 October.
People's Postcode Trust
The People's Postcode Trust will distribute funds to small organisations, community groups and registered charities. Funding is available for three month projects, ranging from £500 up to £10,000. Funding will go to projects with one or more of the following aims:
. To prevent poverty, sickness and distress for the benefit of the public;
. To promote, maintain, improve and advance health;
. To advance citizenship or community development;
. To advance public participation in sport;
. To promote, improve and advance human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation;
. To promote and advance environmental protection or improvement.
Deadline March 2010
For more information about the People's Postcode Trust visit www.postcodetrust.org.uk or call Claire Stewart or Lisa Imlach on 0131 555 7288 / 554 8794.
Changes to Grants for the Arts in 2010
Arts Council England will be making some changes to the Grants for the Arts application process.
Funding Central
A free website for all third sector organisations, including community groups, providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.
East Sussex YouthBank Grants
Download the latest application forms
Apply now to get between £300 to £2,500 from the Youth Opportunity Fund - Deadline for applications will be 12 noon on Thursday 1 October 2009. For this round there will be additional money from Aiming High for Disabled Children - Short Break Fund initiative. It is hoped that this will encourage young people with any kind of special need or disability to make an application. The money could be used to pay for specialised equipment, pay for a support worker to accompany them to a club etc. Applications that encourage young people to help each other and build up relationships between able-bodied and disabled young people are particularly welcome. Remember, it's not just disabled people that can apply. YouthBank is open to groups of young people aged between 13 and 19 (or up to age 25 with special needs or disabilities).
Please see page 3 of the new guidance notes (pdf) for details on what kind of things make a good application!
Heart Research UK - Healthy Heart Grants
Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Grants support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities. Grants of up to £10,000 are available to community groups, voluntary organisations and researchers who are spreading the healthy heart message.
Previous recipients of the grant include a group who teach circus skills to teenagers as a way of encouraging them to get active, and an organisation that holds belly dancing and line dancing classes for local residents to make physical activity fun. Applications are only accepted during January and February for the May round of grants and July and August for grants awarded in November, each year. The deadline is the 28th February 2010.
For more information visit www.heartresearch.org.uk/healthy_heart_grants.htm
Vcashpoint
vcashpoint is giving away £1 million to 16-25 year olds in England with good ideas. If you've got an idea for a volunteering project to improve your community, you could get your hands on a grant of up to £2500 to make your idea a reality.
The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme (external link)
The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off donations of between £1,000 and £4,000. The funding is directed towards practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and people with disabilities, living in the local communities around Tesco stores.
The Concertina Charitable Trust (external link)
Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. This not only brightens up their lives, but also provides a therapeutic benefit to their health and well-being. They are keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Since its inception in 2004, it has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in England and Wales. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents.
Grassroots Grants (external link)
This is a three-year scheme to March 2011, aimed at very small local community groups, offering between £250 to £5,000. There are two schemes being managed in this area by Sussex Community Foundation. There are rolling applications for up to £900, and timed deadlines for above that amount, with a decision within 10 working days of closing date. Applications are available to download from Sussex Community Foundation.
Community Matters For Supermarket Giant (external link)
Supermarket chain Waitrose is to donate more than £2.2 million to around 7,000 deserving charities over the next year, from their Community Matters initiative, which will allocate £1,000 a month to each branch across the country, who will then split the cash between three local projects. Staff and customers will all be involved in deciding which are the successful charities.
Independent Funding (pdf 4.80 mb)
This is an online directory of 158 grant giving organisations who are members of the European Foundation Centre. The directory also includes advice on seeking funding and several themed indices.
Grants for the Arts (external link)
Arts Council England has issued new guidance for future applications. Individuals and organisations in England are eligible to apply for funding for arts-related activities lasting up to three years. Grants range from £1,000 to £30,000 for individuals and up to £100,000 for organisations which include local authorities. Applications may be made at any time.
Caudwell Children (external link)
The 'Enable Sport' progamme has been announced by Caudwell Children in partnership with Barclays Wealth to launch a three month initial programme to fund individually adapted sports equipment, ie sports wheelchairs for disabled children to participate in competitive sports. This new inniative will enable more disabled sports people to complete in a wide range of sports. To receive an application pack families can contact the charity on 0845 300 1348 or email on chairty@caudwellchildren.com
Young People's Fund to Local Grants (external link)
The Big Lottery YPF 2 Local grants is now open for applications for grants of between £10,000 and £500,000. An outline proposal is required in the first instance. Receipts of YPF 1 Grants can apply with either a new project or for continuation of existing projects. Projects should meet both individual and local priorities. For more information call 0845 603 6725
Community Cash Awards
Community Cash Awards are grants of up to £5,000 to help young people set up a project that will benefit their community
Changing Spaces - Lottery Funding (pdf 18kb)
Grant to help local people improve and create play areas, community gardens, parks, wildlife areas, ponds, courts and village greens, offering grants of between £10,000 and £49,999, with some grants up to £450,000. For more information visit the community spaces website.
East Sussex Downs & Weald Primary Care Trust
The Health Improvement small grants programme offers voluntary groups in Wealden District access to grants of up £500. The focus is supporting health and social inclusion projects, especially activities and projects that promote good health and well-being. For more information email Karl Parks@btconnect.com.
Awards for all (external link)
Lottery grant scheme that funds small community projects with grants from £300 to £10,000. Open to non-profit making groups, charities, schools, parish and town councils and health bodies.
Family Learning (external link)
Grants from £10,000 to £500,000 to encourage adults and children to learn as a family. Projects must meet all delivery targets and application is open to registered charities; voluntary or community groups; statutory bodies, including schools and children’s centres; charitable or not-for-profit company; social enterprise or private sector organisation. Visit The Big Lottery website.
Sussex Community Foundation - Resource Action Fund (external link)
The Veolia South Downs Resource Action Fund has been set up by Veolia to help fund projects which aim to encourage the reduction, reuse or recycling of waste. The fund will support both practical activities and educational projects to inform local people how they can play their part in saving natural resources. Visit Sussex Community Foundation.
The Foyle Foundation (external link)
The Foyle Foundation will support registered charities in the United Kingdom, the dominant purpose of which is to benefit Learning, the Arts or Health. The Foundation will consider both revenue and capital projects. Applications accepted on a rolling basis, but decisions can take 4 months. Visit The Foyle Foundation.
Charity Technology Exchange - Donated Technology Products (external link)
The CTX Programme enables eligible charities to gain access to donated technology products. Organisations must register, identify what products they are seeking and there is an Admin Fee. Visit CTX.
The Hilden Charitable Trust (external link)
Grants to projects in the UK and developing countries, dealing with homelessness, minorities, and penal affairs. Funds are mainly to support work at community level and priority given to small poorly funded charities and rarely exceed £5,000. Hilden also has a summer play scheme funding programme. Applications from organisations working with refugees and minority ethnic groups are given priority. Grants for the scheme rarely exceed £1,000. Visit The Hilden Charitable Trust.
Happy Days Children Charity (external link)
Funds holidays and outings for children and young people from three to 17 with special needs, victims of abuse, neglect or domestic violence, bereavement, or who have a caring role for other family members. Rolling application programme. Visit Happy Days Children’s Charity.
Allen Lane Foundation (external link)
Grants from £500 to £15,000 for projects that benefit marginalized individuals. Rolling applications programme and open to registered charities and community groups. Visit Allen Lane Foundation.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation (external link)
Grants for projects to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the following four categories – Social Change; Enterprise and Independence; Environment and Education; and Arts and Heritage. Rolling application programme, open to registered charities and not for profit organisations. Visit Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
James Tudor Foundation (external link)
Grants between £5,000 and £20,000 for six programmes in various areas of relief of sickness. Preference will be given to registered charities operating for more than two years. Rolling application programme. Visit James Tudor Foundation.
Lloyds TSB foundation for England and Wales (external link)
Grants to support under funded registered charities that improve the lives of disadvantaged people. Rolling application programme. Visit Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales.
Ragdoll Foundation (external link)
Grants from £500 for imaginative and innovative projects, which promote the development of young children in the UK and throughout the world. Rolling application programme for registered charities. Visit Ragdoll Foundation.
Steel Charitable Trust (external link)
Grants between £1,000 and £25,0000 for projects around health & medical research, social services and environment and culture. Rolling application programme. Visit Steel Charitable Trust.
