Adult Community Learning in Reading

Reading Borough Council receives a grant from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to provide community learning and is sub-contracting a portion to voluntary and community organisations to reach deprived communities within Reading. This funding is under the SFA programmes Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities and Personal Community Development Learning.

Amount available: Total amount available is £27,800 to be divided into contracts between £2,000 and £13,000.

Who can apply: Not-for profit organisations delivering learning opportunities to Reading residents aged 19+

Deadline: 12 noon Monday 24 June 2013

To find out more please email childrenscommissioning@reading.gov.uk or call 0118 937 2471

Grants available for young peoples activities in the school holidays

A new scheme has gone live on Find Me a Grant (www.findmeagrant.org) which offers grant money for young people's activites from a pot called the Turnaround Families Programme.

Deadline for applying is by 28th May 2013  and the main funding priorities are as follows

1. Activities for children and young people run in areas with high unemployment and high child poverty levels (above 15%) and/or rural isolation, including Calcot, Thatcham, Clay Hill, Greenham and Lambourn.

2. Activities which young people attend via a selection process and aimed at children and young people who present with one or more of the following life challenges:
• have found themselves in difficulty and are struggling with a positive approach to life and good mental health
• are experiencing a turbulent personal relationship or family situation
• are finding it difficult to stay in school or learning or who are getting into trouble at school and/or with the Police
• come from a household where there is at least one adult who is out of work

3. Whole family activities aimed at building family relationships and strengthening ties to people or place communities and in which are targeted at families managing one or more of the following issues: • unemployment • mental or physical ill health • domestic abuse • bereavement, separation or loss • isolation due to example cultural, language and/or religious needs • rural isolation

Funding News

The Plunkett Foundation

The Plunkett Foundation helps rural communities through community-ownership to take control of the issues affecting them. Their work is focused on Community-owned village shops, Rural Social and Community Enterprises and Community Food enterprises. For further information please visit: http://www.plunkett.co.uk

Path for Communities

The Paths for Communities scheme has been established to develop and enhance the network of Public Rights of Way (PROW) in England in order to deliver benefits to rural areas.
The aim of the scheme is to:
•          encourage and enable local communities to work with land owners to develop and enhance local public paths in ways that deliver wider benefit; and
•          offer a network with more appeal to visitors and tourists, contributing to the rural economy through better support for local services such as shops, pubs, hotels, bed and breakfasts, equestrian and cycle businesses.
For further information please click here: http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/access/rightsofway/p4c.aspx

Biffa Award Small Grants Scheme

Small grants available to make a difference to a local facility, such as a community building, nature reserve, cultural facility or outdoor space. You can apply for between £250 and £10,000. For further details please click here: http://www.biffa-award.org/small-grants-scheme

Right to Bid

Pre-Feasibility Grant: Are available from Social Investment Business up to £10,000 and are for organizations to build their internal capacity to prepare to take receipt of an asset transfer or, else, a bid to buy land and buildings of community value.
Feasibility Grants: Feasibility grants will be made available to organisations that demonstrate they have the potential to meet local needs through the acquisition and management of land and buildings. These grants are mixed capital and revenue for amounts of up to £100,000.
Information on both of these grants is available here: http://mycommunityrights.org.uk/community-right-to-bid/grants/
 

Community Funding News

Lloyds TSB Foundation for England & Wales: The Community Programme

The community programme focuses on funding core work that helps disadvanatged people to play a fuller role in the community. for further details please click here: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk

McDonalds Community Football Grants

McDonald's is providing grants through its new KickStart scheme to help support community football clubs throughout the UK which will help to develop their players and the community. For further information please click here: http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/Sport/Football.html 

Communitybuilders

Communitybuilders aims to make sustainable investments in community enterprises to build their long term financial viability and increase their ability to deliver significant social impact in their communities. For further details please click here: http://www.communitybuildersfund.org.uk/

Community Spaces Open Grants Programme

Community Spaces is a £50 million open grants programme that is managed by Groundwork UK’s Open Grants Department. The programme helps community groups in England create or improve green, open spaces to enhance people’s quality of life. Community Spaces is funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Grants start at £10,000. For further details please click here: http://www.community-spaces.org.uk/
 
 

Big Lottery News

Awards for All

The BIG Lottery’s Awards for All programme looks to fund projects which address the issues, needs and aspirations of local communities and people. It will fund a wide range of community projects aimed at developing skills, improving health, revitalising the local environment and enabling people to become more active citizens. Grants are available between £300 and £10,000. For further details please click here: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_a4a_en

Reaching Communities

The BIG Lottery’s Reaching Communities has two strands:

•  Revenue and small capital – funding from £10,000 to £500,000 for revenue projects and/or smaller capital projects up to £50,000
•  Buildings – funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 for large capital projects

For further information please click here: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities?tab=3&

BIG Assist 

BIG Assist is delivered under contract to the Big Lottery Fund by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). Big Assist is a programme for infrastructure organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. The programme aims to support infrastructure organisations based in England, to be more efficient, effective, sustainable and better able to adapt to the current and future operating environment. For further information please click here: http://www.bigassist.org.uk/

Sharing Heritage

The Heritage Lottery Fund’s ‘Sharing Heritage’ programme is for any type of project related to national, regional or local heritage in the UK. You can apply for a grant from £3,000 to £10,000. For further information please click here: http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/sharingheritage.aspx#.UUxjVTc2Ypl

Heritage Lottery Fund - Young Roots

Young Roots is a grant programme designed to engage young people aged 13-25 with their heritage. Young Roots projects stem directly from the interest and ideas of young people, who are supported by youth and heritage organisations to develop skills, build confidence, and connect with their local communities. The programme offers grants between £3,000 - £25,000. For further details please click here: http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/youngroots.aspx