Local Sustainability Fund
The Local Sustainability Fund is aimed at voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations that provide services to those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged. The programme also aims to help VCSE organisations become stronger, more sustainable ad more resilient. Average grants will be approximately £70,000. For more information about this programme, please click here.
Big Lottery Funds
Building Better Opportunities - Big Lottery Fund are matching European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020 funding to local projects tackling the root causes of poverty, promoting social inclusion and encouraging local employment opportunities and growth. The Big Lottery Fund is working with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) that have identified projects that best meet local need and priorities. For more information please click here.
Help Through Crisis – grants of £300,000 - £500,000 are available to projects working collaboratively, with a focus on best practice, to support those facing hardship. Hands-on advocacy and advice projects are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is 26th August. For more information please click here.
Big Potential Advanced Fund – This extension to the Big Potential fund will support organisations at a more advanced stage of their social investment journey, which are looking to raise investments over £500,000 and / or win contracts of over £1 million. These grants will be up to £150,000. For more information please click here.
Guardian Charity Awards 2015
The Guardian Charity Awards recognise charities that improve social wellbeing and deliver benefits to those disadvantaged by poverty, disability, or are marginalised in some other way. Winning charities will receive £3,000, an iPad mini, one year's free NCVO membership and a tailored package of support from Zurich Insurance, the FSI, Media Trust and Bates Wells Braithwaite. Entries must fulfil the following criteria:
• Innovative aims and objectives
• Be able to demonstrate their impact
• Show how an award would boost growth and sustainability
• Demonstrate a contribution to social welfare
The deadline for entries is 5th August. For more information please click here.
British Gas Energy Efficiency Fund
This fund helps micro-businesses to manage their long term energy costs by providing free advice and energy efficiency measures. Eligible businesses will receive an on-site energy survey and fully funded installations of energy saving measures valued up to £6,000. For more information please click here.
Courtesy of Community Action Norfolk
M&S Energy is inviting not-for-profit organisations in Great Britain to apply to its new £400,000 Community Energy Fund Competition.
M&S Energy launched the Community Energy Fund earlier this month to mark its move to supplying all of its electricity from renewable sources. The fund will support community renewable energy projects and technologies across England, Scotland and Wales.
The competition is open to any not-for-profit organisation that wants to use renewable energy to provide community benefit. This could be, for example, parish and town councils, local action or interest groups, village or community hall associations, community energy groups, sports and recreation clubs, libraries, schools, scout and guide groups, religious or faith groups, or any organisation that wants to have a positive impact on the environment.
The following funding will be awarded:
Two national awards of £40,000.
Two national awards of £20,000
Regional funding pots for projects that require a maximum of £12,500.
A judge's prize of £15,000 which will be split between the most innovative or inspiring projects.
The grants can be used for all capital costs relating to the installation of the specified technology between October 2015 and October 2016.
Entries will be judged upon their social and environmental impact and will be scored against a variety of criteria, including:
A clear business case that gives value for money.
An engaged and supportive community.
A measurable community benefit.
Shortlisted applicants will need to organise support from their community to vote for their campaign on the competition website.
The most voted for projects in their national or regional category will secure funding. Funding will also be announced for the most inspiring projects. The results will be revealed by the end of October 2015.
The deadline for applications is 29 July 2015.
An online application and full details can be found on the M&S Energy website.
Souce: J4BCommunity.co.uk
Developing Car Clubs in England
Expressions of interest are invited for the Developing Car Clubs in England programme. The Developing Car Clubs in England programme had a £100,000. Applications are welcomed from local authorities, transport authorities and LEPs. The deadline for expressions of interest is 6th July. For more information please click here.
Youth Music Grant Programme
Grants of up to £30,000 are available for high quality music making programmes for children and young people. Funds can also be used in projects that support the development of staff and volunteers, and the organisation itself. Applications are welcome from charities, not for profit organisations and schools. The closing date for this fund is 23rd July. For more information please visit here.
Grassroots Giving
The Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving awards grants of £500 to local groups with an annual net profit of less than £10,000 that make life better for local communities. Community allotments, social groups for older people and groups offering activities for young people are among those who can apply. The closing date for applications is 31st July. For more information lease click here.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) welcome applications to their grant programmes:
Peace and Security
Power and Accountability
Rights and Justice
Sustainable Future
JRCT ask that applications that relate to more than one grant (cross cutting) are submitted by 17th August. Applications that are affected by only one of the grant programmes are to be submitted by 1st September. For more information please click here.
Heart Research UK and Subway’s Healthy Heart Grants
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to new and original projects that actively promote heart health and help to reduce the risk of heart disease. For more information please visit here.
Parks for People
Heritage Lottery Fund is welcoming applications to their Parks for People fund for grants of between £100,000-£5 million. Applicants must demonstrate that the park or cemetery is valued by the local community as part of their heritage. The grant will support work around the following:
Landscaping, archaeological sites, earthworks or features from an earlier phase of design
Historic features or buildings (surviving or lost)
Natural heritage including habitats and wildlife
Collections of plants, trees objects or documents
Cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, fairs and crafts
Memories and experiences of the park or cemetery and the history attached to individual features, such as memorials or veteran trees
The deadline for applications is 12noon on 1st September. For more information please click here.
Concertina
Concertina make grants for up to £250 to charitable organisations who provide musical entertainment, and related activities, to the elderly. In particular they like to support small organisations who might struggle to get funding. This funding can also include Care Homes. The closing date is 31st October. For more information please click here.
European Youth Foundation (EYF) Grants
The EYF are an independent organisation which promotes the positive development of children and young people. Their priorities for this round of funding are:
The innovative encouragement of democratic citizenship
Young peoples’ access to rights and their autonomy
The promotion of peaceful, inclusive societies
The closing date for this funding is 1st October. The EYF also fund pilot projects and will give priority to projects that focus on one of the following:
Fighting online hate speech and extremism
The integration of migrants and young refugees into society
Strengthening civil society (Especially Ukraine)
These projects can be submitted at any time. For more information about ether of these funds please click here
Santander Foundation
The Santander Foundation has two funding streams to help disadvantaged people. Both funds can be used for either capital or revenue expenses.
Learn and Grow – This programme funds activities that improve skills, confidence or employability for disadvantaged people
Money Skills – This programme funds charities and credit unions to carry out work to help disadvantaged people to manage their money. Applications are welcome at any time. For more information please click here.
Courtesy of Norfolk Community Action
Table Tennis England has a club focused capital facilities fund of £272,000 this financial year.
There are three key areas of investment based on evidence, knowledge and a recent facilities audit:
To provide additional tables for established clubs (£12,000 available nationally)
Grants of up to £10,000 towards upgrading existing facilities.
Grants from £20,000 to £100,000 towards extending or building a new facility.
Match funding is needed. Deadlines are different for each strand. Full details of the scheme can be found here:
tabletennisengland.co.uk/news/facility-grant-schemes/
The Morrisons Foundation has been set up to make a difference in the communities we serve.
Their aim is to support good causes throughout the UK that really make a difference to people's lives.
If your charity is looking for funding on a particular project, please download and complete the following form and send to the address listed below.
Applicants must be from a registered charity whose project will improve people's lives.
http://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/
An opportunity for a local community project to win a share of £100,000.
Greenham Common Trust is delighted to announce a new initiative in which £100,000 is being offered in a Dragon's Den style competition this autumn. Pitch to the Panel will form part of The Greenham Exchange - Getting the Community Together - an evening of celebration and networking for the local voluntary sector on Thursday 12 November at the Corn Exchange in Newbury.
Local charities and community organisations in West Berkshire and North Hampshire are invited to participate in Pitch to the Panel. Applications are invited via www.findmeagrant.org for funding for new projects or initiatives under £15,000 (minor projects) and over £15,000 (major projects). Once you have created your application on findmeagrant you need to email events@greenham-common-trust.co.uk and request your application is entered for Pitch to the Panel. In order to qualify, minor projects need to have raised £1000 and major projects £2000 (including Gift Aid and Trust Top Up match funding on donations through www.findmeagrant.org ) by 31 August 2015. A shortlist of six applicants (3 minor and 3 major) will be drawn up who will be invited to present to the panel and audience at The Greenham Exchange at the Corn Exchange on the evening of Thursday 12 November. Shortlisted applicants will be offered the services of a mentor to help them prepare their pitch or consult on their project once funded.
After the presentations the panel will deliberate and award funding to the projects, and members of the audience will be invited to vote for their preferred project. Each audience vote will represent a donation of £1 of “public top up” which will be provided by Greenham Common Trust.
The public will also be able to vote on-line before the event for their preferred project and for each vote registered the Trust will allocate an additional £1 of “public top up” to the project, subject to an overall maximum of £10,000.
For details of how to apply for funding by Pitch to the Panel and full terms and conditions please click here or visit www.pitchtothepanel.com.
The closing date for applications to Pitch to the Panel is 31 July 2015 - so don't delay, apply today!
Further details regarding The Greenham Exchange and how to apply for tickets will be available nearer the time.
