People’s Trust for Endangered Species Conservation Insight Grants
Grants of £3,000 - £10,000 per year are available for projects that focus on preserving an endangered species for up to two years. Successful projects will aim to achieve one of the following:
• Find scientific evidence that will enable the conservation of a species
• Answer a key conservation question enabling others to carry out critical conservation action
• Implement local action resulting in significant positive impact for an endangered species
The deadline for applications is Fri 12th February. For more information please click here.
The Kusuma Trust UK
The Kusuma Trust UK supports projects that increase children and young people's access to education and life opportunities, particularly those that are disadvantaged. Grants of up to £10,000 are available to registered charities. The deadline for applications is Fri 12th February. For more information please click here.
Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
Grants of £5,000 - £15,000 per year for up to three years are available to registered charities with projects addressing either:
• Peace and security
• Environmental sustainability
It is anticipated that successful charities would have annual incomes of £10,000 - £300,000. The deadline for applications is Mon 15th February. For more information please click here.
Small Charities Fundraising Support
The Government are providing support for charities with an annual income of less than £1million to support their work by generating income. The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI), Small Charities Coalition and GlobalGiving UK are providing the training which will cover:
• How to develop a fundraising strategy
• Fundraising from trusts and foundations
• How to develop corporate relationships
• Crowdfunding
These can be accessed through the following:
• Training courses, workshops and one-to-one clinics are provided by FSI, for more information please click here
• To be matched with a fundraiser, or to become involved in the Small Charities Coalition’s volunteer mentoring service, please click here
• For information about GlobalGiving UK crowdfunding workshops and webinars please click here.
Article courtesy of Norfolk Community Action
Swimathon Foundation Community Grants Scheme
The Swimathon Foundation Community Grants Scheme offers funding to groups and individuals who provide and promote swimming in their local community. The Foundation is passionate about encouraging people to get involved with swimming, which it hopes to encourage even further with its Community Grants.
Grants vary from £300 to £2,500 and will only be awarded to organisations supported by pools that are participating in Swimathon. The grants are administered by British Swimming and the Swimming Trust and are awarded on an annual basis.
Applications are invited for funding for an innovative and sustainable project which will help more people participate in and enjoy swimming and to make swimming more accessible. Applicants must demonstrate in their application how the funding will allow them to:
• Introduce people to swimming who would otherwise not swim
• Increase the frequency that existing swimmers go to the pool
• Improve the swimming experience for new or existing swimmers
Closing date: Friday 4 March
http://www.swimathonfoundation.org/apply/
The Idlewild Trust
The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities concerned with the encouragement of the performing and fine arts and crafts, the advancement of education within the arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of lands, buildings and other objects of beauty or historic interest in the UK.
• Education
• Museums and Galleries
• Performing Arts
• Preservation and Conservation
Closing date: 11 February 2016 for a Trustees’ meeting in May 2016
http://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/how-to-apply.htm
Lloyds Bank Foundation Re-opens for Initial Applications
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales is currently accepting initial applications to its Invest and Enable grants programmes.
The Foundation has recently moved from a rolling grants programme to a grant rounds approach and is currently open for Round 2 with a deadline of 4 March 2016.
The Foundation provides funding to charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) in England and Wales through the following two programmes:
• Invest - a flexible, long-term core funding programme for charities delivering clear, targeted outcomes for disadvantaged people. These grants are from £10,000 up to a maximum of £25,000 per year for two or three years, with the opportunity for continuation funding for a further period - up to six years in total.
• Enable - a smaller and shorter grants programme for charities that have identified clear development needs. This funding aims to help the organisations deliver their mission more effectively. These grants are up to a total £15,000 over two years.
http://www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/our-programmes/
Article courtesy of SCVS
This grant fund is open to community groups, both formal and ad hoc, within the United Kingdom. Please ensure that children under the age of 16 are included in the planting project.
They will fund up to 4 fruit trees (but no more than that) on semi-vigorous, vigorous and very vigorous rootstocks. If you wish to plant more than 4 fruit trees, please apply to the Orchard Windfalls Fund.
Community Trees Fund 2016 Eligibility Criteria:
- Applications must be on behalf of a community group which must be a charity / not for profit organisation;
- Children under the age of 16 must be ACTIVELY involved in the planting process;
- Planting must take place on publicly accessible land, usually in public or charity ownership;
- The community group must be able to raise 25% of planting costs;
- Hedge plants and willow are not eligible for funding;
- This programme will only fund up to 4 fruit trees on semi-vigorous, vigorous and very vigorous rootstocks;
- Planting must take place during National Tree Week (or as soon as possible afterwards);
- Applications in respect of work already carried out are not eligible.
If your project meets all the criteria listed, you are eligible to apply for a grant.
The deadline for applications is the 31st of March 2016.
http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/Grants/Community-Trees
Article courtesy of SCVS
Postcode Community Trust was established in 2014 to support marginalised groups in obtaining the skills & resources to effect change in their own communities – awarding £2 million of funding in 2015.
Postcode Community Trust operates its own society lottery and receives all of its funding from players of People's Postcode Lottery.
In 2016, the Trust will invite applications that help communities to overcome barriers to participation in creative and sustainable ways, and increase social cohesion through developing access to community facilities and activities.
Registered charities in England, Scotland & Wales can apply from £500 - £20,000 (£10,000 in Wales) for projects meeting the above remit, whilst other organisations may apply for up to £2,000
The form will be open at the following times in 2016:
• Tue 5th Jan – Fri 29th Jan 2016
• Sun 1st May – Tuesday 31st May 2016
http://www.postcodecommunitytrust.org.uk/
Grow Wild are looking for young people, aged 12 to 25, to enter their exciting new Get Creative competition or to apply for our Transform a Space awards.
Have you got a brilliant idea to communicate the importance of native wild flowers and wild spaces in a creative way? Apply now for our Get Creative award. Or do you want to work with others to help transform a local space with native plants and wild flowers? Apply now for our Transform a Space award.
A panel of young people will be judging all entries from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
They are looking for imaginative ideas that raise awareness about the importance of UK native wild flowers and plants using visual art or music, poetry and dance. Winning applicants will receive £500 to produce their creative artwork or to record their audio performance, plus the chance to exhibit or perform it outdoors at a high profile UK summer event.
Entries for this competition are invited under two age categories:
under 18s (for age 12 to 17)
over 18s (for age 18 to 25)
Please note: if you turn age 18 by 1 June 2016 please enter the over 18s category.
The deadline for entries is 25 January 2016.
Winning entries will receive their £500 award in mid-February 2016 and will need to complete their project by 31 May 2016.
Further details here: https://www.growwilduk.com/content/grow-it
Article courtesy of Slough CVS
Thames Valley Berkshire LEP and The Big Lottery are holding a briefing session on Monday 25 January 2016 aimed at organisations in Berkshire who are interested in being a delivery partner for two Building Better Opportunities (BBO) projects: ‘addressing barriers to work in urban and rural areas’ and ‘promoting enterprise’.
Following an earlier competition, this briefing is aimed at new applicants, as well as those who were unsuccessful in the first round.
The briefing will provide an opportunity for you to share your views on how we might re-design the opportunities ahead of the re-launch and help applicants understand what makes a bid more likely to succeed.
The Big Lottery has published guidance on lessons learned from BBO for organisations considering applying, which can be downloaded here: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/building-better-opportunities
The Big Lottery Fund is matching funds from the European Social Find (ESF) 2014-2020 to provide joint investment in local projects supporting families with complex needs, addressing barriers to work in urban and rural areas and promoting enterprise. For more information, click here: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/building-better-opportunities/
Book a place here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-better-opportunities-briefing-tickets-20099805058
EMI Music Sound Foundation is an independent music education charity that to improve young peoples' access to music education in the UK & Ireland.
Eligibility
Individuals in full time education to fund musical instrument/equipment purchase.
Schools to fund music education in the form of instruments, equipment and workshops (with the exception of statutory national curriculum music teaching)
What For?
The EMI Music Sound Foundation provides Instrument and/or Equipment awards which allows schools, music teachers and individuals in full time education to apply directly to the Foundation for assistance with the purchase of musical instruments and/or equipment.
The Foundation has helped over two thousand schools, individual students and teachers improve their access to music through the purchase or upgrade of musical instruments and equipment
How Much?
The Foundation provides grants up to a total of £2,000 towards the purchase of musical instruments and/or equipment for individuals who are in full time education and Schools who require the equipment to fund music education.
Deadline
The deadline for their next round of applications is: Monday 8th February 2016. However please note that any applications received after Monday 8th February 2016 will automatically be deferred to the next Trustees meeting.
More Information
http://www.emimusicsoundfoundation.com/index.php/site/awards/
Article courtesy of Bruce Wright Funding Matters
