Try for Change: Small Grants Fund
Try for Change works to promote, support and grow rugby as a tool for social good, working with charities, clubs and individuals who use rugby and these core values to drive change. Try for Change aims to help people reach their goals and fulfil their potential, as well as deliver long-term benefits to the wider community.
The first initiative launched under the Try for Change Fund is a small grants programme and this initiative is predominantly aimed at smaller charities, community groups and local community rugby clubs.
Examples of work this could fund are:
• Where rugby is being used to help the rehabilitation of young offenders
• Where rugby is helping achieve community integration for local refugees
• Where rugby is provided to young people who are not in education, employment or training as part of a personal development programme
Proposals are welcome for grants between £2,500 and £10,000 for one year of activity. The work must take place in England. The focus of the applicant organisation must be in the local community and we are keen to receive applications from organisations based within the community in which they are working.
We will be open for proposals from 6th February until 31st March 2017.
http://www.comicrelief.com/grants/initiatives/try-for-change
Greggs: Environmental Grant
The environmental grants programme aims to improve people’s lives by improving the environment.
We are interested in projects that improve the physical environment in a way that will improve people's lives. This can include purchase of equipment, sessional salary costs, purchase of trees/plants, small capital projects and learning activities. We are also interested in new approaches and innovative ideas as well as sustainable approaches to supporting your local environment.
Any not for profit organisation can apply, preference will be given to small, locally based and community led organisations with a turnover not in excess of £300,000 per annum. Schools are also encouraged to apply and are given the same level of priority as small locally based organisations.
The maximum grant that we can give is £2,000.
Round 1 (2017) is now open and closes on 3rd March 2017 with results being announced no later than 28th April 2017.
https://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/environmental-grant
Local Community Projects Fund
The Local Community Projects Fund helps organisations based in local communities to deliver projects or provide equipment to people in need at the heart of our local communities.
We are interested in projects that improve resilience within your community of interest. This can include sessional activities/respite support, equipment for sessional activities, trips and residential breaks. We are also interested in new approaches and innovative ideas as well as sustainable approaches to supporting your community of interest. We do not fund running costs or continuation of existing and ongoing work.
All projects must support a community of interest, ie people who are:
• Disabled or suffering chronic illness
• Living in poverty
• Voluntary carers
• Homeless
• Isolated older people
• Other demonstrable significant need
The maximum grant that we can give is £2,000.
Round 1 (2017) is now open and closes on 3rd March 2017 with results being announced no later than 28th April 2017.
https://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/grants/local-community-projects-fund
The Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund
The Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund provides financial support to members, individuals and organisations in order to enable them to run chemistry-based public and schools engagement activities.
Through the fund we aim to support projects that:
• maximise our members' outreach and engagement contribution
• offer teachers a range of effective curriculum-enriching activities and opportunities to further engage their students with outreach
• provide hard-to-reach student audiences with inspiring chemistry engagement opportunities, delivered or coordinated by skilled people
• increase chemistry and chemists' influence in public discourse and decision-making in line with the findings of the Public Attitude to Chemistry research.
The Outreach Fund is split into two categories:
• Small grants - up to £2,000
• Large grants - between £2,000 and £10,000
http://www.rsc.org/awards-funding/funding/outreach-fund/
The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
Priority is given to projects focusing on:
• homelessness
• domestic abuse
• prisoners/offenders
• training and education
• counselling and support
• activities for those who have limited access or opportunities
In 2017, we are introducing four rounds of grant applications.
Charities with an annual operating income up to a maximum of £1,000,000 and minimum £50,000 will be able to apply for a grant of £1000.
Charities with an annual income above £1,000,000 will not be eligible to apply for this grant.
Charities with an annual income of over £500,000 will be able to apply for a grant of £5,000.
Charities with an annual income below £500,000 will not be eligible to apply for this grant.
Charities with an annual income between £500,000 and £1,000,000 can apply for EITHER a £1000 grant OR a £5000 grant – you can choose which to apply for, but you cannot apply for both.
Grant Round 1: 1st-28th February
Grant: £1,000
Category: Elderly
Eligibility: charities with operational income of minimum £50,000 and maximum £1,000,000.
Grant Round 2: 1st April-31st May
Grant: £5,000
Category: Music and the Arts
Eligibility: charities with operational income of minimum £500.000
Grant Round 3: 1st-31st July
Grant: £1,000
Category: Music and the Arts
Eligibility: charities with operational income of minimum £50,000 and maximum £1,000,000
Grant Round 4: 1st September-31st October
Grant: £5,000
Category: Elderly
Eligibility: charities with operational income of minimum £500,000
https://austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk/what-we-fund/
Youth Social Action Fund
Youth Social Action Fund opens with grants to encourage youth volunteering, fundraising and campaigning.
The Youth Social Action Fund is open until 23rd March 2017 for grants between £1,000 and £5,000 that will promote volunteering, fundraising and campaigning amongst young people aged between 10 and 25. This fund is part of a wider multi-agency #iwill campaign. Big Lottery Fund and the Office for Civil Society have invested £2 million this year to fund groups delivering local youth social action opportunities. Local fundraising is also a key part of the Youth Social Action programme.
In the first instance, applicants are asked to complete an Expression of Interest form by 24th February 2017. Organisations/Projects which meet the criteria will then be sent a link to the full application form.
http://www.berkshirecf.org/GRANTS/YOUTH-SOCIAL-ACTION-FUND/
Funding for Youth Loneliness
The Co-operative Foundation is looking for organisations to apply to join our network tackling youth loneliness. Please can you forward this e mail on to any contacts who may be interested or who may be able to pass on to other interested organisations.
In this round, we will recruit up to 5 new partners who work with young people (16-25), in England, who have experienced of any the following:
· Being in care
· Being a young carer
· Being in the criminal justice system
· Homelessness
· Disability
· Coming to the UK as a refugee.
Organisations selected will have the opportunity to share a £100,000 fund as part of the next phase of our work on youth loneliness.
Please note there is a 20th Feb deadline for expressions of interest, so your help in getting the word out quickly to suitable applicants will be much appreciated.
All the information about the opportunity and how to apply can be found at www.coop.co.uk/foundation
Sport England’s Community Asset Fund
Small Scale Investments – Grants of £1,000 - £15,000 to cover emergency works that are preventing people from being able to stay active right now.
Medium Scale Investments – Grants of £15,000 - £50,000 for more substantial changes to facilities, or developing a new space in the community.
Large Scale Investments – Grants of £50,000 - £150,000 for projects demonstrating considerable impact or whose work targets under-represented groups.
Applications are welcomed at any time. For more information please click here.
Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities Fund
Grants of £10,000 - £500,000 are available to voluntary and community groups with projects implement the ideas that matter most to communities using local knowledge, strengths and assets. The funding can be used to cover all costs associated with the project delivery. Smaller grants of up to £100,000 are available for capital work, such as refurbishment or vehicle purchase. Big Lottery Fund has recently updated their guidance for the Reaching Communities Fund, so that it is now simpler. Applications are welcomed at any time. For more information please click here.
National Churches Trust Grants - Various deadlines
The following grants are available from the National Churches Trust:
Community Grants: of £5,000 - £20,000 are available to projects that seek to add facilities to places of worship so that they are able to increase their use by the community. The deadline for applications is Mon 27th February.
Project Development Grants: up to £10,000 is available to support churches to become more sustainable by identifying issues affecting the church, testing solutions and developing policies, guidance and plans that will be implemented through applications for funding to
other large church heritage funders. The deadline for applications is Mon 27th February.
Repair Grants: of £5,000 - £40,000 are available for urgent and essential structural repairs. The deadline for applications is Mon 27th February.
For more information please click here.
Information courtesy of Slough CVS & Norfolk Community Action
