Funding News
GAVCA frequently receives information about funding opportunities available to the voluntary and community sector. Use the calendar at the top of the page to jump to opportunities with a specific deadline, or scroll down to see them all. For more information about any individual opportunity, follow the link provided with each description.
For more information and support about finding funding, contact our Organisational Development Teams.
- GCC Funding Bulletin
- The GCC funding bulletin has just been updated and can be found on GCC website . It is up-dated on regular basis (every 2 weeks) and is a valuable source of information about possible funding sources for your organisation. Visit the GCC Funding Bulletin here.
UPDATE: Integrated Youth Offer
In response to the new political and financial landscape, Gloucestershire County Council has decided to pause on the process for allocating Integrated Youth Offer funding. This is to allow a reassessment of GCC budgets in light of the need to make considerable savings in this financial year.
Please do not submit applications for the Integrated Youth Offer until the financial situation is clearer.
GCC fully appreciates that many voluntary and community organisations will be well down the path of completing your applications and that this delay will be very disappointing. They also realise that, if your application was for summer holiday activities, it may not be possible to deliver these.
Further updates will be posted as soon as they become available, hopefully before the end of June 2010. Queries can be addressed to Nicky Day from Sustainable Communities and Housing.
Sunlife of Canada: Brighter Life Community Programme
Sunlife of Canada is a financial services company which now has two branches in the UK. As one of these branches is in Gloucester, the company are keen to support voluntary and community organisations in Gloucestershire.
The Brighter Life Community Programme supports projects and causes that are philanthropic in purpose. The focus of the group is to support projects/charities/causes, in the communities that their employees are based in, that focus on the area of health but also the areas of arts and culture and education.
To find out more about the Brighter Life Community Programme, download an application form from the Sunlife website or download the terms of reference.
ACT Foundation (UK) – no deadline
Individuals in need and charities that work to enhance the quality of life for people in need, (specifically the mentally and physically disabled) can apply for funding the ACT Foundation’s grant programme. The Foundation makes grants to support the modifications to homes, schools, hospices etc; the provision of specialist equipment such as specialised wheelchairs, other mobility aids and equipment including medical equipment to assist independent living; and financial assistance towards the cost of short-term respite breaks at a registered respite centre. Grants can range from £100 to several millions. Applications can be made at any time.
For more information, visit the ACT Foundation website.
Funding for research and innovation
The Nuffield Foundation aims to bring about improvements in society through research and practical experiment. Current programmes of interest to readers will be the Children and Families programme and the Open Door programme.
Find out more from the Nuffield Foundation website.
Support For Grassroots Sports Projects (UK) – deadline 10th of every month
The Wells Sports Foundation, a unique sporting charity created and funded by Barrie Wells, is offering grants of between £500 and £2,000 to sports clubs to support sustainable grassroots projects. Funding is available for clubs that need equipment that is specially focused on increasing participation; CRBs for volunteers; coaching qualifications; refereeing/umpiring courses. To be eligible to apply for funding projects must support the development of grassroots sport for young people between the ages of 5 and 18; clubs must have achieved Clubmark status, have at least one partnership agreement with a local state school, have raised at least 50% of the required funds for the overall project, and total project costs must not exceed £5,000.
For more information, visit the Well Sports Foundation website.
Lloyds TSB Foundation – applications can be made at anytime
The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales has announced that due to a higher level of income they have increased the level of funding for 2010 and will sustain it for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The aim of the Lloyds TSB Foundation's Community programme is to provide financial support for work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. The Foundation is particularly interested in work that achieves this through; improved social and community involvement; improved life chances; helping people to be heard. Who can apply: The Foundation are particularly keen to support small and medium sized community-based charities where small amounts of money can make a significant difference to local people's lives.
Funding: The size of the grant will be appropriate to the size of the charity. Applicants should complete an eligibility questionnaire upon which the local Grant Manager will advise applicants on how much it is appropriate to apply for and if the work is suitable for two or three-year funding.
Deadline: Applications are accepted at any time
More information from the Lloyds TSB Foundation website.
The February Trust - applications can be made at any time
The Foundation focuses its grant-making primarily in the following five areas:
- Higher education, including amateur sport.
- Secondary education, including amateur sport.
- Community-based charities in the UK.
- National charities in the UK.
Who can apply: Organisations with charitable aims
Level of Funding: The average size of grant awarded is £5,000 and can be used for capital and core costs.
Further information from the February Foundation website.
O2 Think Big – apply at any time
Think Big is a new programme from O2 which will offer £300 cash grants to young people, along with training, support and mentoring. The grants will be awarded to projects having a positive impact on their local communities, such as fighting crime, starting local youth groups or renovating community spaces. Eligible projects should be run by young people for young people and may have the opportunity to apply for a further £2,500 to continue their work.
For more information, visit O2 Think Big.
Faiths in Action Round 2 – apply at any time
Faiths in Action is a £4m grant programme administered by the Community Development Foundation that aims to fund local projects and activities, and is open to faith, inter faith, voluntary and community sector organisations at national, regional and local levels in England. The maximum size grant available in round 2 is £6,000.
There is no formal deadline for applications – Round 2 is a rolling programme. Applications will be accepted in the date and time order that they are received by CDF, until the total value of the eligible, relevant applications received equals the overall value of the fund. However grants will be distributed from April 2010 and will fund activities that take place between April 2010 and March 2010.
For more information visit the Faiths in Action website.
New Community Pub Fund
The £3 million Community-Owned Pubs Support Programme will help up to 50 local partnerships to set up and run community pubs over the next three years. The initiative will be supported by a number of experienced organisations including Pub is the Hub, Co-operative and Community Finance, Co-operativesUK, CAMRA and the Co-Operative Development Network.
The scheme will support community ownership through a mixture of funding, advice and support. Grants will be matched with loans from Co-operative and Community Finance, while information will also be provided on how to open and run a community pub.
Find out more from the Plunkett Foundation’s website.
Capacity Building for Working with Young People
A new £3.8 million project from the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) is offering access to 25,000 tailored opportunities from May 2010 across the nine government regions in England. The programme is designed for paid staff and volunteers working with young people in the third sector, including charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations.
For more information, visit the Children’s Workforce Development Council’s website.
Big ESF Opportunities in 2010
Huge opportunities for European Social Fund funding are coming your way – providing they fit with your core mission, and that preparation for the tenders starts now.
Of the 42 ESF contracts currently delivered across the region, 39 expire at the end of December 2010. In anticipation, significant numbers of ESF contracts (delivered through the Department for Work and Pensions and the Skills Funding Agency) will be put out to open and competitive tendering during autumn 2010.
Start preparing for these opportunities by promoting yourselves to potential provider organisations, or by forming a consortium. Ask your local Voluntary Value contact, , 01452 522 600) for further information.
Have you been to Funding Central?
Funding Central is a free smart website for the whole voluntary and community sector, including social enterprise, 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.
Funding Central is managed by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations in partnership with j4b Software and Publishing and is funded by the Office of the Third Sector. It covers national funding and finance opportunities for voluntary and community organisations operating in England from European, national, regional and local government and charitable sources.
Visit Funding Central at http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/
O2 Announces New £5 Million Community Fund for Young People
Mobile phone network O2 has launched a new community programme to help young people aged 13 – 25 make a difference to their communities. Think Big is a new programme which will offer £300 cash grants to young people, along with training, support and mentoring from some of the UK’s most prominent youth charities - The National Youth Agency and UK Youth. The scheme is also being supported by the Telefonica Foundation.
Find out more from http://tiny.cc/pr3mp
Capacity Builders Funding for Volunteer Managers
Develop the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to better support and inspire your volunteers and enhance the impact of your organisation. Capacitybuilders is offering volunteer managers across England the opportunity to apply for a skills development bursary up to £1950.
Each bursary will fully fund an approved skills development package, delivered regionally by experienced training providers and aligned to the national occupational standards in volunteer management.
If you'd like to find out more about the programme, please visit http://www.capacitybuilders.org.uk/vmpskills
Some 'TLC' to boost the rural economy
As the economy slowly starts to recover, rural communities across Gloucestershire are being urged to apply for one-offgrants to help fund events to encourage more people to buy and trade 'local'.
With funding from Gloucestershire County Council through the county's Economic Taskforce, grants of up to £2,000 are available from the new Gloucestershire Trade Local Campaign (TLC) to support events or activities which will help boost rural businesses.
For an application form and more information visit www.glosfirst.co.uk or contact Dan Judges on 01242 864144.
Sport Relief Funding
Grant Criteria
The Grant will be used to support work where there is clear evidence of:
- a sustained beneficial impact on people’s lives who are excluded or disadvantaged through low income, rural or social isolation, age, disabilities, race, sexuality or gender.
- Priority is to be given to small, locally based groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community and are undertaking actions as a means of addressing these needs.
Applications can be for:
- Sports projects that increase access to sport and exercise for people who face social exclusion and isolation to help people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives.
Or community groups running projects that
- increase local services,
- build skills of local people,
- increase community cohesion
- respond to local economic needs.
This work can cover a small geographical area such as a housing estate or village, but we will also consider work covering a slightly larger area such as a town or borough where there is evidence of community involvement.
If you would like to receive the Comic Relief & Sport Relief Guidelines and an application form, or if you would like to discuss any idea or project please contact: Jane Jarman 01452 656386 or email: jane.jarman@british-energy.com
Please note – documents cannot be downloaded from the Gloucestershire Community Foundations website.
St James’s Place Foundation
Purpose: The Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for those people in need as a result of disability or disadvantage. The Foundation will support projects that provide directly for young people (under the age of 25) who suffer from physical or mental health difficulties or conditions, or a life threatening or degenerative illness. The Foundation operates two programmes:
- Small grants for capital items
- Major grants for up to two years
Who can apply: registered, exempt or excepted charities.
Funding:
- Small grants: maximum of £10,000. Only available to organisations with an annual income of less than £600,000 (this restriction does not apply you special needs schools or mainstream schools with a special needs unit).
- Major Grants: maximum of £25,000 per annum for a maximum of two years. Only available to organisations with an annual income of less than £2 million.
Deadline: Applications can be made at any time.
Further information: the St James' Place Foundation website.
Funding for Young People
The Prince's Trust Community Cash Awards are for young people to design and set up projects on a voluntary basis that will benefit their local community. Past awards have included funding for starting up youth cafes, organisating photographic exhibitions, and creating organic gardens kept for and by young people with mental health problems.
Visit the website of the Prince's Trust for more information.
Supporting disadvantaged families
The Frank Buttle Trust provide grants for household goods (appliances, beds etc.) to disadvantaged families; private and boarding school fees for challenging children; and grants to students and trainees for further education courses who otherwise would enter adult life without adequate qualifications or training for work.
Full details and how to apply can be found on the Frank Buttle Trust website.
Funding for Social Welfare Projects
The Henry Smith Charity has grants available for a number of social welfare causes, including projects providing support to families in areas of high deprivation; projects providing culturally appropriate services to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities; including those that promote integration and access to mainstream services; and projects that help the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders; including education and training that improve employability, and projects that support prisoners’ families.
For more information, visit the Henry Smith Charity website.
The Mall Fountain Fund
Grants from the Mall Fountain Fund are awarded to small, local voluntary and community organisations which help people in need. Local organisations are defined as being based within a 25 mile radius of the Mall (includes Weston-super-Mare and Newport to the West, Stroud to the North, Chippenham to the East and Shepton Mallet to the South).
The maximum grant is £1000.
For further information and an application form, visit the Quartet Community Foundation website.
Children in Need
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.
Details from the BBC website.
Funding for work with domestic abuse victims
The Nationwide Foundation's Small Grants programme remains open, with grants of up to £3,000 available for organisations that support survivors of domestic abuse through financial capability and/or independent living.
Full details on the Nationwide Foundation website.
Community Voices Project - Funding of up to £14,000 available
Community Voices aims to inspire, engage and support disadvantaged and isolated communities across England to get their voices heard through digital media.
Led by Media Trust, and running until March 2011, Community Voices will provide funding of up to £14,000 for 26 grassroots groups to develop media projects in their communities, alongside one major new initiative.
Find out more on the South West Forum website.
Small grants to help Digital Switchover
Does your organisation work with: older people, people with sensory, mobility and/or dexterity impairments, people with learning difficulties, people who are socially isolated, people who have English as a second language or people who have experienced mental health problems? If so then you can apply for a grant to help raise awareness of digital switchover.
Visit the South West Forum website for more information.
Co-operative Community Dividend Fund
The Community Fund is Co-op’s grants scheme that helps local communities throughout the UK. The way the scheme works is by committed members of The Co-operative Group who want to help improve the lives of others, donate part or all of their share of the profits. These members have already raised millions of pounds each year for all kinds of community projects.
Find out how your organisation can apply to benefit from the Community Dividend Fund on the Co-op website.
Improve your IT facilities
Adult social care providers in England can apply for a share of £12m to improve their IT facilities and internet access for the benefit of staff and service users.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence will distribute the Department of Health's Get Connected grant over the next two years to enable providers to access information and communication more effectively. The grant is aimed at smaller organisations in the private or voluntary sector who do not have access to high-quality internet or digital technology.
Internet access to providers can support the professional development of staff by providing access to online training resources, such as Social Care Online, Scie's free database of social care information.
It will also benefit service users, who can gain access to online support networks and keep in touch with communities.
In addition, the Care Quality Commission will require adult care providers in England to register online from April 2010. Without good access to the internet, this may be challenging for some organisations.
Visit the Get Connected pages for more information.
South West Contracts Portal
For contract information and tendering opportunities throughout the South West Region. The Contracts Portal is a new initiative between participating councils within the South West to work with each other, existing and potential suppliers to share information and promote tendering opportunities.
Visit the portal via the GCC website.
Faiths in Action: Grants of up to £6000 available to support inter faith activity
within local communities
Faiths in Action, a £4m grant programme, opened a second round of funding on 12
November. Faith, inter faith, voluntary and community organisations and groups in England can come forward and apply for a grant of up to £6000.
Administered by the Community Development Foundation (CDF) on behalf of Communities and Local Government (CLG), Faiths in Action aims to bring communities together, promoting positive relationships between people of different religions and beliefs. It is hoped the grants will support a wide variety of local activities in a range of community settings. This includes innovative new ideas as well as ‘tried and tested’ approaches.
The fund contributes to the delivery of the Government’s inter faith strategy as set out in Face to Face and Side by Side: A framework for partnership in our multi faith society, published in July 2008. The fund aims to support local activities and initiatives that have a direct link to one or more of the four building blocks set out in this framework.
Faiths in Action welcomes projects aimed at women and young people. It also encourages working in partnership, to improve local communities through interaction and sharing of ideas.
Please note the intention of the Faiths in Action programme is to fund projects/ activities running in one locality; not across one or many localities or Government regions. Projects must have a clear link to a named local project.
For more information and to find out how to apply, please visit the Faiths in Action website. If you have any questions that you cannot find answers to here, please call the helpline on 01223 406533 or e-mail us at fundingadmin@cdf.org.uk and we will help you with your queries.
Communitybuilders' Fund Open for Applications
The Adventure Capital Fund has announced that the Communitybuilders Fund is open for applications. The Fund will provide loans, grants and mentoring support to help empower citizens and communities by strengthening community-led organisations across England through a mixture of financial and advisory support. Applications are welcomed from non-profit, multi-purpose, inclusive community-led organisations that are operating at a neighbourhood level. See if you're eligible at: Communitybuilders Fund
Souter Charitable Trust
Souter Charitable Trust has grants averaging £2,000 for projects engaged in the relief of human suffering in the UK or overseas, particularly those with a Christian emphasis. The grants are to support revenue costs and applications can be made at any time. Visit: The Souter Charitable Trust
Funding for family projects
Porticus UK award grants of between £10,000 and £25,000 for registered charities that strengthen family relationships or enrich education. Whilst they are faith-based, Porticus welcomes applications from non faith based organisations. Details at: Porticus UK
Wakeham Trust funding for small start-up organisations
Wakeham Trust provides grants to help people rebuild their communities. They are particularly interested in neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded. They aim to refresh the parts that other funding sources can't reach especially new ideas and unpopular causes. Because they don't appeal to the public for funds, they can take risks. They favour small projects - often, but not always, start-ups. They try to break the vicious circle whereby you have to be established to get funding from major charities, but you have to get funding to get established. Find out more at: Wakeham Trust
Rural Development Programme for England
The Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) is a funding source that could provide funding for your project. The funding is being distributed by the South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) with some administration through South West Rural Enterprise Gateway (SWREG).
To find out more about RDPE and to learn about how GRCC can help applicants please click here.
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Fund
DWP has established an innovative new fund which will consider any bids from external organisations which deliver on the welfare to work agenda. The programme is called ‘Right to Bid’, and there is no constraint on ideas which can be proposed or on who can propose them. Find out more at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplying-dwp/what-we-buy/welfare-to-work-services/right-to-bid/.
A mailbox for submission of enquiries has been established at right.tobid@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.
V match funding programme for ages 16-25
The programme will match any amount between £10,000 and £250,000 that is being supplied by private sector funders. Private sector funders are classified as a ‘profit-making business’, ‘a grant making trust or foundation’, or ‘an individual’. One of the 9 priority groups are 16-25yrs old offenders and ex-offenders - 'v' will allocate funding through the following six themes: Health and Wellbeing, Environment, Supporting Children and Young People, Community Cohesion, Poverty, Human Rights.
Please not that the funding programme has a rolling applications process meaning that the last application deadline is 27 December 2010.
Visit the V Funding website for more information: V Funding
Social enterprise investment fund for health and social care
The Department of Health’s 2008/9 social enterprise investment fund opened for applications on 11 June. Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced a further £70m over three years for start-ups and existing social enterprises who work to improve health and social care.
Full details are available on the DH website.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Organisations with an annual income of less than £300,000 may apply for small grants from the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation. Grants are available to charitable and not-for-profit organisations in the UK that address the Foundation's priority areas: Health and Disability; Community Support; and Arts, Education and Heritage.
Further details are available from the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation.
Alchemy Foundation
The Alchemy Foundation provides grants, from £20 to £5,000 for registered charities in the United Kingd om delivering social and family welfare projects, and for those suffering the effects of famine. There are no online applications or guidelines, and applicants are encouraged to telephone the Foundation on 01883 730600.
Alcohol Research & Development
The Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC) supports imaginative research, education and treatment projects that have the potential to increase public understanding of alcohol misuse and to counter excessive drinking among vulnerable groups. A range of grants, large and small, are available by visiting the AERC website.
Managing volunteers
Capacitybuilders is currently working with a range of stakeholders to finalise the details of the new £3 Million fund for Volunteer Managers. The programme will include grant funded local projects to further increase the reach and quality of support for local people managing volunteers, especially through outreach; work to raise the profile of volunteer management at a national level; and bursaries to increase access to training relevant to the management and co-ordination of volunteers. The funding will not be available until next month.
Details of the proposed programme are to be found on the Capacitybuilders website.
Support for rural communities
The Rural Development Programme for England is offering support for communities to provide basic services in rural areas. To learn more about this funding opportunity and find out if you are eligible, follow this link to an article by Gloucestershire Rural Community Council (GRCC).
National Lottery Awards for All
The National Lottery has re-launched the Awards for All funding scheme, with grants up to £10,000 for projects that involve people in their communities, bringing them together to enjoy a wide range of charitable, community, educational, environmental and health-related activities. Funding can be spent on equipment hire or purchase, feasibility studies for building projects, information technology equipment, and publicity materials. Applications are accepted at any time and will be assessed on a
rolling basis, apply at: Awards for All
Financial exclusion, housing and homelessness
The Nationwide Foundation has launched a £3.2m grants programme for charities dealing with financial exclusion, housing issues and homelessness. Victims of domestic abuse and elderly people will be the fund's main beneficiaries.
The investor programme will offer 3-year grants of up to £300,000 to charities with annual incomes of up to £10m. One-off grants of up to £5,000 for charities with incomes below £500,000 will be offered through the small grants programme. Learn more about the application process at the Nationwide Foundation website
Youth-Led Media Projects
Communication charity the Media Trust has launched a £1.2m fund offering grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 to small charities to run youth-led media projects.
Mini Mediabox is for grassroots and community organisations with a relatively small turnover, designed to enable smaller organisations that help young people to communicate through print, TV, film, radio and online. Full guidelines and application forms are available from the Media Box website
Sport England’s Funding Schemes
Sport England is launching funding programmes open to a wide range of organisations. These include sports clubs, voluntary or community organisations, local authorities, schools, colleges and universities. Especially relevant to Gloucestershire is Sport England’s first themed funding round which has a focus on Sport and Rural Communities.
The overall aim of this investment programme is to develop projects that encourage people living in rural communities to participate and / or sustain their participation in sport, and help those with talent fulfil their potential..
If any organisation in the county is thinking about submitting a bid to this scheme please contact John Stevens (jstevens@glos.ac.uk) to discuss the potential project and whether Active Gloucestershire can offer any assistance with developing a bid. The full funding programmes from Sport England are:
- Small Grants
- Sportsmatch
- Innovation Fund
- Rural Communities (this is the first of Sport England’s new themed funding rounds)
- Sustainable Facilities Fund
For further information click here.
June 2010
Last chance for funding to tackle multiple needs and exclusions – deadline 23 June
The Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) coalition is seeking three areas to become part of its national service pilots and is offering part-funding for twelve months work in chosen areas between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2011.
If your organisation could develop a successful coordination style service intervention overseen by a Chief Executive/Director level Board of local voluntary and statutory partners then visit the MEAM website.
July 2010
Bridging the Funding Gap: 1 July 2010
Thursday 1 July 2010
Watson Hall, Barton Street, Tewkesbury
1pm – 5pm (drop in any time or stay for the whole afternoon!)
This free event is open to any voluntary, charitable or community group working in Tewkesbury Borough. Throughout the afternoon there will be plenty of opportunity to find out information to support your fundraising;
- A programme of local and national funders, who will tell you more about their fund and what they are looking for in applications (see draft programme below)
- Hints and tips for successful funding applications
- An ‘open mic’ session – to share fundraising issues and identify where you can get support
- GrantNet demonstration – a free to use funding search tool
- Plenty of funding information and leaflets to take away with you!
You can either drop in throughout the afternoon or stay for the whole event. Refreshments will be provided.
To book a place contact or call 01242 227737
Follow this link for further information about the venue.
Programme (subject to change)
1.10pm Welcome
1.15pm Lloyds TSB Foundation
1.25pm Big Lottery Fund
1.50pm Barnwood Trust
2.10pm Zurich Community Trust
2.30pm Heritage Lottery Fund
2.50pm Open ‘mic’ session for participants “What are the hot issues for organisations seeking funding?”
3.20pm St James’s Place Foundation
3.35pm Henry Smith Charity
3.50pm Peter Lang Children’s Trust
4.05pm Ernest Cook Trust
5.00pm End
To book your place, contact GAVCA by emailing , or ringing 01242 227737.
Children in Need – deadline 15 July
This funding stream is available to organisations that work with young people that are suffering from illness, distress, abuse or neglect, are disabled, have behavioural or psychological difficulties and / or are living in poverty or situation of deprivation.
- Projects need to prove that they positively change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
- Projects where possible should take into account the views of the disadvantaged young people and involve them in decisions that affect them
Further information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey
BIG's Community Wildlife Fund (Uk) – deadline 21 July
The BIG Lottery Fund has announced the launch of its new Community Wildlife Fund. Through the fund not for profit groups, local councils, schools and health bodies can apply for funding of between £300 and £10,000 for projects that will bring together local people to discover, enjoy or protect wildlife in their local area by improving rural or urban environments for people to enjoy, and by getting people more active and healthier.
Example projects include; protecting wildlife habitats; creating a nature trail, woodland walk or wildlife garden for people to enjoy; improving natural community spaces, such as rivers, ponds and woodland; exploring parks, rivers and the countryside to look for rare or endangered species; encouraging people to take up gardening or go on nature walks; providing opportunities for children to learn about nature through play.
For more information, visit http://www2.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_community_wildlife?tab=1®ioncode=-uk
Financial Inclusion – deadline 30 July
The Friend Provident Foundation makes grants to not-for profit organisations for projects that address financial exclusion within disadvantaged communities. The Foundation will consider applications for work that will contribute towards the achievements of the following outcomes:
- Universal banking access: identification of viable models for community-focused banking services, along with sustainable sources of capital and an appropriate regulatory framework
- Sustainable approaches to funding debt advice: the development of sustainable, accessible, efficient and on-going funding streams
- Increasing savings: helping low-income groups to build savings, as a way to help combat poverty and develop future personal autonomy
- Clarification of the role of affordable credit in building greater financial inclusion: there are still questions about the role of credit in our society and these should be explored and clarified
More information is available from the Friends Provident Foundation website.
August 2010
Submissions required to set up weekend clubs for disabled young people – deadline 16 August
The Short Breaks Pathfinder Team at Gloucestershire County Council is now seeking submissions from agencies interested in setting up and running fortnightly clubs for disabled young people on Saturdays or Sundays throughout the year, starting in the autumn of 2010. The successful providers will need to supplement county council funding by raising external funds themselves to ensure the sustainability of each club. Due to current budget uncertainties we are unclear as to the amount of money that will be available from the council to subsidise each club, but it is our intention to provide both finance and staff support in developing this network. As soon as funding levels are known, we will add that information to the website.
We are keen that interested agencies should work together to pool their experience so that we receive the strongest possible cooperative bids for the benefit of disabled young people. We are seeking enthusiasts, with and without experience of working with disabled young people, to talk to one another and put together compelling submissions. These clubs will form one of the strands of our new ‘Of Course We Can’ programme, providing exciting opportunities for disabled children and young people across the county.
For full details of specification, supporting documents and application form, please visit the GCC website.
Any enquiries should be addressed to Philip Douch – 01452 427144 or philip.douch@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Will Charitable Trust - next deadline 31 August
The Will Charitable Trust makes grant for projects that support services for blind people; and people with learning disabilities. In addition, the Trust also makes grants for projects that provide services for people suffering from cancer, and their families; as well as projects that conserve the countryside in Britain, including its flora and fauna.
More information is available from the website of the Will Charitable Trust.
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