Funding Bulletin

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Funding Bulletin. In this week’s edition I remind all organisations of the funding opportunities available from The BIG Lottery Fund, discuss Funds from Foyles Foundation and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and discuss various Cultural Funds. Whatever you query is remember that I and the Worcestershire Partnership are here to help.


National Lottery



BIG Lottery Fund



Awards For ALL





There are a number of lottery schemes offering small grants for local communities and individuals available from The BIG Lottery Fund( Awards For All) Arts Council, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. If you have a project that you think would qualify for a small lottery grant please contact in the first place Peter MacKenzie-Shaw on 01905 728738 or e-mail pmackenzie-shaw@worcestershire.gov.uk and Peter will be able to assist you with the appropriate small lottery grant scheme to approach and the application process. We are at present assisting a number of Worcestershire organisations with applications under the above arrangements particularly for Awards For All applications . If your organisation would like to consider an application under these arrangements please contact us and I can assist with all aspects of the process.



Young People



The Foyle Schools Library Programme

The majority of our funding for schools will now be directed to our flagship scheme The Foyle Schools Library Programme. This programme recognises that there is no statutory requirement for schools to have a library and that many school libraries are in a desperate situation through underfunding and underdevelopment. Encouraging children to read widely from an early age will provide a major boost to improving literacy levels, which is a current key educational objective.

Priority will be given to funding library/reading books. We will not fund textbooks. The Foundation will also consider contributions towards library software, necessary IT equipment and furniture etc in order to create a suitable library space, although these should represent a small proportion of the funds requested. We do not generally fund salaries. Preference will be given to schools which can clearly demonstrate that their library can be maintained and renewed in the future.

Main Grants Scheme - Learning
The Foundation will support projects which facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and which have a long-term strategic impact. Key areas for support are:

• libraries, museums and archives; and
• special educational needs and learning difficulties;
• projects that reduce overheads or which help generate additional revenue will also be considered.

Chief Executive
The Foyle Foundation
Rugby Chambers
2 Rugby Street
London WC1N 3QU

http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/how-to-apply/


Paul Hamlyn Foundation Education and Learning Programme
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is currently accepting applications under its Education and Learning Open Grants Programme. In particular, the Foundation is looking to fund projects that address the themes of; supplementary education; developing speaking and listening skills for 11-19 year olds; and adding to the learning - preventing school truancy and exclusion. Eligible organisations that can apply for funding include charities, local authorities individual pre-schools, schools, out-of-school clubs, supplementary schools, colleges and youth clubs if they demonstrate benefits to the wider community and include partnership working that will result in increasing access to education and learning to all communities and age groups. The costs that can be covered by the Foundation's grants include running costs such as staff salaries and overheads such as stationery, rent, rates and utilities.

There is a two stage application process. First stage applications can be made at any time. Those that are successful will be invited to make a second stage application.

http://www.phf.org.uk/landing.asp?id=3



Stronger and Safer Communities

Grants to Help New, Innovative Visual Arts Projects
The Elephant Trust offers grants to artists and institutions (priority is given to small organisations and galleries) for new, innovative visual arts projects based in the UK. The Trust's aim is to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when confronted by lack of funds. The Trust supports projects that develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts. Priority is now being given to artists and small organisations and galleries who should submit well argued, imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions. Arts Festivals are not supported. The Trust normally awards grants of up to £2,000, but larger grants may be considered.

The next deadline is the 4th April 2011.

http://www.elephanttrust.org.uk/docs/intro.html

Rosa – The Fund for Women and Girls
Rosa is the first UK-wide fund for projects working with women and girls has announced that the next grants round is currently open for applications Called the Rosa Challenge Fund, a total of £100,000 is available to projects working with women and girls in 4 priority areas. These are:

· Economic Justice

· Health & Wellbeing

· Leadership

· Safety.

Rosa is especially keen to support projects that focus on bringing about change on critical issues within Rosa’s grant-giving priorities. As an indication, work funded may include:

· innovative ideas/initiatives that aim to have a significant impact on the lives of women and girls in the UK

· catalytic initiatives that mobilise new constituencies to achieve women’s rights and equality

· a specific programme designed to make a critical change happen

· high profile initiatives to raise awareness of, or tackle issues critical to women and girls in the UK at this point in time

· cross-issue and cross-sector work to advance women’s rights.

Given the overall size of the fund it is likely that Rosa will only be able to support two or three projects.

There is a two stage application process and the deadline for submitting an initial expression of interest form is 5pm on the 10th February 2011.

http://www.rosauk.org/default.aspx



Barclays Community Finance Fund
As part of Barclays’ financial inclusion strategy to improve the capacity of community finance providers such as Credit Unions and Community Development Finance Initiatives (CDFIs) funding is available to support the delivery of affordable credit to those individuals who may otherwise access high cost credit or resort to taking out illegal loans. The objectives of the Barclays Community Finance Fund are to increase the existing community finance providers’ capacity to deliver affordable credit to the low income consumers by providing them with short-term direct financial support; and to provide financial support to credit unions and CDFIs that are starting up in areas where public access to affordable credit is restricted. Credit Unions and CDFIs are able to apply for grants of up to £50,000 for a variety of purposes including (but not limited to) marketing, infrastructure, product development, mergers between businesses and the delivery of financial capability or money advice services. The total value of the Community Finance Fund is £250,000.

The deadline for applications is the 25th March 2011.

http://www.transact.org.uk/page.asp?section=318&sectionTitle=Barclays+Community+Finance+FundCWDC



Paul Hamlyn Foundation Arts Programme
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is currently accepting applications under its Arts Open Grants Programme from formally constituted organisations. The programme seeks to support the development and dissemination of new ideas to increase people's experience, enjoyment and involvement in the arts, and will support projects that have a valuable impact for individuals and communities, organisations, and policy practice.

Previous organisations supported include:

Space which received a grant of £25,000 to support new collaborative approaches to creative learning through a three-year programme of project based co-learning and professional development for teachers, artists and young people; and the Anjali Dance Company which received a grant of £40,500 over two years to demonstrate how people with learning disabilities can develop careers in dance through the employment of a learning disabled leader/ambassador and through the refinement of a traineeship model that can be used for future trainees and by other organisations.

There is a two stage application process. First stage applications can be made at any time. Those that are successful will be invited to make a second stage application.

http://www.phf.org.uk/page.asp?id=750

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION
Main Grants Scheme - Arts
The Foundation seeks applications that make a strong artistic case for support in either the performing or visual arts. Our Arts programme has a twofold purpose to help sustain the arts and to support projects that particularly help to deliver artistic vision. We look for value for money and sustainability in projects that we support. Typical areas of support include:

• helping to make the arts more accessible by developing new audiences, supporting tours, festivals and arts educational projects;
• encouraging new work and supporting young and emerging artists;
• building projects that improve or re-equip existing arts venues (rather than construction of new facilities, although this will not be excluded);
• projects that reduce overheads or which help generate additional revenue.

Generally, we make grants for specific projects/activities. We will consider applications for core funding (but generally only from smaller organisations or from those not receiving recurrent revenue funding from the Arts Council or local authorities).

Chief Executive
The Foyle Foundation
Rugby Chambers
2 Rugby Street
London WC1N 3QU

http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/how-to-apply/



Funding for IT Projects Supporting Disadvantaged Groups
Funding is available to organisations with innovative IT related project ideas that can make a positive difference to disadvantaged and vulnerable groups - in the UK, developing countries and around the world. The funding is available through the Nominet Trust.

The aim of the Trust is to fund innovative Internet projects that make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people, primarily in terms of education, safety and inclusion. The Trust is particularly interested in funding projects that can be scaled up and replicated. There is no minimum grant application and applications for over £100,000 require an interview. Organisations wishing to apply need initially to complete and online eligibility questionnaire. Those organisations deemed successful will be provided with a link to a more detailed application form.

Previously projects supported through the Trust include:

· Safety Centre (Hazard Alley) Ltd which received funding from the Trust to provide free of charge Internet Safety awareness sessions to children aged 7 – 12 to safely make the best use of the internet and remain safe from exploitation.

· Pottery Primary School, Belper, which received funding towards the costs of printed material to raise awareness to parents, children and the community of internet risks and safety measures.

· Age UK, a new charity dedicated to improving the lives of older people which received funding from the Trust to promote digital inclusion of older people in nursing homes .

· Back on Track, a registered charity working with ex-offenders and other marginalised adults in Greater Manchester received funding from the Trust towards developing outreach ICT and internet training sessions to excluded adults in Greater Manchester .

The next closing date for applications is the 14th March 2011.

http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/





European Funding Opportunities



Funding for Non-Vocational Adult Education Projects

Organisations within the UK that are involved in non-vocational adult education have the opportunity to apply for an assistantship grant through the European Commission’s Grundtvig Programme. Grundtvig is part of the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme and funds training opportunities for UK adult education organisations, staff and learners. Grants are available to go on work placements to an adult education organisation in another European country for 12 to 45 weeks working as a 'Grundtvig Assistant'.

The deadline for applications is the 31st March 2011.

http://www.grundtvig.org.uk/page.asp?section=00010001001800010004&sectionTitle=Assistantships



Britannia Community Fund

The Britannia Community fund offers a quick and simple application process to voluntary groups, charities and schools, working within education, specifically numeracy and/or financial literacy, who require donations of up to £1,000. We also support individual customers with a donation of up to £100. They welcome applications from:

Individuals: They will support individual loyal customers, who have held accounts with us for the last two years, wishing to achieve personal development that supports our key priorities.

Groups: They will support any voluntary organisation, school or charity working within our key priorities, that operate within a local community.

Whilst the Britannia Community Fund focuses on buying specific items or equipment, e.g. educational toys, books, it will also support small projects in support of our key priorities which are ‘supporting education and wherever possible promoting an improvement in numeracy and/or financial literacy’.

For more information, including a full list of criteria please see the website:

http://www.britannia.co.uk/_site/corporate/in-the-community/community-fund.html



The Greggs Foundation

The Foundation aims to support the most disadvantaged people in the country through its grant programmes:

Breakfast Clubs - Each day, our award-winning Greggs Breakfast Clubs provide over 6,000 primary school children in disadvantaged areas with a free, healthy breakfast.
Regional Grants - Supporting charities around England, Scotland and Wales with grants of up to £2,000 for activities that help the most disadvantaged people.
For more information about the Greggs Foundation and their grant programmes please visit www.greggsfoundation.org.uk

Sportsmatch

Sportsmatch makes awards to not-for-profit organisations that have secured sponsorship to deliver new community projects to grow or sustain participation in sport. Sportsmatch uses money from the government to encourage new sponsorship of grassroots community sport. Priority is given to applications seeking to match sponsorship from the commercial sector but donations from private individuals or charitable trusts are also acceptable provided they meet the sponsorship eligibility criteria.

Sportsmatch 2011-12 opened to new applications on the 17 January 2011 for projects starting after 1 April 2011.

http://www.sportengland.org/funding/sportsmatch.aspx

Ernest Cook

As well as offering a wide-ranging programme of land-based learning for children and young people, the Ernest Cook Trust gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people’s interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy.

A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Applications for the Autumn meeting (which takes place in September) must be received by the Trust by July 31st of that year. For more information please see the website: http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/how-to-apply.html



BIG Lottery - Briefing session for Funding Advisors

I will be attending this briefing, however should you also wish to attend then please use the contact details below.

The West Midlands regional team of the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) are holding a briefing session for Funding Advisors across the region to keep you up to date on developments at the BIG Lottery Fund and how they will affect the West Midlands.

The session will be suitable for people who give advice to or support voluntary and community organisations. Please feel free to forward this to anyone in your local area that you think should be attending. Based on our previous events, we expect demand to be high, so we may have to limit attendance to one person per organisation. There are two briefings being held as follows;

Birmingham - Tuesday 1st March 2011 10-4pm
Telford – Thursday 3rd March 2011 10-4pm
To register your interest please reply to enquires.wm@biglotteryfund.org.uk with the following details:

Name:
Organisation:
Job title:
I would like to attend the event in : (Birmingham / Telford)
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