WEEKLY FUNDING Update


26th January 2011

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Funding Bulletin. In this week’s edition we remind all organisations of the funding opportunities available from The BIG Lottery Fund Reaching Communities Programme, The Peoples Postcode, The Jubilee Millions Programme and information. Whatever you query is remember that I and the Worcestershire Partnership are here to help.

Big Lottery Fund

The Reaching Communities programme now has two strands:

Reaching Communities – funding from £10,000 to £500,000 for revenue projects and/or smaller capital projects up to £50,000
Reaching Communities buildings – funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 for large capital projects
Reaching Communities funds projects that help people and communities most in need. Projects can be new or existing, or be the core work of your organisation.

Every project BIG fund must:

Respond to need - Need is the term we use to describe a problem or issue, or situation where something needs to change to make things better for a person, or group of people or environment.
Involve the people who will benefit from the project in planning and running the project
Achieve one or more of the following four outcomes:

1. People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
2. Stronger communities, with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems
3. Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
4. Healthier and more active people and communities.
Is Your Organisation Eligible
You can apply for funding for a revenue or smaller capital project if you’re a voluntary and or community organisation, school, local authority, not for profit organisation or social enterprise.

You can apply for large capital funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 only if BIG’S eligibility checker confirms your eligibility and you are a unincorporated association, incorporated association, trust or company set up and registered as a charity; unincorporated association set up as a voluntary and community group; community interest company; not for profit company limited by guarantee and community benefit society. WE HAVE NOW OBTAINED DETAILS FROM THE BIG LOTTERY FUND OF THE ACTUAL ELIGIBLE AREAS OF WORCESTERSHIRE THAT APPLY TO THIS FUND. THIS WILL ASSIST GROUPS INTERESTED IN APPLYING.PLEASE SEE GUIDANCE BELOW

For further details please visit The Big Lottery Fund website www.biglotteryfund.org.uk at present we are assisting a number of Worcestershire organisations with applications for revenue projects to this particular BIG Lottery programme.



People Postcode Trust

Applications are now open for both £2,000 or under, and over £2,000 in Scotland, England and Wales. Please visit the How to Apply page for more information.

Application Deadlines

£2,000 or under

All applications and supporting documents must be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday 16th February in order to be considered in the February decision meeting. Any applications received after this will be considered in the March decision meeting.

Over £2,000

All applications and supporting documents must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 25th February. Please see the How to Apply page for more information on application timelines. The dates for all applications rounds in 2011 are below – please use these to plan your application submission accordingly.

Open Date Close Date
Monday 10th January Friday 25th February
Monday 11th April Friday 27th May
Monday 11th July Friday 26th August
Monday 10th October Friday 11th November

Trust Helpdesk 0131 555 7287
Email Us info@postcodetrust.org.uk
Our Offices Suite G4 Great Michael House 14 Links Place Edinburgh EH6 7EZ
http://www.postcodetrust.org.uk/



Jubilee People’s Millions- Closing Date 4th February 2011

The Big Lottery Fund in partnership with ITV, and with the approval of Buckingham Palace, is marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a special roll-out of 60 Lottery grants.

The £60,000 Jubilee People’s Millions awards are being made to go to new projects next year that will inspire or improve local communities.

Community groups across the UK are being invited to bid for a share of the £3.6 million from the Big Lottery Fund good cause pot. Finalists will be showcased on ITV regional news when the public will vote and decide which projects receive the Lottery Diamond Jubilee funding. Further details are as follows

Who can enter?
You can enter if you’re a voluntary or community organisation, school, local authority or health body.
BIG will also consider entries from branches of organisations or partnerships.
But BIG won’t accept entries from other organisations or individuals.
How much is available?
You can ask for between £20,000 and £60,000 (including VAT).
What will BIG pay for?
BIG can pay for all your project costs.
Or you can ask BIG to pay for part of a larger project.
If you’re a voluntary or community organisation, BIG also contribute towards your organisation’s overheads.
But the amount you ask for must be at least half the total cost of your project.
And BIG won’t pay for your existing work, anything you spend or agree to before the phone vote, or new buildings.
What else do I need to know?
BIG will only consider one application per organisation.
If you want to work on land or a building and you don’t own the freehold, you must get a lease or written permission for five years.
What are the key dates?
4 February 2011 – Deadline for entries.
27 – 30 June 2011 – Shortlisted entries go head-to-head on ITV regional news.
30 September 2011 – Latest date for winning projects to start work.
29 February 2012 – Date when winning projects must be up and running


Young People

Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Education and Learning

The Open Grant Scheme supports innovative ways of increasing people's learning. It funds the development, implementation and dissemination of new ideas to increase learning by people of all ages in the UK.

There is no minimum or maximum grant size and applicants should request the amount they need.

The Foundation normally expects the amount requested to be a substantial part of the amount required to fund a distinct activity or a substantial part of the work of the applicant organisation.

The length of grant depends on the activity proposed and its intended outcomes and impact. The Foundation is keen to allow applicants sufficient time to deliver substantial work and, therefore, tends to fund work for up to three years. On occasion it may indicate a willingness to consider funding for a longer period up to a maximum of six years, but usually this would comprise an initial grant followed by the applicant making an application for further support at a later date.

This programme funds the development, implementation and dissemination of new ideas that have the potential to make a significant contribution to young people's learning and achievement.

The scheme provides funding in support of projects addressing the following themes:

Supplementary education.
Developing speaking and listening for 11-19 year olds.
Add to the learning - preventing school truancy and exclusion.
· For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following:

Contact details:

Enquiries

Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Grants Officer
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
18 Queen Anne's Gate
London
SW1 9AA

Telephone:

020 7227 3500

Email:

Email contact

http://www.phf.org.uk/



Young Persons Volunteering Fund
The Sita Trust has announced the next funding round of its new Young Person's Volunteering Fund. Through this new fund, the SITA Trust can provide grants of up to £10,000 for volunteering projects owned by 14-25 year olds. The SITA Trust can support projects in any of 90 funding zones around qualifying waste processing sites operated by their donor, SITA UK. This fund has been created to assist young people aged 14-25 to volunteer their time to create or enhance facilities that can be enjoyed by the wider community. To be eligible applicants must be able to demonstrate that young people will be fully involved in the design and development of the project and projects must be compliant with the rules of the Landfill Communities Fund.

The closing date for applications is 10am on the 21st February 2011.

http://www.sitatrust.org.uk/volunteering

Start Programme Now Open For Applications
The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts is inviting applications from arts organisations that are interested in being part of their Start programme, and are looking to recruit 6-10 new partners for the 2011/12 academic year supporting each project for at least 3 years. Start seeks to support cultural venues (e.g. theatres, museums, galleries and orchestras) to enable them to build partnerships with selected primary and secondary schools in their local areas, enabling children to experience the very best of the arts. The Start programme is based on four key themes, these are:

· Introducing young people to the arts and a venue; Inspiring them learn more

· Enhancing their experience through critical analysis and participation

· Encouraging them to begin Creating their own art.

The deadline for applications is the 2nd February 2011.

http://www.childrenandarts.org.uk/2010/12/02/start-programme-now-open-for-applications/



Partnership Grants Opens To Applications
The Royal Society has announced that the latest round of Partnership Grants is now open for applications. Through the scheme grants of between £250 and £3,000 will be available to support teachers, scientists and engineers help develop science projects. The aim is to make the teaching of science more interesting within primary and secondary schools. The Partnership grants scheme forms partnerships to allow teachers to increase their scientific knowledge and to give scientists and engineers the chance to develop their communication skills and engage with enquiring young minds. Any UK primary or secondary school teacher or practicing scientist/engineer can apply as long as the students involved in the project are between 5 and 18. Applications must be made together with the partner, and need to be signed by the teacher, partner and schools’ Headteacher.

http://royalsociety.org/Partnership/



Playground Partnerships Awards Opens for Applications – IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL WORCESTERSHIRE PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
The Kids Fist Trust has announced that schools within the UK that wish to improve their play spaces have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Playground Partnerships Awards. Schools wishing to apply will initially have to register with the Award Scheme to access further information and the application pack.

To be considered for an award, schools need to submit a folder of work (Design Portfolios) and completed application form. Applicants are encouraged to develop a pupil-led approach in developing their portfolios; involve the whole school; encourage input from the wider school community; and include pupils with special educational needs.

Schools need to submit their completed portfolio by 5pm on March 18th 2011.

http://www.playgroundpartnerships.org/index.php?ID=500



Schools Encouraged To Make It Happy

Primary and junior schools are invited to enter the “Make it Happy” competition with this year's theme being 'Pass IT On!'. The competition which is a partnership between the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee and the e-skills UK (the sector skills council for Business and Information Technology) aims to reward innovative and creative use of IT to link schools with other members of their community - within the school, locally, nationally or even internationally. Winners of the 2011 competition will be invited to a special day in London on June 2011. 12 schools across the UK will be awarded £1,200 each. From these, 3 overall winners will be chosen. The first place winner will receive £4,000, the second place will receive £2,500 and the third place will receive £1,500. The closing date for the competition is the 10th April 2011....



http://makeithappy.cc4g.net





Church and Community Fund
Under the Church and Community Fund grants of up to £15,000 are available to community projects run by parish churches, deaneries, dioceses and other bodies connected to or working in partnership with the Church of England. Projects supported must promote aid and further the work of the Church of England. This does not exclude Anglican projects in partnership with ecumenical or other-faith partners, which are warmly welcomed, but it does exclude projects run by secular bodies which have little or no connection to the Church of England, overseas projects and projects in which an Anglican body is not a key player at a local level.

Typical projects supported by the CCF might include employing a youth worker, renovating an old church hall for use as a community centre or providing hot meals for the homeless in a church room.

The next application deadline is the 31st March 2011.

http://www.ccfund.org.uk/smartweb/apply/information



PRS Foundation Grants 2011
The PRS Foundation for New Music (PRSF), which is the UK's largest independent funder for new music of any genre, provides a range of grants to stimulate and support the creation and performance of new music in the UK has announced the application timetables for 2011. Funding includes grants to support music festivals, new music, unsigned bands and promoters, etc. The Foundation also provides a range of bursaries to individuals. Since March 2000 the Foundation has made more than 2000 grants totaling some £8.5 million.

The closing dates for 2011 are 6pm, Thursday 10 February, 6pm, Friday 15 April, 6pm, Monday 8 August, 6pm, Friday 14 October.

http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/



Comic Relief UK Grants Programme
Comic Relief have informed us that their UK Grants Programme will reopen for applications on the 8th April 2011 and will close for applications on the 1st July 2011 (except for their Older People Programme which has a closing date of the 10th June 2011).

The Comic Relief UK Grants Making programme makes grants of between £25,000 and £40,000 per year for up to three years for projects relating to:

· Young People with Mental Health Problems

· Sexually exploited and trafficked young people

· Domestic and sexual abuse: young people

· Mental health

· Young people and alcohol

· Older people

· Refugee and asylum-seeking women

· Sport for change (maximum grant £100,000).

http://www.comicrelief.com/apply-for-a-grant/programmes



HMRC Grant Funding Programme

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that it will award £2 million in grants over the next four years to community and voluntary groups to provide support to people who need help understanding and complying with their obligations and claiming their entitlements. Organisations will be able to apply under one or more of the following categories. These are providing advice and support to people who need help and cannot afford to pay for it from a professional adviser; increasing the capacity of voluntary and community organisations to provide appropriate advice and support to those customers who most need help; and projects to explore and develop new ways of providing support to people who need help. Applicants will need to demonstrate that their project covers a significant extent of either one or more of the nations of the UK – England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Although HMRC are looking for national reach, they encourage partnerships and consortiums between local organisations to achieve this. Applicants will need to submit an eligibility template by the 25th January 2011. If organisations meet the eligibility criteria the deadline for submitting application forms is the 9th March 2011….



http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vcs/grant-funding-news.htm







The Ernest Cook Trust



Registered charities, schools and not-for-profit wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment, the arts or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy can apply for funding to the Ernest Cook Trust (ECT). The Trust operates two grant making programmes. The small grants programme (under £4,000) supports state schools and small registered charities which would like to undertake projects which meet the Trust's objectives and require a small amount of pump-priming in order for such projects to take place. The large grants programme (Grants over £4,000) is aimed at more comprehensive education programmes. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. Grants awarded range from supporting children’s literacy and numeracy, to teaching young people how to manage money in London schools, to helping to keep the ancient craft of coppicing alive by supporting apprenticeships in the North West. Grants are normally awarded for one year only. Trustees meet several times a year to consider applications….

http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/index.html

Help The Homeless
Help the Homeless, a national Charity which aims to help homeless people throughout the United Kingdom to resume a normal life, is currently accepting applications from small and medium sized charities and voluntary organisations. Grants of up to £3,000 are available towards capital costs to support projects that assist disadvantaged individuals in their return to mainstream society, through residential or training facilities. Grants to larger charities may be considered if the project is suitable innovative and only possible for a larger organisation to develop it.

The next application deadline is the 31st March 2011.

http://www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/Grants.htm

Funding for Projects that Support Disabled Children and their Families
Local organisations and projects that support disabled children and their families have the opportunity to apply for funding through the True Colours Trust. Grants of up to £10,000 are usually available for one-off purposes, to help smaller organisations develop and deliver programmes for children, their siblings and families.

The Trustees are particularly keen to award grants for:

· Hydrotherapy pools

· Multi sensory rooms

· Mini buses

· Young carers projects

· Sibling projects

· Bereavement support.

http://www.truecolourstrust.org.uk/small_grants.asp



Hilden Charitable Fund

The Hilden Charitable Fund has announced that the next deadline for submitting applications is the 25th February 2011. Within the UK, the Hilden Charitable Fund makes grants to projects that address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds from public subscriptions. In particular, the Fund wants to support projects that address homelessness; asylum seekers and refugees; Community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people aged 16 to 25; Penal Affairs; and overseas. Preference is given to supporting small community organisations with an income of less than £200,000 per year. During 2009 the average grant given was £5,000....

http://www.hildencharitablefund.org.uk/index.htm



As always you are very welcome to access the Grant Finder Funding Portal which will enable yourselves to identify more specific funding according to your organisations Outcome this can be accessed Via the Worcestershire Partnership Website following this link www.worcestershirepartnership.org.uk The grant Finder is an easy process and set out in laymans terns such as below

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