Monday 2 September 2019

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES - SEPTEMBER 2019



 
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

SEPTEMBER 2019

Erewash Voluntary Action Small Grants Scheme

Small grants are available through the Erewash Small Grants Scheme for local Erewash community and voluntary groups.  Groups can apply for up to £1,500 as long as projects meet at least one of the health priorities of the scheme.  The aim of the grant is to help improve services and opportunities for local people. Funding can help support things like equipment, events, activities and guest speakers.

The Erewash Small Grants Scheme is funded by Derbyshire Council Adult Care Services and Erewash Borough Council.  The scheme also incorporates Derbyshire County Council Public Health small grants funding. 

Applicants must meet as a minimum one of the grant scheme health priorities which includes the Erewash Public Health locality priorities – reduce alcohol and drug related harm, increase uptake of healthy lifestyles, raise aspirations of young people and the community, improve emotional health and wellbeing and older people and dementia.

It is advised to read the application guidance and contact the Development Worker for help or further information.

Applications can be made at any time using the grant application form 

For further details contact Catriona Paterson Development Worker at Erewash Voluntary Action catriona@erewashcvs.org.uk or telephone 0115 9466740.

Erewash Voluntary Action manages the small grants scheme in partnership with Erewash Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council Adult Care and Derbyshire County Council Public Health.

Further information – www.erewashvoluntaryaction.org.uk
 

Erewash Borough Council – Community Grant Scheme

Erewash Borough Council's Community Grant Scheme gives both large and small voluntary organisations the chance to apply for funding of up to £2,000 for projects and services that benefit Erewash residents. The Council has continued its support for voluntary organisations and has again made funding available to help as many groups as possible.

 

The Community Grants programme offers the chance for organisations and groups to apply for a grant of up to £2,000, subject to eligibility, for innovative projects that help and support residents in the borough and the council is particularly keen to hear about new or ground-breaking projects that could be helped by the money.

 

Subject to funding remaining available, details of further funding rounds will be published on the Erewash Borough Council web site.

For further information contact Colin Handley Community Engagement Officer Telephone 0115 9072244 ext. 3575 or email EBCsmallgrants@erewash.gov.uk

 

Erewash Borough Council – Members Scheme

For the 2019-2020 financial year each Erewash councillor has £500.00 to award to organisations within their ward. It is for each councillor to determine which project(s) or organisation(s) they wish to support. The scheme allows a wide degree of flexibility in the type of project a councillor may support and the amount (minimum £50) they wish to allocate, subject to approval.

For more information about the scheme contact Colin Handley - colin.handley@erewash.gov.uk.
 

Foundation Derbyshire

Foundation Derbyshire offers a wide range of funding programmes with most grants up to £2,000.  Grants are available for voluntary and community groups, not for profit organisations and charities usually for a 12 month period.

For further information:  www.foundationderbyshire.org

Contact the grants team 01773 525860 or email: hello@foundationderbyshire.org

The Fund offers small grants of a minimum £50 up to £5,000. The award period is one year and groups are welcome to reapply to the fund after that time.

Applications are made on-line

For further information:  www.foundationderbyshire.org

Contact the grants team 01773 525860 or email: hello@foundationderbyshire.org
 
 

Derbyshire County Council – Action Grants
 

Derbyshire County Council have launched a new grant scheme called Action Grants for groups, clubs, local authorities, local charities and other non-profit organisations working in communities.  There are grants themes and these include:


·       Youth activity

·       Community Safety

·       Community Activity

·       Physical Activity and Sport


The Action Grants programme will run for a period of two years from May 2018 until the end of May 2020. 
 

There are three levels of funding across the four themes:
 

·       Small Grants up to £500

·       Medium Grants up to £5,000

·       Large Grants up to £10,000

 

There is an application form which needs to be completed.  Applications for small grants will be sorted quarterly, medium and large grants can be applied for annually.

 


 

The next date for small applications is 30 September 2019

 
 

 
 

#IWill Fund – Social Action for Young People

APPLICATIONS WILL STILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 8 SEPTEMBER 2019

#iwill is a UK-wide campaign that aims to make social action part of life for as many young people as possible by the year 2020. Through collaboration and partnership, it is spreading the word about the benefits of youth social action.

Step Up To Serve, The National Lottery Community Fund and the Government Office for Civil Society have invested £2 million this year to fund groups delivering youth social action opportunities.

 

Nottingham Community Foundation are supported by Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service and Nottingham Police and Crime Commissioner.

 

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation will be administering 2019 grants for groups in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

 

Grants

·       Grants are between £1,000 and £5,000.

·       Projects can be up to a year in duration.

·       Grants should deliver campaigning, fundraising and/or volunteering opportunities for young people age 10 to 20 years old, or up to 25 for disabled people.

 

Who is eligible for a grant?

·       This fund is open to registered charities, constituted community groups and other charitable organisations including Social Enterprises and CICs limited by guarantee in England.

·       National organisations with local branches (with their own management committee and bank account) can apply.

·       The organisations that can demonstrate they are financially robust can apply.

 

Amounts available and rounds

·       The #iwill Fund will provide funding of between £1000 and £5000 for each project.

 

The grants panel will make decisions on applications in September.

 

For full details about the grant, including what they will and will not fund, what projects they are looking for and much more visit:


or call the Nottingham Community Foundation on 01623 620202 or email enquiries@nottscf.org.uk.

 

 

 
Derbyshire Environmental Trust Capital Funding Scheme 2019-2020

The Derbyshire Environmental Trust is running its own funding scheme aiming to distribute around £40,000 in 2019/2020.

Projects must lie within the county of Derbyshire and within 10 miles of s licensed landfill site.  Applications will be considered from not-for-profit community/environmental organisations and parish/town councils.

The minimum grant request will be £5,000 and a maximum of £20,000.

Examples of the types of projects that would be eligible include the provision and maintenance and repair of children’s lay areas, skate parks, multi-use games areas, sports fields, community centres/villages halls.

The closing date for applications is 25 October 2019

For more information, telephone: 01629 539182/538614 or email: det@derbyshire.gov.uk


Green Hall Foundation

The objective of the Green Hall Foundation is to sustainably improve lives among the sick, elderly, disabled and disadvantaged particularly in the UK.

Preference is given to appeals where the Foundation can meet a significant proportion of the funding required and to appeals where permanent equipment or building is required as opposed to funding salaries and charity running costs.

Typical awards are £1,000 to £10,000

Trustees will meet in November and only the first 100 applications go forward to the Trustees for consideration.

The next round of applications opens on 1 September 2019



Alec Dickson Trust

Grants available to support volunteering projects in the UK that are run by young people (under 30 years) that address a need in the local community, with particular interest in projects that promote and encourage volunteering among young people.

The funding is intended to enable socially young people to run projects that will benefit communities in the UK and make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged people.

Grants of up to £500 are available.

The deadline for applications is 8 September 2019.

Further information:  www.alecdicksontrust.org.uk

Power to Change Community Business Fund

Grants are available to help locally based and community led businesses in England to increase their social impact and make them more viable in the long term.

Power to Change has published the guidelines for Round 8 of the Community Business Fund.

Projects must have a charitable purpose and meet charitable needs within the community.  Grants can be used for capital costs as well as revenue including staff costs.  Power to Change will not fund the full cost of projects

Round 8 opens on 11 September 2019.


Co-op Foundation – Youth-led Advocacy to Improve

Grants are available to community organisations in England for projects that support the aims of the #iwill campaign by helping young people (aged 10-20) have a say in how community spaces that matter are managed.

The Youth-Led Advocacy to Improve Community Spaces scheme has been launched by the Co-op Foundation as the first strand of a new £3 million extension to the #iwill Fund.

This extended fund will run until 2022 and will have three themed strands:

·       Youth-led advocacy to improve community spaces

·       Social action that supports young people experiencing bereavement

·       Social action that supports young people through transition from primary to secondary school.

The deadline for applications is 20 September 2019 at 12 noon.


Henry Smith – Housing First Programme

This is a new £1.4 million programme for charities and not-for profit organisations that are delivering or planning to deliver Housing First services.

Applications will be accepted from organisations with an annual income of between £100,000 and £5 million that provide services for homeless people who have complex needs with stable and affordable housing solutions.

Grants are flexible and can be used for anything required to provide a high quality service.  Grants are available between £200,000 and £400,000 for up to 4 years.

There is no application form, expressions of interest should be emailed to the Henry Smith Charity.

The deadline for expressions of interest is 4 November 2019.

 
Comic Relief – Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls

Comic Relief in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sports are offering grants of up to £250,000 to UK women’s organisations.  The grant is to provide front line services to meet the needs of women and girls facing multiple disadvantages across one or more strands of violence against women and girls.

The deadline for applications is 4 September 2019


United Way – Give Local

The ‘Give Local’ programme commenced in 2016 with United Way and Costco supporting 29 organisations across the UK that were working to help those in their local communities.

 

These grants are aimed to support small charities delivering services in their local communities. United Way UK is particularly interested in supporting organisations whose work addresses the priority areas of health, education and income and those that support disadvantaged people. 

 

The “Give Local” grants have been made possible thanks to the warm generosity of Costco warehouse employees. More than 30% choose to donate through payroll giving to charities across the UK.

 

30 grants will be available of £1,000 each. 

 

The deadline is 6 September 2019

 

Further information:  www.unitedway.org.uk/grants

 

 

Masonic Charitable Foundation – Early Years

 

The Masonic Charitable Foundation early years opportunities programme is open to charities that help disadvantaged children and young people overcome the barriers they face.

The deadline for applications is 27 September 2019

Further information:  www.mcf.org.uk/charity-grants/

Cash4Clubs – Local Sports Clubs

Awards are available for sports clubs throughout the UK to improve facilities, buy new kit and equipment and increase opportunities.

The scheme is offering grants of either £500 or £1,000 to grassroots sports clubs to provide additional sporting activities.  Match funding is not required.

The deadline for applications is 27 September 2019

Further information: www.cash-4-clubs.com/

Magic Little Grants

Localgiving and Postcode Community Trust have joined together to provide grants of up to £500 to small local charities and community groups to help them deliver engaging physical activities which help to overcome the barriers to participation.

Preference will be given to those projects that encourage social cohesion and help vulnerable people to overcome barriers to participation.

Successful projects will support and inspire people to participate in sports and exercise with the primary aim of improving the physical health of participants.

The deadline for applications is 30 November 2019

Further information:  www.grants.localgiving.org/pct/

Ping in the Community

Table Tennis packages designed to help bring the members of the community closer together and inspire them to lead more active and sociable lifestyles, irrespective of ability or background.

 

We’ve teamed up with Sport England and equipment supplier to offer superb packages that include tables, bats, balls and additional resources to kick start table tennis in your community!

 

Further information: www.pingengland.co.uk/community/

 
 

Asda Foundation

There are five types of funding through the Asda Foundation.

One of the grants available is the significant local community projects funding up to £10,000 for capital projects


FUNDING REMINDERS

Centre for Social Justice (CJS) Awards 2020 Invite Applications

The CJS are inviting grassroots charities and social enterprises from across GB to apply to the annual awards.  Six winners will receive £10,000 each to scale their impact.

The awards are focused on finding charities and social enterprises that are providing themselves effective at preventing and tackling poverty in Britain.

There are six categories:

·       Addiction

·       Family

·       Work

·       Education

·       Criminal Justice

·       Financial Inclusion

The award judges will be interested in organisations with particular aspects.

Charities can apply to multiple categories but will be only able to win one award.

Deadline for entries is 7 October 2019.


NHS England Grants to Showcase Good Practice in Healthcare

One off grants are available to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to support projects that showcase good practice around patient and citizen involvement in healthcare in England.

Grants of up to £2,500 are being made available to VCSE organisations.  Applicants will need to explain how they have involved patients and citizens in healthcare projects and how they plan to use the grant to share and showcase their work in a creative way.

Deadline for applications is 23 September 2019


Bright Ideas Fund

The Bright Ideas Fund supports new community business ideas through the start-up and planning stages with tailored business support, to the implementation stage with grants of up to £15,000  Open to community groups, associations and organisations across England who have a good idea for a community business but need help developing it.

The Bright Ideas Fund opens on Tuesday 6 August 2019 and will close on 30 September 2019


GSK Impact Awards

The GSK Impact awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.  The awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health related field in the UK with a total annual income of between £80,000 and £2.5 million.

Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000

Winning organisations will have  a film made, receive support with press and publicity and be given a set of promotional materials.  They will also be offered free training and development valued at £9,500

Closing date for applications 23 September 2019


British Cycling Places to Ride Programme

Grants are available to not for profit organisations in England that are developing cycling activity in their community.

The key objectives of the programme are to:

·       Inspire people to ride

·       Connect the community

·       Build a lasting legacy

There are two levels of funding:

·       Small grants of between £1,000 and £50,000 are available. 

·       Larger grants of up to £500,000

The funder is looking for organisations that really understand cycling and applications will be accepted from not-for profit organisations located in England.  Match funding is required between 25 – 50%

Applications can be submitted anytime until 15 January 2021.  Decisions will be made every 12 weeks.


Concertina

Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly.  The organisation is keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding.

Charities are invited to make an application to the Trustees via the administrator.  Grants are a maximum of £250.

Trustees review applications after the deadline date of 31 October 2019

Further information: www.concertinamusic.org.uk

 

Near Neighbours Small Grant Fund

The Near Neighbours small grants programme has reopened with new guidelines for 2019.

The Near Neighbours programme offers small grants between £250 and £5,000, as seed funding for local groups and organisations who are working to bring together neighbours.

Eligible groups and organisations must be working to develop relationships across diverse faiths and ethnicities in order to improve their communities.

To be eligible for one of our small grants, your project should meet the following criteria:

·       Bringing people together

·       Working locally

·       Working sustainably

·       Improving the community

·       Committing to diversity

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with a final deadline for applications 11 October 2019

For further information:  www.near-neighbours.org.uk/small-grants

 

For any further details please contact:

Catriona Paterson – Development Worker

Erewash Voluntary Action

Granville Avenue

Long Eaton

Derbyshire

NG10 4HD

Tel: 0115 9466740