Wednesday 15 January 2020

Funding opportunities January 2020




FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

JANUARY 2020

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, Erewash Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council Public Health.

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, 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.

 

The grant scheme is currently closed at the moment for applications.

 

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

 

Jefford Weller Fund to Prevent Homelessness

 Foundation Derbyshire the fund works to help prevent homelessness in Derby City and Derbyshire tackling the root causes and stopping vulnerable individuals spiralling into a situation where they may become homeless. This could include supporting individuals with mental health problems, addictions, debt problems, dealing with domestic abuse and a range of other issues. 

The fund also recognises the need for reactionary work providing support for people who are currently homeless whether this is the basic provision of shelter and food or more long-term support to re-gain tenancies and education.

The type of project costs funded includes capital (equipment) for refurbishment or building work and revenue (non-equipment) including running costs for a project or group.

The maximum grant is £2,000 

There are no fixed deadlines but the decision-making panel meets quarterly.  


 

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 31 January 2020

 
 

National Churches Trust’s Foundation Grants Programme 2020

 

Listed and unlisted Christian places of worship of any denomination in the UK are invited to apply for grants towards urgent maintenance works, small repairs and small investigative works and surveys.

 

Grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available for repair projects on buildings that were originally built as churches and are open to the public on a regular basis. The funding aims to support interventions to investigate or address small problems before they turn into large repairs.

 

 The Trust provides funding for:

        Urgent maintenance work.

        Items identified as high priority within a Quinquennial Inspection report/survey reports/other sort of report.

        Small investigative works/surveys.

 

Total projects costs can be up to £10,000 (excl. VAT) but grants must not exceed 50% of project costs.

 

The programme is open to applications from across the UK.

 

Applications can be made at any time between now and 30 October 2020.

 

For further information:  www.nationalchurchestrust.org/node/15200

 

 
 

 

Severn Trent Community Fund

From 2020 Severn Trent will be giving away more than £10 million over the next 5 years to help local projects, charities and groups to improve community wellbeing.  The fund will be looking to support projects that can demonstrate a clear link to one or more of the three elements of community wellbeing:

·       People – projects that help people to lead a healthier life and gain new skills

·       Place – ideas that create better places to live in and use

·       Environment – schemes that will help look after the natural environment to help give people greater access to the environment or help look after water.

Severn Trent will also be encouraging projects that have a link to water in some way, such as river restoration, flood alleviation or sustainable drainage.

There are three sizes of grant available:

·       £2,000 - £10,000

·       £10,001 - £75,000

·       £75,001 - £250,000

Check the information on the web site to determine what you can apply for and any match funding required.  Organisations applying for more than £10,000 must be registered and supply a charity/company number.

Applications will be reviewed on a quarterly basis and the panel will meet for the first time in March and from April 2020 the first grants will be given out.

Applications open in January 2020


Lloyds Bank Foundation Grants

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales has reopened its grants programme with a simpler and more flexible transparent approach.

Support is available for registered charities with an annual income of between £24,000 and £1 million that are working to tackle complex social issues and who have a proven track record of helping people achieve positive change in their local communities.

The new funding process considers local need, the prevalence of eligible small and medium sized charities and the nature of the region.

There are a number of priority areas where charities are working in and there is an expression of interest for each priority area.

For further information:   www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk

Greggs Foundation

Applications are now open for small, local not for profit organisations that are seeking funding for a project that helps build resilience within their local community.

Greggs provides grants to small not for profit organisations with a turnover of less than £300,000.

Grants of up to £2,000 are available for projects and proving equipment for people in need at the heart of communities.

Projects must support a community of interest e.g. disabled, living in poverty, voluntary carers, homeless, isolated older people and other demonstrated significant need.

This is a highly competitive grant scheme.

The deadline for applications is 23 February 2020

For further information:  www.greggsfoundation.org.uk

Tesco Bags of Help Grants Programme

After a short break voluntary and community organisations can apply once again for funding to support local projects which benefit their community.

Bags of Help is Tesco’s local community awards programme, a public vote determines which groups will receive a grant.  In 2020 projects that receive the most votes will receive a maximum grant of £2,000, second place will receive £1,000 and third place a grant up to £500.

Not for profit organisations can apply including voluntary and community organisations.  Grants must be used for projects which develop local communities.

There is a two-step application process.


Thomas Wall Trust – Digital Skills 2020 Grants Programme

The Trust is marking its 100th birthday in 2020 with a new grant programme that provides funding to not for profit organisations and registered charities that are working to improve basic digital skills for people in need.  The programme aims to equip adults with basic digital skills for work and life helping them to access the online world.

Grants are up to £5,000 are available for projects that are working to improve the basic digital skills of disadvantaged people aged 18 years and older.

There are a number of priority areas for applications.

There is a two stage application process with the first stage an expression of interest.

The first deadline to submit an expression of interest is 31 March 2020


 

Waitrose Community Matters

Launched in 2008, Waitrose Community Matters donated over £14 million to local charities chosen by the public.

If you are a UK registered national charity and would like to be considered for the Community Matters online initiative write a brief outline of your charity work and any projects funding is being sought for and send it to Waitrose Community Maters Team, Waitrose Limited, Doncastle Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 8YA


Green Giving – Grimple’s Green Grants

Green projects across the UK can apply for up to £1,000 for small projects and organisations that will support environmentally friendly projects. 


Rugby Football Foundation

The purpose of the Rugby Football Foundation is to promote and develop community amateur rugby in England.

A Helping Hands Grant provides a mechanism for clubs to apply for a small grant between £500 - £1,500 for eligible capital projects with the club matching the grant on a £ for £ basis.

The Groundmatch Grant Scheme provides easy to access grant funding for capital projects which contribute to the recruitment and retention of community rugby players.

Contact Rugby House 200 Whitton Road Twickenham TW2 7BA  Tel: 02088922000 or email foundation@therfu.com

Democracy Pioneers Award

The Democracy Pioneers award aims to champion emerging innovations that are experimenting with ways to re-energise and re-shape the future of civic participation  and everyday democracy in the UK.

Applications are invited from constituted organisations in the UK and all sizes and sectors will be considered.  Grants of up to £10,000 are available.

The award is intended to support applicants to further develop their democratic or civil participation innovation.

The deadline for applications is 31 January 2020


Coalfields Community Investment Programme

Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations for projects taking place in the top 30% most deprived coalfield communities in England that will make a positive difference in addressing the areas of skills, employment and wellbeing.

Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available.

There are only a few eligible wards in Erewash which include:

·       Awsworth Road

·       Cotmanhay

·       Hallam Fields

·       Larklands

·       Little Hallam

The eligibility survey for the March 2020 committee is now open and will close on 28 February.

The deadline for applications is 13 March 2020 at 5.00pm.


Masonic Charitable Foundation

The Masonic Charitable Foundation builds better lives by enabling opportunity, advancing healthcare and education.  The foundation makes grants to charities  working with people affected by poverty, sickness, disability or barriers to education.

The first stage for the large grant round is open until 17 February 2020

For further information:  www.mcf.org.uk/charity-grants
 

FUNDING REMINDERS

Sport England Small Grants Fund

The fund will provide grants between £300 and £10,000 for up to 3 years.  Sport England will now support projects that help everyone take part in physical activity whether this is formal sport or informal activity.  Another change is that funds can now support children from the age of five.

The fund’s priorities are now:

 

·       Getting inactive people to become more active

·       Develop lasing sporting habits

·       Develop more positive attitudes among young people

Any new applicant will need to register first before applying


New Fund for Tackling Loneliness

A new £2 million funding fund has been launched to help organisations at the frontline of tackling loneliness across the country.  The funding aims to support frontline, grassroots organisations that bring people together and help them build social connections.

Further details on the funding application process, including eligibility and when it will open, will follow in due course. 


Elephant Trust

The Elephant Trust offers grants to artists in the visual arts, small organisations and galleries throughout the UK.

The Trust was set up in 1975 to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and art institutions/galleries that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities.

The Trustees’ main objective is to support new work. 

The next deadline for applications is 26 January 2020


Buttle UK

The maintenance, education and advancement in life of children and young people who through poverty and family circumstances are in need of, and will benefit significantly from, Buttle UK’s support.

Grant aid available look at the web site for all the details and eligibility: www.buttleuk.org/need-support
 

Daytrippers Foundation – Day Trip Grant

Daytrippers Foundation offers grants to SEND schools and units, children’s hospices and not-for profit organisations based in the UK.  The funding is to enable groups of children and young people aged 5-25 who have disabilities and life limiting conditions to go on recreational and educational trips.

They will fund costs of up to £30 per child for groups of at least eight.  Day trips can be for any destination but must take place in the UK. 

Applications are being taken for day trips taking place between 1 November 2019 and 31 October 2020.  Applications must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the date of the trip.

 

Armed Forces Day Grant

The Ministry of Defence provides funding each year to help organisations and individuals in the UK host an Armed Forces Day event to show support for the UK’s servicemen and women, past and present.  Events to take place within two week of the Armed Forces Day event.

A maximum grant of £10,000 is available per application providing that the MoD funding accounts for no more than 50% of the total costs. 

Local councils, voluntary and community organisations, schools, ex-service organisations and individuals are eligible to apply.

The deadline for applications for event funding is 27 March 2020


Warburton’s Community Grants

Warburton’s grants will support charities and organisations across a number of themes including:

·       Health – help families lead healthier lifestyles

·       Financial stability – help families manage their finances

·       Worklessness – help families recognise the benefits of employment

Community grants of up to £250 are available as well as project grants for projects within 15 miles of a bakery or depot up to£10,000

The latest round for applications opened on 13 November and closes on 10 February 2020


 

For any further details please contact:

Catriona Paterson – Development Worker

Erewash Voluntary Action

Granville Avenue

Long Eaton

Derbyshire

NG10 4HD

Tel: 0115 9466740