FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
FEBRUARY 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
East
Midlands Airport Community Fund
The East
Midlands Airport Community Fund aims to bring lasing benefit to the communities
around the airport. The Community Fund
is managed independently by a Community Fund Management Committee that meets
six times a year and is open to community groups within a defined ‘are of
benefit’ that meet certain criteria.
The
Community Fund awards grants to support eligible projects that have a
long-lasting community, social or environmental benefit and can award a maximum
of £2,000 per application.
Applications
must meet at least one of the following objectives:
·
Bring
the community closer together through facilities for sport, recreation and
other leisure time activities
·
Supporting
young people to prepare for work
·
Offer
environmental improvement and/or heritage conservation
·
Improve
awareness of environmental issues through environmental education
·
Encourage
and/or protect wildlife
The next deadline for applications
is 4 March 2020
This
Girl Can Community Fund
The This
Girl Can Community Fund aims to support women aged 16+ to get active by
offering National Lottery grants to local projects that will contribute to
overcoming the barriers some women face in getting active.
Sport
England are looking to support a wide range of ideas from those that just need
a few hundred pounds to larger projects nearer £10,000
The fund
is available for not-for-profit organisations.
Activities that get women’s heart rate up whatever form that takes will
be considered for funding.
The deadline for applications is 25
February 2020.
Asda
Foundation – First Steps Enterprise Fund
First Steps Enterprise
Fund (FSEF) is a £300,000 pilot fund to support community organisations. The
Social Investment Business manage this fund on behalf of the Asda Foundation.
Funding is available for
community organisations (charities and social enterprises) based in England
that are looking to take on their first loan to help them grow and become more
sustainable. Particular preference is given to organisations that work in the
following areas:
• Older people
• Health and wellbeing
•
Employment for young people
Funding packages of up to
£30,000 are available (90% loan and 10% grant). The loan element is charged at
5% (fixed) to be repaid over a period of 4 years with an optional capital
holiday for the first year. Up to £50,000 is available for exceptional cases.
No closing
dates advertised
Comic Relief Community Fund (England)
The Comic Relief Community
Fund (England) is offering grants to grassroots community organisations with an
income of less than £250,000.
There are two types of
grants available to organisations whose work delivers on one of Comic Relief’s
four strategic themes:
• Children Survive & Thrive: projects that support
children under the age of 5 to reach their potential and have the best start in
life.
• Fighting for Gender Justice: projects that improve
equality for women, girls and the LBTQI+ community and initiatives that help
people affected by domestic violence, abuse or exploitation due to their
gender.
• A Safe Place to Be: projects that support people who are
rebuilding their lives because of homelessness or forced migration.
• Mental Health Matters: projects that support good mental
health in communities, improve access to support and tackle stigma and
discrimination.
Funding is available to
help develop your organisation through a Capacity Building Grant (up to £500)
or to deliver projects through a Project Delivery Grant (up to £4,000).
Administration of the
local funding is being managed by community charity, Groundwork, which
specialises in transforming communities and the local environment for the
better.
The grant programme is open
now.
Masonic Charitable Foundation - Early Years and Later Life Grants
The Foundation’s
grant-making programmes aim to tackle some of society’s most important issues
through grants to local and national charities through a couple of key funding
streams:
• Early Years Grants for
children, young people and vulnerable families
• Later
Life Grants which help to reduce isolation in older people
The following applies to
both grant programmes:
Charities with incomes of
under £500,000 can apply for a small grant of between £500 and £15,000 over 1-3
years.
Charities with incomes of
over £500,000 can seek a large grant for up to 3 years.
Grants are between £10,000
and £80,000 however the average grant ranges from £20,000 to £60,000. Large
grants must be used to fund a specific project.
Applications go into two
stages and are reviewed on a first come first serve basis.
Small grants - Applications accepted between 3rd February and 17th
April 2020 OR 8th June and 14th August 2020
Large Grants – Application accepted between 2nd December – 17th
February OR 30th March and 15th June 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.
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
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
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.
Swimathon
Foundation Community Grant Scheme
The
swimathon Foundation’s annual community grants scheme offers funding to groups
and individuals who provide swimming in their local community. The scheme is operated in partnership with
Swim England and the Swimming Trust.
The
funding aims to encourage and support organisations which increase access to
swimming and provide activities aiming at helping individuals and communities
enjoy the benefits of swimming throughout their lives.
Organisations
including community groups, swimming clubs, senior groups, youth groups, sports
clubs, disability charities, scout groups and healthy living groups in the UK
are eligible to apply.
To be
eligible organisations must:
·
Be
a representative of or have the support of a pool participating in Swimathon
2020
·
Be
working on a project that takes place at a Swimathon pool and have the sign off
from the pool manager for the project to take place
Grants
of between £500 and £2,500 are available.
The deadline for applications is 13
March 2020
Sport
England Major Event Volunteer Fund
Grants
are available to national governing bodies or organisations hosting major
sports events for projects that help individuals who are serving as volunteers
at major events to make the transition to supporting sport in their local
community.
Grants
are between £10,000 and £100,000 are available.
The fund will be open to new
applicants until January 2021 and it will cease once all the funding has been
committed.
FCC
Community Action Fund – England
Grants
are available to not-for profit organisations for amenity projects under
Objective D of the Landfill Communities Fund and located within 10 miles of an
eligible FCC environment waste facility.
Grants
of between £2,000 and £10,000 are available for projects with a maximum total
cost of £500,000
All
grant recipients are required to secure a contributing third party payment.
The deadline for the first round of
funding closes on 4 March 2020
Veolia
Environmental Trust
Grants
are available to constituted, not for profit groups with environmental and
community projects that are located near a qualifying Veolia site in England.
Grants
of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available with a number of conditions.
The
funding is for capital improvement projects at a single site that fall in one
of the following categories:
·
Community
buildings and rooms
·
Outdoor
spaces
·
Play
and recreation
·
Biodiversity
projects
March
funding of at least 10% is required for projects.
The next closing date is 5 March
2020
FUNDING REMINDERS
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 (up to £500)
is 31 May 2020 (there will be no round for community activities as this is
over-subscribed)
The deadline for medium grants up to £5,000 and
large grants up to £10,000 is 31 May 2020
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
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
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.
FUNDING TRAINING AND
EVENTS
Foundation
Derbyshire Erewash funding workshop on Wednesday 4 March 2020 at Erewash
Voluntary Action from 10.30 am – 12.30 pm.
The workshop will include an overview of the Foundation, hints and tips
for applying and a chance to see how decisions are made on funding
applications.
Meet the
Funders Erewash Event – Advance date notification – Wednesday 17
June from 10.00 am – 2.00 pm at Erewash Voluntary Action.
For any further details please contact:
Catriona Paterson – Development Worker
Erewash Voluntary Action
Granville Avenue
Long Eaton
Derbyshire
NG10 4HD
Tel: 0115 9466740
