Funding Digest October 2014

FUNDING DIGEST

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In this edition of Devon

Voluntary Action (DeVA)

Funding Digest are funding

opportunities under:

Arts, Culture and

Heritage

Supporting People

Sport and Leisure

Nature and

Environment

Social Enterprise

Multi Focus Grants

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October 2014

Alec Dickson Trust The Trust is passionate about volunteering and about young people making a difference. Grants of up to £500 are available. Grants are available for projects in the applicant's local area that involve local people and can demonstrate that

through volunteering or community service they can enhance the lives of others, particularly those most marginalised by society. Preference is given to supporting innovative projects. Applications are invited if : you are under 30 and living in the uK You are involved in volunteering or if you are running a project in

your local community You have found it difficult to find funding for our idea Recipients are expected to report on how any support was used and how it helped to fulfil the aims of the project. Application Form is available to download from the website along with the guidance. Contact: The Alec Dickson Trust, 237 Pentonville Road. London, N1 9NJ Tel: 020 7278 6601 email: [email protected] W: www.alecdicksontrust.org.uk/

Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Opportunities The Art Fund

The Art Fund exist to secure great art for museums and galleries all across the UK for everyone to enjoy. They do

this by helping to buy, save and show works of art – of all ages and all kinds – by giving grants, placing gifts of art, fundraising and campaigning.

Helping to bring works of art into museums and galleries sits at the heart of what they do – but they are working with public collections to support them in new ways. They will help more people enjoy art by building a creative funding programme to support museums and galleries in the delivery of art to all corners of the UK. They award funding in two ways: through an open-application process and through special funding initiatives, often in partnership with other organisations.

How they can help:

Awarding acquisition grants to help museums and galleries buy works of art Building new collections through schemes such as RENEW, Art Fund International and Art Fund Collect Supporting projects that improve access to and understanding of a particular work of art, collection or exhibition Running public fundraising campaigns to raise money for works of art at risk of being lost to UK collections Sharing art around the UK through support of tours, exhibitions, education projects and events Supporting curators through traineeship schemes Conducting research and campaigning to influence government policy, reform tax systems and stimulate debate

Deadline: The deadline varies for different grants - please see the website for individual grant details. Contact: The Art Fund, PO Box 3678, MELKSHAM, SN12 9AP Tel: 0844 415 4100 email [email protected]

W: http://www.artfund.org/what-we-do

Allchurches Trust Funding in support of churches, church establishments, religious charities, charities preserving UK heritage, theological colleges, schools promoting Christian religion, charities sponsored or recommended by the church, the local community and those concerned with the welfare of the disadvantaged and disabled. Applications should be submitted in writing, detailing the objectives of the project, the appeal target, how the funds will be utilised, funds raised to date and any previous support received from the Trust. Additional information maybe requested for large applications including submission of annual accounts Contact: Allchurches Trust Limited, Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester, GL1 1JZ W: www.allchurches.co.uk/applications/index.aspx

Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Opportunities

The Association for Industrial Archaeology Restoration Grants The Association of Industrial Archaeology is offering restoration grants up to £20,000 to not for profit organisations. They are for the restoration of historically, technically, architecturally, and/or archaeologically important industrial buildings, structures, machinery, vehicles and vessels within the UK. Criteria for awarding the grants are: the grant is for the restoration of historically, technically, architecturally, and/or archaeologically important industrial buildings, structures, machinery, vehicles and vessels within the UK; the application will usually relate to a single, tangible structure or artefact; the heritage asset must be covered by a Conservation Policy and/or Statement; the heritage asset must be sustainably managed, displayed and interpreted for the public, therefore the public must have full access to the asset; the grant must not result in another body reducing its funding; the maximum grant that can be awarded is £20,000; the applicant organisation must be a not-for-profit organisation such as a Trust, charity, CIC etc.; the grant is to be used as partnership funding, the applicant being in the process of or having already raised matching funding from their own resources, fund raising, an HLF, PRISM or other grant award; the grant from the AIA must be a significant part of the total project cost, not just a small contribution to a very large project, so that the AIA grant has significant impact. The AIA would not normally fund projects where our grant represents less than 20% of the total project costs; the grant can be either for new projects or ones which have begun but need further funding for completion; the grant is for capital funding only, not on-going revenue funding. Contact: David de Haan & Anne Sutherland, AIA Liaison Office, The Ironbridge Institute, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Coalbrookdale, Telford TF8 7DX Telephone: 01740 656280 - email: [email protected] W: http://industrial-archaeology.org/index.htm

Grants for War Memorials Works to freestanding war memorials in England are eligible for support through the Grants for War Memorials funded by English Heritage and The Wolfson Foundation. The Trust's Small Grants Scheme has recently been reviewed and so there are some changes in the eligibility criteria for the scheme. There is also a new Application Form and new Guidance Notes for the scheme. Please check principles and eligibility criteria from the website. All of their grant schemes provide support to projects that aim to repair and conserve war memorials in their existing form as well as reinstate the memorial to its original design. Their schemes relate only to existing war memorials and no grant can be offered to support the creation of new war memorials or projects for which work has already started and/or is completed. You need to check your eligibility and submit an 'Expression of interest form' to clarify if the Grants for War Memorials scheme is right for your project before an application can be submitted.

Contact: 42a Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0RE Tel: Conservation advice/grants: 020 7233 7356 W: http://www.warmemorials.org.uk/

Supporting People Funding Opportunities Santander

Foundation There are two grants

programmes to help

disadvantaged people in the UK.

Santander Community Plus provides grants of up

to £5,000 and is open to small local UK charities or

local projects of national charities with funding

available to cover salaries, equipment or

materials. It must also directly help disadvantaged

people in your local area.

The other programme is the £10,000 Central Fund

which funds:

Education/training - activity disadvantaged

people undertake where they improve their

confidence in a skill or their understanding of a

subject. This does not have to be formal training

or lead to a qualification, although those

activities would be eligible too.

Financial capability - activities which help

disadvantaged people understand how to

manage their money. It could include budgeting

skills, accessing affordable credit as well as

managing the challenges that arise from being a

carer, unemployment, disability or relationship

break up.

They do not offer multi-year funding. Apply in

writing for the larger grants scheme - see guidance

on the website. The Community Plus scheme -

nominations can be made by charities as well as

Santander customers and staff. Just visit any

Santander branch and complete a Customer

Suggestion Form.

email: [email protected]

W: www.santanderfoundation.org.uk/

True Colours Trust Trustees of the Trust are committed to supporting a large number of excellent local organisations and projects that support disabled children and their families on a daily basis. The Trust has a small grants programme, open to application at any time, which provides grants of up to £10,000, usually for one-off purposes, to help smaller organisations develop and deliver programmes for children, their siblings and families.

The Trustees are particularly keen to support: Hydrotherapy pools Multi sensory rooms Mini buses Young carers projects Sibling projects Bereavement support

Application Form: Applications are via an on-line application form accessible through the website.

Deadline: Applications can be submitted at any time.

Contact: The True Colours Trust | Allington House (1st Floor) | 150 Victoria Street | SW1E 5AE

Tel: 0207 410 0330 | Fax: 0207 410 0332

W: www.truecolourstrust.org.uk

Supporting People Funding Opportunities Allen Lane Foundation The Foundation is interested in funding work which benefits people in the following groups, or generalist

work which includes significant numbers from more than one such group:

Asylum-seekers and refugees (but not groups working with a single nationality)

Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or transgender people

Gypsies and Travellers

Migrant workers

Offenders and ex-offenders

Older people

People experiencing mental health problems

People experiencing violence or abuse

There is a 2 stage application process. Applications take between 2 and 6 months to process fully.

The grants are relatively modest. Single, one-off grants range from as little as £500 up to £15,000. Grants

repeated for more than one year vary from about £500 per annum up to £5,000 per annum, for a

maximum of three years.

To make sure that grants of this size have an impact the Foundation will not fund larger organisations.

The Foundation will make single grants, or grants for two or three years. It is unlikely to make a second

grant immediately after one has finished and if an application is refused, they ask applicants to wait a

year before applying again.

Application Form: There is no formal application form - only a short Registration Form to give basic

information which you should complete and send with your application. This form is available to

download from the website, where application guidance is also detailed.

Contact: Allen Lane Foundation, 90 The Mount, York YO24 1AR Tel: 01904 613223 Fax: 01904 613133

Email: [email protected]

W: www.allenlane.org.uk

Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation The aims of the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation are broad, although particular emphasis is placed on causes that support the following areas:

the care, welfare and support of children (including education); the promotion of health, welfare and the advancement of medical services; the relief of poverty, indigence and distress; the care, welfare and support of the aged, infirm, handicapped and disabled; and the support of the arts.

The Foundation will also consider granting a small number of substantial capital donations for worthy causes that fall within its priority areas.

Further details are available from Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation, 2nd Floor, Fitzrovia House 153-157 Cleveland Street London W1T 6QR Tel: 020 7383 5111 Fax: 020 7383 4999

Email: [email protected]

Sport and Leisure Funding Opportunities

Grants for Scouting groups - UK Over the years The Scout Association has been extremely fortunate to receive generous donations from many individuals and organisations who wish to support our work at a national and local level. The result of these donations is that there are a range of funds available, particularly to support local groups/units and individual members who require financial assistance in undertaking their scouting.

Grants are available for: Opening or re-opening new sections Starting a new group (min. two sections) in a recognised area of social deprivation Local development planning events; capital equipment for promoting Scouting; adult recruitment events; youth recruitment events aimed at the cub and network sections; training adviser recruitment and retention Employment of local development staff Non-wood badge leader training; capital equipment for the delivery of adult training; young leader training; activity assessor training and assessment; activity permit assessments; DofE asessments; trustee/executive training; trainer training; minibus training and assessment Air and sea scout training and capital equipment purchase Support for members 'in financial hardship' - volunteer expenses, uniforms, camp and activity costs Members with special needs and the development of special needs scouting, including small scale building works to ensure accessibility for all

Deadline: Applications can be submitted any time but must be at least 6 weeks before the event date.

Contact: DGB Grants Manager email: [email protected]

W: http://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/search/?cat=262,658

Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust

The AFMT funds projects that give disadvantaged young people the chance to develop an existing

interest in the great outdoors. The AFMT supports projects taking place within the United Kingdom, for reasons of cost-effectiveness.

They prefer that applicants have done some fund-raising and usually support organisations, but if an individual wants to apply, we need a referee. The AFMT doesn’t fund taster sessions or one-off residential trips and are unlikely to support environmental organisations, unless there is a strong outdoor element to the application. They are unlikely to support foreign trips and don’t support capital projects. Mostly, they are looking for enthusiasm and imagination.

The AFMT does not have an application form. Each application should answer the following questions. Applications should be made via email if possible, but written applications are acceptable.

Who is applying? What do you propose to do? And where? Who will benefit? Why do they deserve our support? What is the overall budget? How much are you applying for? What are your plans for continuing this type of activity? What have you done before?

Apply in writing preferably by email answering the questions above. Written applications will be acceptable.

Contact: Email: [email protected]

W: www.andyfanshawe.org/information_for_applicants.php

Sport and Leisure Funding Opportunities

Wooden Spoon Charity Game On! (NEET) sees Spoon teaming up with the YMCA and YMCA Training to engage and recruit disadvantaged and disillusioned, NEET youngsters (young people aged between 16 and 19 who are not in education, employment or training) onto a unique education and training programme that will provide inspiration, motivation and opportunities to gain achievement and success. Importantly the programme will provide tangible progression opportunities on to range of employment, further education and training (including apprenticeships), volunteering and continued sports participation opportunities. Game On! (Disability Rugby) also uses the "power of sport" and the brands of the leading rugby bodies in UK and Ireland, this time to provide opportunity for disabled people, to participate in regular sporting activity. Game On! (Disability Rugby) will provide opportunities for those who suffer a range of physical and mental disabilities to participate in playing rugby be it, those with severe disabilities enjoying the physicality and challenge of wheelchair rugby or through non contact forms of the game suitable for those with severe and moderate learning disabilities. Application Forms are available to download from the website, along with the guidelines. Contact: Wooden Spoon Administrative Office, 115-117 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 3PD. Telephone: 01252 773720 email: [email protected] W: http://www.woodenspoon.com/projects/how_to_apply_for_funds.php

Women’s Sport Trust Women’s Sport Trust offer an annual grants scheme. The size and number of grants they

have available depend entirely on the amount donated the previous year. In 2014-2015 they will have four tiers of grants available at £500, £1,000, £2,000 and £5,000. (In exceptional circumstances we may consider awarding a grant in excess of £5,000.) Applications must meet their eligibility criteria and could support anything to do with women’s sport. If you are able to meet the eligibility criteria, you might find that are grants could help with: Kit for a women’s sports club Training to become a sports coach Childcare provision Racing wheelchair Sports research grant Venue hire for a women’s powerlifting

competition Sports journalism course Strength & conditioning coaching Travel expenses to get to training or

competition Physio fund for an elite level athlete who has

lost sponsorship Tennis or squash court resurfacing Women’s Sport Trust is staffed entirely by volunteers, so don’t be concerned if it takes us a couple of days to respond. W: http://www.womenssporttrust.com/what-grants-are-available/

Nature and Environment Social Enterprise The Chestnut Fund

The Chestnut Fund is an independent charity, making grants available to encourage and enable community groups to carry out conservation activities. The grants are administered by The Conservation Volunteers.

The grants fall into two categories:

Start-up grants These are for groups who have no money when they are first set up and are available to

groups in their first year of existence. The grant will enable them to begin practical work and will cover administrative expenses, e.g. postage, publicity, hire of meeting rooms, telephone bills and/or the first year of The Conservation Volunteers Community Network Membership plus Insurance fees. The maximum grant will be £150.

Support grants These are for groups who have no money for tools, equipment and training. Preference will be given to resources selected from The Conservation Volunteers sources. This grant is available to all groups, regardless of how long they have been constituted. (Groups within their first year can apply for both the start-up grant and the support grant). The maximum grant will be £350.

Groups are asked to discuss the grant application form with their local office, to give the local officer a chance to check their eligibility before they raise the formal application.

Contact: email:[email protected]

W: http://www.tcv.org.uk/community/join-community-network

A Team Foundation

The A Team Foundations encourages a better understanding of the relationship

between our approach to food, its production and consumption and its implications on

health and social wellbeing. They seek to do this by improving food access, quality,

education, research and environmental stewardship through funding inspired projects

and charitable organisations with like-minded goals.

The foundation looks to support a mixture of practical

projects, research and policy work. Funding will be

granted to registered charities, not-for-profit and non

-governmental organisations, universities and

colleges in the UK.

Contact: email: [email protected]

W: http://www.ateamfoundation.org/main.html#top

Social Enterprise

Community Investment Fund The Community Investment Fund launched in February 2014. The fund invests debt and equity into community based social enterprises and charities in England. The Fund’s investors are the Social Investment Business Foundation and Big Society Capital. The Fund invests between £250,000 and £1m in community based, locally led organisations which are providing essential support and services to improve the well-being of local residents, developing the local economy and creating positive social change for all individuals in the community. The Fund aims to improve the quality of life of local individuals, particularly those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged, and to enhance community engagement and cohesion by empowering people to develop locally-determined solutions to challenges and opportunities To be eligible for investment your organisation must demonstrate the following:

Be a community led social sector organisation

with a neighbourhood focus (please note

we do not provide start-up capital)

Based and have operations in England

A clear social mission with significant

measurable, direct outcomes

Strong management with proven capability to

deliver

Robust business plan and financial projections

A clear demonstration of how investment

repayment will be made

Good corporate governance

Contact: email: [email protected]

W: http://socialandsustainable.com/community-

investment-fund/

Co-operative and Community Finance (LOAN)

Co-operative and Community Finance provides

support loan finance to help people take control of

their economic lives and create social benefit.

They lend to organisations that are owned and

democratically controlled by their members, who

are usually either employees, customers or

members of a community.

Loans from £10,000 to £75,000 are readily

available, and we are able to lend up to £150,000

using other funds. We do not require personal

guarantees.

They manage a range of loan funds throughout the

UK, and currently have around £4m available to

lend. Their staff can advise you on the availability

of specific funds and the most suitable forms of

finance for your business.

Loans form £10 ,000–£75,000 are available and

they are able to fund up to £150,00 using other

funds.

They lend to those who practice the principles of

co-operation, social ownership and sustainable

development. They also provide ongoing support to

their borrowers throughout the loan period.

Contact: telephone 0117 916 6750

email: [email protected]

W: http://www.coopfinance.coop/

Multi Focus Grants Oak Foundation Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. The following principles apply to the whole portfolio of our grants. While each programme has its own areas of focus, as a whole, we adhere to six funding principles. These include funding initiatives that:

Target root causes of problems Are replicable either within a sector or across geographical locations Include plans for long-term sustainability Have secured co-funding Strive to collaborate with like-minded organisations Value the participation of people (including children) and communities

Programmes Funded:

Child Abuse Environment Housing and Homelessness International Human Rights Issues Affecting Women Learning Differences Special Interest

Application Form: Apply in writing following the guidelines on the website below.

W: http://www.oakfnd.org/node/4006

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Main Fund

The Main Fund is responsive to requests for support across the broad range of their interests, which are: the arts, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

Funding so widely creates a lot of competition. In 2010 they received around 2900 eligible applications to the Main Fund and made 270 grants totalling £21.4m. The average grant size was £79,000. To ensure that they can respond to so many requests, the application process is in two stages. They will acknowledge receipt of your first stage application within a week of receiving it and email you within a month to say whether they would like to take it to a second stage or decline to support it. If they invite you to proceed to the second stage, they may ask you for additional information in order to clarify and expand on what you have already told them. Further details on types of projects funded and exclusions are available from the website. Contact: Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG Tel: 020 7812 3700 Fax: 020 7812 3701 Email: [email protected] W: http://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/apply-for-funding/guide-to-applying/select-your-fund/

Don’t forget DeVA can support you and

your organisation with funding issues in

many different ways depending on your

individual circumstances and needs.

Contact us at [email protected]

to see how we can help!

Multi Focus Grants Henry Smith's Charity The Henry Smith Charity is a large grant making charity. They make grants totalling approximately £25 million each year to up to 1,000 organisations and charities for initiatives and projects that address social inequality and economic disadvantage. Through their Main Grants Programme and Small and County Grants Programmes they make grants in the following categories, and have provided some examples below of the type of work they will fund under each category: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Carers Community Service Disability Domestic and Sexual Violence Drugs, Alcohol and Substance Misuse Ex-Service Men and Women Family Services Healthcare Homelessness Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Mental Health Older People Prisoners and Ex-offenders Prostitution and Trafficking Refugees and Asylum Seekers Young People Their Main Grants Programme is for grants of £10,000 or over. There are two types of Main Grant: Capital Grants - One off grants for purchase or refurbishment of a building or purchase of specialist equipment. Revenue Grants - Grants of up to three years for things like core costs (including salaries and overheads), or the running costs of a specific project (including staffing costs). You will find information about how to make your application in the guidelines for each type of grant. Some grants require you to fill in an application form. For others there is no application form; instead they provide guidance about how to structure your application and what supporting documents you need to send. Contact: The Henry Smith Charity, 6th Floor, 65 Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 2AD Tel: 020 7264 4970 W: http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk

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