There are a fair few outdoor play funding schemes
available, which could help your dream playground become a reality.
Here are some to get you started:
GRANTnet
is a user-friendly free to use service which has been devised to
assist community and voluntary groups, sports and other clubs,
schools, social enterprises and small businesses in identifying
funding opportunities for specific projects. Having identified
the grants, it is then important to receive help and advice from
people who are experienced in the grant application process. The
database contains over 4,000 funding opportunities from United
Kingdom and European Commission sources.
fit4funding
is nationally recognised as a quality provider of training on all
aspects of fundraising and commissioning involving Third Sector
organisations. It is the link between national and local in funding
advice and works across the UK, although its main focus is in West
Yorkshire.
The
Grants4Schools
website is aimed at providing information on grant funding and
sponsorship sources relevant to primary, secondary and special
schools within both the state and independent sectors.
NCPTA
provides you with lots of hints and tips on how to boost your
fundraising success including what to consider before you get
started.
Woodenspoon
aims to improve the quality and prospect of life for children and
young people living in the UK and Ireland who are physically,
socially or mentally disadvantaged. Grants are available to special
needs schools, in the region of £20,000 to £100,000, representing
25-100% of total project costs.
Tesco
Charity Trust Community Awards assist
organisations supporting children’s welfare and children’s
educational projects. Grants are in the form of one-off payments in
the region of £1,500K to £5,000.
Get your little treasures to help you make money
for your school. All you need to do is nominate a member of your
Parent Teacher’s Association to register with
eBay
for charity and be in charge of collecting
donations. Then your school can start selling. Turn old tennis
rackets into a new gym – it couldn’t be simpler.
Awards
for All is a Lottery grant scheme for small,
community-based projects in the UK, which promote education, the
environment and health. Grants are awarded between £300 and £10,000.
The
landfill community fund allows landfill
operators to donate funds towards local community and environmental
projects. The scheme is regulated by EnTrust.
Set-up by the Royal Bank of Scotland, the
Superground’s
project enables RBS group employees to nominate
their local primary or secondary school for an award of £4,000.
The
John Laing School Awards are open to school
projects in Greater London, which promote education, the environment
and health or encourage play and social development. Grants are
available up to £3,000. Please contact your Local Authority for
further information.
Schools wishing to take a broader view, who want
to maximise the social and educational value of their grounds, should
consider becoming members of
Learning
through Landscapes, an educational charity
dedicated to school grounds improvement.
The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme
provides one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000 to local
projects that support children and their education and welfare,
elderly people and adults and children with disabilities.
Previous projects supported have included part
funding to purchase minibuses; befriending schemes; luncheon clubs;
and day trips / social trips for elderly / disabled people; sensory
garden or room projects; and outdoor classrooms.
Applications for grants for elderly people and
adults and children with disabilities should be made between the 1st
February and the 31st March or the 1st August and the 30th September.
Biffaward, which is one of the largest Landfill
Communities Fund schemes, has announced that its Flagship programme
is now open to applications.
Biffawards provides grants to support a range of
community and biodiversity project.
Through the Flagship programme grants of between
£150,000 and £500,000 are available to support projects that have a
regional or national impact. The Flagship Scheme supports two themes:
Rebuilding
biodiversity
Cultural facilities
Projects must be site-based, within 25 miles of a
Biffa operation and ten miles of an active landfill.
The organisation making the application must be
eligible to enrol with ENTRUST as an Environmental Body.
Previously supported projects include:
A grant
of £257,529 to Groundwork London to develop a Flagship Playscape
project at King Georges Fields, Ealing, which aims to break the mould
of the risk-averse traditional children's play areas.
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire,
Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire & Peterborough who won a
Flagship grant of £389,930 towards the Great Fen Project.
This project, which demonstrates regional and national significance,
with long term benefits for biodiversity and communities, will
restore more than 3,000 hectares of wildlife habitat to the
Cambridgeshire Fens.
Biffawards usually support 2 to 3 Flagship
projects per year.
The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge is a new
campaign supported by the SITA Trust, HRC Prince William and the
Fields Trust. The Challenge aims to protect 2012 outdoor
recreational spaces in communities such as pitches, woodlands,
children's play areas, gardens, bicycle trails, parks etc, all across
the country as a permanent living legacy of the Queen's Diamond
Jubilee which will be in 2012.
Local Authorities, Parish and Town Councils,
sports clubs and other private landowners can apply to obtain Queen
Elizabeth II Field status. All those areas that are designated
a Queen Elizabeth II Field will then be able to apply through SITA's
£1 million Queen Elizabeth II Fields Fund, for grants to make
improvements to the recreation area.
Through this fund there will be two different
strands:
The QEII Fields Volunteer Support Fund, which will
make grants of up to £5,000 to fund those projects where volunteers
are extensively involved in the delivery of the project; and the QEII
Major Works Fund, which will make grants of up to £25,000 to support
those projects that also focus on delivery by volunteers, but will
allow major works to be carried out by contractors.
For further information including how to apply to become
a Queen Elizabeth II Field click on the link above.
Check website’s postcode checker for eligibility
from Sita.
Comic Relief: Grants Sport for change
The aim of this programme is to understand more
about how sport can play a part in delivering positive change within
the lives of individuals and communities.
We also want to understand how sport can be used
to tackle identified social issues as part of a broader programme to
achieve a measurable social change.
This is a two stage application process.
Our grants usually vary between £25,000 and
£40,000 per year for a maximum of three years and rarely exceed this
upper limit. The maximum grant size in this programme is £100,000 in
total
Visit the website to find out more.
Youth Music, the UK's largest children's music
charity has announced its grant making programme is open for
applications. Through its "Open Programme", grants of
between £5,000 and £30,000 are available to support projects that
provide music-making activities for children and young people in
support of Youth Music's goals.
Youth Music will fund any non profit-making
organisation more than one year old, that is committed to
music-making activities for children and young people up to 18 (or up
to 25 if they have special educational needs, disabilities or are in
detention).
Youth Music aims to support music making
activities principally in out of school hours such as during
weekends, holidays as well as in breakfast and after schools clubs.
Youth Music understands that programmes may need to begin in school
hours especially if the proposal involves encouraging first time
participation in music. To help with this, Youth Music will consider
applications for programmes where up to 25% of the time is spent in
school hours. The proposed programme should aim to encourage children
and young people to eventually make music outside of school hours.
Sportsmatch, which is funded by Sport England to
support the development of grassroots sport has announced that it is
now seeking applications for funding for 2011/12. Through the scheme,
Sportsmatch offers pound for pound matched funding to investments
made by businesses, trusts and individuals into projects that
encourage sports participation at grass roots level.
The funding available is primarily for running
costs (maximum grant £100,000) although capital awards of up to
£25,000 can be made through the scheme. This can include non
personal sports equipment such as outdoor basketball nets, kwik
cricket surfaces, boats, sports wheelchairs etc. The scheme is open
to community based sports projects, in particular those that benefit
young people, disability groups, black and minority ethnic groups
and/or women and girls. Since its original launch in November 1992,
Sportsmatch, together with commercial sponsorship, has invested more
than £102 million into 5784 community sports projects across
England.
If you need any further advice please phone the
Funding Helpline on 08458 508 508.
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund, which is a
registered charity established to support projects in the area of
learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected
by learning disability.
Grants are available to voluntary organisations
within the UK and the Republic of Ireland working in this field.
The Trust consider under learning disability the conditions generally
referred to as severe learning difficulties, together with autism. In
this area, they consider projects concerning children or adults.
Application for funding is normally considered for capital and
revenue costs and for both specific projects and for general
running/core costs. They will not offer grants for research
into or care of those with mental illness or dyslexia. The Fund
offers grants from £250 upwards.
The British Ecological Society is offering grants
to enable teachers to make the teaching of ecology more innovative,
interesting and exciting in primary, secondary and tertiary schools.
The aim of this grant is to promote good practice
in teaching ecology and to support ecology teaching that is
innovative, inspiring and intellectually stimulating. Grants are
available to enable teachers to develop and resource innovative
teaching and learning activities and/or to undertake research to
evaluate methods of teaching ecology.
This can be achieved in many different ways and
can include projects based in or outside of the classroom. Grants of
up to £1,500 are available and there are two application deadlines
per year.
Charities, schools and community groups have the
opportunity to apply for funding for local projects that require
financial assistance to the ASDA Foundation. The ASDA
Foundation trust was set up in 1988 to support local good causes
chosen by employees and is funded by profits from the mid-week
national lottery. Organisations can apply for funding for a wide
range of projects as long as they have the support of local ASDA
colleagues.
Some of the projects that the ASDA Foundation has
supported in the past include:
Transforming a large tarmac playing ground at
Haslingden Primary School, Lancashire, into a place where children
can play, learn, enjoy, plant and grow, and most of all have fun.
The Foundation also provided funding for the
Southglade Park community allotment, a non profitable initiative
where the produce grown is used to educate young children and adults
on healthy eating.
Potential applicants should contact their local
Store or Depot in the first instance.
The Garfield Weston Foundation offers support to
organisations that are registered charities and excepted or exempt
charities such as churches, hospitals, educational establishments,
museums and housing corporations. Founded in 1958 the Garfield Weston
Foundation is a UK based, general grant- giving charity that makes
grants in the areas of the Arts, Community Education, Medical,
Environment, Health, Religion, Welfare and Youth.
Applications are
considered individually by the Foundation and the following issues
are taken into consideration:
The financial
viability of the organisation;
The degree of need
for the project requiring funding;
The amount spent on administration and
fundraising as compared to the charitable activities;
The ability to raise sufficient funding to meet
the appeal target;
Whether the organisation has appropriate
priorities and plans in place to manage its activities.
There is no limit on the size of grant.
There are no application deadlines.
The John Lewis Partnership is interested in giving
donations to small, local groups. Areas it particularly supports
include care for the sick and the disabled; youth and children; care
and housing for the elderly; medical research; and welfare and
counselling services. The website also says that “The Partnership
favours charities in which Partners are personally involved.” If
you want to approach them for a grant contact the local John Lewis
Community Liaison Coordinator. Details of the Partnership’s
charitable giving can be found on the website.
Charitable organisations (and schools specifically
for children and young people with disabilities or Special
Educational Needs) working towards educating young people, especially
young people with disabilities and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds
can apply for funding of up to £30,000 through the Equitable
Charitable Trust.
The Trustees award approximately £1 million a
year and seeks to identify and support good projects that address
needs not adequately met at present, including those with potential
to be introduced to large numbers of schools. Grants made by the
Trust fall into three broad categories.
Education projects or services that support the
learning and development of disabled children and young people in the
UK;
Education projects for disadvantaged children and
young people in the UK, particularly those that support delivery of
the National Curriculum or vocational learning opportunities; and
Education projects that will help increase
participation in, or improve the quality of, education for
disadvantaged or disabled children and young people in developing
countries.
The length of funding can range from one to three
years. Previously supported projects include supplementary Maths,
English and Science classes for disadvantaged 5-18 year olds;
education projects to reduce teenage pregnancies; capital grants for
the renovation and refurbishment of facilities for children with
complex needs and disabilities; and music education projects for
children and young people with profound and multiple learning
difficulties.
For example, ‘Art room’ received £5,000
towards ear one of a three year project to pay for salary costs of an
education project at a school in a deprived area of Oxford; and
‘Math’a’Magic’ tour received £17,745 to tour schools in
disadvantaged areas of Northern Ireland. Applications can be
submitted at any time and are considered on a rolling basis by the
Trustees.
This level of funding will be sustained throughout
2012 and 2013.
The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales
supports charities that help disadvantaged people engage with their
local community. Since the foundation’s establishment 25
years ago, £297m has been invested in 42,000 charities, and over the
last three years £56.8m has been invested in the flagship community
programme which most charities report has helped them offer better
support to their users.
The foundation has supported the maintenance and
creation of over 2,500 jobs and 12,000 volunteering opportunities
with the work of the charities including:
Helping to reduce
isolation of individuals.
Increase access to
social interaction in both rural and urban settings.
Improve access to
local, and often specific, support networks.
Improve the confidence and self-esteem of
beneficiaries and provide an overall improvement in basic skills,
including literacy and numeracy.
Linda Kelly, Chief Executive said:
“We are
particularly pleased to be able to provide a continued and high level
of sustained support to charities that deliver lasting changes within
our communities. Charities are finding securing funding very
difficult with significantly less statutory funding available,
matched funding problems and a fall in infrastructure support.
“We hope our continued approach, as a leading
community funder, will help provide the much needed support and core
funding charities need to continue their vital work with our
society’s most disadvantaged people and communities.”
The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and
Wales
Pentagon House
52-54 Southwark Street
London SE1 1UN
The Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust (AFMT ) supports
projects that allow disadvantaged young people the chance to develop
an existing interest in the great outdoors.
The Trust usually supports programmes that are run
by schools or youth groups, but welcomes applications from
individuals, but these must have a referee.
The AFMT support a wide range of projects, but are
unlikely to support foreign trips.
Projects the fund has supported in the past
include:
A £300 grant of a Youth Forum in Lancashire to support a
programme of outdoor activities; £500 grant for a group of young
people from Bradford to go on a residential outdoor activities course
in Scotland.
Applications can be made at any time.
The Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust (AFMT) supports
projects that allow disadvantaged young people the chance to develop
an existing interest in the great outdoors. The Trust usually
supports programmes that are run by schools or youth groups, but
welcomes applications from individuals, but these must have a
referee. The AFMT support a wide range of projects, but are unlikely
to support foreign trips. Projects the fund has supported in the past
include:
A £300 grant of a Youth Forum in Lancashire to
support a programme of outdoor activities. A £500 grant for a group
of young people from Bradford to go on a residential outdoor
activities course in Scotland.
Applications can be made at any time.
The Steel Charitable Trust is a grant-making trust
supporting general charitable purposes.
Grants of between £1,000 and £25,000 are made to
registered charities in the UK within the areas of:
arts and culture
environment
health
education
disadvantaged.
Grants are made at regular intervals during the
year and the total level of grants is approximately £1,000,000, 30%
of these grants will be made to organisations in the Luton and
Bedfordshire area.
Applications can be made at any time as there are
no application deadlines.
Percy Bilton Charity provides grants
to registered charities who are focusing their activities at the
following target groups:
There are two main types of funding: Large grants
(One off payments for capital expenditure of £2,000 and over) and
Small grants (Providing funding of up to £500 towards furnishings
and equipment for small projects). Favours bids from small charities.
There is no set deadline and bids can be submitted
at anytime but Board meetings are
held quarterly in March, June, September and
December to consider large grants.
Wooden Spoon is a children’s charity dedicated
to helping underprivileged children (disadvantaged physically,
mentally or socially) and young people to live happier, richer lives.
Previous support has been capital toward medical treatment and
recovery centres, sports and activity areas, sensory rooms and
gardens, playgrounds (includes schools).
Outreach programmes for children and young people
in their communities can also receive funding through Wooden Spoon.
Local Not for Profit Organisations such as
charities, charitable companies, churches and schools can apply for
grants of up to £2,000 through the Greggs Foundation regional grants
programme.
The Greggs Foundation was established in 1987 by
Ian Gregg, founder of the Greggs bakery retailer. The regional
grants programme is administered by committees of volunteers from
Gregg shops, bakeries and offices who are based in England, Scotland
and Wales. They use their knowledge of the local area to make small
grants to local organisations, in particular those that make a
difference to people in need in the heart of Greggs' local
communities.
The Greggs Foundation prioritises local
organisations that help people in need in their local area. Many
charitable causes can be supported through the programme. Most of the
grants are to support an identifiable cause such as trips, activities
and equipment.
Additionally the Foundation prioritises the
following people:
Past recipients include:
£2,000 to the
Grange Day Centre in Newcastle – the grant was used to provide
outdoor activity sessions for older people; and
£2,000 to the Sunbeams Music Trust in
Cumbria. This charity uses music as therapy for people with
disabilities.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
The Marsh Christian trust supports a wide range of
projects/general charitable purposes. Areas which have been funded
include: social welfare; literature, arts and heritage; environmental
causes; conservation and animal welfare; healthcare and medical
research; education and training; and overseas appeals.
Grants are only made to registered charities that
are experienced in their chosen field of work with particular
consideration given towards charities displaying a Christian
emphasis.
There is no deadline for receipt of applications.
The Trustees meet monthly, but due to the volume of appeals received
responses to new appeals may take up to three months to arrive.
However, a response is made to every appeal. Grants are given towards
core-funding and range between £250-£4,000 with new applications at
the lower end of this scale.
Clore Duffield Foundation’s Main Grants
Programme does not fund individuals, but it can match lottery
funding, support capital redevelopments and learning space
initiatives, and provide project, programme and revenue funding.
Application procedures are straightforward, and
the Foundation continues to maintain a balance between supporting
large-scale projects, with far-reaching effects, and small-scale
community endeavours. Grants range from below £5,000 to in excess of
£1m.
All grants are awarded at the Trustees meeting,
held twice a year. As there is no fixed schedule for these meetings,
applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
The Foundation welcomes submissions to the Main
Grants Programme for projects from the following sectors:
Museums, galleries
and heritage sites (particularly for learning spaces)
The arts
Education
Health, social
care and disability
Jewish charities with interests in any of the
above areas
Learning Spaces
The Clore Duffield Foundation has funded museum,
gallery and heritage learning spaces across the UK for over 15 years,
from £2.5m Clore learning centres in national museums, to donations
of less than £5,000 for single rooms in local history heritage
buildings.
In light of this experience, the Foundation
provides learning space applicants with basic guidance on cost;
lighting levels; location, use and nature of space; dimensions;
programming; display; architect's plans; and best practice examples
(small- and large-scale).
Applicants should also read Space for Learning: A
Handbook for Education Spaces in Museums, Heritage Sites and
Discovery Centres (2004), which can be downloaded on the website
before applying for funding.
For more information or to apply to this fund,
please see their site.
The Football Foundation has announced that its
Facilities Grant Scheme is now open for applications for
projects that improve facilities for football and other sport in
local communities.
Organisations that are eligible to apply for
funding include football clubs, multi-sports, local authorities, all
educational establishments, registered charity organisations &
not for profit organisations.
Grants of up to £500,000 are available to support
projects that:
sustain or
increase participation amongst children and adults, regardless of
background age, or ability; and
help children and adults to develop their
physical, mental, social and moral capacities through regular
participation in sport.
The types of facilities the fund provides grants
for include:
grass pitches
drainage/improvements;
pavilions,
clubhouses and changing rooms;
artificial turf
pitches and multi-use games areas;
fixed floodlights for artificial pitches.
Before submitting applications, the foundation
strongly recommends submitting an expression of interest form. For
example, St Augustine’s RC High School received a £117,446
grant from the Football Foundation towards seven grass pitches. The
new pitches allow St Augustine’s, a school with a strong tradition
of sporting achievements, to continue to produce successful sports
teams. The vastly improved site now contains two 11-a-side pitches,
one full-size dual rugby/football pitch, two junior 11-a-side
pitches, two Mini Soccer pitches and training grid areas.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
The BRIT Trust seeks applications which encourage
young people in the exploration and pursuit of educational, cultural
or therapeutic benefits emanating from music.
Organisations with a charitable status are
eligible to apply. Applications should be received by The Trust no
later than August for consideration at their Trust meeting in
September for projects planned for the following year.
Local grassroots community sports clubs in the UK
that require funding for equipment, facilities or coaching can apply
for grants of between £250 and £1,000 through Cash-4-Clubs.
The Cash 4 Clubs scheme is funded by Betfair and is supported by
SportsAid, the charity for sports people. No preference is given as
to the types of sport or the age range accessing the activity;
however clubs should play an active role in the community, encourage
social interaction and fitness, and be registered with their sports’
National Governing body.
Previous projects supported include:
Strictly
Wheelchair Dancing which received a grant of £750 to purchase new
wheelchairs and Solihull Cycling Club which received a grant of £600
to provide coaching staff undertake additional training.
The fund is open to any sports club that is
registered with its sports' National Governing body or local
authority.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Funding for Cricket festivals, schemes and
competitions
The Lord's Taverners Grants for Other Cricket
Projects are provided and administered by the Lord's Taverners
Charity and are available for TSOs active in the UK. The scheme is
intended to support organisations which seek to encourage youth
participation in cricket and other sporting and leisure activities.
In particular, the scheme wishes to fund
organisations involved with young people who have social,
environmental, physical or learning disadvantages.
The application process is ongoing and interested
applicants may apply at any time.
Eligible Expenditure:
Eligible expenditure includes:
Funding will not be provided for:
Refreshments.
Trophies.
Overseas tours.
Clothing.
Individual or team sponsorship.
For further information on how to obtain this
grant locally, please contact the following:
Richard Anstey The Lord's Taverners
10
Buckingham Place
London
SW1E 6HX
Old Possum’s Practical Trust supports charitable
organisations that work to increase the knowledge and appreciation of
aesthetic interests.
Its main areas of interest are:
History
Arts
Architecture
Literature
Music and
Theatre
Funding for sport and other areas from
high street bookmakers
Funds are directed towards a
wide range of causes, including: schools, hospices and hospitals,
youth support, medical, social sciences, arts, environment and
animals, sports.
How To Apply:
In the first
instance, the support of a local shop should be secured in raising
funds on behalf of a cause. Any monies raised are then banked with
the trust, with consideration of additional funds being added by
Ladbrokes taken by the trust's grants committee.
When To
Apply:
The grants committee meets monthly to consider
applications.
Catchment Areas:
UK (communities in which
the shops and businesses of Ladbrokes Betting and Gaming Ltd or
Ladbrokes eGaming Limited operate). Shops in Corsham and Chippenham,
Swindon, Bristol, Exeter, Exmouth, Falmouth, Newquay., Penzance,
Tiverton, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham, Bridgewater, Yeovil,
Taunton, Crewkerne, Bridport. See website for full listing.
General
Notes:
Funding comes not from the Ladbrokes company, but via the
fundraising efforts of head office and shop staff, customers and
'Event Days'.
LADBROKES IN THE COMMUNITY CHARITABLE
TRUST
Ladbroke Betting and Gaming Ltd
Imperial House
Imperial Drive
Harrow
Middlesex
HA2 7JW
The Torch Trophy Trust offers bursaries to help
volunteers improve their skills as coaches or officials in youth
sport and sport for the disabled.
A bursary will cover 50% of costs up to £1,000.
Awards can be used for: Providing funding for volunteers; or
encouraging and helping club workers at voluntary level.
The trust doesn’t have deadlines – all
applications are looked at as they are sent in.
Individuals in need and charities that work to
enhance the quality of life for people in need (specifically the
mentally and physically disabled) can apply for funding the ACT
Foundation's grant programme.
The Foundation makes grants to support:
the modifications
to homes, schools, hospices etc;
the provision of
specialist equipment such as specialised wheelchairs, other mobility
aids and equipment including medical equipment to assist independent
living; and
financial
assistance towards the cost of short-term respite breaks at a
registered respite centre.
Grants can range from £100 to several
millions.
Examples of grants that the ACT Foundation has
made are:
Applications can be made at any time.
The Government has awarded £125 million to the
Sutton Trust as the lead charity in partnership with Impetus Trust to
establish a new major programme to boost the attainment of some of
the country's most disadvantaged children. A new charity will be
established by the Sutton Trust to deliver the Education Endowment
Fund (EEF) which will be used to both initiate grants and seek
innovative and bold proposals from schools, teachers, local
authorities and charities, to help them improve the performance of
poor pupils in the country's lowest performing schools and narrow
attainment gaps in the classrooms. For the first two years of the
Fund, applications will only be accepted from, or in partnership
with, underperforming primary and secondary schools in England.
Information on eligibility and criteria is expected to be available
from early summer when the new charity will officially be launched,
and the first round of grants will be made in the Autumn. The
programme is expected to run for the next 15 years,
delivering as much as £200 million.
Not for profit organisations and organisation with
a charitable purpose can apply for funding through the Mark Leonard
Trust. The Mark Leonard Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family
Charitable Trusts and focuses on environmental education in the UK.
In particular the Trust seeks to support projects
that focus on:
finding practical
ways of involving children and young adults;
sustainable
agriculture and bio-diversity;
sustainable
transport, energy efficiency and renewable energy; and
youth work that supports the rehabilitation
of young people involved in anti-social or criminal activities.
Projects supported in the past have included:
a
grant of £10,000 to the Federation of City Farms and Community
gardens towards a pilot project in Coventry to develop food growing
activities in schools; a grant of £10,000 for ‘Web of Hope’,
towards the Youth Prints environmental learning project with
disadvantaged young people in Worcester; and a grant of £10,000 to
Plumpton College to complete the construction of an environmentally
friendly classroom.
Applications to the Trust can be submitted at any
time.
The Britannia Foundation offers grants and
donations between £1,000 and £25,000 to registered charities and
schools working within education, particularly numeracy and/or
financial literacy.
Their focus is to support local communities where
there are higher densities of Britannia employees and customers.
The Foundation prefers buying specific items of
equipment but in some circumstances will consider capital expenditure
and salary costs.
It makes grants totaling up to £1 million each
year towards projects for children and young people under the age of
25 who are from disadvantaged backgrounds or disabled.
The Priorities of the Equitable Charitable Trust
are:
Education projects
or services that support the learning and development of disabled
children and young people;
Formal education
projects for disadvantaged children and young people that support
delivery of the National Curriculum (i.e. curriculum enrichment
projects) or that deliver accredited vocational learning that will
increase employability;
Education projects that will help increase
participation in, or improve the quality of, education for
disadvantaged or disabled children and young people in developing
countries.
For overseas projects, Trustees particularly wish
to support projects with potential to deliver benefits over the
medium to long term.
Grants can be made for project costs, capital
expenditure, equipment and/or the salary costs of a post.
The majority of projects funded by the Trust take
place at local or regional level, though national projects and those
benefiting children or young people overseas (in developing countries
only) are also supported. Grants for overseas projects are only made
through UK registered charities.
The length of funding can range from one to three
years with grants of more than one year paid in annual installments,
with installments beyond the first year dependent on receipt of
progress reports that are satisfactory to the Trustees.
The size of grants ranges from £2,500 to £30,000.
Most are for sums between £5,000 and £20,000. It is rare for a
multi-year grant to exceed £10,000 p.a. and most multi-year grants
will be for sums between £5,000 and £7,500 p.a.
Applications can be submitted at any time and are
considered monthly by the Trustees. The Trust does not have an
application form, but recommends that organisations follow the
guidelines on our website.
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.
Launched originally as a joint initiative with the
Big Lottery Fund full responsibility for the programme has now passed
to the Heritage Lottery Fund Local Authorities as well as not for
profit organisations that own public parks and gardens can apply for
grants of between £250,000 and £5 million for the regeneration of
parks and public gardens (including squares, walks and promenades).
To be considered for funding, applicants need to show that.
The community
values the park as part of their heritage
The parks meets local social, economic and
environmental needs
The park management actively involves local people
Recent awards include a £1.84 million grant to restore Castle Park
in Cheshire back to its original historic landscape and to improve
sports facilities, the play area, and cafe and kiosk facilities and a
£3.5million grant to restore the historic landscaping and buildings,
upgrading footpaths, entrances, furniture and signage of Brockwell
Park which is located between Brixton, Norwood and Dulwich.
There are two stands :-
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
from £100,000 and £500,000 for large capital projects.
The Reaching Communities buildings strand is
offering grants of between £100,000 and £500,000 for capital
projects to improve buildings with multiple community purposes.
The strand is expected to be oversubscribed so
applicants are advised to use the online eligibility checker to
ensure their postcode falls within the prescribed programme areas.
Applications will be received from voluntary
organisations, schools, local authorities and social enterprises.
The Reaching Communities programme is intended to
help people and communities in need. Applications should satisfy the
programme’s desired outcomes:
People have better chances in life and improved
access to training and development.
Stronger communities with more active citizens
working together to tackle their problems. Improved rural and urban
environments which communities can access and enjoy. Healthier and
more active people and communities.
Helping hand scheme supports local groups
Each year Wilkinson Hardware Stores make
contributions from company profits to community initiatives within
the company’s trading areas through the Helping Hand Scheme. The
scheme offers vouchers and financial support to local groups,
charities and organisations within the store’s catchment area and
is particularly interested in supporting education, family, sports
and arts projects.
Please note, as of June 2009, funds have all but
dried up / very limited funds are available.
To apply for funding, write to:
Lesley
Banks
Sponsorship Administrator
Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd
J
K House
Roebuck Way
Manton Wood
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80
3YY.
Tel: 01909 505505.
Funding is available to a wide range of voluntary
organisations in East Dorset that work with, and for, the
community. The council’s Grant Aid Schemes are designed
to assist voluntary organisations and individuals who would not
otherwise be supported. Groups working on lifelong learning projects,
supporting young people and the elderly, the disabled and those
disadvantaged by social exclusions will be given greater priority.
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to cover both capital and
revenue costs, other funding will need to be secured.
Windsor Family Trust – Gloucestershire
based
This is a new donor-led named fund being offered
through the Gloucestershire Community Foundation with effect from
October 2010. The programme will support youth development work with
young people up to the age of 18 years. Grants of between £250 and
£5000 are available
The trust will accept applications from any group
working in Gloucestershire but are particularly keen to receive
applications from the Dursley and Stroud areas of the county.
Applications may be submitted at any time and a decision made within
4 to 6 weeks.
The Windsor Family Trust’s focus is on informal
education, youth development and measures to overcome disadvantage.
All applications must demonstrate this key element to their work.
You will also need to show that:-
You are a
registered Charity, Social Enterprise* or a voluntary or community
group with a constitution, whose aims contribute to the alleviation
of disadvantage in Gloucestershire.
Your
organisation/group is well managed and has recent, approved,
accounts that can be made available to the Foundation.
The activity for
which you are making the bid is well planned and achievable within
your stated timescale.
Your grant is
primarily for the benefit of Gloucestershire people.
Beneficial
outcomes that address local disadvantage and/or identified need, and
a lasting impact for your group members or community.
Outcomes that enhance the personal, social or
learning development of young people aged up to18 years.
The Trustees will consider bids for:
New activities,
facilities or ways of working that meet needs identified by your
group members/ beneficiaries.
Core funding to
maintain existing service provision of well managed and effective
groups.
Projects that
improve relationships in our communities.
Services that
improve equality of opportunity for minority groups and those
disadvantaged geographically.
Training and
equipment, where it can be clearly shown that this is essential for
the better running of your organisation.
Small pieces of
renovation work or fitting out with equipment following building
improvement.
Applications from
religious organisations, providing the project work does not seek to
promote religious beliefs. Applications from ‘Churches
Together’ organisations are accepted.
Applications will be considered for sole
funding or for match funding, provided there is clear evidence that
the full funding package has been identified & applied for.
If your application is approved, you would have 12
months in which to spend the grant – starting from the date on
which you receive your cheque payment.
We would expect that you would start your funded
activity within six months of the approval – and indeed would be
looking for evidence in your application that such a start date is
realistic.
For more details and application form please
contact The Gloucestershire Community Foundation
Jane Jarman,
Grants Development Manager , on 01452 656386 or e-mail
jane.jarman@edf-energy.com
Funding for good causes – with a
preference for Gloucestershire
D G Albright Charitable Trust provides funding for
various causes including medical and children's charities.
Funding NOT For: Individuals
Apply in writing
Catchment Areas:
UK with a preference for
Gloucestershire
General Notes:
Donations included those to: St
Mary's School - Bromesberrow (£6,000); Maggie's Centres (£5,000);
Bromesberrow Parochial Church Council (£2,500); British Empire and
Commonwealth Museum, the Countryside Foundation for Education, the
Family Haven – Gloucester, Game Conservancy Trust, Gloucester
Family Support, Gloucestershire Macmillan Cancer Service, SSAFA
Gloucester Branch and St. Luke's Hospital for the Clergy (£2,000
each); Butterfly Conservation, Dean and Chapter - Gloucester
Cathedral, Gloucestershire Association for the Blind, Gloucestershire
Life Education Centre, Swaziland Charitable Trust, Taste for
Adventure Centre and the Three Choirs Festival 2008 (£1,000 each);
Castle Gate Family Trust and Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust
(£500 each); Bibles for Children (£300); and Breakthrough Breast
Cancer (£250).
D G ALBRIGHT CHARITABLE TRUST
Old Church
School
Hollow Street
Great Sommerford
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 5JD
Contact: Richard G Wood, Trustee
Tel: 01249
720760
Small grants for communities
The Somerset Community Foundation is a local
independent charity that raises funds and distributes grants to a
wide range of community projects and voluntary groups that benefit
local people.
We support children, youth groups and older
people, those with special needs or disabilities, sports groups, and
art and drama projects; aiming to build stronger communities for the
benefit of everyone in Somerset
The Foundation administers a variety of funds for
grant making and will be able to advise on which grants programme
fits your needs or recommend an alternative funder if the project
falls outside the Community Foundation's criteria. Please call
01458 833133 to talk to a member of the grants team.
The Wellbeing of Yeovil Association
The Wellbeing of Yeovil Community Association was
founded in 1980 by local businessmen to support worthy causes which
benefit those living in Yeovil and surrounding communities.
Over £400,000 of grants have been awarded towards projects large and
small in recent years. Grants are contributed towards the capital
element of projects such as building costs or equipment.
As a matter of policy the Association does not
normally contribute to the running costs (revenue) of projects.
A committee chaired by Tim Chappell MBE meets in
January, March, June and September each year to consider applications
for grants. In the last couple of years the Wellbeing has made
over 30 grants including contributions to projects at West Coker
School, East Coker Pavilion, Sutton Bingham Canoe Club, Nether
Compton village hall, Yeovil Amateur Boxing Club, Time Out Together
playgroup, Yeovil Shopmoblity, St Peters Church hall, Urban Warriors
Yeovil and Yeovil Hospital’s Flying Colours appeal.
If you have a worthy cause or project from which
the local community will benefit then consider applying to Tim
Chappell 01935 812922 or email
tim.chappell1@btinternet.com
for help from the Yeovil Association. Alternatively if you or
your firm would like to make a donation or join the Association then
they would be very pleased to hear from you.
Wiltshire Community Facility &
Biodiversity Grants £1,000 - £45,000
Most of the county falls in an area eligible for
Landfill Communities Fund grants for capital spending on community
facilities or biodiversity projects.
Eligible projects include:
Community centre /
Village hall improvements
Play areas,
skateboard parks, BMX tracks
Conservation & Biodiversity projects
including village pond restoration and community gardens
And applicants can be:
Community
organisations
Parish or town councils
Applications are considered for:
Call or email the Grants Office at Community First
to find out if your project may be eligible & for details of the
application process.
Funding Type:
Up to £5,000 available
*Up to and including £1,000 may be available for
small projects, where there will be no need for you to find matched
funding and applications for the whole project can be considered.
*For funding requests over £1,000 financial
support from other sources must be identified (matched funding),
which can be made up or in part by contributions in kind. No more
than 50% of the total cost of a project will be awarded.
Funding For:
To help provide facilities,
equipment and activities that are important to the local community.
Projects should demonstrate a link to local priorities/community plan
and evidence of an identified community need. Involvement of your
local Councillor is desirable. To find out the name of your
Councillor please see www.wiltshire.gov.uk or contact the Council on
0300 4560 100
Funding is not for:
Political
or Religious activities; Statutory bodies to fund their core services
(includes direct funding for schools/PTAs); Sole benefit of
individuals; private - profit making/commercial organisation; Running
costs - e.g. rent, rates, electricity etc; Work which has already
started.
This includes projects where orders/instructions
have been agreed and resources committed; Projects which could
reasonably be expected to secure finance by other means.
How To Apply:
Applicants are encouraged to
discuss their project with the Community Area Manager in advance of
submitting an application. A list of Area Managers is given in the
Guide to Funding Community Awards at the above webpage.
Applicants are encouraged to make electronic
applications which may be found on the Council's website.
Otherwise paper applications remain acceptable.
Submit your application to the relevant Community Area Locality Team.
A full list of the Teams and maps of the area covered are given in
the Guide to Funding Community Awards at the above webpage.
When To Apply:
Applications will be considered
at each Area Board meeting, applications must be received a minimum
of 6 weeks before the relevant
General Notes:
*Where the total cost of a
project is over £50,000 a business plan should be provided.
*Where the total cost of the project is over
£10,000, three quotes must be provided (with your preferred supplier
identified in Section 3 of the application form). Where the total
cost of the project is under £10,000, some financial evidence e.g. a
quote which you intend to use must be provided.
*Contributions In kind either as volunteer time or
materials may be costed into your project calculations, based on a
maximum of £50 per day for general volunteers and £100 per day
where professional/technical advice is provided e.g. architect
drawing up plans. Please include this information in section 3 and 6
of the application form.
*Applications from Town and Parish Councils will
not normally receive more funding than that contributed by that Town
or Parish Council, since they are able to raise funds through the
precept.
*If your project requires planning permission,
building regulations or any other form of licence or approval, this
must be obtained before submitting your application.
*CONTACT DETAILS:
General enquiries: Tel: 0300
456 0100
Funding
Bristol’s youth community groups
Bristol
Children & Young People's Partnership Fund is a new fund set up
by the Council providing grants for small voluntary and community
sector organisations
working in Bristol with 8-12
year olds, for the purposes of improving the transition from primary
to secondary school.
The aims of the fund are as follows: To increase
confidence and self-esteem in children; to increase positive social
and communication skills and ability to make and maintain friendships
and narrow the gap in achieving positive outcomes between those
children who are disadvantaged and children overall.
The maximum grant is £5,000.
Applications can be made at any time.
