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Sincerely
Gordon Owen
*New * CAFAmerica CAFAmerica are offering a grants top up scheme increasing new members donations by up to 20%. The http://www.allaboutgiving.org/america website features a CharitySearch function which locates charities based around the world. If donors wish to support a particular cause in a specific country but do not have one charity in mind, the CharitySearch function can help them decide who to support. Being listed on their database carries two key benefits for your charity: it publicises your charity's mission to a wider audience of potential donors; it can prompt donors to make gifts to support your important work. To be listed on their database, first you must be judged eligible to receive gifts from CAFAmerica. This is to ensure that grants are tax-effective and to guard against fraud. In order for CAFAmerica to consider your organization for eligibility, you will need to complete and return the Grant Eligibility Application. Once they have received your application they will conduct a review. The cost of this review is £40.00. You can also apply for eligibility to receive gifts through Southampton Row Trust Limited. You can find out more about applying for eligibility by visiting http://www.allaboutgiving.org/america/apply/index.cfm If you have a specific question please contact them directly on: Tel: + 1 703 549 8931 Fax: + 1 703 549 8934 Email: mailto: mailto:info@CAFamerica.org Website: http://www.cafonline.org/cafamerica
*New * The Wellcome Foundation Workshops The Wellcome Foundation are running regional workshops to advise organisations and individuals how to apply for funding, so they may arrange initiatives and events to engage the public with biomedical science. For further information please visit their website: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/flyers/FundingWorkshops
*New * SmartStamp Royal Mail's easy-to-use SmartStamp software not only saves you time, trouble and money but can also enhance your company's image, through the smart appearance of your mail.
Enjoy the convenience of processing all your mail without even leaving your desk. You can stamp, address and pay for your mail with a few clicks of your mouse. As each transaction is accounted for, you can easily keep track of spending. You may print a logo or slogan next to the stamp for a professional look.
The SmartStamp software is free, and is available to customers nationwide. Each business only needs to buy one copy of the software, which can then be installed on multiple computers.
Customers then pay a monthly subscription of £4.99, or an annual subscription of £49.99 to use the SmartStamp service. For further information visit website: http://www.royalmail.com/smartstamp
*New * The Abbey Charitable Trust priorities for 2004 The Trustees are committed to supporting local communities, particularly in those areas where Abbey has a significant presence, by supporting disadvantaged people through: ?Education and training - This may lead to a recognised qualification or be part of lifelong learning for disadvantaged people. Charities will need to demonstrate how this training will make a lasting contribution to their local community; Local regeneration projects which encourage cross community partnerships - To meet this priority different parts of the community need to work together to help regenerate their local area. The aim is to encourage community networks, partnerships and shared resources. This would include intergenerational work, inclusion of disadvantaged people, cross community projects, encouraging diversity or networks of people from different ethnic groups to work together; Financial advice which helps them manage their money - Helping disadvantaged people to take control of their money and to develop the confidence to make informed choices about their finances. This would include budgeting skills and advice about managing the financial challenges that arise from unemployment, disability and ill health.
They can only support organisations with charitable status. They prefer to fund a complete project rather than make a partial donation to a large fund-raising campaign. Requests must be for something that is suitable for one off funding. Trust Donation Programmes.
All of these donations are allocated in accordance with the priorities agreed by the Trustees. The Trust however receives many more applications for priority support than can be met from available funds.
They will be focusing their support in those places where they have a Community Partnership Group. These areas are: Camden; Glasgow; Bradford; Milton Keynes; Sheffield; Northern Ireland; Teesside; Norfolk; East London.
*New * Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is the leading UK charity in supporting links between Britain and Japan. The Foundation's three programmes all share the same objective: to promote links between the UK and Japan through projects of mutual interest and benefit.
The three programmes are:
Daiwa Foundation Small Grants These grants of £1,000 to £5,000 are available to individuals and institutions in the UK and Japan. They cover travel bursaries, conferences and symposia, individual academic research and educational exchanges.
Daiwa Foundation Awards. These awards of £10,000 to £25,000 are available to institutionally-based applicants. They support collaboration between UK and Japan partners with tangible long-term outcomes. Daiwa Adrian Prizes.
Every three years, the Foundation makes available approximately £50,000 to fund awards in recognition of significant scientific collaboration between Japanese and British research teams.
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Daiwa Foundation Japan House, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP Tel: 020 7486 4348 Fax: 020 7486 2914 Email: mailto: mailto:grants@dajf.org.uk Website: http://www.dajf.org.uk
*New * New Community Fund policies From 1 April 2004 the Community Fund are going to introduce some changes to their policies. There are three main changes that may affect your organisation or project.
The changes cover:? payment of costs towards statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and sick leave entitlement. Payment of costs to cover statutory redundancy for projects that will end when our grant finishes the introduction of tapering for all development applications - that is, further grants for the same project. (They explain what 'tapering' is below'.) Maternity, paternity, adoption and sick leave payments.
Who does this apply to? All new and existing grant holders. All organisations employing staff should know their legal obligations concerning maternity, paternity, adoption and sick leave entitlements and payments, including the changes that came into force in April 2003. From 1 April 2004, Community Fund grant-holders can apply for an increase in their grant to cover the costs for these entitlements that they cannot recover from statutory sources.
Key points: Payments will only be made for costs falling after 1 April 2004. If they only fund part of the salary, CF will generally only increase their grant to cover the proportion of the salary that CF pay for.
Because many organisations have employment policies that provide for allowances more generous than the statutory level, they will consider covering costs to the level set by the employer although only for the period of time for which statutory payments would be available.
To begin with, CF will cover these costs by using money from project budgets where there is an under-spend. If there is not any underspend, they have set a maximum payment of £500 for these costs. To apply for an increase, grant-holders will have to sign a declaration that the funds requested are additional to statutory funding available and that there is no double funding.
Redundancy costs: Who does this apply to? Potential applicants and new grant holders from 1 April 2004 This policy change responds to recent changes to legislation, which mean that workers on fixed term contracts not renewed after two years are now entitled to statutory redundancy payments.
From 1 April 2004, grant applicants will be able to include redundancy costs in their project budget. However, this only applies if the project will end when our grant finishes and organisations will therefore categorically know that they will have to make redundancies.
Key points: The policy will not apply to awards made before 1 April 2004. Organisations can only apply for these costs for awards made from that date.
The payment will only cover entitlements for jobs funded by our grant and will be limited to the statutory minimum. Applicants must include a best estimate of redundancy costs in their budget. They will not release payments until required, and then only for the amount needed.
If a project that has applied for redundancy costs under-spends our grant, they must use the underspend to cover these costs. If there is any shortfall, they can cover the difference from the budgeted amount.
Tapering funds (for groups applying for a further grant for the same project) Who does this apply to? All development applications, that is a further grant for the same project. Since April 2002 CF have said in their application packs that they intend to introduce tapering for development applications. . The main reason why they are introducing tapering is to ensure that the projects they fund find other sources of funding and therefore reduce their dependence on the Community Fund by the sixth and final year of available funding.
Key points: ?Tapering will be introduced for all development applications (that is, a further grant for the same project) awarded from 1 April 2004. Organisations will be expected to contribute (either in cash or kind or secured funding from another source) 25 per cent of the total project cost. Therefore, the maximum award would be 75 per cent of the total project cost. ?Those organisations that are unable to contribute 25 per cent will have their funding tapered. In year one, the project could receive up to 100 per cent of what is requested. For all subsequent years, the project will receive no more than 50 per cent of the year one amount.
Although tapering is the expected norm, they will have the discretion to not apply tapering if there is a good reason. If organisations believe tapering should not be applied, they will need to make a good case. Situations could include: no other funding available in the area for the type of project they want to run, or that they have tried to secure additional funding but have been unsuccessful despite having a sound project. Situations where they will not apply tapering will be exceptional. Further information will soon be available on our website at http://www.community-fund.org.uk If you would like to discuss your particular circumstances, please feel free to contact your local office. Fax: 01383 620682 Website: http://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk
One for Social Enterprise
*New * NESTA NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is the organisation which invests in UK creativity and innovation. Since NESTA's programmes were launched in the autumn of 1999, it has backed an extraordinary range of people and projects, who, between them represent the enormous wealth of creative talent that exists in the UK. NESTA runs four programmes: Invention and Innovation, Graduate Pioneer Programme; Fellowship and Learning. The Invention & Innovation programme is an open application two-stage process and is open throughout the year. First, your initial proposal.
Tell NESTA what your idea is and convince them to want to see more. They don't make a detailed technical or financial assessment at this stage. Second, a full proposal. If you make it through stage one, they'll want more concise information on which to base their decision. Each stage is highly competitive, and they use independent, external assessors to help make funding decisions. The final say rests with NESTA's committee members and trustees. Like any investor, NESTA expect a return from any commercial success that arises from their contribution to a project so NESTA takes a stake in all Invention & Innovation awards. They recommend that you read their guidance notes before you begin. These are available on their website.
The Graduate Pioneer Programme aims to invest over £3 million over three years in supporting recent graduates from art and design courses to build new types of companies and business markets in the creative industries. Up to 60 graduates will attend a paid three-week course at the Academy. Here they will come face-to-face with creative entrepreneurs who have experienced what it's like to set up a business. They will learn business principles; explore entrepreneurship, and receive coaching for personal and professional development.
Approximately half of those attending the Academy will then go on to win Pioneer Awards of up to £35,000 to start their own business, and will receive the ongoing support of a NESTA mentor. With this expertise they hope to see them become the role models of the future, showing how the creative industries can produce entrepreneurs who significantly contribute to the UK's economic wealth.
The Fellowship programme runs an open application funding programme called Dream Time, aimed at high achievers in arts, science and technology. The awards are designed to give exceptional achievers, with at least ten years experience in their field, structured time away from their work to pursue ideas and activities which will benefit both themselves and their sector. The programme will open again in Spring 2004 and can be applied for through NESTA's website. NESTA, Fishmongers' Chambers, 110 Upper Thames Street, London EC4R 3TW Enquiry line Tel: 020 7645 9538 Email: mailto:nesta@nesta.org.uk Website: http://www.nesta.org.uk .
*New * The National Trust While the National Trust does not have funds to offer, it is keen to work with local groups for mutual advantage giving educational opportunities, for instance, to arts, youth or environmental groups. Projects or events may in turn attract funding from elsewhere. To find out what is happening in your area contact your local National Trust Learning and Interpretation Officer or Head of Learning and Interpretation, The National Trust, Rowan, Kembrey Park, Swindon SN2 8YL Tel: 01793 462800 Email: mailto:learning@nationaltrust.org.uk Websites: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk & http://www.volunteering.org.uk
*New * Clear Skies The £10 million Clear Skies Initiative aims to give homeowners and communities a chance to become more familiar with renewable energy by providing grants and assess to advice. Homeowners can obtain grants between £500 to £5000 whilst community organisations can receive up to £100,000 for grants.
Community applications will be assessed on a competitive basis. Four funding rounds will be held each year with a strict deadline for submissions for each round. Applications received will be assessed by BRE's technical team and a selection panel drawn from relevant organisations.
Two general conditions of the scheme apply to applications. DIY installations will not attract a grant and the equipment installed must be new and not refurbished. Properties both on and off the electricity grid are eligible for a grant. Groups are also encouraged to seek at least two estimates before applying.
Non profit organisations eligible for grants under the Community Stream will include: Community groups; Environmental trusts; Housing associations; Local authorities; Universities; Hospitals and other public service organisations. Grants must be used to support the capital and installation costs of a renewable energy scheme. Applicants must be a non profit organisation and a legal entity.
The scheme must be located within England, Wales and Northern Ireland and use components on the DTI’s approved product list.
Grant applied for is a maximum of 50% of total capital and installation costs, or £100,000, whichever is smaller. Community applications will demonstrate the following essential criteria: Scheme must be technically sound and financially viable, with a good chance of making it to commissioning and operating successfully. Scheme must demonstrate evidence of real community involvement and engagement (i.e. in scheme design and development). This will include, but not be limited to, an effective process of community consultation. Scheme must enhance public awareness and understanding of renewable energy (via visibility, open days, etc).
Community applications will also be scored against other non-essential criteria. All other things being equal, preference to be shown for: Schemes located in area of social need; Schemes demonstrating cross-community involvement. Clear Skies, BRE Ltd, Building 17, Garston, Watford WD25 9XX Tel: 08702 430 930 Email: mailto:info@clear-skies.org or via Website: http://www.clear-skies.org
Funding for War Veterans as Individuals and Groups *New * New Opportunities Fund - Veterans Reunited Enabling Second World War Veterans to obtain National Lottery funding to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the remarkable events that led to the end of the Second World War, and for new generations to learn from their memories. The New Opportunities Fund provides Lottery funding for education, health and environment projects, which will help create lasting improvements to people's quality of life, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
The Fund has been working with the Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations (COBSEO),the Ministry of Defence (MOD),the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS),the Department for Education and Skills, the Imperial War Museum and others to develop a new funding programme, Veterans Reunited. The Heroes Return scheme is part of this new programme and will ensure that veterans have access to funding to travel overseas to commemorate the events of the Second World War, and to ensure that new generations can learn from their experiences.
They recognise that 2004 and 2005 will be special years for many Second World War veterans, when we will be commemorating the 60th anniversary of the momentous events that led to the end of the Second World War: the Anzio Landings, the campaigns in North Africa, the Eastern Fleets engagements with Japanese Installations, D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, the landings in Southern France, the campaigns in Burma, the Battle for Italy, Operation Market Garden and the Rhine Crossing, the liberation of the Channel Islands, VE Day and VJ Day.
The Heroes Return scheme will provide funding towards travel costs for veterans (including former prisoners of war) and their spouses and present-day carers to visit the countries where they served. The Fund will help veterans to record their experiences on these visits so that new generations can learn from them.
If you are a UK resident and served with, or alongside, British and Allied Armed Forces in the Second World War and want to get involved, call the Veterans Agency FREE on: 0800 169 2277.
The Heroes Return scheme will contribute towards the costs of overseas commemorative visits and trips to the areas where British Armed Forces saw active service in the Second World War. A fixed sum will be available for each veteran and their spouse and/or carer to fund the cost of their visit. There will be different levels of funding for different destinations. Funding is available for visits which take place at any time in 2004 or 2005.
They can provide funding for visits for UK residents who saw active service with or alongside the British and Allied Armed Forces in the Second World War, and their spouses and/or carers. In some cases, widows and widowers will also be eligible. They expect that they will normally award grants to veterans' organisations to enable them to arrange visits on behalf of groups of veterans, and they can help 'match' individual veterans to an appropriate group visit. However, in certain cases individual veterans will be able to apply directly for a grant.
The New Opportunities Fund provides funding for education projects and they want to ensure that every trip they fund is an experience from which new generations will learn. Every veteran who goes on a Heroes Return visit will receive a pack explaining how they should link to our separate schools' scheme Their Past, Your Future. This will not make the funding complicated or difficult: there are straightforward steps that those going on a visit should take to help ensure others can learn from their experiences, and the pack will help them to do this.
One way that veterans' groups may wish to work with other generations is by involving schoolchildren and young people before, during and after their visits. This will be more likely towards the end of 2004 and in 2005 when schools will have had time to arrange their involvement through the new Their Past, Your Future scheme.
Visits do not necessarily have to be linked to events that took place in 1944 and 1945. They expect the focus to be on these events, but if veterans want to return to overseas areas where they served during other years of the Second World War they are able to fund them, too.
To apply the first step is to call the Veterans Agency FREE helpline on: 0800 169 2277. They will then provide you with detailed information on eligibility and advice on how to submit an application.
Other funding The Heroes Return scheme is the centrepiece of our funding for veterans in 2004-2005. However, the Fund is launching a range of related schemes that will all form part of their Veterans Reunited programme. Taken as a whole, these schemes will help ensure that all generations of UK residents can commemorate the 60th anniversary together, both at home and abroad.
Their Past, Your Future scheme The New Opportunities Fund is also funding a scheme aimed at schools and schoolchildren: Their Past, Your Future. In partnership with the Imperial War Museum and other institutions, the scheme will offer opportunities for UK schoolchildren to participate, alongside veterans, in the commemorative events taking place in 2004-5 in the UK and abroad; a website (http://www.d-dayandbeyond.org) full of information about the scheme and ways of linking up veterans and schools; and resources for schools to use for citizenship and history teaching. Every Heroes Return visit will contribute to this project and help ensure that it is the memories and experiences of veterans themselves from which the young people of today can learn.
Their Past, Your Future also offers schools and schoolchildren the opportunity to go on visits to commemorate and learn from the events of the Second World War. The initial visits will concentrate on the D-Day commemorations in June 2004. However, they aim to expand the range of visits later in 2004 and into 2005 and they will work to ensure these link with visits funded through the Heroes Return scheme.
Home Front Recall They recognise that many veterans groups will want to arrange events and activities that do not involve travel abroad and thus are not eligible for their main Heroes Return scheme. NOF will therefore assign funding specifically for veterans projects in the UK through the Home Front Recall scheme. NOF will launch this third strand of the Veterans Reunited programme in Spring 2004. To find out more, please call the Veterans’ Agency FREE helpline: 0800 169 2277.
Other sources of funding and advice for veterans
The Community Fund - For awards that do not fall within any part of the Veterans Reunited programme, veterans' organisations might consider applying to the Community Fund. The Community Fund distributes Lottery funding to charities and voluntary and community groups. Since Lottery funding began, it has given more than £2 million to Armed Forces veterans' organisations. To be eligible, you must be an organisation, not an individual, established in the UK for charitable, philanthropic or benevolent purposes. The Community Fund gives grants for a wide range of projects and each application received is judged on its own merits by a national or regional committee. Please note that the Community Fund has different priorities and eligibility criteria from the Heroes Return scheme, so it is wise to contact them before you apply to find out more. The Community Fund is not allowed to give money for expenditure that has already been incurred. You should bear this in mind if your project involves travel or a venue that needs to be booked in advance. Telephone: 0845 791 9191 Website: http://www.community-fund.org.uk
Heritage Lottery Fund - The Heritage Lottery Fund provides Lottery funding for projects that celebrate, look after or help us learn more about our diverse heritage. The events of the Second World War and the people who lived through it have, of course, helped to shape our heritage. The Heritage Lottery Fund can, for example, fund projects that produce records such as local history archives, photographic collections and spoken history records. It also provides funding for museums and gallery collections. Telephone: 020 7591 6042 Website: http://www.hlf.org.uk
Ministry of Defence - In summer 2003, the MOD announced the creation of the Veterans Challenge Fund which has made up to £2 million available to projects over the next three years that will take forward the work of the Government's Veterans Initiative. The fund has its own criteria for eligibility and assessment. For further information about the fund please telephone Warrant Officer Tony Fernandez on: 020 7305 3030.
The Passport Office is offering free one-year passports to veterans wishing to attend commemorative events in 2004 and 2005. The applicant must have taken part in the action being commemorated or be the spouse, widow, widower or partner of a person who took part. Carers, in cases of need, will also be able to obtain a concessionary passport. The applicant must be travelling as part of a group arranged by a veterans' organisation, or to an event arranged by a veterans' organisation. Free passports will not be issued to anyone who already holds a British passport which will be valid for the journey being arranged. The applicant must be eligible for British Passport facilities. All passport applications are required to be submitted via the relevant veterans association so that the applicant's details can be authenticated.
For details call the Veterans’ Agency FREE Helpline: 0800 169 2277. The Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations – COBSEO is the representative body for the UK's veterans' organisations and currently has 162 members. COBSEO will be working with the New Opportunities Fund to help veterans' organisations publicise the Heroes Return scheme and to get them involved. They will also assist us by verifying the eligibility of applications for funding.
*New * Community Champions Fund – England Regions This scheme ends 31 March 2006. The Community Champions Fund supports the work of local people who can encourage others to get more involved in renewing their neighbourhoods. Total fund value is £9,000,000. The grant value average is £1,200, with a minimum of £50and a maximum of £2,000. The fund is designed to increase the skills levels of individuals to enable them to act as inspirational figures, community entrepreneurs, and community mentors/leaders, in order to increase community involvement in regeneration and learning activity. An emphasis is placed on supporting individuals who have already shown leadership in stimulating community activity, or who have ideas for encouraging greater community activity. The Fund will also support small-scale community inspired projects as part of supporting potential champions who have not previously sought funding. The Fund also encourages older (50+) volunteers to get involved in helping their communities. The main type of funded activity is very small-scale but it is activity that makes a real difference. Often, a small amount of support at a crucial time can help individuals become strong role models in their communities. The fund has, for example, provided training in giving presentations, or enabled individuals to attend conferences that are relevant to what they are trying to do in their community.
Funding will not be provided for: activities outside of England; activities of a political or predominantly religious nature; existing provision or posts (unless there is clear added value); continuing work previously funded by another organisation (unless there is clear added value); provision that could more appropriately be funded from other sources; business start-up where there is no demonstrable benefit for groups within the wider community; larger capital purchases of equipment (more than £1,000), as opposed to smaller purchases including consumables or items which would have very little value by the end of the project; works or activities which an individual or organisation has a statutory duty to undertake, except where there is strong justification in terms of the impact this activity will have on local communities.
The programme is very flexible and supports individuals who are already active in their communities, or who would like to become active in their communities. All applications for support under the Community Champions Fund must demonstrate clearly the potential benefit which will be gained by the community.
Large capital purchases of equipment of more than £1,000 will not normally be funded. The Community Champions Fund is delivered through dedicated staff in each of the 9 Government Offices for the Regions, working with locally contracted intermediary organisations who promote and deliver the programme. Applicants should contact their local Government Office in the first instance to identify to which intermediary organisation it is most appropriate to submit completed application forms.
For all enquiries contact your regional contact East: Sue Keith, Government Office for the East of England, Eastbrook, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2DF Tel : 01223 372 606 Fax : 01223 346 701 Email: mailto:skeith.go-east@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk East Midlands: Sally Stone, Government Office for the East Midlands, The Belgrave Centre, Stanley Place, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5GG Tel : 0115 971 2661 Fax : 0115 971 2557 Email: mailto:sstone1.goem@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk London: Helen Barry, Government Office for London, Floor 6, Riverwalk House, 157-161 Millbank, London SW1P 4RR Tel : 020 7217 3302 Fax : 020 7217 3451 Email: mailto:hbarry.gol@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk North West: Pauline Morgan-Williams, Government Office for the North West, Sunley Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BE Tel : 0161 952 4445 Fax : 0161 952 4170 Email: mailto:pmorgan-williams.gonw@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk South East: Julie Wootton, Government Office for the South East, 2nd Floor, Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford GU1 4GA Tel : 01483 882 457 Fax : 01483 882 499 Email: mailto:jwootton.gose@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk South West: Fiona Stone, Government Office for the South West, No. 2 Rivergate, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6ED Tel : 0117 900 1773 Email: mailto:fstone.gosw@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk West Midlands: Michael Lennon, Government Office for the West Midlands, 77 Paradise Circus, Queensway, Birmingham B1 2DT Tel : 0121 214 2006 Fax : 0121 212 5197 Email: mailto:mlennon.gown@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk Yorkshire and Humber: Harvinder Chaggar, Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber, PO Box 213, Room 1258, City House, New Station Street, Leeds LS1 4US Tel : 0113 283 5409 Fax : 0113 283 5303 Email: mailto:hchaggar@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk North East: John Main, Government Office for the North East, 5th Floor, Wellbar House, Gallowgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4TD Tel : 0191 202 3518 Fax : 0191 202 3626 Email: mailto:jmain.gone@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk There are also details of this scheme and also Community Learning Chests, and Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests on the http://www.governmentfunding.org.uk website. Contact your regional Government Office about these schemes in your region.
*New * Paul Hamlyn Foundation - New Guidance Notes 2004 The Foundation was established in 1987 by Paul Hamlyn, the publisher and philanthropist who died in 2001. His overriding concern was to address issues of inequality and disadvantage, particularly in relation to young people, and this is the focus of the Foundation’s grant giving programmes. Support is concentrated on projects in the UK which address these issues through the arts and education. The Foundation also supports a number of local projects in India which are developed by Indian NGO’s. They are happy to receive exploratory phone calls or letters describing your work before you consider making a formal application to the Foundation. They are glad to comment on ideas at an early stage.
The Foundation welcomes applications from minority ethnic groups and from organisations based outside London. Musical Futures 2003-6 - A Paul Hamlyn Foundation Special Project.
The aim of this special project is to devise new and imaginative ways of engaging young people in music activities as an entitlement for all 11-19 year olds. In order to realise this, the project is consulting on ways to sustain young people’s involvement in music, supporting collaborative action research projects and, at the conclusion of the project, will advocate the findings to government, music organisations, music services, schools and funding bodies on the lessons learned. Four areas of the county have been selected to pilot new approaches in 2004-6. Funds for this project are not available through open application. Further information is available on the Foundation website.
Increasing Access to the Arts The Foundation is interested in supporting initiatives in all parts of the UK which address inequality of access and lack of opportunity to experience and enjoy the arts, particularly for young people. Priority is given to exemplary projects concerned with social inclusion and under achievement amongst young people, including those “at risk”, and young offenders.
Arts and Learning The priorities are: Imaginative partnerships between schools, arts organisations and other; agencies which aim to develop the arts within formal education; Schemes which give teachers access to best practice in the performing and creative arts, thereby enhancing their own professional development and their pupils’ or students’ learning experience; Informal educational experiences for children who are not currently well served.
Fund for Refugee and Asylum Seeker Young People - A Paul Hamlyn Foundation Special Project This new fund is looking to support imaginative and practical projects and activities which encourage the integration of 11-18 year old refugees and asylum seekers in host communities in the UK, particularly in regions outside London. For further details and how to apply please contact the Foundation.
Publishing Training Schemes - Administered by the Publishing Training Centre Support focuses on: Making skills training available to small publishers (employing ten people or fewer) and freelances who do not have access to the training that some large companies offer; Providing publishing training for the voluntary sector. For further information and application forms please contact Orna O’Brien, Courses Manager, The Publishing Training Centre, Book House, 45 East Hill, Wandsworth, London SW18 2QZ. Tel: 020 8874 2718 Fax: 020 8870 8985 Website: http://www.train4publishing.co.uk
The Foundation is concerned about young people who are affected by inequality and disadvantage. It supports initiatives which address these issues, or seek to combat disaffection and alienation in young people. Priority will be given to: • Projects which focus on issues of school exclusion and truancy; Applications from supplementary schools; Innovative educational projects concerned with Young Offenders.
The Reading and Libraries Challenge Fund - A Paul Hamlyn Foundation Special Project. This fund supports innovative national or local projects in the UK which aim to improve long term access to books, reading and library services for young people, and others, with limited access to books and reading.
There are three streams: Right to Read – access to books and reading for children and young people in public care; Free with Words – access to books and reading for prisoners and Young Offenders; Libraries Connect – focused on communities, such as refugees and asylum seekers, who are not benefiting from the services which public libraries can offer.
For further details of how to apply please contact the Foundation. Further information about the Fund also is available from the website of the National Literacy Trust: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/phffund/ Small Grants Programme The Foundation will only exceptionally consider applications which fall outside its declared areas of interest and priority. It only considers supporting staff posts as part of a project which falls within its priority areas. Funding from the Foundation is normally for a maximum of three years. See website for exclusions.
The Foundation makes small awards, up to a maximum of £5,000, to support local schemes and initiatives that fall within its priority areas. Applications should be for specific projects rather than revenue or deficit funding. The grant requested should represent the major part of the funding required. Grants will be made for one year only and applications in the following year from the same organisation will not normally be considered.
Look at website for application procedure. Applications for sums of £5,000 or less are handled by a Small Grants Committee which meets monthly, except August and December. Grants will be made for one year only and applications in consecutive years from the same organisation will not normally be considered. Applications received by the first Friday of each month, except August and December, will be dealt with in the same month, otherwise the following month. Ideally, applications should be submitted at least two months prior to the commencement date of the project.
A second Grants Committee, which meets four times a year, deals with applications for sums from £5,000 to £30,000. In 2004 these meetings will take place in January, April, July and October. Applications should reach the Foundation in the first week of the preceding month.
Applications for sums above £30,000 will be considered at the quarterly Trustees Meetings. In 2004 these will take place in February, May, September and November. The closing date for applications is the ?rst week of the preceeding month. Applications in excess of £100,000 will be considered in two stages: Trustees will look at an application in principle at a ?rst meeting and, if they wish to take it forward, the full application will be considered at their next meeting. Although they endeavour to consider applications received by the given closing date of the next relevant meeting we cannot guarantee that applications will be considered at any particular meeting. The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, 18 Queen Annes Gate, London SW1H 9AA Tel: 020 7227 3300 Fax: 020 7222 0601 Email:mailto: information@phf.org.uk Website: http://www.phf.org.uk
*New * Unity Trust Bank - Rent To Buy Funding Scheme for Charity & Voluntary Sector Organisations Through their close business links with various charities and voluntary sector organisations Unity Trust Bank have developed a 'Rent to Buy' funding scheme specifically tailored for the charity and voluntary sector. The Rent to Buy funding scheme provides up to 100% of the finance required to purchase your property through a simple combination of a traditional mortgage topped up by the Bank’s equity stake. The scheme is simple to complete and straightforward to process. Unity's Rent to Buy funding scheme means that you will benefit from: A stable future - the security of owning your own property; Protection against large rental increases in asset - your equity builds up month on month in property as the mortgage is repaid and it could actually increase further with any rises in market values. You can also buy back the Bank's equity stake at any stage. If you are interested in applying for Unity’s Rent to Buy scheme please look at their website. Email: mailto:rent2buy@unitygroup.co.uk Tel: 0800 783 9650 for further details quoting webrtb03. For more information of Unity's banking services call them on FREEPHONE 0800 783 9650 Website: http://www.unity.uk.com One for kudos rather than cash
*New * UK Charity Awards 2004 Nominations are now open for the UK Charity Awards 2004. There are 16 categories in all to choose from, spanning the whole range of charitable activity. Also, for the first time this year, you will be able to make a nomination via a form on the UK Charity Awards website. This asks specific questions relating to the set criteria for each category, therefore making it quicker and easier to enter.
This year's categories are: Charity of the Year; Lifetime Achievement Award; Personality of the Year; Best New Charity; Charity Principal of the Year; Fundraising Manager of the Year; Fundraising Campaign of the Year; Corporate Partnership of the Year; Trustee Board of the Year; Volunteer of the Year; Young Volunteer of the Year; Charity Website of the Year; Best Practice Award; Corporate Community; Involvement Award; Fundraising & IT Services Award; Financial Services Award.
Full criteria and application forms are on the website. If you would rather send the form by mail or fax, please contact Jenni Williams Tel: 020 7426 0424 Email: mailto: jenni.williams@perspectivepublishing.com with your requirements. If you would like to qualify for their 10% Early Bird Discount, then please submit your booking before March 31, 2004. The booking form is on the website, or call 020 7426 0424 if you would prefer to book seats by telephone instead. Charity Times Online contains all the details of the 5th Annual UK Charity Awards Gala Dinner and Presentations. The awards evening will take place on 23 September 2004 in The Great Room of Grosvenor House. If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities at the UK Charity Awards, please contact Ross Stevensen Email: mailto:ross.stevenson@charitytimes.com Website: http://www.charitytimes.com They would like to thank our overall sponsor: Charity Logistics Charity Times – UK Opportunities with Deadlines – Already gone (February) but you can enquire about future funding rounds!
*New * The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award 2004 The purpose of the award is, in particular, to help the development of emerging practitioners in the field of experimental theatre and, in general, to encourage the new generation of creative artists. Support is aimed at assisting artists in the transition from fringe to studio spaces. A grant of up to £30,000 and a three week run at The Riverside Studios (Studio 3) in November 2004 will be awarded to an individual or company for a production of their choice. Bold, innovative and challenging projects will be favoured. Further support will be provided in the following areas: A mentor will be attached to the project; The successful applicant will have guidance and support from the Artistic and Administrative team of the Riverside Studios. This will primarily be in the following areas; financial management, contracting, press and publicity, assisting in the long term strategic development of their work, identifying potential colleagues both artistic and technical, advising on technical aspects of the production; One week of technical rehearsals in Studio 3 will be provided before the three week run; Help in finding subsidized rehearsal space. The deadline for applications is, Friday 20th February 2004. A SAE should be enclosed. They require: A 500 word outline proposal on the production and the ideas behind it; A CV, including any grants or awards that have previously been received. Please state where you heard about the award. Towards the end of March, selected candidates will be asked for a second submission to develop their ideas further. They will also be asked, at this stage, to submit a proposed production budget, details of a design and production team and design ideas for the production. Finally, in May, shortlisted candidates will be asked to present their ideas in front of a panel at the Riverside Studios. The award is up to £30,000 (£5,000 of which must be spent on press and publicity). However, this does not preclude proposals for productions whose proposed budget is for significantly less. What is important is that each section of the budget can be justified. Applications should be sent to: Romilly Walton Masters, Director, The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust, PO BOX 2637, Ascot, Berks. SL5 8ZN Email: mailto: : info@osbttrust.com Website: http://www.osbttrust.com
*New * Artworks Children's Art Day The purpose of the Day is to encourage and inspire children to engage with art in museums and galleries and at school. Children's Art Day 2004 - On 1 July 2004 and over the weekend of 3 and 4 July, children and their families all over the country will take part in hundreds of special art activities in schools, community centres and all the major national and regional galleries and museums. The Clore Duffield Foundation is working in partnership with engage (the National Association for Gallery Education) to offer 50 grants of up to £500 to support innovative gallery-based projects celebrating the Day. See the engage website, http://www.engage.org, for a grant application form and guidelines for application. The aim of the grants is to enable galleries and museums to reach out to local schools and educational groups, to initiate and organise exciting and innovative first-hand experience of art and artists. Applicants must demonstrate an informed commitment to gallery education and a plan for future collaboration with target schools/groups. Projects must be organised for children and young people up to age 18. The majority of grants will be allocated for projects involving primary, secondary and special schools, but some non-school group projects will also be funded. Applicants should have charitable status. All contemporary art galleries, museums, art centres and artists' studios are welcome to apply for funding, including previous recipients of Children's Art Day grants. The Foundation is particularly keen to encourage applications from small and medium-sized venues. The grant of £500 is to help make it possible for galleries and museums to organise an event or project for Children's Art Day, and can be used to pay for such things as art materials, artists' fees and transport costs. Any charges made to participants must be clearly stated in the budget and offset against costs; admission fees and facility costs cannot be covered. Selected Children's Art Day funded projects will be promoted to the media at a regional and national level. The Foundation will liaise with successful applicants on this nearer the Day. After the event, successful applicants will be required to write a short project evaluation accompanied by photographs. A mention of the Children's Art Day grant in Annual Accounts is also appreciated. The deadline for Children's Art Day 2004 grants is Friday 27 February 2004. The grants will be awarded before Easter. Informal advice is available from Holly Garrett at engage on 020 7244 0110. Email: mailto: info@art-works.org.uk Website: http://www.art-works.org.uk
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award 2004 The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is accepting applications for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award for 2004. Given annually to a library, library agency, or similar organization outside the United States, the international award recognizes innovation in providing free public access to information technology. The award includes a grant up to US $1 million. Public libraries, library agencies, or similar kinds of organizations outside the United States are invited to apply. Preference will be given to organizations sponsoring programs that have not been funded in the past by the foundation. Organizations inside the United States are not eligible to apply. An organization offers free public access if it allows all members of the public, including children and young people, to use its facilities free of charge. Preference will be given to organizations that reach out to underserved populations, such as poor or disabled patrons, An organization's programs are considered innovative if they provide access to information technology and services that were previously unavailable to the community. An international advisory committee of librarians and information technology experts reviews applications and selects the recipient. The award will be presented at the World Library and Information Congress meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in August 2004.. CLIR will publish a case study of the award recipient's work. Complete applications should be sent to CLIR and postmarked by February 28, 2004. Full details and application forms can be downloaded from website: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/gates/gates.html Applications may also be requested Tel: (+1) 202-939-4750 Fax: (+1) 202-939-4765 Email: mailto: abishop@clir.org , or by writing to the following: Access to Learning Award, Council on Library and Information Resources, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Community Training and Enabling Grants This scheme opened on 01/04/2001 and closes on 31/03/2006 Community Training and Enabling Grants (CTE) are designed to support housing association residents in England become involved in their housing provision through new training and community development projects. Housing associations and tenants' and residents' groups are eligible to apply for funding directly from the Housing Corporation. In some instances, the Corporation can pay grants to individuals. The programme is aimed primarily at housing association residents, but the Housing Corporation also considers partnership applications made with other agencies. The total fund value is £4,000,000. The maximum is discretionary. There are no maximum or minimum limits on funding, but all grants over £50,000 have to be approved by the Housing Corporation centrally as well as by the local office, which will require comprehensive supporting information. Community Training and Enabling Grants help housing associations and their residents to: develop better ways of giving residents more control of their housing - for example, in the provision of services, in decision-making, and in trying out new ways of doing things; get residents involved more effectively in regeneration and investment projects; support initiatives for residents to be involved in strategies, community planning, and partnerships; develop links with other sources of finance for communities such as neighbourhood management. Housing associations are already expected to provide funds to help their residents become involved in managing their homes. CTE grants are to pay for something more - working on a new idea or a different way of doing things. Associations should already be involving residents and providing them with the resources to be involved. If a CTE proposal is being put forward, the association should work with and support its residents in drawing up the project, especially where it is resident-led. If necessary, associations should also help residents to be involved in building partnerships with other organisations. An essential requirement for CTE grants is that the proposed outcomes and outputs of the grant will fall within the role of the Housing Corporation and that lessons can be shared with other associations and their tenants. Funding is for activities that will help housing associations improve the services they normally provide, so other activities such as basic education are not eligible. Grants are not meant for standard tenant participation activities and their implementation, so housing associations will often need to provide some funding to cover those aspects. Funding is not available to duplicate or replace other sources of money that might be available for the project as part of another organisation's normal duties or business, such as the initial development stages of New Deal for Communities, or tenant consultation in proposed stock transfers by local authorities. Applications must demonstrate clearly that the objectives support the published aims of the CTE programme. (see website) Applications for national projects which benefit organisations across the country (e.g. a national study leading to a good practice guide) should be addressed to the Head of Innovation and Good Practice at The Housing Corporation's Maple House Office. Other applications for CTE projects should be addressed to the relevant regional Housing Corporation office. To find the office in your area, look at the CTE Grants Website. Application forms, guidance notes, and further information on the programme are also available from the website. There is no set timetable for applications, but it is helpful if applications for funding are submitted during January and February. This enables decisions to be made during March so that projects can begin in the following financial year. For all enquiries contact: General Enquiries, The Housing Corporation, Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7BN Tel : 020 7393 2000 Email: mailto:enquiries@housingcorp.gsx.gov.uk Website: http://www.ctegrants.org.uk If your music group has influence with schools this may interest you
Youth Music - Endangered and Protected Species programme Youth Music has planned the Endangered and Protected Species programmes as a result of research into how best to tackle the problem of falling numbers of young people taking up, and continuing to play the following instruments: Bassoon; Oboe; French Horn; Trombone; Tuba (Inc. Baritone + Euphonium); Double Bass. There are two programmes that Music Services can apply to, but just one application form. The programmes are:- Endangered Species and Protected Species. Both programmes are ONLY open to applications from LEA Music Services in England. Music Services can apply to either the Endangered Species programme or both programmes together. You cannot apply for the Protected Species programme ONLY. Applications to Endangered and Protected Species must be received together. Applications close at the end of February 2004. Youth Music, 1 America St, London, SE1 0NE Tel: 020 7902 1060 Fax: 020 7902 1061 Email: mailto:info@youthmusic.org.uk Website: http://www.youthmusic.org.uk
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B&Q 'You Can Do It' Awards 2004 The B&Q 'You Can Do It' Awards aim to regenerate local areas, giving new life to buildings and landscapes used by local community organisations. Over the past eight years, the UK's leading DIY retailer has already donated almost £1/2 million to charities/community projects in these national awards and this year will award a further £100,000 worth of products between 20 projects across the country. This year the B&Q ‘You Can Do It’ Community Awards are offering twenty community and charity projects across the country the opportunity to receive £5,000 (8,000 Euros) worth of B&Q materials, to help transform their premises. Each of the twenty winning projects will receive up to £5000 (8,000 Euros) worth of materials from B&Q. No cash alternative is available. Projects must only require renovation and refurbishment, not construction. Planning permission, building regulations and change of use of any building should be checked through your local authority before application. Work involving any of the above must be highlighted in the application form. Projects should not involve the purchase of land or building and work must be completed by the 19 September 2004. Product purchases after this date will not be allowed. Projects involving horticultural work or cosmetic construction work (e.g. re-plastering) are acceptable. Projects must not involve major building but can involve electrical or plumbing work that includes new fittings, such as sinks and lavatories. The closing date for all applications is 19 March 2004. A panel of judges will choose the winning projects and their decision is final. The winners will be announced at the end June 2004. Details will be available when entries open on 26 January 2004. Web-site: http://www.diy.com Application forms will be available on-line. If you would prefer to receive an application form by post, call their hotline number: 0845 300 1001
*New * Adventure Capital Fund - Business Development Grants (London Area) The next application deadline is 1st March 2004 The Adventure Capital Fund is a unique partnership between three government departments, several Regional Development Agencies and leading players in the field of social and economic regeneration, all of whom are dedicated to the development of long term sustainability of community-based enterprises in areas where traditional market forces fail to apply. The aim is to fill the investment gap that faces community enterprise organisations, and to increase investment-readiness of community organisations wishing to move to greater sustainability through enterprise. Business Development Grants help organisations prepare to receive loans to develop their ability to generate income. The maximum grant value is £15,000 Business Development Grants provide funding for business planning or organisational development that will prepare community enterprises to receive further investments from the Adventure Capital Fund and elsewhere. The money may be used to obtain technical assistance and advice, cover training and legal costs, or for other activities - funds can be used quite flexibly as long as the activities prepare the organisation for larger investment and consequent growth. Once an organisation is awarded funding, it will be assigned a Supporter, whose job is to help the organisation make the best use of the initial money in order to achieve further funding. In particular, this will involve developing realistic outcome targets and income projections for future years. The initial investment is intended to produce the following outcomes: a strong and comprehensive business plan; clear targets for further organisational development and income generation/reduced grant dependency; stretching targets for outcomes in respect of the services delivered. Once a Business Development Grant has been received and the outcomes have been achieved, the community enterprise is eligible to apply for further ACF loans, which may be for major investments, seed capital investments for piloting new products or programmes, and in exceptional cases working capital to cover cash flow problems. Organisations located outside Greater London are not eligible to apply for this particular strand of Business Development Grants. Only community enterprises can apply, meaning social enterprises with a clear community base. This will include development trusts and other organisations which can demonstrate that: they have a base in a local community or community of interest; they have a track record of achievement but still need the type of investment and support we offer; they aim to build sustainable community institutions which adopt a self-help, enterprise, wealth-generating approach to community renewal; they are trading for social purposes but not for private profit. Organisations need to be involved in one or more of the following activities: children and young people, crime reduction, drugs, employment initiatives, mental health and community care, vocational training. Applications will need to meet at least one of these criteria: Building the capacity of BME and other deprived groups to engage directly in the local delivery of crime reduction activity; Building social capital which promotes neighbourhood-based action to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and combat drug abuse; Building strong, independent community-based organisations, particularly in deprived neighbourhoods, which work in partnership with other local structures to deliver neighbourhood renewal at neighbourhood level; Providing community-based services in the priority areas of activity. Application forms and further guidance can be obtained from the website. Contact Information: For all enquiries contact: Neil Chadwick, Adventure Capital Fund, c/o Local Investment Fund, 123 Minories, London EC3N 1NT Tel : 020 7680 1028 Email: mailto:info@lif.org.uk Web site: http://http://www.lif.org.uk
*New * CAF Payroll Giving Workshops CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) is announcing the first four dates in its new series of payroll giving workshops for 2004. Designed for charities of all sizes, the series offers practical advice on promoting and recruiting donors through payroll giving, as well as joining forces with other charities for collaborative fundraising.CAF Workshop Diary 11/3/04 Raising funds through Give As You Earn Edinburgh Full day £100 18/3/04 Raising funds through Give As You Earn London Full day £100 Raising funds through Give As You Earn With an extra 10% being added to all donations through payroll giving until April 2004, this session will outline how the scheme works, its benefits to both the charity and the donor, and the key principles to running a successful campaign. Drawing on regional and national case studies, the session will also identify the different methods of donor recruitment and how to monitor and nurture supporters in the longer term. Consortia – increasing income by joint working Joining forces with other charities can ensure that smaller organisations with limited resources have a far greater fundraising impact. This workshop will cover all the important issues when considering a collective approach to payroll giving; from the basics of what a consortium is and who to partner, to the benefits of joint promotion, literature, branding and any legal issues that need to be considered. Places for any of these workshops can be booked online at http://www.CAFonline.org/events or by contacting the CAF Events Team on Tel: 01732 520 074/5 Fax: 01732 520 178 or by emailing mailto:events@CAFonline.org For all Press enquiries contact Vicki Pulman or Wendy Green at CAF Tel: 01732 520 094 or 01732 520 120. Outside of office hours please call Tel: 0774 044 9491. mailto:pressoffice@CAFonline.org Website: http://www.CAFonline.org
Bremen Partnership Award 2004 Inspired by the Bremen declaration — the final document of the International Conference on business and municipality partnerships — these awards are made for projects from partnerships across the public/voluntary and business sectors. If you want to be a winner, apply for the bremen partnership award 2004. With a prize of 35,000 Euro, the bremen partnership award is one of the top awards in the environmental sector world-wide. In addition, marketing support and a highly publicised award ceremony enhance the visibility of your project. Around the world, people are working on initiatives, business ventures, projects, and technologies to tackle tomorrow’s environmental challenges. With the bremen partnership award, the City of Bremen wants to support you in publicising your approaches and at the same time invites others to join the competition for the best environmental solutions. The organisations behind this partnership invite proposals for projects that include cooperation between at least one business partner and a partner from the science or political sectors, local authorities, or non-governmental organisations. They are interested in activities that are characterised by voluntary agreements between partners and go beyond statutory requirements. Outstanding technological solutions and creative ideas for the communication of environmental issues are equally important. You may submit your proposal for the bremen partnership award online between February and April 2004. The finalists, who will be selected by a jury of international experts, will be announced by mid-August 2004. The award ceremony will take place in October 2004. The application process works online. If you like to apply for the bremen partnership award simply send us an e-mail mailto:info@bremen-initiative.de asking for your login name and password. In return we will give you your access data and additional support if needed. Website: http://www.bremen-initiative.de
Charity Finance - Charity Awards 2004 The Charity Awards recognise and celebrate excellence in the leadership and management of charities. Highlighting charities' management achievements helps to spread good practice throughout the sector, and draws attention to the talent and expertise being brought to bear on voluntary activity in the UK. The Charity Awards are open to UK charities registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales or with the Inland Revenue in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The awards are decided by an independent panel of judges, all highly respected for their expertise in charities and management. The panel members are drawn from a variety of backgrounds and each brings his or her own experience and views to the judging process. The judges are looking for examples of excellence in charity management which will inspire others, and from which other organisations can learn. Among the factors considered by the panel in choosing award winners are nine hallmarks of excellence. Nominations for the Charity Awards are invited under a number of broad categories of activity, covering areas of impact across the full range of the voluntary sector. The ten categories for the Charity Awards 2004 are: Animals and the environment; Arts, culture and heritage; Children and youth; Disability; Education and training; GrankMaking; Healthcare and medical research; International aid and development; Research, advice and support; Social care, welfare and religion; In addition, one of the category winners above will go on to win the prestigious; Overall Excellence in Charity Management Award. An Outstanding Achievement Award will also be presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to excellence in charities. The closing date for nominations is Friday 19 March 2004 . Daniel Phelan, The Charity Awards, Rectory Grove, London SW4 0DX Tel: 020 7819 1200 Fax: 020 7819 1226 Email: mailto:dphelan@charityfinance.co.uk Website: http://www.charityawards.co.uk
*New * BBC Children in Need BBC Children in Need welcomes applications for good quality, carefully planned, projects which show a clear focus on children in order to change their lives for the better. These applications can be from: Self-help groups; Voluntary organisations; or Registered charities. Applicants should be properly constituted, non-profit organisations. The children they help are aged 18 years and under, and live in the United Kingdom. You should only apply for a grant if it will benefit children who are disadvantaged by: any kind of disability; behavioural or psychological problems; living in poverty or situations of deprivation; illness, distress, abuse or neglect Next Closing Date is 30th March 2004 - answers in August 2004. The Grant Guidelines and Application Forms for the BBC Children in Need Appeal are now available for download from the BBC web-site at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/apply If you require an Application Form & Guidelines, or you require advice on completing the application form please contact your local BBC Children in Need Office for your area: Midlands Tel: 0121 4328899; North East Tel: 0113 2247155; North West Tel: 0161 2443439; South East Tel: 020 8228 8275; South West Tel: 0117 9746600; Central Office Tel: 020 8576 7788 BBC Children in Need Appeal, PO Box 76, London W3 6FS Email: mailto:pudsey@bbc.co.uk
Active England Programme Active England is a joint £108.5 million community sport investment programme between the New Opportunities Fund and Sport England. The programme aims to bring with it the flexibility needed to encourage creative approaches that will begin to drive up physical activity levels and sports participation rates in England. The Government strategy for delivering its sport and physical activity objectives, Game Plan, set a target of 70% of the population in England being reasonably active by 2020. This investment programme seeks to begin the step-change required in physical activity and sports participation levels by supporting a number of innovative projects that demonstrate their ability to work towards this vision. The Active England programme will seek to create and support sustainable innovative multi-activity environments in areas of social, sport and health deprivation in England by 2005 and to increase participation in sport and physical activity among all the sections of society, but particularly those which are typically under-represented in sport and physical activity participation. Sport England will manage the delivery of the programme and grant application process through its 9 Regional Offices in England. The Regional Sports Boards will have a fixed amount of funding for the programme to manage and projects will be assessed against local priorities and the overall programme objectives. Closing date is 31 March 2004. Further information on the Active England Programme can be accessed at http://www.sportengland.org/lottery/funding/active_england.htm Sport England, 3rd Floor Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London WC1B 4SE Tel: 020 7273 1500 Fax: 020 7383 5740 Email:mailto: info@sportengland.org Website: http://www.sportengland.org
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*New * The Coalfields Regeneration Trust As a regeneration charity, the Trust needs to ensure that the projects it supports make a real difference to the quality of life of the people who live in their coalfield communities. The Coalfields Regeneration Trust welcomes applications from groups, organisations and agencies throughout Britain, which are committed to the regeneration of coalfield areas and their communities. Applicants will normally be community and voluntary organisations, charities, local authorities and similar bodies. Most voluntary and community groups working to regenerate coalfield communities are eligible to apply for funding. The Trust classifies Parish, Town and Community Councils as voluntary bodies. While Schools, Colleges and Local Education Authorities are clearly statutory, Parent Teacher Associations or similar small groups linked to statutory bodies are also classed as voluntary. Voluntary and Community Organisations may apply for grants from any of the Trust's Grant Programmes. If you are a very small group without a constitution or accounts for previous years they still want to hear from you if you have a good idea. Their staff may help to link you with a larger organisation in your area, which could enable you to receive support from them. Your project should add to what is already happening in your area and make sense at a local and regional level. Projects, which help people in their efforts to get back to work, are important to the Trust, as are education, training and community enterprise. The Trust is above all, a community-focused organisation that will continue to support projects, which enhance a community’s self-reliance. Trust Priorities are: Self-Reliant Communities; Working Communities; Lifelong Learning Communities; Enterprising Communities; Attractive Communities; Promoting Good Practice. Types of Application: Community Chest Applications (maximum 10,000. Applications can be for as little as 500 or even less.); Small Applications (between 10,000 and 30,000); Main Grants Programme (maximum 200,000); Applications Exceeding Main Programme Limit (Exceptional Circumstances). Capital Grants will not normally be accepted after April 1st 2004; Main Programme Revenue Grants in England will not normally be accepted after April 1st 2003. Full details are on their website. Contact The Coalfields Regeneration Trust, PO Box 97, Rotherham, S63 7JZ Tel: 0800 0648560 Fax: 01709 765599 E-Mail:info@coalfields-regen.org.uk Web-site: http://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Right to Read 2003-2006 The Foundation is interested in supporting imaginative projects aimed at improving long term access to books for 'looked after' children and young people and at providing them and their carers with opportunities to read for pleasure. Preference will be given to collaborative projects involving, for example, libraries, social services and the local education authority, and which can continue after PHF funding comes to an end. National, regional, or local organisations or consortia working in the UK can apply. Applicants must be not-for-profit organisations and be able to demonstrate their commitment to the project by covering at least 25% of the total project costs. Some of this support can be in kind. Priority will be given to partnership projects. Trustees will expect to see provision for monitoring and evaluating each project. Applications will be considered by Trustees twice a year. Closing dates are 1 April and 1 October 2004. However if you are interested in applying they suggest that you make an exploratory telephone call or write a letter describing your work before submitting a formal application. For further information about Right to Read please contact The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, 18 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AA Tel: 020 7227 3500 Fax: 020 7222 0581 E-mail: mailto:information@phf.org.uk Website: http://www.phf.org.uk Young Roots Young Roots promotes the involvement of young people, 13-20 years old, in their heritage. The Heritage Lottery Fund working in partnership with National Youth Agency have set up Young Roots programme which is aimed at organisations that already work with young people, for example, youth and community groups, youth associations and clubs. Priorities: the project must; involve young people aged between 13 and 20 in the heritage; relate to the varied heritage of the United Kingdom; and be delivered through partnerships (priority partnerships are those that are led by youth organisations) Non-heritage youth organisations should show a partnership with at least one heritage organisation. The project must also increase opportunities for young people to learn about heritage and promote involvement in heritage and a greater appreciation of the value of heritage for a wide range of young people. They will accept applications from organisations that work with young people with special needs and the age range for this group will rise to 25 years. If you are interested in finding out more then they will arrange to meet with you to explain the scheme in more detail and take you through the application process. The next deadline for applications is 1 April 2004. Please contact Danny Gilchrist (Young Roots Co-Ordinator) at HLF Head Office, 7 Holbein Place, London SW1W 8NR Tel: 020 7591 6000 Fax 020 7591 6001 Email: mailto:dannyg@hlf.org.uk Website: http://www.hlf.org.uk
Nationwide Awards 2004 Now in its seventh year, the Nationwide Awards for Voluntary Endeavour is our national awards scheme designed to recognise individuals and groups throughout the UK who have made an outstanding contribution to their local community. The scheme was set up by Nationwide, with support from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and its sister organisations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the Newspaper Society. Entry is open to anyone whose voluntary work or community activity has made a significant contribution to their community. This can include work for charities, community groups or other organisations providing a valuable community service. In most cases nominees will be unpaid volunteers, but the scheme is open to those showing outstanding endeavour as paid employees of charities and community groups. The Awards will be judged in ten regions around the UK. England has been divided into TV regions. The judging regions are as follows: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England: Granada; Central; Anglia; London; West Country; Yorkshire; Yorkshire; Tyne Tees & Borders; Meridian
Two regional and home nation winners will be selected from each category in each of the above regions, i.e. a total of 80 winners. The regional and home nation winners will receive an attractive plaque in recognition of their efforts, plus £50 worth of dining out vouchers for individuals and £100 worth of dining out vouchers for groups. There are four categories: Young person under 18 years of age, Individuals; Young people under 18 years of age, Groups; Adult Individuals; Adult Groups.
Nominations must be received on an official scheme nomination form, which can be found in the explanatory leaflet available from branches of Nationwide, those printed in local newspapers or the one available from their website.
Three levels of awards are made:
1. From all nominations received in each judging region, two awards are made in each category. Individual winners receive a plaque and £50 worth of dining out vouchers and group winners receive a plaque and £100 worth of dining out vouchers. Total of 80 regional/home nation winners. 2. From the list of regional/home nation winners, one is chosen from each category to represent their region/home nation as a national finalist. There are 40 national finalists in total. The finalists receive £250 worth of vouchers and a cheque for £500 for the charity or cause of their choice. 3. From the 40 national finalists, one national winner is chosen for each category. The four national winners each receive a trophy, £500 worth of vouchers and a cheque for £2,500 for the charity or cause of their choice. The closing date for entries in this years awards is 30 April 2004. Please fully complete this form in BLOCK CAPITALS. Email it to: mailto:hayley.millin@nationwide.co.uk or enclose it in an envelope and send it to: The Nationwide Awards for Voluntary Endeavour, FREEPOST SCE7682, Swindon, SN38 9BX Website: http://www.nationwide.co.uk/NewsInformation/CommRelations
*New * Carnegie UK Trust Programmes Carnegie UK Trust support two main types of programme. The first is research and policy analysis. The second is the provision of funding for grass roots social action programmes. These two programmes are intended to be complementary. Currently our interest lies in the areas of: Encouraging young people to take an active part in decision-making in their communities and more widely in society; and Helping rural communities to shape and influence change.
The aim of their young people grants programme is to encourage young people to take an active part in decision-making in their communities and more widely in society. We have three main priorities: encouraging organisations and services to involve more young people in decision-making; identifying and promoting the benefits young people get from taking part in the decision-making; and sharing good practice and improving opportunities for young people to take part in decision-making. The grants programme encourages applications from not-for-profit voluntary organisations, young-people-led networks and other agencies that support young people taking part in decision-making, such as a youth work agency or an organisation involved in encouraging people to take an active part in the community. We especially welcome applications from organisations and groups working with disadvantaged young people.
The Trust will support multi disciplinary and cross sector partnership initiatives that involve both statutory and voluntary organisations. We are particularly interested in proposals that cross traditional boundaries and bring together a range of ideas to enhance the voice of young people in decision-making at community and national level. The applicant organisation however must be based in the UK or Ireland and registered as charitable (or recognised by the Inland Revenue in Scotland).
They are interested in supporting innovative projects that are committed to the following: participation - schemes that support programmes and services that are shaped, led and managed by young people; social and educational development - schemes that increase young people’s knowledge, skills and confidence to help them take part in decision-making; empowerment - schemes that make it possible for young people to take an active, and informed part in shaping decisions in their community and society; inclusion - schemes that give particular attention to helping young people with restricted opportunities, building better community relations and promoting equal opportunities; sustainability - schemes that aim to deliver better outcomes for young people over the longer term.
They will only consider applications from organisations that involve young people in all aspects of their project, from planning through to assessing the results.
Grants would usually be up to £30,000 in total, for a maximum of three years. In exceptional circumstances, they may consider grants of up to £20,000 a year for up to three years. For grants that last over one year, they will carry out a yearly review. Grants are not available for buildings, for recreational or sports facilities, for individuals or for schemes where there is no evidence of involving young people.
The aim of their rural community development grants programme is to help rural communities to shape and influence change. We are keen to support innovative projects that seek to strengthen rural communities through enhancing people’s confidence, knowledge and skills, organisational ability and resources.
This grants programme is open to: not-for-profit community organisations, including village hall committees; organisations that support rural communities, such as a rural partnership, council of voluntary service or rural community development support agency, such as a Rural Community Council.
The Trust will support multi disciplinary and cross sector partnership initiatives that involve both statutory and voluntary organisations. We encourage applications that deal with social, economic, environmental or cultural issues within and across rural communities. We are particularly interested in proposals that cross traditional boundaries, bring together a range of ideas and improve rural communities. The applicant organisation however must be based in the UK or Ireland and be registered as charitable (or recognised by the Inland Revenue in Scotland).
They are interested in supporting innovative projects that are committed to the following: Empowerment - schemes that help people and groups to influence decisions that affect their community; Participation - schemes that help people to take part in shaping and delivering services in their community; Inclusion - schemes that give particular attention to people with restricted opportunities and which promote equal opportunity and better community relations; Partnership - schemes that encourage communities and agencies to work together; Learning - schemes that encourage learning within and between communities.
They are keen to support opportunities for exchanging ideas and practice between organisations in the UK and Ireland and organisations overseas. They will, therefore, also consider applications that help people who are involved in developing rural communities in the UK and Ireland with: international study visits which will benefit an organisation; international networking and partnerships; learning programmes around global issues and local action; and international information and communications technology projects.
Above all, they want to support projects that other organisations can share experiences with and learn from. This grants programme is part of our wider commitment to support rural community development through the work of the Carnegie Commission for Rural Community Development. If they give you a grant, they will encourage you to help the Commission with its work.
Grants would usually be up to £30,000, for a maximum of three years. In exceptional circumstances, we may consider grants of up to £20,000 a year for up to three years. For grants that last over one year, we will carry out a yearly review. Meetings are held in March, June and November. For both schemes the June 2004 meeting is 15 April 2004. After that the deadline for future meetings will be 1 January, 1 April and 1 September respectively for the March, June and November meetings. Carnegie UK Trust, Comely Park House, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7EJ Tel: 01383 721445
*New * Bremen Partnership Award 2004 Inspired by the Bremen declaration — the final document of the International Conference on business and municipality partnerships — these awards are made for projects from partnerships across the public/voluntary and business sectors. If you want to be a winner, apply for the bremen partnership award 2004. With a prize of 35,000 Euro, the bremen partnership award is one of the top awards in the environmental sector world-wide. In addition, marketing support and a highly publicised award ceremony enhance the visibility of your project.
Around the world, people are working on initiatives, business ventures, projects, and technologies to tackle tomorrow’s environmental challenges. With the bremen partnership award, the City of Bremen wants to support you in publicising your approaches and at the same time invites others to join the competition for the best environmental solutions.
The organisations behind this partnership invite proposals for projects that include cooperation between at least one business partner and a partner from the science or political sectors, local authorities, or non-governmental organisations. They are interested in activities that are characterised by voluntary agreements between partners and go beyond statutory requirements. Outstanding technological solutions and creative ideas for the communication of environmental issues are equally important. You may submit your proposal for the bremen partnership award online between February and April 2004. The finalists, who will be selected by a jury of international experts, will be announced by mid-August 2004. The award ceremony will take place in October 2004.
The application process works online. If you like to apply for the bremen partnership award simply send us an e-mail mailto:info@bremen-initiative.de asking for your login name and password. In return we will give you your access data and additional support if needed. Website: http://www.bremen-initiative.de
*New * Camelot Foundation The Camelot Foundation is an independent grant-giving body funded by Camelot Group plc, operators of the National Lottery. They have four main programmes of work. Their main grants programme is ‘Transforming Lives’, which makes grants to voluntary organisations working with their target groups: Young parents or those at risk of becoming young parents; Young asylum seekers; Young people with mental health; Young disabled people. Their trustees meet four times a year to allocate grants under this programme. The Transforming Lives programme is looking for small to medium sized organisations across the UK that : work with their priority groups (above) and have: imaginative ideas for engaging young people in community life; share their values and commitment to change. Forthcoming deadline dates for applying for a Transforming Lives grant are: 19 April 2004; 12 July 2004; 11 October 2004.
Strategic Change Programmes - The Strategic Change programmes provide an opportunity for them to use the learning from their work to create targeted funding programmes. Their aim is to make an intensive investment in order to secure change. These annual programmes take different forms - they may, for instance: Take an innovation that has worked well on a small scale and see if we can grow it to the next stage of development; Identify an issue that appears again and again in applications to the Transforming Lives programme and create a grants programme to tackle that issue; Identify an particularly difficult or controversial issue affecting their priority groups and design a programme to open up discussion and debate. In each case, the annual programme is built on our knowledge of the field in which we are operating, and aims to have both a practical and a policy development dimension.
Their current strategic programme is focused on the issue of young people and self harm. Their programme of work will run over the next two to three years and will have a number of elements, which they are still planning.
The Annual Leadership 4 Front Awards aim to develop skills, broaden thinking and encourage leadership capacity in organisations led by young people. There is still too little opportunity, or encouragement, given to people in voluntary organisations to take time out from frontline work and develop their own skills and leadership potential. There is even less opportunity for this kind of learning amongst user-led organisations - our annual awards aim to develop leadership in organisations run by young people. These awards will run again later in 2004.
Finally, they run a Policy Forum each year to highlight issues arising from their grants programme. The first Forum will take place in early 2004 and further information will be posted on their website as it becomes available.
For further information about the Transforming Lives programme, contact Julie Gilson, Grants Manager at the Foundation. Grant Guidelines and application forms for the Transforming Lives grants programme are available by sending an A4 SAE (33p stamp) to: Camelot Foundation, University House, 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EX Tel: 020 7828 6085 Fax: 020 7828 6087 Email: mailto:info@camelotfoundation.org.uk or download from Website: http://www.camelotfoundation.org.uk
*New * The Give It Sum Fund The Give It Sum Fund aims to make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged people by supporting them to find their own solutions to the problems they face. We will do this by setting clear priorities for our grant making and reviewing them regularly.
Give It Sum is Robbie Williams' charitable fund which he set up in 2000 with the money he received from his Pepsi sponsorship deal. He asked Comic Relief to administer the Fund.
Priorities for 2003-2004 The Fund will continue to target work in North Staffordshire. Robbie originally chose this area as he grew up there and wanted to put something back into the community. North Staffordshire has suffered severe industrial decline and, despite several large-scale initiatives to regenerate the area, there is still high unemployment, low pay and poor housing. Young people have low aspirations and fare particularly badly with few qualifications and little youth provision. Whilst some areas have clearly benefited, many local people feel that some of the problems identified by local communities are not being met through these regeneration schemes. So, on a smaller scale, the Give it Sum Fund aims to create a climate of change, which gives people the chance to take control of their lives and become actively involved in improving their own communities.
The Fund supports a broad range of self-help projects and voluntary groups, which address poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. We will give priority to local community groups, but we will also consider applications from voluntary organisations with an income of less than £100,000 per year.
Examples of work we will consider include: Residents associations and self help groups working to improve their local communities.; Projects that help people who are often left out to have their say - for example groups campaigning for better services, disabled people's rights groups, young people's participation projects; Projects offering help and support to those in need, for example, refugees and asylum seekers, young people with drug and alcohol problems, homeless people, single parents, older people, children, and people from Black and minority ethnic communities.
All projects will need to show how they are involving the people who use their services and facilities in planning, running and reviewing their work .
They give grants for both running costs and capital costs.
Running costs, also known as revenue costs, are the costs you have to pay year after year such as rent, salaries, heating and lighting. There are two types of running costs:
Core costs, which form part of the basic running costs of an organisation; and Project costs, which are the costs of carrying out a specific piece of work over a period of time.
Capital costs include: the costs of buying equipment, for example computers and office furniture and building costs.
They can make grants for up to two years. Grants will not usually be more than £15,000 each year. However, the Trustees might give more to projects which show new ideas or are likely to have a major impact.
Timetable for grant applications: Cycle 4 Deadline 16th April 2004 Give it Sum, c/o Comic Relief, 5th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP Tel: 020 7820 5555 Fax: 020 7820 5500 Textphone: 020 7820 5579 Email: mailto:giveitsum@comicrelief.org.uk Website: http://www.comicrelief.com
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*New * Young Pavement Artists Competition (YPAC) 2004 YPAC is a partnership with schools, youth clubs, organisations and councils to provide equal opportunities for all children, no matter what their ability or disability, to meet, draw, unlock their imagination and have fun.
It offers creativity, knowledge of the environment, compassion for the less able and a new outlet for community involvement. Plus the opportunity to Chalk for Cash to raise money for your school/club.
Children and teenagers aged 4 to 18 years can take part in age groups: 4 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to 11, 12 to 15, 16 to 18. The competition is in 2 parts. The 1st part of the competition is put on by schools, youth clubs, organisations and councils by 5th June 2004. This year’s environmental theme is FORESTS & WOODS. You charge £1 for a pitch with chalk. (No paving slabs? Playground poor for chalking? Then use large pieces of paper on cardboard.)
The 2nd part of the competition is the judging of the 17 national winners by Tate Britain and the Royal Academy of Arts. Closing date for Enrolment Forms is 3rd May 2004.
On receipt of the form, available from their website, they send you chalks, prizes and the Educational Pack. E-mail: mailto:bbate@nypac.freeserve.co.uk Website: http://www.youngpavementartist.co.uk Contact Barbara Bate, Organiser, Young Pavement Artists Competition, Vine Farm House, Lower Street, Tilmanstone, Deal CT14 0JD Tel/Fax: 01304 611428
*New * Action Earth - Grab a Grant CSV wants groups throughout the UK to get involved with its Action Earth campaign this year. This is CSV's annual, national environmental campaign. It is sponsored this year by the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency Action Earth starts this year on 31 January and runs through to 5 June 2004, which is World Environment Day. A £50 grant is available for local environmental projects.
To receive one of the grants, to meet expenses including materials, seed or even hot soup for volunteers, projects must: Improve the local environment; Involve volunteers; Meet a local community need.
Examples of projects completed last year include: Planting up a wildlife area in a local school; Erecting bird/bat/hedgehog boxes in a nearby wood; Cleaning up a local beach (with the grant being used to buy heavyweight gloves and rubbish sacks); Clearing and erecting signs on a local footpath.
The annual campaign, which first started in 1990 and now involves around 12,000 volunteers across the country. Last year over 750 local projects took place across the country, and this year Action Earth are hoping for 850 different events. To register a project or get more information, call CSV Environment:
*New * Powergen’s GreenPlan Powergen’s GreenPlan electricity product is a fund contribution based green product. The fund is called the GreenPlan Fund and is used to support renewable energy generation projects in the community.
Local community groups and not for profit organisations located in the England, Scotland and Wales can apply. Joint proposals (e.g. with local authorities) will be considered, although the community organisation or group must lead the applications. Criteria for eligible projects are: Projects must result in the creation of renewable energy; Projects must show new or an expansion of capacity in renewable energy; Projects must have a positive impact on the local community; Projects must have a measurable positive impact on the environment; Funding must be used for the purchase and implementation of capital equipment and associated costs, such as site acquisition, feasibility studies, design studies and project management; Funding will not be granted for promotions, education or general awareness raising.
Applications are invited for funding up to £25,000. It is unlikely that projects costing less than £2.500 would be considered. Project proposals must show that they can be completed within reasonable timescales and costs. Powergen must be the sole corporate sponsors of the project. Projects supported by joint funding from matching public sector funding are acceptable, but must prove additional renewable capacity.
Projects must involve and/or have consent from the local community in their planning and application. Projects must be sustainable beyond support from the Fund.
Projects will be judged on the criteria above. However, preference may be given to projects: that use the greenest energy sources; that give the greatest environmental benefit; that give the greatest community benefit; where the applicants can provide evidence of their own fundraising efforts.
Successful recipients must be prepared to fulfil the following: A local PR event/photocall involving a local VIP such as a mayor/councillor/ MP/MEP/celebrity and sponsor representatives; Coverage in the local media and in your organisations newsletter or magazine should one exist; A project status review report within 12 months of receiving the grant with photographs and any media coverage; Any future eligibility for certification under the governments Renewable Obligation and/or Climate Change Levy must be waived – it is their intention that these projects will form additional renewable generation capacity outside the obligations on the industry.
Funding will take the form of a grant. 80% funding will be issued at the start of the project and 20% on completion. Project selection will be made by the GreenPlan Fund Committee.
The Committee will sit twice a year to review applications and fund levels (held in January and August of each year). Further information may be required at this time.
A minimum of two projects per year will be chosen. All applications must be made on a GreenPlan fund application form and submitted with any relevant supplementary information such as photographs, site plans, quotations etc. Application forms are available on request online at http://www.powergen.co.uk or by calling Lisa Marshall at Powergen on 0870 419 1521 or via email – mailto:Rose.heaven@pgen.com
Applications must be submitted to:
The GreenPlan Fund Committee, Powergen, Wyvern House, Phoenix Park, Colliers Way, Nottingham. NG8 6AT Applications will be reviewed twice a year. Applications must reach them by: 25th July 2004 for the August review; 31st December 2004 for the January review and continuing at six month intervals.
*New * Comic Relief - UK Grants The UK grants programme aims to tackle poverty and promote social justice by helping people make lasting, positive changes in their lives and their communities.
Their aims are to: reach the poorest and most disadvantaged people; help people find solutions to the problems they face; help groups who face discrimination get their views heard and their needs met; support groups which are user-led, or which can show they want to move towards users running the service; make the public more aware of the needs, hopes and rights of the disadvantaged people they support; and support work which influences social policy at national, regional and local levels. Comic Relief know that there is an enormous need and that their resources are limited. To be as effective as possible in meeting their aims, during 2003-2005 they will give funding to five specific areas. As a result, they can only consider applications under the following programmes: Supporting Young People; Fighting for Justice; Domestic Abuse; Refugees and Asylum Seekers; Local Communities Working For Change. See website for more details of each of these programmes at: http://www.comicrelief.com
Some of the programmes have a main programme and one or more special programmes. Special programmes are areas of work they have supported before and want to build on, or areas they have a specific interest in promoting. In these programmes they will work closely with organisations, encouraging them to develop and send in proposals. They will also accept applications directly from you.
When they look at applications, they want to make sure that they consider equal opportunities. They believe it is important that they consider everyone's needs, especially the needs of those who often miss out. Comic Relief welcome applications from all sections of the community. They are especially keen to hear from you if your group works in the programme areas they support and is very disadvantaged or finds it particularly hard to get funding. welcomes applications from projects that specifically benefit the following: People from Black and minority ethnic groups; Women; Lesbians, gay men and bisexuals; Older people; Disabled people; People who live in rural areas and people living with HIV / AIDS. They are especially keen to hear form projects that find it hard to get funding elsewhere.
To apply, these groups must still fall within one or more of our grant-making programmes. They give grants to voluntary organisations and self-help groups in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They pay particular attention to parts of the UK which often miss out on funding, especially towns and cities outside London, and rural areas. They welcome applications from small community projects and larger organisations.
Any work they fund must be charitable and most funding goes to registered charities. However, you do not have to be a registered charity, as long as the work you are planning to do has charitable aims. They can give grants for running costs and capital costs, depending on the programme you are applying to. Applications for up to £5000 are only available to organisations with an annual turnover of less than £100,000. Comic Relief will give priority to core costs and equipment costs. If you are applying for a grant of up to £5000, they will deal with your application through a fast-track process and should give you a decision within three months of you applying. They consider applications for up to £5000 at any time and there are no deadlines. However, they will not be able to accept applications after 7 July 2004. For further information telephone:02078205555 or look on their website http://www.comicrelief.org.uk
Other resources - FunderFinder - DSC While this newsletter contains new and time deadline funding opportunities, do not forget that for ongoing funding from trusts and foundations there are: FunderFinder (E-mail: info@funderfinder.org.uk) GIN software which assists groups to identify suitable charitable trusts they can apply to, and the two CDs by Directory of Social Change which also help - Grant Making Trusts CD Rom and the CD ROM Company Giving Guide. The CD Rom database is also available to subscribers at website: http://www.trustfunding.org
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