This issue of Funding Extra includes information provided by South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau; web search; Voluntary Arts Scotland; Grants Online; GrantsNet; Scottish Arts Council
CONTENTS:
Woodward Charitable Trust
Equality And Human Rights Commission: Commission To Consult On Permanent Funding Programme
Charities “Should Have 25-Year Grant Funding” (Third Sector Online, 6 October 2008)
Media 2007
Community Land Trust
BBC Children In Need
Scottish Arts Council Disability Arts Fund
The Lefèvre Trust: Challenging Ideas
Scottish Arts Council Cultural Diversity Fund
Funding Available To Promote Community Recycling
Historic Scotland Building Repair Grants
Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) - Call for proposals 2009
One Planet Living Grant Scheme
Funding For Arts Organisations Working With Refugees
European Youth Foundation Grants
Wellcome Trust Arts Awards
Wren’s Biodiversity Action Fund
$5 Million For Knight News Challenge
WREN Main And Small Grant Schemes Open To Applications
CHANGEit Awards Nominations
Funding For Rural Development (Scotland)
£2.7 Million To Support Gaelic Education
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WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST
Summary: The Woodward Charitable Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. The Trusts share a common administration, but are otherwise independent of each other. The Woodward Trust is unusual amongst the Sainsbury Trusts as it is open to unsolicited applications. The Trust gave around £400,000 last year for small-scale, locally based initiatives primarily for one-off projects, mainly for social welfare causes. They also run an annual funding programme for summer playschemes.
Funding themes (areas of interest):
Funding Priorities:
Homelessness, especially affecting young people and women, and covering facilities such as women’s refuges
Prisons and prisoners, with particular emphasis on post-release help and on families of offenders and ex-offenders
Travellers
Addiction, including projects tackling the social exclusion elements and preventative programmes
People experiencing domestic violence.
Trustees may also consider:
Arts outreach work by local groups, particularly in fields that do not attract funding from other Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts
Disability projects
Environmental projects, especially with a strong education element, provided they are distinctive and not merely a part of current fashion.
Grant size available:
Small grants of £100 - £5,000 (around 40-50 grants made per year, usually under £5,000, to projects within the areas listed above on a one-off basis)
Major grants over £10,000 (around 5-10 grants made per year, usually to projects within the 5 funding priorities listed above and spread over a number of years). Applications for major grants will only be considered if they are discussed with the administrator prior to submission
Children’s summer playscheme grants of £500 - £2,000 (usually about 30-40 grants made each year on a one-off basis).
A summary of previous grant sizes given is available at http://www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk/grants.html, and in the most recent annual report (pdf) http://www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk/Annual%20Report%202007.pdf
Types Of Cost Funded: Project costs inlcuding revenue and capital elements. The Trustees are also willing to consider requests for core costs. Small grants and summer playscheme grants are one-off; major grants can be spread over a number of years.
Types Of Organisation That Can Be Funded: Charitable organisations.
Geographical Areas That Can Be Funded: UK. Local, regional or national work can be funded.
How to apply: Trustees will only consider appeals made on their own application form, which you can fill in online, download from the website, or have sent to you by contacting the Trust. Potential applicants are encouraged to telephone the administrator to discuss their work if they think it might meet the Trustees’ criteria.
Deadline: Main grants are usually allocated following Trustees’ meetings in January and July each year. Children’s Summer Playscheme grants are considered at the beginning of May each year.
Key exclusions (what can’t be funded):
Trustees will not normally fund:
Charities whose annual turnover exceeds £250,000
Construction projects such as playgrounds, village halls, and disabled accesses
General school appeals including out of hours provision
Hospices
Medical research
Overseas projects
Parish facilities
Playgroups
Requests for vehicles
Small grants to large projects.
Trustees will definitely not support
Individuals in any capacity
Educational fees
Sources Of More Information:
Woodward Charitable Trust website http://www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk/
Contact details:
Karin Hooper, Administrator
Woodward Charitable Trust
Allington House (1st Floor)
150 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5AE
Telephone: 020 7410 0330
Email: contact@woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
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EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: COMMISSION TO CONSULT ON PERMANENT FUNDING PROGRAMME
”The Commission today (30/09/08) announced that it will embark on a public consultation to determine the future of its permanent funding programme. The Commission hopes to move to a flexible funding model that is more closely linked to its emerging strategic priorities…….The Commission’s board has, therefore, taken the decision to defer the launch of the next grants programme for 6 months (April 2009-September 2009) in order to allow for a full public consultation on the permanent grants programme that is developed alongside the Commission’s emerging 3 year programme of strategic priorities. The Commission will announce the launch date for the new funding programme in May 2009.
Read the full Press Release here http://digbig.com/4xrkh
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CHARITIES “SHOULD HAVE 25-YEAR GRANT FUNDING” (Third Sector Online, 6 October 2008)
Third sector organisations should be given grants for up to 25 years to encourage long-term thinking, innovation and independence, according to the chief executive of the Wales Council for Voluntary Action.
Full story at http://digbig.com/4xrkm
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MEDIA 2007
The European Union MEDIA 2007 programme, which supports the European audio-visual sector, has announced its new calls for proposals. As with most European funding, grants will only cover up to 50% of costs, and your work should have a European dimension, which will often mean working across more than one member country. The calls for proposals that are currently open are:
· Support for the development of on and offline interactive works
Deadline: 17 November 2008 and 17 April 2009
· Support for the development of production projects in fiction, creative documentary and animation through funding for single projects, slate funding and second stage slate funding
Deadline: 17 November 2008 and 17 April 2009
· Measures to support promotion and market access through audiovisual festivals
Deadline: 30 April 2009
· Support for the networking of cinemas screening European films
Deadline: 31 October 2008
See the Media website for further information: http://www.mediadesk.co.uk/funding/_4,11,117
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COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Tudor Trust have contributed funds to set up the Community Land Trust, a fund which aims to support co-operative land ownership by local communities, to allow affordable housing and community resources. There are three funds:
The Feasibility Fund – funding for one day of consultancy support (and help with finding a consultant if needed) for community groups or new Community Land Trusts (CLTs)
The Technical Assistance Fund - grants of up to £2,500 to CLTs or emerging CLTs to employ a consultant for up to five days to move initial ideas forward into business plans
The Investment Fund - secured and unsecured pre-development loans to eligible CLTs to secure planning permission and pay professional fees, and capital loans to help finance building work.
http://www.tudortrust.org.uk/TheCLTFund/tabid/82/Default.aspx
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BBC CHILDREN IN NEED
The next deadline for BBC Children in Need is 15 January 2009, with grant decisions and notifications expected in late April.
The new grant application form and guidance will be available from 17 October 2008 via their website. You can also sign up through the website for an email alert which will notify you when the new grant materials are available.
Visit the BBC Children in Need website http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/charity/grants.shtml or email them at pudsey@bbc.co.uk for more information.
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SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL DISABILITY ARTS FUND
Deadline: 20 October 2008
The Disability Arts Fund is open to both organisations and individuals and awards will be for a maximum of £10,000. The purpose of the fund is to ignite the development of disability arts in Scotland. The Scottish Arts Council specifically wishes to support projects that are primarily led by disabled artists and/or where the artistic drive and vision for the project has come from disabled people.
To read the full guidelines go to www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/information/publications/1005848.aspx
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BATTY CHARITABLE TRUST
The Batty Charitable Trust (BCT) is a grant making Trust. Its income is derived from gifts made by the Estate of the late Christina Batty (otherwise known as Christina Foyle). The BCT will generally support smaller charities in the UK and especially those working at grass roots and local community level. They normally award one year grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to charities which can demonstrate that such a grant will make a significant difference to their work.
Previous recipients of Batty Trust awards include The Tunnell Trust For Young Musicians in Edinburgh and the Isle of Skye Pipe Band Festival. There are no deadlines for submission and applications will be received throughout the year. For details on how to apply visit www.battycharitabletrust.org.uk or tel: 0207 405 0225.
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THE LEFÈVRE TRUST: CHALLENGING IDEAS
What’s It For? Support for projects between young people in France and the UK.
Who Can Apply? Applications for funding are accepted from the formal and non-formal education sector across the UK for young people aged 11-19.
What Is Available? Up to £10,000.
Details: Grants are available to meet the costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence for youth groups to travel to France for projects.
Eligible project themes can include language learning, culture and the arts, energy and the environment, citizenship, science and technology, business and enterprise, multimedia and ICT, sports, vocational skills and cross-curricular themed groups.
The types of activities that may be funded are joint research work, entrepreneurial projects, development of new ideas, design, materials, scientific explorations, debating workshops, cultural events, exhibitions and productions, community projects, creation of websites or films, blogging, reporting or song-writing and sports activities within the framework of a specific project.
Three levels of grants are available:
* Up to £5,000 for one-way UK-France visits;
* Up to £10,000 for reciprocal visits between Metropolitan France and the UK;
* Up to £10,000 for one-way or reciprocal UK – French départements d’outre-mer visits.
More Info:
The Lefèvre Trust
www.britishcouncil.org/schoolpartnerships-france-lefevre-trust.htm
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SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL CULTURAL DIVERSITY FUND
The primary aim of the Cultural Diversity fund is to enable organisations to develop, support and sustain a more diverse infrastructure in the context of a growing multiracial society and a changing economic and social climate.
Organisations considering applying for the fund should first read the addditional Cultural Diversity guidance notes and the generic application guidelines for organisations.
Application details for the Cultural Diversity Fund: http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/information/publications/1005849.aspx
Application deadline - 20 October 2008
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FUNDING AVAILABLE TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY RECYCLING
Not for profit community based organisations that are interested in developing projects that help to in the reduction, reuse and recycling of waste are invited to apply for funding through the Increase III programme. The INCREASE III programme is a £7.5 million grants programme being delivered through a partnership between the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the Community Recycling Network for Scotland (CRNS). Through the programme four types of funding are available: “Increase Prevention” which provides grants of between £5,000 and £300,000 for projects that relate to the prevention of waste; “Increase Enterprise” which provides grants of between £5,000 and £300,000 for projects that aim to recycle, reuse or compost household, commercial and industrial waste; “Increase Capacity”, with grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 for projects that relate to the employment capacity, backfill of key operational positions freeing up time for organisational or activity development; and “Increase Small”, with grants of up to £5,000, for projects that relate to the purchase of plant and machinery, health and safety equipment, provision of licenses, permits and training for organisations with a turnover of less than £100,000.. The deadline for applications is the 3rd November 2008.
http://www.crns.org.uk/increase/
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HISTORIC SCOTLAND BUILDING REPAIR GRANTS
Under the Historic Scotland Historic Building Repair Grants Scheme, financial help is available to owners to meet the cost of high-quality repairs using traditional materials and specialist craftsman to conserve original features in buildings of special architectural or historic interest. In return, owners must insure and maintain the building and allow some access to visitors. Financial help is available to owners in both the private and public sectors (home owners, trusts, commercial undertakings, local authorities) to meet the cost of high-quality repairs. Applicants must be organisations or individuals who have a legal responsibility for the repair of a historic building. Applicants will normally need to own the building, or hold a full repairing lease, which has at least 21 years to run, or be able to demonstrate that you have an agreement to acquire the property in question. There are a number of criteria which have to be met before an award can be considered. The building must be of sufficient outstanding architectural or historic interest; the building must be at serious risk from neglect or repair; and a need for grant for repairs to be undertaken must be demonstrated. The grants awarded range from £10,000 to £500,000. The next closing date for applications is the 3st January 2009.
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage/grants/building-repair-grants.htm
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LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME (LLP) - CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2009
The European Commission has issued a general call for proposals under its Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). The LLP applies to all types and levels of education and vocational education and training. The total budget earmarked for this call is estimated at ?961 million and the level of grants awarded as well as the duration of projects will vary depending on factors such as the type of project and the number of countries involved. This call for proposals covers the four sub-programmes theat make up the LLP each focusing on different stages of education and training and continuing previous programmes These are Comenius for schools; Erasmus for higher education; Leonardo da Vinci for vocational education and training; and Grundtvig for adult education. In addition there is a transversal programme which aims to ensure that participants achieve the best results possible. The transversal programme focuses on four key activities; policy co-operation, languages, information and communication technologies, effective dissemination and exploitation of project results. Applicants can also apply to the Jean Monnet programme which supports activities that stimulates teaching, reflection and debate on the European integration process at higher education institutions worldwide. For further information and information on application deadlines please click on the ‘more’link
http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc848_en.htm
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ONE PLANET LIVING GRANT SCHEME
Through the One Planet Living (OPL) Grant scheme, schools, community groups and charitable organisations can apply to their local B&Q store for funding to support a local community project. Projects must support at least one of the following themes; Environment/Energy Saving; Natural Habitats/Wildlife; and Local Culture/Heritage. The scheme provides £50 to £500 (at retail cost) of B&Q materials, for example, pond liners, plants, peat-free compost for projects such as a pond/wildlife garden or paints labelled low or minimal VOC for redecoration projects. It is important that the project is sustainable. For example, the materials and methods used should not cause environmental damage in the short or long-term. The final result should have long-lasting benefit to the community. OPL Grants do not cover maintenance, so the project should be designed for easy care. To apply for a grant, applicants will need to contact the environmental champion or store manager at their local B&Q store to discuss project details
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FUNDING FOR ARTS ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH REFUGEES
The Baring Foundations has announced that it is seeking applications under its Arts Programme 2009. The programme provides grants for up to three years to Arts organisations in the UK working with refugees and asylum seekers, in particular those working with; newly arrived refugees; asylum seekers; migrants; or their host communities. The programme does not cover one off project costs, rather it provides grants to organisations to cover core costs such as salaries, staff training, publicity, and day to day office costs, etc to help them sustain and develop their work. The programme is open to constituted, not for profit arts organisations in the UK already working with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants or their host communities and with an annual turnover of at least £50,000. Previous grants awarded through the programme have included Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, which received a grant of £42,000 to support a range of arts activities to support the integration of refugees and host communities as well as Cultural Co-operation which received a grant of £75,000 to support its work with exiled artists. The next deadline for applications is 12th December 2008.
http://www.baringfoundation.org.uk/program.htm
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EUROPEAN YOUTH FOUNDATION GRANTS
The European Youth Foundation is an independent, international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to the positive development of children and young people throughout the world. To support its objectives the Foundation makes grants to international not for profit youth organisations and networks. The types of activities supported include international youth meeting, the development of projects that benefits young people and help towards the administrative costs of eligible organisations and networks. In addition the Foundation also funds a range of pilot projects. The next application deadline is the 1st April 2009.
http://www.eycb.coe.int/EYCBwwwroot/index.asp?language=eng&url=/EYCBwwwroot/ENG/EYF.asp
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WELLCOME TRUST ARTS AWARDS
The Wellcome Trust is inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding through its Arts Awards. The Arts Awards support projects that engage the public with biomedical science through the arts including dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft, photography, creative writing or digital media. Applications are invited for projects up to £30,000. The aim of the awards is to support arts projects that reach new audiences which may not traditionally be interested in science and provide new ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethical issues around contemporary science. The scheme is open to a wide range of people including, among others, artists, scientists, curators, filmmakers, writers, producers, directors, academics, science communicators, teachers, arts workers and education officers. For small to medium-sized projects (up to and including £30 000) the next application deadline is the 9th January 2009.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/Arts-Awards/index.htm
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WREN’S BIODIVERSITY ACTION FUND
Organisations such as environmental bodies, voluntary groups, charities, not-for-project organisations, community groups, Local Authorities and Governmental bodies can now apply for funding through WREN’s new £10m Biodiversity Action Fund. The aim of this scheme is to conserve ancient woodlands, grasslands, heathlands and wetlands for future generations. The Biodiversity Action Fund seeks projects that relate to specific improvements to a site to aid the conservation of a priority habitat to help achieve national, regional or local biodiversity targets. Applications can involve more than one site where there are clear and defined ecological links between sites and the habitat(s) being supported is the same for each site. In addition, projects which involve research, survey and monitoring work and educational elements may be funded but only where there is a clear intent that this work will lead to actual conservation improvements. Projects must be sited at a clearly identified site(s) within 10 miles of any licensed landfill site in WREN operating areas. Grants of between £75,000 and £250,000 are available and projects can last for up to 5 years. The deadline for applications is 30 January 2009.
http://www.wren.org.uk/how-to-apply/biodiversity-action-fund
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$5 MILLION FOR KNIGHT NEWS CHALLENGE
The Knight Foundation, which seeks to support opportunities that can transform both communities and journalism, and help them reach their highest potential has announced that it is offering $5million of funding through the Knight News Challenge. Through the challenge, funding is available on an international basis for the development of projects that will improve local online news, deepen community engagement, bring Web 2.0 tools to local neighbourhoods, develop publishing platforms and standards to support local conversations or innovate how we visualize, experience or interact with information. Previous winners of the challenge have included “Freedom Fone” a project that will provide a voice database where users can access news and public-interest information via land, mobile or Internet phone and Beanstockd a developing idea to encourage green living through an interactive game. Using social networking tools and real-time news and information, players would be able to track their environmental impact and discover how they stack up against neighbours. To be eligible, projects must; use or create digital, open-source technology as the code base; serve the public interest; and benefit one or more specific geographic communities. The application deadline is the 1 November 2008.
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WREN MAIN AND SMALL GRANT SCHEMES OPEN TO APPLICATIONS
Waste Recycling Environmental Limited (WREN) is one of the UK’s largest Environmental Bodies and distributes funding to benefit community, heritage and environmental projects in the vicinity of WREN landfill sites. WREN are currently inviting constituted not-for-profit organisations to apply for funding of between £2,000 and £50,000. Organisations are eligible to apply through two funding strands: The Small Grants Scheme, which provides grants of between £2,000 and £15,000 for small projects that can make a real difference to their local community, e.g: village halls, community centres, public parks, museums, village greens, and playgrounds; and the main grant scheme, which provides grants of between £2,000 and £50,000 for projects that maintain or improve public parks or other public amenities in the vicinity of a landfill site; the delivery of biodiversity conservation for UK species or habitats; the maintenance, repair or restoration of a building or other structure, which is a place of religious worship or of historic or architectural interest. All projects must be located within WREN operating areas and available to the general public. The next application deadlines are the 14th November 2008.
http://www.wren.org.uk/how-to-apply
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CHANGEIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Nominations are currently being invited for the CHANGEit awards. The CHANGEit awards are a collaboration between Common Purpos, an organisation dedicated to improving the quality of leadership in the UK, Common Purpose International and Deutsche Bank. The awards recognise, support and reward the achievements and ambitions of young campaigners between the ages of 11-18 who want to speak out and create positive change to their community. There are three categories in the CHANGEit awards: Innovation awards, for young people who have a campaign idea or plan for creating change, but need help getting their idea off the ground; Performance awards, for young people who have already produced change in their school, youth group or community and deserve to be recognised for their campaigning achievements; and the photo contest, for creative images that represent campaigning. Winners in the Innovation and Performance categories will receive £750 and finalists will received £250, winners in the photo contest will receive £250. Nnominations will be accepteduntil the 12th January 2009.
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FUNDING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SCOTLAND)
The Scottish Government has announced that rural community groups across Scotland are invited to come forward to apply for the latest round of funding to support and grow the rural economy. The funding will be made available through a £5 million pot of LEADER funding that has been awarded to four new Local Action Groups (LAGs) to help revitalise and empower rural communities in Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Moray and Renfrewshire. LEADER is a grassroots scheme aimed at empowering local communities to develop their own area using innovative approaches and cooperation. Funding is awarded to Local Action groups (LAGs) consisting partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors who in turn provide financial support to community based projects. Examples of previous projects funded under LEADER include; promoting quality food from Argyll at music festivals across the UK; transforming a derelict swimming pool into a unique caving environment for use by young people in Falkirk and Stirling; improving harbour access and increasing diver activity to boost tourism in Eyemouth; and upgrading waterfront facilities to increase visitor numbers in the Shetland Isles. In addition, £19.2 million for regional development has been awarded to seven LAGs in the Highlands and Islands to be added to LEADER funding, in recognition of its previous status as a disadvantaged and remote area.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/10/14101333
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£2.7 MILLION TO SUPPORT GAELIC EDUCATION
The Scottish Government has announced an additional £2.7 Million to support and promote a range Gaelic education measures. This money will be used to help young learners by supporting parents, schools, teaching and youth training. Specifically the funding will provide; support for a Gaelic Parents Advocacy Scheme to promote Gaelic education and provide support for parents; £2.6 million to assist local authorities with the renovation and construction of dedicated Gaelic schools in the next two financial years; extended funding for the Gaelic Teacher Recruitment Officer based at Bord na Gaidhlig; and £70,000 to support a Youth Scheme that will create employment opportunities for young Gaelic-speakers.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/10/10161648
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