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Funding and Grants News


Some wonderful Funding streams for Torbay Creatives to access......

Updated 1st April 2010

You can download a comprehensive guide to grant funding for the arts from the DCMS website  - http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/GuidetoArtsFundinginEngland.pdf

 

In addition, Devon County Council produce a regular newsletter entitled "Devon Funding News" which can be downloaded by visiting www.fundingnews.co.uk .   Please contact the External Funding Team at Devon County Council to obtain a username and password - telephone 01392 382076 or email eddie.gooding@devon.gov.uk.


Below are contact details for some of the main contenders in terms of arts funding:

 

Lloyds TSB Foundation Announces an Increase in Available FundingLloyds TSB Foundation Announces an Increase in Available Funding

The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales has announced that due to a higher level of income they have increased the level of funding for 2010 and will sustain it for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The aim of the Lloyds TSB Foundation’s Community programme is to provide financial support for work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. The Foundation is particularly interested in work that achieves this through:

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    • Improved social and community involvement
    • Improved life chances
    • Helping people to be heard.

The Foundation are particularly keen to support small and medium sized community-based charities where small amounts of money can make a significant difference to local people's lives. The types of work funded include:

Running costs, including salaries to ensure that charities can maintain and develop their core work/services
Funding for projects that build on charities’ core work. Funding is available for one to three years. For further information click: http://www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk

 

Youth of Today Scaling Up Fund

The Youth of Today Scaling Up Fund invites applications from small third sector organisations in England to address key challenges of how to scale-up innovative youth leadership programmes and reach out across communities. The Fund is expected to make investments of between £5,000 and £20,000.

The Fund aims to:

o help more young people take on leadership roles in their community;

o create more opportunities for young people to influence the decisions affecting them;

o raise the quality of youth leadership opportunities;

o enable small organisations to grow; and

o fund innovative projects that are unlikely to find funding from other sources.

Grants should be used to develop and expand youth leadership programmes – including delivery costs, staff costs and small capital items.

The deadline for Round Three is 23 April 2010.

Round Four of the Fund will be for six month projects only and has a deadline of 23 June 2010. This will be the last round of the Fund.

http://www.theyouthoftoday.org/scaling

People's Millions

The People's Millions

Voluntary and community groups, social enterprises, local authorities, schools and health organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to £50,000 which will be provided for projects that transform local environments and offer opportunities or facilities for people to take part and enjoy their local area. This will include initiatives focusing on buildings, amenities, public and green spaces and natural habitats.

Head-to-head competitions will take place in each of the 15 ITV regions later in the year, when the public will be able to cast their vote for the projects they want to win. There will be a total of 75 winning projects this year.

The deadline for receipt of entries is 14 May 2010.
http://www2.biglotteryfund.org.uk/

Older People's Programme - Comic ReliefOlder People's Programme - Comic Relief

Comic Relief is inviting the voluntary and community sector throughout the UK where older people aged 65+ are developing ideas for action and change, to submit applications through their Older People's Programme. The programme aims to:

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    • Support older people to bring positive change to their community
    • Help older people feel less isolated, especially those who are most excluded such as:
    • black and minority ethnic elders
    • frail older people with mental health needs
    • older carers
    • those on lower incomes.

Examples of the types of projects they will fund include:

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    • bringing the generations together to learn from each other through, for example, the creative arts or IT
    • older people acting as a resource to other older people and supporting those who may be less physically and mentally able
    • projects that are engaging hard to reach groups
    • activities which generate profits to further social or environmental goals, such as community cafes run by older people.

Most grants are expected to be of between £15,000 and £40,000 per year. Grants may be for up to 3 years.
The next closing date for applications is the 21st May 2010. For further information click: http://www.comicrelief.com/apply_for_a_grant/uk/olderpeople

The Idlewild Trust

The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities concerned with the encouragement of excellence in the performing and fine arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of buildings and items of historical interest or national importance. Occasionally it also supports projects that conserve the natural environment. The total funding available each year is approximately £120,000 and registered charities can apply for grants of up to £5,000. Applications are considered twice a year. The next deadline for applications is 24th September 2010. For further information, please visit: http://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/

Young Film Fund


First Light Movies provides grants to projects that enable young people to participate in all aspects of film productions. Since launching in 2001, First Light Movies have enabled over 12,000 young filmmakers to write, act, shoot, light, direct and produce over 800 films. The funding is available to organisations such as schools, youth services, community and voluntary groups that work with young people aged between 5 and 18. Every year approximately £700,000 of grants is available through three funding streams. The Studio Awards provides grants of up to £30, 000 for between two and four films of up to 10 minutes. The Script Awards provides grants of up to £3,000 for script writing projects that team young people with script professionals. The Pilot Awards provides grants of up to £5,000 for one short film of up to five minutes in duration.

The Script and Pilot elements of the fund will re-open for applications on the 2nd March and closes for applications on the 27th April 2010. For more information, visit: http://www.firstlightonline.co.uk/funding/young-film-fund


The Be Cause Awards

UnLtd, the charity which supports social entrepreneurs has announced that it has launched a new award scheme in partnership with Bebo, a social networking website. The “Be Cause Awards” is a new scheme to inspire people to make a difference in their community. Using the Be Cause toolkit, applicants can put together a robust plan for a social action or social enterprise project and then enter it for a monthly Be Cause Award. If your idea meets Be Cause criteria applicants can be in the running for a £1,000 award to help get a project off the ground. Applicants can nominate their project for an award, or if other in the Bebo community can enter it if they think it's a good idea. Every month a panel of experts from UnLtd and Bebo will select five projects from all those nominated that have the potential to make a positive impact on society. The whole Bebo community will then be asked to vote for the best project over a two-week period. The project which receives the most votes will be awarded the £1,000 award, as well as receiving ongoing support and advice from UnLtd in order to maximise the potential of the project. Every year a Judges Choice Award of £5,000 will be given to the project with the best ongoing potential. In addition, everyone who takes part in the Be Cause Awards will be eligible for further support and funding from UnLtd if the projects show enough promise to be expanded and developed. Applications can be made at any time. For more information, visit: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3963962534


Big Changes to Mini Mediabox


Mediabox which is a fund that offers disadvantaged 13-19 year olds (up to 25 if they have a disability) the opportunity to create their own media projects has announced significant changes to its ‘Mini Mediabox’ grant scheme. The aim is to increase the range of organisations that are able to access funding for youth-led media projects. The changes include; increasing the annual turnover threshold from £100,000 to £150,000; accepting applications from umbrella groups; opening the scheme up to schools and colleges; and making the application process easier and faster for first time applicants. ‘Mini Mediabox’, which is the smallest grant scheme on offer through Mediabox provides grants ranging from £1,000 to £5,000 and is designed to give organisations that have a limited track record of delivering media projects the chance to extend their experience. Mini Mediabox which will run until 2011 has a rolling application deadline; however, some cut off points for assessment will be announced periodically. For more information, visit: http://www.media-box.co.uk/news/36

The Skinners' Company Lady Neville Charity

deadlines: mid March and mid September


The Skinners’ Company Lady Neville Charity aims to provide grants that will make a clear and significant contribution to grassroots charitable organisations working in designated priority areas. Grants of up to £1,000 are available. The priority areas are disability, local heritage, local community and performing and visual arts. For more information, visit: www.skinnershall.co.uk/charities/lady-neville-charity.htm

Old Possum's Practical Trust

Old Possum's Practical Trust

Old Possum's Practical Trust aims to increase the knowledge and appreciation of any matters of historic, artistic, architectural, aesthetic, literary, musical or theatrical interest, by supporting organisations with grants of between £500 and £5,000. Priority will be given to projects that enhance the lives of others rather than the well-being of the applicants themselves, and which involve: children or young people; disabled or disadvantaged people; communities. Applications can be submitted at any time.

http://www.old-possums-practical-trust.org.uk/page.cfm?pageid=300#

 

The Hedley Foundation

The Hedley Foundation invites registered charities in the UK to apply for up to £5,000 support mainly young people with their education, creation, support, training, health and welfare. The Foundation also support disabled people and the terminally ill with provision of specialist equipment and support for carers. Last year the Foundation received 1,467 applications, of which less than two-thirds were within their funding criteria, and made 348 grants (averaging £3,000). The Trustees meet six times a year. The closing date for a meeting is three weeks beforehand. For more information on the Foundation including application deadline please click: http://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk/

IdeasTap £1k fund for creative ideas

deadline - 29 March 2010 

IdeasTap has launched the latest round of Ideas Fund Innovators. This scheme supports people at the beginning of their creative careers who want to take their projects to the next stage. IdeasTap offers ten awards of £1,000.

Ideas Fund Innovators is part of IdeasTap’s annual £150,000 Ideas Fund that first launched in June 2009. The awards are open to submissions from any creative discipline by 16 to 25-year-olds based in the UK.

IdeasTap is a creative network and funding body for emerging arts talent. A not-for-profit organisation, IdeasTap brings creative people together and offers cash funding, exclusive opportunities and a platform to showcase new work.

For details and to apply please visit www.ideastap.com.
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IdeasTap £5k short film fund

deadline - 29 March 2010 

IdeasTap has launched Ideas Fund Shorts, £40,000-worth of funding to help young people realise short film projects.

Recognising the wealth of talented young filmmakers in the UK, IdeasTap is offering eight awards of £5,000 each for the most original, engaging ideas. Entries must be for films no longer than five minutes and can include documentaries, conceptual pieces, trailers for features, music videos, fashion films and animated shorts.

Aiming to make the funding process easier for young people, the Ideas Fund is dedicated to providing opportunities for up-and-coming talent.

For details and to apply please visit www.ideastap.com.

John Ellerman Foundation

 

Arts is one of five areas of interest which benefits annually from the John Ellerman Foundation. In 2007/08, a total of 42 charities involved with the arts received £1.05 million between them.

Currently, the focus of the arts funding is directed towards music and opera, museums and galleries, and theatre and dance. The Foundation is particularly interested in charities which can demonstrate excellence in the field, commitment to attracting new audiences and wider public access, youth participation and motivation, originality and creativity in design, production and/or presentation and lasting impact.

Applications are invited from registered charities with a UK office involved in delivering projects throughout the United Kingdom, and can be made at any time. The Foundation is inclined to support small or medium-sized charities with an annual income of less than £25 million.

For further details email barbara@ellerman.org.uk or go to www.ellerman.org.uk/pages/arts.html

The BRIT Trust

BRIT Trust funding - young people and music

The BRIT Trust considers all applications which meet the criteria within its mission statement which is: 'To encourage young people in the exploration and pursuit of educational, cultural or therapeutic benefits emanating from music'.

The Trust does not consider individual grants, scholarships or capital grants or grant donations outside the UK. If you have a relevant project that you wish to put forward, complete the form on their website at www.brittrust.co.uk/main.php?section=funding&subsection=grantapp.

B&Q One Planet Living Grant

The B&Q One Planet Living (OPL) Grant offers between £50 and £250 of B&Q materials to schools, community groups and charitable organisations for long-term sustainable projects. 

Projects can apply for funding between 1 February 2010 and 30 September 2010 and successful projects must collect their materials no later than 31 October 2010.

Projects must support at least one of the following themes:
Save energy - Projects which will help reduce energy use or an active effort to limit their environmental footprint. Eg: installing energy saving light bulbs and other energy efficient products.

Conserve nature - Projects which will support, protect and celebrate the natural habitats in local communities including community gardens, meadows, wetlands, chalk rivers and forests. Eg: encouraging wildlife to a community garden.

Grow your own - Projects which will grow produce and involve the local community. Eg: creating raised vegetable beds in a school.

Support local culture and heritage - Projects which will support, enhance and celebrate valuable aspects of local culture and heritage. Eg: refurbishing workshops used to teach various arts and crafts techniques.

The project must be local to the store (within a 20-mile radius)

Applicants need to contact the environmental champion or store manager at their local B&Q store to discuss project details. We recommend that you apply for a grant as far in advance as possible from your project start date as an application will usually take three to four weeks to process.

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/corporate/content/environment_ethics/ethics/community/grants.jsp

 

Mediabox

funding to develop media skills for disadvantaged young people - Mid Mediabox

Mediabox, a Department for Children, Schools and Families fund to enable disadvantaged 13-19 year olds living in England the opportunity to develop and produce creative media projects, using print, television, film, radio or online platforms, has announced that its Mid Mediabox funding programmes will re-open for applications on the 26th February 2010.

Mid Mediabox is one of several funding schemes and is available to established youth and or media focused organisations with a strong track record of working with young people to provide opportunities for young people to develop creative ideas and lifelong skills in media production and provides grants of between £5,000 and £20,000.

The project resulted in the production of four quality animation shorts that illustrate different aspects of the journey of a young person to the UK; and Media Mash Up which received funding to give young people from very diverse backgrounds in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes the opportunity to try their hands at film, print, radio and mixed media techniques.

The next deadline is 2.00pm on Thursday 8th April 2010.

http://www.media-box.co.uk/funding/mid-mediabox

Santander Foundation

The Abbey Charitable Trust has now changed its name to the Santander Foundation and has announced some changes on its new website. The Santander Foundation will support disadvantaged people, focusing on the priorities of education and training and financial capability.

Education and training could be any activity disadvantaged undertake where they improve their confidence in a skill or their understanding of a subject. This could include, for example, independent living skills, anger management, or improving self esteem. Other examples could include reminiscence projects for older people, art and craft sessions as well as IT classes.

Grants of up to £10,000 can be awarded anywhere in the UK where there is a branch of Santander. The Foundation is also now able to support revenue or capital items, such as salaries and project costs or equipment.

There are no deadlines or application form, however there is now a cover sheet that you can use as a checklist to make sure that you covered all the information required in your letter of application. For more information visit www.santanderfoundation.org.uk.


Support for Social Enterprises - Devon County Council

Support for Social Enterprise

Devon County Council, in conjunction with Co-active, has launched a new Scheme to encourage and support the growth of social enterprise in Devon.  

£35,000 has been made available under the Social Enterprise Development Voucher Scheme to pay for professional business support services.

Vouchers are available to cover up to half the cost of required business support, up to a maximum award per enterprise of £2,000. 

It is open to existing social enterprises, which are already trading, and where the support would enable a step change in the growth of the business.

Applications will be prioritised where they further widen objectives related to tackling economic disadvantage in the county, developing priority sectors of the economy, supporting innovation and increasing public sector engagement with social enterprise.

Vouchers are available as part of the package of specialised support provided by Co-active through the Business Link social enterprise service. The closing date for applications is 31st December 2010.

Interested enterprises should call Business Link on 0845 600 9966 and ask to speak to a specialist social enterprise advisor or contact Co-active direct on 01752 500888 or on email (contact@co-active.co.uk).

UnLtd Sport Relief Awards

UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are a UK-wide funding programme for 11 to 21 year olds who are prepared to go the extra mile and use their passion for sport and arts to bring respect and understanding to their communities by setting up their own projects.

UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are funded by Comic Relief and provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help promote understanding and solve problems through sport, arts and recreational activities.

There are three types of awards:
• Try It – up to £1,000
• Shape It – up to £5,000
• Do It – up to £10,000 (made every three months – the first deadline is 18 January 2010)

Full details can be found at www.unltdsportrelief.com.

 

PRS for Music Foundation (Music Promoters)

Funding for Music Promoters

The PRS for Music Foundation, which is the UK's largest independent funder for new music, has announced that it is seeking applications for funding from promoters of Music of any genre, including unsigned band promoters. This funding scheme has two levels of funding. If you are applying for the first time, you are only able to apply for up to £3,000. If you wish to apply for more than £3,000, please email applications@prsformusicfoundation.com. To be eligible for funding, promoters will need to have at least one year's track record of promoting events; be promoting at least 8 events over a 12 month period (Making Music clubs must be promoting at least 3 concerts during this period); and be programming new British music of any genre.

There are several closing dates throughout 2010 and the next closing day is the 2nd February 2010. For further information, visit: http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/funding/promoters.htm

 

Grassroots

Grassroots Grants are funded by the Office of the Third Sector and will run from Summer 2008 to March 2011. Devon Community Foundation is delivering the programme in Devon, Torbay and Plymouth. A total of £1.4 million is available in grants for small community and voluntary groups meeting local community needs. Ongoing deadlines.

http://www.devonrcc.org.uk/page/local_network_fund.php

 

The Skinners’ Company Lady Neville Charity 

deadline - mid-March and mid-September

The Skinners’ Company Lady Neville Charity was formally set up in 1978 following a bequest from Ralph Neville JP. Its aim is to provide grants that will make a clear and significant contribution to grassroots charitable organisations working in designated priority areas.

One-off grants of up to £1,000 are made to small registered charities and not-for-profit organisations. The priority areas are disability, local heritage, local community and performing and visual arts.

For further information, guidelines and an application form visit www.skinnershall.co.uk/charities/lady-neville-charity.htm.

Adopt a composer

£25,000 to help amateur groups adopt a composer

Following eight highly-successful years, the Adopt a Composer scheme is to continue in 2009/10, thanks to £25,000 from the PRS Foundation. The scheme, run by Sound and Music and Making Music, enables voluntary music groups to have a new piece of music especially composed for them by some of the UK’s most talented young composers. BBC Radio 3 has also committed to recording performances of all the resulting work from this year’s scheme.

 
The decision to continue follows a recent independent review that showed an overwhelming positive response from participating ensembles and the unique opportunity for professional and artistic development such collaboration allows.

 
Once selected, six groups and six composers from around the UK are arranged into pairs, and each pair is mentored by an established professional composer. Over the course of 12 months, they work together to produce a work that is tailor made for the skills and interests of the group members.

For many groups, this is their first encounter with contemporary music and the world of the composer. For the composers, this is often their first work for a large-scale group, working in the community. Each project culminates in première performance, which will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for broadcast later in the year.

 
Adopt a Composer is managed by Making Music and Sound and Music, and funded by the PRS Foundation. For more information contact Sarah Robinson at Making Music on 020 7422 8291 or by email at sarah.robinson@makingmusic.org.uk.

 
www.adoptacomposer.org

The Old Possum's Practical Trust

Old Possum’s Practical Trust Grant

The Old Possum’s Practical Trust Grant is provided and administered by The Old Possum’s Practical Trust and is available for charities in the UK. Grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available. The grant is intended to support charitable organisations that work to increase the knowledge and appreciation of aesthetic interests. The scheme aims to increase the understanding and enjoyment of:

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    • History.
    • Art.
    • Architecture.
    • Literature.
    • Music.
    • Theatre.

In particular, the scheme wishes to support projects with the following themes:

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    • Children.
    • Disabled people.
    • Disadvantaged people.
    • Communities.

For more information, visit: http://www.old-possums-practical-trust.org.uk/page.cfm?pageid=300

 

The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts

Children & the Arts Partner Applications Now Open

The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts is inviting arts organisations across the UK to apply to become arts partners for their flagship program 'Start'. Through 'Start', Children & the Arts provides funding and practical support to enable arts organisations across the UK to form partnerships with primary and secondary schools in their local area. 'Start' allows children who have little or no experience of the UK’s rich culture, children who may never have been to a play, heard a live piece of classical music or even visited their local art gallery to experience the very best of the UK’s glorious arts heritage. Children & the Arts are seeking to work with between 6 and 10 partners for the 20010/11 academic year who can deliver projects that:

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    • are high quality
    • target children who are unlikely to have visited venues before
    • accessible for the audience targeted
    • offer opportunities to create learning and skills development
    • can be sustained over a period of time
    • build upon an organisation's current education programme.

The deadline for applications is the 29th January 2010. For more information, visit: http://www.childrenandarts.org.uk/arts-community/start-how-you-can-get-involved/

The Southwest Foundation Esmee Fairbairn Small Grant Programme

The Southwest Foundation still has some funding left in its Esmee Fairbairn Small Grant programme. This fund is aimed at supporting small community organisations working with people most in need in communities. The main focus of the fund is in rural areas, market and coastal towns although groups that are unrepresented in the funding programme from other areas may be considered. The focus will be on activities that enable people from diverse backgrounds to become engaged in their neighbourhoods and communities and to support those organisations that are bringing about real change to the lives of the people who live in those communities. Upto £1,000 can be awarded.

If you have any queries about your eligibility please contact the Foundation:

01275 333666                   

Email:info@southwestfoundation.org.uk

http://www.the-foundation.org.uk/

The Charity Employees Benevolent Fund

The Charity Employees Benevolent Fund

Low wages and few benefits make people working for charities, and their families, vulnerable to serious financial hardship in times of illness, disability, bereavement and other unexpected disaster. The Charity Employees Benevolent Fund will provide assistance for people in these situations, bringing provision for charity employees in line with that for the rest of the UK workforce.

The CEBF is currently offering limited financial support through grants for specific purposes. Once sufficient money has been raised they aim to extend the service to include: Welfare support and advice on benefits; A friendship network and a caring community.

Contact - http://www.cebf.org.uk/index.html

The Frognal Trust Grant

The Frognal Trust Grant is provided and administered by the Frognal Trust for third sector organisations in the UK. The grant is intended to support small registered charities that work in the following areas:

• Culture and heritage
• Conservation projects
• Community services
• Parks
• Hospices and nursing homes
• Ophthalmological research

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact:

Enquiries
Frognal Trust
Charities Aid Foundation
King's Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4TA
T: 01732 520 083

Community sustainable energy programme

Not for profit organisations such as community groups, charities, schools, colleges and faith groups, etc are being invited to apply for funding to install renewable energy technologies (such as wind turbines and solar panels) and energy saving measures (such as roof and cavity wall insulation). Under the new Community Sustainable Energy programme £8 million will be available for the installation of microgeneration technologies and energy efficiency measures (Capital grants) and £1 million for project development grants. The maximum Capital grant available is £50,000 or 50% of the project costs. The maximum project development grant is £5,000 or 75 per cent of the study cost - whichever is lower. The funding programme is being managed by the Building Research Establishment on behalf of the Big Lottery Fund's "Changing Spaces" Programme. Project development grants (for studies investigating the feasibility of installing any combination of the technologies) will be awarded on a first-come first-served basis until all funds are spent. Capital grants will be awarded on a competitive basis at quarterly selection panel meetings.

The next application deadline is the 29th January 2010.
http://www.communitysustainable.org.uk/

 

Unltd Millennium Awards

Unltd Millennium Awards

The Spring 2010 funding round of the UnLtd Millennium Awards (Level 2) is now open to applications.
Social entrepreneurs within the UK who have ambition, drive, determination and a vision to bring about social change are invited to apply for practical and financial support.

Awards are offered on two levels:

    ·       Level 1 – awards of between £500 and £5,000 for individuals who need help getting their project off the ground.  Support is available for project running costs.

    ·       Level 2 - awards of up to £15,000 are available for individuals whose project can be scaled-up to create a sustained impact within their community.

Funding is intended to take projects to the next level and may be used, for example, for living expenses of award winners so that their time may be devoted to the project.

Level 2 awards are distributed in spring and winter each year.
The Spring 2010 deadline for receipt of Expression of Interest forms for the Level 2 awards is 22 March 2010 (12 noon).  Applications for Level 1 awards may be made at any time.

http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=1&PageName=whatareunltdawards

 

The Tudor Trust

Tudor Trust Grants Programme

The Tudor Trust, one of the largest independent grant making trusts in the UK has announced new funding guidelines for the period 2009 – 11. Under the new guidelines, the Trust will continue to make grants across their established funding areas. These are; youth, older people, community, relationships, housing, mental health, substance misuse, learning, financial security and criminal justice. The Trust will also be open to hearing about work in areas the Trust has not funded before. The Trust makes grants in the region of £19 million per year and aims to support smaller community, voluntary and charitable organisations and is looking to make around 350 projects per year for up to three years. Grants can take the form of core funding (including salaries and running costs), development funding, project grants or capital grants for buildings or equipment. There is no maximum or minimum grant amount that an organisation can apply for. Applications can be submitted at any time. For more information visit http://tudortrust.org.uk/HowTudorfunds/tabid/66/Default.aspx

[The Trust will not consider funding arts and sports-based projects unless there is a particularly strong focus on developing marginalised groups.]

The Hilden Charitable Fund

Hilden Charitable Fund

The Hilden Charitable Fund has announced that the next deadline for submitting applications is the 29th January 2010. Within the UK, the Hilden Charitable Fund makes grants to projects that address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds from public subscriptions. In particular, the Fund wants to support projects that address homelessness; asylum seekers and refugees; community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people; and penal affairs.

Preference is given to supporting small community organisations with an income of less than £200,000 per year. During 2009 the average grant given was £5,000. For more information visit http://www.hildencharitablefund.org.uk/

The Colwinston Charitable Trust

The Colwinston Charitable Trust

deadline - 28 February 2010

The Colwinston Charitable Trust was established in 1995 by its founder Mr Mathew Prichard CBE, and distributes grants to UK registered charitable organisations working predominantly in the areas of opera, classical music and the visual arts.

The Trust derives its income from the royalties from the West End production of The Mousetrap, the Agatha Christie play that opened in London in 1952, and is now the longest running play in history. The Trustees are seeking particularly the support of charitable organisations in the UK, (especially Wales), the dominant purposes of which are to benefit opera/music theatre, classical music, and the visual arts. They will also entertain specific project proposals for the assistance of libraries and archives.

www.colwinston.org.uk


The Trust does give priority to high quality projects, and to projects that help young people to better appreciate the possibilities the arts can offer, especially in Wales.

The Trust is especially interested in “exceptional” projects that demonstrate “excellence” in terms of the creative ambition of the project, the quality of the artistic product, the calibre of the participating artists, and the value of the artistic experience for audiences and participants.

Applications for grants to enable organisations to achieve higher standards of performance and/or presentation are of particular interest.

The Trust will not consider applications for capital building projects, for general appeals, for retrospective funding, for conferences and seminars, websites, publications, or from individuals.

The Trust concentrates its funding on project grants and favours applications for projects that benefit the people of Wales.

The Wolfson Foundation

Wolfson Foundation

The Wolfson Foundation was set up in 1955 and makes grants to registered charities in the UK. The foundation supports projects across the fields of science and technology, education and the arts, and medical research and health. Its Arts & Humanities programme includes categories for performing arts, museums and galleries and historic buildings.

For more information go to www.wolfson.org.uk.

[from website]
Museums and Galleries
The majority of grants to museums and galleries have in recent years been awarded through a joint programme with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Museums and galleries with capital projects of a national significance may approach the Foundation directly, following the normal procedure detailed here.

Funding for the purchase of works of art is provided through an annual allocation to the National Art Collections Fund.
Performing Arts
The Trustees have over a number of years supported theatre, ballet, opera and music, mainly through grants for capitel projects with a national significance.

Musical education is also supported through the Wolfson Music Awards, which provide scholarships and funds for the purchase of instruments to students at the major British musical conservatoires. Students should apply directly to their conservatoire.

Historic Buildings
Grants are awarded for repair to the fabric of listed (Grade I or Grade II*) buildings that are open to the public.

Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards

deadline - 31 January 2010 (children’s welfare) and 31 March 2010 (elderly people / adults and children with disabilities)

The Tesco Charity Trust has announced that it will once again be seeking applications through its Community Awards programme in early 2010. The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000. The funding it gives goes towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and adults and children with disabilities, living in the local communities around our stores in the UK.

There are two categories of Community Awards – grants to support children’s welfare and/or children’s educations (including special needs schools) and grants to support elderly people and/or adults and children with disabilities. Previous projects supported have included: sensory garden or room projects; outdoor classrooms; breakfast and after school clubs; holiday play-schemes; and part funding to purchase minibuses.

The grants programme for children’s welfare will open for applications will open from 1 December to 31 January 2010. The grants programme for elderly people and/or adults and children with disabilities will open from 1 February to 31 March 2010.

www.tescocharitytrustcommunityawards-applications.co.uk

 

Rural Development Programme for England

More than £7 million of RDPE [Rural Development Programme for England] funding has been allocated to this theme, targeted in two ways;

    ·       A grant to support projects from community and social enterprises for the improved delivery of, and access to, basic services

    ·       Advice and support for community and social enterprises that deliver basic services, in order to improve their overall viability

In this context, a community or social enterprise is defined as: 
"A community or social enterprise is a formally constituted group or business which trades primarily for social purposes rather than being driven by the need to maximise profits. Whilst governance and legal structures will vary, they exist for the benefit of the local community, either to promote a particular activity or service or to achieve a set of socially based objectives."

A grant programme is available to directly support the provision or delivery of basic services. Where this would help to secure and/or broaden the range of services available the grant can be used for;

    ·       the creation or d