Funding and Grants News
Some wonderful Funding streams for Torbay Creatives to access......
Updated 10th February 2011
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:
Ladbrokes
funding from Ladbrokes
Funds are directed towards a wide range of causes, including: schools, hospices and hospitals, youth support, medical, social sciences, arts, environment and animals, sports.
How To Apply:
In the first instance, the support of a local shop should be secured in raising funds on behalf of a cause. Any monies raised are then banked with the trust, with consideration of additional funds being added by Ladbrokes taken by the trust's grants committee.
When To Apply:
The grants committee meets monthly to consider applications.
Catchment Areas:
UK (communities in which the shops and businesses of Ladbrokes Betting and Gaming Ltd or Ladbrokes eGaming Limited operate). Shops in Corsham and Chippenham, Swindon, Bristol, Exeter, Exmouth, Falmouth, Newquay., Penzance, Tiverton, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham, Bridgewater, Yeovil, Taunton, Crewkerne, Bridport. See website for full listing*.
General Notes:
Funding comes not from the Ladbrokes company, but via the fundraising efforts of head office and shop staff, customers and 'Event Days'.
LADBROKES IN THE COMMUNITY CHARITABLE TRUST
Ladbroke Betting and Gaming Ltd
Imperial House
Imperial Drive
Harrow
Middlesex
HA2 7JW
http://www.ladbrokesplc.com/responsible-business/communities-and-charities.aspx
* Visit Shop Locator at http://www.ladbrokesplc.com/contact-us.aspx
The Triangle Trust
The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
The Trust awards funding to registered charities in the UK that are undertaking projects for the benefit of local communities. The Trust's current areas of interest for support are carers, community arts and education, disability, older people, poverty, and integration and rehabilitation.
Grants are normally in the range of £1,000 to £10,000 with the majority of grants around £4,000 to £5,000.
The 2011 deadlines for consideration are: 14 May 2011; 19 August 2011.
http://thetriangletrust1949fund.org.uk/index.htm
Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme
The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000 to local projects that support children and their education and welfare, elderly people and adults and children with disabilities.
Previous projects supported have included part funding to purchase minibuses; befriending schemes; luncheon clubs; and day trips / social trips – for elderly / disabled people; sensory garden or room projects; breakfast and after-schools clubs; playground equipment in schools and outdoor classrooms. For example, Addington High School received funding towards the development of an outdoor classroom. Dyslexia Action received funding towards parent awareness courses.
Applications for grants for children and their education and welfare should be made between the 1st December and the 31st January or the 1st May and the 30th June.
Applications for grants for elderly people and adults and children with disabilities should be made between the 1st February and the 31st March or the 1st August and the 30th September.
http://www.tescoplc.com/plc/corporate_responsibility_09/community/making_difference/charitablegiving/tesco_charity_trust/cagapr09.pdf
C Charitable Trust
The Trust awards grant funding to organisations in the UK in support of activities across the spectrum of the third sector. There is no minimum grant. The maximum grant is usually £5,000, but requests for larger amounts will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis . Registered charities, although the Trust will consider exceptions on a case-by-case basis,
[The C Charitable Trust's main focus for new applications currently is children's palliative care, although it is open to applications from organisations across the spectrum of the Third Sector.]
http://www.ccharitabletrust.org
Woodward Charitable Trust
The Trust awards grant funding to small-scale, locally-based charitable initiatives in the UK in the following areas: Social and ethnic minority groups; Prisoners and ex-offenders; Homelessness; People experiencing violence or abuse; Arts outreach; Disability projects; Environmental projects; and Addiction.
One-off small grants of between £100 and £5,000 and large grants of over £5,000 over a maximum of three years are available. The Trust also offers annual one-off summer playscheme grants of between £500 and £1,000.
The Trust is particularly interested in helping smaller organisations which offer direct services. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the Trust to discuss their work before making an application. Applications for large grants will be rejected unless applications are discussed with the Trust's administrator prior to submission.
Main grants are usually allocated following Trustees' meetings in January and July each year. Deadline for consideration at the July 2011 meeting: 31 May 2011. 2011. Deadline for summer playscheme grant applications: 1 April 2011.
http://www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
People's Millions
deadline - 4 February 2010
Community grants worth £60,000 are being made available to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The Big Lottery Fund is making the grants available in partnership with ITV, and with the approval of Buckingham Palace. The £60,000 Jubilee People's Millions awards are being made to go to new projects that will inspire or improve local communities.
Community groups across the UK are being invited to bid for a share of the £3.6m from the Big Lottery Fund good cause pot. Finalists will be showcased on ITV regional news when the public will invite and decide which projects receive the Lottery Diamond Jubilee funding.
Details of how to apply can be found on www.biglotteryfund.org.uk or by phoning 0845 10 20 30. Groups have until Friday 4 February 2011 to submit their entries.
Projects that receive the most votes will be awarded the funding next summer so they are up and running in time for 2012.
The Devon 100 Club
The Devon 100 Club Fund supports community projects helping local people in need by distributing small grants each year. The Devon 100 Club Fund supports disadvantaged children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, community and environmental projects, and sporting and drama projects.
Groups can apply for grants of up to £500; and if successful you may have to attend an awards ceremony and make a short presentation to the 100 Club members about the group.
Who can apply?
Your group needs to:
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o Be working in the local authority areas of Plymouth, Devon, Torbay or Exeter
o Be a small voluntary group run by local people
Who CAN'T apply?
Grants will not be awarded to the following:
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o Individuals
o Party political activities
o Religious causes
o Statutory organisations, including PCT's, schools or Parish Councils
o National organisations and their branches where no local management committee exists
o Projects benefiting areas outside Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Large projects where a small grant would not make a difference
o Retrospective funding for activities, goods or services which have already been committed
o Groups which are not constituted
o Third party grant making organizations
The deadline for applications is 28th January 2011.
Application form available at:
http://www.devoncf.com/apply-for-a-grant/devon-100-club-fund/
The Greggs Foundation
The Greggs Foundation operates a regional grants programme to support charitable organisations through the provision of small grants of up to £2,000. The regional grants programme is administered by committees of volunteers from our shops, bakeries and offices who are based in our regions around England, Scotland and Wales. They use their knowledge of the local area to make small grants to local organisations. Our committees can also provide freshly produced Greggs products for community events and activities. [Within Devon, Greggs have stores in Exeter and Tiverton.]
The regional grants programme can support charitable organisations that are not set up to make a profit. These can include charities, charitable companies, churches and schools. The Greggs Foundation prioritises local organisations that help people in need in their local area. Many charitable causes can be supported through the programme. Most of our grants are to support an identifiable cause such as trips, activities and equipment. However, a full list of those causes that cannot be supported can be found by following the link to excluded items.
The mission of the Greggs Foundation is to: "Make a difference to people in need in the heart of Greggs' local communities"
All of our applications must be able to prove that they can achieve the above. Additionally the Foundation prioritises the following people:
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o People with caring responsibilities
o People with disabilities
o Homeless people
o Older people
http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/regionalgrants.html
Awards for Young Musicians - 2011 Scheme Now Open
Established in 1988, Awards for Young Musicians annually distributes financial support to the UK's most talented young musicians in the greatest financial need.
Awards are made to help with the following:
* The purchase or hire of musical instruments and accessories.
* Music lessons.
* Weekend music schools.
* Music courses.
* Orchestra fees.
* Travel.
Grants of between £200 and £2,000 are available in support of exceptionally talented young instrumentalists aged five to 17 in the UK.
Award payments are made directly to institutions, music organisations music teachers and other suppliers, not to students or their families.
Applicants must have settled status in the UK on 1 September 2010 and have ideally attained a distinction or highest pass category in their most recent examination in their primary study instrument.
The deadline for applications is 25 March 2011.
http://www.a-y-m.org.uk/
Transition Fund
The Office for Civil Society has announced that the Big Fund is to administer the recently announced £100 million Transition Fund. The Big Fund is the non-lottery funding arm of the Big Lottery Fund. The Transition fund which will open for applications by the end of November and will be available to organisations with incomes of between £50,000 and £10m. The fund will aim to help voluntary organisations that are most vulnerable to short-term reductions in public spending to make the transition to becoming providers of public services.
Detailed eligibility criteria are yet to be announced. For more information, visit: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2010/101105-big-fund.aspx
Organisations can express an interest in the fund by emailing their contact details to transitionfund@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
Reaching Communities
The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has announced that it is accepting applications to its Reaching Communities Programme. Reaching Communities provides grants of £10,000 - £500,000 for projects that help people and communities who are most in need, and can really make a difference. BIG wants to fund projects that respond to needs identified by communities and those that fund projects that help those most in need including those people or groups who are hard to reach.
Organisations that can apply for funding include; registered charities; voluntary or community groups; statutory bodies, (including schools); charitable or not-for-profit companies. The budget for Reaching Communities will be at least £100 million each year until 2013.
Projects can meet any of the following four outcomes:
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o people having better chances in life, including being able to get better access to training and development to improve their life skills
o strong communities, with more active citzens, working together to tackle their problems
o improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
o healthier and more active people and communities.
The type of projects supported in the past have included a learning bus to reach hard to reach learners in Nottingham and a project that teaches young people in Hackney, Islington and the City of London to play a range of musical instruments.
Applications can be made at any time. For more information, visit: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities?tab=1&
Arts Council England
From April 2012 the new National portfolio funding programme will replace the Arts Council's current regularly funded system. Decisions on the national portfolio organisations will be announced at the end of March 2011. The four major changes from the existing regular funding programme to national portfolio funding are:
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o an open-application process for all organisations
o funds awarded will be for a fixed term of normally three years, but there will be flexibility in the length of funding agreements from two to six years
o funding agreements with organisations will be based on clear criteria and shared goals
o funding agreements will be based around 'strategic' and 'programme' relationships, rather than a 'one-size-fits-all' relationship.
The first stage of decision-making will take place following an assessment of the organisation itself and its ability to deliver against the goals set out in Achieving great art for everyone. The second stage will be about balancing the overall portfolio of organisations that the Arts Council wants to support to achieve the long-term vision - for example, in terms of artform, size of organisation and geographical spread.
In addition, Grants for the Arts will continue. More details can be found on the website.
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding
David Gibbons Foundation
The object of The David Gibbons Foundation is to promote the welfare and relief of –
People suffering from sickness
People suffering from financial hardship, and
The elderly
Within the County of Devon, with preference being given to East Devon.
The Gibbons Family Trust is concerned with the care, benefit, support, education or otherwise for the welfare of children or young people (up to the age of 25), in Devon and the Isle of Thanet in Kent.
Both Trusts will accept applications from registered charities or organisations, or individuals if applications are supported by a third party (such as a local group, charity, social worker, school etc). The Trustees meet 4 times a year.
Application forms can be downloaded from the website: www.gibbonstrusts.org
The Fidelio Trust
The Fidelio Trust is inviting applications for funding from Colleges, Arts Festivals and other arts organisations seeking financial support for individuals or groups of exceptional ability to enable them to:
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o Receive special tuition or coaching
o Participate in external competitions
o Be supported for a specially arranged performance
o Receive support for a special publication, musical composition or work of art.
The Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 in support of the Arts, in particular the dramatic and operatic arts, music, speech and dance. There are three application deadlines in the year. The next application deadline is the 1st February 2011. For more information, visit: http://www.fideliocharitabletrust.org.uk/index.php
The New Look Foundation
The New Look Foundation is open to applications from schools, community groups, and charities registered in England and Wales. The Foundation seeks to support:
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o Educational activities aimed at helping people to help themselves
o Activities aimed at generating local communities and promoting a positive 'community spirit';
o Activities which help people to feel included in local community life who might otherwise feel excluded
o Activities which promote positive self-esteem and confidence.
Applications can be submitted at any time. For more information, visit: http://www.newlookgroup.com/index.cfm?page=1016
BBC Performing Arts Fund
The BBC performing arts fund helps aspiring musicians and performers looking for a way to get ahead. The fund has schemes including ‘choral ambition’ (for choirs and other singing groups made up of eight or more people) and ‘urban music talent’ (to help individuals or groups of people aged 18-30 to meet the expenses incurred in pursuing musical ambition). For more information, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/performingartsfund/index.shtml
This fund also supports a Young People's Musical Theatre Scheme.
Lloyds 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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o Improved social and community involvement
o Improved life chances
o 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
Older 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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o Support older people to bring positive change to their community
o Help older people feel less isolated, especially those who are most excluded such as:
o black and minority ethnic elders
o frail older people with mental health needs
o older carers
o those on lower incomes.
Examples of the types of projects they will fund include:
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o bringing the generations together to learn from each other through, for example, the creative arts or IT
o older people acting as a resource to other older people and supporting those who may be less physically and mentally able
o projects that are engaging hard to reach groups
o 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.
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. For further information, please visit: http://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/
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
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/
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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
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
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
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. For further information, visit: http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/funding/promoters.htm
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 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.
http://www.communitysustainable.org.uk/