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1 FUNDING INFORMATION SPORT Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust: Disadvantaged young people with an interest in the outdoors The AFMT funds projects that give disadvantaged young people the chance to develop an existing interest in the great outdoors. Outdoor activities means walking, climbing, cycling, kayaking, sailing, horse riding and residential courses at outdoor centres. Boost Charitable Trust Charities and non-profit making organisations can apply for grants of 500 to organisations in the UK helping disabled and disadvantaged individuals who participate in sport. The Rowing Foundation Deadline: Funding is available for sports, clubs and organisations in Britain to encourage participation in rowing. The Rowing Foundation, a registered charity, aims to promote the participation in rowing of young people (those under 18 or still in full time education) and the disabled of all ages. The Foundation is currently accepting applications from clubs and organisations in Britain that are supporting participation in rowing. The Foundation prioritises participation in rowing by the young or disabled through the provision of equipment, such as boats, sculls, ergos, oars and essential safety equipment. Grants of between 500 and 3,000 are available, for up to 50% of the overall cost of the project, to initiate projects. Organisations must demonstrate their ability to complete the project. Coaching, revenue or any commitments requiring long-term support are rarely approved, as are contributions towards general funds. Sport England Community Asset Fund Our Community Asset Fund is our new capital fund dedicated to enhancing the spaces in your local community. Whether it s the park you run through, the hall you do classes in or the pitch you play on, welcoming and accessible spaces have a big impact on a person s sport and activity experience and likelihood of coming back. Before applying for our Community Asset Fund, it is worth finding out more about the fund. Our guide and accompanying document will tell you more about how and why we're doing things differently, when we will make decisions plus tips and advice for developing your project or idea.

2 Sport England Families Fund Deadline: (3.00pm) Sport England is making 10 million available for the first round of the new Families Fund. It has launched the new fund in response to the fact that there are currently 7 million children aged 5 to 15 in England and nearly 4 in 5 are not doing the recommended daily amount of exercise. Sport England wants to change that so that everyone in England regardless of age, background, or level of ability to feel able to engage in sport and physical activity. Sport England is providing grants of between 50,000 and 500,000 over a maximum term of four years to partners that have a successful track record in changing behaviour with families in lower socioeconomic groups. These organisations do not necessarily need to be related to sport or physical activity but they do need to be eligible to apply for National Lottery funding. Sport England may look to broker partnerships between organisations submitting Expressions of Interest where appropriate. The grants can cover both revenue and capital costs for projects that offer new activities for families with children, particularly those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, to get active and play sport together. Eligible projects must help to achieve at least one of the following three outcomes: Increase activity levels of families in lower socio-economic groups whose children are not doing 60 minutes a day of physical activity. Support families to be active together throughout the week. Deliver positive experiences. All projects must target children aged between 5 and 15 years. Priority may be given to projects which target those aged between 5 and 10 years. Sport England Small Grants Fund Using Lottery funding to make awards of between 300 and 10,000 to not-for-profit organisations to help more people play sport.

3 NATIONAL Alec Dickson Trust The Trust are passionate about young people making a difference and provide up to 500 to help young people to run a project in their local area, that involves local volunteers. Arts Council England Deadline: This fund supports organisations to build fundraising capacity to enable them to attract more private giving to arts and culture. This is one of the measures we're putting in place to help create a more sustainable and resilient art and culture sector. Eligibility small to medium arts and culture organisations. Asda Foundation The Asda Foundation wants to have a strong reputation for managing, co-ordinating and delivering programmes which really make a significant difference to local communities and the people who live there. Awards for All makes grants of between 300 and 10,000 to organisations wanting to run projects that aim to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need. The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund Small Grant The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a grant making registered charity, which was established primarily to aid the research into learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability by making grants to voluntary organisations working in this field. Grants from 250 to 5,000. The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation provides grant funding for capital projects, which aim to help raise the quality of life in the UK, particularly for the young, disadvantaged and older people. Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities England Reaching Communities provides funding between 10, ,000 for voluntary or community groups. Our funding will enable you to use your local knowledge, strengths and resources. The most important thing is that you tell us about your ideas to make positive changes in your community. We particularly want to hear about projects that support: Lasting and sustainable changes to places and spaces Communities to develop happier and stronger relationships with each other Taking action to focus on the root causes of social problems to tackle them at the earliest possible stage We want to talk to you about your ideas early on so that we can give you the best funding advice. We suggest you call our Big Advice team on: You can also find out more by downloading the new guidance notes and Stage one application visit our website.

4 Big Potential Opens Advanced Fund for VCSEs in England The Big Potential offers specialist support and grants to improve the sustainability, capacity and scale of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England in order that they may deliver greater social impact. The 20 million Big Potential offers the following application routes: Breakthrough - provides VCSE organisations with access to specialist one-to-one support from the Big Potential programme partners before making an application for grants between 20,000 and 75,000 to undertake more in-depth investment readiness work with one of Big Potential's approved providers. Advanced - is for VCSEs that are clear about how social investment could work for them and can describe a potential deal or interest from investors and need help to close that deal. The Advanced route is also available to orgs that need help securing a contract. Grants of 50, ,000 are available. Biffa Awards Biffa Award provides funding to community projects under four different themes. To be eligible for funding your project must work towards one of these themes:- Rebuilding Biodiversity; Community Buildings; Cultural Facilities; Recreation. Coalfields Community Grants Programme Deadlines: ; The Coalfields Community Investment Programme (England) Funding Support element is a 500,000 fund created to support activities that tackle some of the key challenges that still remain in coalfield communities. The fund is open to projects that deliver in the top 30% most deprived coalfield communities and that will make a positive difference in addressing the following themes: Skills: Growing the skills of people in order to increase their opportunities. Employment: Developing pathways to increase the number of people in work. Health: Supporting projects that increase participation in activities/services that improve the health and wellbeing of people in former coalfield communities. Church Care Deadline: We work in partnership with various grant-giving bodies to provide funding for church projects. Our grants support PCCs in the conservation of church buildings and their historic contents. Our aim is to ensure that conservation projects in Anglican churches are carried out to a high standard. Our grants programmes provide, in addition to financial support, expert conservation advice to ensure that repairs follow best practice. Grants are assessed by our expert committees, which bring together professionals from various national institutions. Choose what you are interested in funding from the following list to access more information on our specific grants and find out how to apply: Conservation Reports, Bells, Books and Manuscripts, Clocks, Church Plate, Churchyard Structures, Fabric Repairs, Metalwork, Monuments, Organs, Paintings and Wall Paintings, Stained Glass, Textiles, Timberwork.

5 The Community Business Trade Up Programme Deadline: The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) in the Midlands is looking for people leading the organisations that put their local area at the very heart of what they do: the restaurants, community centres, bakeries, farms, sports clubs and pubs (to mention just a few) that are run by and for local people. The programme supports the leaders of early-stage community businesses with: a fully funded six-month learning programme (consisting of 12 learning days) a grant of up to 10,000 The learning programme runs from January to July Its focus is to grow community businesses impact by increasing their sales and trading income. Participants will receive expert support and learn with other community business leaders in cohorts of 10. It s a great opportunity for community-focused organisations in the Midlands looking to grow. Who should apply to Community Business Trade Up? We re looking for organisations that are run by and for a local community, for a social purpose. They should be trading or planning to trade and their profits should be reinvested for the benefit of that community. Eligible organisations must be at an early stage and planning to grow. By this we mean that the organisation has already started and has plans to grow its sales and trading income by at least 10,000 in the next year. Dulverton Trust Supporting activities that provide opportunities for young people. Awarding grants between 25,000 and 35,000. Engaging Libraries Deadline: Engaging Libraries is looking for public libraries across the UK that want to pilot creative and imaginative public engagement projects on health and wellbeing. Public libraries have a key role in delivering on health and wellbeing as outlined in national library strategies across the UK and Ireland and the Society of Chief Librarians Universal Health Offer. The programme is a partnership between the Wellcome Trust and Carnegie UK Trust and is the outcome of joint work between the Wellcome Trust and the Society of Chief Librarians. Engaging Libraries offers: 5,000 15,000 to deliver a public engagement project on a health or wellbeing theme. While most applications are expected to fall within this bracket, there is an opportunity to request up to 25,000 for more ambitious projects A package of support from library and public engagement experts Kick-starter day with the opportunity to share project ideas, get advice about public engagement and support to think about your evaluation. There will also be the chance to meet other projects. An external evaluation to ensure learning and experience can be shared more widely. Erasmus Youth Partnership Funding Deadline: UK organisations/groups of young people active in youth work can apply for funding under Key Action 2 for activities which are part of a Strategic Partnership for youth. This part of Key Action 2 is managed in the UK by the British Council as part of the UK National Agency. Ernest Cook Trust gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people s interest either in the countryside and the environment, the arts (in the broadest sense), or in science, or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy.

6 Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme is an independent grant-making trust that distributes grants to UK charities. The Foundation now supports charities in three main areas: Main Grants Scheme, supporting charities whose core work covers Arts - and Learning - The Foyle School Library Scheme Small Grants Scheme, supporting charities in all fields with a turnover of less than 100,000 per annum Garfield Weston Foundation The Foundation supports a broad range of organisations and activities that share a commitment to making a positive impact to the lives of the communities in which they work, and that are driven by a desire to achieve excellence. We make grants across the UK to organisations in the following categories: Arts Education Youth Health Community Environment Religion Welfare The Trustees are especially keen to see applications for core and project costs for charities delivering services directly to beneficiaries, especially in the welfare, youth and community fields, and also in regions of economic disadvantage. Greggs Foundation s Environmental Grants Deadline: Using money from the 5p levy on carrier bag sales in Greggs shops, the Greggs Foundation has established the Environmental Grants scheme, offering grants for projects which make a difference to local areas. Preference will be given to projects which include one of more of the following aspects: - Improving the local environment. - Insuring involvement of local communities. - Delivering a sustainable and measurable difference. - Supporting people in need. Not-for-profit organisations with a turnover of 300,000 or less as well as schools in England, Scotland and Wales can apply now for grants of up to 2,000. Organisations that are based near Greggs shops will be given priority. Greggs Foundation s Local Community Projects Fund Deadline: The Local Community Projects Fund helps organisations based in local communities to deliver projects or provide equipment to people in need at the heart of our local communities. The programme is administered by seven charity committees throughout England, Wales and Scotland. Please carefully read the following guidelines before starting an application. The maximum grant that we can give is 2,000. All projects must support a community of interest, ie people who are: Disabled or suffering chronic illness Living in poverty Voluntary carers Homeless Isolated older people Other demonstrable significant need

7 The Hedley Foundation supports young people, the disabled and the terminally ill and funding aims to assist and encourage development and change. Few grants exceed 5,000 and most of them go to charities where they can make an impact. The Trustees meet six times a year to make a decision. Heritage Lottery Fund Grants are for 3,000 upwards. Projects could be involved in anything from setting up an archaeological dig to recording people s memories. Visit the website or enquire@hlf.org.uk or call Heritage Lottery Fund First World War: Then and Now Grants Scheme Explore the heritage of the First World War. This programme has a short application form, and is suitable for everyone, including first-time applicants. Not-for-profit organisations and partnerships led by not-for-profit organisations in the UK are eligible to apply as long as they have a constitution and a bank account. Applicants could include charities, trusts, clubs, interest groups, community and voluntary groups, community and parish councils, faith groups, history groups, schools, colleges, social enterprises, residents associations and youth groups. Grants of between 3,000 and 10,000 are available for community projects that explore, conserve and share their First World War heritage and deepen their understanding of the impact of the conflict. Projects should make a difference to people and be completed in less than two years. While applications can be made at any time, applicants wishing to provide projects or memorials in 2016 to mark the Centenary are encouraged to apply as early as possible as competition is high. Heritage Lottery Fund Resilient Heritage Programme Not for profit organisations and partnerships led by not for profit organisations are invited to apply for grants of between 3,000 and 250,000. As Resilient Heritage is a flexible programme it has the ability to support a wide range of activities. This programme is available to organisations in the UK who want to build their capacity or achieve strategic change to improve the management of heritage. Grants can fund activities to help you acquire new skills or knowledge, or new models of governance, leadership and business to put your organisation in a better position for the future. Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots Programme is for projects that engage young people, aged 11 to 25, with heritage in the UK. You can apply for a grant of more than 10,000 and up to 50,000. The Young Roots Programme fund partnerships of heritage and youth organisations to help young people shape and deliver their own projects in safe environments. Lloyds Bank Foundation Our funding programmes offer short and long-term grants. Support is adapted to the needs of small and medium sized charities that are committed to delivering work, which breaks or prevents cycles of disadvantage. Enable No deadline grants for specific organisational development to strengthen the effectiveness of the charity. The planned work must improve one of the following areas activities/services, leadership/governance, strategic planning/policy, structures/systems and communications. Grants up to 15,000 for 1 to 2 years. Invest Opening: Deadline: Invest grants are from 10,000 up to maximum of 25,000 per year for two or three years, with the opportunity for continuation funding for a further period up to six years in total. Invest grants fund core organisational costs, meaning those related to the day to day running of your charity. Requests for core costs will only be considered where the majority of your charity s work (more than 50% of your work and expenditure) meets our eligibility criteria.

8 My Co-op Community Dividend Fund Deadline: Since 2007, the Co-op s Community Dividend Fund has donated over 1 million to local communities. The fund is administered by the Central England Co-operative, which serves communities by putting 1% of its trading profit back into the community. The fund has now re-opened for communities across England. Grants of between 100 and 5,000 are available to members of the Central England Co-operative located in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire or Worcestershire. Projects should address one or more of the following priorities: Contributions towards the fund-raising efforts of a school, college, community organisation or group, residential or day-care facility or hospital project. Contributions towards a voluntary, self-help or not-for profit organisation other than those listed above. Donations to a local charity or cause, or the local branch of a national charity, that will benefit the local community, for example the provision of equipment, enhancement of the physical environment, training or education programme. Contributions to environmental and social projects that will enhance the local community or raise awareness of environmental issues amongst local residents. The fund is expected to be highly competitive although all applications will receive full consideration. National Churches Trust Project Development Grants Deadline: The Project Development grant programme is a pilot grant programme offering awards up to 10,000 to support churches to become more sustainable through the diagnosis of issues affecting the church, by testing the viability of proposed solutions to improve sustainability, and through development of guiding policies and plans that will be implemented through an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund, or other large church heritage funders. National Churches Trust Project Development Grants Deadline: The Project Development grant programme is a pilot grant programme offering awards up to 10,000 to support churches to become more sustainable through the diagnosis of issues affecting the church, by testing the viability of proposed solutions to improve sustainability, and through development of guiding policies and plans that will be implemented through an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund, or other large church heritage funders. National Poetry Competition Now Open Deadline: Original poetry entries are welcome from across the world for this year's National Poetry Competition. The competition is one of Britain's top single poem competitions. Each poem entered is judged anonymously. This competition is administered by the Poetry Society; a charity that champions British poetry both at home and overseas. There will be ten prizes for this competition in total. These are as follows: First prize: 5,000 Second prize: 2,000 Third prize: 1,000 Seven commendations: 200 This competition will be overseen by a judging panel of professional poets. This year the judging panel will consist Andrew McMillan, Hannah Lowe and Pascale Petit. Each submitted entry will be seen by at least two of the judges. Prize-winners will be invited to attend an awards ceremony during the spring. They will need to be able to provide a biography and a photograph. All other applicants will be notified about the outcome of the competition by the end of March 2018.

9 NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Deadline: The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust provides grants for projects that strengthen rural areas of the UK, particularly those that educate young people and relieve poverty. The Trust will focus on providing funding to larger initiatives, which would have a significant impact on the rural community. Although there are no set funding levels, grants tend to range from 1,000 to 30,000. The Trust s objectives are to promote, facilitate and support charitable work in the areas of agriculture, rural development and insurance in the United Kingdom and in particular: Paul Hamlyn Foundation Announces New Grants Strategy for UK After a period of consultation, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, one of the UK's largest independent grantmaking foundations, has launched a new strategy, which focuses on six new priorities relating to the changes it wishes to see in the UK. To support its new strategy, the Foundation will be making 25 million a year available in grant funding to not-for-profit organisations in the UK who have great ideas that will support the new priorities. The priorities are: - Supporting imaginative people to nurture exciting ideas. - Widening access and participation in the arts. - Improving people's education and learning through the arts. - Showing that the arts make a difference to people's lives. - Supporting the development and growth of organisations investing in young people and positive change. - Improving support for young people who migrate, and strengthen integration so that communities can live well together. The Foundation has created new grant funds that will support the priorities. These include: - Shared Ground Fund / - Youth Fund / - Access and Participation Fund / - Ideas and Pioneers Fund - Arts-based Learning Fund / - Teacher Development Fund Postcode Dream Trust - Dream Fund Deadline (5.30pm) Charities in England, Scotland and Wales are eligible to apply for funding to deliver the project they have always dreamed of, but never had the opportunity to bring to life. All applications must come from at least two charitable organisations that have joined forces to deliver an innovative project. The lead partner organisation must be a registered charity. The other partners can be registered charities, voluntary groups, community interest companies, universities or other not-for-profit organisations. The funding pot for 2018 has been increased by 500,000 to 3 million. Grants of between 500,000 and 1 million are available to deliver a project 24 months in length between 2018 and Funding is available for projects that meet one of the following themes: Supporting families. Green communities. Young people. Improving people's lives through animals. Applications must be innovative, creative and original, and present projects that are a genuine dream'. Social Enterprise UK Awards Deadline: (System accepting applications up to midnight on Sunday ) The Awards, which are hosted by Social Enterprise UK (SEUK), recognise social enterprise organisations for their business excellence and contribution to society. They also seek to identify and reward the achievements of individuals working within the social enterprise sector. UK social enterprises of any size may apply, providing that they trade primarily for social and/or environmental purposes, earn at least half of their income through trading activity, and commit at least half of their profits to social purposes or back into their business. They must also be able to show that their social purpose is evidenced in their governing documents. The event will be held on the 23rd of November in central London.

10 Tesco Bags of Help The money raised from the 5p bag charge in Tesco stores in England, Wales and Scotland is being used to support community participation in the development and use of open spaces. Projects that will get the green light as a result of the funding will include volunteer training, physical improvements of open spaces, equipment purchases, community events and sports and leisure activities. Administration of the local funding is being managed by the community charity with a green heart, Groundwork, which specialises in transforming communities and the local environment for the better. Bags of Help is now open to applications from community projects. The Environment Now Deadline: Managed by the National Youth Agency, the Environment Now programme is funded by O2 and the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund and is part of the Our Bright Future programme. Grants of up to 10,000 are available for young people between the ages of 17 and 24 years for projects that use digital technology to find innovative solutions to pressing environmental issues. This could be, for example, improving energy efficiency, reducing waste, or recycling. In addition to the funding, the programme will provide successful applicants with mentoring, work experience and insight sessions with industry professionals to help bring their ideas to life. Thomas Wall Trust will consider grants of up to 1,000 for smaller charities active in serving the social and/or educational needs of their communities, especially where a grant can make a real impact in improving the lives of local people. It also provides grants to individuals to help people overcome barriers to work and study, the barriers must be more than just the financial implication of studying. The Tudor Trust makes grants, and provides other types of support, to voluntary and community groups working in any part of the UK. It particularly wants to help smaller, community-led organisations, which work directly with people who are at the margins of society. Variety the children s charity For children coping with sickness, disability or disadvantage, we provide practical, tangible help that makes an immediate difference to those children and their families. Youth Clubs Grants provide opportunities for improving social skills, team spirit and self-esteem and Equipment Grants, of between 100 and 6,000, for medical, basic care, sensory play or mobility equipment.

11 Veolia Environmental Trust Deadline: We support community and environmental projects in England through the Landfill Communities Fund, using money provided to us by Veolia. Competition for our funding is considerable. Our last Board meeting saw a success rate of 21% for fully compliant projects being funded. Therefore you need to submit an application that does justice to your project and highlights how it is going to make a real difference to people s lives or the environment. The process of applying for funding is in three stages 1. Know, 2. Prepare and 3. Apply. Links to these three stages can be found on the left. You need to move through each section in sequence and read all the information to get a complete picture of our criteria, what we look for in a project, what information we will need, and when is best to apply. You can also see examples of good project case studies in the Our projects section of this site. Know: This information enables you to check if your project meets our criteria and if our funding timetable is right for you. One of the key things you need to be aware of is that we only consider projects that are in the proximity of a qualifying Veolia site. Use our Postcode Checker to confirm this.

12 LOCAL Staffordshire Community Foundation The Staffordshire Community Foundation offers many grants from themselves and from many other different funders. These schemes are rarely open all year and usually tend to run in rounds. Visit their website for a list of grants provided by clicking the Grants tab which provides a list of currently available grants. CLICK for a calendar showing grant opening and closing dates. Some schemes will use the same criteria for each round, whereas others may change from round to round depending on priorities. It is important to carefully read the aims and criteria of a scheme before submitting your application. Staffordshire Community Foundation Youth Social Action Fund Deadline: Youth social action has huge potential to create enjoyable opportunities and skills development for young people, benefitting local people and places. The aim of this scheme is to raise the level and quality of youth social action. The programme aim is to increase youth social action by 50% by 2020 taking the percentage of young people that volunteer from 40% to 60%. Social action involves activities such as campaigning, fundraising and volunteering, all of which enable participants to make a positive difference to their communities. The definition of young people is between 10 and 20, and up to 25 for disabled young people. The Youth Social Action Fund will provide funding of between 1000 and 5000 for each project. Staffordshire Community Foundation Deadlines may apply. The Staffordshire Community Foundation offers many grants from ourselves, and from many other different funders. These schemes are rarely open all year and usually tend to run in rounds. The list of grants provided by clicking the Grants tab on the Staffs Foundation website will provide a list of currently available grants. Further information on upcoming rounds, and their opening and closing dates, can be found by searching our calendar - Some schemes will use the same criteria for each round, whereas others may change from round to round depending on priorities. It is important to carefully read the aims and criteria of a scheme before submitting your application. Warburtons financial giving programme offers small grants of up to 250. We wish to support charitable organisations that require a small grant to help them deliver a broader activity.