TESCO BAGS OF HELP CENTENARY GRANTS

Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time.

Funder: Tesco.

Tesco’s Centenary Grants are two unique voting rounds of Tesco’s local community grant scheme, offering a special, one-off opportunity for charitable organisations to benefit more people.

Projects must provide a significant benefit to communities across their voting region. There are 23 regions in England, 3 regions in Wales, 5 regions in Scotland and 1 region for Northern Ireland. Potential applicants are advised to check the Bags of Help map to ascertain which voting region they come under.

There will be two rounds of voting. This is a rolling grant so groups that apply for the first round will automatically be considered for the second:

1. The July/August 2019 voting period is for projects with a health and well-being theme. Priority will be given to projects focussing on cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
2. The November/December voting round will be open to all community groups supporting projects across their regions.

Not-for-profit organisations, including registered charities, Community Interest Companies, Schools, parish and town councils, local authorities, health bodies and social housing providers may apply for a grant.

Following the public vote, the project that receives the most votes in the voting region will receive a grant of up to £25,000, second place receiving up to £15,000 and third place up to £10,000. (Northern Ireland has a different level of funding.)

The types of projects that can be funded is very broad and will cover the direct costs needed to deliver the project. There is no requirement for match funding.

Projects can range from:

o Improvements to a building of regional or national significance that benefits the whole community such as a museum, hospice, specialist hospital ward, art gallery, heritage centre, wildlife centre or an ancient monument;
o Improvements to an outdoor space of regional or national significance such as walking/cycling routes, gardens, nature reserves, wildlife areas, waterways or woodlands;
o Delivering activities or charitable services across a whole region such as health and wellbeing support activities, foodbanks, community clubs, homelessness support, sporting activities, recycling/upcycling programmes, regional school focused programmes and community festivals or events; and
o Providing equipment that will benefit the whole region such as medical equipment, minibuses, mobile libraries and safety equipment.

Projects can be a stand-alone project or a discrete, self-contained part of a larger scheme or part of a phased project. They will need to be completed within 12 months of receiving the grant.

The following are not eligible for funding:

o Individuals;
o Groups that are not formally constituted or cannot provide a relevant Governance Document;
o Profit-making organisations;
o Projects that do not provide a significant benefit to communities across the voting region;
o Exclusively organisational running costs;
o Work that has already taken place;
o Political donations;
o Fundraising activities or challenges (e.g. costs for a sky dive, etc.);
o Conferences or seminars;
o Activities which collect funds for redistribution to other charities or individuals;
o Overseas appeals;
o Expeditions or overseas travel;
o Promotion of a religious or political cause;
o Solely marketing promotions;
o Research projects/feasibility studies;
o Project development work (e.g. site surveys, consultation, legal fees); or
o Projects or activities that are a legal or statutory responsibility.

Applications may be made at any time.

Further information is available on the Tesco Bags of Help Centenary Grants webpage.

 Contact details for the scheme are:

Groundwork Tesco Programme Team
Groundwork
Tel: 0121 237 5780
Email: tescobagsofhelp@groundwork.org.uk

(Source: GRIN)

THE SPLIT INFINITIVE TRUST

Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time.
Funder: The Split Infinitive Trust.

The Split Infinitive Trust provides small grants for projects that support live and performance arts, in general and in education. Preference is given to supporting students, especially performance arts courses, such as music, drama and dance, although consideration may be given to other arts areas. The Trust favours applications from Yorkshire and the surrounding area. However, this should not deter applications from other parts of the UK.

Not-for-profit organisation and individuals based and active in the UK may apply for a grant of between £250 and £750.

Grants are not available for:

o General running costs;
o Projects outside the UK; or
o Charities seeking funds for their own grant disbursement.

Applications, which are considered every three months, may be made at any time.

There are separate routes for individuals and organisation applying for a grant:

1. Individuals should download the application form from the Trust’s website, which should then be submitted with a brief covering letter and supporting evidence, such as an acceptance letter if applying for arts course funding.

2. Organisations are required to complete the information form available on the Trust’s website, which should be submitted with a project outline and a budget breakdown.

Further information is available on the Split Infinitive Trust website. Contact details for the Trust are:

Split Infinitive Trust
PO Box 409
Scarborough
YO11 9AJ
Email: splitinfin@haydonning.co.uk
(The Trust does not advertise a phone number.)

(Source: GRIN)

THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Application deadline: Tuesday 7 May 2019.
Funder: The Triangle Trust.

The Triangle Trust’s Development Grant programme is designed to provide core funding to support organisations to implement a step change in their development and therefore build increased sustainability for the future, for example by diversifying an income stream or setting up a social enterprise to help it become more sustainable in the long term.  The Trust is ‘open minded’ about the type of initiatives applicants may wish to develop in order to increase their sustainability.

The Trust’s next grant round is directed at not-for-profit organisations, including registered charities, not-for-profit social enterprises and community interest companies working specifically with unpaid carers. All applicants must be operating within the UK and have a UK office base. Applications are particularly welcomed from not-for-profits working in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, although the Trust does not want applicants operating in England to be discouraged from putting forward a proposal.

Grants of between £10,000 and £80,000 in total are available for a period of up to 36 months. Up to £2,500 per month for smaller projects (to a maximum of £30,000) are also available. Around 12-13% or all applicants to the Trust’s Unpaid Carer’s Fund are successful.

Any costs incurred by the applicant in undertaking its core business can be covered by a grant award.

Funding is not available for:

o Organisations with a broader remit that are running a project to support unpaid carers or the rehabilitation of offenders or ex-offenders;
o Organisations running crime prevention or restorative justice initiatives;
o Organisations providing support to the “cared for” as well as their carers;
o Appointment of a Trust or Community Fundraiser;
o Expanding the coverage of a particular service, unless there is a tangible increase in sustainability as a result;
o Match funding, unless associated with a sustainability development;
o Covering the loss of a statutory contract or grant income; or
o General running costs.

The next application deadline for the Unpaid Carer’s Fund is midday on Tuesday 7 May.

The Trust also offers a funding stream for organisations working with the rehabilitation of ex-offenders and offenders. Details of this grant programme, which has a next deadline of Tuesday 22 October 2019, can be found on the Trust’s website.

There is a two-stage application process, consisting of:

o Stage 1 – applicants should complete the online application form, available on the Trust’s website;
o Stage 2 – shortlisted applicants will then be expected to host a visit from representatives of the Trust in order to present their strategic development plan for the next 3 years.

The Trust is always keen to hear from potential applicants to discuss their proposal. Contact details for the Trust are:

The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
Foundation House
2-4 Forum Place
Fiddlebridge Lane
Hatfield
AL10 0RN
Tel: 01707 707078
Email: info@triangletrust.org.uk

(Source: GRIN)

MSCT ARTS OR ENVIRONMENT FUND

MSCT are pleased to announce a one-off Grant Scheme called the:

 

Arts or Environment Grant Fund

 

 Opening on 03.12.2018 to 01.4.2019.

 

Grant Round	MSCT’s Arts or Environment Fund
Targeting	Community Arts or Environmental Projects
Projects	Engaging with organisation delivering Arts or Environmental projects in the community. Funding is STRICTLY for capital, equipment, training, you may include some element of project delivery costs. (Salaries and Overheads will not be entertained)
Amount	£5,000.00
Dates	Open 3.12.2018 and Closes 1.4.2019. Trustees Meet on 13thJune 2019

MSCT was established through an agreement between the Millennium Stadium and the Millennium Commission and its income is generated through a levy on every ticket purchased by people attending public events at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.


There are no restrictions on applying to this round. If you have been successful in the past three years, the embargo on re-applying for three years does not apply. If you have been unsuccessful in the past year the embargo for not re-applying for a year does not apply.  


The Application Form and Grant Handbook are available from the website. 

(Source: MSCT)
 

National Lottery Community Fund and Arts projects

When it comes to the arts, it can sometimes be confusing as to what the National Lottery Community Find can and can’t fund and who the alternative art funders are:

https://bigblogwales.org.uk/2016/06/06/arts-projects-what-we-can-and-cant-fund

(Source: National Lottery Community Fund) 

THE PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION

Grants up to £5,000 are available to breast cancer charities in the UK as well as organisations that work on breast cancer research and prevention.

Application deadline: Friday 31 May 2019.

The Pink Ribbon Foundation provides grants funding towards revenue, capital or project costs to charities whose objects are:

o To relieve the needs of people who are suffering from, or have been affected by, breast cancer by providing, or assisting in the provision of, information, care or emotional, practical and financial support; and 
o To advance public education in the understanding of breast cancer, its early detection and treatment, in particular but not exclusively by commissioning, or conducting, research into the causes, detection and treatment of breast cancer and by disseminating the results of such research.

The Foundation is keen to support initiatives which promote a positive view of living with breast cancer.

UK registered charities working supporting people with breast cancer may apply for a grant of up to £5,000. Larger awards are occasionally made. Groups are required to register with the Pink Ribbon Foundation prior to applying. This is a straightforward process that simply requires an email to be sent to the Foundation.

The deadline for applications is Friday 31 May 2019 with grants announced towards the end of July 2019.

Further information and an application form can be found on the Foundation's website.

Contact details for the Foundation are:

The Pink Ribbon Foundation
Crofton House
5 Morley Close
Orpington
Kent
BR6 8JR
Tel: 01689 858877
Email: enquiries@pinkribbonfoundation.org.uk

(Source: GRIN)

THE CURIOSITY FUND

Grants up to £40,000 per year for three years for UK not-for-profit organisations for projects which engage disadvantaged children and young people aged 18 and under in science based activities.

Application deadline: Friday 12 April 2019.

The Curiosity Fund is a joint Wellcome Trust and Children in Need funding programme that provides grants for exciting and engaging science activities that will create change for children and young people experiencing one or more of the following types of disadvantage in the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

o An illness, experience distress, abuse or neglect;
o Any kind of disability;
o Behavioural or psychological difficulties; and/or
o Lived or are living in poverty or situations of deprivation.

Eligible applicants should have a track record of working with disadvantaged children and young people 18 and under. Applicants do not have to be experts in science or even have delivered science activities before to participate. Projects that use engaging and participatory science to improve their personal, social and emotional development are encouraged.

Applicants are expected to demonstrate:

o The disadvantaged children and young people’s experiences and it impacts on them;
o How the proposed science activities will improve the lives of those who take part;
o Why the specific science-based activities planned are well-suited to making such differences; and
o How to identify and measure the differences that could be achieved.

The current application window is for the second and final round of the programme, which has a total budget of £2.5 million. For Round 1, 183 applications were received and 32 grants were awarded.

Not-for-profit organisations in the UK, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man may apply for one of two strands of funding:

1. Small Grants up to £10,000 per year (for up to 3 years); and
2. Large Grants up to £40,000 each year (also for up to 3 years).

Schools may apply, although they will be expected to be in a partnership with another organisation such as a local community based organisation.

The following are not eligible for funding:

o Work that statutory bodies (such as schools or local authorities) have a duty to fund;
o Local government or NHS bodies;
o Building projects;
o Projects which promote religion;
o Trips or projects abroad;
o Medical treatment or research;
o Pregnancy testing or advice, information or counselling on pregnancy choices;
o Awareness-raising work, except where it is targeted at those children or young people most at risk;
o Bursaries, sponsored places, fees or equivalent;
o Family holidays where there is little or no project involvement;
o Political activity and we can't give grants to party political organisations or for direct lobbying;
o Individuals; 
o Funds which will be passed on to other organisations, for example, PTAs applying on behalf of schools;
o General appeals or endowment funds;
o Help with budget shortfalls or debt repayments;
o Projects where the grant expenditure is due to start before the grant award date (retrospective funding);
o Projects unable to start within 12 months of the grant award date; 
o Unspecified expenditure; or
o Organisational overheads or running costs which the organisation would incur whether the project was running or not.

The closing date for Round 2 applications is 11.59pm on Friday 12 April 2019.

Applicants are required to contact Curiosity before submitting their application using the contact details provided below.

An online application form and further guidance information is available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Contact details for Children in Need are:

Ralph Hartley
BBC Children in Need
PO Box 649
Salford
M5 0LD
Tel: 0345 609 0015
Email: ralph.hartley@bbc.co.uk

(Source: GRIN)

CALOR RURAL COMMUNITY FUND NOW OPEN

It’s full steam ahead. Our fund’s topped-up. And your voters are at the ready. Applications for the Calor Rural Community Fund are now open and we couldn’t be more thrilled.

The weird. The wacky. The wonderful. We want to hear it all.

Excite us with your community project ideas and we’d love to pop some money in the pot.

So take a pew and submit your ideas to us by Monday 29th April.

https://www.calor.co.uk/shop/communityfund

(Source: Calor Rural Community Fund)

BBC CHILDREN IN NEED SMALL GRANTS

Next application deadline: Sunday 2nd June 2019.

Children in Need’s Small Grants Programme provides funding for organisations that are supporting children and young people aged 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through:

o Any kind of disability;
o Illness, distress, abuse or neglect;
o Behavioural or psychological difficulties; and/or
o Living in poverty or situations of deprivation.

Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people's lives. Eligible projects will be either working directly with children or seeking to improve their social and physical environments.

Priority will be given to projects where a relatively small amount of money can make a big difference.

Not-for-profit organisations that work with disadvantaged children and young people of 18 years and under who live in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands may apply for a grant of up to £10,000 per year for up to 3 years (i.e. £30,000 in total).

There is no requirement for match funding.

Organisations that already hold a grant from Children in Need can apply for further funding to keep running the same project or for a different project. Each applicants will be expected to provide convincing evidence of the differences the grant has made to the lives of the disadvantaged children and young people it has worked with.

Organisations that currently hold an award from the Children in Need Main Grant Scheme can apply for a Small Grant as long as it is for work with a different group of children and young people.

Funding is not available for:

o Work which statutory bodies (such as schools or local authorities) have a duty to fund;
o Local government or NHS bodies;
o Building project applications of more than £20,000;
o Projects which promote religion;
o Trips or projects abroad;
o Medical treatment or research;
o Pregnancy testing or advice, information or counselling on pregnancy choices;
o Awareness-raising work, except where it is targeted at those children or young people most at risk;
o Bursaries, sponsored places, fees or equivalent;
o Individuals;
o Passing on to other organisations, for example, Parent Teacher Associations applying on behalf of schools;
o General appeals or endowment funds;
o Budget shortfalls or debt repayments;
o Projects where the grant expenditure is due to start before the grant award date (retrospective funding);
o Organisations which have applied in the last 12 months;
o Projects unable to start within 12 months of the grant award date;
o Unspecified expenditure; or
o Organisational overheads or running costs which the organisation would incur whether the project was running or not. Consideration will be given to funding support costs incurred as a direct result of running the project.

 The next deadline for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 2 June 2019.

Further information, together with an application form, are available to complete online at the Children in Need website. Please note that all applicants are strongly advised to refer to the A-Z Guidance document before starting their application.

Contact details for Children in Need are:

BBC Children in Need
PO Box 649
SALFORD
M5 0LD
Tel: 0345 609 0015
Email: pudsey@bbc.co.uk

(Source: GRIN)