The PRS for Music Foundation is the UK's largest independent funder purely for new music of any genre. The Foundation's Open Fund for Organisations offers grants to promoters, large performance groups, talent development organisations, venues and curators that promote and encourage new music.
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for projects that involve the creation, performance and promotion of new music, and enable songwriters, composers, artists, bands and performers of all backgrounds to develop creatively and professionally.
The scheme will support:
- Touring.
- Recording.
- Promotion and marketing.
- Commissions of new music by UK-based creators.
- Exciting community projects involving high-quality music creators.
- Music creator residencies.
- Live programmes featuring new UK music.
- Programmes that strongly feature or are based around new music.
- Equipment/rehearsal space hire if it is an essential part of the project.
- Administrative costs.
- Development time.
- Website creation (only if crucial to the promotion of the project).
- Music videos when part of wider project activity.
- Musician fees - projects will not be funded if musicians are not paid.
- Contingency (up to 10% of the total project budget).
- Concerts, record launches, gigs, tours, installations, festivals and promoters which feature a significant programme of new UK music.
Organisations must have a track record of playing, writing or developing for over 18 months.
The next deadline is 1 February 2016 (6pm).
http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/funding/the-open-fund/the-open-fund-for-organisations/
(Source: Grantfinder)
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Postcode Local Trust
The Postcode Local Trust is currently inviting applications that encourage lasting benefits by bringing people together to:
o Improve local ecology and habitats:
o Encourage bio-diversity; and
o Benefit the wider environment.
o Encourage bio-diversity; and
o Benefit the wider environment.
Consideration will also be given to sustainable energy projects benefiting local areas.
Registered charities in England and Scotland can apply for grants of between £500 and £20,000, and those in Wales can apply for grants of between £500 and £10,000.
Grants of up to £2,000 are available to other not-for-profit organisations that do not have a registered charity number.
Funding is available for activities, such as:
• Creating community gardens to benefit local areas.
• Habitat restoration projects that benefit biodiversity and which provide lasting benefits to a community such as on-going recreation activities, flood prevention schemes, natural hedgerow boundaries.
• Tree planting or creation of community orchard projects.
• Wildflower meadow creation.
• Projects which create bird, bug and beastie homes.
• Outdoor education projects delivered with local communities by environmental charities.
• Green-energy projects which create more sustainable solutions. For example, lowering energy costs for a community.
• Micro-hydro schemes benefiting a local community.
• Habitat restoration projects that benefit biodiversity and which provide lasting benefits to a community such as on-going recreation activities, flood prevention schemes, natural hedgerow boundaries.
• Tree planting or creation of community orchard projects.
• Wildflower meadow creation.
• Projects which create bird, bug and beastie homes.
• Outdoor education projects delivered with local communities by environmental charities.
• Green-energy projects which create more sustainable solutions. For example, lowering energy costs for a community.
• Micro-hydro schemes benefiting a local community.
Priority will be given to projects that are:
• Creative, far-reaching and will leave a long-term impact once completed.
• Focused on improving the environment for the benefit of local communities and encourage conservation action at a local level.
• Focused on improving the environment for the benefit of local communities and encourage conservation action at a local level.
There will be two rounds of funding in 2016. Applications will be accepted during the following periods:
• 5 January 2016 to 28 January 2016.
• 1 September 2016 to 30 September 2016.
• 1 September 2016 to 30 September 2016.
For further information, visit the Postcode Local Trust website.
(Source: GRIN)
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Lloyd's Bank Foundation
The Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales is currently accepting initial applications to Round 2 of its Invest and Enable grants programmes. Round 3 is scheduled to open towards the end of April 2016.
The Foundation provides funding to charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) through the following two programmes:
o Invest - a flexible, long-term core funding programme for charities delivering clear, targeted outcomes for disadvantaged people. These grants are from £10,000 up to a 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.
o Enable - a smaller and shorter grants programme for charities that have identified clear development needs. This funding aims to help the organisations deliver their mission more effectively. These grants are up to a total £15,000 over two years.
Organisations are expected to be working with people experiencing multiple disadvantage at one of the critical points in their life. Applicants must be working with people who are 17 years or older and experiencing at least one of the following:
o Have been abused or are at risk of abuse.
o Are victims of sexual exploitation.
o Are ex-offenders or those at risk of offending.
o Are long-term unemployed.
o Are leaving care.
o Are homeless.
o Have learning disabilities.
o Have mental health and wellbeing issues.
o Have addictions.
o Are isolated and vulnerable.
o Have severe financial difficulty as a compounding disadvantage.
o Are victims of sexual exploitation.
o Are ex-offenders or those at risk of offending.
o Are long-term unemployed.
o Are leaving care.
o Are homeless.
o Have learning disabilities.
o Have mental health and wellbeing issues.
o Have addictions.
o Are isolated and vulnerable.
o Have severe financial difficulty as a compounding disadvantage.
The only exceptions are young people who are under 17 years of age and young parents or looked after children and disabled young people moving into independent living.
To be eligible, organisations must:
o Be registered with the Charity Commission.
o Operate mainly in England and Wales.
o Have at least one year of published accounts covering a 12 month operating period.
o Have a one year track record of direct service delivery.
Have an income in the last set of published accounts of between £25,000 and £1 million.
o Have free reserves of less than 12 months’ expenditure in the last set of published accounts.
o Have an active board of at least three Trustees.
o Operate mainly in England and Wales.
o Have at least one year of published accounts covering a 12 month operating period.
o Have a one year track record of direct service delivery.
Have an income in the last set of published accounts of between £25,000 and £1 million.
o Have free reserves of less than 12 months’ expenditure in the last set of published accounts.
o Have an active board of at least three Trustees.
Applicants are advised to use the Foundation’s Eligibility Checklist to find out whether they would qualify for a grant.
Successful applicants will be offered the opportunity to work with the Lloyds Foundation to identify whether would benefit from any additional support under it’s Enhance programme.
The deadline for Round 2 is 5pm on Friday 4 March 2016.
Charities will be notified about whether they have been successful in progressing to full application by Friday 15 April 2016.
The deadline for full applications is Monday 6 June 2016 and applicants will be notified of a decision in August.
Round 3 will open to applications from Monday 25 April 2016 to Wednesday 8 June 2016.
Further details can be found on the Foundation’s website.
(Source: GRIN)
Wales in Edinburgh 2016 Grant Scheme Open for Applications
Wales-based arts organisations can apply now for grants of between £5,001 and £12,000 to take part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 which will provide a venue to present their work internationally.
Only Wales-based organisations can apply to this scheme. They must have a written governing document, a track record of delivering arts activity for audiences or participants, a bank account in their name, and an Equal Opportunities Policy that has been reviewed by the organisation’s governing body within the last three years, and which complies with current legislation.
This funding priority is not open to applications from individuals/creative professionals.
The deadline for 2016 applications is 10 February 2016 (5pm).
http://www.arts.wales/what-we-do/funding/apply/wales-in-edinburgh-2016
(Source: Grantfinder)
Only Wales-based organisations can apply to this scheme. They must have a written governing document, a track record of delivering arts activity for audiences or participants, a bank account in their name, and an Equal Opportunities Policy that has been reviewed by the organisation’s governing body within the last three years, and which complies with current legislation.
This funding priority is not open to applications from individuals/creative professionals.
The deadline for 2016 applications is 10 February 2016 (5pm).
http://www.arts.wales/what-we-do/funding/apply/wales-in-edinburgh-2016
(Source: Grantfinder)
Swimathon Foundation
Grants of between £300 and £2,500 are available for innovative and sustainable projects which will help more people participate in and enjoy swimming and to make swimming more accessible.
Applicants must demonstrate in their application how the funding will allow them to:
- Introduce people to swimming who would otherwise not swim.
- Increase the frequency that existing swimmers go to the pool.
- Improve the swimming experience for new or existing swimmers.
Projects must take place at a Swimathon pool and have sign off from the Pool Manager or their delegated main contact for this project to take place.
Organisations including community groups, swimming clubs, senior groups, youth groups, sports clubs, disability charities, scout groups and healthy living groups in the UK are eligible to apply.
The deadline for applications is 4 March 2016.
http://www.swimathonfoundation.org/application/
(Grantfinder)
Applicants must demonstrate in their application how the funding will allow them to:
- Introduce people to swimming who would otherwise not swim.
- Increase the frequency that existing swimmers go to the pool.
- Improve the swimming experience for new or existing swimmers.
Projects must take place at a Swimathon pool and have sign off from the Pool Manager or their delegated main contact for this project to take place.
Organisations including community groups, swimming clubs, senior groups, youth groups, sports clubs, disability charities, scout groups and healthy living groups in the UK are eligible to apply.
The deadline for applications is 4 March 2016.
http://www.swimathonfoundation.org/application/
(Grantfinder)
Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust Open to Applications (Wales) - World |Cup Legacy
Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations in Wales for sports projects that will leave a legacy.
The World Cup Legacy Round is open to applications.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for sports projects that will leave a legacy. The Trust is keen to support volunteer-based projects, particularly from ethnic minorities and people with disabilities. In addition, the Trust recognises the difference that coaching can make to the development of a sport and is keen to fund equipment and coaching costs if the need has been clearly identified.
Not-for-profit organisations in Wales are eligible to apply.
The deadline for applications is 11 April 2016 (12 noon).
(Source: Grantfinder)
Friday, 8 January 2016
Grants are now available from Burgesses' Land Trust
Sums of up to £250 are available from the Burgesses’ Land
Trust Small Grant Scheme which covers Welshpool,
Trewern, Guilsfield and Castle Caereinion.
Grants have been made available for groups supporting
the young, disabled and elderly in the Welshpool area.
To apply for a grant please contact Roy Norris, Burgesses’
Land Trust, C/o Morgan Griffiths LLP, Cross Chambers,
High Street, NEWTOWN, SY16 2NY
or email roy@fulmar.demon.co.uk, phone 01686 622217.
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