THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION & THEATRES TRUST URGENT REPAIRS SCHEME

The Wolfson Foundation and the Theatre’s Trust are working together to provide funding for projects that deliver urgent building repairs, and which can demonstrate that without such repairs the viability of a theatre and its future as a place presenting live theatre work to audiences is at risk.

Grants of up to £15,000 are available.

There is no match funding requirement.

Applicants must demonstrate that they:

o Own or manage theatres with titles or signed leases of more than 15 years on buildings in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;
o Run a year-round programme of live performance, of no less than 30 performances a year;
o Have a bona fide UK charitable or not-for-profit legal structure and be able to provide certified or audited accounts for at least two years; and
o Operate theatres that are statutory listed or which are otherwise of architectural significance.

The following are not eligible for funding:

o Repairs to equipment, fixtures and fittings and plant except where a major failure is proving a significant risk to the theatre’s continued operation; or
o Projects which are in receipt of other funding from either the Theatre's Trust or the Wolfson Foundation.

The grants panel meets twice a year to discuss applications.

The 2017 deadlines for applications are:

o Wednesday 15 March; and
o Saturday 16 September.

An application form and further terms and conditions are available to download on the Theatre's Trust website.

PLEASE NOTE: potential applicants are advised to contact the Theatre's Trust to discuss their project before submitting an application.

Contact details for the Urgent Repairs Scheme are:

The Theatre's Trust
22 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0QL
Tel: 020 7836 8591
Email: advice@theatrestrust.org.uk

(Source: GRIN)

Margaret Dobson Trust

The Margaret Dobson Trust aims to make grants to UK charitable organisations that provide services for young adults with learning difficulties and other special needs after they reach normal school leaving age, so that they can learn skills to help them live more independent lives.

Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIO’s) and Community Interest Companies (CIC's) are eligible to apply for a grant of up to £5,000. In exceptional circumstances the Trust will consider awarding a higher amount.

Although match funding is not an essential requirement, the Trust welcomes any attempts made to source funding from elsewhere as its annual grant allocation has averaged just£30,000 over the last five years.

PLEASE NOTE: to be eligible for funding organisations must have an annual turnover of less than £1 million. Grants will not be made to organisations which have received funding in the previous year - except where a specific project has been awarded funding over a period of more than one year.

Priority will be given to projects which meet at least two of the following criteria:

o Designed for, and aimed, at people with learning disabilities aged 16 to 25;
o Offer the opportunity for people to gain transferable life skills, which may include how to access support;
o Offer employment experience;
o Build in accredited training;
o Enable social interaction with other people and allow self-expression and confidence-building; and
o Applications from smaller organisations which are demonstrating an entrepreneurial approach to a locally identified issue.

Examples of eligible expenditure include:

o Salaries;
o Equipment;
o Printing and marketing where part of a specific project; and
o Running costs where it can be shown that the charity may close if not supported at this time.

To be eligible for funding, organisations must provide:

o Information on the type of challenges being addressed by the project;
o The number of people with a learning disability supported;
o Evidence that the project is required and fulfils the need identified;
o Information on how they have consulted with people who could benefit from the project;
o Information on the demonstrable difference the project will make to the lives of people it is aimed at;
o Information on the cost of project and amount of funding the organisation has found from other sources;
o Details of ant contributions from parent organisations;
o Evidence of the projects sustainability after the Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust funding has finished; and
o Information on how the impact of the project will be evaluated.

Applicants are more likely to be successful if they can demonstrate that:

o People with learning disabilities, their families and carers are consulted in the design and running of the project;
o They are working in partnership with relevant local organisations and service providers;
o They have thought about the opportunities for participants to make use of what they have learnt once the programme has ended;
o They have been actively seeking other sources of funding for the project; and
o There will be a demand for the service to be provided.

Funding is not available for:

o Individuals;
o Schools;
o General applications which have no specific purpose other than to increase the financial resources available to the charity; or
o Organisations that are overtly religious.

The next application deadline is Friday 31 March 2017.

Applications will be considered at the Trust's annual meeting in June.

Applications must be submitted electronically and include:

o A completed cover sheet (which can be downloaded from the Trust’s website);
o Two page application including information as detailed in the guidelines;
o A copy of the organisation’s latest accounts; and
o A Business Plan (if the organisation is new).

All applications should be sent to the Trust’s Secretary at the address provided below.

For further information, visit the Trust’s website.

Sharon Shortland
Secretary
The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust
Laurel House
Old Main Road
Fleet
Hargate
Holbeach
Lincolnshire PE12 8LH
Email: secretarymdt@gmail.com

(Source: GRIN)

Round 2 of the Tampon Tax Fund open

http://www.wcva.org.uk/funding/funding-latest/2016/12/tampon-tax-fund

(Source: WCVA)

In the Absence of Silence

The performance piece ‘in the absence of silence’ that is at the heart of the project with survivors of domestic abuse being undertaken at The Welfare in Ystradgynlais is visiting the Theatre on the evening of Friday 10th February.

This piece of drama was created by survivors of domestic abuse in South Gwynedd and developed with De Gwynedd Domestic Abuse Service.   We are also very fortunate to be working with world renowned Theatre Company, Chickenshed, which means this is also a very high quality piece of theatre.

The piece works as a drama in its own right, but also serves as a training opportunity for anyone wanting to find out more about domestic abuse.  The performance will be followed by a Question and Answer session with the theatre company and people involved in domestic abuse services.

http://www.thewelfare.co.uk/events/in-the-absence-of-silence/

FREE Training Course - Fundraising with Local Giving

Kick start your digital fundraising in 2017 with this workshop for local voluntary groups & charities in Powys

Getting started with online fundraising

1st February - Plas Dolerw, Newtown - 13:30 to 16:30

21st February - Unit 30 @ Ddole Road Industrial Estate, Llandrindod - 13:30 to 16:30

By the end of this session, you will:

●       Understand the basics of online fundraising

●       Know how online fundraising can benefit your group

●       Be aware of free tools and resources available to you

●       Be registered on Localgiving,  enabling you to claim £200 of match funding

●       Be able to confidently use the Localgiving fundraising platform

●       Understand how to ask people to support your cause

●       Be equipped to secure your first digital donation

●       Understand how to develop and maintain relationships with donors

●       Have developed some new promotional materials for your cause

This is a practical session. To get the most out of the workshop, participants will need to bring a laptop or tablet.

Light refreshments available!

You must book a place in advance.  Please state which day you would like to attend. There is a maximum of twelve people for each session so a first come first serve basis will apply.

Contact PAVO:

training@pavo.org.uk

01597 822191

This workshop is offered under the Big Lottery funded Wales Development programme, through which local charities and community groups can learn to confidently run online fundraising campaigns. Participating groups will benefit from:

●     FREE membership of Localgiving for a year (usually £72) open to all local third sector groups – including those too small to be registered charities and therefore unable to subscribe to other online giving platforms

●     Face to face training, mentoring and support (tailored to your organisation’s needs) to help you raise awareness of your cause and raise funds online

●     £200 of match funding (ring-fenced for every group that signs up) as an extra incentive to fundraise online!

To sign up to the programme, visit join.localgiving.org/wales

BRECON - WE ARE COMING TO YOU!

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust’s UK Grant Programmes – 2017 Deadlines

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is inviting applications from charitable organisations carrying out work at a national level.

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is interested in funding work that focuses on removing problems through radical solutions, and not simply about making problems easier to live with. Generally, the Trust funds work that is about addressing the root causes of problems rather than delivering services or alleviating immediate needs and recognises that change can take many years to achieve. As a result, the Trust is willing to take the long view and to take risks.

Applications are currently being accepted under the following priority areas:

1. Peace and Security to support a transition towards:
   • The use of 'soft', rather than 'hard' power as a first line of response to conflict within society and around the world.
   • The de-legitimisation of violence as a tool for responding to conflict, securing interests or projecting power.
   • A culture of human rights and non-violent problem-solving, promoted at all levels of society.
2. Power and Accountability - to support people to create a world in which power is more equally shared, and in which powerful institutions are responsive and accountable to wider society and aligned with the long-term public interest.
3. Rights and Justice - to promote racial justice and equality of opportunity as a basis for a harmonious multi-racial, multi-ethnic society in the UK.
4. Sustainable Future - to develop and promote sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to the current consumerist and growth-based paradigm.
5. Northern Ireland - to fund work which will contribute as a strategic level to the ongoing transformation of the Northern Ireland conflict.

Cross cutting proposals which directly relate to more than one priority are also accepted; however, this must be clearly demonstrated in the application proposal. Organisations should be undertaking work at a national level. This means work that seeks to make positive change across the UK as a whole, or across one or more of its member countries - England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

The deadlines for applications for Northern Ireland, Sustainable Future and Cross Cutting applications are 27 March 2017 and 21 August 2017 (12 noon).

The deadlines for Peace & Security, Power & Accountability and Rights & Justice applications are 10 April 2017 and 4 September 2017 (12 noon).

http://www.jrct.org.uk/funding-priorities

(Source: Powys 4 Community)