This fund is to get more people, especially the young and disadvantaged, playing outdoor sport through more effective use of playing fields.

Playing Fields Legacy Fund

Description

Grants are available to not-for-profit voluntary groups, organisations and clubs that run or manage community playing fields in Great Britain, so their pitches and facilities can be revived and well used and thus result in more people taking part in outdoor sport.

Current Status

Open for Applications

Maximum value:

£ 10,000

Objectives of Fund

The aim of the fund is to get more people, especially the young and disadvantaged, playing outdoor sport through more effective use of playing fields.

The fund provides seed-corn grants to unlock funding from other sources.

Value Notes

The maximum grant amount is normally £10,000 in any 12-month period.

Match Funding Restrictions

Applicants are expected to secure a major percentage of the total eligible project costs from other sources. They are ‘strongly urged’ to involve local businesses and other funding partners.

The partnership funding can include in-kind contributions.

Who Can Apply

Applications will be accepted from the following legally constituted not-for-profit organisations:

• County Playing Field Associations.
• Voluntary sector sports clubs.
• Parish Councils and Town Councils.
• Registered charitable organisations.
• Unincorporated not-for-profit organisations.
• Industrial and Provident Societies (also known as Registered Societies).
• Local authorities.

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Funding is available for projects that make a lasting difference for heritage, people and communities in the UK.

HLF - Our Heritage

Description

Funding is available for projects that make a lasting difference for heritage, people and communities in the UK.

Current Status

Open for Applications

Maximum value:

£ 100,000

Objectives of Fund

The Fund aims to make a lasting difference for heritage, people and communities in the UK.

Value Notes

Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 are available.

Match Funding Restrictions

HLF can provide up to 100% of the total project costs. However, whether a cash contribution is offered or not, applicants are encouraged to gain support for the project in the form of non-cash contributions and volunteer time.

Who Can Apply

Applications will be accepted from the following in the UK:

• Not-for-profit organisations, including:
  • Community or voluntary groups.
  • Community Interest Companies.
  • Charities or trusts.
  • Social enterprises.
  • Parish councils.
  • Local authorities.
  • Other public sector organisations, such as nationally funded museums.
• Private owners of heritage, including individuals and for-profit organisations.
• Partnerships of the above.

Partnerships must nominate a lead applicant.

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Museums and galleries !

The Esmee Fairbairn Collections Fund Open to UK Applications

Grants are available to support time-limited work on the collections of museums and galleries in the UK to support and facilitate research, development, understanding and the use of collections.

Between 2017 and 2019 the Foundation is offering a total of £3.5 million in grants.

Grants of between £20,000 and £120,000 are available to museums and galleries in the UK to enable them to focus on time-limited work on collections outside the scope of an organisation’s core resources. A large number of collections activities are eligible for funding, for example research, digitisation, loans and conservation.

The Fund focuses on time-limited work on collections outside the scope of an organisation’s core resources.

To be considered, applications must both:

• Work with an existing collection or collections to improve understanding of them and increase their use; and
• Through that collections work, involve, inspire and have impact on people, communities and audiences.

To be successful, applications will need to:

• Engage local communities and/or those who are not typical museum attendees, and think about social impact.
• Be developmental for the organisation or sector.
• Think about the project's legacy, even if this is hard to define at the start of the project.

There are two funding rounds per year. Applications are currently being accepted for the second round.

The deadline for applications is 6 September 2017 (5pm).

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First Minister launches new initiative

Welsh Government Announces Grants for Promoting the Welsh Language through Technology

A new scheme is opening offering funding to increase Welsh language use across the country.

The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, has announced details of a new fund for creative projects that will increase the use of the Welsh language.

The Cymraeg 2050 Grant is a £300,000 initiative which aims to fund innovative, short-term schemes that promote Welsh language usage. This will include funding for organisations that have new ideas for creating and promoting technology which supports the use of Welsh.

Funding is being provided with the objective of increasing the visibility of the Welsh language in all communities. It is also envisaged that projects will aid understanding and enhance opportunities for strengthening bilingual customer services.

The scheme will promote opportunities for communicating in Welsh in face-to-face settings, in the workplace or through digital platforms. This is a key element of the new Welsh language strategy – Cymraeg 2050: a million Welsh speakers. In particular, it aims to support efforts to increase people's daily use of the language and has a target of increasing the number of Welsh speakers to reach one million by 2050.

Launching the new initiative, First Minister Carwyn Jones said:

"We want the use of Welsh to be a routine part of everyday life so that speakers at all levels feel confident in using it in formal and informal situations. This fund seeks to broaden our horizons to pilot new ideas and work with a wide range of organisations to give everyone the opportunity to use the language.

"We are very clear that it is our responsibility as a Government to set the direction and provide leadership for growing the language. This fund is a strong starting point for our Cymraeg 2050 strategy."

The new fund will be open to organisations from most sectors, and it is not limited to current grant holders. The Welsh Government is especially keen to receive applications from new applicants wishing to promote the Welsh language to new audiences.

The application process is open until 22 September 2017.

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Vision - A world in which no young person is homeless...

 LandAid Grants Programme to Re-Open for UK Applications

LandAid’s next grant round will open in the middle of August 2017 for applications that tackle youth homelessness in the UK.

LandAid, the property industry charity, allocates more than £1 million each year to 'outstanding’ small-medium sized charities in communities throughout the UK. The organisation's vision is to see a world in which no young person is homeless.

The funding is for projects that are in line with LandAid's 2017/2020 strategy and are one of the following types of capital building work:

• Refurbishment, conversion and extension of existing buildings - of empty properties and also not-previously-empty properties.
• New building – using traditional methods built on site or using precision construction built off site in factories.

LandAid will consider refurbishment building projects that cost up to £15,000 per bed space, where that cost covers the bedroom and also a related proportion of communal areas.

UK organisations with charitable objectives are eligible to apply. This includes registered charities, registered societies, community benefit societies, ‘pre-commencement societies’, industrial and provident societies. Those with a strong track record and working in major UK cities are of a high priority.

Applications will be accepted from 14 August 2017 (10am) to 15 September 2017 (5pm).

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Deadline 29th August

20/07/2017 - Comic Relief Launch New Active Ageing Grants Programme (UK)

Comic Relief is providing a limited number of grants for local community based organisations to enable disadvantaged older people to design, deliver and take part in opportunities to contribute to their communities.

The new Active Ageing: Creating Change in Communities initiative is providing £1.5 million of funding in order to engage older people aged 65 and over from ‘harder to reach’ groups to get involved in opportunities which use their skills, knowledge and experience to contribute to their communities.

Registered and un-registered community based organisations and partnerships across the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man can apply for grants of between £40,000 and £80,000 to support projects, initiatives and activities which primarily focus on benefitting older people, specifically those older people who do not usually participate in volunteering or social activities because they are from a disadvantaged community, or face barriers to participation. Comic Relief is also interested in supporting activities which will have a wider benefit for the community in which they are taking place.

To be eligible for funding, projects should:

• Meet at least one of the following outcomes:
  • Older people improve their mental health and wellbeing.
  • Older people increase the quality and quantity of their social connections.
  • Older people develop an enhanced sense of purpose and empowerment.
• Provide creative, fresh approaches to engage beneficiaries in social action activities which bring people together and help to improve their lives and solve problems that are important to their communities. This may include activities around campaigning and fundraising as well as volunteering, all of which can create a double benefit for communities and the older person themselves. For the activities to have positive benefits for the older people involved, they should:
  • Provide meaningful roles with opportunities for social interaction and leadership.
  • Ensure that older people are recognised and valued for their contribution.
• Make older people feel valued and enable them to be creative and productive. To do this, activities might focus wholly on older people, or use a broader community or intergenerational approach. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they really understand the needs of their community, the role that older people can play in catalysing social change and make the case that they can deliver.

Comic Relief expects to award grants to between 15 and 25 projects.

The deadline for applications is 29 August 2017 (midday).

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Funding for the development of community facilities

Welsh Government's Community Facilities Programme Open for Applications

Local groups, community organisations and social enterprises have until the end of March 2018 to apply for funding to develop community facilities and services in Wales.

The Welsh Government has launched the next round of applications for the Community Facilities programme, as part of their Tackling Poverty Agenda. Capital grants are available to community-led voluntary groups, social enterprises and community organisations to tackle poverty and its effects, increase opportunity, create prosperity for all and develop resilient communities where people are engaged and empowered – through the development of community facilities.

Facilities must be useful to, and well used by, people in Welsh communities. Priority will be given to applications from former Communities First cluster areas, however strong applications from other areas will be considered.

There are two levels of funding available:

• Small Grants - between £5,000 and £25,000.
• Large Grants - between £25,001 and £250,000.

Applicants can apply for more than one grant within three years, up to a maximum of three awards. No organisation will be awarded more than £250,000 in any three year period.

Grants can fund a variety of purposes, including training services, local health services, safeguarding and providing or re-introducing local community services such as libraries and post offices. Grants could also provide digital access, encourage co-location of local groups and host food banks.

Applicants must be working with a partner from the public, private or third sector. This may include a local health board or authority, or a Welsh Government tackling poverty programme such as Communities First, Flying Start or Families First.

The application process has two stages: an Expression of Interest stage and a Full Application stage. Applicants should note that this is a popular fund and even strong applications may be turned down.

Groups can apply at any time before 31 March 2018.

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