Western Power Distribution’s (WPD) Affordability Fund

Western Power Distribution’s (WPD) Affordability Fund is designed  for not-for-profit organisations in the areas in which WPD operates (South West England, South Wales and the Midlands) to enable them to run initiatives that support fuel poor people and households, particularly by giving energy advice and services connected to the Priority Services Register (PSR).

Applicants will be expected  to show how the WPD funding will give them the opportunity to deliver new activity in a way that would not have been possible otherwise.

The funding can be spent on reasonable costs associated with meeting the following objectives in new and innovative ways, such as:

o Identifying new registrants for the Priority Service Register and offering support to households already registered;
o Helping Priority Service Register eligible households to lower and manage their bills;
o Providing advice and support to enable vulnerable households to carry out home energy efficiency improvements;
o Target home energy advice and support to householders who are in areas of higher deprivation and areas not connected to the gas network, potentially using WPD’s vulnerability app, found on WPD social indicator mapping; or
o Working with healthcare providers to raise awareness of the links between cold, damp homes and poor physical and mental health.

In addition to the objectives above, these two objectives can also be funded:

1. Training front line worker who do home visits (for example, healthcare professionals) to look out for signs of vulnerability and make appropriate referrals; and
2. Training for staff and volunteers, such as City and Guilds for Energy Advisors, or home visit safety training.

All funded activity must be for projects for a minimum of six months long, taking place between December 2018 and May 2019. All funded activity and reporting must be completed by 14 June 2019.

Not for profit organisations may apply for a grant of up to £20,000.

Eligible applicants must meet the following criteria:

o Be legally incorporated, but unincorporated organisations may apply if they team up with a larger organisation. Statutory bodies and private entities will be eligible if they can demonstrate a significant need for the funding;
o Have a bank account; and
o Be based in the WPD network area (Midlands, South West England and South & West Wales) as defined by WPD's postcode database. Applicants can use the postcode checker to find out whether they are in an eligible area.

Applicants must be currently delivering one or more of the four energy advice and outreach activities listed below – or be able to demonstrate that they have delivered them within the previous 18 months.

o Provide an existing energy advice service over the phone;
o Provide home visits for complex cases;
o Run events, drop-ins and workshops on domestic energy management and tariff switching; and/or
o Work as part of an existing referral network with other organisations on a receiving and referring to basis.

PLEASE NOTE: successful applicants will be required to attend a networking and skills sharing event in CSE’s offices in Bristol on Wednesday 5 December 2018.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 26 October 2018.

Further information, together with an application form – which should be returned by email to the address below - can be downloaded from the CSE website.

Contact details for the Fund are:

Rachel Haycock or Megan Blyth 
Centre for Sustainable Energy 
3 St James Court 
St James Parade 
Bristol 
BS1 3LH 
Tel: 0117 934 1400 
Email: wpdfund@cse.org.uk

(Source: GRIN)

D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust provides grants for core costs or project costs to UK registered charities that meet the following criteria. The Trust prefers to support initiatives in which its grant can make a significant difference.

1. The Arts

o The promotion of access, education and excellence in the arts for young people to increase their opportunities to become involved outside school and to build future audiences with special emphasis on choral singing for children and young people to encourage recruitment into choirs;
o Access to the arts for people who least have access to them;
o Performance development opportunities in the performing arts for those in the early stages of their careers, encouraging involvement in the community through performances and workshops for the benefit of those with special needs and those who would otherwise have no opportunity to hear or participate in a live performance; and/or
o Support for charities seeking to engage with young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion.

2. Medical Welfare

o Provision of music and art therapy to improve the quality of life for the elderly and the disabled, and in palliative care and in hospices, especially hospices operating in low income and/or remote parts of the UK;
o Support for charities concerned with alleviating the suffering of adults and children with medical conditions who have difficulty finding support through traditional sources;
o The welfare of those who care for others through the provision of holidays for those carers who wouldn’t normally have a break from their responsibilities – and with emphasis on projects and schemes that allow young carers to enjoy being children; and/or
o Support for charities seeking to rehabilitate young people on the fringes of society to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion.

3. The Environment

o Conservation of the countryside and its woodlands, with emphasis on the encouragement of voluntary work and active involvement in hands-on activities, particularly activities that bring about positive changes in the lives of young people;
o Protection of species within the UK and their habitats under threat or in decline;
o Heritage conservation within the UK based on value to, and use by the local community – the Trust favours projects that seek to create a new use for fine buildings of architectural and historic merit to encourage the widest possible cross-section of use. The Trust does not normally support major restorations but may support a specific element if identified as appropriate to the aims of the Trust;
o Rural crafts and skills in heritage conservation, with emphasis on increasingly rare skills that would otherwise be lost; and/or
o Social and therapeutic horticulture: projects that use gardening or other environmental activities to bring about positive changes in the lives of those who are living with disabilities or ill-health.

 Grants are usually between £500 and £5,000 for a 12 month period. Grants up to 3 years are occasionally awarded.  There is no match funding requirement.

Applicants who have been unsuccessful with an application to the Trust may not re-apply for a period of two years.

The following types of project are unlikely to be supported by the Trust:

o Advocacy;
o Animal welfare;
o Campaigning or lobbying;
o Capital projects (unless a specific element falls within the Trust’s remit);
o Community transport organisations or services;
o Conferences and seminars;
o Counselling and psychotherapy services;
o Drug abuse or alcoholism rehabilitation;
o Educational projects linked to the National Curriculum;
o Endowments;
o Exhibitions;
o Expeditions and overseas travel;
o Festivals (other than those dedicated to the arts);
o Friend/Parent Teacher Associations;
o General and round-robin appeals;
o Individuals;
o Large national charities;
o Medical research;
o NHS hospitals for operational and building costs;
o Organisations that are not Registered Charities (or accepted as exempt charities);
o Projects taking place or benefiting people outside the UK;
o Recordings and commissioning of new works;
o Religious causes and activities;
o Routine maintenance of religious or historic buildings;
o Replacement or subsidy of statutory funding or for work the Trust considers should be funded by government;
o Sport;
o Umbrella organisations;
o Universities, Colleges and Schools (other than those dedicated to the arts);
o Schools, Nurseries and Playgroups (other than those for special needs children); and
o Works to enable compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act 2010.

The next deadline for applications is Wednesday 24 October 2018 for consideration on Wednesday 28 November 2018.

Applications may be made by the application form, which is available to complete online on the Trust’s website.

Contact details for the Trust are:

Mrs. Jane Thorne
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust 
6 Trull Farm Buildings 
Tetbury 
Gloucestershire 
GL8 8SQ 
Tel: 0203 637 3003 
Email: info@doylycartecharitabletrust.org

(Source: GRIN)

Volunteering Wales Grants

A new round of Volunteering Wales Grants launched on 12 September, with opportunities for project funding of up to £20,000 for activity from 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020.

Volunteering Wales Grantsis a scheme funded by the Welsh Government to promote and improve volunteering in Wales. The scheme is administered by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and is designed to deliver the government's commitment to identifying opportunities for more people to volunteer.


Prosperity for All
Grants will be allocated to projects that can demonstrate that they are able to make a contribution to delivering the Welsh Government's strategy, Prosperity for All, which describes a long-term aim to build a Wales that is prosperous and secure, healthy and active, ambitious and learning, and united and connected.

The strategy identifiesfive priority areaswhich have the potential to make the greatest contribution to long-term prosperity and well-being. These are early years, better mental health,housing,skills and employabilityandsocial care. They are areas where it has been shown that earlier intervention and more seamless services can make a real difference to people's lives.

The Volunteering Wales Grants for 2019/20 will support volunteering projects that contribute towards achieving outcomes in one or more of the priority areas.

Volunteering byyoung peopleis encouraged and supported through this grant scheme and a percentage of the funding available has been ring fenced to support projects that exclusively recruit young volunteers aged 14 - 25.

How can I find out more information?
Information sessions will be taking place around Wales during October and November 2018 to promote the Volunteering Wales Grants. Further information will be made available shortly.

The code to apply for this grant on e-tender Wales it is: Itt_69636 or if you would like to complete the application through welsh please use code: Itt_69637.

Local County Voluntary Councils can also help you with general advice and support in developing your volunteering project.

The deadline for applications is 5 December 2018.
Please contact WCVA's Volunteering Team or visit our webpage for further guidance: volwalesgrants@wcva.org.ukor call the team on 0300 111 0124.

(Source: WCVA)

Webinar - Code of Fundraising Practice

Would you like to contribute to the new consultation on the Code of Fundraising Practice? Then this free webinar from the WCVA is for you!

Date and Time: 8 October 2018, 2pm - 3pm

Webinar aim: To explain the changes in the latest consultation on the Code of Fundraising Practice, why these changes have been proposed and how to respond with your feedback.

Content:  Do you fundraise or work for a fundraising charity in the UK? Have you struggled to find out what fundraising standards apply to you or the organisation you fundraise for?

Stephen Service from the Fundraising Regulator will talk through the changes, all of which focus on the style, presentation, clarity and accessibility of the Code. The topics for discussion will include a 'plain English' review of the language in the Code and a new introduction.

Visit the Fundraising Regulator website to respond to the consultation online by 16 November.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the webinar participants will:

• Be aware the proposed changes to the Code of Fundraising Practice and why the changes have been proposed
• Understand the consultation process

Who the session is for: For fundraisers or those who work for fundraising charities.
 

Book: Spaces are limited, so book your place here now

(Source: Institute of Fundraising)

Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation Fund

The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation Fund supports young musicians aged 13-25, particularly those at the beginning of a professional career. The Foundation helps fund workshops given by professional musicians in secondary schools. The Foundation also helps young people aged 7-21 take part in sailing, canoeing and kayaking activities.

UK registered charities operating in England, Wales or Scotland may apply for a grant of between £500 and £3,000.  There is no requirement for match funding.

Funding is not available for projects whose principal purposes are therapeutic or social outcomes.

PLEASE NOTE: the Foundation does not maintain a website. Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.

Interested applicants are invited to apply at any time in writing.  Applicants are advised to submit a proposal, or give notice that they intend to do so, at least six months in advance.

Contact details for the Foundation are:

Mrs D Briggs
Trustee
Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation
The Down House
90 Harestock Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO22 6NX
(The Foundation does not advertise an email address or a phone number.)

(Source: GRIN)

Grow Wild Community Porjects

The Grow Wild Community Projects grant programme aims to support groups or projects in the UK working towards the following objectives:

o Focus on UK native wild flowers, plants and/or fungi, through planting or as inspiration, and will help people understand the importance of these native species for the environment and our lives;
o Work with one or more of these target groups:
> Young people aged 12-25;
> Communities in urban areas;
> Communities experiencing some disadvantage or reduced access to services; and/or
> Adults that are less engaged with their community and environmental activities
o Have the potential to reach at least 300 people;
o Has a space/s to deliver the project that is accessible to the general public;
o Enable people to connect with, learn something new and give to help each other and nature; and
o Have an idea that is introducing something new, such as a new, unlikely location, new group of people or creative way to engage the targeted audience.

Youth groups, secondary schools, parish, town and community councils, health authorities, health boards and prisons may apply for a grant of either £2,000 or £4,000.

There is no requirement for match funding.

PLEASE NOTE: the application process is expected to be extremely competitive and Grow Wild is seeking exceptional applications that stand out from the crowd. Applications that best demonstrate how they will meet Grow Wild's community project aims and objectives are most likely to be selected for funding.

Grant awards can cover 100% of all project-specific costs such as seeds, plants, soil, materials, events, workshop charges, specialist experts and contractor costs.

Applicants can allocate up to 25% of the Grow Wild funding value towards staff costs related to direct delivery of project activities (this can include workshop preparation and delivery, volunteer support, practical sessions).

Grants can pay for individuals not employed by the applicant organisation and partner organisations to deliver project activities.

The following groups are not able to apply, but are invited to partner with an eligible group to deliver their project:

o Local authorities;
o Primary schools or nursery schools;
o Projects where Grow Wild funds are to be used for commercial benefit;       
o Sole traders or individuals;
o Organisations based outside the UK;
o Groups without a bank account or with a bank account name that does not match the official name of the group; and
o Groups previously funded by Grow Wild.

Core organisational or staff costs that are not related to the direct delivery of the project are also not eligible for funding.

Projects should begin delivery in March 2019 and must finish by 30 September 2019.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Monday 10 December 2018.

In the first instance, potential applicants must contact the Grow Wild Engagement Manager in their area to discuss the project idea and request the online application form.

Further information is available on the Grow Wild website.

Contact details for Grow Wild are:

Tim Owen
Grow Wild
Tel: 020 8332 3759
Email: t.owen@kew.org

(Source: GRIN)

Alec Dickson Trust

The Alec Dickson Trust supports individuals and groups of young people in the UK who are able to demonstrate that through volunteering or community service they can enhance the lives of others, particularly those most marginalised by society.

Projects should:

o be run by a young volunteer, or team of young volunteers, the majority of whom are younger than 30 years old;
o take place in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales;
o have a clear benefit to others in the wider community; and
o encourage volunteering. The more volunteers involved, the better.

Small groups of young people aged 30 and under are invited to apply for a grant of up to £500.  Preference will be given to supporting innovative projects. There is no match funding requirement.

Funding is not available for:

o overseas trips or gap year projects;
o uniforms, equipment or training for personal benefit (for example, university course fees or a laptop for an individual);
o direct expenditure for a fundraising event, such as venue hire; or
o projects run by groups aged over 30 years.

Applications may be submitted at any time via the application form available on the Trust's website and are considered on a quarterly basis. The Trust is scheduled to meet on the following dates to discuss requests for grant support:

o Wednesday 24 October 2018;
o Wednesday 23 January 2019;
o Wednesday 17 April  2019;
o Wednesday 24 July 2019; and
o Wednesday 23 October  2019

Applications received less than three weeks before a meeting will roll over to the next one.

The completed application form should be submitted by email to the Trust.

Further information about how to apply is available on the Trust’s website.

Contact details for the Trust are:

The Alec Dickson Trust 
18-24 Lower Clapton Road 
Hackney 
London 
E5 0PD 
Email: alecdicksontrust@gmail.com

(Source: GRIN)