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)

Innovation grant - Adult Learners week!

 The Innovation grant for 2019 is available to organisations working in Wales who wish to deliver outreach activities or events during Adult Learners’ Week and throughout the month of June.

Our Adult Learners’ Week campaign provides an umbrella to promote and celebrate formal and informal lifelong learning and we’d like to work with any partners and stakeholders across Wales working with adults, communities and families.

It’s your chance to promote what you do, test new ways of working, launch new activity, reach new audiences, have fun and bang the drum for adult & family learning.

We are looking for activities which are creative, innovative and can reach new audiences, particularly those adults who have not engaged in learning for some time and have the potential to gain media interest.

Adults learn in all sorts of settings for many varied reasons. Here are some examples of organisations and venues which have previously engaged with our campaigns:

Workplaces, Museums & Galleries, Libraries, Schools, Community groups, Theatre and arts groups, Sports Clubs, Cinemas, Hospitals and Health centres, Leisure centres, Pubs & Cafés, Local newspapers and radio, Housing associations, Trade unions & employer’s organisations, Prisons and Probation Services, Residential homes, Job Centres, Supermarkets and shops, transport hubs including buses and trains.

Activity could be used to:

• Promote participation in learning
• Increase access to information, advice and guidance
• Facilitate have-a-go or bite-size taster sessions

Closing date for Applications: Friday 15th March 2019

Before you start your application, please read through our Guidance document.

The Innovation Fund Application form for 2019 can be found here.

If you have any questions about your applications, please email alwevents@learningandwork.org.uk

More about Adult Learners’ Week (18-24 June 2018)

Adult Learners’ Week is an annual campaign which celebrates and promotes adult learning opportunities. Promoted by the United Nations, Adult Learners’ Week has developed in over 40 countries around the globe. In Wales we use this campaign to reach out to individuals and communities who have low skills and few qualifications. Adult Learners’ Week gives individuals the chance to take a step towards developing their skills; whether they want to get a better job or build confidence to access a course. The campaign provides an umbrella to promote formal and informal opportunities and to celebrate lifelong learning.

If you have any queries about your application form, then please contact alwevents@learningandwork.org.uk

Provident Social Impact Fund

GRANTS AVAILABLE

Grants of between £1000 and £5000 are available.

This programme is currently OPEN to applications.

Projects should meet at least one of the following priorities:

• Improving people’s personal finance capabilities (debt and financial advice/education)
• Improving physical and/or mental health
• Providing support which enhances, creates and sustains positive family relationships
• Addressing issues of low educational attainment and improving learning outcomes
• Providing people with opportunities to reduce inequality, exclusion and disadvantage, including projects which increase access to employment.

There is one annual deadline:

28th February 

  

How to apply:

Click here to start an application form in English.

Click here to start an application form in Welsh.

http://www.cfiw.org.uk/eng/grants/47-provident-social-impact-fund

THE PEOPLE’S POSTCODE TRUST

THE PEOPLE’S POSTCODE TRUST – Grants up to £20,000  available for projects in England, Scotland and Wales that focus on the prevention of poverty and promotion of human rights by challenging discrimination and promoting employability and skills development.

Application deadlines:

o Round 1:  Stage 1 applications 6-20 February 2019. Stage 2 applications 27 March-10 April 2019.
o Round 2:  Stage 1 applications 31 July-14 August 2019.  Stage 2 applications 11-25 September 2019.

The People’s Postcode Trust provides funding for new projects, or significant expansions of existing projects, in England, Scotland and Wales. The projects can be up to 12 months in length. Please note that this is an extremely competitive grant programme.

In 2019, the Trust will consider projects which focus on:

o Promoting human rights;
o Combating discrimination; and/or
o Poverty prevention.

Grassroots organisations, local charities and non-profit community businesses may apply for a grant of between £500 to £20,000 are available, as follows:

1. Applicants that are not formally registered as a charity in England, Wales or Scotland can apply for between £500 and £2,000 in funding (for example, Companies limited by guarantee with a non-profit purpose, constituted voluntary organisation with no charity number,  a constituted voluntary organisation with no charity number, Community Interest Company with no charity number,  a constituted sports group with no charity number or organisations with tax exempt status but no registered charity number);

2. Applicants that are registered as charities in England, Wales or Scotland and can provide a charity number can apply for between £500 and £20,000 in funding.

Generally, the larger and longer the project the higher the amount it would be considered acceptable to request. The amount requested should be directly related to the strength of the long term outcomes of the project.

The Trust will consider applications from branches of national charities if the branch has its own charity registration number. However, this does not extend to local Wildlife Trusts.

All applicants must be able to provide proof they are a constituted organisation and have an organisation bank account.

All registered charities, with an income above £25,000, are expected to have a financial reserves strategy in place.

The following are not eligible for funding:

o Organisations currently in receipt of funding from players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, including previous grant recipients who have not submitted a project evaluation form;
o Existing projects (unless significant expansion);
o Bodies seeking to distribute grants/funds to others;
o Organisations with restricted or exclusive memberships;
o Applications where Postcode Local Trust funding would be less than 10% of the overall project cost;
o Organisations that have previously breached their funding agreement with Postcode Local Trust;
o Political parties or party political activities;
o Projects that promote religion;
o Schools (except for special schools), Parent Teacher Associations, nurseries, and universities/colleges;
o Lunch clubs, mother and toddler and after-school groups;
o Individuals;
o Feasibility studies;
o Foreign travel;
o General marketing appeals or sponsorship;
o Medical research, advice and equipment;
o End of life or palliative care;
o Short-term projects such as events, conferences, day trips, seminars, galas or festivals;
o Training or educational workshops that do not result in a tangible outcome for participants;
o Building renovations/general refurbishment;
o Installations of toilets, showers, lifts or changing rooms;
o Organisations that appear to have excessive unrestricted or free reserves and no policy to reflect the rationale behind this; or
o Projects or activities that the state has a legal obligation to provide.

The programme has two funding rounds and an online two-stage application process (Expression of Interest followed by Full Application).

The application form will appear online during the stage 1 dates.

The 2019 dates for application are as follows:

1. Round 1 
o Stage 1: Wednesday 6 -  Wednesday 20 February;
o  Stage 2: Wednesday 27 March – Wednesday 10 April.

2. Round 2
o Stage 1: Wednesday 31 July – Wednesday 14 August;
o Stage 2: Wednesday 11 – Wednesday 25 September.

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

Contact details for the Trust are:

The Management Team 
People's Postcode Lottery 
76 George Street 
Edinburgh 
EH2 3BU 
Tel: 0131 555 7287 
Email: info@postcodetrust.org.uk

(Source: GRIN)