BIG's Rural Programme - Community Grants Opens to Welsh VCSE Groups

https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/wales/rural-programme-community-grants

The Community Grants scheme is accepting applications from voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations aiming to tackle rural poverty in the rural communities (populations of less than 10,000 people) in the Welsh Local Authority areas of: Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire.

Approximately £2 million is available in the first round. Grants of between £10,000 and £350,000 are available.

To be successful, Community Grants projects should meet the following outcomes:

• Rural communities are brought together to map the strengths and opportunities within their community.
• Rural communities are empowered to develop their own solutions to address poverty.
• Learning is captured and shared to inform future community development in rural areas.

Projects will need to undertake the following activities:

• Engagement and communications.
• Community development.
• Evaluation and knowledge sharing.
• Working with the Big Lottery Fund.

Although the programme is mainly for revenue funding which can cover the operating costs of the project as well as a contribution to the organisation's overheads, capital costs of up to 10% of the overall project budget will be considered.

The deadline for Round 1 application is 3 April 2017 (1pm).

(Source: BIG Lottery) 

Campaign to donate first new £5 note has raised up to £12.5m, says CAF poll

This is absolutely astonishing, goes to show the power of social media:

https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/campaign-to-donate-first-new-5-note-has-raised-up-to-12-5m-says-caf.html#sthash.jPxL9yTM.dpuf

(Source: Civil Society)

Fundraising Regulator says levy raised £500,000 in October

https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/fundraising-regulator-says-levy-raised-500-000-in-october.html

(Source: Civil Society)

BRUCE WAKE CHARITABLE TRUST

The Bruce Wake Charitable Trust was founded in 1993 with the specific aim of encouraging and enabling people with disabilities to participate in leisure activities.

Voluntary and community organisations based in the United Kingdom may apply for a grant. There is no match funding requirement.

The Trust will only fund an organisation once during any twelve month period.

PLEASE NOTE: grants to individuals are only accepted through a charitable organisation.

During the year ending 5 April 2015 the Trust awarded 170 grants (2014: 155) totalling £477,683 (2014: £412,229).

The Trust also awarded £79,242 (2014: £40,840) on behalf of individuals.

Grants ranged from less than £1,000 to £28,000 and included:

o Disability Snowsport UK (£10,000);
o Wheelpower (£20,000);
o RoRo Sailing (£5,000); and
o West Coast Crash Wheelchair Rugby (£5,000).

The Trust considers all written applications for grants at trustees’ meetings, which are held quarterly. Applications are considered on merit based on how closely the activities of the applicant fit with the objectives of the Trust.

The following objectives are favoured but are not exclusive:

o The potential beneficiaries are physically disabled wheelchair users;
o Improved access for wheelchair users is proposed; and
o A sporting or leisure activity involving disabled wheelchair users is proposed.

Applications may be submitted at any time. Applications should be made online via the Trust's website together with a copy of their latest accounts.

Contact details for the Charity are:

The Bruce Wake Charitable Trust
PO Box 9335
Oakham
Rutland LE15 0ET
Tel: 0844 879 3349
Email: wake@webleicester.co.uk

(Source: GRIN)

R S Brownless Charitable Trust

The R S Brownless Charitable Trust aims to support charities throughout the UK undertaking projects in the following areas:

o Long-term and terminal illness;
o Disability; and
o Disadvantage.

Grants are normally between £150 and £250.

During the year ending 9 July 2015 the Trust awarded approximately 250 grants totalling £54,245.

Match funding is not required.

PLEASE NOTE: the Trust does not accept applications from Individuals.

The Trust does not maintain a website.

Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.

Applications may be submitted in writing at any time to:

Mrs P M A Nicolai
Trustee
The R S Brownless Charitable Trust
Hennerton Holt
Wargrave
Reading
RG10 8PD
Tel: 01189 404029 
(No email address is advertised by the Trust.)  

(Source: GRIN)

Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund 2016/17 Opens for UK Applications

Local charities, community groups, schools and individuals from across the UK and Ireland are invited to apply for an award to help support sporting or leisure activities or hobbies that are beneficial to individuals or communities.

To date, the Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund has given out awards to help over 150,000 people. This winter, five separate awards of £300 will be given out each week from 7 November 2016 until 26 February 2017. One of these awards will go to the project that has received the most public votes online each week, while the other four will be selected by a panel of judges who will judge each entry on:

• The extent to which the proposed initiative will help the local community.
• Extent of the proposed initiative’s reach.
• The perceived local need for such hobbies, sporting or leisure activities.

Entries can be made at any time up until 11.59pm on 26 February 2017.

https://www.galaxyhotchocolate.com/

(Source: Powys 4 Community)

Youth Led Grant Scheme 2016 - 2017

Grants in the region of £600 are available for projects that provide volunteering opportunities for young people aged 14-25 to help their communities. Previous successful applications secured funds to:

• create a community garden
• hold a fund-raising event to raise money for a village hall
• open up a footpath for local people and making it accessible for  people with mobility disabilities
• run a peer-led first aid course
• train young volunteers.

The applications have to be written by young people.  A panel of young people from Powys will assess the applications.

For more information contact Michiel Blees, Powys Volunteer Centre Officer on 01597 822191, or by emailing michiel.blees@pavo.org.uk

DEADLINE IS 2ND DECEMBER 2016