The Big Lottery said that too often funders create barriers to innovative projects and hard to reach communities seeking funding” through complex processes.
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Too much fraud in charities goes unreported, warns Commission chief executive
The Charity Commission's chief executive, Helen Stephenson, has warned that many instances of fraud within the sector currently go unreported. Speaking at the launch of Charity Fraud Awareness Week, Stephenson said that fraud can have a “devastating” impact on voluntary organisations and urged greater reporting of the crime when it occurs. She said there was no evidence that charities were more likely to be targeted by fraudsters than other organisations but suggested that the effects could be worse than in the private or public sectors.
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Monday, 23 October 2017
New funding round will open in 2018
Community Grants
We will be inviting community groups to apply for funding to tackle rural poverty in rural areas of Wales.
The first round of funding has now closed. A second round will open in 2018. Details of this round will be announced in early 2018.
The first round of funding has now closed. A second round will open in 2018. Details of this round will be announced in early 2018.
Community Development Support
This funding for the Rural Programme comes after £2 million was set aside for community development support.
Severn Wye Energy Agency, in partnership with BRO Partnership, will support up to 30 communities in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire to tackle poverty in their areas. The partnership will support communities to address issues that could include employment and income, transport and access to services, poor broadband and digital exclusion, housing and fuel poverty, and demand for welfare and advice services.
Dave Gittins
Senior Project Manager
Asiantaeth Ynni Severn Wye Energy Agency
The Lindens
Spa Road
Llandrindod Wells
LD1 5EQ
Hurry deadline is soon!
Gwirvol Youth Led Grant funding for 2017-2018
Funding is still available for youth led grants for projects running up to end of March 2018.
Grants of up to £600 are available for projects that provide volunteering opportunities for young people aged 14-25 to help their communities in Powys.
Grants of up to £600 are available for projects that provide volunteering opportunities for young people aged 14-25 to help their communities in Powys.
The applications must to be written by young people.
A panel of young people from Powys will assess the applications. Application forms are available to download from here.
If you would like to discuss your ideas/project, contact Michiel Blees from PAVO on 01597 822191 or email: michiel.blees@pavo.org.
BSA Accepting Community Group Applications for British Science Week Funding
Community groups still have time to apply for grants to run an event during British Science Week 2018.
British Science Week (BSW) is an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that is coordinated by the BSA and funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
The British Science Association (BSA) provides grants for community organisations to run events that will take place across the UK during the week of 9-18 March 2018.
Community-based groups and organisations that work directly with audiences who are traditionally under-represented and currently not engaged in science activity can apply for grants of £500 and £1,000.
There are two levels of funding:
- Grants of £500 are available to run one or more events during British Science Week 2018.
- Grants of up to £1,000 are available to run one or more events during British Science Week 2018 as well as follow-up activities that will lead to continued engagement after British Science Week.
The funding is intended to expand the audiences that engage with science and self-identify as having an interest in science by empowering and supporting community groups to run their own science activities. Community grants cannot be used for events or activities with school groups unless they are a special needs school.
To be eligible, events and activities must target and include hard-to-reach audiences, which include:
- People who are Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME).
- People with low socio economic status, including people disadvantaged in terms of education and income.
- Young people facing adversity, including those not in education employment or training (NEET).
- People with a disability.
- Girls and women.
- People living in a remote and rural location with a population of less than 10,000 people.
The deadline for all applications is 13 November 2017 (12noon).
The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA)
Wellcome Wolfson Building
165 Queen's Gate
London
SW7 5HD
Wellcome Wolfson Building
165 Queen's Gate
London
SW7 5HD
bsw@britishscienceassocation.org
The deadline for receipt of applications for the 2018 Awards is 7 November 2017.
Deadline Approaches for 2018 Ashden Awards to Promote Sustainable Energy
Awards recognising renewable energy projects in the UK and the developing world, promoting the widespread use of local, sustainable energy, because of the environmental, social and economic benefits which it can provide.
The aim of the Ashden Awards is to promote the widespread use of local, sustainable energy, because of the environmental, social and economic benefits this provides. The Awards reward outstanding and innovative renewable energy projects in developing countries and in the UK, with funding for future developments.
Through the scheme and related activities, these awards aim to persuade policymakers, funders and the wider public to recognise renewable energy efficiency as a crucial tool for addressing the urgent global issues of climate change, pollution and energy supply, as well as the social and economic needs of local communities across the globe.
Ashden rewards innovative enterprises and programmes that deliver, or play a key part in enabling the delivery of, renewable energy and energy efficiency at the local level, and through this bring social, economic and environmental benefits.
Ashden International Awards
In 2018 there will be six International Awards. The winners will receive prize funds of up to £20,000 each.
UK-based businesses, NGOs, social enterprises and government organisations working in one of the UN’s developing regions of Africa, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Asia (excluding Japan) and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) may apply. Note: the funded activities can be in rural or urban areas.
Ashden UK Awards
In 2018 there will be up to four UK Awards, each of which comes with a prize of up to £10,000.
The following organisations are eligible to apply for the UK Award:
- Businesses, which must have employees in the UK, and be providing their products or services in the UK, although the headquarters may be in another country.
- Social enterprises, both for-profit and not-for-profit, including community groups.
- Not-for-profit groups, such as charities, energy agencies or housing associations.
- Public sector organisations, including local authorities, higher education establishments, hospitals, fire services, police forces, etc.
The deadline for receipt of applications for the 2018 Awards is 7 November 2017.
Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
The Peak
5 Wilton Road
London
SW1V 1AP
The Peak
5 Wilton Road
London
SW1V 1AP
- Tel:
- 020 7410 7023
ukapps@ashden.org
The Henry Smith Charity Re-launches Grants Programmes
The Henry Smith Charity’s Main Grants programme is now open for applications following a review of its guidelines and criteria.
The Henry Smith Charity distributes over £28 million a year in grant programmes designed to reduce social and economic disadvantage in the UK.
Following a review of its grant procedures, the Funder has refined its Main Grant programmes, separating it into two defined funds under the same new strategy that aims to work with people for whom other sources of support have failed, been inappropriate or are simply not available.
This will be achieved through the following priorities:
- Increasing resilience - empowering people, encouraging integration and personal independence, helping people to recover and move on.
- Creating opportunities and life chances - raising aspiration, equipping people with new skills, unlocking and enabling potential, and providing the means to improve life circumstances.
- Empowering communities - strengthening and connecting communities and making people feel valued, providing opportunities for social connections and relationships, encouraging participation and inclusion.
The Charity’s grants programmes now stand as follows:
- The Main Grants: Improving Lives Fund is the largest of the Charity’s funds, and will support the work of established charitable organisations with incomes of up to £2 million. Funding is available for projects that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available.
- The Main Grants: Strengthening Communities Fund is designed to support small charitable organisations working at grassroots level in the most disadvantaged areas of the UK.
- The County Grants programme provides grants for smaller organisations working with disadvantaged people and communities in one of eight English counties. Groups should note that funding for Surrey is not available until early 2018.
- The Holiday Grants for Children programme provides grants for recreational trips and holidays for groups of children aged 13 and under in the UK who are disabled or disadvantaged. These are one-off short grants.
- The Christian Projects grant programme awards grants to projects that explicitly promote the Christian faith in the UK.
Grant sizes are generally between £10,000 and £60,000 and are for charities and not-for-profit organisations, including social enterprises that are based and working in the UK.
There are no deadlines. Applications are considered on a regular basis, depending on the fund applied to.
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