View online at http://enf.org.uk/blog/ This issue of Funding Extra includes information provided by Grants Online http://www.grantsonline.org.uk SYFAB Funding News http://syfab.org.uk/fundingnews/ Funding Scotland http://www.fundingscotland.com/ Back Issues: at www.enf.org.uk and www.enf.org.uk/blog CONTENTS: Call for Proposals - DAPHNE III Violence against Women Fund and Children''s Services Fund Voluntary Action Scotland - Community Chest Launch of New £60,000 Buy Better Together Challenge Fund Healthy Communities Small Grants Programme Starbucks Youth Action Programme Will Charitable Trust - Blind People & Learning Disabilities The Ernest Cook Trust EDF Energy''s Green Fund Funding Through Local YouthBanks Volant Charitable Trust True Colours Trust ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CALL FOR PROPOSALS - DAPHNE III This Call is based on the DAPHNE III annual work programmes for 2011 and 2012 and combines the priorities as well as the resources available for both years. The available funding consists of an indicative amount of €25.83 million. Applications for a minimum grant of €75,000, for up to 80% of overall eligible project costs, are invited. Overall priority will be given to large-scale projects built on a wide partnership involving organisations from a significant number of Member States and offering a true European scope and relevance. As a minimum, projects require a partnership of two organisations from two different Member States. Public or private organisations and institutions, such as NGOs, local authorities and university departments are eligible to apply. The deadline for submission of applications is 29 March 2012 (12.00 CET). http://tinyurl.com/ctzsw6j/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FUND AND CHILDREN''S SERVICES FUND Application packs for the Scottish Government''s Violence against Women Fund and Children''s Services Fund will be available from Friday 16 December 2011. The VAW Fund will assist in the development of measures to tackle all forms of violence against women. These may be projects which deliver frontline services, or build capacity in local partnerships to strengthen responses to violence against women. As in previous years, funding for Children Services will be used to resource staff to deliver direct support to children and young people experiencing domestic abuse in refuge, following on from children leaving refuge and in outreach settings. Both funding steams are intended to improve current circumstances, not replace or compete with, existing alternative funding arrangements. For that reason funding will only be available in exceptional circumstances for projects which are currently in receipt of financial support from other sources. The Violence against Women and Children''s Services funding streams will provide funding for one, two or three years from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2015. In tackling violence against women the Scottish Government works to a gender based analysis of such violence. This is not intended to minimise the experiences of those affected by any other forms of violence including those where men may experience violence or abuse. However the focus of this funding is the experiences of women and children only. For further information on the criteria, and guidance on the application process, for these funds will be available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/VAWFunding2012-15/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ VOLUNTARY ACTION SCOTLAND - COMMUNITY CHEST We are now accepting applications for the final round of funding, which closes Sunday 15 January 2012. PLEASE NOTE: You cannot apply for a Community Chest (CCP) grant if you already received a European Year of Volunteering (EYV) grant in 2011. Due to its success, the Community Chest programme has been extended for a further year. Community Chest is our small grant programme providing grants of up to £1,000 and free training to help small community groups in Scotland sustain and develop their activities. Groups can apply for funding for a wide range of activities or operational costs. However, we are particularly keen to fund activities that will help build and develop strong organisations, for example: training for committee members and volunteers, visits to other organisations or conferences; professional support or consultancy. Priority for funding will be given to groups working with: • Disability or health related issues; • People excluded due to their ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity; • Families and young people; • Older people. Applications for the Community Chest programme are welcome throughout the year with the remaining deadline being the 15 January 2012. http://tinyurl.com/czjqgvm/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ LAUNCH OF NEW £60,000 BUY BETTER TOGETHER CHALLENGE FUND The Government, together with Co-operatives UK, the trade association of co-operative enterprises have announced a new challenge prize and guide to enable communities to realise the benefits of community buying. Community buying involves groups of people combining their buying power to purchase goods or services together and get better deals from shops and other suppliers. This can help businesses spread their overheads and in turn lowers costs for consumers. The ‘Buy Better Together Challenge’ is aimed at raising awareness of the benefits of community buying and sharing best practice amongst communities. A total of £60,000 is available through the prize fund. Support will be awarded to schemes that best demonstrate new and different models of group buying and which deliver real deals and social benefits for communities. Any group or organisation within the public, voluntary or business sectors is eligible to enter the competition. The Buy Better Together Challenge will be open for applications from January 2012. In May, shortlisted applicants will be asked to prepare a detailed business plan for the final stage, aided by a business mentor if they need it. The overall winner of the prize will be announced in October 2012. http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/buying/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME The People’s Health Trust has announced that they will be announcing the first recipients of their Health Communities small grants programme. The Health Communities small grants programme will make awards of between £5,000 and £10,000 to local projects which help people live longer healthier lives, and address health inequalities. The People’s Health Trust are particularly keen to support grassroots activities through their small grants programme, which is currently open in 9 local society lottery areas. Funding will be available from other local society lotteries in the coming weeks and months, and local charities and community groups are urged to check the People’s Health Trust’s website for details. http://tinyurl.com/d9pgmwr/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ STARBUCKS YOUTH ACTION PROGRAMME Young People between the ages of 16 – 24 that wish to make a positive difference within their community can apply for grants of up to £2,000 through the Starbucks Youth Action programme. The programme is open to young people for projects in Greater London; Belfast; Birmingham; Bristol; Cardiff; Dublin; Edinburgh; Leeds; and Manchester. Previous projects supported include introducing bee-hives to an inner-city park in Manchester, tackling cyber-bullying in Cardiff; and supporting cheer-leaders in Kensington. The closing date for applications is 9 am on the 5th March 2012. http://starbucks.co.uk/responsibility/community/youth-action/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WILL CHARITABLE TRUST - BLIND PEOPLE & LEARNING DISABILITIES The Will Charitable Trust has announced that the next deadline for applications through its Blind People & Learning Disabilities grant is the 31st January 2012. Through the programme UK registered or exempt charities can apply for funding for: • The care of and services for blind people, and the prevention and/or cure of blindness • The long-term care of people with learning disabilities either in a residential care or supported living environment in a way that provides a family environment and a wide choice of activities and lifestyle or by providing long-term day/employment activities. Grants will generally fall within the range of £5,000 to £20,000. The total amount awarded varies from year to year according to available funds. As a guide, in the year 2008/09, 44 grants were awarded from our normal programme totalling £491,000. http://www.willcharitabletrust.org.uk/howtoapply.htm/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE ERNEST COOK TRUST Registered charities, schools and not-for-profit wishing to encourage young people''s interest either in the countryside and the environment, the arts or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy can apply for funding to the Ernest Cook Trust (ECT). The Trust operates two grant making programmes. The small grants programme (under £4,000) supports state schools and small registered charities which would like to undertake projects which meet the Trust''s objectives and require a small amount of pump-priming in order for such projects to take place. The large grants programme (Grants over £4,000) is aimed at more comprehensive education programmes. Last year, the ECT Trustees gave £1.4m. Grants awarded in the past have ranged from supporting children’s literacy and numeracy, to teaching young people how to manage money in London schools, to helping to keep the ancient craft of coppicing alive by supporting apprenticeships in the North West. Grants are normally awarded for one year only. Trustees meet several times a year to consider applications. http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/index.html/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ EDF ENERGY''S GREEN FUND EDF Energy''s Green Fund is now open to applications from community, non-profit, charitable and educational organisations across the UK. The Green Fund is made up with a small premium that EDF Green Tariff customers pay, EDF match these contributions and use it to help support renewable energy projects across England, Scotland and Wales. The Fund offers grants of up to £30,000 to help cover the cost of renewable energy technology that can be used to produce green energy from the sun, wind, water, wood and other renewable sources. Projects supported in the past include; • Ringmer Community College, East Sussex – staff and pupils used funding to install solar panels on the south-facing roof of their school; • and Care Kent used funding to fit wind turbines, a ground source heat pump and solar panels that meet all its energy needs. The next deadline for applications is the 28th February 2012. http://tinyurl.com/3fzy9fm/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FUNDING THROUGH LOCAL YOUTHBANKS YouthBank is an innovative UK-wide grant making initiative run by young people for young people. Local Youth Banks provide small grants to young people for activities of benefit to the community and that also benefit the young people taking part. YouthBank is unique in that it is young people themselves who make decisions about how local YouthBanks are managed and run and, through a Board of young people, also direct the UK-wide programme. Grant making criteria and processes are decided by each individual YouthBank. Local areas can also receive funding, advice and support from YouthBank UK, the national umbrella body, to set up local Youth Banks. For example a grant of £75,000 was recently awarded to set up a Youth Bank in Cambridge. http://www.youthbank.org.uk/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ VOLANT CHARITABLE TRUST Registered charities whose purpose is to alleviate poverty and social deprivation with particular emphasis on children and women’s issues have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Volant Charitable Trust. The Trust which was set up by the author J K Rowling also supports research into the causes, treatment and possible cures of Multiple Sclerosis. However this funding stream is currently fully committed and is not considering further applications for funding in this area at the present time. In addition the Trustees will as and when appropriate, support disaster appeals. The Trust will support both capital and revenue funding. Applications for funding requests of £10,000 or less, for those projects based in Scotland only, are dealt with by the Trust’s appointed agents, the Scottish Community Foundation. The Trustees have already committed funds for overseas projects, and are not, therefore, considering further applications for projects outside the UK at present. The next deadline for applications is Friday 27th January 2012. http://www.volanttrust.com/index.html/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TRUE COLOURS TRUST Local organisations and projects that support disabled children and their families have the opportunity to apply for funding through the True Colours Trust Small Grants Programme. Grants of up to £10,000 are usually available for one-off purposes, to help smaller organisations develop and deliver programmes for children, their siblings and families. The Trustees are particularly keen to award grants for • Hydrotherapy pools; • Multi sensory rooms; • Mini buses; • Young carers projects; • Sibling projects; • and Bereavement support. The True Colour Trust also makes grants for improving access to affordable palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa. The Trust''s strategic programme is focussed on increasing access to opioids in Zambia. It has also launched a small grants programme which is administered by the African Palliative Care Association. This programme provides grants, of £1,000 - £2,500, to organisations offering palliative services. 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