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Funding South West

Creating Excellence is an initiative supported by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA).  It aims to provide knowledge and know-how for people involved in regeneration and sustainable communities in the region.

Funding South West is an advisory group to Creative Excellence, and draws together support for those organisations which either need funding or have funding available.

Read more about the service that Funding South West can provide by visiting its website.

 

Gloucestershire Playing Fields Association’s Ben Jeffrey Award

Are you a local community group trying to help young people in your area? Is there a need for sporting activities in your community? Do you have an idea that you would like to get off the ground?

Gloucestershire Playing Fields Association (GPFA) will provide cash and support to new projects throughout the county with awards of up to £500. GPFA want to help you use your ideas to benefit young people in your communities through sports and leisure activities.

For more information, contact Graham Ross 0n 01452 530931 or e-mail glospfa@blueyonder.co.uk

 

Grants available for people with disabilities or groups who help people with disabilities – deadline 31 August

The Gloucestershire Association for Disability (GAD) is a grant making trust.   We give grants to people with disabilities and also to groups/organisations that help people with disabilities.  A Diamond Jubilee Grant is available this year, the closing date for which is 31 August.

For more information, visit the GAD website or contact GAD by ringing 01452 883060 or emailing gadgrant@btconnect.com

 

Strategic Grants from Gloucestershire Community Foundation

Gloucestershire Community Foundation is seeking grants to its Strategic grants programme.  If you are a community or voluntary group that is aiming to alleviate disadvantage in the County, you could be eligible for a grant of up to £10,000.  Most grants however are around £4000.

The closing date for this round is early September and application forms are available from Darien Parkes email:  darien.parkes@british-energy.com If you wish to discuss your potential application, please call Darien on 01452 656385.

 

Supporting Those Communities and Businesses Facing Challenges Following Post-Office Closures – deadline 11 September

Gloucestershire's rural shops and communities affected by recent post office closures are being urged to bid now for funds from a £40,000 capital fund and business support grant made available by Gloucestershire County Council.  Grants of up to £5,000 are available and the deadline date for completed applications is Thursday 11 September 2008.

For more information, visit the Gloucestershire Rural Communities Council (GRCC) website at http://www.grcc.org.uk/our_work/post_offices

 

Invitation to Tender: Business Support to the Non-Maintained Childcare Sector – deadline Monday 15 September

Tenders are invited from organisations wishing to provide Business Support to the Non-Maintained Childcare Sector on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council Children and Young People’s Directorate.

The successful applicant will provide targeted business support in areas identified as priorities through the Gloucestershire Childcare Sufficiency report.  The contract will be awarded for 2 years 5 months with a commencement date of 1st November 2008.

The closing date for receipt of tenders is 12.00 noon on 15 September 2008.

Tender documentation can be downloaded from: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/business_support_tender

Any queries please contact Hazel Rudge-Pickard, Commissioning Manager, by ringing 01452 427450 or e-mailing
hazel.rudge-pickard@gloucestershire.gov.uk

 

Tenders invited to help support Gloucestershire market towns – deadline 29 August

The Gloucestershire Market Towns Forum (GMTF) is inviting tenders for a £55,000 contract to provide direct development services to the Forum's member towns and community partnerships and its Board of volunteer directors.

To read more about the tender, visit the News section on the Forum's website
www.town2town.org.uk or to download it directly from http://www.tenderdocument.town2town.org.uk

 

Advocacy Funding from GCC – deadline for applications Tuesday 30 September

Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) has continued to support local organisations with small grants of £5k and under.  GCC is now inviting applications to its Community and Adult Care Directorate Advocacy Development Fund and its Community and Adult Care Directorate Advocacy Service Fund.

For more information, including eligibility criteria and application forms, visit the GCC website at http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4881

The Community and Adult Care Directorate (CACD) is also reviewing the funding criteria for adult social care funding to align the funding criteria so it more nearly meets the aims and objectives agreed under the relevant areas of the Gloucestershire Local Area Agreement. For more information on this proposal, download the consultation document from the website http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4881

 

Funding for Local Sustainable Energy Projects

The E.ON Source Fund gives grants of up to £30,000 to local community groups and not for profit organisations located in England, Scotland and Wales that wish to implement sustainable energy projects in their buildings which will benefit the community.

For more information, visit the E.ON website at http://www.eon-uk.com/about/2654.aspx

 

Launch of Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF) Summer Bidding Round

Beverley Hughes, Minister for Children and Young People has announced  that a further £30m will be made available from December 2008 to third sector organisations whose work supports disadvantaged and vulnerable young people in finding their own pathway to success.

Interested organisations can request a funding specification by emailing their details to ysd.fund@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk

 

The Department of Health Third Sector Investment Programme

The Department of Health Third Sector Investment Programme replaces the Section 64 General Scheme of Grants from 2009-10.

The funding programme opened for applications on Monday 21 July 2008 and first stage applications must be submitted by Monday 8 September 2008.

Find out full details at this website.

 

Opportunities for Volunteering Grants 2009/10

Opportunities for Volunteering, (OFV) is a Department of Health initiative which provides grants to local health and social care organisations in England.  Applications can now be made for the OFV grant scheme for 2009/10.

Further information and an application form can be obtained by contacting Joanne Garbett 01752 695912 or 07818 048669. Joanne.garbett3@scope.org.uk

 

‘Opportunities for Volunteering’ Fund

Volunteering England has opened the 2008-12 funding round of its ‘Opportunities for Volunteering’ Fund.  A total fund of £6.7 million will be distributed in awards of between £10,000 to £40,000 via a network of 16 national charities.

For more information, including application materials, visit the Volunteering England website.

 

Community Transfer Loan

To facilitate the government’s stated aim of transferring ownership of under-used buildings to voluntary and community sector organisations, the Unity Trust Bank has developed a Community Transfer Loan.

To find out more, visit the Unity Bank website at http://www.unity.co.uk/information/108270/

 

Gloucestershire Community Foundation launch GRASSROOTS fund

The GRASSROOTS fund is aimed at community and voluntary groups in Gloucestershire with an annual income of less than £20,000 per year. This fund is for groups who have been in existence for twelve months prior to December 2007.  Grants of between £250 and £5000 will be awarded.

For further details and an application form, call Sue Wright on 01452 656386 or Darien Parkes on 01452 656385, or email sue.wright@british-energy.com  or darien.parkes@British-energy.com.

 

Futurebuilders launches new Tender Fund

Futurebuilders England have launched a new interest-free loan fund for third sector organisations struggling to meet the cost of tendering for public sector contracts.

To find out more about the Tender Fund, or to apply for a Tender Fund loan, call 0191 261 5200 or email info@futurebuilders-england.org.uk

 

Gloucestershire Community Foundation Autumn Grant Giving Round

Gloucestershire Community Foundation can now receive applications to its autumn grant-giving round.  Applications for grants to its Strategic Grants programme are welcomed from community and voluntary groups aiming to alleviate disadvantage and poverty.  A grant of up to £10,000 can be received but it is more likely that the average grant will be around £4,000.

An application form is available from Sue Wright by emailing  sue.wright@british-energy.co.uk or by telephoning 01452 656386 or 01452 656385.  The closing date for applications is the end of August.

Anyone wishing to discuss a potential application should call Sue Wright or Darien Parkes on 01452 656386 or 01452 656385.

 

Government Funding Portal: Opportunities from all relevant Whitehall departments

The website www.governmentfunding.org.uk offers funding opportunities from 14 government departments and their extensive range of grant administrators.

Subscriptions to the portal are FREE to voluntary organisations with a turnover under £500k and £75 for all others.  To subscribe, visit www.governmentfunding.org.uk and get a FREE updated version of the "Government Funding" chapter from The Complete Fundraising Handbook.

 

Barrow Cadbury Fund for Community Relations

The Barrow Cadbury Trust Fund has been launched with £750,000 for community projects that seek to improve relations between groups of different ethnic or religious background.

For more information, read the whole story on the Third Sector Online website at:
http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Channels/Fundraising/Article/814916/New-fund-launched-community-relations-projects/

 

Tax Effective Giving

The Institute of Fund Raising have published a free booklet about maximising revenue from gifts received.

To download a copy, visit http://www.tax-effective-giving.org.uk/downloads/pubs/iof-cd-rom.pdf

 

Big Lottery Fund – priorities for Round 2

The Big Lottery Fund has published new information about its funding priorities for Basis Round 2.  Information about Basis funding can be found at http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_basis.htm?regioncode=-uk&status=theProg and a document concerning the South West can be downloaded from http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_basis2_priorities-sw.pdf

 

Funding for Sports Groups for 11 to 16 year olds

UnLtd is a charitable organisation which promotes social entrepreneurship.  UnLtd Sport Relief have grants of up to £500 to give to individuals or small groups who come up with an idea to bring people together through sport or recreation.

For more information, visit the UnLtd website at http://unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=110&PageName=sportrelief

 

Applications open for “MyPlace” fund to improve youth facilities

Safe places to go, positive activities, information advice and support services and partnership working are key themes of this £190 million Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) programme for work with young people.

MyPlace was launched by Government on 3 April and applications opened on 6 May.  Managed by the Big Lottery Fund, there is a strong emphasis on MyPlace projects actively involving young people in shaping and delivering youth provision.

The deadline for fast-track applications is Tuesday 29 July 2008 and the deadline for the standard route is Tuesday 30 September 2008.

For further information see: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_myplace.htm?regioncode=-uk&status=theProg

 

Natural England announce an additional £72 million for the Natural Environment

Natural England has announced that an additional £72 million will be allocated for the 2008/09 funding round.  Of this total, £68 million will be allocated for green farming schemes and an extra £4 million for activities that protect and enhance the marine environment.

For further information, visit the Natural England website at http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/press/news2008/070508.htm

 

Funding for Children and Young People’s groups

Gloucester Association for Voluntary and Community Action (GAVCA) has recently organised six funding surgery days specifically for groups working with Children and Young People to meet Tim Cowhig, and discuss their needs in the changing climate of County Council funding.

Tim suggested looking at the following organisations for funding for Children and Young People’s groups:

 

Playground Partnerships’ awards for school play-area improvements

Playground Partnerships is an educational scheme operated by the Woolworth’s Kids First charity.  The scheme offers awards to mainstream and special schools wishing to improve their play environment.

The awards-round for 2008 is now open.  For more information, including details of how to apply, visit http://www.playgroundpartnerships.org/
(08.05.08)

 

Greenprints’ environmental projects

Greenprints is an initiative which allows 16 to 25 year olds to design and implement a flag-ship environmental project, attracting up to £10,000 funding.

The initiative is funded jointly by v, the youth volunteering charity, and the Sita Trust, and is implemented by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers and the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts.

For more information, visit http://www.sitatrust.org.uk/greenprints/apply/flagships
(08.05.08)

 

European Grants Directory

The annual European Union Grants Directory is available on CD-Rom or online and contains details of over 400 grants available from the European Commission. Grants cover a range of activities.

The guide costs £49.99 on CD Rom, or £35.99 for a download.  More information is available from  www.europeangrants.com/directory.html
(08.05.08)

 

St Monica Trust Community Fund – closing date Tuesday 30 September

The St Monica Trust will be seeking to fund organisations working with older people living with a long-term physical disability, impairment, or physical health problem, where substance misuse is, or has been, a contributing factor. Applications for grants of up to £10,000 opened on Sunday 1 June 2008.

For more information, including eligibility, ring 0117 9494003 or visit the website http://www.communityfund.stmonicatrust.org.uk/application.asp

 

NCVO Sustainable Funding Project

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has updated its website dedicated to sustainable funding for VCS organisations.

To find out more, visit http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/sfp/index.asp?id=2090

 

£1000 towards training

The Projects Company is a company which provides training in project management and fundraising.  The company has announced that up to £1,000 worth of training, support or mentoring is available to qualifying individuals from voluntary organisations and the business sector based in the South West Region.  The funding is drawn from Train to Gain London, and is aimed at directors of organisations.

For more information, contact Vicky Kerrigan at The Projects Company by ringing 020 8502 2327, emailing info@theprojectsco.co.uk or visiting the website www.theprojectsco.co.uk

 

£31 Million for the Third Sector

£31 million is being made available to approximately 100 third-sector organisations for a wide range of projects helping children, young people and families around the country. The grants range from £1 million down to £33,000; some of the funded projects are for one year, while others will run for three years. The next Children, Young People and Families Grant funding round will open early in summer 2008.

For more information, read the press notice at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0027 

 

Grant and contracts from the Children and Young People's Directorate (CYPD)

Information relating to grants and contracts from the Children and Young People’s Directorate of Gloucestershire County Council can now be downloaded from their website.

Visit the site at www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/cypdgrantsandcontracts .

 

Bio-energy Capital Grants Scheme for the community sector

This scheme is open to the industrial, commercial and community sectors and provides capital grants towards the cost of installing such sustainable technologies as biomass-fuelled heat boilers and biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) equipment.

Further information is available on the Defra website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/crops/industrial/energy/capital-grants.htm

Detailed guidance notes and application forms will be available on the website www.bioenergycapitalgrants.org.uk

 

Futurebuilders Fund opens to all areas of public service delivery

The £215 million Futurebuilders Fund is now open to all third sector organisations which operate in a broader range of public service delivery.

When Futurebuilders was set up in 2004, its first phase focused on 5 areas of service delivery: health and social care, crime, community cohesion, education and learning, and support for children and young people.  Futurebuilders will now be able to invest in organisations operating in any public service sector.
The Futurebuilders Fund also now comes under the management of the Adventure Capital Fund (ACF), following a commercial retender exercise. ACF will be responsible for investing an additional £65million of government funds, on top of the £150m already made available to the Futurebuilders Fund, to develop third sector delivery of public services between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2011.

Further information on the fund can be found on the Futurebuilders website: http://www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk/

(10.04.08)

 

Adventure Capital Fund: Business Development Grants (no closing date)

The Adventure Capital Fund (ACF) offers a range of investments and support to develop stable and sustainable community based enterprises. The aim of ACF is to fill the investment gap that faces community enterprise organisations, and to increase investment-readiness of community organisations wishing to move to greater sustainability through enterprise.

The Business Development grant is targeted at community enterprises in their early stages of development to improve their investment readiness and sustainability through developing their skills and capacity.

For more information, please visit the Government Funding website.
(20.03.08)

 

South West Foundation Small Grant Programme (no closing date)

The South West Foundation are offering grants of under £500 to organisations working with people most in need in the rural areas, and market and coastal towns, of the region.

Priority is given to applications from:

  • Small, grassroots organisations

  • Organisations providing support, activities or facilities to their communities

  • Organisations that find attracting other funding difficult

  • Those organisations with running costs of under £15,000 a year.

The Foundation also wants to prioritise those organisations which provide support to specific groups of people, including (amongst others) disabled people and people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities.

For more information or an application form, please contact the South West Foundation by ringing 01275 333666, or emailing info@southwestfoundation.org.uk.  Any group considering making an application is advised to speak to the Foundation first, to ensure they meet any eligibility criteria.

The Foundation’s website can be found at www.southwestfoundation.org.uk
(20.03.08)

 

Severn Trent Flood Fund

Gloucestershire Community Foundation has grant money available from its Severn Trent Flood Fund.  If you are a small community or voluntary group that suffered during the floods last July, and have losses that you cannot or have not been able to claim on your insurance, then the Foundation may be able to help you put things right.  Grants to replace items, equipment, etc., lost during the flood are available now.

For more information, or an application form, contact Sue Wright as soon as possible on 01452 656386 or by email sue.wright@british-energy.com.
(13.03.08)

 

Community Sustainable Energy Programme

The Community Sustainable Energy Programme is an open grants programme run by the Building Research Establishment, an award partner of the Big Lottery Fund.  It has been set up to help community based organisations in England to reduce their energy bills.  

Two types of grant are available for eligible not-for-profit community based organisations: capital (up to a maximum of £50,000 or 50% of the project cost – whichever is lower) and project development (up to £5000 or 75% of the study cost – whichever is lower). 

It is anticipated that the fund will be operational from April 2008. 

For more information, visit: http://www.communitysustainable.org.uk/index.jsp
or email your contact details to info@communitysustainable.org.uk and you will be contacted with any updates.
(06.03.08)

 

Faiths in Action Fund – deadline 1 November

Faiths in Action is a £4m grants programme which offers grants of up to £12,000 to faith, inter faith, voluntary and community organisations and groups operating at a national, regional or local level in England.

For further information visit the Community Development Fund website.

 

Funding for rural groups

For more information on funding advice available to rural groups, please contact Gloucestershire Rural Community Council (GRCC).

 

Funding for groups in Gloucester and Cheltenham

For more information on funding advice available to groups in Gloucester and Cheltenham, contact Gloucester Association for Voluntary and Community Action (GAVCA).

 

Local and National Sources of Funding

A list of local and national sources of funding is available in word format.

 

Funding Search

GAVCA has recently learned that the Gloucestershire information on the Open4Community funding search facility has been discontinued, and so the link to this website has been removed from this page.

If we become aware of any other funding search that could be useful to voluntary and community organisations in the county then we will post a link to that site as soon as we can.