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Funding News
January 2015
Contents
Success stories ............................................................................................................ 3
Arts Council .............................................................................................................. 3
Heritage Lottery Fund - Windmill Hill Windmill Trust ................................................. 3
Male Rape Support Fund .......................................................................................... 4
Sport England ........................................................................................................... 4
Wealden ................................................................................................................ 4
Veolia Environmental Trust ....................................................................................... 5
Hadlow Down Playing Field Association ................................................................ 5
Pevensey Memorial hall ........................................................................................ 5
Awards ......................................................................................................................... 6
Awards for Young Musicians .................................................................................... 6
Charlemagne Youth Prize ......................................................................................... 6
Information and Guidance ............................................................................................ 7
Biffa Award ............................................................................................................... 7
European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020: from policy to practice - how
will the Voluntary and Community Sector engage in the new Programme? .............. 7
Grow Wild UK: FREE seed kits ................................................................................. 7
Guide on EU Project Development and Management ............................................... 8
Power to Change – new fund for social enterprises .................................................. 8
Training ........................................................................................................................ 9
Big Lottery - Awards for All webinar training............................................................. 9
Government ............................................................................................................... 10
Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund........................................................... 10
Readiness Fund ..................................................................................................... 10
Sportivate ............................................................................................................... 11
Youth Voice ............................................................................................................ 11
Lottery ........................................................................................................................ 13
Heritage Lottery Fund – First World War Then and Now ......................................... 13
Sport England – Protecting Playing Fields .............................................................. 13
Trusts and Foundations.............................................................................................. 14
The APB Charitable Trust ....................................................................................... 14
The Archer Trust ..................................................................................................... 14
Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) - Project Development Grants .......................... 14
Ardis ....................................................................................................................... 15
Bedgebury Foundation ........................................................................................... 15
Big Venture Challenge ............................................................................................ 15
Boshier - Hinton Foundation ................................................................................... 15
The Bothwell Charitable Trust ................................................................................. 16
The Caffyn Family Charitable Fund ........................................................................ 16
The Chapman Charitable Trust ............................................................................... 16
Downlands Educational Trust Grant ....................................................................... 17
Eagle Radio Trust ................................................................................................... 17
Ernest Cook Trust ................................................................................................... 17
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust ........................................................................... 18
Frederick Soddy Trust - Expeditions and Fieldwork Grant ...................................... 18
Hastings and St Leonards Foreshore Charitable Trust – Events Grants ................. 18
Innovate UK Innovation Vouchers........................................................................... 19
Jephcott Charitable Trust ........................................................................................ 19
The Keith Baker Charitable Will Trust ..................................................................... 19
Momentum Music Fund .......................................................................................... 20
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust .................................................................................. 20
Post Office Community Branch Fund ...................................................................... 20
Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts - Start Programme ........................... 21
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust ......................................................................... 21
The Ranmore Charitable Trust................................................................................ 21
Robert Eaton Memorial Fund .................................................................................. 22
Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys - Stepping Stones Grants ......................... 22
Roy Hudson Trust ................................................................................................... 23
Shane Alderman Charitable Trust ........................................................................... 23
The Ted Baker Trust ............................................................................................... 23
Tony Barnard Foundation ....................................................................................... 23
Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund Grant ........................................................... 24
Yorkshire Building Society Chartiable Foundation................................................... 24
International ............................................................................................................... 25
INTERREG V France (Channel) England Programme ............................................ 25
INTERREG V Two Seas ......................................................................................... 25
Funding Diary ............................................................................................................. 27
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Success stories
Arts Council
A partnership of cultural organisations and children’s services providers, led by East
Sussex County Council have received 75,000 funding from Arts Council England for a
two year programme of arts and culture for very young children (0-2) and children with
special needs, and a creative programme of professional development for cultural
organisations, early years practitioners, and families.
Open Sesame builds on the success of the previous Open Sesame partnership project
managed by Culture Shift (2011-13) and will include:
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Partnerships between children’s centres, museums and libraries in areas of need
(Eastbourne, Hailsham, Bexhill (Sidley), Hastings and St Leonards in the first year)
A series of participatory events for families and young children, ‘Sorted’, devised by
Octopus Inc, to be adapted and developed for children with disabilities
New immersive, tactile and multisensory spaces specifically for under 2s, to be
shared in museums and libraries along with audience development activities and
interactive workshops
A programme of professional development for early years practitioners and cultural
organisations enabling them to extend their knowledge of working with under 5s,
including a series of Creative Practice sessions with Octopus Inc, and a Level 4
course at University of Brighton in ‘Nurturing Possibility and Creativity in Early
Years’
The opportunity for a group of young parents to pursue Arts Award, improving their
confidence in learning and parenting, helping them achieve an accredited Award
and equipping them with skills to engage creatively with their children
Academic research led by the University of Plymouth
This programme will be managed by Culture Shift and delivered by Octopus Inc with
and on behalf of East Sussex County Council and a range of cross-sector partners
from Early Years, museums and libraries, heritage, the arts and universities.
Tel: 0845 300 6200
Heritage Lottery Fund - Windmill Hill Windmill Trust
A trust which helps protect and preserve a historic windmill has been awarded an
£80,800 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
It will be used to restore Windmill Hill Windmill to working order where it will once again
grind flour.
The project will be led by volunteers from the community and is due to start in autumn
2015.
The machinery, the sweeps, the unique patented governor designed to control the
speed of the sweeps and the original outside stairs for easier visitor access to the
trestle (first) floor, will all be restored.
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The restoration will be documented by members of the local photographic society who
will mount exhibitions in the area, and a historian will research the story of early millers
of the windmill.
As a result of the restoration there will be numerous opportunities for volunteers to
witness, experience and keep alive the practice of operating a windmill and producing
stone ground flour.
The Windmill at Windmill Hill, was built in 1814 and is a Grade II listed building. It is the
landmark that gives the village its name and is the largest post mill in the UK. The
structure was authentically restored and opened to the public in 2006 as an exampleof
the country’s industrial heritage. It is one of the few remaining windmills of its type in
Sussex. Windmill Hill Windmill Trust is a registered charity, established in 1995 to
promote its restoration and preservation.
Tel: 020 7591 6042
E-mail: enquire@hlf.org.uk
Male Rape Support Fund
The £600,000 government fund was the first one dedicated for male victims of rape.
Its aim is to provide online information and face-to-face support at centres. Twelve
charities were recently awarded a grant over two years, one of them is Mankind in
Newhaven.
Mankind will receive £68,296 over two years, enabling them to increase their capacity
by a quarter and improve services.
Tel: 01273 911680
E-mail: admin@mankindcounselling.org.uk
Sport England
Sport England invests in clubs and projects across the country to create a great
environment that encourages more people to play sport.
The following grants were awarded in September to East Sussex groups:
Wealden
Crowborough Wolfe Bowling Club
Keep bowling, keep fit
£10,000
Crowborough Town Council
Modernise hot and cold water systems in changing rooms
£7,040
Hailsham Community College Academy Trust
Outdoor Ping at HCC
£6,850
Tel: 08458 508 508
E-mail: funding@sportengland.org
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Veolia Environmental Trust
Veolia Environmental Trust have recently made two awards in East Sussex, which are
summarised below.
Hadlow Down Playing Field Association
Veolia have awarded a grant of £18,894 to Hadlow Down Playing Field Association to
fund the installation of a drainage system for the popular pitch.
The pitch lies on Weald clay. Without adequate drainage, this leads to water-logging in
the winter and rock-hard conditions during the summer, leading to the frequent
cancellation of football matches and practice sessions.
They will now start working with the playing field association to finalise the details of
their project, including the start date, so it can get up and running as soon as possible.
The Hadlow Down Playing Field Association exists to provide a sport, recreational and
community space not only for the residents of the parish but for any others outside its
boundaries. The playing field consists of a large football area for young people, a
cricket pitch for both adults and young people, a play and picnic area – public access
is unrestricted.
Pevensey Memorial hall
Veolia have awarded the hall’s management committee a grant of £53,000 towards the
first stage of a two-stage project to install a new roof and overhaul the hall’s ceiling. In
recent years the roof has leaked during heavy rain, meaning that buckets were
deployed to reduce the risk of falls and damage to the building.
They will now start working with the hall’s management committee to finalise the
details of their project, including the start date, so it can get up and running as soon as
possible.
Pevensey Memorial Hall seeks to facilitate local community activities at an affordable
cost. Current regular users are: Pevensey and Westham Playgroup1st Pevensey
Guides and 1st Pevensey Brownies, Four local dance groups including ballroom and
modern Pevensey Short Mat Bowls Club Community Bingo. The hall is also frequently
used on a non-regular basis by other clubs and organisations and by the local
community for private functions.
Tel: 01902 794 677
E-mail: info@veoliatrust.org
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Awards
Awards for Young Musicians
Awards for Young Musicians awards grants between £200 to £2,000 to support
musically talented young people between the ages of 5 and 17 years, who come from
lower-income families.
Funding goes directly to suppliers rather than individual families and can be used to
fund private music lessons, course fees, equipment costs, and travel expenses related
to courses and lessons. Young people should be recommended for this scheme and a
Music Teachers Reference Form, a Recommending Organisation’s Reference Form
and a Headteacher’s Reference Form must be completed. Auditions will be called for
those applying for larger sums of money.
The deadline for applications is 13th March 2015.
Tel: 0300 302 0023
E-mail: hannah.turner@a-y-m.org.uk
Charlemagne Youth Prize
The European Charlemagne Youth Prize aims to encourage the development of
European consciousness among young people, as well as their participation in
European integration projects.
The Prize is awarded to projects undertaken by young people which foster
understanding, promote the development of a shared sense of European identity, and
offer practical examples of Europeans living together as one community.
The prize for the best project is €5,000, the second, €3,000 and the third, €2,000. As
part of the prize, the three final laureates will be invited to visit the European
Parliament (in Brussels or in Strasbourg). Also, the representatives of all the 28
national projects selected will be invited to a four-day trip in Aachen, Germany.
The prizes for the best three projects will be presented by the President of the
European Parliament and representative of the Foundation of the International
Charlemagne Prize of Aachen.
The next deadline is 2nd February 2015.
E-mail: ecyp2015@ep.europa.eu
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Information and Guidance
Biffa Award
Due to the high number of applications being received, the Biffa Award Board has
made some slight changes to the eligibility criteria, as follows:
As of the 2nd February 2015, Biffa Award will introduce a time limit of one year from the
final payment before a new application for the same site can be submitted through
either the Small Grants Scheme or Main Grants Scheme.
In addition, with immediate effect, Biffa Award will not accept a resubmission of an
application for six months from the rejection/withdrawal letter date.
Tel: 01636 670000
E-mail: biffa-award@rswt.org
European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020: from
policy to practice - how will the Voluntary and Community
Sector engage in the new Programme?
The National Council for Voluntary Organisation recently hosted a national event for
the voluntary and community sector to provide an update on the European Structural
and Investment Funds 2014-2020 programme which is due to start in 2015.
The aim of the event was to provide participants with an update on the policy
developments of the European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020
Programme as well as with an opportunity to hear about the main entry routes into the
Programme from the Opt-in and Co-financing Organisations.
Slides from the event are now available.
Tel: 020 7520 2551
E-mail: euiteam@ncvo-vol.org.uk
Grow Wild UK: FREE seed kits
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew have teamed up with Lemos &Crane to share
thousands of free seed kits so groups around the country can transform their local
spaces into beautiful, inspiring and colourful wild flower havens.
This is part of one of the UK’s biggest-ever seed sowing campaigns, helping to create
over one million square metres of wild flowers for spring 2015.
Click here to register for your free seed kit
Registration closes at midnight on 14th February 2015 and the kits will be sent out in
late March.
E-mail: hello@growwilduk.com
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Guide on EU Project Development and Management
As a lot of European Programmes will be opening in 2015, we are pleased to let you
know that we have just uploaded our Guide on EU Project Development and
Management.
The guide was written by Emilie Hochart who did a 6 months placement with us and
who was leading on the international section of Funding News during that time.
Emilie did a fantastic job on the guide and I am sure you will find a lot of useful tips in
there. Do let us know what you think!
Emilie is now back in France and if you would to get more up to date information on
EU Project Development and Management, she has a bilingual blog.
Power to Change – new fund for social enterprises
Power to Change is a new trust, set up with a £150 million Big Lottery endowment to
support the development of sustainable community-led enterprises. The fund will is
expected to open early 2015.
Power to Change, is inviting Community led enterprises to get involved now by
registering their enterprise on the Enterprising England map. This will ensure they are
kept up to speed with the initiative.
Tel: 0845 4 10 20 30
E-mail: general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk
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Training
Big Lottery - Awards for All webinar training
Big Lottery’s Webinars are interactive seminars run over the internet. This training
provides an opportunity to learn in a place that suits the applicant without the expense
and time of travel. It will give support and guidance on applying for funding and top
tips to presenting a project.
Webinars are offered weekly at 3pm on Thursdays, and last approximately 40 minutes
to an hour. There is the opportunity to ask questions throughout the presentation
through a live chat panel.
Once you have registered, you will receive an e-mail approximately 1 day before the
webinar is due to take place. This e-mail will contain a link to join the webinar and a
handy guide to getting set up correctly.
Tel: 0845 410 20 30
E-mail: webinars@biglotteryfund.org.uk
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Government
Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund
This is a new £15 million one-off grant from the Department for Culture, Media and
Sport (DCMS) for urgent repairs to public places of worship across the UK. The aim of
the fund is to ensure historic places of worship can remain open for commemoration,
services and other community functions and events.
Organisations and congregations of all faiths and denominations across the UK that
are responsible for maintaining and repairing listed places of worship can apply.
for grants of £10,000 to £100,000. Match funding is not required, though welcomed.
To be eligible, applicants must:
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Be a formally constituted organisation, such as a Parochial Church Council
Be responsible for maintaining a place of worship that is listed and used solely or
mainly as a place of worship within the UK
Funding is to be used to help meet the costs of urgent repairs to roofs (eg, coverings,
timbers, ceilings and vaults) and rainwater disposal systems (eg, gutters, valleys,
hoppers, downpipes, gullies, drains and soakaways).
Some funding is also available to help with the cost of repointing of high level masonry,
but only where part of a wider project to repair a roof and where the additional works
are necessary to prevent rainwater entering the building.
The repair work must have been identified in a recent professional report as being
necessary within the next five years.
The next deadline is 30th January 2015 (12 noon).
Awards are expected to be allocated by the end of March 2015.
Tel: 01392 223 979
E-mail: enquiries@lpowroof.org.uk
Readiness Fund
Investors want to know the social impact that organisations will make before backing a
venture with their money and this is often a decisive factor when they consider their
investment.
Without the right systems and knowledge many worthy social ventures struggle to
show how their impact can be measured. This new fund aims to solve the problem by
offering support from experts to help organisations to show the impact they make.
Managed by the Social Investment Business for the Cabinet Office, the money will
allow ambitious social ventures to access grants to help them manage their
performance and increase their social impact to attract more investors.
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Grants between £15,000 and £150,000 will be available until late January 2015 to help
the organisations to build their infrastructure and skills and showcase their impact.
Organisations must fit certain criteria to be successful when applying to the fund.
These include being focused on tackling social problems, demonstrating a strong
commitment to securing investment or to delivering public or private sector contracts,
and being able to complete the work plan within a maximum period of 3 months.
Tel: 0207 842 7788
E-mail: enquiries@sibgroup.org.uk
Sportivate
Sportivate offers a wide variety of sporting activities for free or at hugely subsidised
rates to young people aged 11-25 across Sussex.
The four-year nationwide campaign to continue the Olympic Legacy, provides
youngsters with 6-8 weeks of coaching in a range of sports and guiding them into
regular participation.
Active Sussex invites applications from organisations that would like to apply for
funding to deliver activities. Active Sussex have awarded funding to over 500 projects
in Sussex with the average amount per project being £1,500.
Applications for Year 5 Phase 1 Funding are now open. This is for projects who would
like to deliver between April and September 2015 – the deadline for applications is
Sunday 25th January 2015.
They are only accepting applications that target 16-25 year olds and/or that target at
least one of the four priority areas below for this particular phase. If you would like to
engage with young people within the ages 11-16 you must target at least one of the
four priority areas below within your application:
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Inactive Young People *
Women and Girls
Young people aged 19-25 years
Disabled young people
*Those young people who, when registering for Sportivate, state that they aren’t yet
doing once a week participation in sport.
If your application is successful you will be expected to attend an induction which they
have set a provisional date of Monday 9th March 2015.
Tel: 01273 643869
E-mail : sportivate@activesussex.org.
Youth Voice
If you would like to actively involve young people in having a say over what happens in
your area (or around a specific issue) then your organisation can apply for anything
between £500 up to £2,500 to establish (or develop further) any kind of new 'youth
voice' group.
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What is meant by 'youth voice' group
An organised group of young people (in this case any age group between 11 and 19
yrs) who represent the views and opinions of their peers. It can be about what
happens in a geographic area or it can be about a specific issue.
If you already support a 'youth voice' group (includes youth councils, forums, youth
mayors, youth steering groups, youth campaign groups etc.) then you may bid for
some of this money to help develop it further (e.g. training days, recruitment events,
campaign issue, specific consultation etc.)
Proposals welcome from any kind of constituted voluntary, community or not-for-profit
organisations and Town, Parish, District or Borough councils operating within the area
covered by East Sussex County Council.
The deadline is 16th February 2015.
Tel: 07814 260359
E-mail: traceyjohnson@sparknetwork.org.uk
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Lottery
Heritage Lottery Fund – First World War Then and Now
First World War then and now provides grants of £3,000–£10,000 for community
projects which explore, conserve and share the heritage of the First World War. You
can apply at any time and the application form is really straightforward.
Tel: 020 7591 6042/6044
E-mail: enquire@hlf.org.uk
Sport England – Protecting Playing Fields
Playing fields are one of the most important resources for sport in England but many of
them are waterlogged or in a state of disrepair, so Sport England are investing
£28million of National Lottery funding into improving community sports fields.
The programme is being delivered via eight funding rounds with approximately £4
million being awarded to projects in each round. The first six rounds of funding has
benefited 399 projects who have been able to either create new natural turf pitches or
improve existing ones that needed leveling or drainage works.
Protecting Playing Fields is currently an annual programme to align the awards with
the time of year that works can be undertaken. Round 7 is now open and is set to
close on 9th February 2015 at 5pm. Decisions should be made by the End April/ Start
of May 2015.
Round 8 will open on 14th September and close on 2nd November 2015.
Community organisations can apply for £10,000-£65,000 and Local Authorities
£10,000-£100,000 (30% partner funding required for education establishments and £
for £ for statutory bodies).
Tel: 08458 508 508
E-mail: funding@sportengland.org
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Trusts and Foundations
The APB Charitable Trust
The APB Charitable Trust awards small grants to charities working on conservation
projects and for social welfare activities.
Tel: 01444 400589
E-mail: gardens@highbeeches.com
The Archer Trust
The Archer Trust supports small charities, working to benefit people in need. If you
meet the following criteria, they may be able to help you:
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You are a small UK charity for whom a grant of between £250 and £3,000 will
make a big difference
In one way or another, you provide aid or support to a defined group of needy or
deserving people, for instance those with physical or mental disabilities or the
disadvantaged
You are competently run and can support your application with up-to-date accounts
The Trust prefer to support organisations working in areas of high unemployment and
deprivation. They favour charities which make good use of volunteers. The Trust
support projects both in the UK and overseas, but for overseas projects only via UK
charities which can ensure that funds are being well used.
Applications can be submitted at any time, however replies may take some time
because the trustees only meet twice a year, normally in March and September.
Applications should be sent by post to The Secretary, The Archer Trust, Bourne
House, Wadesmill, Ware, Herts, SG12 0TT
Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) - Project Development
Grants
AHF awards grants up to £25,000 to cover some of the costs of developing and coordinating a building project and taking it towards the start of work on site. Registered
charities and not-for-profit organisations are eligible applicants.
The building must be listed or in a conservation area, be at risk (structurally,
financially, functionally etc), and be capable of being used again. The fund particularly
favours supporting those responsible for buildings who have been unable to find viable new use for the building. The funding may support professional fees and go
towards project organiser fees.
The deadline is 11th February 2015.
Tel: 020 7925 0199
E-mail: ahf@ahfund.org.uk
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Ardis
Ardis gives grants to local organisations working with individuals who are affected by
Alzheimers and their carers.
Tel: 01273 472049
E-mail: Lenacornwall@gmail.com
Bedgebury Foundation
The Foundation objective is charitable grant making towards the education of young
people (under 25) and adults who teach young people. Due to high demand awards
are only available to those who live or have had their secondary education in Kent and
East Sussex.
Individuals such as school children,students, clergy, teaching staff, teaching
assistants, young people who are unemployed or young offenders.
Supporting applicants where the lack of funding is likely to be the main barrier to
success. Grants will be awarded to those in the greatest financial, mental or physical
need and will not be for mainstream education including fees for degree courses.
Tel: 0787 246 4195
E-mail: clerk@bedgeburyfoundation.org.uk
Big Venture Challenge
Operated by UnLtd, with funding from the Big Lottery Fund and the Millennium Awards
Trust, the Big Venture Challenge is designed to help the most ambitious social
entrepreneurs successfully scale up their ventures.
It is looking for 40 social entrepreneurs coming from four cohorts. Two thematic
cohorts of 10 ventures will cover the themes of Employment and Young People and
Education. A regional cohort of 10 will take ventures from the South West and East of
England. There will also be a general cohort open to ventures across the country.
Applicants may apply for any amount of between £25,000 and £100,000. In return the
sponsor will take a 5% share of incremental revenues for two years. Winners will also
receive access to one-to-one business support and mentoring and networking
opportunities, designed to keep pace with high growth social entrepreneurs.
The deadline to apply is 3rd February 2015.
Tel: 0845 850 1122
Boshier - Hinton Foundation
The Boshier-Hinton Foundation exists to improve quality of life for people with
disabilities or learning difficulties, and their families. They do this by making grants to
individuals or their families; institutions providing facilities and advocacy for children
and adults with special educational or other needs; registered Charities and local
community charities.
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The Founding Trustees are experienced in working and caring for children and adults
with special needs and their families. It is also their experience that funding for projects
to promote the welfare of individuals and groups of individuals continues to be difficult
to obtain as grants have become more restricted and limited in recent years. The
purpose of this Charity is to identify areas of need and make appropriate grants, where
possible.
Applications can be made at any time.
Tel: 01245 231032
E-mail: boshierhinton@yahoo.co.uk
The Bothwell Charitable Trust
This Trust provides grants of £1000- £2,500 usually to registered charities working
towards:
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Health
Disability
Environment
Heritage
Conservation
Accommodation/housing
Older people’s causes
Awards are made annually in February or March for projects in England and especially
in the South East.
Application by letter to:
Paul James - Chair of Trustees
25 Ellenbridge Way
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 0EW
Tel: 020 8657 6884
The Caffyn Family Charitable Fund
The Caffyn Family Charitable Trust makes small grants to Sussex charities for general
charitable purposes.
Their annual grant giving is in the region of £9,000 to £55,000.
Tel: 01323 736018
E-mail: robertcaffyn@yahoo.com
The Chapman Charitable Trust
The Chapman Charitable Trust focus their new grants in two areas:
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Activity, health and well-being, including research
Culture, the natural environment and heritage
They also make grants for care, the community and counselling.
Most grants are between £1,000 and £2,000. The trustees meet twice a year, usually
around the end of March and the end of September, when all applications received by
the 1st of those months will be considered.
Tel: 020 7782 0007
E-mail: cct@crouchchapman.co.uk
Downlands Educational Trust Grant
Charities and non-state schools in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey and Sussex,
whose beneficiaries are predominantly children with special educational needs can
apply to the Downlands Educational Trust for grants towards the cost of particular
items of equipment and other specific projects, including training courses. (The
average value £1,800).
The trust particularly welcomes applications from charitable schools whose intake
comprises dyslexic or autistic pupils or those falling within the autistic spectrum.
The deadline for applications is 15th January 2015.
Tel: 01903 523206
E-mail: sec@downlandsedtrust.org
Eagle Radio Trust
The Eagle Radio Trust offers grants to organisations and work within Surrey,
Hampshire and Sussex.
Grants are available for up to £500 and must be for a specific purpose and not just for
general fundraising
Tel: 01483 300964
E-mail: eagletrust@964eagle.co.uk
Ernest Cook Trust
Registered charities, state schools and not-for-profit organisations which support
educational activities promoting the countryside, arts or raising levels of literacy and
numeracy can apply to the Ernest Cook Trust for one of two streams of funding:
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Small grants programme for awards of under £4,000
Large grants programme for awards of more than £4,000
All projects should focus on the needs of children and young people and have a clear
educational purpose.
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The Trust accepts applications throughout the year. Meetings to consider applications
for the small grants programme take place bi-monthly. For grant applications in excess
of £4,000, The full board of Trustees meets twice a year in April and September.
Tel: 01285 712492
E-mail: grants@ernestcooktrust.org.uk
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust is passionate about conservation of wildlife and the
natural environment and youth enterprise and outdoor activity. They give to the
following:
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Wildlife and Environmental Conservation (UK and International)
Care of the elderly
Treatment and care of disabled
General welfare
Hospices
Youth care
Medical charities operating in the county of Sussex
And to a much lesser extent charities working in the field of Family Planning
Small grants range from £100- £2,000 and are awarded quarterly. Large grants are
only awarded usually once the Trust has built up a relationship with the charity.
Tel: 020 3207 7008
Frederick Soddy Trust - Expeditions and Fieldwork Grant
The Frederick Soddy Trust - Exhibitions and Fieldwork Grant scheme gives grants of
up to £2,000 to support organisations undertaking fieldwork projects, research or
expeditions. Applications can be from a school or university, or from institutions such
as scout groups.
The deadline for applications is 18th January 2015.
E-mail: info@soddy.org
Hastings and St Leonards Foreshore Charitable Trust – Events
Grants
Applications are invited for the Charity’s third round of events grants in Hastings and St
Leonards. Grant criteria, application forms and guidance are available here. You can
also request forms by emailing the Trust.
E-mail: Foreshore-Events@hastings.gov.uk .
Closing date for applications is midday 15th January 2015.
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Innovate UK Innovation Vouchers
Applicants can claim an UK Innovation Voucher of up to £5,000 towards the cost of
expert advice if they are running a small enterprise or considering setting one up.
Applicants can apply if they meet the following requirements:
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They need specialist help to meet a business challenge
It is the first time the applicant has worked with the knowledge supplier
The Innovation Voucher scheme gives access to a wide range of expert suppliers, and
encourages businesses to pursue fresh knowledge that can help their enterprise to
grow and develop. That could include advice on an innovative idea, learning more
about using design within the business or how the applicant should make the most of
intellectual property.
The deadline for applications is 21st January 2015.
Jephcott Charitable Trust
Jephcott Charitable Trust makes grants for charitable purposes in the following areas:
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Population control
Natural environment
Eucation
Health
The Trust prefers to give one off grants to enable projects to get started and where
there has been difficulty in securing funds from other sources.
E-mail: jct@adep.eclipse.co.uk
The Keith Baker Charitable Will Trust
The Keith Baker Trust makes grants to individuals or organisations who work around
Seaford and within broader East Sussex for the general advancement of health or
saving of lives, overseas aid, famine relief and animal welfare and for the following:
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Children and young people
Elderly people
People with disabilities
The general public
Total annual grant giving is in the region of £220,000.
Tel: 01323 896 969
E-mail: stuart.barrett@barwells.com
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Momentum Music Fund
Momentum Music Fund awards grants between £5,000 and £15,000 to talented artists
and bands to help further their careers.
Grants can be used to assist with any activity that significantly contributes to the
development of an artist or band. This may include, but is not limited to, any of the
following activities:
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Development of new material
Touring/Key live dates (UK only), eg paying for travel and accommodation, session
musicians, etc
Recording
Marketing
Anything else that will help the applicant to develop professionally and creatively
The Fund is open to applications from artists and bands in England that are at a crucial
point in their development, with the potential to significantly further their career within
the next two years.
Applications can be submitted by the artists themselves or those who are working on
their behalf, e.g. a manager, an independent label or publisher.
The deadline for applications is 10th February 2015.
E-mail: info@prsformusicfoundation.com
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Charitable groups and organisations can apply for between £1,000 and £20-30,000 for
projects which focus on the education of young people in rural areas and the relief of
poverty in rural areas. The NFU has also recently decided to make awards to larger
initiatives which would have a significant impact on the rural economy.
The deadline for applications is 29th May 2015.
E-mail: nfu_mutual_charitable_trust@nfumutual.co.uk
Post Office Community Branch Fund
The Post Office Community Branch Fund helps secure the long term future of
branches which have become the crucial "last shops" in their area, offering millions of
people unrivalled and easy access to services such as mails and high street banking.
Applications for funding of over £3,000 will be reviewed by a panel including
representatives of the National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP). Applicants
intending to submit an application for £10,000 or greater are required to contact Post
Office Limited in the first instance.
There are no deadlines.
Tel: 0845 266 8790
E-mail: nt.communityfund@postoffice.co.uk
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Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts - Start
Programme
Children and the Arts Start Programme supports cultural organisations who are
developing and delivering arts enrichment programmes for state primary and secondary school students who do not have existing links to cultural venues and are from
deprived areas.
The Programme grants up to £15,000 per project in years one and two and a
maximum of £10,500 in year three.
Applicants should be not-for-profit organisations, including councils and others that are
not arts venues but are working in partnership with an arts venue. Programmes
should:
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Introduce young people to the arts
Inspire them to learn more
Enhance their experience through critical analysis and participation
Encourage them to create their own art
The next deadline is 30th January 2015.
Tel: 020 3326 2230
E-mail:enquiries@childrenandarts.org.uk
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, awards grants between £1,000 and £18,000
to individuals living and working in the UK to fund further training, study or experience
in modern and traditional craft and trade skills.
Previously successful applicants have been antique restorers, calligraphers,
conservators, and potters.
The deadline for applications is 20th January 2015.
Tel: 020 7798 1535
E-mail: info@qest.org.uk
The Ranmore Charitable Trust
The Ranmore Charitable Trust’s principal object is to provide for the needs of poor and
old people.
Total annual grant giving has varied hugely over the last few years but this is primarily
a small grant giving charity.
Tel: 01322 287 181
E-mail: mary@atlantatrust.co.uk
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Robert Eaton Memorial Fund
The Robert Eaton Memorial Fund provides modest levels of financial assistance and
grants to sports clubs and organisations involved with disadvantaged young people in
Brighton and Sussex area. Total grant giving is under £50,000 per year.
F1 CRT Limited, 13 Withdean Crescent, Brighton, BN1 6WG
Tel: 01273 884317
Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys - Stepping Stones
Grants
Grants up to £20,000 are available to charities working to significantly improve life
outcomes for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys is a charity funded by Freemasons which
aims to relieve poverty and advance education for children and young people. The
Stepping Stones scheme aims to help reduce child poverty by breaking the link
between the lack of access to education and the cycle of poverty. The scheme
supports the most disadvantaged children by providing grants to other charities which
undertake work in this area.
The maximum grant is £20,000 for one year and £30,000 across a two year period.
About 15 grants are given in total each year, two or three of which are maximum
grants. Match funding is not required.
Applicants must be:
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Engaged in work aimed at reducing child poverty/breaking the cycle of poverty
through education and education-related activities
In a position to significantly impact life outcomes for young people
Able to demonstrate their understanding of the regional or national context in which
they work and the root causes of the issues they wish to tackle
The funding (full or partial) is to be used for specific programmes, initiatives and oneoff/specific overhead costs and will cover projects, salaries or core-funding.
There is a two stage application process. Interested charities should submit a onepage initial enquiry that includes the charity’s registration number, details about the
main area of work, the amount of the grant requested and a description of the
programme or project that the grant would be used towards, including its location. Email or post this initial application.
Applications that most closely match the Trust’s eligibility criteria will be sent a full
application form. There is no specific deadline for the one-page initial enquiry, but this
should arrive at least one to two weeks prior to the deadline for the full application
form.
The next deadline is 30th January 2015.
E-mail: steppingstones@rmtgb.org
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Roy Hudson Trust
The Roy Hudson Trust offers grants to charities operating within the county borough of
Eastbourne and Hastings only.
Mr Ian Stewart, 39 Gildredge Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Tel: 01323411020
Shane Alderman Charitable Trust
The Shane Alderman Charitable Trust was established in 2009 to support disabled
and paralympic athletes.
They support people who are, under 40yrs old who are suffering from a physical
disability, are keen on sport and want to compete in the paralympics or other national
and international sporting competitions, but are in need of financial assistance to do
this.
They provide support for people in 7 specific counties within England, including East
Sussex.
Tel: 01202 683308
E-mail: mortlock_p@yahoo.com
The Ted Baker Trust
The Ted Baker Trust provides grants to local charities, in particular but not exclusively
for those charities established for the advancement of health and religion in and
around Rye and Camber.
Their total grant giving each year is around £30,000.
Tel: 01323 411020
E-mail: ray.robinson@gmpaccountants.co.uk
Tony Barnard Foundation
The Tony Barnard Foundation is a new charity set up in memory of Tony Barnard who
was a successful business man whose life was dramatically altered after suffering a
huge brain trauma.
The Foundation aims to open doors and take the pressure off others. They support the
needs of children and adults with learning difficulties and who have suffered severe
brain injuries, and their carers where appropriate.
They provide grants for items or support to help people lead more independent or
fulfilled lives. Download an application form from their web site .
Tel: 01273 774415
E-mail: barnard_langston@btinternet.com
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Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund Grant
The Weavers Company Benevolent Fund grants to £15,000 to support local
organisations undertaking projects for young people who are vulnerable and at risk of
becoming involved with crime.
The scheme particularly wishes to fund projects that work:
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With disadvantaged young people between the ages of five and 30, to ensure that
they are given every possible chance to meet their full potential and to participate
fully in society
To address the social and economic problems faced by offenders and ex-offenders
under the age of thirty and their families and provide them with the support and
training they need to return to employment or education
The deadline for applications is 30th March 2015.
Tel: 020 7606 1155
E-mail: charity@weavers.org.uk
Yorkshire Building Society Chartiable Foundation
The Charitable Foundation supports registered charities, particularly operating in
communities where Society’s members and staff live and work. Their priorities are to
support work for vulnerable people, particularly the elderly, children or those with
physical or mental disabilities. They also support animal charities.
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Charities and good causes that are recommended to the Foundation by members
and staff will be considered for a donation usually up to a maximum of £2,000
Charities and good causes that apply directly to the Foundation, will be considered
for smaller donations, usually up to a maximum of up to £500
To find out more, visit Yorkshire Building Society’s funding pages, or contact
the branch closest to you who will be able to help with an initial assessment of your
application.
This grant programme is open for application throughout the year.
Tel: 0845 1 200 100
E-mail: charitable@ybs.co.uk
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International
INTERREG V France (Channel) England Programme
The opening of the first call is to take place at the end of January with the deadline for
the call happening towards the end of March. With regards the technicalities of the first
phase application this is to be a fairly substantial piece of work, not simply a ‘summary’
of what you wish to do. Here are some of the issues that will need to be addressed in
the first phase:
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How does the project contribute to the priorities of the programme?
What are the project deliverables?
Why is the project needed?
Why is cross-border cooperation needed?
Indicative budget
Expected output from the project
Sustainability of project outputs and results
If the first phase is approved, the 2nd phase full application form can then be submitted.
The deadline for this submission is again, not yet known however is likely to take place
in late spring/early summer with approved projects likely to start in Autumn time.
If you are interested in applying, the first thing to do is to read the cooperation
programme which you can find here. This will give you the priorities and output and
result indicators expected, so you can then see if your project fits into one of these
categories. Do please bear in mind that this is still a draft version and will only be
finalised once the European Commission has approved it. However it is unlikely that
there will be major changes made to the document.
A project concept form is now available and has a 2 fold purpose. The first is to fill out
if you are looking for partners, (which facilitators can send round to their networks) the
second reason is to fill out and send back to a facilitator to check that the project idea
is on the right track.
If you have any project idea you would like to discuss and/or if you would like to
receive the concept form, please contact Anita Bungaroo, the INTERREG Facilitator
for the South East.
Tel: 07788 737759
E-mail: anita.bungaroo@norfolk.gov.uk
INTERREG V Two Seas
The programme has developed a series of factsheet covering the entire process, from
the project generation till the submission and selection.
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Fact sheet 1: Introduction and Background
Fact sheet 2: Project Generation
Fact sheet 3: Project Development
Fact sheet 4: Project Application
Fact sheet 5: Project Selection
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The step 1 of call 1 is now open and it will close on 16th February 2015.
Below you can download the programme Manual, the detailed timetable of the whole
call, including step 2 and a courtesy working version of the Concept Note.
The Application Pack step 1 is now published. Please note that the submission is fully
paperless and must be done through the 2 Seas Electronic Exchange Platform (EEP).
All information on how to use the EEP are contained in the EEP user guide part of the
Application Pack step 1:
- Programme Manual
- Application package (zip)
- Courtesy working version of the Concept Note
- Courtesy working version of the Concept Note with guidance
Indicative timeframe of future calls
Please find below the details of the indicative timeframe foreseen for calls 1, 2 and 3.
More calls will follow upon decision of the Monitoring Committee of the Programme.
Call
Evaluation
Closing of
Closing
Concept
step 2
step 1
Notes
Opening
Opening
(Concept
and
step 1
step 2 (Application
notes
feedbacks
Forms
submission)
to
applicants
submission)
Evaluation of
Decision
Application Forms
1
06/01/15
16/02/15
13/04/15
13/04/15
22/06/15
July/August 2015
October 2015
2
October
2015
November
2015
February
2016
February
2016
April 2016
April/June 2016
June 2016
3
Sptember
2015
October
2016
December
2016
January
2017
February
2017
March/May 2017
May 2017
Tel: 0770 948 3445
E-mail: m.armstrong@interreg4a-2mers.eu
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Funding Diary
Fund
January 2015
Arts Council Strategic Touring Programme
Sussex Community Foundation – General Grants
Creative Europe – MEDIA - TV Programming
Downlands Educational Trust
Creative Europe – MEDIA – Single Projects and Slate Funding
Margaret and Tom Jones Award
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
Hastings and St Leonards Foreshore Charitable Trust – Events
Grants
Sea-Changers
Inclusive Technology Prize
Artists' International Development Fund
Frederick Soddy Trust - Exhibitions and Fieldwork Grant
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
Innovate UK Innovation Voucher
Wellcome Trust – Large Grant Awards
Sportivate
Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund
TDS Charitable Foundation
Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys – Stepping Stones Grants
UK Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence
Children and the Arts Start Programme
English Heritage – Grants over £200,000
Rother District Council – Community Grants
Anchor Foundation
Radcliffe Trust Annual Music Awards
Radcliffe Annual Heritage & Crafts Awards
Golsoncott Foundation
February 2015
School Grants Scheme – Institute of Physics
European Charlemagne Youth Prize
Big Venture Challenge
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust – over £5,000 – outline
Sport England – Protecting Playing Fields
Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme – Victims of Violence
and Crime
Momentum Music Fund
Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) - Project Development Grants
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust – over £5,000 – full bid
Grow Wild UK: FREE seed kits
Youth Voice
INTERREG V – Two Seas – Step 1 of Call 1
Idlewild Trust
Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm
March 2015
Marc Fitch Fund
Clore Poetry and Literature Awards
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Deadline
09/01/2015
09/01/2015
13/01/2015
15/01/2015
15/01/2015
15/01/2015
15/01/2015
15/01/2015
15/01/2015
16/01/2015
16/01/2015
18/01/2015
20/01/2015
21/01/2015
23/01/2015
25/01/2015
30/01/2015
30/01/2015
30/01/2015
30/01/2015
30/01/2015
31/01/2015
31/01/2015
31/01/2015
31/01/2015
31/01/2015
31/01/2015
01/02/2015
02/02/2015
03/02/2015
05/02/2015
09/02/2015
10/02/2015
10/02/2015
11/02/2015
12/02/2015
14/02/2015
16/02/2015
16/02/2015
25/02/2015
27/02/2015
01/03/2015
06/03/2015
Daphne Transnational Projects - Support Children as Victims of
Bullying
Awards for Young Musicians
Help the Homeless
Henry Smith’s Charity – Holiday Grants for Children
Veolia Trust
Weaver’s Company Benevolent Fund
Safer in Sussex Community Fund
Our Place Programme
Association for Industrial Archaeology
April 2015
Creative Europe – MEDIA – Single Projects and Slate Funding
Jewish Child’s Day
Golsoncott Foundation
May 2015
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
Youth Music – Fund B medium sized grants £30,001 - £100,000
Creative Europe – MEDIA - TV Programming
Creative Europe’s TV Programming
Churchcare Bells
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts – Start Programme
Turner Dumbrell Foundation
June 2015
School Grants Scheme – Institute of Physics
Help the Homeless
INTERREG V – Two Seas – Step 2 of Call 1
Sport England – Community Sport Activation Fund
September 2015
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
Help the Homeless
Idlewild Trust
LIFE Programme for the Environment – Capacity Building Projects
LIFE Programme for Climate Action – Capacity Building Projects
November
INTERREG V – Two Seas – Step 1 of Call 2
Sport England – Protecting Playing Fields
December 2015
Help the Homeless
April 2016
INTERREG V – Two Seas – Step 2 of Call 2
October 2016
INTERREG V – Two Seas – Step 1 of Call 3
February 2017
INTERREG V – Two Seas – Step 2 of Call 3
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10/03/2015
13/03/2015
15/03/2015
19/03/2015
27/03/2015
30/03/2015
30/03/2015
31/03/2015
31/03/2015
16/04/2015
30/04/2015
30/04/2015
15/05/2015
21/05/2015
28/05/2015
28/05/2015
29/05/2015
29/05/2015
30/01/2015
30/05/2015
01/06/2015
15/06/2015
22/06/2015
15/09/2015
15/09/2015
23/09/2015
30/09/2015
30/09/2015
02/11/2015
15/12/2015