Published Tuesday 28 January 2020 at 11:19
This insight outlines a range of funding opportunities open to the public sector, businesses, community groups etc. Regular funding opportunities are also available via the websites below:
National Lottery Grant for Heritage
Community groups can now access potential grant funding opportunities through the free Blackburn with Darwen Open4Community online search tool.
For all Blackburn with Darwen Council funding bids
Please check whether match funding is required, if it is please contact and inform your Finance colleague.
Funding opportunities greater than £100,000
Building Resilient Local Economies
The programme aims to build a more resilient, fairer and sustainable economic system. Organisations working within the UK who want to help transform financial systems into ‘engines for social benefit’ can apply for grants through the Foundation. Grants in the past have been up to £200,000 to cover capital or revenue funding, core costs or project costs. Activities funded will fit closely with the aims of the Foundation and deliver one of two key outcomes.
These are:
- “Systems Change”
- “Local Economic Resilience”
Under ‘Systems Change’, the Foundation will be looking to support projects that develop and demonstrate methods that will effectively change policy and corporate behaviours in pursuit of wider social objectives.
Under ‘Local economic resilience’ the Foundation is looking to support projects that share learning about effective ways for communities to create more sustainable economic systems and retain more of the value generated. This might include creating community assets or new approaches to local finance.
Previous organisations supported include:
- SUSTAIN, which received a grant of £75,000 for a concerted three-year campaign, drawing on the support of many people and organisations to achieve changes in government policy and industry practice to create a million good jobs though better farming and land-use.
- ECHO, a trading network of over 500 organisations in East London that uses time as the currency, rather than money. This project received a grant of £140,000 and aims to develop and refine the infrastructure for local, sustainable Echo systems at national scale.
The next deadline for applications to the Friends Provident Foundation – Building Resilient Economies programme is 12 noon on 20th April 2020.
Funding Available to Reduce the Environmental Impact Packaging, Batteries or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Over three years the Ecosurety Exploration Fund will invest £1million in projects that can reduce the environmental impact of packaging, batteries or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment through innovation or research in the UK.
The Fund are looking to support ideas up to £150,000 that will go on to make a bigger impact beyond the initially funded project – especially those that may ordinarily struggle to get off the ground.
Innovation could include an innovative awareness campaign, technology, initiative, process, trial or material, for example. Research could include academic or industry research into improving existing systems, processes, infrastructure, technology, consumer behaviour or material use, for example.
The £1 million fund will be spread over three years and the application process is open to any UK registered company, charity, not-for-profit or academic organisation. Funds will be released in May 2020 and the project should be completed by May 2021.
The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on 10 March 2020.
Cure Parkinson’s Trust Grant
Commercial organisations, appropriately qualified scientists or clinicians based in an accredited university or hospital in any country worldwide can now apply for funding for laboratory or clinical research projects. Projects should have the potential to advance knowledge that might lead to a cure for Parkinson’s disease or that represent a substantial advance in treatment.
The Cure Parkinson’s Trust has a particular interest in projects that show the potential to delay, slow, stop reverse or prevent the progression of Parkinson’s disease. There are no specific limits to the amount of funding available but previous awards have been between £50,000 and £250,000 with a duration of 1-3 years.
Applications are considered four times a year; the next deadline for applications is the 5th March 2020.
Funding for Community Sports Facilities
Sports clubs, local authorities, schools and community organisations can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £150,000 to enhance local sports and recreational facilities.
The funding, which is being provided through Sport England’s Community Asset Fund, can be used to enhance traditional sports facilities as well as outdoor spaces like canal towpaths, woodlands and open spaces etc. that can be used as part of an active lifestyle.
Statutory bodies and education establishments will specifically need to:
- Provide a minimum of pound-for-pound partnership funding;
- Demonstrate the strategic need for their project proportionate to the scale of investment requested;
- Limit requests to a maximum of £150,000 within any 12-month period.
Sport England typically expect their awards to be either:
Small-scale investments typically ranging from £1,000 to £15,000. These will address emergency works due to something like storm or flood damage, or something totally unexpected that is stopping people from being able to stay active right now.
Medium-scale investments typically ranging from between £15,000 to £50,000. These will address more substantial changes. This might be an upgrade to an existing facility or developing a new space in the community.
By exception, Sport England will consider larger investments ranging from £50,000 to £150,000. This will be when organisations can demonstrate a considerable impact or are targeting under-represented groups. They are also unlikely to have received funding from Sport England previously.
This is a rolling programme and applications can be submitted at any time.
Arts Council/ V&A Purchase Grant Fund
The Arts Council England has announced that the V&A Purchase Fund has been renewed until 2022. Accredited museums, specialist libraries and record repositories accredited under the Archive Service Accreditation Scheme can now apply for a share of the £724,000 of funding available this year.
The fund enables regional museums and cultural organisations to strengthen the quality, relevance and standard of their permanent collections and supports the purchase of a wide range of material for the permanent collections of organisations in England and Wales. The purchase price of an object should be between £500 and £500,000 with grants available for up to 50% of the purchase price, though it is unlikely that any organisation will receive more than £50,000 in any one year.
Applications are accepted at any time.
Funding opportunities between £25,000 and £100,000
Funding to Develop the Sustainability of Organisations Working with Unpaid Carers
The Trust will provide grants to not for profit organisations such as registered charities, not-for-profit social enterprises or community interest companies working with unpaid carers. The Trust would like to see applicants use these grants to enhance their resilience, so that when the grant comes to end the applicant organisation’s income will not be reduced. Grants are available from £10,000 to £80,000 over three years with a duration of 6 months to 3 years.
A maximum of £30,000 per year or £2,500 per month for smaller projects can be requested.
Applicants’ annual income for the most recent financial year should be less than £1million, although priority will be given to smaller organisations.
The Trust also holds a separate funding round for organisations working with the rehabilitation of offenders or ex-offenders. This is due to open for applications in March 2020.
Previous projects supported include:
- A grant of £49,405 over three years to Carers of Barking to fund IT improvements to both the organisation’s website and the monitoring and reporting systems to improve efficiency, professionalism and ultimately the sustainability of the organisation;
- West Norfolk Carers which received a grant of £37,082 to diversify its income and is using Triangle funding to cover the cost of a part-time Income Generation and Marketing Manager.
The Triangle Trust has announced that the next closing date for applications to its Development grants programme is noon on the 14th February 2020.
Grants of up to £30,000 Available to Support Disadvantaged Children
Not for profit organisations such as special schools; registered charities; voluntary organisations; churches; and community interest groups; etc. can apply for grants of up to £10,000 per year for up to 3 years for projects that help children and young people overcome the effects of illness, distress, abuse or neglect; disability; behavioural or psychological difficulties; and poverty and deprivation.
Projects funded through BBC Children in Need aim to make a differences in children’s lives that help prevent or overcome the effects of the disadvantages they face. Projects achieve these differences by either working directly with children or seeking to improve their social and physical environments.
The closing date for applications is 11.59 pm on the 16th March 2020.
Sport England Launches New Major Event Volunteer Fund
Sport England has launched a new Major Event Volunteer Fund to address volunteer shortages within grassroots sports. The aim of the fund is to help national governing bodies, event hosts and other organisations make it easier and more attractive for existing volunteers at national sporting events to continue their volunteering experience in sport at a community level.
The funding is available to national governing body or organisation hosting the major event that can demonstrate that they have a clear plan to support their major event volunteers and have identified appropriate steps which will maximise the transition rate of the volunteers into community sport volunteering opportunities.
Sport England are looking for projects that:
- Test the ability to use major sports events as a catalyst to engage and then support volunteers from all backgrounds to continue their volunteering pathway within sport
- Will specifically seek to engage volunteers who are not already volunteering within grassroots sport – funding will only be available to projects which aim to support the transition of new (or lapsed) volunteers into grassroots volunteering
- Provide high quality, meaningful volunteering experiences
- Can provide appropriate levels of support to volunteers post-event to identify further opportunities for them, which are appropriate to their skills, interests and availability
- Will engage at least 100 volunteers.
Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 are available and the fund will be open to new applicants until January 2021.
Funding Available for Projects that Help Young People Support Each Other On the Move Up to Secondary School
Co-op Foundation has launched a new funding round of its #iwill Fund. This fund supports the aim of the #iwill campaign to make social action part of life for as many 10 to 20-year-olds as possible, forming a habit of community involvement they will continue as adults.
This round of our #iwill Fund focuses on peer-to-peer support to improve children’s wellbeing during the period in which they move from primary to secondary school. This might typically begin any time during School Years 5 or 6 and continue into Years 7 to 8.
The funding is available to Multi-Academy Trusts, schools, charities, social enterprises, or other constituted voluntary or community organisation in England that are planning to work in one of the 30% most deprived areas. Applicants also need to have a realistic plan for a peer-to-peer support project focused on the transition from primary to secondary school.
The Co-op Foundation welcome applications from organisations working in partnership, including approaches, which involve both voluntary and public sectors such as a collaboration between a school and community organisation
Organisations can apply for up to £35,000 to cover any costs related to carrying out their project, including but not limited to:
- salaries of staff involved in delivering or supporting the project
- costs of project activities
- proportionate contributions to organisational running costs required to support the delivery of the project
- costs for learning and evaluation activities.
The closing date for applications is midday on the 24th February 2020.
Lloyds Bank Foundation Relaunches Grants Programme
Charities in England and Wales with an income of between £25,000 and £1million that are tackling complex social issues can now apply for core funding grants worth up to £100,000. The funding is part of the Lloyds Bank Foundations relaunched grants programme, which now has a simpler and more flexible approach.
The Foundation helps charities to tackle the following complex social issues:
- Addiction and dependency
- Asylum seekers and refugees
- Care leavers
- Domestic abuse
- Homeless and vulnerably housed
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Offending, prison and community service
- Sexual abuse and exploitation
- Trafficking and modern slavery
- Young parents
Grants are available of up to £100,000 and are available over three years (with the possibility of continuing to six years) and can be used entirely for core costs. Core costs are overhead costs of an organisation, as opposed to those specific to a project; with charities able to flex how much they spend each year.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Funding opportunities under £25,000
Grants for Projects to Help Prevent, or Reduce, the Risk of Heart Disease
The Heart Research UK (HRUK) and Subway® Healthy Heart grant scheme has re-opened for applications. Grants will be awarded within each of the UK’s 12 regions throughout the year.
Not for profit groups, voluntary organisations will be able to apply for up to £10,000 for projects that actively promote Heart Health and help to prevent, or reduce, the risk of heart disease.
Grants are awarded to innovative projects that run from 6 to 12 months and can also cover equipment costs up to £2,000 or 50% of the budget (whichever is less).
Previous projects supported include the “Have a Heart” projects, which received a grant of £9,000 to teach pupils from Bangladeshi community about healthy hearts.
This Round will close to applications on the 24th February 2020.
Grants of up to £20,000 Available to Adult Hospices to Improve Buildings and Outside Spaces
Adult hospices that are full members of Hospice UK can apply for grants of up to £20,000 through the Rank Foundation Grants Programme for projects that improve the physical environment within which hospices deliver care.
A total of £100,000 is available and the programme primarily supports capital costs but revenue costs that help deliver the capital activity can be included in the project costs.
Types of project could include:
Converting underused space or renovate existing space into:
- Wellbeing facility within hospice environments or sited at a hospice high street charity shop
- Family kitchenette/counselling room
- Private areas/quiet areas for relatives including gardens
- The creation of bereavement suite
- Enlarging bedrooms to allow extended families to visit
Increasing the therapeutic value of outside areas. Such as:
- Create kitchen gardens/raised beds/sensory garden
- Seating and outside furniture
- Paths and walkways – facilitating patient access to the outdoors (e.g. wheelchair)
- Bedroom door improvements to allow beds to be taken outside
- Social and Therapeutic Horticulture projects (STH) – using plants and miniature handmade gardens to improve physical and mental health.
It is important that the project should demonstrate a direct benefit to patients and their family’s wellbeing.
The closing date for applications is the 23rd March 2020.
Grants to Promote and Secure Better and Safer Roads
Grants and bursaries of between £5,000 – £25,000 are available for research, education and community projects with the aim of promoting and securing better and safer roads in terms of design, engineering and aesthetics including enhancements of the experience of road users. Funded activity includes courses leading to qualifications related to traffic engineering and transport planning, research projects and programmes or schemes to improve the highway network and the roadside environment, for example roadside parks and open spaces.
The Rees Jeffries Road Fund Grants awards grants that:
- Contribute to the cost of lectures, studies and scholarship calculated to foster the improvement of design and layout of public highways and adjoining land
- Promote schemes for the provision of roadside parks and open spaces
- Encourage the improvement of existing and provision of additional public highways, bridges, tunnels, footpaths, verges, and cycleways to secure the maximum of safety and beauty.
Priority is given to projects, which lie outside the scope of other funders such as government agencies and research councils. The Fund also welcomes applications that include contributions from other funders.
Eligible applicants include educational institutions, charities and social enterprises. There is no upper or lower limit for grant applications although grants most commonly fall in the range £5,000 – £25,000.
Grants awarded in 2018/19 included:
- CIHT: £10,000 towards an exhibition to promote Women in Transport
- SATRO: £2,500 to support work to help young people to be inspired and enthusiastic about their education and their future careers especially in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)
- Plantlife: £18,233 to develop a new national ‘best practice’ standard for the management of roadside verges.
Deadlines for applications to the Rees Jeffries Road Fund are a little over two weeks before trustees’ meetings. The next appropriate meeting is the 21st April 2020.
Grants for Armed Forces Day Events
The Ministry of Defence offers grants of up to £10,000 to help Communities to organise Armed Forces Day events. Armed Forces Day will be on the 27th June 2020. The grant will pay for up to £50% of the cost of the event. The remainder will need to be raised by the community. The funding can be used to pay for:
- road closures required to hold an event, including to allow for parades and marches
- decorations, flags and banners
- newspaper and radio advertisements to promote the event
- marshalling, security and first aid arrangements for the event
- insurance
- PA and communications systems
To apply for this grant, applicants must first register their event on the Armed Forces Day website.
The application deadline is the 1st March 2020.
Institute of Mathematics Education Grant Scheme
The Institute of Mathematics has announced that individuals working in Schools, Colleges of Further Education (FE) and Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) can apply for funding of up to £600 to run or attend an educational activity relating to mathematics.
Activities supported include:
- Hosting a mathematics event, e.g. Maths Trails, Maths Competitions;
- Attendance at appropriate conferences;
- Travel expenses to attend appropriate events;
- Supply cover required for the teacher to attend the appropriate event etc.
Projects supported in the past include a grant towards the cost of running a Think Maths workshop for 90 Year 9 students.
Applications from primary schools are also welcome, but due to the aims of the Institute, primary schools should work in partnership with a secondary school, FE or HEI. Priority will be given to applications from members of the Institute. If the applicant is not a member of the Institute, the name of a co-applicant who is a member must be given.
A decision on the award of a grant will usually be given within two months of the submission of an application. Applications can be submitted at any time until the 30th November 2020.
Holiday Grants for Disadvantaged and Disabled Children
Schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities can apply for grants of £500 to £2,500 to support recreational trips or holidays within the UK for groups of disabled or disadvantaged children (aged 13 or under).
Previous visits supported include:
- All Saints Catholic Primary School which received a grant of £1,500 towards a two-night trip to Wales for a group of disadvantaged children from Merseyside;
- Bridgewater School which received a grant of £1,900 towards an overnight trip to London for a group of disadvantaged children from Newcastle; and
- 6th St Helens (Parr) Scout Group received a grant of £1,100 towards a two-night trip to an activity centre in Lancashire for a group of children from a disadvantaged area of Merseyside.
Priority will be given to applications coming from the 20% most deprived areas in the UK. Funded by the Henry Smith Charity, grants can cover up to two-thirds of the cost of a holiday or trip lasting one to seven days. In this round, trips must be taken before the end of August 2019. For more details and to apply, complete the eligibility quiz on the website and submit the application form online at least 6 weeks before the trip is due to take place. Although the deadline is the 16th November 2019, decisions are made on a first come-first served basis until all the funds have been allocated.
Applications must be made at least six weeks before the trip or holiday is due to take place.
Funding of up to £5,000 Available to Tackle Problems within Families
Registered charities whose activities support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 (but trustees will consider requests for higher amounts) through the Kelly Family Charitable Trust.
The Trust will consider both capital and revenue grants. The Trust is happy to support requests for core funding as well as project-based grants, and actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established.
The three areas of activity that the charity wishes to support are:
- Interventions that support families and help them in ways that prevent the fracture of the family unit, e.g. practical family support, relationship counselling, mediation.
- Families where sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse threaten the integrity of the family unit.
- Prisoners and in particular their families, during and after the period of imprisonment.
The trust prefers to support charities whose income is below £500,000. However, larger charities with pioneering pilot projects will be considered.
Projects supported in the past include:
- “Mosac”, a voluntary organisation that supports all non-abusing parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused.
- Westminster Befriend a Family, which recruits, trains and supports volunteers to befriend individual families under stress and visit them regularly in their homes. The charity’s volunteers can help families where a parent is disabled or has mental health problems, or a child has special needs.
The next closing date for applications is the 1st March 2020.
Funding to Promote Swimming within the Community
The Swimathon Foundation has announced that its Community Grants Scheme has opened for applications. The Swimathon Foundation Community Grants Scheme offers funding of between £500 and £2,500 to groups who provide and promote swimming in their local community; in particular to groups that would otherwise not take part.
Grants are available towards:
- Providing swimming lessons targeted at a specific group or section of society that would not be able to take part, or would have extreme difficulty in participating in mainstream swimming lessons
- The costs of staging an activity at a pool which aims to introduce non-swimmers or lapsed swimmers or very occasional swimmers to an enjoyable pool experience that is designed to stimulate and support their continued participation
- A grant towards equipment or improvements at a pool which will encourage either increased participation, for example through improving access above and beyond that required in the Equality Act 2010, or that will help swimming development in novice or non-swimmers. For example:
- Encouraging swimming participation from groups that may have a health need and can gain particular benefit.
- Encouraging under 5’s, children and young people, adults and older people to understand the benefits of taking part in healthy physical aquatic activity as part of the Start Active – Stay Active guidelines from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK
- Raising awareness, particularly in children, of water safety good practice and survival skills and techniques
- A grant to aid swimming clubs to develop programmes that are outside the normal delivery, providing a unique opportunity in swimming development
To be eligible for a Swimathon grant organisations need to be supported by pools that are participating in Swimathon. Some of examples of groups that Swimathon Foundation Community grants will support, but are not limited to:
- Community groups
- Swimming clubs
- Senior groups
- Youth groups
- Sports clubs
- Disability charities
- Scout groups
- Healthy living groups; etc.
Examples of projects supported in the past include:
- Banishing Aqua Fears Yes You Can! who were awarded £1,734 to make swimming more accessible to residents on the Isles of Islay
- Jura and Braintree Mencap Swimmers based in Essex were awarded £2,500 to ensure people with learning disabilities have the opportunity to participate in activities in the local area.
Applicants must be a representative of, or have the support of, a pool participating in Swimathon.
The closing date for applications is the 13th March 2020.
Apply for Grants of up to £20,000 for Community Arts, Sports and Physical and Mental Health Projects
Postcode Community Trust has re-opened its grants programme. The Trust was established in 2014 to support marginalised groups in obtaining the skills and resources to make positive changes within their own communities.
Grants of £500 – £20,000 are available to registered charities, CIOs and SCIOs for projects that benefit communities through:
- Increasing participation in arts & physical recreation
- Improving community health & wellbeing
- Reducing isolation
Other voluntary organisations e.g. sports groups, community interest companies and social enterprises can apply for up to £2,000.
Previous projects supported include:
- Bierley Community Association – received funding to purchase a community minibus to help them reach isolated older people, disengaged young people and families.
- Movement for All – a community dance group for people aged 60+ in Brinsley Notts, Nottingham, were awarded funding for their ‘Dancing Together’ project in 2017.
- Skipton Extended Learning for All (SELFA) – an inclusive holiday club for primary-aged children was awarded funding to enable them to team up with the Skipton International Puppet Festival in September 2017.
The closing date for submitting Expressions to Round One is the 4th February 2020.
Applicants successful at this stage will be invited to submit full proposals between the 10th March and the 24th March 2020.
People’s Postcode Trust
The People’s Postcode Trust’s Grants Programme has re-opened for applications. People’s Postcode Trust provides project-based funding in Great Britain under the themes:
- Promoting human rights;
- Combatting discrimination;
- Preventing poverty.
Registered Charities can apply for grants of between £500 and £20,000.
Small organisations and community groups that are not formally registered as a charity can apply for up to £2,000.
The closing date for stage 1 applications is the 4th February 2020. Applicants successful at this stage will have between the 10th March and the 24th March to submit a Stage 2 application.
Grant Programme Now Open for Projects Benefiting Clarion Housing Group Residents
Not for profit organisations such as constituted community groups, registered charities, companies limited by guarantee, PTA or Friends of School groups, social enterprises or Community Interest Companies working primarily for the benefit of Clarion Housing Group residents can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 for projects supporting residents, delivering local initiatives and improving neighbourhoods.
Clarion Housing Group is the largest housing association in Europe, with 125,000 properties across more than 170 local authorities in England.
The funding is available to eligible groups with an annual income of less than £500,000 where projects can be completed within 12 months.
The funding is available for projects that:
- encourage community engagement and cohesion
- promote health and wellbeing
- engage young people or older people in positive activities
- improve spaces, places and estate regeneration
- reduce social isolation
- improve access to training and educational activities
- support work and activities in our community centres
- find new ways of reaching Clarion Housing residents and the wider community.
For help, or to find out how to best engage residents, please email the Clarion Futures Communities Team. The closing date is on 11th March 2020.
Funding for International School Exchanges
Travel grants of up to £15,000 are now available for secondary school and further education colleges in England to take your pupils on international school visits, through a new Department for Education programme in partnership with the British Council.
The visit can be used to enhance any curriculum subject teaching: it does not have to be a language exchange, although these are welcomed.
The grants are aimed at young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Priority will be given to applications that show the school, college, or the group of students involved in the visit have significant levels of disadvantage (e.g. Pupil Premium, Opportunity Area, Index of Multiple Deprivation, Additional Needs etc.).
Visits can be to any country (Europe, or wider World) for a minimum of four nights.
The grant can be used to cover the following costs:
- travel for pupils and accompanying teachers (*)
- accommodation and subsistence for pupils and accompanying teachers (*)
- local transport
- administration costs
The closing date for applications is the 14th February 2020 and visits must be completed by 31st May 2020.
Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless
Help the Homeless makes grants of up to £5,000 to small and medium sized charitable organisations (with a turnover of less than £1 million) whose aim is to help homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life.
Typically, such organisations may operate small or medium-sized residential or training facilities to assist homeless people.
The grants are available for capital costs and examples of previously supported projects include:
- The Booth Centre, an advice and activity centre for homeless people in Manchester, where people undertake education and training courses as well as receiving advice and food, received a grant of £1,500 to transform the centre with new lighting, a new water heater and new decoration.
- A grant of £3,000 to the Amber Foundation to enable the Foundation to buy new bedroom furniture for their residential centre in Devon, where every year over 60 unemployed, homeless young people are able to rebuild their lives and gain the motivation, confidence, self-esteem and skills for independent living.
The closing date for the next round of funding is the 15th March 2020.
Funding to Enable Disadvantaged Young People Reach their Potential
Registered charities (including Schools that are registered as charities for young people with disabilities) that work with disadvantaged children under the age of 25 can apply for funding of up to £10,000 through the Ironmongers Company’s grants programme. In particular, the company wants to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential and educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills.
Projects could, for example, support special educational needs; address behavioural problems or promote citizenship; and parenting or life skills. Preference will be given to projects piloting new approaches where the outcomes will be disseminated to a wider audience. Although the grants are available within the UK, preference is given to projects in inner London.
The next deadline for applications is the 31st July 2020.
Grants for Chemistry Outreach Projects in Schools and Colleges
The Royal Society of Chemistry is making grants of up to £1,000 available to schools, colleges and universities to help students in the development of the practical chemistry skills and experience. To be eligible for funding through the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Partnership of 3 grant scheme, the projects should bring together at least three different partners to benefit in the delivery or attendance at a chemistry centred outreach activity.
The Royal Society of Chemistry awards grants for activities that to involve the development of the practical skills/ experience in chemistry of a target group in a manner that is not achievable through normal timetabled activities.
Activities funded could include, for example, a university collaborating with a sixth form college in providing an experience for KS3/ 4 students (it may be that staff and students from the same institution are considered as different partners if they both have significant and different roles in the delivery of the proposed programme).
Strong applications will be able to demonstrate, in addition to key scientific benefits, how as many of the partners in the scheme as possible will develop through involvement in the scheme. Schemes that involve visits from one partner constituency to another will be particularly favoured.
Applications can be submitted at any time and will be evaluated at quarterly meetings throughout the year.