Funding Insight Newsletter 31.03.20

Published Monday 6 April 2020 at 15:38

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:

Community groups can now access potential grant funding opportunities through the free Blackburn with Darwen Open4Community online search tool.

Register and find out more

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

New funding programme announced to keep children safe from Crime and Violence

A new £6 million fund has been launched to support organisations working to prevent youth offending and make communities safer.

Comic Relief and the Youth Endowment Fund have joined forces to help keep children safe from violence by co-designing a new funding programme with help from young people affected by youth violence; and those organisations and individuals with experience of prevention.

The programme will aim to ensure that children most as risk of being drawn into crime and violence receive the support they need, and in particular will address rising knife crime.

Further details of the programme will be announced later in the year.

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Funding to support textile recycling and re-use

Grants of between £20,000 and £170,000 are now available to commercial and not-for-profit organisations of any size to support clothing or linen waste textile recycling and re-use. The aim is to keep waste textiles out of landfill so that it remains a valuable resource.

WRAP is offering a total of £1.5 million in grants for projects that use innovative ideas, technologies and equipment, and that fit a range of criteria, including demonstrating “innovation beyond normal practice”. Projects also require match funding: 10% from not-for-profit and 50% from commercial organisations.

Funding is intended for capital expenditure only; either for equipment or technologies (excluding software apps) that enable recycling or re-use. Financing comes from Defra’s £18m Resource Action Fund, which supports resource efficiency projects across the board.

The closing date for applications is the 18th June 2020.

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Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust recognises that climate change caused by human activity is threatening the well-being of humanity and that the wealthiest countries and individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of emissions, whilst the poorest countries and sections of society are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to tackle this issue, the Sustainable Futures fund focuses grant making on:

  • Identifying the true costs and risks of resource depletion, climate change and other environmental problems
  • Campaigns, initiatives and work that promote alternatives to consumerism
  • Campaigns and movements that give a voice to young activists and marginalised groups on issues of economic and environmental justice.

Grants are available from a few hundred pounds to over £100,000 and may be single payments or spread over up to three years.

Funding priorities are:

  • Better economics – with grants funding work that explores how sustainability rather than traditional forms of economic growth
  • Beyond consumerism – funded work will include that which engages people individually and collectively in moving culture away from consumerism and towards more sustainable ways of living
  • New Voices – funding for campaigns and movements that enable marginalised groups and young activists to have a voice in decisions which affect them

The deadline to apply is the 24th August 2020.

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New £3 Million Fund to boost health in disadvantaged areas

The King’s Fund in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund has launched a new £3 million Healthy Communities Together programme to empower voluntary and community sector organisations and the local health and care sector to work together to boost the health and wellbeing of their communities.

The programme is open to applications from groups of voluntary and community organisations and public sector organisations working together in a local area in England and is designed to target areas experiencing the most disadvantage. The fund will operate across six different locations in England.

The programme consists of two phases. In phase 1, a maximum of six areas will receive up to £50,000 funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and a package of learning and development support from the King’s Fund for up to nine months to develop their partnership and project plans.

At the end of this phase, each site will be invited to apply for phase 2 of the programme for further funding and support. Successful partnerships will receive up to £450,000, as well as ongoing learning and development support from The King’s Fund, over a further three years.

The closing date for application for phase 1 is the 27th May 2020 with projects for phase 1 are projected to start in September 2020.

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Arts Council England – Covid19 Funding Support

Arts Council England (ACE) has made £160m of emergency funding available to organisations and individuals who will need it during the Covid-19 crisis. It has also changed the funding requirements for individuals and organisations currently in receipt of funding to take account of the current Coronavirus pandemic.

The Arts Council will make £90 million available to its National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) and is making £50 million available to organisations that are not in receipt of regular funding from the Arts Council. Organisations who have applied to National Lottery Project Grants are still able to apply for this support.

Arts Council England will also be making £20 million available to individuals.

These emergency funding streams will be open to applications in the near future. Find out more

Funding to accelerate the use of 5G in creative industries

The Government has announced that from early March, bidders can apply for funding from a new £30 million competition which will look at how 5G could boost creative industries including film, TV, video games, logistics and tourism.

This is alongside announcing the nine projects who successfully bid for a share of £35 million from the rural and industrial 5G competitions.

This funding comes from the £200 million 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme, part of Government’s long-term strategy for meeting its digital connectivity targets, outlined in the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review.

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Government launches new SuperBus Fund

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that English local authorities can bid for a share of £70 million of funding to trial new superbus networks to deliver low fare, high frequency services in urban areas in the top 75% most deprived local transport authorities.

Eligible local transport authorities must demonstrate in their application that the proposal focuses on a town or city with a population of greater than 75,000.

There is a two-stage application process with Local Authorities initially submitting an Expression of Interest. The DfT will assess Expression of Interest in terms of the size of the pilot area, the challenges it faces and the delivery plan and timescale.

Up to three projects will be taken forward from this phase to phase 2. Local authorities shortlisted to move forward to Phase 2 will be granted some funding in 2020/21 to support the development of their final proposals. The DfT expect local authorities to give in their EOI an indication of the level of funding they would need to deliver this.

The closing date for submitting an Expression of Interest is 5pm on the 30th April 2020.

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Funding opportunities between £25,000 and £100,000

New Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning Programme launched

The British Council in partnership with the Department for International Development is inviting state funded schools to apply to the Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning Programme to enable UK schools to work with partner schools overseas; focusing on global themes. The programme provides grants to clusters of schools or one-to-one school partnership.

Fee paying schools can opt to join a cluster group with state-funded schools and still benefit from many elements of the programme. However, any fee-paying schools that want to organise a visit overseas would need to self-fund their trip.

Clusters of Schools can apply for grants of up to £35,000 to support a wide range of global learning activities, including training for teachers and supply cover, reciprocal visits to international partner’s schools, and hosting community events.

One-to-one school partnerships can apply for grants of up to £3,000 to cover the cost of one teacher to travel to a partner school. The grant is used to cover the cost of one teacher travelling to the UK from overseas and one teacher travelling from the UK to the other country.

To apply for funding, schools must have a partner school outside the UK from the British Council’s list of participating countries.

Cluster applications will also be favoured over one-to-one partnership applications in the first instance.

The next closing date for applications is the 15th June 2020.

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Funding for projects that improve people’s lives

The Henry Smith Charity provides grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to three years to charitable organisations (charities and not-for-profit organisations, including social enterprises) that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available.

The charity has six funding priorities that describe the work they support and how they want to bring about change for the most disadvantaged people in the greatest need. These are:

  • Help at a critical moment – Helping people to rebuild their lives following a crisis, critical moment, trauma or abuse.
  • Positive choices – Helping people, whose actions or behaviours have led to negative consequences for themselves and others, to make positive choices.
  • Accommodation / housing support – Enabling people to work towards or maintain accommodation.
  • Employment and training – Supporting people to move towards or gain employment.
  • Financial inclusion, rights and entitlements – Supporting people to overcome their financial problems and ensure that they are able to claim their rights and entitlements.
  • Support networks and family – Working with people to develop improved support networks and family relationships

Grants can cover running costs, salaries and project costs for organisations that can demonstrate a track record of success and evidence the effectiveness of their work. Eligible organisations include charities and not-for-profit organisations (including social enterprises) in the UK with a turnover of £50,000 – £2 million (in exceptional circumstances up to £5 million).

Applications can be submitted at any time and decisions are usually made within six months.

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Funding for Special Schools and Colleges

Special needs schools and colleges can apply for grants of between £15,000 and £75,000 through the Wolfson Foundation’s Funding for Special Schools and Colleges grants programme.

The funding is available for projects that are focused towards helping pupils to develop skills which would help them to gain employment or live independently after leaving school or college.

The funding covers capital costs such a buildings and equipment.

The applicant organisation should meet all of the following criteria:

  • be a registered charity, local authority
  • be registered with the relevant regulatory authority, where applicable, and have at least a good rating

The project should be for a new building, refurbishment work or equipment and aim to produce one or more of the following outcomes:

  • Increased access to services for new and existing users
  • Improved quality and range of services
  • Improved financial stability of the organisation

Previous projects supported include:

  • a grant of £16,000 to the Lindsworth School in Birmingham for the refurbishment of an on-site house for Independent Living Skills programme.
  • a grant of £25,000 to BeyondAutism for the Redevelopment of Rainbow School’s Earlsfield Campus, South London; and
  • Victoria School and Specialist Arts College in Birmingham which received a grant of £35,000 towards a Food Technology Room.

Projects requesting £50,000 or more need to have matched funding in place.

There is a 2-stage application process and the next stage 1 closing date is the 1st July 2020.

Applications successful at this stage will have until the 1st September 2020 to complete the stage 2 application.

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Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – Power and Accountability

Funding is available from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) to support projects that challenge how power is concentrated, shared and used and how it is changing through globalisation, new technology, new channels of communication, extreme inequality and other factors. Specifically, the Trust wants to support people to create a world in which power is more equally shared, and in which powerful institutions are responsive and accountable to wider society and aligned with the long-term public interest.

Applications should address the following:

  • Strengthening corporate accountability
  • Strengthening democratic accountability
  • Encouraging responsible media.

In addition to the specific focus areas above, JRCT is open to occasionally supporting other work that furthers the vision of this programme, is highly innovative, with the potential to bring about systemic change and is exceptionally difficult to fund from other sources.

Projects can be UK-based or can be pan-European. Applications aimed at increasing the accountability of the UK government and other UK bodies for the impact of the policies and practices that they pursue within global institutions are also considered.

Applicants must have an account for the Trust’s grants management system in order to be able to make an application. Applicants that don’t already have one, must register for an account at least two weeks before the application deadline.

A broad range of organisations and individuals are eligible to apply.

Recent grants awarded have ranged from £1,000 to £100,000+ including:

  • £34,500 to the Bevan Foundation
  • £11,000 to the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
  • £1,000 to three 4 all theatre

The next closing date for applications to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – Power and Accountability Fund is the 24th August 2020.

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Widening access to Dementia Care and Mental Health Support

Hospice UK has announced that capital grants of up to £40,000 are available for projects that improve the physical environment within which adult and children’s hospices deliver care. The grants will seek to address inequality and widen access to hospice care for people with dementia or a mental health condition.

This can be through a number of ways:

  • Putting into practice the recommendations or findings from an organisational or local scoping exercise
  • Piloting a new project based on a robust needs assessment
  • Responding to national policy or research evidence.

Total available funding in this grant round is £200,000. Hospice UK expect to award between five and seven grants in this round.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 20th April 2020.

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Funding opportunities under £25,000

Grants of up to £25,000 available to move to Digital Learning

The UFI Charitable Trust (Ufi), which aims to help improve vocational skills in the UK’s workforce, has announced the Voctech Now Fund is open for applications. The Voctech Now Fund aims to support vocational training providers who need to move to digital delivery methods in order to keep their learners engaged, as existing face to face delivery models are restricted as a result of Covid-19.

Grants of between £10,000 and £25,000 are available.

VocTech Now is a very targeted programme to address immediate barriers being faced by vocational learning providers in supporting users and by learners in continuing with their programmes with the closure of most training facilities.

VocTech are looking for applications from vocational learning providers who

  • need to transition to digital delivery methods
  • have a reasonably well-developed idea about how digital tools can solve the problems they have accessing learners, as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions
  • can deliver to a significant number of learners through an existing route to market
  • can implement their ideas immediately and show real results for their learners quickly

VocTech Now is for projects that can be deployed quickly with direct positive effects for learners who would otherwise not be able to access learning, so that:

  • more adults to access the skills they need for work and professional updating in this new environment of travel restriction.
  • the professional practice of learning providers develops so that they can continue supporting their students and move more practitioners into a ‘digital first’ or blended way of working after Ufi funding ends.
  • In order to achieve this, projects must build from a strong base already, both in understanding of the target learners, route to market and having some level of understanding of the current VocTech market or groundwork already in place.

The funding is available to charities, private companies, community interest companies and other not for profit organisations. As a charity itself, Ufi must ensure that any grant given to any organisation that is not a charity demonstrates public benefit.

Potential applicants can attend a webinar on 30 March 2020 at 13.00 to hear more and ask any questions they might have. Information about this is on the UFI Events page where organisations can register to attend or use this link to register. Organisations can also email UFI with general questions about the fund at info@ufi.co.uk. The webinar will be posted on our website for those unable to attend on the day.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 6th April 2020.

Applicants will be advised on 14 April 2020 whether or not they have been successful. Successful applicants will be expected to commence work straight away.

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Pink Ribbon Foundation Grants

The Pink Ribbon Foundation has announced that it is currently accepting applications to its grant making programme.

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to UK charities:

  • To relieve the needs of people who are suffering from, or have been affected by, breast cancer by providing, or assisting in the provision of, information, care or emotional, practical and financial support.
  • To advance public education in the understanding of breast cancer, its early detection and treatment, in particular but not exclusively by commissioning, or conducting, research into the causes, detection and treatment of breast cancer and by disseminating the results of such research.

Higher grants may be awarded if the trustees feel there is a special reason to do so.

Any charity working in the field of breast cancer can apply for a grant.

Applications from general cancer charities must demonstrate that the grants requested will be applied to benefit those affected by breast cancer. Where applications relate to general services, details must be given of how many (and what proportion) of the total number benefiting from the charity’s work are affected by breast cancer.

The closing date for applications is the 29th May 2020.

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Funding to help entrepreneurs start up and grow their organisation

The Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland have announced that the Social Entrepreneurs Programme has re-opened for applications.

This programme has helped almost 2,000 people to start up and scale social enterprises, charities, community projects and impact-led organisations.

This year, the programme will support a further 260 people across the UK with:

  • A learning programme
  • A grant (£1,000 – £7,000)
  • Mentoring
  • A supportive community of like-minded peers

Individuals can apply for one of three levels of support.

  • Start Up – for projects in the planning stage but ready to start, or less than two years old.
  • Trade Up – for projects established at least a year ago, and probably has at least one paid member of staff.
  • Scale Up – for project established two or more years ago, and probably has two or more paid members of staff. It makes at least £75,000 a year (no upper limit).

People with all abilities and from all backgrounds are invited to apply for the programme including the long-term unemployed, ex-offenders and people with disabilities.

The closing date for applications is the 30th April 2020.

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Finnis Scott Foundation

Established under the Will of Lady Montagu Douglas Scott (Valerie Finnis) in 2006, the Finnis Scott Foundation makes grants for any charitable purpose, but their present policy is to focus grant-making in the areas of horticulture and plant sciences, as well as fine art and art history. The funding is open to charities and charitable organisations, including School Parent Teacher Associations.

Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available. Exceptionally, larger grants may be considered at the Trustees’ discretion. Preference is given to making grants to smaller charities where the grant would have a significant impact. The Foundation funds both capital and revenue projects.

Previous organisations supported include:

  • Flower Pod – a horticulturally based Social Enterprise in Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
  • Rhyl Primary School PTA
  • The Horticultural Therapy Trust
  • Hestercombe Gardens Trust

The next closing date for applications is the 5th June 2020.

For more information about The Finnis Scott Foundation, please email: administrator@finnis-scott-foundation.org.uk or telephone +44 (0)1604 233233.

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Capital Grants for theatre improvements

The Theatres Trust’s Theatre Improvement Scheme awards capital funding as grants of up to £20,000. The Trust works in association with the Wolfson Foundation and each year funds projects with a specific theme – in 2020 the theme is to reduce their environmental impact. From sedum roofs to new windows, building management systems to more efficient water heaters, funding will be given to projects that demonstrate how a small intervention can have a big impact.

Theatres and projects of all sizes are eligible as long as they can demonstrate excellence in the pursuit of becoming an accessible theatre. Applicants must also:

  • Own or manage theatres with titles or signed leases of more than 15 years on buildings in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
  • Run a year-round programme of live performance, of no less than 30 performances a year
  • Have a bona fide UK charitable or not-for-profit legal structure and be able to provide certified or audited accounts for at least two years.
  • Operate theatres that achieve excellence through their producing and programming or architectural significance

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the Trust to discuss their project before applying. Application forms should be downloaded from the website and emailed to advice@theatrestrust.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on the 14th September 2020.

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Ford Britain Trust Small Grants Programme re-opens for applications

The Ford Britain Trust’s large grants programme has re-opened for applications until the 31st July 2020. Through the large grants programme registered charities, Schools/PTAs (Non-fee paying, state sector schools only) and non-profit organisations can apply for grants of between £250 and £3,000 for projects that:

  • Benefit the local community/environment;
  • Work with young people/children;
  • Promote education/schools (mainstream) as well as special school
  • Promotes the teaching of Engineering
  • Support special educational needs and people with disabilities.

Grant applications will be considered for projects being undertaken/expenditure being made in all UK postcodes however locations near Ford Motor Company Limited / FCE Bank plc UK operations are given a higher weighting.

These are:

  • Essex (including East London)
  • Bridgend (South Wales)
  • Southampton
  • Daventry
  • Manchester
  • Liverpool.

Exceptions may be made for initiatives in which Ford Motor Company Limited employees and retirees are involved. Grants made by the Trust are usually one-off donations for a specific capital project or part of a project, typically items of furniture and equipment.

The Trust also operates a small grants programme for amounts up to £250. This is currently closed and will reopen for applications between the 1st April – 30th June 2020.

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Taking Teaching Further

The Education and Training Foundation has announced that round 3 of the Taking Teaching Further programme is now open.        The Taking Teaching Further programme is a national initiative to attract experienced industry professionals with expert technical knowledge and skills to work in Further Education (FE). The focus will be across any of the 15 technical teaching routes. The programmes long-term aims are to:

  • raise the profile and prestige of skilled FE teaching, particularly among industry professionals; and
  • increase the overall number of skilled technical teaching roles by helping providers to support experienced industry professionals with the training that they require to become FE teachers.

Taking Teaching Further Round 3 funding is available for all FE providers with two routes to access the programme depending on provider type.

The take-up of the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) places on both Route 1 and Route 2 is subject to individuals meeting the participation criteria outlined in the programme guidance documents.

Route 1 of the programme is open to all FE Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges in England (colleges). Places will be made available to all colleges on a draw-down basis.

To participate, FE Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges need to register their intent through this form.

The deadline to register intent to participate is 12pm on 7 April 2020.

Route 2 of the programme is open to all independent training providers, employer led providers, third sector training providers, local authority providers, and adult and community learning providers. These places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and the Foundation strongly advise providers to register early from the 1 April 2020 for places.

Registrations to take part in Taking Teaching Further Route 2 will open on 1 April 2020 through this form.

For applicants that have any questions or require further information, please contact the Taking Teaching Further team via takingteachingfurther@etfoundation.co.uk or call 020 3740 8280.

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Funding available to music creators to develop their career

Help Musicians UK has announced that the Do it Differently Fund has re-opened for application. The Fund helps independent, entrepreneurial music creators to build their career. Grants are offered under the following two strands:

  • Recording & Releasing
  • Touring & Live Development

Grants of £500 – £3,000 can cover professional development opportunities and creative projects at a crucial point in the artists’ career. Successful applicants will also be able to access a suite of wellbeing and development services worth up to £2,000, including business development sessions, education around “healthy” touring practices, online CBT and wellbeing tools, specialist hearing assessment, bespoke hearing protection and short-term treatment of performance-related conditions.

Please note that PR & Marketing and Equipment costs can only account for up to 50% of the total grant request. For example, if you apply for the full grant amount of £3,000, a maximum of £1,500 can be allocated towards PR & Marketing and Equipment. Applications exceeding this limitation will be regarded as ineligible.

The fund is open to emerging and professional musicians of all genres and disciplines, with a focus on independent music creators who can evidence self-sufficiency in one or more aspects of their career (e.g. self-managing, self-releasing, self-producing). Applicants can be a solo artist, composer, group member, songwriter, producer or a multidisciplinary artist. Bands or ensembles of up to 6 members can also apply.

Applicants must be aged over 18, based primarily in the UK and be eligible to work here and been a resident in the UK for at least 3 consecutive years and also have an active career and track record.

The fund is currently closed but will re-open for applications on the 27th April 2020.     Find out more

Magic Little Grants 2020

Online fundraising platform Localgiving, together with the Postcode Community Trust will be launching this year’s Magic Little Grants programme on the 10th March 2020. Small charities and community groups will be able to apply for grants of up to £500 to support and inspire people to participate in sports or exercise.

To be eligible applicant organisations will need to have an annual income of below £250,000 or be in their first year of operation. A total of 900 grants will be available.

Localgiving members will be notified via email when Magic Little Grants launches and will be able to complete the 10-minute application process via their charity account on the Localgiving website.

Organisations who are not members of Localgiving will also benefit from an annual membership funded by Postcode Community Trust, which will provide them with access to Localgiving’s suite of online fundraising tools. To be notified once the Magic Little Grants application process has launched, please sign up to the Localgiving newsletter here

Previous projects funded include:

  • Flamingo Chicks, who received a grant to provide sensory kits for disabled children to attend dance classes.
  • Featherstone Rovers Foundation, who received a grant to deliver a range of activities to encourage more young people to try Rugby League.
  • Happy Wanderers Ambulance Organisation who received a grant to provide free transport for older people and wheelchair users to access local physical activities.

Applications can be submitted at any time until the 31st October 2020.

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Funding for Women’s and Disability Football Teams

The Football Foundation has announced that its “Grow the Game” grant scheme has re-opened for applications.

Through this funding round grants of up to £1,500 are available from organisations wishing to set up women and girls football teams and disability teams.

Applications are welcome from not for profit organisations that are planning to set up two new football teams over the next two years. To be eligible for funding organisations must have a signed constitution (with a dissolution clause), child protection policy, equal opportunities policy, bank statement and income/expenditure records. The type of activities that can be funded include (but are not limited to):

  • Facility hire
  • Referees fees
  • CRB checks
  • Affiliation fees
  • League entry
  • Promotion and publicity
  • FA coaching courses
  • Additional courses
  • Football kit/equipment through a bespoke voucher

Organisations are able to receive a grant of £1,500 per new team created over two or three years with financial support being reduced in the second or third year of the project. For any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact gtg@footballfoundation.org.uk

The closing date for applications is the 31st May 2020.

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Royal Society of Chemistry – Outreach Fund Small Grants Scheme

Individuals and organisations such as researchers, museums, schools, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries can apply for grants of up to £10,000 to run chemistry-based events and activities for public audiences and in schools.

Applications for school’s engagement activities should demonstrate how the proposed activities will:

  • enrich student’s chemistry education and not solely deliver the curriculum
  • provide students with opportunities to explore chemistry through local contexts, and/or
  • demonstrate career opportunities and develop employability skills, and/or
  • provide opportunities which would not normally be accessible to the students taking part, e.g. for hard-to-reach student audiences.

Applications for public engagement activities should demonstrate how the proposed activities will:

  • increase chemists’ visibility as approachable people and/or
  • increase the publics’ confidence in discussing chemistry and/or
  • demonstrate the relevance of chemistry to everyday interests and concerns.

The Outreach Fund is split into two categories: small grants – up to £2,000 and large grants – between £2,000 and £10,000.

Previously funded projects include “Cool chemistry at the seaside” where the Society awarded a grant of £2,000 to volunteers in Ramsgate who transformed an empty town-centre shop into a makeshift theatre, delivering free chemistry demonstrations to anyone.

The closing date for applications to the small grants programme is the 11th May 2020. The closing date for the large grants programme is the 14th September 2020.

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Music Grants for Older People

The registered charity, Concertina which makes grants of up to £250 to charitable bodies that provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly.

The charity is particularly keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Concertina has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in England and Wales. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents. Some of the charities that have received grants from Concertina include:

  • Theatre Chipping Norton to help fund high calibre music recitals in six Care Homes in the area.
  • Sue Ryder Care, Lancashire to fund access to music therapy workshops at Birchley Hall near Wigan and St Helen’s.

The next deadline for applications is the 30th April 2020.

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