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The following funding information has been gathered for you. Please check closing deadlines and eligibility criteria for all the funding streams with the funder before you apply. If you need advice or support with completing an application form please contact LCSN on 020 8556 5973.
FREE funding search
The 5 PRO-ACTIVEs across London are pleased to offer our partners and community organisations the opportunity to access GRANTnet, a comprehensive database of UK & EU funding ranging from grants and loans to advisory schemes.
Free access to the database is provided on registration. Searches can then be made for funding which could apply to specific projects that help support or deliver increased participation in sport & physical activity in Central London.
The database comprises over 4,000 programmes which can be interrogated by covering certain criteria including eligibility, application procedures and deadlines. The system is updated regularly to ensure access to the very latest information on funding from the UK Government, agencies, community organisations and Local Authorities in Central London.
http://www.pro-activecentrallondon.org
http://www.pro-activewestlondon.org
http://www.pro-activenorthlondon.org
http://www.pro-activeeastlondon.org
http://www.pro-activesouthlondon.org
Another one to check out!
We especially like the A to Z of fundraising ideas.
Ongoing funding streams for small grants
1. Help a London child
www.capitalradio.co.uk/halc
2. Jack Petchey Foundation
www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk/
3. Sport Relief
www.unltd.org.uk/sportreliefawards
www.capitalcf.org.uk/grants
http://www.barnetvsc.org.uk/DisplayPage.asp?pageid=8637
http://www.thamescommunityfoundation.org.uk/funds.htm
4. Awards for all
http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/
5. Biff
www.biffaward.org
6. O2
www.itsyourcommunity.co.uk
7. Kellogs
www.kelloggs.co.uk/company/corporateresponisbility/activelivingfund/
8. Football Foundation
www.footballfoundation.org.uk
9. Summer of Sport
www.london.gov.uk/summerofsport
There will be a winter of sport round soon!
Sport England is delighted to re-launch Sportsmatch
Sport England is delighted to announce the return of Sportsmatch with a new web-based facility enabling applicants to apply online.
Designed to encourage new or additional sponsorship investment from businesses, trusts and private individuals, Sportsmatch, funded by Sport England, will continue to offer pound for pound matched funding to sporting stakeholders for projects that encourage sports participation at grass roots level.
All projects applying in 2008/09 will need to ensure that they are able to deliver their project by 31 March 2009. This will ensure that the benefits of the scheme are received at the earliest opportunity.
Further details on
www.sportsmatch.co.uk
Don’t forget this one!
Sport England Community Investment Fund (CIF)
http://www.sportengland.org/index/get_funding.htm
Healthy Heart Grants
Community groups, voluntary organisations and researchers involved in preventing heart disease can apply for ‘Healthy Heart’ grants of up to £10,000 through Heart Research UK. The types of projects funded through this scheme have included:
• The Foresight Project in Grimsby which encourages visually impaired people to take regular exercise using tandem bicycles;
• A project in Bradford to encourage local residents to participate in fun physical activities such as belly dancing, line dancing and exercise classes;
• The Ross-shire Bravehearts project in Inverness educates adults with learning difficulties about heart health so they can take part in physical activities.
Applications will be accepted from the 1st July until the 31st August for the November round of funding.
http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/healthy_heart_grants.htm
Match Funding Scheme for Volunteering
V, the national charity that inspires volunteering amongst young people has announced that it has re-opened its match funding programme. Through this programme v provides grants to charities that match up to 100% of any new private sector investment for youth volunteering projects in England. The aim of the fund is to inspire greater levels of investment in youth volunteering from private companies, charitable trusts and foundations and individuals. Following consultation with young people, v has developed a set of core themes for the Match Fund. v has a total grant amount of up to £15m available to match against up to £15m of private sector funding. The programme themes are:
• Health and well being;
• The environment; supporting children and young people;
• Community cohesion; poverty;
• Human rights.
In addition to its current match fund programme, v intends to maximise the impact of our corporate sector partnerships through the development of a flagship investment programme. This programme will involve directly commissioning third sector organisations to deliver highly innovative volunteering opportunities, which reflect young people's cares, passions and interests. Selection of third sector organisations will be informed by a panel of experts, young people and corporate sector investors. There are two application deadlines: The 29th August 2008 for projects starting in January 2009; and the 31st October 2008, for projects starting in April 2009.
http://www.wearev.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96
£1 Million Available to Support Youth Projects
Young people are being given the chance to claim a share of £1 million to help tackle the dangers of drugs, crime and play a positive role in their community. The Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cash Awards will see £1 million of grants being distributed by youth charity “The Prince’s Trust” to young people who want to run community projects in some of Britain’s poorest areas. The Awards, worth £250 to £5,000, are available to disadvantaged 14 to 25-year-olds who want to transform their area and learn practical skills. Projects could range from improving local youth facilities to tackling teenage pregnancy or drug misuse. Projects must be run and managed by:
• People between the ages of 14 and 25;
• Clearly benefit the local community;
• Benefit the people running the project;
• Be a new or developing project.
Previous projects supported include: an amateur boxing project to give young people greater confidence; and a media project to promote community cohesion and greater understanding between the local community and asylum seekers. Applications can be made at any time.
http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/Main%20Site%20v2/14-30%20and%20need%20help/grants%20for%20community%20projects.asp
The Mayor's Fund for London
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London has announced the creation of a new Fund to help tackle deprivation and crime within the capital. The Mayor's Fund for London, which will be launched later in 2008 as an independent charity, will aim to harness finances from London's wealth creators to support voluntary groups that are changing lives. This is in addition to the £79 million provided by government for the London Youth Offer. Further information on the application process and guidelines will be published on the Mayor Und for London later this year.
http://www.mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk/
Tesco Charity Trust - Community Awards Scheme
The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off donations of between £1,000 and £4,000. The funding they give goes towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and adults and children with disabilities, living in the local communities around their stores in the UK. Applications can be made via their Website:
There are two categories of Community Awards: 1. Grants to support children’s welfare and/or children’s educations (including special needs schools); 2 Grants to support elderly people and/or adults and children with disabilities
http://www.tescocorporate.com/charitiesandfundraising.htm
Deutsche Bank Employee Fund for Education and Social Investment
This fund is supported by Deutsche Bank staff and matched by the Deutsche Bank Franchise Matched Giving Scheme.
Deutsche Bank, their staff and Capital Community Foundation are pleased to announce a new small grants fund for 2008. If you are a local voluntary or community group and you need funding for a project focusing on Education or Community Development, this grant fund may be able to help.
These guidelines set out who may apply and for what type of activity you may apply for. Please read the following carefully.
This funds projects in all London boroughs.
1. Education - Retention projects that ease the transition between primary and secondary schools, reduce absenteeism, and help prevent exclusion. Achievement projects that raise people’s aspirations, achievements and attainment levels, for example in financial literacy, business awareness, functional and soft skills. Progression projects that educate, encourage, and prepare for progression into further and higher education, training and employment.
2. Community Development - Community Sport projects that build skills and achievements, improve community cohesion and participation and reduce crime / social exclusion. Educational Outreach projects that work with people not in education, employment or training and guide them back into mainstream education, training or employment. Employment & Employability supporting the development of both business and social entrepreneurs and working with those furthest from the labour market to help them find appropriate and sustainable employment. Homelessness – addressing the causes of homelessness and helping the homeless to reintegrate themselves back into society.
Priorities: Applications with match funding or leverage potential, and good prospects for sustainability; Projects that are responsive to local issues; Projects working with 16-19 year olds not in education, employment or training; Projects with hard outcomes such as formal or accredited learning opportunities and access to paid employment; Projects with a track record in delivery of services; Projects which might show a link with Deutsche Bank’s business, or provide an opportunity for Deutsche Bank leadership (through employee volunteering for example).
The maximum grant is £5,000. However we would strongly recommend that groups make applications around £3,000 as few maximum grants will be awarded due to the size of the fund.
Grassroots Grants
Grassroots Grants is a £130 million programme that aims to invest in a thriving community sector.
It is funded by Office of the Third Sector (OTS) and delivered by the Community Development Foundation (CDF).
The programme, which will run from 2008-2011 will be divided into two parts: an £80 million small grants fund for community organisations; and a £50 million endowments programme to enable local funders to generate additional donations on a matched basis and invest them in endowments, thereby building their capacity to provide long-term funding for frontline community organisations.
63 local funders have been selected to distribute grants and set up endowments, and so far 57 have officially accepted.
Find out which is your local funder
www.elcf.org.uk (Barking + Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge)
www.nwlcommunityfoundation.org.uk (Barnet, Brent, Enfield, Harrow)
www.capitalcf.org.uk (Bexley, Bromley, Camden, Greenwich, Kensington + Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Westminster)
www.skst.org ( City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets)
www.cvalive.org.uk (Croyden)
www.e-bcc.org.uk (Ealing)
www.thamescommunityfoundation.org.uk (Hammersmith + Fulham, Hounslow, Kingston, Merton, Rchmond, Sutton, Wandsworth)
www.cripplegate.org.uk (Islington)
www.o-regen.co.uk (Waltham Forest)
Youth Funds
‘Youth Funds’ is the name given to the Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund. If you're between 13 and 19 years old and you want to see things improve in your neighbourhood, then Youth Funds are for you. There's £173m available over the next three years to create better activities for teenagers in England – and you can be part of it.
When the government did a survey about local facilities for young people in 2005, teenagers agreed that they'd like to have a bigger say in what projects were given the go ahead. So to make sure that your voice is heard, the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds have been introduced, giving teens the opportunity to give their local facilities a bit of a makeover.
There’s £173m in Youth Funds, and it's all got to be spent by March 2011. Here are the best bits:
• you come up with the ideas
• young people like you decide who gets what
• your local authority has got to spend Youth Fund money on projects for teenagers in your area
There's also an extra £25 million up for grabs if you live in one of the 50 most deprived areas in the UK.
You apply for Youth Funds through your local authority - it doesn't matter who you are, everyone can have their say and get involved.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/Youthfunds/DG_067006
Find your local authority contact:
http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/index.jsp?LGSL=1116&LGIL=8&ServiceName=Find out about Youth Opportunity Funding