Really useful information on small grant funding opportunities that are available. This has been produced by Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency. If you know of similar updates, please do send them to me so I can share them on!

1. Funding Update – March 2012
Fund Name: Awards for All
Next Deadline Date: ongoing
Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk
Grants: £300 to £10,000
Awards for All will fund projects that improve communities, and the lives of people
within them. It is for voluntary and community groups, schools and health
organisations, parish and town councils.
Projects must meet one or more of the following outcomes:
• People have better chances in life - with better access to training and
development to improve their life skills.
• Stronger communities - with more active citizens working together to tackle
their problems.
• Improved rural and urban environments - which communities are better able to
access and enjoy.
• Healthier and more active people and communities.
The application form is available on the Awards for All website, together with further
guidance and information. You will find out if your application is successful within six
weeks.
Fund Name: BBC Children in Need
Next Deadline Date: 15th April 2012
Website: www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants
Maximum grant: £100,000 (very rare)
BBC Children in Need provides grants for up to three years to properly constituted not
for profit organisations working with disadvantaged young people aged 18 or under.
Within the BBC Children in Need grants programme, organisations can apply for Small
Grants of £10,000 or less per year for up to three years and for Main Grants of over
£10,000 per year for up to three years. Funding is available to organisations (including
schools) that work with young people who are suffering from illness, distress, abuse or
neglect, are disabled, have behavioural or psychological difficulties and / or are living in
poverty or situations of deprivation.
The closing date for applications is the 15th April 2012
For more information visit www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants.
Fund Name: Cory Environmental Trust
Next Deadline Date: 5th April 2012
Website: www.coryenvironmental.co.uk
Average Grant Size: between £500 and £80,000

2. The Cory Environmental Trust will fund work in the following areas:
• Opening up access for the public to an area of land that has been closed or
partially closed up to now.
• Cleaning up of land that has been polluted because of now ceased activity.
• Helping to improve, protect, provide and/or maintain land or a building as a
public amenity.
• Protecting the environment, and conserving or promoting biological diversity.
• Helping to preserve, maintain, restore and/or repair a religious building or one of
historical or architectural interest.
Separate funds are available for groups and organisations based in Colchester, Essex,
Rochford, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.
Application process varies according to area – check their website for how to apply.
http://www.coryenvironmental.co.uk/page/TrustFunding.htm
Fund Name: Garfield Weston Foundation
Website: www.garfieldweston.org
Next Deadline Date: Ongoing
Grants from: Various amounts
The Foundation supports organisations working in the following fields: arts, community,
education, welfare, medical, religion, youth and environment. The Foundation only
considers applications from UK registered charities (unless you have exempt status as
a church, educational establishment, hospital or housing corporation). The Foundation
will fund project costs, but hesitates to fund a specific salary.
Applications should be sent by post. There are no formal deadlines, but organisations
should allow four months for a final outcome. Application forms can be downloaded
from www.garfieldweston.org. Send it to the foundation with a covering letter, your
accounts and annual report.
Fund Name: The Henry Smith Charity
Website: www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk
Next Deadline Date: None
Average grant: £26,000 per year
Provides grants for work with groups that experience social/economic disadvantage.
The Charity will fund revenue and capital costs over a number of years.
The Main Grants Programme is for grants of £10,000 per annum or over. There are
two types of main grant; capital grants (one off grants for purchase of refurbishment of
a building or purchase of specialist equipment), or revenue grants (grants of up to
three years for core costs or the running costs of a specific project).
The Small Grants Programme is for grants of under £10,000 per year. To be eligible
for a small grant, your annual income must be below £150,000.

3. Comprehensive details of how to apply can be found on the Charity’s website.
Fund Name: Jill Franklin Trust
Website: www.jill-franklin-trust.org.uk/
Next Deadline Date:
Grants from: £500 to £1,000
The Jill Franklin Trust is looking to support the following activities:
• Self-Help groups, advice, training, and employment; to support people with a
mental illness or learning difficulties, and their carers (parents etc.).
• Respite care, and holidays (in the UK only). Grants for holidays are only given
where there is a large element of respite care and only to registered charities,
not to individuals.
• Organisations helping and supporting refugees and asylum-seekers coming to
or are in the UK.
• The restoration (not “improvement”) of churches of architectural importance (half
a page in Pevsner’s Buildings) and occasionally to other buildings of
architectural importance. The church should be open to visitors every day.
To apply for a grant, send an email to jft@jill-franklin-trust.org.uk, or a letter to Norman
Franklin, Jill Franklin Charitable Trust, Flat 5, 17-19 Elsworthy Road, London, NW3
3DS enclosing the following details:
• Details of the project
• Budget for the project
• Annual report and accounts
• Contact telephone number
Fund Name: MSE Charity
Website: www.msecharity.com
Next Deadline Date: 31st May 2012
Grants up to: £5,000
Grants are available to groups or charities looking to develop projects that will help to
educate people about money/debt/consumer issues. Projects must adhere to the
following criteria:
• Projects must assist people to improve their quality of life through knowledge
and understanding of how to manage and take control of their own financial
situation.
• Groups will need to demonstrate that they have researched and assessed the
need for the project.
• Groups must demonstrate that the project will make a significant difference to
the beneficiaries so the OUTPUTS must be achievable, measurable, deliverable
within budget and within a time frame and be sustainable.
• Groups will also need to show that the project will also provide outcomes that
will benefit their wider communities.

4. • It will be necessary for groups to demonstrate that they has the skills, ability and
experience to deliver the project.
• The MSE Charity will consider full project cost recovery, but costs must only
relate to the project itself and not the organisations core funding.
• Projects must provide value for money
• Projects should seek to provide long term solutions rather than short one off
events.
• For existing projects with a proven success record, consideration will only be
given to those that can demonstrate that funding will be used to extend the
project beyond its existing boundaries in terms of the scope of project, number
of beneficiaries and/or time frame.
Apply online on the MSE Charity website. The application form will be available
between 1st May and 31st May. Apply early in the month, as only the first 40
applications will be considered by the Trustees.
Fund Name: Percy Bilton Charity
Website: www.percybiltoncharity.org.uk
Next Deadline Date: ongoing
Average grant size: £3,000
Supports organisations and individuals in need throughout the UK. The Percy Bilton
Charity will give grants to charitable organisations assisting disadvantaged youth,
people with disabilities and older people. Organisations can apply for grants towards
furnishings and equipment, building or refurbishment projects.
The Charity will consider capital funding for the following projects and schemes:
• Disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (persons under 25)
o Supported housing schemes and educational and training projects to
encourage disadvantaged young people who may be homeless and/or
unemployed away from crime, substance/alcohol misuse and
homelessness.
o Facilities for recreational activities and outdoor pursuits specifically for
young people who are educationally or socially underprivileged or
disadvantaged
• People with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health
problems)
o Residential, respite care, occupational and recreational establishments
for children, young people and adults with physical or learning disabilities
or enduring mental health problems
• Older people (aged over 60)
o Day centres, nursing and residential homes, sheltered accommodation
and respite care for the frail or sufferers from dementia or age related
disorders
o Projects to encourage older people to maintain their independence.
The Charity has two grants programmes; a large grants programme, which provides
funds for one off payments for capital expenditure of approximately £2,000 and over;

5. and a small grants programme, which provides donations of up to £500 towards
furnishings and equipment for small projects. Applications for small grants are
considered monthly.
Apply via letter. Details of information needed by the Charity are listed on the Charity’s
website.
Fund Name: Variety Club – Youth Clubs Grant
Website: www.varietyclub.org.uk/how-we-help/youth-clubs
Next Deadline Date: Ongoing
Average grant: between £800 and £1,000
Supports applications for equipment for youth clubs, but can occasionally support the
improvement of youth club premises, equipment and facilities. Applications must
benefit young people aged 8-18 years of age, and have sustainability beyond one year.
In addition, young people must have demonstrated an involvement in raising funds. To
complete the application your organisation needs to be affiliated with a local/national
youth organisation.
How to apply – download and complete the application form available from the trust’s
website and send it to the Trust together with quotes for equipment needed.
Fund Name: Woodroffe Benton Foundation
Website: N/A
Next Deadline Date: Ongoing
Grants from: less than £1,000
The Woodroffe Benton Foundation makes grants towards:
• People in need, primary care of people who are sick or elderly or those affected
by the results of a local or national disaster.
• Promotion of education.
• Conservation and improvement of the environment.
Grants are for UK registered charities. Write to the correspondent for an application
form and guidelines.
Mr Alan King
Secretary
16 Fernleigh Court
Harrow
London
HA2 6NA
If you require any further help or assistance with any of the above funding
programmes or advice on any aspect of funding or group development please
contact:

6. Sheila Cook
Project/Funding Co-ordinator, Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency
tel: 01376 550507
e mail: sheila@bdvsa.org
fax: 01376 550092
Produced in partnership with Essex Association of Councils for Voluntary Services