2012 03 Find The Funding

Find the Funding
Produced by the Funding Advisors Network for Hertfordshire March 2012

Contents Page

Arts 3
Children and Young People 5
Community Buildings and Amenities 8
Core Costs 8
Elderly 9
Environment 10
Faith Groups 12
Health Care, Mental Health and Disabilities 13
Heritage 15
IT 16
Refugees, Migrants and Homeless 16
Social Enterprise 17
Sports 18
Training 20

Multi Category Funders 21

Miscellaneous 28

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Are you looking for help to find funding
for your community group?

Whether your group is looking for just a hundred pounds or
thousands of pounds Hertfordshire County Council’s Funding
Information Gateway has been set up to help you do just that.

Why not take a look at the following website:
http://www.hertsdirect.org/your-community/funding/

This website has been especially set up to help you access
funding opportunities.

The site includes information on:
• Funding information and advice
• Sources of funding and funders’ websites
• Funding information events
• Locality budget scheme
• Free funding searches

Try the free Grantnet funding search facility or browse
Grants4Hertfordshire to find out what your group might be
eligible for.


Arts

The Art Fund

The Art Fund exists to secure great art for museums and galleries all across
the UK for everyone to enjoy. They do this by helping to buy, save and
show works of art – of all ages and all kinds – by giving grants, placing gifts
of art, fundraising and campaigning.

Contact details: Website: http://www.artfund.org/grants/index.php

BFI Shorts 2012 (UK)
Deadline: 23 March 2012
Film directors, writers and producers are being invited to apply for funding
through the British Film Institute’s (BFI) “Shorts 2012” scheme. BFI Shorts
2012 is a new short film production scheme which will support up to 20 live-
action fiction projects, with budgets ranging from £25,000 to £50,000. The
scheme is looking to support a diverse range of films that tell compelling
stories and have the ability to engage, inspire and entertain audiences.
Lighthouse is now accepting applications from directors, writers and
producers.

Contact details: Website:
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/lighthouse-launches-bfi-shorts-
2012-scheme

Clore Poetry and Literature Awards
The Clore Duffield Foundation has launched a new funding programme
worth £1 million over the next five years, 2011 to 2015. Individual awards
will range from £1,000 to £10,000. Applications are welcome from: schools
and colleges; professional literature, poetry and creative writing
organisations and libraries; other arts/cultural organisations (eg museums,
galleries etc.); established community groups and not-for-profit
organisations.


Contact details: Website: www.cloreduffield.org.uk

Creative people and places fund – Arts Council
Deadline: 12 April 2012
The Creative people and places fund will focus their investment in parts of
the country where people’s involvement in the arts is significantly below
the national average, with the aim of increasing the likelihood of
participation. It is anticipated that the majority of proposals will be for
between £500,000 and £3 million over three years.

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-for-funding/strategic-
funding/commissioned-grants/creative-people-and-places-fund/

Daiwa Foundation Awards and Grants
The Foundation awards grants to individuals and institutions in the UK and
Japan in all areas of the visual and performing arts, the humanities, the
social sciences, science and engineering, mathematics, business studies,
and education, including schools and universities, and grass roots and
professional groups. Grants of £3,000-£15,000 are available.

Contact details:
Website: http://www.dajf.org.uk/grants-awards-prizes/overview

The Fidelio Trust Grants Programme (UK)
Deadline: 1 June 2012
The Fidelio Trust is inviting applications for funding from Colleges, Arts
Festivals and other arts organisations seeking financial support for:

 individuals or groups of exceptional ability to enable them to receive
special tuition or coaching,
 participation in external competitions;
 a specially arranged performance;
 a special publication, musical composition or work of art.

The Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 in support of the Arts, in particular
the dramatic and operatic arts, music, speech and dance.

Contact details: Website: http://www.fideliocharitabletrust.org.uk/index.php


Foyle Foundation – Arts and Education

The Foundation seeks applications that make a strong artistic case for
support in both the performing or visual arts and projects which facilitate
the acquisition of knowledge and which have a long-term strategic impact.
For capital projects seeking more than £50,000, the Foundation will now
only consider these twice per year in the Spring and Autumn. There is a
separate application form for small grants of between £1,000 and £10,000.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7430 9119 Email: info@foylefoundation.org.uk
Website: http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/

Funding for Youth Music Making Activities
Youth Music, the UK's largest children's music charity has announced its
grant making programme is once again open for applications.
Through its "Open Programme", grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 are
available to support projects that provide music-making activities for
children and young people in support of Youth Music's goals. Youth Music
aims to support music making activities principally in out of school hours
such as during weekends, holidays as well as in breakfast and after schools
clubs.

Contact details: Website: http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/funding

Children and Young People

The Ernest Cook Trust (UK)
Deadline: 31 July 2012
Registered charities, schools and not-for-profit wishing to encourage
young people's interest either in the countryside, the environment, the


arts or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy, can apply for
funding to the Ernest Cook Trust (ECT).

http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/index.html

European Youth Foundation
The European Youth Foundation (EYF) aims to develop European youth co-
operation through youth policy, youth work and non-formal
education/learning. The fund is managed by the European Council and is
open to registered non-governmental organisations, working locally,
nationally or internationally.

Contact details: Website: http://www.eyf.coe.int/fej/

Funding to Help Young People Suffering from Sexual
Exploitation
As part of the ending gang and youth violence report, the Home Office has
committed to provide an additional £400,000 per annum for three years to
improve services to support children and young people under 18 suffering
sexual violence and exploitation, including from gangs. Organisations are
invited to bid for funding to recruit up to 13 new young people’s advocates
who will provide direct and dedicated support to young people who are
victims or at risk of sexual violence and exploitation.

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/young-people-
advocates/


Henry Smith’s Charity – Outings for young people

Applications can be made for grants towards holidays or outings within the
UK for children aged 13 and under who are from areas of high deprivation,
are experiencing disadvantages, or those who have a disability. The
maximum grant available is £3,000 for any one trip.

Contact details: Tel: 0207 264 4983
Website: www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk

Warburtons

Warburtons supports charities and the community in three ways: with
financial support, product donations and the personal involvement of
individual people - both Warburton family members and employees.
Their main focus is on grass roots activities that have a positive effect on
the aspirations, education, skills and employability of young people, as well
as projects that are centred on family life, promoting healthier lifestyles and
contributing to improvements in the local community.

Contact details: Website: http://www.warburtons.co.uk/page.php?p=136

Wooden Spoon Charity

Projects supported by Wooden Spoon vary greatly in size and nature but all
fulfil Spoon’s mission statement: “To enhance the quality and prospect of
life for children and young people in the United Kingdom and Ireland who
are disadvantaged physical, mentally or socially.” Grants are generally in
the range £10K - £100K and representing 25% - 100% of the total project
cost.

http://www.woodenspoon.com/projects/how_to_apply_for_funds.php


Young Film Fund (UK)
First Light Movies which provides grants to projects that enable young
people to participate in all aspects of film production has announced that its
next funding round will be launched on the 27th February 2012. Every year
approximately £700,000 of grants are available through three funding
streams.

http://www.firstlightonline.co.uk/fundingstream/young-film-fund

Community Buildings and
Amenities

Veolia Trust

The Trust is committed to supporting community and environmental
projects across the UK. These could include projects aiming to install or
enhance play areas and skate parks, restore footpaths and green spaces,
protect natural habitats, improve community halls and restore churches.

Contact details: Tel: 01902 794 677 Email: info@veoliatrust.org
Website: http://www.veoliatrust.org

Core Costs

Yapp Charitable Trust


The Yapp Charitable Trust make grants to small registered charities to
sustain their existing work with: elderly people, Children and young people
aged 5 – 25; people with disabilities or mental health problems; moral
welfare – people trying to overcome social life-limiting problems & education
and learning. They can only offer grants to registered charities with an
annual expenditure of less than £40,000.

Contact details: Tel:0191 4922118 Email:info@yappcharitabletrust.org.uk
Website: http://www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk

Elderly

Active at 60

A one million grant programme, funded by the Department for Work and
Pensions and administered by the Community Development Foundation,
provides grants of between £250 and £3,000 for community groups to help
people in their 60s keep active and make the most of their lives.

Contact details: Email: activeat60@cdf.org.uk.
Website: http://www.cdf.org.uk/web/guest/active-at-60-regions

Barchester Healthcare Foundation

The foundation's mission is to make a difference to the lives of older people
and other adults with a physical or mental disability, supporting practical
solutions that lead to increased personal independence, self-sufficiency and
dignity. Their grants range from £100 up to £5,000.

Contact details:
Website: http://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk/Apply/WhatWeDo.aspx


Music Grants for Older People
The registered charity, Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which
provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly.
The charity is particular keen to support smaller organisations which might
otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Since its inception in 2004, it 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.

Contact details: Website: http://www.concertinamusic.org.uk/Grants.php

Environment

Funding to Clean Up England’s Rivers
Deadline: 18 May 2012
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has
announced the launch of a new £28 million Catchment Restoration Fund to
reduce the amount of pollution affecting rivers and waterflows. The fund will
provide up to £10m per year for three years.

Contact details: Website: http://www.environment-
agency.gov.uk/research/planning/136182.aspx

Green Grants Machine

Green Grants Machine are the UK's most comprehensive source of
information on grants, loans and awards available to help your business go
green and save on energy bills.

Contact details: Website: http://www.greengrantsmachine.co.uk


Jephcott Charitable Trust
The Jephcott Charitable Trust provides funds for specific projects or part of
a project. The funding priorities are: population control, education, health
and environment. Grants are made in the range of £2,000 to £10,000.

Contact details: Website: http://www.jephcottcharitabletrust.org.uk

Mark Leonard Trust

The grant focuses on:
 environmental education in the UK, particularly projects finding
practical ways of involving children and young adults;
 sustainable agriculture and bio-diversity;
 sustainable transport, energy efficiency and renewable energy,
 youth work that supports the rehabilitation of young people involved
in anti-social or criminal activities, and
 helping remove the barriers to social inclusion.

Contact details: Website: http://www.sfct.org.uk/mark_leonard.html

Tree Council – Community Trees/ Trees for Schools
The Tree Council's two grants programmes, the ‘Trees for Schools' and
‘Community Trees' funds are available for schools and community groups
within the UK who are able to show that children under the age of 16 will be
actively engaged in the planting projects.
They are able to fund projects between £100 and £700 and successful
applicants will receive up to 75% towards their planting costs. For example,
if your project totals £700, The Tree Council would offer up to £525. The
remaining 25% will need to be secured by your school or organisation.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7407 9992 Email: info@treecouncil.org.uk
Website: http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/grants/trees-for-schools


Faith Groups

Church and Community Fund
The Church and Community Fund aim to grow the Church of England and
develop its capacity to engage with the whole community. It has
announced its new overarching aim, set of objectives and three new
strategic funding themes.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7898 1541 Email: ccf@churchofengland.org
Website: www.churchandcommunityfund.org.uk

Funding for Christian Charities Promoting Social
Inclusion (UK)
The Anchor Foundation provides grants of between £500 and £10,000 per
year to Christian Charities that encourage social inclusion through
ministries of healing and the arts. Funding can be awarded for up to three
years. The Foundation will consider applications for either capital or
revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given
for building work.

http://www.theanchorfoundation.org.uk/information.html

Gibbs Trust

Funds innovative undertakings by Methodist churches and organisations,
other Christian causes, especially of an ecumenical nature, and a wider
category within the fields of the creative arts, education, social and
international concerns and a few international initiatives. Mainly £1,000-
£3,000.

Contact details: Website: www.gibbstrust.org.uk


Westhill Endowment

The objectives of the Westhill Endowment are:

 the promotion of education in the manner which reflects the principles
of the Christian religion and the tradition of the historic free churches;
 the promotion of dialogue and educational interchange between the
Christian Church and persons of other living faiths.

To achieve these objectives Westhill supports community-transforming
projects with advice and grants. Westhill offers grants of between £1000
and £20,000 for agreed projects.

Contact details Tel: 0121 472 8000 E-Mail: westhilltrust@btconnect.com
Website: http://www.westhillendowment.org/index.html

Health Care, Mental Health and
Disabilities

Al Fayed Charitable Trust

Supports children suffering from life-threatening illnesses or living in
poverty. Mainly hospice support. Grants range from £1,000 to £850,000.

Contact details: Email: acfoundation@harrods.com
Website: http://www.alfayed.com/philanthropy/alfayed-charitable-
foundation.aspx

The Childwick Trust
The Childwick Trust provides funding to registered charities to assist people
with disabilities, the promotion of health, and the elderly in need and for the
welfare of people involved in the horse racing world.


Contact details: Website: http://www.childwicktrust.org/howtoapply.htm

Elton John AIDS Foundation

During the next strategic cycle, EJAF seeks to support programmes that
demonstrate value for money and fully involve people living with HIV.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7603 9996 Email: grants@ejaf.com
Website: http://www.ejaf.com/Applyingforgrants/UKFundingPriorities

Help the Hospices – Capital Grant Programme
Open to both adult and children’s hospices that are full members of Help the
Hospices. Any work involving the establishment of new hospice building(s).
For example, this could be: new building capital costs or capital equipment
costs related to new buildings. The total amount available for the grant
programme is £579,000.

Contact details: Website: http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-
services/grants/uk-grants/one-off-capital-grant-programme/

Time to Change Grants

The fund will support projects which change public attitudes and behaviour
by bringing together people who have experienced mental health problems
with those who have not and engage the public or local communities in
meaningful conversations about mental health. This could be through
events, tr£ 2.7 million to approximately 75 projects across England from
April 2012 to March 2015.

Contact details: Email: grants@time-to-change.org.uk
Website: http://time-to-
change.org.uk/grants?utm_source=Copy+of+LINX+213+-
+26+January+2012&utm_campaign=linx213&utm_medium=email


Heritage

Grants for War Memorials - England

Works to freestanding war memorials in England are eligible for support
through the Grants for War Memorials funded by English Heritage and The
Wolfson Foundation. All of their grant schemes provide support to projects
that aim to repair and conserve war memorials in their existing form as well
as reinstate the memorial to its original design.

Contact details: Website: http://www.warmemorials.org.uk/

Heritage Lottery fund – Young Roots

Young Roots is a grant programme designed to engage young people aged
13-25 with their heritage. Young Roots projects stem directly from the
interest and ideas of young people, who are supported by youth and
heritage organisations to develop skills, build confidence, and connect with
their local communities. Programme budget is £3000 to £25,000

Contact details: Tel: 020 7591 6042 Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk
Website:
http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/youngroots.aspx

Heritage Lottery Fund - Your Heritage

The Your Heritage programme offers grants between £3000 and £50,000
inclusive for projects that relate to the local, regional or national heritage of
the UK (except the Channel Islands and Isle of Man). They welcome
applications that help people to learn about, look after and celebrate
heritage in a fun and enjoyable way.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7591 6042 Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk
Website:
http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/yourheritage.aspx


IT

Funding for IT Projects Supporting Disadvantaged Groups
(UK)
Deadline: 1 May 2012
Funding is available to organisations with innovative IT related project ideas
that can make a positive difference to disadvantaged and vulnerable groups
- in the UK, developing countries and around the world. There is no
minimum grant application and applications for over £100,000 require an
interview.

Contact details: Website: http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/what-we-
support/projects/current

PC4 Recycling

PC4 Recycling is a leading computer disposal and recycling company
offering a nationwide IT recycling service. Whether you want to recycle 1
item or 100, they can provide safe and environmentally friendly solutions at
affordable prices.

Contact details: Tel: 0800 121 6045 Email: info@pc4recycling.co.uk
Website: http://www.pc4recycling.co.uk

Refugees, Migrants and
Homeless

Empty Homes Programme – Community Grants
Programme

The Community Grants Programme is part of the Coalition’s £100m Empty
Homes Programme which runs from 1 April 2012 – 31 March 2015.
This will be accessible to community led organisations which will not be


required to become a registered provider (eg a registered housing
association) and it will be administered by an intermediary body which the
Department of Communities & Local Government aim to appoint. The
Programme is likely to be between £10m -£30m.

Contact details: Website: http://www.hact.org.uk/self-help-housing

Help the Homeless
Help The Homeless's main funding remit is the regular allocation of small
grants (generally up to £3000) for capital costs to small and medium-sized
charities only. Grants to larger charities will only be considered if the project
is suitably innovative and it is only possible for a large organisation to
develop it.

Contact details: Email: HTH@help-the-homeless.org.uk
Website: http://www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/

Nationwide Foundation – Homes Matters

The Nationwide Foundation aim to address housing issues and
homelessness among vulnerable groups in the UK. Small Grants Programme
- this offers grants of up to £5,000 to registered charities with incomes of
under £500,000.

Contact details: Tel: 01793 655113
Email: enquiries@nationwidefoundation.org.uk
Website: www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk/funding.asp

Social Enterprise

Ben & Jerry’s Launch Competition to Find Socially
Responsible Start Ups

Ben & Jerry’s are calling for socially responsible entrepreneurs to make
themselves known for their latest competition, Join Our Core, which


encourages entrants to put their business ideas forward for the chance to
scoop a €10,000 cash prize, mentoring and the opportunity to see their
name on tubs of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

Contact details: Website: http://www.joinourcore.com/

Funding for Small Businesses

Individuals with a new business idea and existing small businesses that
require funding can apply for grants of between £50 and £500 through Fund
101. The Fund which is run by “Enterprise Nation” and supported by
“PayPal” and business support company “Intuit” can be used for a wide
range of purposes such as buying equipment, promotion flyers, hardware
etc.

Contact details: Website: http://www.enterprisenation.com/fund101/

RBS Community Business Loan

The RBS Micro-finance Fund is set up to help potential and existing social
entrepreneurs who are unable to access finance through the normal
mainstream channels. The fund offers financial support for the purpose of
starting or expanding a community-based business. Eligible businesses can
apply for loans of between £30,000 and £500,000. Community
Development Finance Institutions, which allocate funds to other firms, may
apply for loans of between £200,000 and £1 million.

Contact details: Email: commloan@rbs.co.uk
Website: http://www.rbs.co.uk/business/banking/g3/community-business-
loan-fund.ashx#tabs=section2

Sports

Football Foundation – Build the Game Scheme

The scheme has flexible criteria and there are many eligible items, so long
as it is the right project for the right applicant. All projects must


demonstrate they can support the growth and retention of grassroots
football. The maximum grant available is £20,000 and there is no limit to
the total cost of a project this could contribute towards.

E-mail: enquiries@footballfoundation.org.uk
Website: http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply/facilities-grants/build-
the-game/?locale=en

Football Foundation – Facilities Grant Scheme

The Football Foundation has announced that its Facilities Grant Scheme is
now open for applications for projects that improve facilities for football and
other sport in local communities. Organisations that are eligible to apply for
funding include football clubs, schools, multi-sports, local authorities,
registered charity organisations & not for profit organisations.
Grants of up to £500,000 are available to support projects that:

 sustain or increase participation amongst children and adults,
regardless of background age, or ability;
 help children and adults to develop their physical, mental, social and
moral capacities through regular participation in sport.

http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply/facilities-grants/facilities-grant/

Sports Club Strategy

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to give every
secondary school in England the opportunity to establish a community
sports club, as part of a new strategy to encourage young people to play
sport for life. These plans are part of a one billion, five-year youth and
community sport strategy that will deliver on 2012 Games bid promise to
inspire a generation to get involved in sport.

Contact details: Website: http://www.culture.gov.uk/publications/8761.aspx


Sport England – Places People Play – Inspired Facilities
Sport England has launched a 50 million programme to refurbish and
improve up to 1000 community sports clubs. The Inspired Facilities fund is
part of the Places People Play legacy programme that is bringing the magic
of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into communities across the
country. Investment will be available to breathe new life into tired facilities
that can be unattractive to sports participants, expensive to run and difficult
to maintain, putting these clubs right back at the heart of their local
communities.

Contact details: Website: http://inspiredfacilities.sportengland.org/

Training and Education

British and Foreign School Society Grant

The British & Foreign Schools Society (BFSS) offers charitable aid to
educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools,
other charities and educational bodies.
The Society supports organisations that reach out to children in remote or
impoverished areas, improving inclusivity in education and providing much-
needed facilities. The Society normally makes grants for educational
projects totalling about £600,000 in any one year.

Contact details: Website: http://www.bfss.org.uk/grants/

Funding for Continuous Training within the Audiovisual
Sector
The European Commission has announced a new call for proposals under its
Media. A total of €7 million is available to support the continuous vocational
training of professionals in the audiovisual sector. The funding is open to


film and television schools, universities, specialist vocational training
establishments, private companies in the audiovisual sector and
organisations/professional associations specialising in the audiovisual
sector.

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/programme/training/forms/cont/index_e
n.htm

Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Education

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has advised that some of the guidelines for the
'Supplementary Education' theme under its Education and Learning
Programme Open Grants Scheme have been updated.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7227 3500 Email: information@phf.org.uk
Website: www.phf.org.uk

Multi-Category

Asda Foundation

The ASDA Foundation is ASDA's charitable trust which was set up in 1988
to support local good causes chosen by their colleagues, and is funded by
profits from the mid–week national lottery.

Contact details: Website: http://your.asda.com/asda-foundation

The Archer Trust

The Trust prefers to support organisations working in areas of high
unemployment and deprivation. They favour charities which make good use


of volunteers. We help small UK charity’s for whom a grant of between £250
and £3,000 will make a big difference.

Contact details: Website: http://www.archertrust.org.uk/

Big – Reaching Communities

Reaching Communities funds projects that help people and communities
who are most in need, and can really make a difference. Projects can be
new or existing activities, or be the core work of your organisation. At least
100 million a year is to be invested across England by the Big Lottery Fund
in a new improved version of its flagship Reaching Communities programme
for each of the next five years.

Contact details: Tel: 0845 410 20 30
Email: general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk
Website:
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities?fromsearch=
-uk

Co-operative Community Fund

Community Fund grants, between £100 and £2,000 are awarded to
community, voluntary, or self-help groups to run projects that meet the
following criteria:

 Carry out positive work in the community and a project must
address a community issue;
 provide a good long-term benefit to the community;
 support co-operative values and principles;
 ideally be innovative in its approach.

Email: community.fund@co-operative.coop
Website: http://www.co-operative.coop/membership/local-
communities/community-fund


Clore Duffield Foundation

The Foundation is a grant-making organisation which concentrates its
support on education, the arts, museum and gallery education, cultural
leadership training, health and social care and enhancing Jewish life, whilst
placing a particular emphasis on supporting children, young people and
society’s more vulnerable individuals. Grants range from below £5,000 to in
excess of 1m.

Contact details: Tel: 0207 351 6061 Email: info@cloreduffield.org.uk
Website: http://www.cloreduffield.org.uk/page.php?id=35

Clothworkers’ Foundation

The Clothworkers’ Foundation aims through its funding to improve the
quality of life, particularly for people and communities facing disadvantage.
The Small Grants Programme is for UK registered charities with an annual
turnover under £250k for projects that cost less than £100k in total.
Grants of between £500 and £10k for capital costs are awarded.

Contact details: Website: http://foundation.clothworkers.co.uk/

Foyle Foundation – Small Grants

The Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme is designed to support smaller
charities in the UK, especially those working at grass roots and local
community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities. They plan to
make one year grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to charities.

Contact details: Website: http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/small-grants-
scheme/


Garfield Weston Foundation

The Garfield Weston Foundation helps small local community organisations
and is prepared to consider applications covering a wide range of charitable
activities. Areas funded include: education, arts, health, general,
environment, community, youth, religion and welfare.

Website: http://www.garfieldweston.org/

Grand Ideas Fund – Sanctuary Housing
Community groups from across the country are set to benefit from
thousands of pounds worth of funding from Sanctuary Housing. The Grand
Ideas Fund will offer up to £1,000 to groups which need some financial
support to help deliver activities within their local community.

Contact details: Tel: 01905 334271 Email: peter.hoarle@sanctuary-
housing.co.uk
Website: http://www.sanctuary-group.co.uk/Group/News/Pages/Whats-the-
grand-idea.aspx

Henry Smith’s Charity

The Henry Smith Charity is a large grant making charity. They make
grants totalling approximately £25 million each year to up to 1,000
organisations and charities for initiatives and projects that address social
inequality and economic disadvantage.

Website: http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk


Jill Franklin Charitable Trust

Grants support refugees, self-help mental health groups, churches for
restoration, respite holidays and prisoners education. Grants are typically
£500 to £1000.

Contact details: Email: jft@jill-franklin-trust.org.uk
Website: www.jill-franklin-trust.org.uk

LankellyChase Foundation Announces New Funding
Approach
The LankellyChase Foundation, which works to promote change which will
improve the quality of people's lives, has announced that from April 2012
the Foundations funding programmes will focus exclusively on supporting
actions that improve the quality of life of people who face severe and
multiple disadvantage. Last year the Foundation made grants in excess of
£4.7 million.

Contact details: Website: http://www.lankellychase.org.uk/news/36

Peter Stormonth Darling Charitable Trust Grant

The Peter Stormonth Darling Charitable Trust Grant is provided and
administered by the Peter Stormonth Darling Charitable Trust and is
available for TSOs in the UK. The scheme is intended to support
organisations undertaking charitable projects. In particular, the scheme
wishes to support projects with the following themes: heritage, education,
health care and sports facilities. Grants typically range from £1,000 to
£10,000.

Contact details: Address: 7 Swan Walk, London, SW3 4JJ


Rank Foundation – Rayne Grants

The Foundation aims to enlarge sympathies through increasing tolerance
and understanding, to reduce exclusion and conflict, to bring people
together for the good of society, and ultimately to help create a more
comprehending and cohesive world. They work within four sectors: arts,
education, health and medicine, social welfare and development. The
average grant in 2010 was £14,552.

Website: http://www.raynefoundation.org.uk

Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust – Cheshire &
Hertfordshire

The Trust exists to help other charities by making grants to them. It has
set priorities and invites applications within those priority areas. In
practice, the Trustees do not consider applications for payments to
individuals and do not pay grants below £500.

Email: secretary@clutterbucktrust.org.uk

Skinners’ Company (Lady Neville Charity)
The Skinners’ Company fosters education and training, to house the elderly,
to assist people in need, and to support charitable causes. It provides
grants for disability, local heritage, local community and performing & visual
arts though the Lady Neville Charity. One-off grants of up to £1,000 are
made to small registered charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7213 0562 Email: charitiesadmin@skinners.org.uk
Website: www.skinnershall.co.uk


Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme
The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off
donations of between £500 and £4,000 to local projects that support
children and their education and welfare, elderly people and adults and
children with disabilities. The Tesco Charity Trust Trustees also consider
grant applications at their tri-annual meetings. These grants range between
£4,000 and £25,000 and are to support local, national or international
projects in areas where they operate.

Contact details: Tel: 0845 612 3575 Email: Michelina.Filocco@uk.tesco.com
Website: http://www.tescocharitytrustcommunityawards-applications.co.uk/

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Their grants programme supports projects in the UK which address issues in
Rural Communities and/or areas of Urban Deprivation especially in the fields
of Community Support; Arts, Education & Heritage; Disability & Health Care.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is a medium-sized grant maker, awarding
around 300 grants totalling circa £2 million each year.

Website: http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk

VOLANT Charitable Trust (UK)
The Trust was set up by the author J K Rowling to support charitable
causes. The Trust has two broad areas of funding: research into the
causes, treatment and possible cures of Multiple Sclerosis; and charities
and projects, whether national or community-based, at home or abroad,
that alleviate social deprivation, with a particular emphasis on women's
and children's issues. Funding can be for up to three years.

Contact details: Website: http://www.volanttrust.com/index.html


Woodroffe Benton Foundation

The Foundation gives preference to:
 financial assistance to those in need as a result of disaster or by
reason of social and economic circumstances;
 provision of care for the sick and elderly;
 promotion of education;
 conservation and improvement of the environment.

Contact details: Tel 020 8421 4120 Email alan.king3@which.net

Worshipful Company of Weavers
The Worshipful Company of Weavers funds projects working with young
people in need or at risk, and the rehabilitation and resettlement of young
prisoners and ex-prisoners. Grants are usually up to £15,000 per annum but
smaller applications are also welcome.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7606 1155 Email: charity@weavers.org.uk
Website: http://www.weavers.org.uk/charitable-grants/grant-application-
guidelines

Miscellaneous

Big – Forces in Mind

The BIG Lottery Fund has announced a £35 million FORCES in MIND
programme. The funding will help those veterans who struggle with the
transition to civilian life, especially those whose psychological well-being
subsequently impacts on the quality of their life and others around them.
Former armed forces personnel and their families are set to benefit.

Email: forcesinmind@biglotteryfund.org.uk
Website:
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_forces_in_mind.htm?regioncode=
-uk


Barclays Community Finance Fund
The Barclays Community Finance Fund supports the development of the
affordable credit sector in the UK.
Grants of up to £50,000 are available, from a total fund of £250,000, to
support existing or seeding community finance providers in providing
affordable credit for personal or business use.

Contact details: Tel: 020 7392 2954 Email: zoe.dixon@toynbeehall.org.uk
Website:
http://www.transact.org.uk/page.aspx?sitesectionid=247&sitesectiontitle=
2012+Community+Finance+Fund

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation – Innovation Fund

The purpose of the UK Branch is to help enrich and connect the experiences
of people in the UK and Ireland and secure lasting and beneficial change.
They have a special interest in supporting those who are most
disadvantaged and place a particular emphasis on maximising the beneficial
impact of their work through encouraging cross-border exchanges of lessons
and experiences. As a guide, it is expected that grants will average between
£10,000 and £25,000.

Contact details: Email: bkarch@gulbenkian.org.uk
Website: http://www.gulbenkian.org.uk/innovation-fund

Creme of Nature Community Action Award
The Creme of Nature Community Action Award is all about giving something
back to the community that has supported one of the most well-known
brands in the hair and beauty market for the past 30 years. The Community
Action Award is a single payment of £10,000.

Email: chris@communityactionaward.com
Website: http://www.communityactionaward.com/award.html


Customer Donation Fund (UK)
The Customer Donation Fund grows directly in relation to customers'
deposits. For every £100 increase in collective balance held in Community
Directplus accounts, the Co-operative Bank will add 20p to the fund. Then,
twice a year, in April and October, the Bank will judge customers'
applications for project funding and distribute a minimum of £5,000
amongst those customers that are successful. Every Community
Directplus customer is entitled to make an application for funding for up to
£1,000.

Contact details: Website: http://www.co-
operativebank.co.uk/servlet/Satellite/1196151412586,CFSweb/Page/Busin
ess-CommunityBanking

The Law Society Charity (UK)
The Law Society Charity was set up in 1974 by the Law Society as a
charitable fund. The Charity provides grants of between £5,000 and
£15,000 to voluntary sector organisations for projects that: promote
human rights, access to justice, and legal education.

http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/aboutlawsociety/charity/apply.page

Nationwide Foundation – Money Matters

The Nationwide Foundation aim to tackle financial exclusion affecting
disadvantaged groups across the UK. The programme offers grants of up to
£5,000 to registered charities with incomes of under £500,000.

Email: enquiries@nationwidefoundation.org.uk
Website: www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk/funding.asp


Sport Relief Community Cash Fund

Sport Relief is offering Community Cash. The funding is administered locally
by community foundations in partnership with local newspapers. Grants
ranging from £500 to £1,000 are available to groups.

Contact details: Website :
http://www.communityfoundations.org.uk/community_foundations/map/?ut
m_source=LINX+214+-
+2+February+2012&utm_campaign=linx214&utm_medium=email

Wilkinsons – Helping Hands

Helping Hands is a new community initiative where each local store has
been given a budget to distribute to projects and schemes within the stores
local community.

Contact details:
Website: http://corporate.wilkinsonplus.com/story.asp?id=19


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