Funding Opportunities – 27 June 2017
Community Investment Fund Launch Event – Local Matters, Stoke On Trent City Council
Wednesday 28 June 2017, Kings Hall, 3 – 7pm
The Community Investment Fund will help local people to develop creative ideas to create a stronger city we can all be proud of!
Come and talk to us and other funders about your project ideas.
Apply now for:
- Small Ideas Fund – £500 – £2,000 – to develop new ideas
to improve communities - Start-up Fund – £2,000 – £10,000 – for a local project that
will lead to a lasting legacy in the community - Big Ideas Fund – £10,000 – £50,000 – for a larger scale
project which has the potential to deliver significant
improvements in a community
Apply now at local.matters@stoke.gov.uk
VAST – Funding 1:1’s with Big Lottery – 5th July 2017
Are you a charitable, voluntary, community organisation in and serving Stoke-On-Trent looking for funding for a great project in your area? Do you work closely with communities and come up with ideas together to strengthen solutions to tackle the issues your community faces?
If the answer is yes then this opportunity is not to be missed!
Big Lottery Fund, the country’s largest funder, is coming to Stoke on Wednesday 5th July 2017 to provide advice and guidance on the open, responsive programmes. The sessions will take place from 1:30pm at The Dudson Centre, Hanley. The local officer for Stoke will be delivering one to one half an hour sessions to discuss your project ideas and provide advice and guidance on how to apply to the Awards for All and Reaching Communities programmes. Sessions are booked on a first come first served basis so please book as soon as possible. Sessions may over-run by 5 to 10 minutes so there may be a short wait before your allotted time.
Staffordshire Local Community Fund
Each county councillor again has £7,500 to spend on community projects in their area. If you are interested in applying to this fund check out the details and criteria, find out who your local councillor is and download an application form
Then simply complete the application form and send it to your local county councillor.
Staffordshire Moorlands DC District Councillors’ Initiative Fund
District Councillors again each have £500 this year to support local groups with community projects. The website has not yet been updated with this year’s details but if you are interested check out this link Councillors’ Community Initiative Fund or get in touch with your local District Councillor Find your councillor
IT Grants for UK Charities and Not-For-Profit Groups
Net Solutions Wales can assist groups with IT Grants – UK Wide for the provision of:
PC’s, Laptops, Smartboards, Projectors and Networks.
Most Main Stream Capital IT is eligible.
Apply for a Bags of Help grant for your project
Bags of Help is Tesco’s local community grant scheme where the money raised from the 5p bag charge in Tesco stores is being used to fund thousands of community projects across the UK*. The projects must meet the criteria of bringing benefits to the community.
Percy Bilton Charity- Grants for Organisations
Who May Apply
- Only registered charities in the U.K. whose primary objectives are to assist one or more of the following groups:
- Disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (under 25 years of age)
- People with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities) or mental health problems
- Older people (aged over 60)
- We do not respond to organisations who do not meet the above criteria.
Type of Grants Offered
We have two programmes for organisations:
Large grants – one off payments for capital expenditure of approximately £2,000 and over (the majority of grants fall within the range of £2,000 to £5,000)
Preference is given to specific items of furniture and equipment (excluding office items) which the Charity can fund in their entirety.
Please bear in mind that the Trustees prefer to use the Charity’s funding to complete projects in order to maximise effectiveness and ensure grants are taken up as quickly as possible. This means that minibuses, building and refurbishment works are only considered in the final stage of the fundraising appeal. Please apply once you have a shortfall of £15,000 or less.
When to apply: Applications may be submitted at any time and will be considered at the next appropriate Board meeting. Applications for Small Grants are considered monthly.
How to apply: Please visit http://www.percy-bilton-charity.org/percy-bilton-organisations. You are welcome to telephone the office for advice and guidance at any stage of your application.
Cabinet Office and Department for Culture, Media & Sport – Apply to the Life Chances Fund
An £80 million fund to provide payment-by-results contracts for locally developed projects by socially minded investors. The Life Chances Fund is now open for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) in the themes of:
- Older People’s Services
- Healthy Lives
- Young People
- Early Years
- Drug and Alcohol Dependency
- Children’s Services
Expressions of Interest for these themes are due by 15 September 2017.
Sport England
| Fund | Focus | Range of investment | Current status |
| Active Ageing | Inactive adults aged 55 and over | £50k-500k | Applications closed and expressions of interest being assessed |
| Tackling Inactivity in Colleges | Students aged 14-19 years old – priority lower-socio-economic | £50k-150k | Applications closed and decisions being made |
| Opportunity Fund | Adults aged 20+ from economically disadvantaged communities | £50k-150k | Applications closed and expressions of interest being assessed |
| Potentials Fund | Children and young people aged 10-20 years old | £50k-150k | Applications closed and expressions of interest being assessed |
| Helping The Active Stay Active When Life Changes | Life transitions – priority lower-socio-economic | £50k-500k | Applications closed and expressions of interest being assessed |
| Major Events Engagement Fund | National governing bodies hosting major events and individuals local to the major event | NA | Ongoing |
| Small Grants | Adults and young people aged 14 and over | £300-10k | Ongoing |
| Local Delivery | Inactive people – priority lower-socio-economic | NA | Applications closed and expressions of interest being assessed |
| Community Asset Fund | Local infrastructure that gives people the opportunity to get active | £1k-150k | Ongoing |
| Strategic Facilities | Local authorities – although body may be a different organisation |
Persimmon Homes sporting fund to create lasting legacy
The UK’s leading housebuilder, Persimmon Homes, has a Healthy Communities programme aimed at giving away over £600,000 in cash to sports groups and sporty individuals.
Persimmon Healthy Communities is aimed at amateur sports teams and individuals aged 21 years and under in England, Wales and Scotland.
The top prize of £200,000 will be donated to one amateur sporting team or individual to create a lasting sporting legacy for the local community.
The first stage of the competition will see Persimmon’s 30 UK businesses give away donations of £750 each month to teams and individuals to spend on kits and equipment. This will run from May to December 2017 and there will be 240 donations up for grabs in total.
In January 2018 Persimmon’s 30 businesses will then choose a team or individual to represent them in the grand final.
An online public vote will decide the overall winner. The team or individual who gets the most votes will win £200,000. The money is to be spent on facilities, coaching or development for the benefit of young people aged 21 and under. There are a further two runner up prizes of £50,000 each and 27 finalist awards of £5,000 each.
To find out more visit www.persimmonhomes.com/charity
Big Lottery Fund – New £250,000 leadership programme for charities launched
The King’s Fund, Comic Relief, and the Big Lottery Fund have opened the application process for a unique support programme enabling charity leaders to help each other through sharing expertise and developing skills. Following a successful pilot, The King’s Fund, Comic Relief and the Big Lottery Fund have agreed to support the roll-out of the Cascading Leadership programme so that more charities can benefit. The Big Lottery Fund is investing £175,000 of National Lottery funding alongside £75,000 from Comic Relief.
Cascading Leadership was piloted by The King’s Fund and Comic Relief in 2016. It is designed to improve access to support and development opportunities for charity and voluntary sector leaders. There are 80 places initially available on the programme, which is free to attend and managed by The King’s Fund. Charities applying for places, worth up to an estimated £3,000, must show how their work improves health and wellbeing.
The programme’s distinctive approach involves charity leaders providing support to less-experienced peers, meaning support comes from those who understand and are familiar with the sector’s challenges and potential. Leadership experts at The King’s Fund also provide training and guidance to develop the skills and capabilities of both those receiving and providing the support.
As well as launching the application process, The King’s Fund has also published a report sharing the assessment of an independent evaluation of the Cascading Leadership pilot. This found that ‘without exception, participants view Cascading Leadership as a success in terms of the benefits they have gained both individually and organisationally.’ It adds: ‘The pilot demonstrated that supporting voluntary sector leaders to offer consultancy to other leaders within the sector enables them to develop professional skills, alongside deeper strategic leadership.’
Applications to Cascading Leadership open on 21 June 2017 and details will be available at: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/leadership/cascading-leadership-programme Deadline for applications is 20 July 2017 View the full news item
Club Matters – How to write a winning bid
You have a great idea and you need some money to help make it happen. We know applying for funding can be daunting, especially if you have not done it before, but we hope this guidance will help you, not only with an application to Sport England but in other bids you may make.