Latest Funding Opportunities
June/July
Innovation in the Community Awards 2008 (UK)
Telecoms company Talktalk has announced that it is seeking applications for its Innovation in the Community Awards 2008. TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Awards enables charity and community groups throughout the UK to harness the power of the Internet. 30 winners will receive grants of £2,000 each to fund technology related projects, as well as technology equipment to help them make the most of the Internet. The awards are open to UK based not-for-profit organisation or community group looking to extend their work through the use of the Internet. Five overall winners will also win technology equipment of their choice and a one-to-one workshop with celebrity Dotcom entrepreneur and co-founder of lastminute.com Martha Lane Fox. One of the winners last year was the Rockwool Woodland for Learning Centre, a charity that provides a woodland learning experience for children and adults with learning difficulties. The TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Award 2007 helped complete the building of the classrooms and install a fast broadband connection, substantially aiding the children's learning. The closing date for the 2008 awards is the 30th September 2008....http://www.talktalk.co.uk/......
Win a Barclays Premier League Player (England)
This autumn every Barclays Premier League football club will shine a spotlight on the valuable work undertaken by community groups, charities and schools by donating a player to their local community. Between September and November 2008, 20 community groups will win a Premier League Player to help raise awareness of their cause and a £4,000 donation. In addition the Premier League will also award individual £4,000 donations to a further 100 community projects, charities or schools. Launched last season, Places for Players returns once again as part of Creating Chances, the Premier League’s flagship good causes programme. As part of the application process, organisations are asked to think how they could best use a Barclays Premiership player to raise awareness of the good work that the organisation is doing in the community and also how they could use the £4,000 donation. To be eligible, organisations should be within 90 minutes travelling distance of a Premier League Club. The closing date for entries is the 1st August 2008.http://www.premierleague.com/page/CreatingChances
First Light Movies Announces New Application Deadlines (UK)
First Light Movies provides grants to projects that enable young people to participate in all aspects of film productions. Since launching in 2001, First Light Movies have enabled over 12,000 young filmmakers to write, act, shoot, light, direct and produce over 800 films. The funding is available to organizations that work with young people aged between 5 and 18, such as:• Schools;
• Youth services;
• Community;
• Voluntary groups, etc.
Grants are available through three funding streams. The Pilot Awards which provides grants of up to £5,000 for the production of a 5 minute film, the Studio Awards, which provides grants of up to £25,000 for films up to 10 minutes long and What’s the Big Idea Awards which provides grants of £3,000 to develop ideas and stories for films. The deadlines for applications are the 14th October 2008 for the Studio Awards.
The What's The Big Idea? Award and the Pilot Awards will both reopen for applications on the 16th July 2008 with a closing date of the 16th September 2008.Applicants need to be organisations that work with young people.
http://www.firstlightmovies.com/
GreenPrints (UK)
The SITA Trust has announced that the next application deadline for its Green Prints programme is the 22nd August 2008. Through the GreenPrints programme, grants of up to £10,000 as well as practical support and advice are available to enable young people to make a real difference to the communities in which they live. The funding is open to not for profit organisations for projects designed and delivered by groups of volunteers aged 16 to 25. One of the most unusual elements of this programme is the individual, dedicated mentor-support that will be provided by the BTCV and The Wildlife Trusts to assist with the practical delivery of every single project that is supported. A project currently supported through the programme is the Reclaim Primrose Hill project. This project brings together young people from Primrose Hill in Coventry who will work with local residents and community groups to reclaim their local park, transforming it from a neglected space into an inviting park that can be enjoyed by the community.http://www.sitatrust.org.uk/apply/greenprints
Enhancing Communities Programme (England, Scotland & Wales)
Not for profit organisations, charities and community groups located within ten miles of a SITA UK site that wish to improve the local public amenities are able to apply for funding through the SITA Trust. The SITA Trust distributes funding through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) and is supported by the waste management company, SITA UK. Up to £25,000 is available for local community improvement projects and grants of up to £150,000 for projects of a regional significance. The types of projects that can be supported include improvements to village halls, the provision of recreation facilities and the repair and restoration of religious or historic buildings (these need to be within ten miles of a SITA site). The next application deadline is the 3rd November 2008 for the large grants scheme and the 22nd August 2008 for the small grants scheme.http://www.sitatrust.org.uk/apply/community
Young People’s Fund 2 (England)
The Big Lottery Fund (BIG), the largest distributor of Lottery grants is accepting applications under its Young People’s Fund – Local Grants Programme. Through the Local Grants Programme funding of between £10,000 and £500,000 is available to voluntary and community sector organisations for up to 5 years for projects that involve young people in developing, running and reviewing policies and services within their local area. BIG particularly wants to fund projects that meet the needs of a wide range of young people, particularly those who are considered vulnerable or whose needs are not currently met, and those projects that bring together young people from a range of backgrounds. The programme defines a local area as a village, parish council area or collection of villages, a district or local authority area, a town, a city or sub-region. A project in a larger area such as a sub-region or group of locations should still be able to demonstrate it's local identity. The closing date for making an application is the 16th October 2008.http://www.biglotteryfund.org.....www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_ypf2_local_grants
Funding for Individual and Small Groups to Improve their Local Communities (UK)
Groups of individuals as well as small community and voluntary groups within the UK that want to improve their communities can apply for funding through the Wakeham Trust. The Trust are particularly interested in supporting neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded. The Trust also support innovative projects to promote excellence in teaching (at any level, from primary schools to universities), though we never support individuals. The Trust normally give grants to projects where an initial £75 to £750 can make a real difference to getting the project up and running. To be eligible, applicants need to be registered charities or have access to a registered charity that will be willing to accept funds on their behalf. The type of activities supported in the past include; a grant of £250 to three young people in Leamington Spa who were trying to set up a youth club. The Trust gave them £250 to help set up the club in an old Scout hut; and a grant of £50 to an unemployed ex-professional footballer in Yorkshire to buy footballs and equipment for a group of 100 or so tough kids to play football. Applications can be made at any time.http://www.wakehamtrust.org/
TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Awards
Enables charity and community groups throughout the UK to harness the power of the Internet. 30 winners will receive cash grants of £2,000 each to fund technology related projects, as well as technology equipment to help them make the most of the Internet. Applications are invited from 1 July to 30 September 2008. Winners will be notified by 25 October 2008. The awards ceremony at the House of Lords and one-to-one workshops with Martha Lane Fox, will take place in November 2008.If you are a UK based not-for-profit organisation or community group looking to extend your work through the use of the Internet you could be eligible for one of 30 cash grants available. Five overall winners will also win technology equipment of their choice and a one-to-one workshop with celebrity Dotcom entrepreneur and co-founder of lastminute.com Martha Lane Fox.
In 2007, 30 winning UK charities and community groups used the grants to implement essential technology projects, from chat rooms on health issues to web-based support networks and other digital technologies.
Benefits from previous award winners include.......
Rockwool Woodland Learning
"The Rockwool Woodland for Learning Centre is a charity and company that provides a woodland learning experience for children and provides meaningful work related opportunities for adults with learning difficulties. Oliver Leonard from the Rockwool Woodland for Learning Centre said, "The TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Award 2007 helped complete the building of the classrooms and install a fast broadband connection, substantially aiding the children's learning."