Latest Funding Opportunities
Young Film Fund
First Light Movies provides grants to projects that enable young people to participate in all aspects of film production has announced that its Young Film Fund will re-open for applications on the 15th November 2010.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 organisations such as:
• Schools
• Youth services
• Community and voluntary groups that work with young people aged between 5 and 18.
Every year approximately £700,000 of grants are available through three funding streams:
• The Studio Awards provides grants of up to £30, 000 for between two and four films of up to 10 minutes
• The Script Awards provides grants of up to £3,000 for script writing projects that team young people with script professionals
• The Pilot Awards provides grants of up to £5,000 for one short film of up to five minutes in duration. The closing date for applications will be the 11th January 2011.
Funding for Charities in the Education, Health and Criminal Justice Sectors
Antigone, Martha Lane Fox's Foundation, has announced that its open to applications from charities in the education, health and criminal justice sectors working with socially excluded people.The Foundation is interested in helping charities think through how they use web and mobile technologies. The Foundation are looking to support projects that can show that they:
• Are improving people's lives
• Are managed by inspired and dedicated people
• Have ambitions for developing their work on a bigger scale.
The next deadline for applications is the 31st January 2010.
Funding to Support Social Entrepreneurs
UnLtd, the national charity that supports social entrepreneurs, has announced that the UnLtd Millennium Awards (Level 2) competition will re-open for applications in the February 2011.UnLtd's Millennium Awards provide practical and financial support to social entrepreneurs in the UK to develop their ideas and projects. Level 2 Awards provides grants of up to £15,000 to support people whose ideas are already developed or pay for the living expenses of Award Winners to help them devote more time to their projects. In addition, UnLtd also provides grants of between £500 and £5,000 through its Level 1 Awards. The aim of Level 1 awards is to provide grants of between £500 and £5,000 to develop new ideas into real projects. UnLtd gives out 1,000 Level 1 Awards each year across the UK. Level 1 Awards are aimed at individuals or informal groups of people who have an idea and want help getting it off the ground.
The money is to help with the running costs of the project. Applications for Level 1 Awards can be submitted at any time.
Idlewild Trust
The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities concerned with the encouragement of excellence in the performing and fine arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of buildings and items of historical interest or national importance. Occasionally it also supports projects that conserve the natural environment. The total funding available each year is approximately £120,000 and registered charities can apply for grants of up to £5,000. Applications are considered twice a year. The next deadline for applications is 25th February 2011.Funding for Independent Film Companies
The European Commission has issued a new call for proposals aimed at supporting European Independent production companies for the development of production projects in the categories of animation, creative documentaries and drama. A total of €17 million is available to support the development of production projects intended for European and international markets. The maximum financial contribution which may be awarded is between €10,000 and € 190,000 depending on the type of project supported. The financial contribution awarded will in no event exceed 50 % of the eligible costs submitted by the producer (60 % for projects presenting an interest in promoting European cultural diversity).There are two closing dates for applications. These are the 29th November 2010 and the 11th April 2011.
WREN Announces Next Application Deadline
WREN which provides funding for community, heritage and environmental projects in areas close to landfill sites by awarding grants for environmental, heritage and community projects has announced the first application dates for 2010. Funding is available through three grant programmes. • The small grants programme which provides grants between £2,000 and £15,000 with a total project cost of under £50,000
• The WREN Main Grant Scheme offers funding of between £15,001 and £50,000
• The Biodiversity Action Fund which provides funding of between £75,000 and £250,000 to deliver biodiversity improvement projects under Object DA.
Eligible organisations that can apply for funding include environmental organisations, voluntary groups, charities, not-for-profit organisations and community groups.
The application deadlines are the 9th November 2010 for the main and small grants programme.
The deadline for the Biodiversity Action Fund is the 29th January 2011.
The Co-operative Group – Community Fund
The Community Fund is the Co-operative Group's main grant making programme. Charitable organisations and community groups can apply for grants of between £100 and £2,000 (£500 if the applicant is a newly formed group) to help them find co-operative solutions to community challenges. The Co-operative Group is particularly interested in supporting locally led and run groups that can demonstrate co-operative values and principles, such as self-help, equality, democracy and concern for the community. Last year the total funding available was over £1 million. Applications can be submitted at any time.
Healthy Hearts Grants
Heart Research UK is now inviting applications under its Healthy Heart Grants Scheme. Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Grants support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities. Grants of up to £10,000 are available to community groups, voluntary organisations and researchers who are spreading the healthy heart message.The types of projects supported in the past have included:
• The Foresight Project in Grimsby which encourages visually impaired people to take regular exercise using tandem bicycles
• The Ross-shire Bravehearts project in Inverness which educates adults with learning difficulties about heart health so they can take part in physical activities
• Superleague team, Wakefield Wildcats, which uses star rugby players to educate children about heart health.
There are two applications rounds per year. Applications are only accepted during January and February for the May round of grants and July and August for grants awarded in November, each year.
Live UnLtd
UnLtd, the charity for social entrepreneurs, is inviting young people between the age of 11 and 25, who have a passion and talent to change the world around them, to apply through Live UnLtd for a grant of up to £2,000 to start up their own business, sports teams, recreational groups and host events. Live UnLtd will also offer support to help with the running of the project. Projects supported in the past include; 'Food Cycle' - a venture which combines young volunteers surplus food and free kitchen space to create a nutritious meals for people affected by food poverty; A Street-culture magazine for the Youth of London, with the content for the magazine being entirely produced by young people who are also given the mentorship of professionals in creative media.
Applications to the scheme can be made at any time.
Facilities Grant Scheme
Schools as well as other educational establishments, local authorities and other not-for-profit organisations are able to apply for funding to build develop and/or refurbish facilities in order to sustain and/or increase participation in football and other sporting activities.The types of facilities that can be developed / refurbished include:
• Grass pitches drainage/improvements
• Changing rooms
• Floodlights
• Artificial turf pitches
• Pavilions and clubhouses
Funding is also available for revenue purposes e.g. a football development officer.
The Foundation will usually fund up to 50% of eligible costs but can in exceptional circumstances fund up to 90% of eligible project costs. Applications to the scheme can be made at any time.