Grants for the Arts

Grants for the Arts offers grants for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. Grants are awarded for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities, and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work. Grants for the Arts is funded by the National Lottery.

The Arts Council has a webpage here that will tell you if you can apply for this grant.

'7 Steps for a Better Waltham Forest' Initiative 2009-2011

Deadline for Expressions of Interest Friday 12 March 2010

Closing date for submission of tenders 12noon on Monday, 22 March 2010

Evaluation of Tenders end March 2010

For more details please click here and scroll down.

Young Film Fund - Pilot Grant

The Young Film Fund Pilot Grant funds organisations to make one short film of up to five minutes long. The intention is to encourage fruitful, collaborative partnerships between filmmakers and organisations that work with young people. The Pilot Grant is administered by First Light Movies and funded by the UK Film Council.

More details click here

Young Film Fund - Script Grant

The Script Grant provides funding for script development projects that team young people with script professionals and aims to support the first phase of any filmmaking scheme, the idea. The Script Grant is administered by First Light Movies and funded by the UK Film Council.

More details click here

Young Film Fund - Studio Grant

The Young Film Fund Studio Grant provides funding for organisations to produce between two and four films of up to 10 minutes long. The aim is to inspire young people through creative and imaginative filmmaking. The Studio Grant is administered by First Light Movies (FLM) and funded by the UK film Council.

More details click here

Council Grants for Local Sports Groups

The Council is offering grants to local sports groups as part of its new Fit Club Scheme. Fit Club aims to encourage people - especially those who don’t currently exercise - to participate in sport and physical activities taking place in their communities.

They’re awarding grants to sports clubs and groups who want to develop new activities for over 45s, women and girls, families, and anyone new to sport. Funding will also be available to clubs that want to increase the number of trained coaches and volunteers they have. The Fit Club project will run until March 2011, and grants will be awarded via a tender process.

The closing date for applications is 31 March.

To find out more about Fit Club, or to ask for an application pack, email Melanie Summers: melanie.summers@walthamforest.gov.uk or call her on 0208 496 3695.

Please Note: Voluntary Action will be hosting a 'Meet the Funder' session on this funding stream on 4th March, 10am-12noon at the Jubilee Centre, 2 Cathall Road (in the grounds of Cathall Leisure Centre) E11. Further details: Mutmahim at mutmahim@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk

Community Learning Champions - Development Fund

The Community Learning Champions - Development Fund is available for public, private and third sector partnership projects across England to encourage informal learning for adults through Community Learning Champions (CLC).

Details: www.communitylearningchampions.org.uk/development_fund.php

Sport Relief

Community Cash grants of £500-£1,000 are available to small organisations in all 33 London boroughs that are doing great work to help local people living in areas of disadvantage.

Groups need to be constituted, working in areas of disadvantage, and need to have an income of less than £50,000 a year.

If this sounds like you, find out more and apply for a Community Cash grant now by following this link: www.capitalcf.org.uk/grants/sportrelief.php

Applications need to be received no later than Friday 5th March 2010 at 5pm.

If you have any queries regarding the fund or to request a form in the post, please call the Capital Community Foundation Grant Team on 020 7582 5117 or email applications@capitalcf.org.uk

Volunteering Fund for Health and Social Care

The new Department of Health Volunteering Fund for Health and Social Care provides a combination of grant funding and support to third-sector organisations working with volunteers in the health and social care field. (Start date: 08/02/2010)

For more information go to: www.volunteeringfund.com/key-info.htm

Volunteering Fund delivery partners are holding a series of pre-application events to provide further information on the programme and guidance on completing the application process. More information about these events can be found on the website page below:

www.volunteeringfund.com/events.html

Funding opportunities from the Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund does not receive many applications from women's organisations and would be very keen to fund more! Their definitions are very broad and include local and sub-regional celebratory/herstory-style projects.

Their Heritage grants (up to £50,000) have a 10 week assessment turn around, while their Young Roots grants (up to £25,000) have a 60% success rate and are undersubscribed at the moment.

The HLF recommends using its pre-application service as this means projects can be twice as likely to get funded. Click here for further information and guidance or go direct to their website at www.hlf.org.uk

Invitation to Tender: 2010 Summer Activities Programme

From Children & Young People Directorate, London Borough of Waltham Forest

More information: Susanne Baccini, telephone: 020 8496 3212.
E-mail: susanne.baccini@walthamforest.gov.uk

Deadline for expression of interest: 12:00 on 26 February
Closing date for submission of tenders: 12:00 on Friday 12 March

Community Voices grants from The Media Trust

26 community projects will receive funding of either £1,500, £7,000 or £14,000 to help with the use of digital media.

Apply by 28 February. You can apply online, in writing by downloading an application form. If you have specific difficulties with written applications, they can help you with other options.

The Media Trust can help with queries, and to continue sharing support, ideas and stories of fantastic digital media projects, so email or call us on 0207 217 3751.

The Media Trust's Frequently Asked Questions provide more information.

Voluntary and community sector commissioning programme 2010-2011

For a detailed prospectus and application form contact Joanna Edler
email: Joanna.edler@walthamforest.gov.uk call: 020 8496 4168
The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon on Monday 8 February 2010

For more information about the Council's work with the voluntary sector visit http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/community/voluntary-sector-and-volunteering/commissioning-programme-2007-2010.htm

Community Council Funding

Residents and voluntary organisations are being encouraged to put forward bids for ward-based projects. This will be discussed at the next Community Council. Residents from Lea Bridge, Hoe Street and Markhouse wards will be at the next meeting to hear about projects that, if chosen, would benefit them within their own wards. Each ward has a pot of £10,000 funding and another £5,000 is for projects across the 3 wards.

More here: http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/council/community-councils/community-councils-annual-fund.htm

Grass Root Grants

Grants available for local community groups in Waltham Forest from to O-Regen.

The grants are part of the Grassroots Grants programme which O-Regen is managing in Waltham Forest. Julian Martin, O-Regen’s Chief Executive explains; “These grants are for community groups with a turnover of up to £30k.”

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Big Lottery Fund: new youth programme
The Big Lottery Fund has announced that it will spend at least £30m in 2010 on projects that support young people. The programme will be announced later this year, but Big is inviting feedback from charities on how the funds should be allocated - email youngpeople@biglotteryfund.org.uk by 15 January

Children in Need
Children in Need is offering small grants of up to £10,000 a year for three years for third sector organisations working with children and young people. Grants will be allocated in four tranches, with application deadlines on 15 January, 15 April, 15 July and 15 October. www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey

Youth Sector Development Fund
This fund aims to build capacity within third sector organisations who deliver services and activities for young people, particularly the most disadvantaged. Through a mixture of grant funding and business support the fund enables third sector youth organisations to sustain and grow their provision, including strategies to diversify their income streams. Deadline for applications is 4 February. http://ysdf.ecotec.com/

leaves Grants for Bio energy
Community organisations that are considering investing in biomass-fuelled heating and/or combined heat and power projects can apply for grants from Round six of the Bio-energy Capital Grants scheme. Grants pay up to 40% of the cost difference between a biomass boiler and its fossil fuel alternative. www.bioenergycapitalgrants.org.uk

Sported
Sported is a one stop shop, providing funding and organisational development support to groups that use sport to improve the lives of young people in disadvantaged communities. www.sported.org.uk

Speaking Out Small Grants Programme
The Speaking Out project has opened a third round of its small grants programme. Voluntary and community organisations working with children and young people, who are part of the NCVYS or Children England networks, can apply for grants of up to £1,000 to deliver one-off projects or activities in their local communities. Deadline for submission of applications is 22 January.
http://bit.ly/speakoutsg or www.ncvys.org.uk

Social Investment Business
Social Investment Business released a grant round over the Christmas Period. Grants of up to £200,000 over three years are available for social enterprises currently delivering, or seeking to deliver, health and social care outcomes. It has a very tight deadline of 15 January.
http://bit.ly/seifgrants or www.socialinvestmentbusiness.org

Grundtvig
Part of the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig aims to increase participation in adult education, improve co-operation between adult education organisations, and ensure that socially excluded people have access to education. www.grundtvig.org.uk

Prince's Foundation Start programme
The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts' Start Programme awards funding for cultural organisations to develop and deliver arts enrichment programmes for primary and secondary school students. Grants of up to £15,000 per project for up to three years are available, and applications are welcomed from cultural organisations partnering with local schools that currently do not have a strong relationship with a cultural venue. The deadline for applications is 29 January. http://bit.ly/pfstart or www.childrenandarts.org.uk

Sport England - Sustainable Facilities Fund
Sport England has launched a new application round for its annual Sustainable Facilities Fund. £10m is available for innovative projects that transform places where sport is played. http://bit.ly/sustfaci or www.sportengland.org

DH Volunteering Fund
The Department of Health has announced its Volunteering Fund, which replaces the Opportunities for Volunteering scheme. The fund will provide two distinct grant funding schemes:

A local grant scheme aimed at supporting volunteering in health and social care.
A national portfolio scheme - national organisations will be able to apply for more substantial awards to deliver more strategic or developmental volunteering programmes. www.volunteeringfund.com

Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF)

Proposals that will develop mentoring provision and enable young people from families with low aspirations to experience the professions and higher education are particularly encouraged. Proposals should have a strong focus on supporting disadvantaged groups and their families. More at: http://ysdf.ecotec.com/

The deadline for completed proposals is 4pm, 4th February 2010.

Faiths in Action - Round 2

Description: Faiths in Action aims to support faith communities and others to promote understanding, dialogue and develop strong and sustainable partnerships. Faiths is Action is managed by the Community Development Foundation (CDF) on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

more here: http://www.cdf.org.uk/web/guest/faiths-in-action

Futurebuilders - Cashflow Fund

The Cashflow Fund is a £4 million fund that provides short-term loans (up to two years) to organisations to cover short term cashflow needs required to bid for, win and deliver public sector contracts.

Grass Root Grants

Grants available for local community groups in Waltham Forest from to O-Regen.

Britannia Foundation

The Britannia Building Society Foundation offers grants and donations between £1,000 and £25,000 to registered charities and schools working within education, particularly numeracy and/or financial literacy.

Further details: http://www.britannia.co.uk

Hardship Fund

The Hardship Fund will support third sector organisations in England who are delivering front-line services to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the society. Grants between £50,000 and £250,000 are available to organisations with an annual income of at least £200,000, that are in financial hardship as a result of the recession.

Street Legal - North East London Youth Homelessness Advice Project

This 4-year project, funded by London Councils, can provide legal advice and representation to young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, outreach sessions for young people, support advice on complex cases to those working with young people, training/updates on law relating to housing and young people and a referral network across north and east London.

Read more about : The project and The Referral form

Please contact Kathy Meade at Tower Hamlets Law Centre for further info on: 0207 375 7131

The Nominet Foundation launch funding programme

Nominet, one of the world's largest Internet registries has launched the Nominet Trust, a charity that provides funding to innovative projects which strive to improve and encourage the safe use of the Internet for educational, inclusion and other charitable purposes. They will give grants to organisations for innovative IT-related projects that can make a positive difference in the UK, developing countries and around the world.

Go to: www.nominettrust.org.uk/index.php to find out more.

Awards for All

Awards for All England is a simple small grants scheme making awards of between £300 and £10,000.
The Awards for All programme aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.To do this we want to fund projects that 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.

For more info and application process, click here

Future Jobs Fund.

This Fund of £1 billion was announced in Budget 2009 and will support the creation of jobs for long term unemployed young people and others who face significant disadvantage in the labour market.

Run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in partnership with the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG), the Fund will be spent over the next two years. The aim of the Fund is to create 150,000 jobs, primarily for young people aged 18 – 24 years old who have been out of work for a year.

The Government is keen to work with charities as well as local authorities and social enterprises to turn this vision into a reality.

For more information on the Future Jobs Fund visit the DWP website at www.dwp.gov.uk/futurejobsfund.

Arts Council England is making an extra £44.5 million available over two years to help maintain artistic excellence during the economic downturn through the following initiatives:

Sustain - a new £40 million open application fund for arts organisations struggling from the effects of the recession. Grants from £75,000 to £3 million are available, and the programme will run initially over two years, 2009/10 and 2010/11. Any arts organisation can apply but the fund is intended to sustain artistic excellence, not to support failing organisations or to replace funding withdrawn from elsewhere. Sustain is intended to be a rapid response fund and a six week turnaround time from application to award is planned. Applications open on 1 June 2009.

Town Centres Initiative - £500,000 support for the Government’s scheme for the community use of empty retail properties. Grants of £1,000 to £10,000 will be available to fund artistic activities

Grants for the Arts - a £4 million increase in this budget over the next two years, to give additional support for individual artists and smaller arts organisations. Individuals and arts organisations, who would apply to Grants for the Arts in the usual way, plus those not qualifying for a Sustain grant, are eligible to apply for these extra funds.

Please contact: Call 0845 300 6200 or check online www.artscouncil.org.uk

Paul Hamlyn Foundation
The Education and Learning Open Grants Scheme is currently only accepting applications for work that is intended to address directly one or more of the following themes:

Supplementary education
Tackling school exclusion and truancy
Developing speaking and listening skills for 11-19 year olds

Lloyds Tsb Foundation:
lloyds The Community programme focuses on funding core work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. We are particularly interested in work that achieves this through:

improved social and community involvement
improved life choices and chances
helping people to be heard

St Mowden Environmental Trust
leaves St. Modwen Properties PLC, a FTSE 250 listed company, is the UK's leading regeneration specialist with four particular specialisations: town centre regeneration; partnering industry in its restructuring; brownfield land renewal, and heritage restoration.
The St. Modwen Environmental Trust has been established to provide support to the communities in which the company operates by offering grants to groups seeking to improve their local environment.
Applications are encouraged from:
Not-for-profit organisations, such as community groups and charities which are initiating suitable projects.
Funded projects should have:
Enduring and long-term benefits, and a high level of public engagement (either due to public access or high levels of public participation in the project, or because education / information is a significant output of the project). Grants will be scaled for less than £10,000 for small projects and more than £10,000 for large projects.
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Wakeham Trust
The Wakeham Trust is particularly interested in neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by people who are socially excluded.

Telephone: 01730 821748

General enquiries: wakehamtrust@mac.com
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Kelloggs Active Living Fund
Here's something to read over your cornflakes - this fund will give small grants to projects and activities that directly lead to people taking part in sustained physical activity. The aim of the fund is to help remove the barriers which stop people being active. Click here for details and online application read the 'Can I apply' criteria very carefully first.
A panel meets every month to assess applications.

The Knowledge & Skills Exchange Programme

This programme is designed to ensure that good practice is shared more widely across the Community Alliance networks and to enable development trusts and other community-based organisations to access this learning more easily.

How much is available?
£750 for one activity and £1000 for multi-organisation events.

Who is eligible? DTA, bassac & Community Matters members (Community organisations), and community organisations where Scarman Trust ‘can-doers’ operate.

What it can be used for?

visiting other projects to look at best practice
hosting a visit for a number of organisations
a training or away day for a group of organisations

How to apply:
email us on info@dta.org.uk or call 0845 458 8336

There are no deadlines; applications will be assessed continuously on a first come first served basis.

City & Parochial Open Programme

Four priority areas.

To improve employment opportunities for disadvantaged people;
To promote the inclusion of recent arrivals to the UK;
To promote social justice;
To strengthen the voluntary and community sector.

Special Initiatives

Initiatives that make a more strategic impact and, where appropriate, influence the work of others. Examples of special initiatives they have previously undertaken include:

Employability – an organisation established to work at a policy level to improve the employment opportunities of refugees and migrants;
Count Us In – an initiative to increase the support provided to small disability organisations particularly those from black and minority ethnic communities and people with learning difficulties;
Domestic violence – a joint initiative with the Henry Smith Charity to develop independent domestic violence advocacy services in London.


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