Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards (UK)
The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme has announced that its funding programme for children’s education and children’s welfare will re-open for applications on the 1st December 2012.
The scheme awards one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000 to registered charities, schools and not for profit organisations. The funding we give goes towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children living in the local communities around our stores in the UK.
Projects previously supported include:
• Playground equipment in schools and local communities
• Sensory garden or room projects
• Outdoor classrooms
• Breakfast and after school clubs
• Holiday play-schemes
• Part funding to purchase minibuses; etc.
The closing date for applications will be the 30th January 2013.
http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=121
The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
From 1 January 2013, the Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation will only be accepting applications for capital projects.
Funding is given under a range of themes:
- Community
- Education
- Arts
- Health
- Amateur sports
Each year grants totalling about £2.5 million are made to a wide range of charities. There are three levels of grant: Small – up to £5,000; Medium – £5,001 to £25,000; Large – over £25,000
The majority of grants given are £5,000 or below.
Deadline: Ongoing
Contact: Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
Email: office@bernardsunley.org
Website: www.bernardsunley.org/index.html
Funding for Childrens Outdoor Recreational Activities (UK)
The Outdoor clothing company "North Face" has announced the launch of a new funding round of its Explore Fund. The Explore Fund supports not for profit organisations that encourage youth outdoor participation. Grants of up to €2,500 are available for projects that encourage community involvement; focus on breaking down barriers to getting youth outdoors; and projects that reach out to a specific community or place of interest. Only one Explore Fund financial support package will be given to an organisation in each calendar year and applications that can provide match funding will be viewed favourably.
The closing date for applications is the 28th February 2013
http://explorefund.eu/index.php#
Non-Turf Cricket Pitch Grants (UK)
The Lords Taverners have announced that its non-Turf Pitch Grants scheme will re-open for applications in January 2013.
Through the scheme, applications can be made for grants towards the installation of non-turf pitches, practice ends and nets. The awards include grants of up to:
• £3,000 towards non-turf pitches
• £2,000 towards non-turf practice ends
• £1,000 towards outdoor nets
Applications will be considered from cricket clubs affiliated to a National Governing Body of Cricket, individual schools or other organisations directly involved in the organisation of youth cricket.
http://www.lordstaverners.org/charity/support-and-funding/youth-cricket.htm
Youth Challenge Fund (UK)
Youth Groups in the UK can apply for grants of up to £2,500 to work on specific themes with youth groups in Germany. The funding is being made available through the Youth Challenge Fund and aims to give young people the opportunity to enhance their international experience and intercultural awareness in a creative, practical and enjoyable way.
The type of themes supported can include (but are not limited to):
• Culture and society
• Music, dance and drama
• Global issues
• Environment
• Multimedia and ICT
• Sport and outdoor activities
The Youth Challenge Fund is open exclusively to youth groups (and their leaders) in the UK and Germany and is aimed at children and young people up to the age of 25.
For example, 10 young people from Youth Clubs in Southwark, South London visited young people in Langenham, Germany during the football World Cup. The closing date for applications is the 31st January 2013.
http://www.ukgermanconnection.org/youth-challenge-fund
Funding to Support Family Based Projects (UK)
The Kelly Family Charitable Trust is open to applications from registered charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members. The fund also welcomes applications from sports and health-related charities whose activities comply with the above criteria. TheFund offers revenue and capital grants. Grants are of between £1,000 and £5,000, but higher grants may be considered.
The next closing date for applications is the 1st March 2013.
http://www.kfct.org.uk/apply.html
Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund
The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund is launched on 7th January 2013 and aims to help local people and small community projects.
Each month between January and March they will be giving 20 awards of £300.
Small charities, community groups and individuals are eligible to apply, you’ll need to tell them what you will do with the grant. There will be a simple application form available on the website soon.
Galaxy are also donating jars of hot chocolate, email them if your group could use some!
To find out more, click here; http://www.hotgalaxywarmheart.com/fund/
Sport England - Community Sport Activation Fund
The Community Sport Activation Fund is a £40 million Lottery revenue fund that forms part of Sport England’s Youth and Community Strategy 2012-2017 and aims will help increase and sustain once a week participation in sport targeted at people aged 14 and above. The Fund is due to be formally launched on Tuesday 15th January 2013.
The Fund has been developed in direct response to a need expressed by local partners for flexible local funding to support grassroots activity. We have worked with local authorities and other local partners to understand the difference that very localised revenue funding could make, and how we can maximise local opportunities to increase participation.
The vast majority of the fund will be awarded through five open funding rounds and full details of Round 1 are now available on the application portal (see the link below). This includes the prospectus, on line application, frequently asked questions and a pre application check list.
In Round 1, Sport England are looking to invest in a small number of strong, well-developed projects which can start to deliver by June 1st 2013. Many of the factors for successful delivery (e.g. clear evidence and need, match funding, partnership approach) will need to already be in place with project ideas already well formulated. For this reason, the application portal for Round 1 will be open for a short time starting on Monday 7th January, and closing on Monday 4th February. In terms of forward planning, the application portal re-opens for Round 2 on Tuesday 7th May and closes on Monday 1st July.
90% of the funds will be allocated in Rounds 2 through to 5 and it is strongly recommended that applications are to only be submitted when the best strategic case backed by local evidence, secured match funded resource, a partnership approach and a delivery plan for year 1 are in place. Sport England will only fund those bids which offer the best opportunity to invest in sustainable increases in participation
Please see here the link to the application portal for Round 1: http://www.sportengland.org/funding/csaf.aspx
Sport England’s Protecting Playing Fields Programme (England)
Sport England has announced round 4 of their Protecting Playing Fields Programme (PPF) is now open for applications.
PPF is seeking to support projects that help communities maximise the sporting benefits of playing field land. Grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 are available to provide new playing fields, bring into use disused playing fields or improve existing playing fields in order to establish and/or host a community club-schools link. Applications can be submitted by organisations such as voluntary or community organisations, local authorities, sports clubs, playing field associations, charities and schools. All local authority and school based projects will require partnership funding.
The closing date for applications will be the 18th February 2013.
http://www.sportengland.org/funding/protecting_playing_fields.aspx