Funding Round Up
Tesco Bags of Help funding is available to groups, charities, schools, parish councils, health bodies and local authorities across North East Lincolnshire who may be working to improve their environment or providing activities that ensure our outdoor spaces thrive. From Sports groups to conservations groups Tesco Bags of Help could support you.
The new Always On programme means that every month 3 groups from North East Lincolnshire will benefit from £1,000 to £5,000. The application is done on line and a simple eligibility checker will ensure you know if your project or group can apply.
If you would like to discuss your idea or project in the first instance or need support with your application you can contact your local enabler Karen Tozer on 07963028560 or email hull@groundwork.org.uk or Karen.Tozer@groundwork.org.uk
Ambition Giving Small Grants Programme
Ambition Giving will offer grants of up to 2,000 throughout the year to groups or individuals to help deliver activities to young people in their community. Deadline is 20 January.
BBC Children in Need Main Grants
Grants of up to £10,000 (per year for up to three years) are available for not-for-profit organisations. Eligible projects will work with children and young people under 18 years, who are experiencing disadvantage through illness, distress, abuse or neglect; any kind of disability; behavioural and/or psychological difficulties; poverty or deprivation. Deadline is Thursday 19th January 2017.
Music Export Growth Scheme Re-opens for Applications (UK)
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has announced that the Music Export Growth Scheme has re-opened for applications. Through the scheme, Small and medium-sized UK independent record labels and music management companies can apply for grants of £5,000 to £50,000 to assist them with marketing campaigns when looking to introduce successful UK music projects overseas. Funding is available towards the cost of touring; including overseas venue costs; international travel costs; marketing; promotion; and PR costs. Decisions on individual awards will be made by a panel of music industry experts which will meet four times a year to process applications. To be eligible to apply, applicants must have annual turnover of €50m or less and no more than 249 employees. Applications must include detailed campaign proposals showing how the grant would be invested in effective marketing and other promotional activity oversees, such as through artist showcases, tour support, social media and publicity. The closing date for applications is 6pm on the 6th February 2017.
Orchard Windfalls Fund 2017 (UK)
The Tree Council has announced that its Orchard Windfalls Fund 2017 is open for applications. Through the Fund grants of between £100 and £700 are available to schools and community groups for the planting of apple and pear trees with the condition that children aged sixteen or under are involved in the planting or, where the trees are too large to be directly handled by them, related educational activities. This educational aspect might be during the design, planning and planting of the orchard or, in schools, it might be part of curriculum related projects that will be enhanced by the preliminary activities or the subsequent availability of fruit trees on or near to the school site. To be eligible planting must take place on publicly accessible land, usually in public or charity ownership. In addition, the School or Community Group must be able to raise 25% of planting costs. The closing date for applications is the 31st March 2017.
The Home Office has launched a second call for funding and in-kind support for groups involved in counter-extremism projects in their communities. The funding, which is being made available through the “Building a Stronger Britain Together” programme is part of the counter-extremism strategy which encourages partnership between the government and groups and communities who want to see extremism defeated. This programme aims to help to create more resilient communities, to support civil society and community organisations who stand up to extremism in all its forms and offer vulnerable individuals a positive alternative, regardless of race, faith, sexuality, age, and gender. Not-for profit organisations and charities can apply for in-kind support (such as social media training, technical assistance to help a group improve their website, or capacity building work to help a group protect more vulnerable individuals) and grant funding for specific programmes that deliver goals set out in the Counter Extremism Strategy. Grants are offered in two ranges: £1,000 – £14,999 and £15,000 – £50,000. The deadline for grants is 5pm on Monday 6 February 2017. There is a fixed amount of funding available and the Home Office will consider bids on a first-come-first-served basis. The call for in-kind support will remain open all year. The Home Office will regularly draw down applications for assessment and award.
Funding to Use Sport to Empower Women and Girls (International)
UK based organisations working in partnership with a local organisation in Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, Colombia and India can apply for funding through a new initiative launched by Comic Relief and the Scottish Government. The £2.2 million Levelling the Field, International programme will provide grants of up to £250,000 for projects that use the power of sport to empower women and girls to reach their full potential. Comic Relief are encouraging a variety of different types of projects. This could be a pilot for an innovative piece of work or the continued development of a proven piece of work. Funding is available for project delivery, research or for a campaign. Proposals are welcomed from both UK based organisations working in partnership with a local organisation leading the delivery of the project, and from non-UK organisations playing this role directly. Applications are particularly encouraged where the local organisation delivering the project is embedded in the communities where the work will take place. Applicants should have been registered for at least 3 years and have a turnover of at least £100,000. The closing date for applications is midday on the 16th March 2017.