Funding roundup
A quick summary of a few funding, fundraising and money related items we’ve spotted this week…
Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust
This trust gives grants to further the advancement of horticulture in the UK and abroad, grants are available for projects in support of horticultural research, the creation, preservation and maintenance of public gardens, publication of books on horticulture, study visits, plant collecting expeditions and training schemes for gardeners.
Further information here or visit their grants page here.
Humber LEP and HLC publishes summary of all EU funding opportunities
The Humber LEP and Humber Learning Consortium have pulled together the attached document which summarises all the EU Funded Employment and Skills Support that is offered in the Humber. This document builds on the success of the EU Funded Business Support Handbook that was published earlier this year.
The document includes information on the programmes that are being delivered in the Humber through the Humber ESIF Programme as well as those of our neighbouring LEPs. It also includes other non-EU funded programmes which are of relevance. The idea is that it should be shared as widely as possible to promote cross-referral and awareness of the support available.
The document is also available on the LEP website here.
Heritage Lottery Fund workshops
If you’d like to learn more about the range of grants and support from Heritage Lottery Fund then they are holding a couple of workshops in their Leeds offices soon.
The dates are:
Wed 23 August 2017 1pm-3pm
Tuesday 26 Sept 2017 10am-12noon
Tuesday 26 Sept 2017 1pm-3pm
For further information contact HLF direct via yandhdevelopment@hlf.org.uk or 0113 3888030.
Comic Relief Active Aging Grants are now open
Comic Relief are launching a £1.5 million fund to engage older people aged 65 and over from ‘harder to reach’ groups to get involved in opportunities which use their skills, knowledge and experience to contribute to their communities. They are looking for proposals which put older people at the centre of the work, designing and developing activities or opportunities which meet their needs, interests and priorities.
Full information about this new fund is here.
The fund is now open and the closing date is very short – 29th August 2017, so get thinking…
Dream Fund for NEL
Don’t forget that the Dream Fund is still open for applications until 22nd August. The Dream Fund allows charities to apply for up to £1,000,000 to deliver their ‘dream’ project in Great Britain (Scotland, England or Wales) in 2018-2020. Charities can apply for up £1,000,000 to deliver a project 24 months in length. Deadline for the Stage 1 application is Tuesday 22nd August at 5.30 pm.
Info here. More details in our last funding roundup article here.
Funding for Community Facilities
The next application deadline for funding from the Suez Communities Trust (formerly the Sita Trust) is the 2nd October 2017. The Suez Communities Trust provides funds to not-for-profit organisations to improve amenities that is available for leisure and recreation use by the general public. This could include community cafes; theatres; play areas; skate parks; and youth centres; etc. Through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) the Trust can offer grants of up to £20,000 through its Smaller Projects Fund and grants of up to £50,000 through its Primary Fund. To be eligible, applicants needs to be a not – for profit organisations located within three miles of a qualifying SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK waste processing site. N.B. due to the rural nature of the Aberdeenshire funding zone this zone has a 10-mile radius. Additionally, in order to qualify for LCF funding project sites must fall within 10 miles of a landfill site. For information on projects previously funded by the Trust, please click here.
www.suezcommunitiestrust.org.uk
OCS would like your opinion on Social Investment Tax Relief
The team at the Office for Civil Society are looking at Social Investment Tax Relief, and would love to know what you think about the government’s tax relief for social investment. Social Investment Tax Relief is intended to encourage individuals to support charities and social enterprises and helps them access new sources of finance.
OCS colleagues are carrying out a research project aiming to understand how and why social sector organisations raise investment through Social investment Tax Relief – and why they choose not to.
We would be very grateful if you can fill in this short survey as part of this research. The survey is anonymous and the responses will be only used for the purpose of the project. We would appreciate if you can send your answers by 9th August. The survey is here.
If you would like to have a further conversation about Social Investment Tax Relief, please e-mail nicholas.wyver@culture.gov.uk.