{"id":11249,"date":"2016-06-16T08:34:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T07:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=11249"},"modified":"2016-06-16T08:34:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T07:34:28","slug":"funding-round-up-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2016\/06\/funding-round-up-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is our regular collection of some of the funding information that has come across our inboxes recently:<\/p>\n

People’s Postcode Trust Small Grants Programme (England, Scotland and Wales) <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The People’s Postcode Trust has announced that its Small Grants Programme will re-open for applications on the 1st September 2016. Since 2009, People’s Postcode Trust has awarded over \u00a310 million to more than 1500 projects across Great Britain, with over \u00a37 million of this going to the Small Grants Programme. Through its Small Grants Programme, the Trust offers grants of between \u00a3500 and \u00a320,000 (\u00a310,000 in Wales) to small organisations and community groups for projects lasting up to 1 year (for organisations in Wales 6 months. Projects must be for the advancement of community development. Applicants that are not formally registered as a charity with OSCR \/ Charity Commission can apply for up to \u00a32,000 in funding. The closing date for applications will be the 30th September 2016.<\/p>\n

Veolia Environmental Trust Grants (UK)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Veolia Environmental Trust, which is a Distributive Environmental Body that awards grants as part of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) has announced that the next closing date for applications is the 26th August 2016. Constituted, not-for-profit groups within the vicinity of a qualifying Veolia site, can apply for grants for projects that support the natural, social and built environment. The type of activities that can be supported include community buildings and rooms: such as community centres, village halls, community spaces within religious buildings, Scout or Girlguiding buildings; outdoor spaces: e.g. public parks, nature reserves, community gardens, footpaths, bridleways or cycle-paths; play and recreation: e.g. play areas, skate-parks, MUGAs, sports grounds, pavilions or changing rooms; and projects that support Biodiversity: e.g. the species related element of a BAP (national or local), the habitat related element of a BAP or HAP (national or local), reintroduction programmes to a specific habitat. The maximum grant is \u00a375,000 for projects with a total cost of under \u00a3500,000 (including VAT and professional costs). Projects that have already secured at least 20% of the total cost.<\/p>\n

Urban Community Energy Fund (England)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Grants of up to \u00a320,000 are available to stimulate renewable energy generation projects in urban communities. The funding is available for the early stages of a project. This can include public consultations and preliminary viability studies, etc. The Urban Energy Community Fund will also provide loans of up to \u00a3130,000 to develop planning applications and a robust business case to attract further investment. This will help projects become \u2018investment ready’, to secure a bank loan or another form of investment. The type of organisations that can apply include: Registered Companies (including CICs); Charitable Incorporated Organisations; Registered Societies (formerly known as IPS); Parish and Town Councils; etc. Local Authorities, businesses and Housing Associations can apply in partnership with the local community. Projects supported through the fund include the Broughton Trust in Salford, which received a grant of \u00a315,000 to assess the feasibility of a range of renewable technologies in the Salford area. This project forms part of a wider Irwell Valley Sustainable Communities project that is also providing funding for key elements of development such as community consultation and establishing an energy baseline for the community. The next deadline for applications is Friday the 29th July 2016.<\/p>\n

Community Business Fund Opens for Applications (England) <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Power to Change, which supports community businesses, has announced that its \u00a310 million Community Business Fund will re-open for applications in July. Power to Change will be awarding grants between \u00a350,000- \u00a3300,000 to support and develop Community Businesses in England. Funding is available to Community Businesses that address one or more of the following aims: Reduce social isolation; Improve health and wellbeing; Increase employability; Create better access to basic services; Improve local environment; Enable greater community cohesion; and Foster greater community pride and empowerment. Funding is available for both capital and revenue costs.<\/p>\n

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Our round up of some of the more interesting funding that we have come across in the past few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-2Vr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11250,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11249\/revisions\/11250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}