Funding Opportunities

Tesco Charity Trust:
Trustees meet 3 times a year, apply anytime
Size of grant available: One off large grants £4,000-£25,000
Aims and outcomes of funder: Projects addressing welfare/education of children, elderly people’s welfare and adults/children with disabilities Additional information: Support for organisations in locations where Tesco have stores with grants for practical equipment and resources.

CLA Charitable Trust:
Apply anytime
Size of grant available: Average grants £2,500
Aims and outcomes of funder: Provide facilities for disabled people to take part in country sports/recreation and training in agriculture/horticulture

Additional information: Also promotes education in the countryside for disadvantaged children and young people. Will only fund specific projects or capital expenditure – no support for on-going running costs.

Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust: 
No deadlines, apply anytime in writing
Size of grant available: £500-£2,500
Aims and outcomes of funder: Support for organisations working with children and disadvantaged people
Additional information: There are 3 themes – arts/culture, community integration work and education/training

Contact details: Susan Anderson,
Rokesley, University of Birmingham, Bristol Rd, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6QF

Owen Highway Trust: 
Apply anytime, no deadlines
Size of grant available: Up to £5,000
Aims and outcomes of funder: Main priorities are support for organisations running children’s projects, the arts and education

Additional information: Preference for organisations based in the West Midlands
Contact details: R. Baggott, Rubery Owen Holdings Ltd, PO Box 10, Booth St, Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Midlands WS10 8JD

Redditch Stronger Community Grants
See website for details.




Places People Play - Protecting Playing Fields 
Application Deadline: 12 December 2011
Grants are available to organisations for capital projects which develop, improve and sustain playing fields for communities.
Maximum Value: £ 50,000
Minimum Value: £ 20,000

Sport England have launched the Places People Play programme to create a legacy of participation for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, investing £10 million of National Lottery funding in community sports projects over three years from 2011-2014. The Protecting Playing Fields (PFF) scheme will fund capital projects to establish, develop and improve playing fields for community and sporting use. Successful projects will evidence the future management, maintenance and sporting use of the site with protection of the site for at least 25 years.

Latest Information The second round will open on 24 October and close on 12 December 2011.

Eligible organisations are those entitled to receive public funding including: Voluntary or community organisations. Local authorities. Sports clubs. Playing field associations. Charities. Education establishments.

Conditions apply .

Applications must be submitted online.

The National Hockey Foundation 
The Foundation aims to encourage the development and growth of hockey by providing capital and operational funding to the sport through clubs and educational establishments in England and by support to England Hockey's youth development activities.

There is no limit on the amount of funding an organisation can request. However, the Foundation does not generally award grants for less than £10,000 or more than £75,000.

Awards for Young Musicians 
Application Deadline: 23 March 2012
The charity supports the UK's most talented young instrumentalists aged five to 17 years of age who, because of financial need, may be prevented from fulfilling their creative potential. The charity assists musically-gifted children in families, where income is limited, to help develop potential.

Grants of between £200 and £2,000 are available, based on evidence of musical talent and financial need. Award payments are made to institutions, music organisations, music teachers and other suppliers. Awards are not made directly to students or their families. All applications are means tested.

Awards for Young Musicians (AYM) is a registered charity. The organisation is the outcome of one man's consuming interest in music: Robert Lewin was a musician and musical instrument collector whose enthusiasm and passion for stringed instruments led him to accumulate a collection of instruments and bows of extraordinary quality. When Robert Lewin died, he expressed the wish that the gradual disposal of his legacy of valuable musical instruments and memorabilia would provide a source of scholarships for music students. With the encouragement and help of Eleanor Warren, former head of BBC Radio 3 and widely acknowledged international adjudicator, the charity was established in 1998. AYM supports the UK's most talented young instrumentalists aged five to 17, who, because of financial need, may be prevented from fulfilling their creative potential. AYM assists musically gifted children in families where income is limited to help develop potential.

Beaufort House Trust 

Support is given to schools, colleges, universities or other charitable bodies engaged in the advancement, promotion and furtherance of education, religion or any other charitable purposes.

Grants range from £100 to £5,000 and are normally made in the form of a single payment.

Support is given to schools, colleges, universities or other charitable bodies engaged in the advancement, promotion and furtherance of education, religion or any other charitable purposes.

Registered charities, schools, colleges and universities are eligible to apply.

Grants will be considered in response to appeals in support of schools, colleges, universities or other charitable bodies engaged in the advancement, promotion and furtherance of education, religion or any other charitable purposes. Ministry Bursary Awards are open to those engaged in full-time stipendiary ministry in a Christian church, whether clerical or lay person. The Awards aim to provide a grant towards the pursuit of a work-related line of enquiry, build on established foundations of study outside the pressures of a demanding ministry or investigate lines of research both in the UK and abroad. Successful previous applicants have used their awards to help fund a variety of projects including travel, study courses and pilgrimages, as well as periods of reflection and retreat.

Match Funding Restrictions May be used within a total funding package.

Restrictions The Trustees do not make grants to charities with political associations, or to national charities. Nor will appeals from individuals be considered.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following: Contact details: Allchurches Trust Limited Beaufort House Brunswick Road Gloucester GL1 1JZ

 Countess of Munster Musical Trust

Application Deadline: 14 February 2013
The chief focus of the Trust is on the provision of grants to support music students throughout advanced training. Past beneficiaries may also apply for interest-free loans for the purchase of musical instruments. A sponsorship scheme is also available to help talented beneficiaries.
No minimum or maximum levels of grant funding have been specified.

The Trustees decide the value of grant following an audition.

Grants are not made for longer than one year at a time.

Loans for Instrument Purchase A limited amount of the Trust's fund is set aside to assist young professional musicians with the purchase of new instruments. Such assistance is offered in the form of an interest-free loan, repayable over periods varying from five to 12 years. Stephen Oliver Award One award is available biennially to cover some of the costs of bringing a piece of work, that is being written for musical theatre, to performance.

The chief focus of the Trust is on the provision of grants to support music students throughout advanced training. Past beneficiaries may also apply for interest-free loans for the purchase of musical instruments. A sponsorship scheme is also available to help talented beneficiaries.

All applicants must be of British or British Commonwealth nationality.

Study grants are available to: instrumentalists, conductors and composers over 18 and under 25 years of age; and singers over 18 and under 28 years of age.

Applicants should fall within one of the following categories: British postgraduate students undertaking study at home or abroad. Commonwealth postgraduate students undertaking study in the UK.

Travellers' Aid Trust - The Violet Clegg Fund

Small grants are available to Travellers and Gypsies in the UK.

Grants are available to relieve exceptional hardship being experienced by individuals, or to bring benefit to Gypsy and Traveller communities.

Maximum Value: £ 250

The Travellers' Aid Trust is a self-administering charity established in 1988. It benefits Travellers - people who adopt, either temporarily or permanently, a nomadic lifestyle. The two main objectives of the charity are: The relief of poverty, hardship, sickness and distress among Travellers. The advancement of education among the children of Travellers by attendance at school or otherwise. The scheme is intended to benefit individual Travellers and their communities by helping overcome hardship.

Applications may be made at any time. Key Criteria This grant programme is specifically aimed at members of the Gypsy and Traveller community in the UK, whether traditional or new, settled or living on the road. It is intended to benefit individual Travellers, but applications from small groups of Travellers and organisations that benefit Travellers will also be considered, especially when they are of benefit to a community. Applications must be supported by an independent professional referee, such as a health visitor, doctor, teacher, social worker, Traveller Liaison Officer or outreach worker who knows the applicant.

Grants can either be for a specific purpose/item or for meeting the overall costs of such a purpose or item. Category One grants are those that are of benefit to Gypsies and Travellers who are experiencing exceptional hardship. Exceptional hardship is a situation that goes beyond the general hardship experienced by the Gypsy and Traveller community on a day-to-day basis. Examples of this might be repair costs for damage or loss caused by fire, relief for individuals suffering from severe ill health or disability, children with special needs, or families experiencing domestic violence. Category Two grants are those that are of benefit to a community. Examples of this might be exchange trips between residents on different sites, improving or providing safe play areas or equipment or other activities that are of general benefit to members of a community. The examples given above are an indication of what the Trust might fund, and do not represent any restrictions on what the Trust will consider. The Trust will consider a broad range of purposes providing their grant will remedy a hardship, or benefit the community.

Match funding is not a requirement.

If an applicant already receives state benefits which relate to the application, it is important to show the Trust why they are insufficient. Restrictions The Trust will consider applications for a wide range of needs, but will not normally support applications for things that can be funded elsewhere; for example, by statutory agencies or other charities. This includes things like Dyslexia, Disability or Sickness benefits, Community Care grants etc. Although the Trustees are aware that many Gypsies and Travellers face general hardship, the Trust has only limited funds and must ensure that they benefit those most in need. General appeals for the following items will not normally be considered: Electrical appliances. Appeals for clothing and bedding. The cost of planning applications or meeting planning conditions. Laptop computers. Solar panels. Driving lessons. The cost of funerals or headstones. Payment Procedure Grants will not be paid directly to individuals, but will be made by direct payment to the nominated supplier of identified goods or services, or through organisations or agencies that work with Gypsies and Travellers.

Applicants must complete the application and referee forms.

http://wessexyouthtrust.org.uk/

Wessex Youth Trust 

Application Deadline: 01 May 2012

Funding is available for projects that provide opportunities to help support and advance young people. The Trust supports registered charities that work with young people.

There are no restrictions to the amount requested. Between 20 and 30 grants are awarded each year with the average grant being between £2,500 and £5,000. Grants are generally paid in one instalment, although there may be as many as five annual instalments in the case of more substantial grants. Extended Description The Wessex Youth Trust, formerly known as the Earl and Countess of Wessex Charitable Trust, is a regular grant making trust founded in June 1999. The Trust supports projects and initiatives which provide opportunities to help, support and advance young people.

There are two annual deadlines: 1 May and 1 November.

Applications are accepted from UK registered charities. Eligible Expenditure Funding is available for projects that provide opportunities to help support and advance young people. Preference is given to pump-priming projects for development and more extensive fundraising initiatives. Specific project funding requests are preferred to more general pot-filling.

Applicants should state what other sources of funding have been sought and secured.

The Trust does not support charities whose accounts disclose substantial financial resources and which have well-established and ample fundraising capabilities. Nor is support given to the following: Political, industrial or commercial appeals.

Sponsorship for individuals undertaking fundraising activities on behalf of any charity. Organisations or groups whose main objects are to fund or support other charitable bodies. Research which could be eligible to receive substantial government funding, or where grants from a number of trusts are available.

The Trust does not accept invitations to appoint representatives to serve on the controlling bodies of organisations and objects to which charitable assistance has been given. Application Procedure Applications must be made using the Trust's application form. This should be obtained directly from the Trust. Requests for application forms should be made by letter or telephone.

Online Application Details