Funding Information
Below is a selection of sources of funding for projects involving the arts, creativity, community, young people and education. The list is by no means exhaustive and do check the websites for further information before applying.
Other funding information is available and a good search on the internet will bring up several other websites that contain lists such as this.
Click on the links below to quick-find individual section (use your "back" button to go back to the list):
DCMS Arts Funding Guide | Arts Award funding guidance | Young Roots | UnLtd | First Light | The Graham Kirkham Foundation | Woodward Charitable Trust | Esmee Fairbairn | Local Authority Funding | The Tudor Trust | Ernest Cook Trust | Hedley Foundation | EMI Music Sound Foundation | The Fenton Arts Trust | The Sutton Trust | Garfield Weston Foundation | Clore Performing Arts Awards | LankellyChase Foundation | Eric Gregory Awards 2008 | Your Heritage | MBF Young Talent Awards | Community Cash Awards | Nan Bursaries 2008: Artists' New Collaborations | Broadcast Development Awards | The Juliet Gomperts Trust | Myplace – World Class Places for young people to go | Yapp Charitable Trust | South West Post Graduate Bursary Fund | BBC Performing Arts Fund | GrantsExpert.co.uk | The Lefèvre Trust | Mediabox | Our Money Your Dream | Health Promotion Service Small Grants Scheme 2008/9 | Training grant up to £500 for women employed in the fashion and textiles sector | Funding to Develop Educational Links with Other EU Regions (UK) | Step Beyond Travel Fund | Music and Dance Scheme (England) | Children and the Arts Foundation (UK) | Partnership Fund (England) | Take It Away - Loan Scheme (England) | Lloyds TSB Foundation | Carnegie UK Trust search for rural champions | 4 Innovation for the Public (4iP) fund | Skillset Archive CPD Funding Programme | PRS Foundation Grants Programme |The Elephant Trust | The Music Sound Foundation | Media Munduns Programme 2011-2013 | First Light Movies (UK) | Community Connections scheme from BT | Trusthouse Charitable Foundation | Learning Launchpad | Info Sheet: Sources of funding for professional development for playwrights | The Dulverton Trust | Youth Music launches new funding programme | The Radcliffe Trust | vcashpoint Re-opens for Applications from Young Volunteers (England) | MacRobert Trust | Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Biodiversity Grants | British Telecom (BT) Community Connection Awards Round 2 | Arts AwardsReaching Communities Programme | Old Possum's Practical Trust | The BRIT Trust | New Music 20x12 | Golsoncott Foundation | Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation | Grassroots Literature | Funding to Celebrate UK – German School Partnerships (UK) | Henry Moore Foundation | Foyle Foundation Schools Library Programme (UK) | Action for Children's Arts membership bursary
DCMS Arts Funding Guide
Download the newly published DCMS Arts Funding Guide here
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young people's Arts Award funding guidance
Guidance compiled by the Arts Award team to help Arts Award centres and young people running arts activities.
Click on the links to download the following pdf documents:
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Young Roots
Young Roots from the Heritage Lottery Fund offers grants of between £5,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. Young Roots projects stem directly from young peoples' interests and ideas, harnessing their creativity and energy and helping them work with others in their local community. See www.hlf.org.uk for more information.
Deadline
No deadline
Contact details
T 020 7591 6000
F 020 7591 6271
enquire@hlf.org.uk
www.hlf.org.uk
Suitable for
Young People led projects
Youth & community groups
Schools if in addition to core curriculum time & provision
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UnLtd
UnLtd - the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs - is a new charitable organisation set up to promote and support social entrepreneurship activities in the UK.
The Awards are for people over the age of 16, resident in the UK, who are applying as an individual or informal group.
Projects must: benefit the public or a UK community, offer a learning opportunity to the applicant, be either a new initiative or a clear expansion of an existing project.
Level One: Awards of between £500-£5000
This level of award can be used to pay for project start up or development costs, including materials, equipment, renting meeting rooms etc.
Level Two: Awards of between £10000-£20000
This level of award can be used to support the applicant's living costs whilst they develop their project as well as for materials, equipment etc. You are advised to discuss your project with UnLtd prior to submitting an application for a Level Two award - a deadline for applications has yet to be finalised.
Application packs can be ordered by calling the helpline number below, or can be downloaded from the website.
UnLtd Millennium Awards helpline: 0845 850 1122
Deadline
No deadline
Contact details
UnLtd - the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs Wales Office, 1st Floor, Suite D2, Alexandra Gate, Rover Way, Cardiff CF24 2SA
T 029 2089 4774
sian.thomason@unltd.org.uk
www.unltd.org.uk
Suitable for
Individual or informal groups of young people
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First Light
First Light funds and inspire the making of short films by young people in the UK, reflecting the diversity of their lives.
First Light Movies fund groups of young people aged between five and 18 through various funding schemes.
There are two main funding strands available, the Pilot and Studio Awards, but we also offer support with generating those first film ideas.
Pilot Award
For one film of up to five minutes long
Maximum grant £5,000
Match funding of 20% required
Ideal for first time filmmakers
Application forms and guidelines are available to download here. Alternatively, you can request an application pack by calling 0870 770 3245.
There are no deadlines for the Pilot Award - you can apply when you want!
Studio Award
For between two and four films of up to 10 minutes long
Maximum grant £30,000
Match funding of 10% required
Track record of filmmaking with young people necessary
The September funding deadline for the Studio Award has now passed. Come back soon for updated information on the next funding round and how to apply.
What's the Big Idea? Award
To develop ideas and stories for films
Maximum grant £3,000
Match funding of 10% required
Application forms and guidelines are available to download here. Alternatively, to request an application pack, please call us on 0870 770 3245.
There are no deadlines for the What's the Big Idea? Award, you can apply when you want!
Contact
First Light, Progress Works, Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AL
T 0121 6932091
F 0121 6932096
www.firstlightmovies.com
Deadline
No deadline except for Studio Award
Suitable for
Organisations where young people take the lead of all aspects of production.
Possible schools may be eligible if outside curriculum time
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The Graham Kirkham Foundation
The objectives of the foundation include the advancement of education of people of any age, advancement of physical education among young people at school or university, relief of poverty or hardship by providing financial assistance and accommodation for who are disadvantaged, provision of support or protection for people involved with or in danger of becoming dependant on drugs, and the provision of facilities for public recreation.
For more information contact Barry Todhunter on 01302 330365
Deadline
No deadline
Contact details
Barry Todhunter
T 01302 330365
Suitable for
Applications welcomed from most groups
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Woodward Charitable Trust
The trust likes to support small scale locally based initiatives. Schools that are successful in receiving funding tend to be from a deprived area or be a special school. Current areas of priority are: education, environment, health, arts and community and social welfare (including children’s summer holiday schemes). Please see the website for full details and applicants are advised to call the administrator to discuss potential projects before applying.
Deadline: Trustees meet in January and July each year. Applications are usually requested at least one month prior. Summer play scheme application forms will be considered in May. Please check website or contact trust for accurate dates.
Contact details
T 20 7410 0330
contact@woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
Suitable for
Schools
Community groups and organisations
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Esmee Fairbairn
Education programme
The Foundation's Education programme covers two broad areas of interest: New approaches to education and Hard-to-reach learners. We look to support imaginative and flexible approaches to learning that are unlikely to be funded through statutory education sources. Where appropriate, we will support the costs of professional and curriculum development, research and evaluation.
There is full and extensive information about the grant programmes on the website including funding priorities, guidelines and how to apply.
Deadline
No deadline
Contact details:
Esmée Fairbairn, Foundation, Kings Place, 90 York way, London, N1 9AG
T 020 7297 4700
F020 7297 4701
info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Suitable for
Charities or not for profit organisations
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Local Authority Funding
Many local authorities have arts officers with a remit for supporting local and community arts; some also have a budget for arts projects.
Some local authorities fund groups who use video as a means of consultation with service users or to provide better access to information. If there is a particular social agenda or issue as part of your film, a local authority may provide some funding from its social services, youth work, sports or planning departments. Find out what grants they provide and see if your project fits into the criteria.
The funding officer for Cornwall County Council is Jayne Cotterill, Room 411, New County Hall, Truro, TR1 2RN
T
01872 322672
jcotterill@cornwall.gov.uk
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has a useful website:
www.access-funds.co.uk
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The Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust has announced their new guidelines – The trust will continue to make grants across their established funding areas (youth, older people, community, relationships, housing, mental health, substance misuse, learning, financial security and criminal justice) but they are also open to hearing about work in areas that they have not funded before. Priority organisations are those that are embedded in and have developed
from within communities – either a community of interest or within a local area, those providing direct services to marginalised groups and those encouraging inclusion. Groups that are smaller and under-resourced offering a direct service are more likely to be funded particularly those with an annual turnover of less than £1million. Proposals from statutory bodies including schools will not be considered.
Under the new guidelines the Tudor Trust have introduced a two-stage application process to reduce time, effort and resources both for the trust and applicants alike.
There is a very clear website which also states what will and will not be funded and how the process works.
Deadline
No deadline
Contact details
The Tudor Trust, 7 Ladbroke Grove, London W11 3BD
T 020 7727 8522
www.tudortrust.org.uk
Suitable for
Organisations which are embedded in and have developed out of their community – whether the local area or a ‘community of interest’
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Ernest Cook Trust
Ernest Cook Trustees make grants for educational purposes to organisations which are themselves charitable or not-for-profit. Grants tend to be between £500 and £15,000. The Trustees do not confine themselves to, but have chosen to concentrate their assistance on the educational aspects of:- conservation and the rural environment; the arts, crafts and architecture; the encouragement, through education, of young people; and research devoted to these main areas of work.
There is no application form but applicants are asked to focus their request on a specific educational need and to present clear and concise proposals on a maximum of four sides of A4 paper. The enclosure of a self-addressed envelope will ensure acknowledgement of an application.
Deadline
The Trustees consider grant applications below £3000 at meetings in February, May, July, September and December. Grants in excess of £3000 need to be submitted by 31st January and 31st August.
Contact details
The Ernest Cook Trust, The Estate Office, Fairford Park, Fairford, Gloucestershire GL7 4JH
T 01285 713273
F 01285 711692
www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk
Suitable for
Charities and not for profit organisations
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Hedley Foundation
Considers applications with an emphasis on youth activities.
Grants for specific projects only, mostly one-off, but no core revenue, salary or transport funding. The Foundation makes a limited number of recurring grants for up to three years. Grants Average £3,000. Grants to registered charities only, never to individuals.
Applications are not required to be in any particular format but please visit the website to find out what needs to be included and to ensure your application follows their guidelines.
Deadline
The Trustees meet six times a year. The closing date for a meeting is three weeks beforehand. The next meetings for 2010: 17th March, 19th May, 21st July, 29th September, 24th November.
Contact details
Hedley Foundation, 9 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2SU.
T 020 7489 8076
www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk
Suitable for
Registered charities only
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EMI Music Sound Foundation
EMI Music Sound Foundation is an independent music education charity. We were established by EMI in 1997 to commemorate the centenary of EMI Records.
We are now the single largest sponsor of Specialist Performing Arts Colleges (see Specialist Schools page) and have created vital bursaries at seven music colleges to assist music students in need of financial support (see Awards page). We have also helped hundreds of schools and individual students improve their access to music by/through the purchase or upgrade of instruments (see Awards page).
See the website for full details on funding and who can apply.
Deadline
Deadline for consideration at next trustees meeting. See website for more info.
Contact Details
EMI Music Sound Foundation, 27 Wrights Lane, London, W8 5SW
T 020 7795 7000
www.emimusicsoundfoundation.com
Suitable for
Schools
Music students
Music teachers
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The Fenton Arts Trust
The Fenton Arts Trust aims to give encouragement and financial support to those actively contributing to the creative arts in the UK. It seeks to assist, through grants and bursaries, individuals and groups who are making a worthwhile contribution to the artistic and cultural life of this country. The Fenton Arts Trust grants are available to support individual works, activities, performances or prizes in the fields of drama, painting, sculpture, ballet, music and poetry. See the website for full details.
The Trust has three objectives :
(i) to support final year or postgraduate students through the award of scholarships or bursaries,
(ii) to provide grants which will support or reward work or performance by individuals early in their careers, and
(iii) to provide grants for institutions or organisations which have the same aims.
The application form can be downloaded here
Contact Details
Administrator, The Fenton Arts Trust, PO Box 135, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 9AB
Website www.fentonartstrust.org.uk
Deadline
The trustees meet to discuss applications 3 times per year
Suitable for
Students
Individuals
Groups
Institutions
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The Sutton Trust
The Sutton Trust funds projects that provide educational opportunities for young people from non-privileged backgrounds. The Trust will consider every project on an individual basis, and are particularly interested in innovative projects and pilot schemes that have the potential to benefit large numbers, and in new research.
The Sutton Trust tends to fund projects in a formal education setting, working primarily with organisations such as schools, universities, community groups, charities and research bodies. We do not fund individuals. Our work with the secondary school age group is focused on gifted and talented students.
For further details, including how to apply, visit the website at www.suttontrust.com
Contact Details
The Sutton Trust, 111 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London, SW15 2TJ
Natalie Linfoot - Trust Administrator
T 020 8394 7679
E natalie.linfoot@suttontrust.com
Deadline
No deadline
Suitable for
Schools
Universities
Community Groups
Charities
Research Bodies
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Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation helps a wide range of UK organisations with grants of varying sizes. Their recent round of funding has helped projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Social, Religion, Youth and Environment. Normally support cannot be considered for organisations or groups that are not UK registered charities. This restriction does not apply to churches, hospitals, educational establishments and housing corporations, which have exempt status.
It may be useful to look at the list of recently funded smaller community and school based projects www.garfieldweston.org/grants
In assessing applications, the following criteria are taken into consideration:
- The financial viability of the organisation
- The degree of need for the project requiring funding
- The amount spent on administration and fundraising as compared to the charitable activities
- The ability to raise sufficient funding to meet the appeal target
- Whether the aims of the organisation meet the trustees’ aspirations
- Whether the organisation has the right priorities
- Where possible, the ability of the organisation to achieve the goals
Applications for funding should be made in writing and must include a covering letter and a completed application form, which can be downloaded from www.garfieldweston.org.uk
Contact Details
The Administrator, Garfield Weston Foundation, Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY
T 020 7399 6565
Deadline
No deadline
Suitable for
Charities
Schools and educational establishments
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Clore Performing Arts Awards
The Clore Duffield Foundation has announced 16 Clore Performing Arts Awards (totalling £105,376) for inspirational creative projects for children and young people across the UK. The Clore Performing Arts Awards are worth a total of £1m and will be awarded twice a year until the end of 2009. The Awards aim to encourage direct participation in the arts by children and young people, particularly by those living in areas (both rural and urban) where high quality provision in the performing arts is more difficult to access.
Recipients include early years groups, special needs pupils, teenagers (both in and out of school) and primary-age pupils. A full list of the awards and details of how to apply for the next round are available on the Clore Duffield Foundation website www.cloreduffield.org.uk.
Contact Details
The Clore Duffield Foundation, Studio 3, Chelsea Manor Studios, Flood Street, London, SW3 5SR
T 0207 351 6061
F 0207 351 5308
E info@cloreduffield.org.uk
Deadline
Unknown
Suitable for
Charities and Companies Limited by Guarantee
Schools (unless currently participating in Creative Partnerships activity)
Professional & Amateur arts organisations
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The LankellyChase Foundation
Recognising and valuing the contribution made by the arts to the mental and physical health of the nation, The LankellyChase Foundation wish to encourage access to the arts, in particular amongst those who historically have been least able to participate, such as those in rural areas or with special needs. They also wish to support those who aim to realise their artistic ability.
The Trustees have 4 distinct programmes of work guided by the Foundation’s determination to promote access for those who seek it and personal excellence for those who work for it:
Arts and special needs
Dance
Transgenerational work with communities
The pursuit of excellence
In the light of the many problems communities face, the Trustees wish to encourage those of different generations to come together through participation in and enjoyment of the arts.
Full guidelines can be downloaded from the website www.lankellychase.org.uk
Contact Details
LankellyChase, 1 The Court, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0EY
T/F 01235 820044
Suitable for
small charities, no schools or individuals
Deadline
Contact foundation
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Eric Gregory Awards 2008
The Eric Gregory Award is an annual awards scheme for the encouragement of young poets. A total of £24,000 is available. Candidates must be British by birth, under the age of 30, and may submit a published or unpublished volume of poetry (up to 30 poems). For further details and application forms contact:
Contact Details
Awards Secretary,
Society of Authors,
84 Drayton Gardens,
London SW10 9SB.
T 0207 373 6642.
E DSym@societyofauthors.org
Suitable for
Individual poets under age of 30
Deadline
31st January each year.
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Your Heritage- Funding to Support Community Based Heritage Projects
Your Heritage provides grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 to support community-focused heritage projects. To qualify for a grant, projects should conserve and enhance the UK’s diverse heritage or encourage communities to identify, look after and celebrate their heritage or both.
Projects should also ensure that everyone can learn about, have access to, and enjoy their heritage. These can include caring for the natural landscape, conserving historic buildings, places and objects, involving people in exploring local cultures, traditions, languages and ways of life. Applications can be made at any time. For more information, visit
www.hlf.org.uk/English/HowToApply/OurGrantGivingProgrammes/YourHeritage/default.htm
Contact Details
T 020 7591 6000
F 020 7591 6271
E enquire@hlf.org.uk
Suitable for
Not for profit organisations
Deadline
none- apply at any time
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MBF Young Talent Awards
The MBF Young Talent Awards are an important source of funding for young musicians and are made to those with a high level of musical achievement where
there is financial need.
Awards of between £200 and £1,000 are offered to instrumentalists who will be under 18 years of age on
1 September 2008 towards one of the following:
• the cost of buying an instrument
• music lessons with a private teacher
• fees for a Saturday music centre
• travel expenses to attend a Saturday music centre
• Awards are also offered to those who are aged 18 and about to enter their first year at university or college.
Applications from 18 year olds can only be made for instrument purchase.
To apply please visit www.mbf.org.uk
Suitable for
Young People
Deadline
See webpage for details.
Please note: Applicants should be British or Irish or have been resident in the UK or Ireland for at least 3 years on the closing date.
Contact Details
MBF Education Department
16 Ogle Street
London
W1W 6JA
Email: education@mbf.org.uk
Registered Charity No. 228089
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Community Cash Awards
Community Cash Awards are grants of up to £5,000 to help young people set up a project that will benefit their community. You just have to come up with an idea for a project that will improve life in a local community in the UK. Maybe a new basketball court, a music studio, a youth club, sex education workshops in schools, a youth
advisory board, even a local magazine. Anyone who is aged 14 to 16 and is in school but struggling, or aged 16 to 25 and unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week are eligible to apply.
Projects must:
- be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25;
- clearly benefit the local community;
- benefit the people running the project;
- be a new or developing project.
The following are not eligible:
- formal groups or organisations;
- expeditions or overseas travel;
- fundraising activities for charity;
- trips and outings, unless they have educational value.
Funding of up to £1,000 is available for 14 to16 year olds and up to £5,000 is
available for those aged 16 to 25.
Suitable for
Young People
Contact details
Call free on 0800 842 842 or visit the Prince's Trust website for more details.http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/grants/community_cash_awards.aspx
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Nan Bursaries 2008: Artists' New Collaborations
These Bursaries aim to enable two or more professional artists (or other professional collaborator) to spend time together to explore notions and issues around collaborative working and research the development of a specific project.
Suitable for
Artists with an existing interest in collaborative working who are permanently based in the UK. This bursary may be used for research time towards a larger grant application such as Arts Council England's Grants for the Arts.
Value
Award between £1,000- £2,000 to buy the artists' time, at their chosen rate, to explore a collaborative project, including incidental travel or other expenses. Total Bursary fund: £11,000
Further details
For application details, criteria and exclusions see: http://www.a-n.co.uk/cgi bin/db2www.exe/topic.d2w/input?section=261845&menu=4&topic=261842&textonly=0
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Broadcast Development Awards
Broadcast Development Awards aim to support the development of broadcast proposals in any genre that engages the audience with such issues around biomedical science in an innovative, entertaining and accessible way.
They are interested in funding individuals and organisations with brilliant early-stage ideas for TV, radio or new media projects. Our funding will enable these ideas to be developed into high impact, well-researched proposals to be utilised in securing a broadcast platform and/or further funding.
Please note that proposals that do not explore some element of biomedical science and/or its social implications will not be considered. They expect any scientific content to be rigorously researched, balanced
and expert-led.
Funding levels
Broadcast Development Awards are up to £10 000 for a maximum of one year.
Suitable for
Applicants must be based in the UK or the Republic of Ireland. Applicants are usually affiliated to organisations, but can apply as individuals. The scheme is open to broadcast professionals and other organisations or individuals working on broadcast projects. Partnership between broadcasters and other professionals such as scientists, ethicists, educators etc are especially welcomed.
Deadlines
30th April 2010
30th July 2010
29th October 2010
Contact Details
Broadcast Awards
Wellcome Trust
Gibbs Building
215 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE, UK
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/Broadcast-Development-Awards/index.htm
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The Juliet Gomperts Trust
The Juliet Gomperts Trust is a small charity which gives financial support to artists. The Trust will support all forms of contemporary fine art practice through project funding and residencies. The Trust fund a cross section of artists: recent graduates, emerging artists and established artists. It awards between six to eight thousand
pounds per year. It judges applicants on artistic merit: vision, imagination and skill.
For further information visit www.julietgompertstrust.co.uk
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BBC Performing Arts Fund
The BBC Performing Arts Fund helps aspiring music-makers and performers looking for a way to get ahead. To date the fund has allocated £2.4m to fund young musicians, from a range of genres, to help them pursue their careers in music.
Its mission is to seek out and support excellent aspiring performers and those directly supporting performing artists, who for reasons of lack of existing opportunity, personal background or circumstance, would not have been able to achieve their most ambitious goals, or their talent's greatest potential without the Fund's support or intervention.
For more details go to www.bbc.co.uk/performingartsfund
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GrantsExpert.co.uk
A website which can help you find grants under a whole range of headings including Business, Education, Environment, Family and Home.
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The Lefèvre Trust
The Lefèvre Trust supports exciting joint projects between young people in the UK and France, to create lasting links and increase understanding.
You can receive funding for visits to help young people collaborate with a French partner group. The scheme is
open to all groups of young people aged 11 to 19. Schools, youth groups, sports teams and extra-curricular
clubs are encouraged to apply
Up to a maximum of £5,000 for one-way UK–France visits
Up to a maximum of £10,000 for two-way UK–France visits
Up to a maximum of £10,000 for one-way/two-way visits between the UK and Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guiana
Suitable for
We welcome applications from all sectors working with 11- to 19-year-olds in Wales, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. We particularly encourage applications involving young people who would not
usually have access to international opportunities.
Contact details
The Lefèvre Trust
British Council
10 Spring Gardens
London
SW1A 2BN
For more information and to apply for the scheme, visit www.britishcouncil.org/schoolpartnerships-france-lefevre-trust
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Mediabox
Mediabox is a fund for disadvantaged 13 to 19 year olds that offer the opportunity to develop and produce creative media projects. It offers three types of grants ranging from £1,000 to £40,000 to create and distribute youth-led media projects.
There will be surgeries running throughout July for one to one sessions. At application a project outline will be required.
Suitable for
Applications are welcome from legally constituted organisations (e.g. limited companies, local authorities, educational institutions, co-operatives) and unincorporated associations (e.g. charities, clubs and societies with a constitution and a bank account). Organisations must have experience of engaging and enabling disadvantaged young people to create and manage their own projects. Partnership funding is not required.
Contact details
For further information, guidelines and regional priorities visit www.media-box.co.uk or contact Uzma Choudhry on 0116 253 3445 or email emmediamediabox@thresholdstudios.tv
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Our Money Your Dream
After two successful years, the Department for Children, Schools and Families announced last year that the two funding streams (the Youth Opportunity Fund and the Youth Capital Fund) would continue for a further three years until at least 2011.
Cornwall has already benefited with more than £1million’s worth of funding across the county – including an additional £102,889 last year on top of our original allocation. This shows the clear demand in Cornwall from young people to be able to distribute more funds to more young people. This is reflected in the total value of the 312 applications submitted in the last financial year of just over £1,300,000 with only £560,000 available.
We’re now looking to promote the fund to all groups of young people across Cornwall so they’re able to apply to the new allocation of money - £450,000. The criteria remains simple; young people must be 13-19, show their activity/project will have benefits to the young people involved and others in the community and be young people led. It is also important to say that individuals can also apply.
Further details can be downloaded here
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Health Promotion Service Small Grants Scheme 2008/9
Health Promotion have launched their Small Grants Scheme for 2008/9 for community groups for grants up to £300 to assist in developing and delivering small projects in our communities that support community health development.
The Guidance Pack and the Application Form are both now on their website for you to download. New this year is the ability to fill the form in online and submit from the website - just beware that you are NOT able to save the form and come back to it online at a later stage, but you are able to print a copy off for your records (which we would strongly advise you to do). Access the forms using this link below http://www.healthpromcornwall.org/index_HL_Grants.asp
If you require any further information on the Small Grants Scheme please contact Suzy Hall on suzanne.hall@ciospct.cornwall.nhs.uk or 01209 313419.
The priorities this year are:
• Support community health development through community involvement and participation
• Support community involvement in active recreation and environmental projects
• Promote arts for health within the community (all forms)
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Training grant up to £500 for women employed in the fashion and textiles sector
• Give women in your workforce the skills & confidence to progress
• Suitable for employees at all levels, from operative to technical & managerial
• High impact, low bureaucracy programme suitable for companies of any size
• Financial support for training to meet the needs of your business
For more information visit: www.skillfast-uk.org/womenandwork
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Funding to Develop Educational Links with Other EU Regions (UK)
Through the Comenius Programme, schools and local education authorities have the opportunity to develop partnerships with other local and regional education authorities within the European Union. Funding of up to €50,000 will be available through the Comenius Regional Programme to promote joint cooperation activities between local and regional education authorities.
The aim of the programme is to strengthen the European dimension in school education and to offer European learning experiences to teachers and pupils and administrators. The partnerships will give educational authorities, in cooperation with schools and other actors in education, the opportunity to work together on topics of mutual interest. These might concern for example the organisation of school education, cooperation between schools and other local partners (e.g. providers of formal or non-formal learning), or common problems in school education (e.g. new approaches in the organisation of schooling, disadvantaged pupils and early school leaving, teacher qualifications and competence).
To be eligible for funding, each partnership will need to consist of 2 partner regions, each of which must involve; a local or regional authority with a role in school education; at least one school; and at least one other relevant local partner (e.g. youth or sports clubs, parents’ and pupils’ associations, local teacher training institutes, other learning providers, further education institutions and local employers, community organisations, museums and advisory services).
The first deadline for applications to the Comenius Regional Programme will be in February 2009. To register for further information, when it is available, contact comenius@britishcouncil.org. For more information, visit: http://www.britishcouncil.org/comenius-regio-partnerships.htm
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Step Beyond Travel Fund
Deadline applications must be submitted at least 8 weeks before the date of travel
Contact Email stepbeyond@eurocult.org
Website www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/programmes/mobility/apply-step-beyond
The European Cultural Foundation provides grants for young artists and performers to collaborate and network with other young Europeans. Applications can be made at any time.
The Fund has a particular focus in 2007 and 2008 on promoting Europe’s cultural diversity. The fund is available to artists, cultural operators / activists, cultural journalists, cultural translators and cultural researchers. The STEP beyond fund will make a contribution to travel costs, visa costs, and, in certain cases, accommodation costs (through an allowance) of those awarded a grant. It is an asset if the host organisation could support the accommodation costs.
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Music and Dance Scheme (England)
Funding Agencies
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Grant Description
The Music and Dance grants are intended for young musicians aged 8 to 16+ and for young dancers aged 11 to 16+ with exceptional potential and dedication, and who do not have the financial means to access the best available training. In making such grants available to individual students, the needs of the individual child will be put first and defined through an individual training plan.
Eligibility
Young musicians aged 8 to 16+ and for young dancers aged 11 to 16+.
Funding Details
Please see the Department for Education and Skills website for details.
DfES, Music and Dance Team, Mowden Hall, Darlington, Co Durham DL3 9BG
Telephone: 01325 391150
E-mail : jim.wharton@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
www.dfes.gov.uk/..index.shtml
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Children and the Arts Foundation (UK)
Funding Agencies
Children and the Arts Foundation
Grant Description
The START Programme provides funding for cultural organisations to develop and deliver arts enrichment programmes for primary and secondary school students. Funding is available for projects that provide students (within the 5-16 age bracket) with the opportunity to attend at least two professional performances, concerts or exhibitions, and which provide a sustained programme of learning and cultural enrichment. The Foundation is particularly looking to fund projects that target children who are unlikely to have visited arts venues before.
Eligibility
Cultural organisations working with young people
Funding Details
Up to £17 per child, for a maximum of 700 children, is available to cultural venues wishing to link up with schools to provide these opportunities.
Please see the website for details
www.childrenandarts.org.uk/
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Partnership Fund (England)
Funding Agencies
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
Grant Description
The Partnership Fund is designed to help schools which can demonstrate that, in spite of their determined efforts over time, they have not be been able to raise the sponsorship necessary to apply for specialist school status.
Any school eligible to apply to the Specialist Schools Programme is eligible to apply to the Partnership Fund if it can demonstrate that it has:
• made concerted efforts to raise external sponsorship for at least a year;
• established links with local business and community groups relevant to the specialist project, even if these have not resulted in offers of eligible cash sponsorship;
• undertaken substantial fundraising activities in house;
• made substantial efforts to raise awareness about its specialist plans.
Schools should apply to the Partnership Fund for the whole of their sponsorship shortfall. Schools are expected to continue fundraising, however, up to the point of submitting their Specialist School bid to the DfES. If sponsorship is raised between applying to the Partnership Fund and bid submission then any Partnership Fund grant offer will be reduced accordingly.
Eligibility
Any school eligible to apply to the Specialist Schools Programme.
Funding Details
Schools should apply to the Partnership Fund for the whole of their sponsorship shortfall.
Partnership Fund Administrator, PO Box 44739, London SW1P 4WB
Tel. 020 7630 0697 Fax 020-7802 2318
Email: partnershipfund@specialistschools.org.uk
www.schoolsnetwork.org.uk/..partnershipfund.aspa
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Take It Away - Loan Scheme (England)
Take it away is an Arts Council initiative designed to help more people get involved in learning and playing music. The scheme allows individuals to apply for a loan of up to £2,000 for the purchase of any kind of musical instrument, and pay it back in nine monthly instalments, completely interest free.
Take it away is open to everyone (over the age of 18), but primarily designed to help those who might otherwise be unable to afford an instrument appropriate for their needs.
Our priorities are:
• to encourage children and young people to develop their interests and skills in music making
• to inspire new players of all ages to begin learning an instrument
• to enable those on lower incomes to acquire an instrument appropriate to their needs (or the needs of their children)
Take it away is only available through registered outlets.
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/takeitaway/
Lloyds TSB Foundation
The Lloyds TSB Foundation supports small and medium-sized underfunded charities that can make a significant difference to the lives of disadvantaged people by helping them to play a fuller role in the communities of their choice. The Foundation doesn’t have specific areas of interest for their funding, other than their overall mission statement - to help disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in their communities. This means that, in practice, the Foundation will fund a wide variety of organisations and activities.
The Foundation is moving away from smaller one-off grants to providing funding for one to three years. Typical grants are around £15,000 per year for revenue costs only, including core/running costs, project costs and salaries. Capital costs will not be funded.
Only registered charities will be funded. Local or regional charites with an income of £1 million or under, and national charities with an income of £5 million or under are eligible.
To apply you first need to either work through the eligibility checklist on the Foundation’s website or contact the Foundation directly on 0870 411 1223 to check eligibility. Then your regional Grant Manager will contact you to discuss your funding needs. The application form is available after you have spoken to your Grant Manager.
Contact
www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Deadline
no deadline
Suitable for
charities
not suitable for schools or educaitonal establishments
Carnegie UK Trust search for rural champions
Carnegie UK Trust is on the lookout for unsung rural champions across Britain. The champions – or Rural Sparks as they are being called - will be found through a widespread search for excellence, run by Carnegie. The Rural Sparks mission has been launched by Carnegie to recognise the rural champions who have helped transform the areas where they live.
Nominations for Rural Sparks are invited from anyone who considers themselves or someone they know to have achieved something remarkable within their rural community. Top Rural Sparks will receive a contribution towards their project and will be included in a new book, Carnegie’s compendium of rural innovation, which will be published in early 2010.
Application forms will be available from the beginning of November at www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk. To register your interest or to find out more, email the rural team at ruralsparks@carnegieuk.org or phone 01383 721445.
4 Innovation for the Public (4iP) fund
Channel 4 has formed the 4 Innovation for the Public (4iP) fund to stimulate public service digital media (beyond television) across the UK. In plain English, that means supporting great ideas for websites, games and mobile services which help people improve their lives.
For more information about the submission guidelines, go to the 4iP website at www.4ip.org.uk
Skillset Archive CPD Funding Programme
Contact Name: Sarah Trigg
Contact Phone Number: 020 7713 9858
Contact Email: saraht@skillset.org
Website: www.skillset.org/funding/organisations/apply_FSF/article_7032_1.asp
The Skillset Archive CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Funding Programme has been launched and is now open for applications from organisations looking to deliver training in this area - full details are available here: www.skillset.org/funding/organisations/apply_FSF/article_7032_1.asp
Organisations can apply for grants to deliver training to existing professionals working with audio visual archives within the UK.
See the webpage for application details . Applications will be assessed and funding decisions made on a rolling basis. A decision takes approximately 8 weeks from when it is received.
Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for Creative Media is the UK-wide industry body which supports skills and training for people and businesses to ensure the UK creative media industries maintain their world class position.
If you wish to discuss your application before submitting, please contact Sarah Trigg on saraht@skillset.org or 020 7713 9858.
This funding programme is supported by the Skillset Film Skills Fund and the UK Film Council Digital Film Archive Fund.
PRS Foundation Grants Programme
http://www.prsfoundation.co.uk/funding/2010deadlines.htm
The PRS Foundation for New Music (PRSF), which is the UK's largest independent funder for new music of any genre, provides a range of grants to stimulate and support the creation and performance of new music in the UK has announced the application deadlines for its grant making programmes in 2010. The Foundations grant making programmes supports music festivals, new music, unsigned bands and promoters, etc. The Foundation also provides a range of bursaries to individuals.
Since March 2000 the Foundation has made more than 2500 grants totalling some £10 million. For more information on the types of grants available and the application deadlines, please click on the link above.
The Elephant Trust
deadline: 13th April and 28th June 2010
The Elephant Trust provides grants up to £2,000 for new, innovative arts projects, particularly for visual arts. Artists, small organisations and galleries can apply. Exclusions are education/study grants, residencies and research.
The next deadline is 14 April and 19 June 2009.
For more information contact Ruth Rattenbury, The Elephant Trust, by telephone on 020 7922 1160, email ruth@elephanttrust.org.uk or visit www.elephanttrust.org.uk.
The Music Sound Foundation
The Music Sound Foundation is dedicated to the improvement of music education with a focus on youth. The Trustees currently accept applications from the following:
• Schools (non-specialist) to fund music education;
• Music Students in full time education to fund instrument purchase;
• Music teachers to fund courses and training.
For more information, visit www.musicsoundfoundation.com
Media Munduns Programme 2011-2013
Website: http://www.mediadesk.co.uk/funding/mediamundus/
Media Mundus is a new international cooperation programme, proposed by the European Commission to strengthen cultural and commercial relations in the audiovisual industry between Europe and professionals of non-European countries. The EU will provide €15 million of funding from 2011-2013 for projects submitted by audiovisual professionals from the EU and third countries. The Media Mundus Programme aims to; boost the exchange of information between professionals, particularly through training activities and scholarships that make networking between European and third country audiovisual professionals easier; improve the competitiveness and transnational distribution of audiovisual works worldwide by making international co-productions easier; and improve circulation and exposure of audiovisual works worldwide and increase public demand, especially among young audiences, for culturally diverse audiovisual content.
First Light Movies (UK)
First Light Movies, which provides grants to projects that enable young people to participate in all aspects of film productions has announced that it is now accepting applications through the First Light Movies Studio Award. With the First Light Movies Studio Award, organisations with experience in collaborative filmmaking with young people can apply for up to £30,000 to fund the production of between two and four short films.
See the webpage for application deadlines . In addition to the Studio Awards, First Light Movies also makes funding available to projects that involve young people in film production through a number of other Awards. These include the Pilot Awards, which provides grants of up to £5,000 for the production of a 5 minute film; and the What’s the Big Idea Awards provides grants of £3,000 to develop ideas and stories for film.
An example project that received funding from First Light Movies is a documentary about Travellers produced by Calling the Shots and Butleigh School in Somerset. Children attended workshops on how to use cameras. Four of the children, including one Traveller, took the cameras home to film their home life. Children attended a workshop in music run by a music educationalist. There was a production day in which Calling the Shots showed selected rushes from the project. And the film was premiered at the school in an event attended by teachers, children, parents and senior representatives of the local authority.
http://www.firstlightmovies.com/news/news_full.php?id=128
Community Connections scheme from BT
deadline: 2010 applications deadline was at January, see webpages for next years schedule.
BT’s Community Connections scheme is now open. Community groups and projects offering community benefit can apply for a laptop and a contribution to a years Internet connections fees. The scheme is aimed at groups that have little or no IT equipment and can show how it will be used to grow the organisation and benefit the community.
For more information visit BT’s Community Connections scheme at www.btcommunityconnections.com
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Trusthouse currently awards around 350 grants a year totalling circa £2 million. The average grant is £6,000 though they can range from £1,000 to £30,000. There are now two overarching themes to the Foundation’s grants programme:
• Rural issues
• Urban deprivation
Applications can be made at any time. For more information go to www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk
Learning Launchpad
The Learning Launchpad fund provides investment to organisations in their early stages of development. Investment is offered at two stages:
• Stage one investments – these investments of up to £30,000 are suitable for people who are starting out with a new idea.
• Stage two investments – these investments of up to £100,000 are typically suitable for organisations or initiatives that are already up and running and want to grow.
If your idea delivers its social goals via a social enterprise or for-profit commercial organisational business, it will usually look for either a recoverable loan or an equity stake in your business, or a convertible grant that we can make back once your cash flow can sustain it.
See the next application rounds from the webpage.
www.learninglaunchpad.org/what-we-offer.php
Info Sheet: Sources of funding for professional development for playwrights
This info sheet has been compiled to give you an idea of the sources of funding for professional
development for playwrights across the UK. It does not claim to be in any way a definitive listing.
The info sheet can be downloaded here
The Dulverton Trust
Registered charities and organisations with charitable status active in the areas below have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Dulverton Trust in the following areas:
• Youth and Education
• General Welfare
• Conservation
• Religion
• Preservation
• Peace and Security
• Africa
The Trust provides two principal types of grants. These are:
• Major grants of up to £25,000 for national or regional projects.
• Minor grants of up to £3,500 aimed at organisations operating at local or county level.
There are no application deadlines and the Trustees meet four times a year to consider applications. For more information, visit www.dulverton.org
Contact
Deadline
no deadline
Suitable for
charities or organisation with charitable status
not suitable for individuals
Youth Music launches new funding programme
Youth Music will be launching its new funding programme on 30 June 2009.
How Much?
Grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 will be available to projects providing structured, regular and progressive music-making activities for children and young people.
Who for?
Projects should support Youth Music’s three goals of:
• working with early years;
• children and young people in challenging circumstances;
• encouraging talent.
Projects should be working with children and young people aged 0 to18 (or up to 25 if they have special educational needs, disabilities or are in detention) and children and young people should be central to the decision making on projects. You can sign up to the Youth Music Newsletter on the Youth Music website to be informed when the fund opens.
Further information
www.youthmusic.org.uk/news/new-youth-music-fund-launches-30-june.html
Youth Music’s Open Programme is now open for ONLINE applications!
Youth Music’s Open Programme provides grants of between £5,000 and £30,000. It aims to increase the number of children and young people with access to high quality, sustainable music making activities across England.
We are keen to fund projects which clearly progress the musical skills of children and young people and/or provide them with pathways for further progression. We are also interested in projects which are particularly distinctive or innovative in their approach. Our Open Programme targets nearly £2m of Youth Music’s funding towards projects that support our goals of:
• Early Years – advancing the learning and development of all children in their early years (0-5) by aiming to ensure universal access to high quality music making in England
• Challenging Circumstances – improving the life chances of children and young people in the most challenging circumstances by supporting them to achieve their full potential through engagement and progression in music making
• Encouraging Talent and Potential – realising the musical talent and potential of children and young people by ensuring opportunity for all to develop their talent regardless of background or chosen genre
• Workforce Development – enabling the highest quality music making by developing a diverse, highly skilled and inspirational workforce
The Radcliffe Trust
The Radcliffe Trust provides small grants in support of crafts and music, particularly in the field of Classical music. Crafts are broadly defined, including building conservation skills, rural skills and traditional creative craft skills. In the area of crafts the main objective is the support of craft training among young people both at apprenticeship and postgraduate levels. For other craft grants the Trustees' main objective is to achieve a standard of excellence in crafts related particularly to conservation.
• apprenticeships;
• bursaries;
• conservation skills and projects;
• rural skills and projects;
• creative craft skills and projects;
• miscellaneous.
The majority of grants awarded are for amounts between £1,000 and £5,000. During the year 2008 grants totalling £282,355 were made by the Trust.
More information and guidelines at www.theradcliffetrust.org
vcashpoint Re-opens for Applications from Young Volunteers (England)
v, the independent charity set up to encourage young people to volunteer, has announced that the next funding round of its vcashpoint scheme is now open for applications. Working in partnership with the HSBC bank, vcashpoint is a £1 million initiative that will provide grants of up to £2,500 to young people to set up their own volunteering projects within their community. The type of activities that could be supported could include:
• Running activities for children
• Transforming a community space
• Supporting victims of bullying
• Running workshops for young people
• Setting up a local campaign
• Clearing up a beach
• Running music art or sports events for disadvantaged people
• Organising a festival to bring different cultures or communities together, etc.
Examples of young people receiving support through vcashpoint includes:
• Valentina Wong, 24 from North West London, who was awarded a vcashpoint grant of £2,500 for her project, “CY on Air”. Aimed at 16-25 year olds, CY on Air provides young British Chinese people with role models and training in the skills they need to pursue careers in broadcasting.
• Michelle Brodie, 21, and Laura Stanley, 22, received a grant from vcashpoint for their “Food, Farming & Fairtrade” project which enables children from two primary schools in Oldham to find out more about the countryside and where food comes from.
Visit the webpage for updates.
http://www.vgrantfunding.com/cashpoint/init.pl
MacRobert Trust
The MacRobert Trust’s minor categories are:
• Agriculture and Horticulture
• Arts and Music
• Medical Care
• Tarland and Deeside
The Trustees look for clear, realistic and attainable aims. Grants vary, but most lie between £5,000 and £10,000.
The Trustees recognise that it is often difficult to raise core/revenue funding; thus they are prepared to consider core/revenue grants where appropriate, but projects will always attract favour. They also recognise that, at present, experiment and innovation are much more difficult to fund and the Trust’s role in funding them is, therefore, the more significant.
For more information, visit www.themacroberttrust.org.uk/advice_to_applicants.htm
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Biodiversity Grants
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has announced that it has changed the funding criteria for its Biodiversity funding scheme. The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is one of the UK’s largest grant making Trusts. It makes grants of approximately £25 million per year and funds projects in the areas of:
• arts and culture
• education and learning
• the natural environment
• addressing social disadvantage.
Under the Biodiversity strand a total of £3 million will be available in grants until December 2010. Grants will be available for projects that develop a greater knowledge and understanding of certain habitats and their associated species. The Foundation will consider applications from research organisations, practical conservation charities and voluntary nature societies. Although there is no specified minimum or maximum grant amount per projects previous grants have ranged from £17,000 to £195,000.
Projects funded in the past include:
• Buglife - £175,115 towards the cost over three years of conservation of the new UK Priority Habitat
• Queen Mary University of London - £78,515 towards research work over two years that will highlight the significance of wet fens as reservoirs of biodiversity
• University of East Anglia - £125,000 towards the costs over two years of research and laboratory staff costs to define ecological niches of important saltmarsh plants
• North of England Zoological Society - £17,254 towards the cost of training for new regional volunteer wildlife recorders.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk/funding/biodiversity.html
British Telecom (BT) Community Connection Awards Round 2
BT has announced that they are now accepting applications through their Connection Awards programme round 2. BT Community Connections is an award scheme which enables community and charitable organisations to get online and make use of information and communications technology (ICT).
Organisations, working in any field of community benefit, located throughout the UK or Republic of Ireland can apply for a laptop and a year's free broadband connection. There are more than 1,000 award packages available to groups or clusters of groups who can demonstrate how an award will benefit their work and the local community. Award winners in the past have included:
• silver-surfers
• cultural dance groups
• conservation organisations
• mountain rescue teams
• family support groups
• healthy living clubs
• arts and music groups
• sports teams
• youth groups.
See the next deadlines from the webpages:
http://www.btcommunityconnections.com/
Arts Awards
The Wellcome Trust is inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding through its Arts Awards. The Arts Awards support projects that engage the public with biomedical science through the arts including dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft, photography, creative writing or digital media.
Applications are invited for projects up to £30,000. The aim of the awards is to support arts projects that reach new audiences which may not traditionally be interested in science and provide new ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethical issues around contemporary science. The scheme is open to a wide range of people including, among others:
• artists
• scientists
• curators
• filmmakers
• writers
• producers
• directors
• academics
• science communicators
• teachers
• arts workers
• education officers.
Deadlines:
30th April 2010
30th July 2010
29th October 2010
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/Arts-Awards/index.htm
Reaching Communities Programme
The BIG Lottery Fund has announced that in response to the current economic crisis it is increasing the budget for its Reaching Communities programme in 2009 – 10 by £20 million to £80 million. Reaching Communities provides grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 to support projects that help people and communities who are most in need, and can really make a difference. This increase in funding is designed to act as a ‘bridge’ between BIG’s current funding programmes and BIG’s new Open Funding stream which will go live in 2010. Projects funded through Reaching Communities can be new or existing activities, or be the core work of an organisation. The type of projects supported in the past have included:
• A learning bus to reach hard to reach learners in Nottingham
• A Day Centre for older people from the local African and Caribbean community that gives them a chance to get together, share stories and enjoy a variety of activities
• A project that teaches young people in Hackney, Islington and the City of London to play a range of musical instruments.
The programme is open to registered charities, charitable or not for profit companies, statutory bodies, schools and social enterprises.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities.htm
Old Possum's Practical Trust
The Old Possum’s Practical Trust is available for charities in the UK. Grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available. The grant is intended to support charitable organisations that work to increase the knowledge and appreciation of aesthetic interests. The scheme aims to increase the understanding and enjoyment of:
• History
• Art
• Architecture
• Literature
• Music
• Theatre
In particular, the scheme wishes to support projects with the following themes:
• Children
• Disabled people
• Disadvantaged people
• Communities
For more information, visit www.old-possums-practical-trust.org.uk
The BRIT Trust
The BRIT Trust supports activities that encourage young people in the exploration and pursuit of educational, cultural or therapeutic benefits emanating from music.
The BRIT Trust does not consider individual grants, scholarships or capital grants or grant donations outside the UK. If you have a relevant project that you wish to put forward visit www.brittrust.co.uk/main.php?section=funding
New Music 20x12
Grant Description
The PRS for Music Foundation (PRSF) has launched its new Cultural Olympiad music programme, New Music 20x12. New Music 20x12 will support 20 12-minute, specially-commissioned works of music to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The selected works will premiere in 2012 and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Winning composers and musicians will also benefit from networking and professional development opportunities.
Eligibility
Music organisations, festivals, ensembles, promoters and venues from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are invited to submit ideas for new work, in any musical genre, that they would like to commission from a UK-based composer by Friday 1 October 2010.
Deadline
1 October 2010
Contact details
For information on New Music 20x12 and how to apply visit www.prsformusicfoundation.com/newmusic20x12.
Golsoncott Foundation
Grant Description
The Golsoncott Foundation aims to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular the fine arts and music. This includes providing access to the arts for young people and developing new audiences.
Funding amount
Grants vary according to context and are not subject to an inflexible limit, but they are unlikely to exceed £5,000 and are normally given on a non-recurrent basis.
Deadlines
Applications can be made at any time. The Trustees meet on a quarterly basis (February, May, August and November) to determine applications.
How to apply
All applications for awards should be sent by post by the end of the month preceding the month of the Trustees meeting, and should include the following:
• a clear and concise statement of the project;
• whether the award sought will be for the whole project or a component part;
• whether the applicant organisation is of charitable status;
• evidence that there is a clear benefit to the public;
• the amount requested should be specified;
• whether this is the only source of funding being sought (if not, all other sources of funding should be indicated, including those that have refused funding).
Wherever possible an annual report and accounts should accompany the application along with any other supporting information deemed relevant.
Contact details
For more details write to the Golsoncott Foundation, 53 St Leonards Road, Exeter EX2 4LS or phone 01392 252855.
Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
Deadlines
11 June, 10 September and 10 December 2010
Eligibility
The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation considers grant applications from charitable organisations working in a number of areas, including the performing arts and music. The Trustees meet quarterly to decide grant allocation.
Performing arts (excluding music)
The Foundation has been a consistent supporter of the performing arts. The Trustees intend to maintain that policy with particular emphasis on financial support for not-for-profit companies with a record of artistic excellence that require additional funding, not available from public sources or commercial sponsorship, to broaden their repertoire or develop work of potentially outstanding interest which cannot be funded from usual sources. Assistance will also be considered for training and professional development for creative talent or the technical professions.
Music
The Trustees recognise that music is seriously under-funded in the UK and will consider applications for support in those areas of music performance and education which do not readily attract backing from commercial sponsors or other funding bodies, or which are not eligible for public funding. Priority will be directed towards supporting the work or education of musicians based in, or wishing to study in, the UK, but by no means exclusively so. An important criterion will be whether, in the opinion of the Trustees, the funding sought will make a significant difference to the applicant's prospects.
Contact details
The Foundation does not have an application form. Applications in writing only to Karen Marshall, Administrator, Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, 2nd Floor, 20-22 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LR. Visit www.wingatefoundation.org.uk for more information.
Grassroots Literature
Funding amount
Up to £400 towards literature activity
Suitable for
Grassroots Literature is Cyprus Well’s small awards programme. It is designed to support reading and writing activities where funds might be hard to find and where events and projects might not already be happening.
We are campaigning for funding and donations to open fully for business in 2011, but this year we have at least 15 awards to give away as part of a pilot programme to evaluate our application processes. You can apply for a minimum of £100 or a maximum of £400.
Deadline
The closing date for applications is 6th August 2010. You will receive an email notice when we receive your application and again when decisions have been made in mid-August.
Contact details
For more info http://www.cypruswell.com/grassroots-programme.php
Funding to Celebrate UK – German School Partnerships (UK)
Suitable for
Schools, FE Colleges and youth organisations that have an established partnership with a similar organisation in Germany can apply for a grant of up to £3,000 to help fund celebrations of their partnership. Grants provided through the Celebratory Fund can be used towards:
• joint activities;
• youth mobility
• materials and resources
• dissemination.
Funding amount
The Celebratory Fund provides grants of normally 50% towards the overall fundable costs. In exceptional circumstances up to 75% can be provided. Applications from clusters of schools or youth groups or cross-sector clusters are also welcome. Priority will be given to schools and groups who have not previously received funding from UK-German Connection.
Deadline
The closing date for applications is the 31st October 2010.
Further information
http://www.ukgermanconnection.org/microsites/?location_id=550
Henry Moore Foundation
Suitable for and funding amounts
The Henry Moore Foundation supports a wide range of projects and activities in the visual arts in the UK in the following six categories:
• New Projects
Grants are available for exhibitions, exhibition catalogues and commissions. In order to encourage ambitious proposals, a small number of grants may be awarded as follows: £40,000 (exhibition), £15,000 (exhibition catalogue) and £60,000 (commission).
• Collections
This category of minor capital grants is intended to help public institutions acquire, display and conserve sculpture. The maximum sums available are the region of £15,000 (acquisition), £20,000 (display) and £20,000 (conservation).
• Research and Development
The purpose of the category is to assist sculptural projects that require funding for more than one year, whether creative (eg a contemporary commission), academic (eg a permanent collection catalogue) or practical (eg a long-term conservation project). Maximum sums are in the region of £20,000 per annum.
• Fellowships for Artists
The Foundation awards grants worth £6,000 each to artists, supported by host institutions, for two to six month Fellowships. Joint applications may be made at any time and the number of Fellowships awarded will depend
on the resources available in any year.
• Conferences, Lectures and Publications
Sums up to £5,000 are available. A publication might be a book or a journal but not an exhibition catalogue or a permanent collection catalogue.
• Post-doctoral Research Fellowships
The Foundation annually awards a small number of one-year postdoctoral fellowships in the field of sculpture studies at a British university. The awards are primarily to help scholars recently awarded PhDs to prepare a
substantial publication. Applicants must show that they have an affiliation with a university department.
Deadline
Applications can be made at any time and are considered on a quarterly basis by the Grants Committee.
The final deadline for applications to be considered by the Grants Committee in 2010 is 8 September 2010
Further information
Foyle Foundation Schools Library Programme (UK)
Suitable for
State funded secondary and primary schools as well as dedicated schools catering for those with Special Educational Needs (SEN) that do not have or want to improve their libraries can apply for funding through the Foyle’s Foundation Schools Library Programme.
This programme recognises that there is no statutory requirement for schools to have a library and that many school libraries are in a desperate situation through underfunding and underdevelopment. Encouraging children to read widely from an early age will provide a major boost to improving literacy levels, which is a current key educational objective. Priority will be given to funding library books. The Foundation will also consider contributions towards library software, necessary IT equipment and specialist seating/desks. Preference will be given to schools which can clearly demonstrate that their library can be maintained and renewed in the future.
Funding amount
The average grant made under this programme is £10,000.
Deadline
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Further information
http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/how-to-apply/state-schools.php
Action for Children's Arts membership bursary
Deadline
1 August 2010
Suitable for
Are you an emerging practitioner or graduate / interested in children's arts? Are you concerned how the government cuts are going to affect you? Action for Children's Arts (ACA) is a non-profit membership organisation campaigning for children's rights and children's arts.
Funding amount
ACA is launching its membership bursary scheme that will include:
• free membership for a year (full rate £50);
• free admission to ACA events;
• access to networks and other members and organisations for advice and support;
• a platform in getting your voice heard.
Further information
If you would like to apply visit the website at www.childrensarts.org.uk for further information or contact bursary@childrensarts.org.uk. Send an email and a covering letter telling ACA about yourself, and how you could contribute as a member, along with a one page CV.
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