Financial Support for Social Enterprises Impacted by Covid-19 (England)

The National Lottery Community Fund has re-opened its Social Enterprise Support Fund to support social enterprises across England impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The fund, delivered in partnership with five social enterprise support agencies, will award grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 to help organisations rebuild and grow their income from trading, and help them to continue to support people facing increased social and economic challenges as a result of the crisis. The fund particularly welcomes applications from groups led by people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ communities, and leaders with lived experience. The fund will be open to applications from 1pm on the 25th November 2021 until the 21st December 2021. Financial Support for Social Enterprises Impacted by Covid-19 (England)

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Ecclesiastical Invites Charity Nominations for Prize Draw (UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man)

Ecclesiastical Insurance will be making a total of £120,000 in donations during twelve days in December to charities, not-for-profit organisations, or community interest companies to help them continue to deliver their vital work. Anyone can nominate an organisation in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man to be awarded £1,000 from the prize draw called “12 days of giving”. Ten winners will be drawn at random each weekday from the 6th December to the 21st December 2021. Charities can be nominated any number of times but can only win one prize. Nominations will remain open until midnight the day before each draw. Funding is made available as part of the Movement for Good. Ecclesiastical Invites Charity Nominations for Prize Draw (UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man)

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Screwfix Foundation (UK)

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to local charities and not for profit organisations for projects that will fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities for of those in need in the UK. The funding is being made available through the Screwfix Foundations and the grants are available for all kinds of projects, from repairing buildings and improving facilities in deprived areas, to decorating the homes of people living with sickness and disabilities. Applications are reviewed on a quarterly basis. The next closing date for applications is the 10th February 2022. Screwfix Foundation (UK)

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Meet The Funder Online Event: Tuesday 30th November, 11:00-12:00.

Sobus invites you to our next Meet the Funder event. The funder will be The Greater London Authority. This is being delivered along with Kensington and Chelsea Social Council and One Westminster.  If you want to attend, please contact Nigel Jacques at Sobus – nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk

For this Meet the Funder event we have the Greater London Authority presenting on Untold Stories and Community Micro Grants .

The two new funds are aimed at supporting community-led projects across London.

Untold Stories is a £1m new funding programme to support community-led organisations make a change in their public spaces. It is part of the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, one of the Mayor’s flagship commitments to cementing London’s reputation as a diverse, global city.   

Community-led organisations are invited to apply for grants to help develop and deliver projects that increase diversity in London’s public spaces. Whether this is creating something new, highlighting something missing or hidden, or presenting a different story to what already exists.

The Community Grants Fund will launch in winter 2021. £900k will be distributed over three waves of funding. The purpose is to support grassroots and community-led activity that helps Londoners to lead recovery from the COVID-19 crisis in their own communities.

Priority will be given to questions submitted in advance. Please send them across to dhani@kcsc.org.uk by 5pm on Monday 29 November.

The session will be held on Zoom, and you will be emailed prior to the event with a link to join, so please ensure your contact details are correct.

If you have any questions about the event, or if your organisation has support needs you would like to discuss, please contact support@kcsc.org.uk and we will direct you to a colleague or partner organisation that can help.

 

 

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Easyfundraising: Spin to Win

Fundraising website easyfundraising is giving voluntary groups and third sector organisations 1000s of opportunities to win donations this November. When anyone connected to your organisation plays Spin to Win, they could win you anything from 10p – £50 every day. One in ten people are guaranteed to win a donation for their good cause every day throughout November so make sure your organisation is registered with easyfundraising so you can take part: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community 

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Safeguarding Project Update and Opportunity for Funding

Covid-19 has changed a lot of our ways of working, which creates new challenges when considering people’s safety, and the second part of our events has focused on discussions around how to navigate this new landscape, where there is currently Safeguarding support available, and how this can be improved. As a result of these discussions, we have found that there are some region-specific needs, as well as common themes appearing across all regions. These common themes are:

  • Lack of awareness around safeguarding responsibility and reluctance to have safeguarding conversations
  • Building & maintaining relationships with local boards/partnerships & LADOs
  • Lack of funding for safeguarding trainers/support
  • Need for a list/bank of available safeguarding trainers

We would be keen to know your thoughts around this, do you think our findings are accurate? Do you think there’s anything we’ve missed? Come along to our final Every Person, Every Conversation event on Tuesday 9th November to share your experiences and find out more about the work we’ve been doing – you can sign up via our Eventbrite page. This event is open to all staff and volunteers within your organisation and your members as well, so feel free to share with them too!

As our series of events comes to a close, we are now moving into the next steps of this project. We are working with a research team at the University of Sussex who have been creating toolkit newsletters for Mutual Aid groups – we have commissioned further research which will help to create a safeguarding-focused addition of their toolkit, as well as supporting our work at NAVCA. We will keep you updated about this work as it progresses.

This next step of our project has also created an opportunity for you to work with us and get some funding for it! We are able to offer up to £3,500 to support four projects which focus on safeguarding awareness raising and/or support within your region – it could relate to the common themes mentioned above, or another safeguarding need you’ve identified in your area. The project needs to be additional to any safeguarding work you may already be doing, and the funds would need to be spent by Friday 11th March 2022. Proposals must be submitted via this survey link by Monday 22nd November 2021. This opportunity is for members only, and we will share the outcomes of this work in April 2022 when the project has ended.

If you have any questions or want to discuss any of this in more detail, please get in touch! I would be happy to hear from you and have a chat about the work we’re doing.

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Funding to Support Local Communities During the Winter Months (UK)

Charities, community and voluntary groups, CICs, CIOs, and social enterprises across the UK that have been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic can apply for funding of up to £1,000 to support local communities during the winter months.

The Arnold Clark Community Fund will accept applications from organisations working to support food banks, toy banks, poverty relief, and housing and accommodation.

Only one application will be accepted per organisation and applicants will be randomly selected at the end of each month to receive funding.

Applications that are unsuccessful one month will be kept in the draw for the following month.

The final deadline for applications is the 31st December 2021. Funding to Support Local Communities During the Winter Months (UK) 

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Grants to Help BAME Communities Overcome Complex Social Issues (England & Wales)

The Lloyds Bank Foundation is inviting applications to its Racial Equity Fund from charities led by and for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities in England and Wales. Two-year unrestricted grants of £50,000 alongside development support are available to enable organisations with a yearly income of £25,000 to £1 million to support BAME communities to overcome complex social issues such as homelessness, domestic abuse, mental ill health, sexual abuse and exploitation, and the criminal justice system. Jewish communities, Gypsy & Traveller communities and some migrant communities will also be supported. Applications can be made at any time. Grants to Help BAME Communities Overcome Complex Social Issues (England & Wales)

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Grants of up to £50,000 Available for Community Projects (UK)

Small charities, schools and community interest groups with innovative ideas that benefit their community can apply for funding of up to £50,000 for projects that promote healthy, thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change; and help people to take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially resilient and independent. The funding is being made available through the Aviva Community Fund. Every three months from January onwards, £250,000 will be split equally among Aviva’s UK employees to donate to the projects that matter to them most. Once applications have been submitted, applicants will need to create a fundraising page on Crowdfunder that Aviva employees can browse and donate funds to. Applicants can also showcase their projects to raise additional public donations. The next closing date for applications is the 1st February 2022. Grants of up to £50,000 Available for Community Projects (UK)

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Edward Gostling Foundation

The Edward Gostling Foundation are offering two grant programmes to charities that support individuals living with a physical and/or mental disability or a long-term illness. The Small Grants programme is limited to small and medium-sized charities with a gross annual income of £3M or less. This programme is aimed at charities needing urgent grant support of up to £5K to help maintain an existing service.  Grants awarded under this programme are unrestricted and may be used to meet the cost of any charitable activity. The Capital Grants programme is open to all charities with a gross annual income of £5M or less wishing to apply for a grant in excess of £5K towards the cost of funding a new project. Applications are open all year round and both programmes can be applied to at any time throughout the year. To apply or for more information please visit the foundation website.

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