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DSC: Five Tips for Successful Fundraising

Discover the best way to write applications to gain the attention of Grant-making Trusts & Foundations and other grant funders. Find out more.

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Funding for Projects that Address Severe Learning Disabilities (UK)

Schools, voluntary organisations and charities can apply for grants to help both children and adults suffering severe learning difficulties. The funding is being made available through the Baily Thomas General grants programme and can be used to purchase equipment, support capital works as well as covering project and core costs such as staff costs, general running and office costs. Previous grants have been used to support capital works for residential, nursing and respite care, and schools; employment schemes including woodwork, crafts, printing and horticulture; play schemes and play therapy schemes; day and social activities centres including building costs and running costs; support for families, including respite schemes; independent living schemes; support in the community schemes; and Snoezelen rooms. The next deadline for applications seeking funding in excess of £10,000 is the 1st March 2021. Applications for £10,000 and below can be submitted at any time. Click here

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Searching for a Grant?

As well as our regular newsletter containing up to date funding opportunities Sobus subscribes to Grantfinder.

Grantinder is one of the largest database of funders from across the UK. It is well maintained and up to date. However, in order to search the database well it needs some clear information:

  • type of organisation e.g. charity, CIC etc
  • your organisations’s aims
  • what you are intending to do with the funding and who will benefit
  • how much you require.

From this point onwards the database will produce a range of funding opportunities. And within that it will give clear criteria about what the funder expects and what you as an organisation might need in order to apply e.g. a certain level of income. Usually there will be about 20+ funders for each search but it can be a good place to start.

If you need Sobus to carry out a search then contact us by email at admin@sobus.org.uk

Alternatively if you are not too clear about how to describe your funding needs then please contact Nigel at nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk

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BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme (UK)

The BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme which supports children and young people up to the age of 18 living with severe poverty as well as additional pressures such as domestic violence, disability or poor health in the family is currently open for applications. The fund will cover the purchase of critical items such as gas or electric cookers and other essential household items. Applications need to be submitted by a referrer organisation on behalf of the family. The Emergency Essentials Programme is currently operating as normal and we aim to process applications within 10 working days. Funding is also available to families affected by the recent severe flooding. Click here

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Funding for Charities Working with Older People (UK)

Grants of between £15,000 and £75,000 are available to charitable organisations which provide care and services for older people, particularly if they have a neurodegenerative condition or are isolated. The Wolfson Foundation will provide funding for new build, refurbishment or equipment projects which aim to provide increased access to services for new and existing users, improve the quality and range of services, and improve the financial stability of the organisation. Match funding is required for projects costing more than £50,000. There is a 2-stage application process and the next stage 1 closing date is the 5th January 2021. Applications successful at this stage will have until the 1st March 2021 to complete the stage 2 application. Click here

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The Volant Trust Funding

The Volant Trust’s current round of funding will close for applications on 31 December. The Covid-19 Response Fund looks to support charities operating in the UK and internationally, that ‘demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable people’, particularly those who have been impacted by the coronavirus crisis. The trust will also consider applications for medical equipment and the production or distribution of PPE. Prospective applicants are advised to complete an Eligibility Checklist before making an application, which can be found here.

 

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£1m Innovation Fund Opens for London Charities

Charities have been invited to help address the “biggest challenges” facing London, through a fund backed by the city’s mayor Sadiq Khan. Civil Society has reported that the £1m Resilience Fund, which will be funded through the Greater London Authority and managed by the innovation foundation Nesta, will make grants of up to £40,000. Find out more.

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Community Business Crowdmatch

Crowdfunder and Power to Change are working together to help community businesses develop and adapt services in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Find out more.

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Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – Rights and Justice (UK)

The next round of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust’s Rights and Justice programme is open for applications. The Funding priorities for this scheme are the protection and promotion of human rights and their enforcement in the UK; promoting rights and justice for minorities who face the most severe forms of racism; the promotion of rights and justice for refugees and other migrants; and responding to the dual harms of Covid-19 and systemic racism. The Trust makes grants to a range of organisations including registered, excepted or exempt charities across the UK. The deadline to register is the 5th March 2021 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 22nd March 2021. Click here

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Funding for Projects that Improve People’s Lives (UK)

Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to three years are available to charitable organisations that help people at times of crisis in their lives. In particular, funding is available when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available. The funding is provided through the Henry Smith Charity Improving Lives Programme. Eligible organisations include charities and not-for-profit organisations (including social enterprises) in the UK with a turnover of £50,000 – £2 million (in exceptional circumstances up to £5 million). Applications can be submitted at any time and decisions are usually made within 6 months. Click here

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