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The National Lottery Community Fund

At the start of this week, The National Lottery Community Fund announced it is working alongside five expert partnerships to ensure almost £45 million of National Lottery funding reaches communities most vulnerable to the impact of COVID–19. The five funds are:

· COVID -19 Social Enterprise Support Fund Partnership – £19.7 million of funding to provide grants to social enterprise organisations that are best place to support local, vulnerable communities in response to the Covid–19 crisis. Find out more here.

· COVID–19 Community-Led Organisations Recovery Scheme – £10 million of funding to support community led organisations in England. Particularly interested in funding BAME-led or BAME-supporting organisations. Find out more here.

· Barrow Cadbury Trust COVID–19 Support Fund – £5.15 million of funding specifically targeting small and medium sized voluntary sector groups supporting migrants and refugees. Find out more here.

· Community Justice Fund – £5 million of funding to support specialist social welfare advice organisations who provide advice and support to people who are pushed into crisis. Find out more here.

· COVID–19 Homelessness Response Fund – £5 million of funding to provide funding for small and medium sized homelessness charities to adapt their service delivery to respond to the crisis. Find out more here.

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GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards (UK)

The 2021 GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards, run in partnership with The King’s Fund, are now open to applications from community-based health and wellbeing charities. The awards are designed to recognise innovation, success and achievements for existing community health work by providing mentoring and funding. Up to ten winners will receive £30,000, with one overall winner receiving £40,000. Ten runners-up will receive £3,000. Award winners will also be offered high quality training and development valued at an average of £9,500, have a film made about their work and receive help with press and publicity. The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 14th September 2020. Click here

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New Funds Online Webinar Date Added by Popular Demand

Want to find out how to access more than 8,000 funders giving a total of more than £8 billion in just half an hour? We’ve added an extra date for our Funds Online free webinar as next Wednesday’s session was so popular it ‘sold’ out in just two days.

So whether you’re an existing Funds Online subscriber or just want to see how it could boost your fundraising, join us on Wednesday 22 July, and our expert George Knight will show you how to get Funds Online working for you! Sign up here

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United in Hammersmith & Fulham

United in Hammersmith and Fulham is offering grants to locally based not-for-profit organisations who are dealing with the effects of the Covid-19 emergency. Grants are available from £100 to £1,000. Find out more.

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has reopened its Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: Covid-19 Emergency Support Fund. Bids are open until 20 July. Find out more.

 

 

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Master Funds Online FREE Webinar

Want to find out how to access more than 8,000 funders giving a total of more than £8 billion in just half an hour?

Whether you’re an existing Funds Online subscriber or just want to see how it could boost your fundraising, join DSC’s Funds Online expert George Knight for a free webinar exploring some tips and tricks to help get you access to the funding you need today.

The session from 12.30 -1 pm on Wednesday, 15 July will explore everything from completing a basic search to saving funds and search results. George will show you how to get Funds Online working for you, almost as if you had an additional fundraiser working in your team!

Find out more.

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Aviva Community Fund

Aviva Community Fund have broadened their criteria, due to the COVID – 19 outbreak, ‘to include applications for projects that enable causes to adapt or continue their vital services by covering core running costs, so they can help their beneficiaries and communities during this time of need.’  For eligible charities funding is available for up to £50,000. The deadline for this round of funding is 28 July. Find out more.

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Culture Sector Gets £1.5bn Rescue Package

Britain’s arts, culture, and heritage sectors will receive a £1.57bn rescue package to help weather the impact of coronavirus, the government has announced. Find out more.

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Funding for Charities Supporting the Over 60’s & BAME Communities (UK)

Grants of up to £1,000 are available to UK charities that focus on the often complex issues that have arisen from the Covid 19 pandemic for people aged 60 and over. The funding is being made available through the Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust. The Trust will also be prioritising charities that work in BAME communities, in light of Black Lives Matter and the growing awareness that these communities are being disproportionately affected by the Covid 19 crisis. The funding is available to UK registered charities that have an operating income and expenditure of between £100,000 and £1 million. The closing date for applications is the 31st July 2020. Click here

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Funding for BAME-Led Organisations, Communities & Individuals

Non Frenguelli looks at DSC’s research into COVID-19 response funding, highlighting innovative and boundary-pushing BAME-funders, and organisations for groups and individuals in the BAME-community, that are challenging how the funding sector responds to crises. Find out more.

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