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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
The London Community Response to the COVID-19 pandemic is coordinated by London Funders, the membership network for funders and investors of London’s civil society. There are three types of grants available in the new wave of funding announced on 1 July 2020:
The application process is open to all civil society organisations across the capital. You can apply for funding under this wave even if you have previously received funding under wave one (food and essentials) or wave 2 (crisis response or delivering differently). To find out more and start an application, click here.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Comic Relief is launching a new funding programme to support changes in the way which community and voluntary sector organisations work. Funding of between £150,000 and £600,000 will be available for projects lasting up to 3 to 5 years. The focus will be on work in areas that are of particular interest to Comic Relief. This includes addressing homelessness, forced migration, gender justice, mental health, and early childhood development. Organisations will be able to apply in one of two categories. Grants for small and medium-sized organisations that focus on equalities and are user-led; and grants for medium-sized organisations. 20% of the available funding is ring-fenced for efforts led by and working with BAME communities. The fund will open for applications on the 13th July 2020 and close at 12pm on the 28th August 2020. Click here
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.
