The DPO Centre, a leading Data Protection Officer resource centre delivering expert data protection and privacy advice, invites applications to their Charity and Community Fund, which provides charities and not-for-profit organisations access to their data protection consultancy services at an 80% reduced rate. Applicants will receive support from subject matter experts and data protection professionals to help decrease the potential for compliance failure across their organisation, leading to fewer data breaches. Organisations can apply for funding of up to £10,000 towards a range of consultancy services, including data protection training, policy drafting and reviews, data sharing, impact assessments, and gap analysis. The DPO Centre has set aside a £150,000 funding pot, split into 3 application periods throughout the year. The closing date for this application period is the 1st August 2024. Funding Towards Data Protection Consultancy Services (UK)
The Hilden Charitable Fund has reopened its UK funding programme and is now accepting applications. The fund is offering grants ranging from £5,000 to £7,000. It focuses on two key areas: supporting asylum seekers and refugees by integrating them into the community and aiding prisoners, especially women, with coping, maintaining family bonds, and successful resettlement post-release. They also welcome applications for post-release projects to reduce reoffending. Eligible applicants include registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, community interest companies (limited by guarantee), charitable companies, and excepted charities. The application deadline is 3 p.m. on July 11, 2024, and decisions are typically made within 10 to 12 weeks. Hilden Charitable Fund Re-Opens its UK Funding Programme (UK)
This summer, over £1million in unrestricted funding will be donated to good causes across the UK through the easyfundraising platform.
Through this free to use website, thousands of online retailers will donate money to your organisation when you and your volunteers, staff, trustees and supporters shop with them. Retailers who will donate include Tesco, trainline, eBay, Argos, Just Eat, Sainsbury’s, John Lewis, Asda, Booking.com and 8,000 others.
Every three months, the donations your supporters have raised through their shopping is paid to your organisation, to spend on whatever you need. No forms to fill in and no fees to pay. easyfundraising is already trusted by lots of good causes in the area.
In May, £1.5million in unrestricted funding was donated through easyfundraising. Your organisation can be part of the next funding pay out in August by setting up your free easyfundraising page.
Groups in our area will receive a share of over £1m in unrestricted funding in August, raised for free from volunteers and supporters shopping online 🛍️. Sign your organisation up to fundraising site easyfundraising today, and you can receive this free funding too: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/
Funding is available to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations in England and Wales to help young people from low-income backgrounds free themselves from poverty and disadvantage. The Skinners’ Charity Foundation awards grants of up to £10,000 per year for up to three years through their Young People’s Vocational Development Charities Programme to help young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) to move into employment or become employment-ready. The programme supports projects which help young people improve their life chances by attaining a vocational qualification and helping them move into work. Priority will be given to organisations in London and Kent. Applicants should contact the Foundation first. Eligible organisations will be invited to apply in full by the 16th August 2024. Grants of up to £10,000 Available to Help Disadvantaged Young People Move into Employment (England & Wales)
The Seven Friends Foundation has reopened for applications. It offers small grants of between £300 and £3,000 to charities and charitable projects in deprived areas of the UK that are unpopular or do not receive widespread public attention. This could be due to negative focus within the media, difficulty accessing funding, political controversy, or the issue is not typically seen as a charitable cause. Examples of these types of groups or causes could be asylum seekers, ex-offenders, sex workers, LGBT+ and people experiencing violence or abuse. The programme will primarily support small organisations (annual income up to £300,000), with most grants under £1,000. The closing date for applications is the 1st August 2024. Grants for Unpopular Causes in Deprived Areas (UK)
Schools in deprived areas across the UK are invited to apply for funding to start or improve their breakfast clubs. For a school in England to be eligible, at least 35% of pupils should be recorded as eligible for Pupil Premium. A Primary School in Scotland qualifies for support when at least 55% of pupils are in SIMD Deciles 1 to 4 and/or at least 35% are eligible for FSM. A Secondary School in Scotland qualifies for support when at least 40% of pupils are in SIMD Deciles 1 to 4. The funding is being made available through the Magic Breakfast, a charity that aims to end hunger as a barrier to education in UK schools. Magic Breakfast are planning to expand to Northern Ireland and Wales soon so welcome applications from all UK schools. Schools are required to submit an expression of interest in the first instance and, as funds are limited, early application is recommended. Funding for School Breakfast Clubs (UK)
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Not-for-profit organisations working towards a just and democratic society and redressing political and social injustices can apply for grants between £1,000 and £5,000. The funding is available to causes outside the mainstream that are unlikely to receive funding from other sources. Examples of projects funded in the past include the Boaz Trust a Christian organisation serving destitute asylum seekers in Greater Manchester which received a grant of £2,000; and the Grandparents Association in Leeds which received a grant of £4,800. The funding is made through the Scurrah Wainright Charity, and the next application closing date is the 14th of September 2024. Funding for Projects that Tackle the Root Causes of Social Inequality (UK)
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to support small, grassroots and local charities currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community across the UK. The funding, which is being made available through Foyle Foundation’s Small Grants Scheme, can be used to cover projects, core costs, building projects, or essential equipment to enable ongoing service provision for charities with a turnover of less than £150,000 per annum that can show financial stability and a clear need for their services. The Foyle Foundation will complete its grant-giving programme in 2025, and the closing date for applications is the 31st of January 2025. Grants of up to £10,000 to Support Grassroots Charities (UK)
Encourage supporters to help you raise funds every time they shop online with Tesco!
Tesco and easyfundraising have come together again to support voluntary organisations, charities, and CICs. They will donate £1,000 funding pots to 5 community organisations this May. Follow these simple steps for a chance to win.
Firstly, register your organisation with fundraising platform easyfundraising. easyfundraising enables your community organisation to receive unrestricted funding from 8,000 leading online retailers including Tesco.
Then ask everyone connected to your organisation to use the easyfundraising platform to shop with Tesco in May. Each time one of them shops online at Tesco, your organisation will be entered into the draw to receive a £1,000 fundiny g boost. The more people who shop online with Tesco on your behalf, the more chances your organisation has of winning.
Plus, when your supporters shop with Tesco in May, they’ll raise £10 for you if it’s their first-time shop, and £1 for each subsequent shop they do. Take your first step by signing up to easyfundraising today: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/
*New customers can raise £10 on their first shop over £50, existing customers raise £1 per shop over £70
What do last year’s Community Pledge winners say?
“It was such a wonderful surprise to win this money! It’s a fantastic way for Tesco and easyfundraising to support community causes and shows a commitment to helping the community.” Creative Communities Ilfracombe
“As a small community group, we hardly ever get money ‘on a plate’, and we have so much that we want to do so this is just amazing.” Havering Green Streets
“The members were delighted to have received this funding. We greatly appreciate the focus that both Tesco and easyfundraising have given to community issues particularly after such a long period of social isolation.” Midsomer Norton Men’s Shed
Signing up to easyfundraising is your first step; it only takes 2 minutes so get started today: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
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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.