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Building More Integrated Communities: New Funding Announced

The aim of the Integrated Communities Innovation Fund is to support a range of projects, both in size and in scale, that are bold and innovative in approach and that encourage integration in a wide range of contexts. Of particular interest are projects that can, in time, be scaled up to reach a minimum of 300. Overall, projects supported will:

Be innovative in the way they tackle integration challenges
Explain how they will achieve positive integration and offer evidence to support this
Clearly understand how outcomes will be measured and evaluated
Demonstrate how partners and the local community will buy-in to the proposed activity
Show potential for growth both in numbers of participants and effectiveness
Demonstrate clear deliverability, value for money and financial stability
Be led by organisations willing to share their experiences honestly and wisely.

The Fund is open to applications from legally constituted organisations or those with statutory powers working with beneficiaries in England.

There are no minimum or maximum grant levels set and funding is only available for 2018/19 and 2019/20. Further terms and conditions are set out in the Fund Prospectus

Submit an expression of interest as Stage One of Two by 23:45 on Monday 20th August.

Useful Links:

Assessment criteria

Expression of interest form

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/integrated-communities-innovation-fund

19/07/2018/by Sobus

Funding, News, Opportunities

Lloyds Bank Foundation: New Strategy Includes More Unrestricted Grants

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales has published its new strategy for the next five years. Included in the ‘Reaching Further’ strategy is:

A pledge to boost its additional support for the charities that it funds, which will include an expansion of its mentoring scheme whereby members of Lloyds Bank plc volunteer their expertise to grant receiving charities.
The Foundation mainly funds organisations with an income of less than £1m.
An increase the size of its largest grants to £200,000 over their six-year duration
A target of funding 700 charities at any one time until 2022
A pledge to offer longer, unrestricted grants to more small charities together with six-year grants with a break clause after the third year
The continuation of its advocacy work, with a particular focus on producing research and campaigning for policy changes on behalf of small charities.

The Foundation offers two grant programmes:

Invest grants – long-term funding for the day-to-day running of a charity (core costs), and/or the direct delivery of a charity’s work. Grants of a minimum of £30,000 to a maximum of £100,000, delivered across three years are available with the opportunity for continuation funding (up to six years in total). There are set annual rounds – details are available here. The next round opens on 27 August 2018 and closes on 5 October 2018

Enable grants: Enable grants are awarded to charities which have identified clear development needs with grants of up to a total of £15,000 across one or two years available to cover, for example, pilot initiatives, strengthening monitoring systems or creating stronger business plans and service development plans. This programme is temporarily closed and will reopen for applications under new guidelines on the 27th August 2018.

Charities can apply for either programme, but not both.

Useful Links:

Eligibility Criteria

https://www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/about-us/our-strategy/

12/07/2018/by Sobus

Funding, New Free Digital Marketing Course For Local Businesses, News

Sobus and the Funders Fair!

Funders Fair Logo

This years Funders Fair was held at the Kensington and Chelsea Town hall together with One Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea Social Council and what a success! And with that I wish to give a special thanks to all involved whether you were a funder, a speaker, a stall holder or one of the teams organising the event.

From the outset it was well attended and people continued to arrive throughout the day. There were workshops delivered by Young Hammersmith and Fulham Foundation talking about attracting donors and raising monies and Localgiving on raising funds online. Additionally Trust for London, John Lyon’s Charity, Big Lottery and City Bridge Trust discussing their grants and what they can do for you.

As you can see from the photos below, along with the workshops there were a range of stalls, such as Hammersmith United Charities, for people to browse and ask questions and these stalls were both funders and useful groups such the Charity Bank or Volunteer Centres.

It was so good to see so many people there and so many people that we have got to know on a personal level over the time they have been registered at Sobus. Even if you have regular contact with Sobus to find grants through our database, or to use us as a sounding board for your proposal or even critique your final proposal it is always good to meet actual funders. Simply putting a face to a name or talking with a funder is highly beneficial giving people that little insight which cannot come from anywhere else.

I hope everyone enjoyed the day but if you would like to see something done differently in the future then drop me an email nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk

Thank you everyone.

Nigel Jacques

: Gareth Dixon, Founder of Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation with Rashida Malcolm, Founder of WILDE International Network

: City Living Local Life

: Sobus

: Jose Veiga, Services Manager of St Mary Abbott’s Rehabilitation Training

: London Marathon Charitable Trust

: Trust for London

: Community Funding in England

: In Kind Direct

: Kensington & Chelsea Foundation

: Yooung Westminster

: Localgiving

: United in Hammersmith & Fulham

09/07/2018/by Sobus

Funding, Opportunities, Training

Funding Training from NCVO

NCVO training update: Funding and compliance

NCVO have a range of funding courses to help you and your organisation. Take a look at the list below and remember to forward this email to anyone in your organisation who you think would benefit.

Charity finance for non-financial managers

When: 21 September, 9.30 – 16.30 | Where: London

This course will provide you with increased confidence and greater ability to review and assess your organisation’s financial health.

Writing a sustainable funding strategy

When: 25 – 26 September, 9.30 – 16.30 | Where: London

This brand new two day course will help you learn how to take control of your organisation’s financial future.

Enterprisingly charitable

When: 11 October, 9.30 – 16.30 | Where: London

On this course you will take a practical look at all the elements that need to be considered when starting up an enterprise, within the context of a charity.

Writing successful bids

When: 12 October, 9.30 – 16.30 | Where: Manchester

When you write a funding application, how often are you successful? On this course you will learn key tactics to make your bid stand out.

Financial intelligence for trustees

When: 30 November, 9.30 – 16.30 | Where: London

This course will help you to review and access financial information, improving your ability to monitor resources, articulate impact and make better decisions.

I hope you find these courses useful. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Best wishes,

Clare Aarons, NCVO
Training Co-ordinator

National Council for Voluntary Organisations

Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL
Website: www.ncvo.org.uk Twitter: @NCVO
Registered Charity No. 225922

04/07/2018/by Sobus

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Funding Available to Support Regeneration in London

Round 2 of the Good Growth Fund, Mayor Sadiq Khan’s £70 million regeneration programme to support growth and community development in London, is now open. Working with the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP), the fund supports innovative, best practice regeneration activities. The aim is to encourage active participation in local communities through the delivery of co-ordinated place-based strategies that support diverse and accessible local economies from high streets and town centres to industrial areas.

A broad range of public, private and third-sector organisations are eligible to apply including:

London boroughs
Sub-regional partnerships
Town teams and business improvement districts
Workspace providers
Community groups, social enterprises and charities
Small and medium-sized enterprises

Round 2 offers a further £20 million of funding for collaborative proposals that bring together a range of partners to focus resources and seize opportunities in a local area. No minimum or maximum grant levels are stated; in Round one the largest grant awarded was £2,957,505 and the smallest £90,000.

Deadline for stage one applications is 13 July 2018

The 27 projects funded in round one included:

Battersea Arts Centre Community Garden, received £150,000 to help provide an edible, sustainable community garden with artistic interpretation on a newly reopened and greened Town Hall Road in Lavender Hill, Clapham
Participatory City Foundation, received £850,000 towards a participatory programme centred on the development of a warehouse which will provide a range of facilities for local users, including a metal and wood workshop, industrial kitchen facilities, fabric workspace and teaching space
Inclusive Growth in Finsbury Park received £1,030,000 to provide affordable studio and workspace for community groups where disadvantaged residents will be supported to set-up and grow their own businesses and receive business support and training.

Useful Links:

Good Growth Fund Prospectus

Frequently Asked Questions

Click Here for more info

02/07/2018/by Sobus

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Funding Round for New Community Businesses Opening Soon

The Community Business Bright Ideas Fund, which supports aspiring community groups in England wanting to set up new community businesses has re-opened for applications.

Grants of up to £15,000, tailored business support as well as learning events are available to:

Give community groups the support and tools required to start setting up their community business
Provide them with the early stage finance to carry out consultations with local people and the opportunity for feasibility studies
To develop a community business idea, that the community wants and needs.

Community support provider Locality is delivering Bright Ideas on behalf of Power to Change in partnership with Co-operatives UK, the Plunkett Foundation and Groundwork UK.

Eligible business projects will be:

Locally rooted
Accountable to the local community
Trading for the benefit of the local community
Delivering broad community benefit

This round will close for applications on the 31st July. Interested communities can now read the Guidance and Register for a FAQs webinar with a live Q&A.

Click Here to find out more

02/07/2018/by Sobus

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Access over 100 new funders at once

You no longer need to keep a keen eye out for new grant-makers giving money away to charities like yours. Our research team has put together all the latest funding available in The Guide to New Trusts 2018/19.

This annual guide saves you time and resources by including over 100 new funders, registered with the Charity Commission or the Scottish Charity Regulator in 2017/18, whose giving criteria are broad enough to be relevant to a large number of charities.

At a glance you can find the details of each new grant-maker, their aims and objectives, the types of projects they fund and their application process. This new edition includes two new indexes (an index of causes and geographical index), making it even easier to find funding for your charity.

‘The Guide to New Trusts was indispensable to our trust fundraising programme. It’s been an excellent resource for finding new trusts by quickly assessing whether or not we match their criteria.’

Adele Kaupaityte, Trust Fundraising Officer,

The Honeypot Children’s Charity

Get your copy here

Interesting New Trusts fact

This edition saw a rise in grant-makers supporting social welfare, with an increase of 18% in the number of grant-makers supporting people with disabilities, and a 28% rise in funders supporting older people (when compared to the previous edition).

Download the Research Brief here

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28/06/2018/by Sobus

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Why choosing the right lender is critical for voluntary organisations

It is understandable that many voluntary organisations feel some trepidation at the idea of taking out a loan at a time when the sector seems to be facing such financial uncertainty. Loans are not always right for every situation and so careful consideration of the financial commitment involved is important.

In the right circumstances however, loans can be a valuable tool for an organisation to further its mission and have greater control over its future.

In their latest blog post, ethical bank and our Trusted Supplier Charity Bank explain why choosing the right lender is critical for voluntary organisations.

27/06/2018/by Sobus

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The Great Get Together

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Celebrate with your neighbours!

We are pleased to have secured funding from Doctor Edwards and Bishop King’s Fulham Charity and Hammersmith United Charities for this project.

We are offering small grants for local groups and organisations who want to organise picnics, street parties, lunches, sporting events, fun days and other activities with and for their neighbours. We particularly encourage people who want to use these events to develop new relationships across diverse faiths, ethnicities, ages and backgrounds. Our main aim is to give people an opportunity to make new connections and learn about one another through the process of organising a very local event – and then enjoying it.

Click Here or on the banner at the top of this post for more information

Click Here for more information about United in Hammersmith and Fulham

25/06/2018/by Sobus

Funding, New Free Digital Marketing Course For Local Businesses, News, Opportunities, Workshop

Funders Fair 2018

This year’s Funders Fair will take place on Tuesday 3^rd July at Kensington Town Hall in the Great Hall, Small Hall and Committee rooms 2, 3 and 4. This is an opportunity to meet with funders, pick up tips to improve your fundraising and learn about new ways to generate income! Sobus, One Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea Social Council look forward to seeing you there!

For further information and to register on Eventbrite Click Here .

AGENDA

9:30am	REGISTRATION
10:00am	WELCOME Angela Spence (KCSC) and Cllr Gerard Hargreaves (Kensington & Chelsea Council)
10:10am	INTRODUCTION
10:15am	STALLS AND NETWORKING
11:00am	WORKSHOPS
A	Big Lottery	Great Hall
B	City Bridge: Meet the funders workshop	Small Hall
C	How to attract donors – Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation	Committee Room 2
D	John Lyons Charity Funding	Committee Room 3
11:45am	BREAK
12:00pm	WORKSHOPS
E	Trust for London	Great Hall
F	GDPR workshop – Russell Cooke	Small Hall
G	Online Fundraising – Local Giving	Committee Room 2
H	Grant fundraising for beginners workshop – KCSC	Committee Room 3
12:45pm	RED CROSS PLENARY	Great Hall
1:30pm	LUNCH & NETWORKING

Stalls will be located in the Great Hall foyer and open between 9:30am – 2pm.

25/06/2018/by Carita Magnani