Grants Available for Organisations Working with Young People and the Elderly

 

Charitable organisations providing services for young people between the ages of 13 to 25 and the elderly can now to apply to the Field Family Trust.

 

The next meeting of Trustees is in April 2020 and applications will close on 6 weeks prior to the meeting or when sufficient applications for the meeting have been received.

Organisations applying must have an annual income of under £1m and be working in the West Midlands and London (within the boundaries of the M25).

 

The Trustees will consider applications for a wide variety of purposes, such as outreach, engagement, equipment, furnishings, running costs, helplines.

 

Click here to see their website for more information.

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Team London and Thrive LDN Small Grants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In partnership with Thrive LDN and the #iWill Fund, Team London are offering grants of between £10,000- £15,000 to community groups, small charities and voluntary sector organisations to run one year projects which encourage young Londoners to volunteer or take part in social action.

 

The projects will focus on any area of volunteering or social action.

Examples of categories for these projects include sports, arts, media, or London’s environment but should also encourage good mental health and wellbeing.

 

The majority of young participants will be new to volunteering and will come from groups that are disproportionately affected by mental health issues.

 

The Team London and Thrive LDN Small Grants will fund projects which: 

  • work with 10 – 20 year olds on volunteering and/or social action projects
  • can demonstrate how the project will positively impact the young peoples’ wellbeing and emotional resilience
  • ensure 60% of young people taking part are new to volunteering (not taken part in the last 12 months)
  • work with young people from one or more of the following target groups:
    • Looked after children (or at risk of being)
    • Young carers
    • Young people in the youth justice system (or at risk of being)
    • Young homeless people (or at risk of being)
    • Refugee and asylum-seeking young people
    • Young people with learning disabilities
    • NEETs (not in employment, education or training)
    • Vulnerable young people1 (or at risk of being)
    • Young people who identify as LGBTQ+
    • Young people from the traveller community
    • Young people who have experienced domestic violence
    • Young people with physical disabilities

 

We invite potential applicants to get in touch for informal conversations about applying for this fund. Please contact us here.

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Without fundraising, charities wouldn’t exist.

 

Fundraising Now offers you training from experts in the field who will guide you every step of way to ensure that you’re ahead of the game.

 

Whether you’re always on the go, or based in an office, fundraising is at the core of everything you do…

Let’s make sure you do it well.

 

Download full session itinerary or see who’s speaking

 

 

Themes we’ll focus on

Getting on top of the rules & regs: Protect you and your organisation by abiding to the latest codes of conduct, focussing on cyber security, safeguarding and fundraisers and trustees.

Giving you the basics: For those new to the fundraising game, discover all the beginners’ tools to begin with a strong step.

Looking at fundraising for all: Whether you’re starting off or an experienced player, these core elements of fundraising will ensure you are able to get the most out of every opportunity.

Doing great with digital: Maximise your online presence by utilising all the digital tools at your disposal, including social media, storytelling and more.

Current sector trends: What’s going on in the sector right now – from cultivating longstanding partnerships to the latest legal framework, this is what you need to know.

Getting more when you’re small: Maximise your fundraising footprint. See big results with small assets by being creative with your fundraising strategy. Roar like the big players.

Becoming your best self: Prepare the person behind the role. Develop the key characteristics you need to be a successful fundraiser, from emotional intelligence, to communications skills and everything between.

 

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RBKC The Innovation Fund

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RBKC is inviting bids from business-support providers.

RBKC has piloted a successful Local Supplier Initiative over the past 15 months, helping small and medium sized businesses, particularly in the built environment, construction and design sector, get access to tender opportunities from major local developers, their contractors and the Council.

Contract value is up to £50,000 over 24 months.  Deadline for submission of bids is 27 September 2019.  Click here for further details. The project will play an important role in delivering key objectives of Our Plan for a Successful Local Economy.

 

 

Do you live or work within Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea or Westminster?

 

Do you have a passion for improving the wellbeing of people in recovery within the local area?

 

You provide the big idea, we provide between £500 and £2500 to help make it happen.

 

The Innovation Fund

We are looking for innovative ideas that enhance the lives of our service users and members of the local communities in which we operate by:

  • Reducing social isolation both locally and for people who access our services and
  • Encouraging personal growth within the 5 Ways to Wellbeing

 

Funding Panel

The funding panels sit on a monthly basis the dates and times are determined based on the number of applications received and the availability of our panel members.

 

Who can apply?

We are looking for projects from residents (aged 18+), charities and not-for-profit groups located within the boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster.

Grants are available to support new and innovative ideas, so we are unable to provide continuation for funding you are already receiving that is due to come to an end.

 

 

Click here to view/download the flyer with more information.

 

Newsletter of the week from The Refinery, in ‘A Community of Curious Folk’ every two weeks they share a dose of inspiration……. See here.

 

 

 

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The Funders Fair 2019

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The Funders Fair –  9th October – Kensington Town Hall

 

This year’s funders fair is a little later than usual. It will be held on 9th October at Kensington Town Hall.

 

We are also sharing the event with our colleagues from Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea as we have done I previous years.

And with that I urge all of you to come along….

 

Register now at  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/funders-fair-2019-registration-60919403576

 

There will be a selection of funders on the day to help you and to provide information on what they support.

Some will even provide you with useful tips on how to make applications.

 

For many of you obtaining funding has been a long and hard journey, and many of you have still to find the right funder to support you and your cause.

Funding is difficult for nearly everyone and this event will give you the opportunity to explore what you might need to do next on your journey or simply give you ideas for future applications.

It will also be a great opportunity to meet others also thinking about funding, quite simply a great networking event.

 

We at Sobus have 500+groups registered with us, and many of them are small and many new to the funding scene.

For those that have yet to obtain funding and those that have found it difficult when applying for funding this is really the event for you so make sure you come along.

 

Those who are in larger organisations and have years of experience in obtaining funding may have staff and volunteers who could benefit from this event. It really might be just the thing needed to provide that extra bit of development for them.

 

So come along on 9th October to:

Kensington Town Hall, Hornton St, Kensington, London W8 7N.

It all starts at 9:30 finishing with lunch at 1:30

Please register now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/funders-fair-2019-registration-60919403576

 

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United West funding

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United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community.

Supported by 2.9 million volunteers, 8.3 million donors worldwide and $4.6 billion raised globally every year, United Way is the world’s largest privately-funded nonprofit. We’re engaged in nearly 1,800 communities across more than 40 countries and territories worldwide to create sustainable solutions to the challenges facing our communities.

 

United Way partners include global, national and local businesses, nonprofits, government, civic and faith-based organizations, along with educators, labor leaders, health providers, senior citizens, students and more.

 

United Way UK are looking for three small charity partners to engage in a youth employment and financial literacy programme in Greater London.

Each grant is set at £14,400. If possible, we would ask if you could help us spread the word of our funding opportunity to the organisations in your network.

 

We will be selecting three partners for the grant, one for each of the three goals of the funding.

 

Provision of Financial Literacy and Job-Readiness Programming Application Form

 

More information can be found on our website: http://www.unitedway.org.uk/open-tender.

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Grants available to Support Youth

 

Grants of up to £35,000 are available to community organisations in England for projects that empower young people (aged 10-20 years) to have a say in how community spaces that matter to them are managed.

This scheme is the first of three themed funding strands being provided through a £3 million extension to the Co-op Foundation #iwill Fund.

 

Projects should benefit young people (aged 10-20 years) in areas of deprivation and should have had input from young people themselves.

Applications are accepted from community organisations in England with experience of equipping young people with the skills they need to deliver meaningful advocacy-based social action.

The deadline for applications is the 20th September 2019.

 

 

Click here to view/download how to apply.

 

 

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Grants Available to Support People with Mental Health Conditions

 

 

Registered charities who are working in London with people with long term health conditions, mental ill-health or addictions have until the 16th October 2019 to apply for a grant of up to £10,000.

 

To be eligible to apply charities must be working with an expert health agency/provider and priority will be given to groups with an annual income of less than £250,000.

Examples of the type of project that have previously been funded include a programme of community-based art therapy workshops to support clients of a local Drug and Alcohol Service.

The funding is being made available through the from the Partners for Health Grants Programme.

 

Grants

Through our grant making we seek to make a difference by acting as a ‘catalyst’ for change.

This could be to develop a new project or improve existing services. We recognise there are social determinants of ill-health, and that for change to be sustainable, beneficiaries must be active and informed participants.

 

 

Click here to see more details and how to apply.

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Active Communities Programme Now Open

The Health Lottery London West has announced that it is seeking applications for funding through the Active Communities Programme.

 

Grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 are available to local community groups in South West, West and North West London and Berkshire for projects lasting up to two years with great ideas to make their communities even better places to live.

 

Active Communities is a funding programme for community groups and not-for-profit organisations, with an income of less than £350,000 a year or an average of £350,000 over two years. The programme also supports Communities of Interest. These are groups of people who have things in common and wish to come together to address something that is important to them. These ideas could be based in one neighbourhood, or cover a wider area but they must live close enough to each other to meet up regularly.

 

 

The closing date for applications is 1pm on the 5th September 2019.

 

Click here to apply for funding.

 

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Grants for Small Organisations Making Good Use of Volunteers

Charities, social enterprises and community interest companies have until the 31st December 2019 to apply to the Woodward Charitable Trust to have their project considered at the next Trustees meeting.

 

Grants from £100 upwards are awarded for projects covering the Arts; Community and Social Welfare; Disability and Health; Education and Summer Schemes.

 

Preference is given to small to medium-sized charities with an income of less than £300,000 where small grants can have more impact.

 

Priority is given to projects that make good use of volunteers, encourage past and current users to participate and ensure that funds awarded are being well used.

 

 

Types of grants:

  • Small grants, £100-£5,000 (around 100 grants made per year).
  • Large grants, over£5,000 (around 5 grants are made per year). Large grants are only given to charities known to the Trustees.
  • Children’s summer playscheme grants £500-£1,000 (about 50-70 grants made per year). Applications for these are made separately and considered in April each year. The charities annual income should be under £100,000.

 

Click here to see more details and how to apply.

 

The Woodward Charitable Trust

 

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