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Lawrence Atwell’s Charity

Atwell is supporting young people from low-income backgrounds, to help them move into work, develop vocational qualifications, and improve their life chances.

The charity does this through two main programmes of funding.

 

Individuals Programme

Grants are available for young people living in England and Wales from low-income backgrounds, to help them gain vocational, accredited qualifications.

We offer grants of up to £1,500 for people aged 16 to 26, to take courses (up to level 3) that will help them move into employment.

Find out more here

 

Charities Programme

Is funding programmes of work principally based in London and Kent, which support young people who are not in employment, education or training – to help them move into work.

Grants of up to £10,000 per-annum will be available, with awards for three years open to consideration.

Find out more here

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Lloyds Bank Foundation to close Enable grants programme

 

The Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales has announced that it is to close its Enable grants programme on 31 August.

Charities have until the end of August to apply for the remaining £1.9m in the programme, which awards up to £15,000 over one or two years to improve systems or pilot new projects.

 

The grants have been used to help with issues such as business planning, trustee recruitment and marketing projects.

Click here to see full article on website.

 

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Community Business Fund

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Funding for existing community businesses to grow and become more financially sustainable

What is The Community Business Fund?
The fund is designed to support existing community businesses with grants to help them progress towards self-sufficiency. This could be through increasing trading income, securing an asset or significantly reducing revenue costs

Click here for more info

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Funding for Housing Projects that Cater for People with Special Needs (UK)

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The Quaker Housing Trust has announced that the next deadline for applications is the 14th June 2019. The Quaker Housing Trust provides grants and interest free loans to housing projects that cater for people with a wide range of needs, including mental & physical health problems; learning difficulties; escaping domestic violence; single parents; etc.

To be eligible for funding, applicants need to have legal charitable status and be a small organisation (with an annual turnover of not more than £1 million and without access to sufficient income, reserves, nor other fundraising, to pay for the work).

Click Here for more information

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Royal Victoria Hall Foundation

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Professional Theatre Companies in London can apply for grants of £250 – £2000 through the Royal Victoria Hall Foundation.

Each year, the Foundation awards between twenty and thirty grants to smaller scale professional theatre projects based in London. There are two rounds of funding, with deadlines in February and August. The Foundation has two major aims: to help professional productions in need of financial support and to introduce high-quality live performance to groups who are not traditional or regular theatregoers.

The next closing date for applications is 5.30pm on the 30th August 2019.

Click Here for more informations

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Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless (UK)

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Homeless charities can now apply for grants of up to £5,000 for projects that aim to help thomeless people resume a normal life.

The grants are available for capital costs and examples of previously supported organisations include;

  • the Booth Centre, an advice and activity centre for homeless people in Manchester, where people undertake education and training courses as well as receiving advice and food, which received a grant of £1,500 to transform the centre with new lighting, a new water heater and new decoration;
  • a grant of £3,000 to the Amber Foundation to enable the Foundation to buy new bedroom furniture for their residential centre in Devon, where every year over 60 unemployed, homeless young people are able to rebuild their lives and gain the motivation, confidence, self-esteem and skills for independent living.

Applications are accepted from Homeless charities with an annual turnover of less than £1 million. The closing date for applications is the 15th June 2019.

Click Here for more information

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Join Team Carers Network 2019 and help us raise vital funds for unpaid carers!

Have you, a family member or friend resolved to get the running shoes back on in 2019?

If so, why not join CN’s team at this year’s Royal Parks Half Marathon and help us raise vital funds for local unpaid carers!

This stunning central London Half Marathon takes in some of the capital’s world-famous landmarks on closed roads, and four of London’s eight Royal Parks – Hyde Park, The Green Park, St James’s Park and Kensington Gardens.

This will be our 4th year taking part in the event and we have a number of free places available on the team this year.

Race day will be Sunday 13 October, so there’s ample time to get race fit and fundraise!

Please click here to find out more.

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Localgiving to give fundraisers the chance to become Local Heroes this April

Each year we are blown away by the creative ideas that fundraisers come up with to support the local causes they love.

Localgiving will be running its fourth annual Local Hero campaign this April.

This national competition gives fundraisers from across the UK the chance to compete to be crowned Local Hero Champion 2019 and win a top prize of £1,000 for a local charity or community group they love.

Local Hero 2019 will launch on 1st April 2019 and run until 30th of April 2019.

Localgiving is the UK’s leading membership and support network for local charities and community groups. It aims to empower grassroots organisations to fundraise online, connect with supporters and take control of their financial future. In addition, it provides advocacy for the local voluntary sector and works to secure third-party funding for its members. It provides free training opportunities, fundraising resources and regular incentivised giving campaigns to help groups raise funds online.

Click here to see full post on website.

 

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Funds Online – the all-new funding website

Why subscribe to Funds Online?

  • Over 8,000 funders giving £8 billion, all on one website. Funds Online will have data from our current four funding websites – Trustfunding.org.uk, Governmentfunding.org.uk, Companygiving.org.uk and Grantsforindividuals.org.uk – all on one website. If you subscribe to more than one of our current websites, you’ll have access to all your subscriptions in one place!
  • New user dashboard that will help you keep track of applications.
  • Improved search function; a quicker and more intuitive experience, helping you to connect with your funding like never before.
  • Find your funding on the go; access your funding on a range of mobile devices.

Same great team behind the data – we have a team of researchers updating the data to help you save time in your search.

Go to Funds Online now to find out more.

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Bright Ideas Fund now open!

The Bright Ideas Fund supports new community business ideas through the start-up and planning stages with tailored business support, to the implementation stage with grants of up to £15,000.

The Bright Ideas Fund is funded by Power to Change, the independent trust supporting community businesses in England, and delivered by Locality, the national network for community organisations, in partnership with Co-operatives UK, the Plunkett Foundation and Groundwork UK.

The Bright Ideas Fund application is now open and will close on Tuesday 9 April 2019.

How to apply for funding?

Click here for more informations.

 

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