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Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme: Open Calls

New calls for proposals have been published under the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme:

 

  • The call for proposals to educate and raise the awareness of girls and boys about gender-based violence (deadline 8th March)
  • The call for proposals promote the access to justice and support of victims of gender-based violence and the treatment of perpetrators (deadline 8th March)
  • The call for a pilot projects promoting diversity and unity in Europe (deadline 28th February)

 

Visit our website for more information on these and other open calls at Access Europe Network.

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Communities Fund

The Department for Communities and Local Government will provide funding up to approximately £70,000 to local authorities working with community groups to deliver solutions to entrenched social issues for example relating to:

  • Early intervention and high cost individuals- people falling through gaps in statutory services perhaps because they do not meet individual service criteria or thresholds
  • Adult social care– for example: tackling social isolation including via community transport schemes; projects aimed at safeguarding vulnerable people including rehabilitation and preventative work around domestic abuse; and/or; work aimed at increasing public health and wellbeing
  • Children’s Services– this could, for example, include work around disabled children’s support services or those aimed at helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds
  • Employment Support– we are particularly interested in proposals working with those furthest from the labour market and/or where the training is tailored to reflect opportunities in the local employment market and so more likely to result in sustainable outcomes

This will be through £2.5m funding over the next two years. They invite proposals from local collaborations between local authorities and neighbourhood or community organisations to bid by 16 January. Bids should be for new projects or to extend an existing project into another area but not to prop up an existing approach.

Funding would be provided in the form of a direct grant to a local authority during the 2016/17 financial year. We expect that work would start in 2016/17 and continue until the summer of 2018.

Visit website

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Carers Network are expanding the Time Bank into H&F

There are now just 11 days remaining in our challenge to raise £2,500 by 19 Dec so that we can expand the Carers Time Bank into Hammersmith & Fulham and also secure a permanent place on the Global Giving crowdfunding platform, which will help Carers Network raise more money for carers in the future!
http://bit.ly/carers-time-bank

To succeed we still need to raise another £800 in 11 days!

Thank you if you have already donated or shared the project link, but if not, we need your support to help us get DONATIONS and SPREAD THE WORD so we can succeed in the challenge!

You can see the project page by clicking here.

Can you help us? You can do this by:

If you are able to help us it would be greatly appreciated! It really would make a big difference.

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£18,000 Grants To Fund New Websites For Charities

The Transform Foundation (https://www.transformfoundation.org.uk) has recently launched a new grant programme, which will be providing £18,000 grants to a select number of non-profits, to fund the design and build of a new website for them.  The grant will include a range of cutting edge tools for engaging with supporters and service users as well as the costs of the strategy, design and training required to get the website up and running.  The grant programme is mostly focused on non-profits with between £0.5m – £20m annual income, although organisations outside of this range are welcome to apply.

You can apply for the grant here

Or discover more information about it on the Transform Foundation website

 

 

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Food for London Grant Information

Food for London grant information:

Food for London is the new Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund campaign highlighting the disconnect between the prevalent food poverty that exists in London and the tonnes of surplus food that is thrown away or fed to animals.

Through this fund, the aim is to support groups working across London who are turning edible food surplus into a social solution; who are diverting fresh food that is fit for human consumption away from being wasted and using it to feed people in need; who are developing solutions to improve how food is redistributed; who are striving to reduce food waste at production or store level and in the home; and who are directly delivering solutions to alleviate hunger and food poverty in London. The Fund is also keen to support projects that encourage volunteering opportunities for people to get involved.

If you are a charity, community group, CIC or social enterprise tackling food waste and/or using fresh food to address food poverty, you can apply for a grant of between £1,000 and £20,000. Applications must be received by 11 November 2016 and successful applicants will be notified in February 2017.

You can access the Fund Guidance notes and online application form at: http://www.londoncf.org.uk/grants/food-for-london.aspx

Once you have read the guidance notes, if you still have any questions you can contact The London Community Foundation team on 0207 582 5117 or email applications@londoncf.org.uk.

 

 

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Match Funding Opportunity with Local Giving

The Office for Civil Society has announced its support for Grow Your Tenner, an online match fund campaign run by Localgiving that supports local charities and community groups in the UK. OCS is contributing £245,000 to the pot, bringing the current total amount of match funding available to £345,000!

To participate, charities just need an active Localgiving membership and as an FSI member, you have the chance to claim a free first year membership of Localgiving, usually worth £72.

To access your free membership, click here: join.localgiving.org/fsi

Grow Your Tenner 2016 will run from 10am on Tuesday the 18th October until the match fund runs out, or 5pm on Thursday the 17th November – whichever comes first.

To find out more about the match funding opportunity, click here.

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Building a Stronger Britain Together

Funding and support for groups involved in counter-extremism projects in their communities.

About the programme

The counter-extremism strategy encourages partnership between the government and people involved in projects that counter extremism and build stronger communities.

To help groups expand their reach and influence, the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme offers 2 forms of support through a competitive bidding process:

  • in-kind support (such as social media training, technical assistance to help a group improve their website, or capacity building work to help a group protect more vulnerable individuals)
  • grants: targeted funding for specific projects with demonstrable outcomes which provide a positive alternative to extremist voices

You can apply for both in-kind support and grant funding if they are both needed.

Guidance for applicants

Please read the guidance for applicants (PDF, 235KB, 17 pages) . It contains information on:

  • programme objectives
  • who can bid for support
  • the types of support available
  • how to complete your application form

Apply for support

You can bid for in-kind support and grant funding from 16 September 2016.

The deadline for grants and combined in-kind/grant applications is 5pm on 14 October 2016. The deadline for in-kind support applications is 5pm on 9 December 2016.

We will assess in-kind applications on a monthly basis from October onwards. Grant and combined applications will be assessed in October only.

There is a fixed amount of funding available. We will consider bids on a first-come-first-served basis.

 

Click here for more information

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Preventing hate crime: funding for community projects

Apply for funding for community projects that prevent hate crime.

Hate crimes are crimes that are motivated by hostility on the grounds of race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity and national origin), religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Providing funding for projects that prevent hate crime is one of the actions included in the UK government’s hate crime action plan.

About the fund

The aim of the fund is to work with affected communities to fund the development of innovative projects that:

  • prevent hate crime
  • respond to hate crime in our communities
  • increase the reporting of hate crime
  • improve support for the victims of hate crime
  • build our understanding of hate crime

The Home Office is seeking to fund projects at 2 levels of either £25,000 or £50,000. We have made £300,000 available to spend by 31 March 2017, with project delivery expected in June 2017.

We expect to fund 6 to 8 projects, but reserve the right to vary the number of projects we fund.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for motivated and creative community groups or consortia to develop innovative programmes that help to prevent hate crime and issues associated with it. Your programme development must involve stakeholders who are affected by, or are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime.

Please read the additional guidance for applicants (PDF, 352KB, 21 pages) before submitting a bid.

Who can apply?

The following people can apply:

  • any registered English or Welsh charities
  • any charitable incorporated organisation in England or Wales
  • companies limited by guarantee
  • not for profit registered community interest companies
  • constituted community and voluntary community sector groups
  • 3rd sector/public sector partnerships (providing the lead organisation bidding for funding is not a public sector or local government body)

Consortium bids

A consortium project would have to be led by a charity or an organisation with a charitable purpose and can include charities, private companies and/or public sector bodies.

If a consortium is proposed, the group must nominate a lead partner. The Home Office would grant the funding to this partner.

It would be the responsibility of the lead organisation to make arrangements to distribute the funding and accountability amongst consortium partners.

Deadline: 14th October 2016 8pm

Click here for more information

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Places of worship: security funding scheme

The scheme is part of the hate crime action plan. It will provide protective security measures to places of worship that need increased protection.

We will consider bids from places of worship in England and Wales. Schools and educational institutions are not eligible to apply.

The Jewish community will be exempt from this scheme as a similar commitment was made to fund Jewish community sites through a grant administered by the Community Security Trust.

About the fund

The aim of the fund is to work with affected communities to fund the development of innovative projects that:

  • prevent hate crime
  • respond to hate crime in our communities
  • increase the reporting of hate crime
  • improve support for the victims of hate crime
  • build our understanding of hate crime

The Home Office is seeking to fund projects at 2 levels of either £25,000 or £50,000. We have made £300,000 available to spend by 31 March 2017, with project delivery expected in June 2017.

We expect to fund 6 to 8 projects, but reserve the right to vary the number of projects we fund.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for motivated and creative community groups or consortia to develop innovative programmes that help to prevent hate crime and issues associated with it. Your programme development must involve stakeholders who are affected by, or are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime.

Please read the additional guidance for applicants (PDF, 352KB, 21 pages) before submitting a bid.

Who can apply?

The following people can apply:

  • any registered English or Welsh charities
  • any charitable incorporated organisation in England or Wales
  • companies limited by guarantee
  • not for profit registered community interest companies
  • constituted community and voluntary community sector groups
  • 3rd sector/public sector partnerships (providing the lead organisation bidding for funding is not a public sector or local government body)

Consortium bids

A consortium project would have to be led by a charity or an organisation with a charitable purpose and can include charities, private companies and/or public sector bodies.

If a consortium is proposed, the group must nominate a lead partner. The Home Office would grant the funding to this partner.

It would be the responsibility of the lead organisation to make arrangements to distribute the funding and accountability amongst consortium partners.

The closing date has been extended until 4 October 2016. A second round of bids will open in spring 2017.

Click here for more information

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Silver Sunday

Silver Sunday takes place on 2 October 2016.

Silver Sunday is the national day for older people to try something new and meet new people. It’s aimed at people aged 65 and over who may feel isolated or lonely.

If you’re aged 65 or over, or know someone who is, take a look at the events and activities on Sunday 2 October as they go online.

Some events will be specific to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, and others are also open to residents of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.

If you are working with an organisation that wants to organise a special event for local people on Silver Sunday 2016, you can apply for a funding contribution. Application documents and guidance notes can be found here:

These documents are short and to the point, and all applications will be turned around quickly. If you need more information on how to apply, please contact:

Katharina Herrmann
Community Investment Team
H&F Council
020 8753 2482
Katharina.Herrmann@lbhf.gov.uk

Or

Sacha Mortimer
Community Investment Team
H&F Council
020 8753 5009
Sacha.Mortimer@lbhf.gov.uk

Silver Sunday is supported by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.

It is so important that older people feel included in London’s communities. That is why I support Silver Sunday and hope that you all have a wonderful time celebrating the valuable contributions that older people make. These contributions span not just London but up and down the UK. In a city as large as London there is no need for older people to ever feel lonely or isolated but sadly some do. As Mayor, I want to make sure that everyone is engaged and active in their community – young or older.”

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