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Funding to Support Youth Organisations

Paul Hamlyn Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn in 1987. Upon his death in 2001, he left most of his estate to the Foundation, creating one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK.

The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is about helping young people (aged 14-25) in the most precarious positions, where making the transition to adult independence is most challenging.

The Fund supports organisations which work with young people experiencing disadvantage in a way that recognises and builds on their strengths and potential – we refer to this as an asset-based approach.

Such approaches can include ‘strengths-based’, ‘advantaged thinking’, or ‘asset-based community development’ practices.

Organisations may be planning to grow their impact by:

  • Replicating a programme or service
  • Widening the reach of an idea or innovation
  • Spreading a technology or skill
  • Advancing policy or enhancing its implementation
  • Influencing attitudes

 

The Fund will provide core funding to organisations within the youth sector and outside.

This is a direct response to what we heard in our strategy consultation – that, in order to achieve greatest positive impact in the lives of young people, organisations need to achieve a balance of stability, continuity and flexibility.

 

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Click here to see more details.

 

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Bluebird Care Hammersmith & Fulham is giving away £250!

A Hammersmith and Fulham care provider has re-opened its Community Grant scheme – a sum of money that could benefit any local group in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham working with older people or those living with a disability.

 

Bluebird Care opened its office almost six years ago in the local area, and ever since has been working hard to support other organisations across the district.

 

Soheila Amin, Managing Director, said:

“As well as providing care & companionship services to people living in their own homes, Bluebird Care is passionate about supporting community projects and initiatives. So many neighbourhoods thrive because of volunteers who work tirelessly to run community groups, host events and provide services that benefit others. Much of this work involves supporting older people who, without regular coffee mornings, day-trips or lunch clubs, would be left isolated at home.”

 

The care provider is making available £250 to a community group or initiative that works with older people within the Borough.

The group that can best demonstrate a need for additional support will be allocated the funds.

 

Bluebird Care is a local provider of care in the home. They specialise in working with customers who suffer from dementia, physical and learning disabilities, and work alongside their families, Social Services, GPs and Clinical Commissioning Groups to ensure each person receives the care they need.

 

Nathan Hartley is coordinating the scheme on behalf of Bluebird Care. He says support will be offered to the successful applicant to ensure older people get the most from their Community Grant:

“The Bluebird Care Community Grant will also come with support and advice. We want to work with a local project that gives older people an opportunity to try something new and that will add benefit to their lives. Examples of the type of projects we are looking for could include gardening, leisure, recreational or musical activities.”

 

Bluebird Care Hammersmith & Fulham has already awarded two previous grants for £250 each, one to the Masbro Elders Project in Hammersmith, which works with older people to tackle loneliness and isolation, and the other to the Hammersmith Community Gardens Association.

 

For more details, and to receive an application form, email hartleypr@hotmail.co.uk

 

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Funding to Support Youth Organisations

Paul Hamlyn Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn in 1987. Upon his death in 2001, he left most of his estate to the Foundation, creating one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK.

The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is about helping young people (aged 14-25) in the most precarious positions, where making the transition to adult independence is most challenging.

The Fund supports organisations which work with young people experiencing disadvantage in a way that recognises and builds on their strengths and potential – we refer to this as an asset-based approach.

Such approaches can include ‘strengths-based’, ‘advantaged thinking’, or ‘asset-based community development’ practices.

 

Organisations may be planning to grow their impact by:

  • Replicating a programme or service
  • Widening the reach of an idea or innovation
  • Spreading a technology or skill
  • Advancing policy or enhancing its implementation
  • Influencing attitudes

 

The Fund will provide core funding to organisations within the youth sector and outside.

This is a direct response to what we heard in our strategy consultation – that, in order to achieve greatest positive impact in the lives of young people, organisations need to achieve a balance of stability, continuity and flexibility.

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

 

Click here to see more details.

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Young H&F Small Grants Programme Now Open! Deadline: 21st June 2019

Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation (YHFF) is a local charity with the mission to support Opportunities for Young People in collaboration with its Members, Partners and Supporters.

 

The Young H&F Small Grants Programme was set up to provide Young H&F Members with funding to support projects that work with young people under our 5 key themes:

1. Healthier Lifestyles
2. Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing
3. Youth Justice
4. Education & Life Skills
5. Employability

 

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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).

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Royal Victoria Hall Foundation

Royal Victoria Hall Foundation

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.

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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.

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