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Funding Insight

G InsightThe weekly funding e-magazine from www.grantsonline.org.uk 12th April 2021

New Funding Opportunities....................................................1Sustaining Support for Armed Forces Communities (UK)......................................................................2Grants for Charities Supporting People who are Homeless (UK)..........................................................3Sky Media Announces £2 Million Sky Zero Footprint Fund....................................................................3Phase 2 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme Opens for Applications (UK)............................4Funding to Build Stronger Connections Across Communities (UK).......................................................5Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes for Young Carers (UK).......................................................5Funding Available to Organisations Tackling Racial Inequality and Deprivation (UK)............................6Funding for Projects that Tackle the Root Causes of Social Inequity (UK)............................................7Grants of up to £15,000 available to Social Entrepreneurs (UK)...........................................................8Transformational Grants for Small Charities and Not for Profit Organisations (UK)...............................9Grants to Promote and Secure Better and Safer Roads (UK).............................................................10Science and Chemistry Equipment Grants for Schools (UK)...............................................................11Funding for Links with Japan (UK).......................................................................................................12Funding for Cultural and Educational Links with Japan (UK)...............................................................13Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation (UK)..............................................................................................14Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation Grant (UK)..................................................................15Hellenic Society Hardship Grants (UK)................................................................................................16New £20 Million Fund to Divert Young People from Violence (England and Wales)............................17£200 Million Summer School Fund (England).....................................................................................17Funding Available to Celebrate the Windrush Generation (England)...................................................18Zoo Animals Fund (England)...............................................................................................................18Taking Teaching Further Programme Re-opens for Applications (England).........................................19Funding for Music Making Projects For Young People in Challenging Circumstances (England)........20Return to Play: Community Asset Fund (England)...............................................................................21Funding for the Restoration of Historic Buildings (England)................................................................22Funding Available to Enhance Scotland’s National Cycle Network (Scotland).....................................22Funding to Prevent and Eradicate Violence Against Women & Girls (Scotland)..................................23Funding to Make Scotland’s Urban and Rural Communities More Sustainable (Scotland).................24Support for Voluntary and Community Organisations in Former Coalfield Communities (North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands & Yorkshire).................................................................................................25Small Grants for Arts Projects (Leeds).................................................................................................25We Love MCR Charity Re-Launches Stronger Communities Fund (Manchester)...............................26Grants for Projects to Help Prevent, or Reduce, the Risk of Heart Disease (Anglia TV Region).........27

Funding Reminders...............................................................28Cure Parkinson's Trust Grant (UK)......................................................................................................28Funding for Activities to Improve the Lives of the Elderly (UK)............................................................28Funding to Pilot New Ideas in the Teaching of Mathematics (UK).......................................................29Funding for Projects That Contribute to the Ongoing Transformation of the Northern Ireland Conflict (UK) 30Funding for Large Scale Built and Natural Environment Projects (England, Scotland and Wales)......31

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New Funding Opportunities

Sustaining Support for Armed Forces Communities (UK)

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a new £6 million programme to provide short-term support for existing charitable projects supporting Armed Forces communities in the UK.

The Sustaining Support to Armed Forces Communities programme will award grants of up to £100,000 to Armed Forces charities and charities with an existing track record of supporting Armed Forces communities.

Two funding tracks are available:

Project Funding Track

Grants of up to £50,000 or up to £100,000 For existing projects only that are well used by people from Armed Forces communities. Will fund up to 2 Full Time Equivalent staff to deliver your project or activity for a year; plus

other reasonable costs.

Core Funding Track

For Armed Forces Charities only Grants of up to £50,000 or up to £100,000 Will fund up to two Full Time Equivalent core staff where that enables your organisation to

keep delivering services. Can also apply for help for transformational costs to help your charity be in a stronger position

to deliver services and support in future.

The deadline for applications is midday on the 4th June 2021.

Useful Links:

Programme Guidance

Frequently Asked Questions

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https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/sustaining-support-for-armed-forces-communities-programme/

Grants for Charities Supporting People who are Homeless (UK)2

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust awards grants to charitable organisations for projects which support those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are most limited. Each year the Trust awards grants to UK registered charities or organisations that are exempt from registration for projects under different specific award categories.

The current grants round is funding projects that support people who are homeless, a group which has been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. UK registered charities with an income and expenditure of £1,000,000 and over are able to apply for grants of £5,000 to continue their much-needed support.

Priority will be given to applications that help Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.

The deadline for applications is the 30th April 2021.

Useful Links:

Eligibility

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https://austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk/

Sky Media Announces £2 Million Sky Zero Footprint Fund

As part of its campaign to be a net-zero carbon business by 2030, Sky Media has announced a new competition to help firms in the media sector reduce their impact on the climate.

The Sky Zero Footprint Fund is available to media agencies, creative agencies and brands to support businesses to accelerate their own sustainability initiatives and engage audiences with environmental issues through the power of TV and advertising. Five winning advertisements will be selected based on their commitment to a carbon zero future by a panel of judges with strong views on advertising, creativity, and sustainability.

The most impactful and creative idea will secure £1 million in advertising support with four runner-up prizes of £250,000 each.

Applications can be made between the 6th April and the 14th May 2021

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https://www.skymedia.co.uk/news/sky-launches-the-sky-zero-footprint-fund/

Phase 2 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme Opens for 3

Applications (UK)

Public Sector organisations can apply for funding of up to £5 million through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. A total of £75 million has been made available through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy with a focus on heat decarbonisation that reduce that reduce non-traded emissions.

The following organisations are eligible to apply:

Central government departments and their arm’s length bodies (set out in Public Bodies as published by the Cabinet Office, see here)

For central government departments where their roles are reserved (i.e., not devolved Governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), funding may be used for estates located anywhere within the UK

Emergency services Institutions of further and higher education Local authorities Maintained schools within the state education system, including academies, Multi-Academy

Trusts and free schools Nursery schools maintained by a local authority NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts

The funding can be used to install low carbon heating systems to replace a fossil-fueled heating system that are coming to the end of its useful life. A list of eligible technologies can be found here.

Applicants can also use their own funds to top up a project which they wish to complete.

There is no application deadline, however, all projects that receive funding must be fully installed and completed before 31st March 2022.

Useful Links:

Frequently Asked Questions

Criteria

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https://www.salixfinance.co.uk/Phase_2_PSDS

Funding to Build Stronger Connections Across Communities (UK)4

The National Lottery Community Fund is offering grants of up to £300,000 for community-led projects that brings communities across the UK together.

The Bringing People Together programme will support projects run by charities, voluntary and community organisations, CICs, CIOs and statutory bodies that build stronger connections across communities and improve the infrastructure and conditions that are needed to strengthen these connections.

This is funding is from the National Lottery Community Fund UK Portfolio. The UK Portfolio is where the National Lottery Community Fund explores new approaches, experiments with how to do things differently, and look to fund work that is more future focussed. 

The Fund expects to make up to twenty awards over the next twelve months to enable organisations to deliver collaborative projects across at least two countries in the UK that focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, particularly amongst communities disproportionality affected by the pandemic such as people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, and asylum seekers or refugees.

Applications can be made at any time.

Useful Links:

Terms and Consitions

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https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/bringing-people-together

Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes for Young Carers (UK)

In response to the impact that the Covid-19 crisis has had on the education of young carers and young adult carers in the UK, the Triangle Trust 1949 has opened a new funding round to address learning gaps linked to the pandemic.

Registered charities, not-for-profit social enterprises and community interest companies can apply for grants of up to £30,000 for up to two years (£60,000 in total) to expand on existing projects that aim to raise educational outcomes for young carers up to the age of 25.

Applications are particularly welcome from organisations working in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon on the 11th May 2021.

Useful Links:

Young Carers Streategy

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https://www.triangletrust.org.uk/young-carers/

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Funding Available to Organisations Tackling Racial Inequality and Deprivation (UK)

Organisations working with deprived communities within the UK experiencing racial inequality can apply for grants of up to £10,000 to meet their core costs.

To be eligible applicant organisations need to be a UK Registered Charity or Community Interest Company (CIC) with an income of below £500,000 per year.

In addition to tackling racial inequality, organisations must also be working to address one of the following themes:

Health including mental health Vulnerable people Food poverty Domestic abuse Education Poverty Supporting refugee and asylum-seeker communities

The funding is being made available through the Global Majority Fund which was launched by Comic Relief in early 2021 and is managed by the Muslim Charities Forum.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 30th April 2021.

Useful Links:

The Global Majority Fund Criteria and Guidelines March 2021

MCF – The Global Majority Fund – Q&A Webinar Tickets, Tue 13 Apr 2021 at 10:30 | Eventbrite

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https://www.muslimcharitiesforum.org.uk/grant-funding/the-global-majority-fund/

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Funding for Projects that Tackle the Root Causes of Social Inequity (UK)

The next closing date for grant application to the Scurrah Wainright Charity is the 14th May 2021.

The Charity supports a wide range of charitable projects with an emphasis on social reform and tackling the root causes of social inequity. The charity favours causes that are outside the mainstream, and unlikely to be funded by other charities. Typically, grants are between £1,000 and £5,000.

The charity runs three funding programmes:

Yorkshire. Trustees give priority to applicants working in the Yorkshire region. Your organisation needs not be based in the region but the project itself must directly benefit the Yorkshire community. We fund national charitable organisations ONLY if the project is specifically working in the Yorkshire region, with clear evidence of local control and access to the grant.

Southern Africa, particularly Zimbabwe. Projects that have applied to the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust because they meet the

AWRT's broad objectives to work for a just and democratic society and to redress political and social injustices, but have not been able to proceed with an application to that Trust because they are eligible for charitable funding.

Previous organisations supported include:

The Boaz Trust a Christian organisation serving destitute asylum seekers in Greater Manchester which received a grant of £2,000.

The Grandparents Association in Leeds which received a grant of £4,800.

Organisations applying do not have to be a charity, but its work must satisfy the Charity Commission's definition of charitable purposes and public benefit.

There is a two-stage application process and applicants asked to complete and submit the preliminary registration form

Useful Links:

Funding Criteria

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http://www.wainwrighttrusts.org.uk/swc.html

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Grants of up to £15,000 available to Social Entrepreneurs (UK)

Grants plus business support are available to social entrepreneurs that are looking to start or grow an existing social venture. The funding is being made available through the UnLtd the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in and around the UK.

The grants are being made available through two funding streams:

Grants of up to £15,000 to grow an existing social enterprise Grants of up to £5,000 to start a new social enterprise.

UnLtd are committed to providing 50% of their awards to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs.

To be eligible applicants need to be:

Aged 16 and over Living in the United Kingdom Willing to participate in a learning experience Working to benefit people living in the United Kingdom Have a real social impact Fulfil a clear need and demand Have clear outputs and goals

The closing date for this funding round is the 30th June 2021.

Useful Links:

Download Application Guidance

Download Application Questions

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https://www.unltd.org.uk/starting-up

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Transformational Grants for Small Charities and Not for Profit Organisations (UK)

On the 12th April 2021, the Fore will be re-opening its grants programme. The Fore will be making grants of up to £30,000 to support small organisations working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that may have found it hard to access trust and foundation funding in the past.

The Fore makes unrestricted grants for up to three years that have the potential to have a transformational impact on an organisation. Transformational impact includes helping an organisations become more sustainable, more efficient, to grow significantly or enabling an organisation to take a major step forward of some kind.

Any registered charity, CIC, CIO or Community Benefit Society with turnover of under £500,000 in the last financial year is eligible to apply.

To apply for funding, organisations must first register some basic contact details at the start of each funding round. The number of registrations accepted for each round is capped and registrations are run on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the cap is reached, the round is closed, so please register early (Registrations open at 10am).

In previous years the cap has been reached within 24 hours of the funding round opening for applications.

Useful Links:

Guidelines for Applications

Frequently Asked Questions

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https://www.thefore.org/applying-for-funding/

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Grants to Promote and Secure Better and Safer Roads (UK)

Grants and bursaries of between £5,000 - £25,000 are available for research, education and community projects with the aim of promoting and securing better and safer roads in terms of design, engineering and aesthetics including enhancements of the experience of road users. Funded activity includes courses leading to qualifications related to traffic engineering and transport planning, research projects and programmes or schemes to improve the highway network and the roadside environment, for example roadside parks and open spaces.

The Rees Jeffries Road Fund Grants awards grants that:

Contribute to the cost of lectures, studies and scholarship calculated to foster the improvement of design and layout of public highways and adjoining land

Promote schemes for the provision of roadside parks and open spaces Encourage the improvement of existing and provision of additional public highways, bridges,

tunnels, footpaths, verges, and cycleways.... to secure the maximum of safety and beauty.

Priority is given to projects which lie outside the scope of other funders such as government agencies and research councils. The Fund also welcomes applications that include contributions from other funders.

Eligible applicants include educational institutions, charities and social enterprises. There is no upper or lower limit for grant applications although grants most commonly fall in the range £5,000 - £25,000.

Anyone considering applying to the Fund must, in the first instance, contact the Secretary at secretary@reesjeffreys.co.uk with a short outline of their proposal including the level of funding being sought to register their interest and obtain an application form.

The next closing date for applications is the 4th June 2021.

Grants awarded previously include:

CIHT: £10,000 towards an exhibition to promote Women in Transport SATRO: £2,500 to support work to help young people to be inspired and enthusiastic about

their education and their future careers especially in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)

Plantlife: £18,233 to develop a new national ‘best practice’ standard for the management of roadside verges.

Useful Links:

How to Apply

Application Guidance Notes

Past Projects

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http://www.reesjeffreys.co.uk/

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Science and Chemistry Equipment Grants for Schools (UK)

Teachers at primary or secondary schools can apply for a grant of up to £1,000 towards the purchase of equipment to support the delivery of Primary Science or Chemistry lessons. Bids are invited for the purchase of items of equipment that cannot be purchased through a school’s mainstream teaching budget and which would enrich the learning experience of students.

The Royal Society of Chemistry aims to support schools in presenting Chemistry lessons that enrich the learning experience of students in either primary (science) or secondary (chemistry) studies. The Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector (BMCS) of the Society awards Enhanced Equipment grants towards the purchase of equipment that supports delivery of the practical aspect of chemistry education. Applications will be enhanced by a demonstration of the diversity of application of the equipment within and between student cohorts.

A teacher at a primary or secondary school should make the application.

The funding is being made available through the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Enhanced Equipment grant scheme and the next deadline for applications is 15th May 2021.

Useful Links:

Application Form

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https://www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/BMCS/education-support-group/enhanced-equipment.asp

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Funding for Links with Japan (UK)

Grants of £2,000 - £7,000 are available to promote and support interaction between the two countries. Daiwa Foundation Small Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and other projects and events. New initiatives are especially encouraged.

Projects that have received funding in the past include:

Beckfoot School (Bingley) which received a grant of £3,000 to support a two-week curriculum-based school exchange visit by ten students and two teachers to Hiroshima Kokusai High School;

Dene Magna School which received a grant of £4,000 to support a school exchange visit by three teachers and nine pupils to enhance links established in 2002 with two partner schools in Okinawa and to consolidate Japanese as part of its curriculum.

The next closing date for applications is the 30th September 2021.

Useful Documents:

Online Grant Application Notes

Application Form

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http://www.dajf.org.uk/grants-awards-prizes/daiwa-foundation-small-grants

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Funding for Cultural and Educational Links with Japan (UK)

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation has announced that the next application deadline for its grants making programme is the 15th September 2021.

The Foundation seeks to promote mutual understanding and cooperation through financial support for activities in the following fields:

Arts and Culture Humanities and Social Issues Japanese Language Medicine and Health Science, Technology and Environment Sport Youth and Education

The Foundation's grants average £1,500 to £2,000 and do not normally exceed £5,000 for larger-scale projects.

The Foundation’s awards are intended to provide “pump-priming” and not core funding of projects, but even small grants have enabled a wide range of projects to reach fruition, such as:

Visits between the UK and Japan by academics, professionals, creative artists, teachers, young people, journalists and representatives of civic and non-governmental organisations. (Due to the ongoing pandemic and current travel restrictions, the Foundation aims to be flexible regarding project schedules and support for activity taking place remotely).

Research and collaborative studies, seminars, workshops, lectures and publications in academic and specialist fields

Teaching and development of Japanese language and cultural studies in schools, Further Education colleges and universities

Exhibitions, performances and creative productions by artists, musicians, film-makers, writers and theatre groups

Organisations that have successfully applied to the Foundation include:

Hessle High School and Sixth Form College which received a grant of £3,000 to visit to Japan to create curriculum on Japan in Key Stage 3 Geography lessons.

Truro College which received a grant of £2,000 for a football exchange programme with Tokai Daigo High School in Japan.

The Boston & Hakusan City Exchange Programme received a grant of £3,500 for an exchange programme between school children from Boston and Hakusan City.

Campion School received a grant of £2,000 to support a school trip to Tokyo for students of Japanese.

Escomb Primary School received a grant of £3,000 for an exchange visit with Ogawara Minami Elementary School.

Useful Links:

Application Form

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http://www.gbsf.org.uk/

Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation (UK)

The Wingate Foundation has announced that the next deadline to apply is the 9th June 2021.

The Foundation supports projects, institutions and activities in the following areas:

Jewish Life and Learning Performing Arts (excluding music) Music Medical Research Travel grants

Applications are invited from smaller charitable organisations only; the Trustees will not consider approaches from large charities who are well represented on the High Street or their local branch offices.

Previous projects supported include:

£5,000 per year for 3 years to Little Angel Theatre as support for Little Angel Studios, a new building dedicated to education, community and outreach work.

£3,250 to The Voices Foundation for 1-Year Foundation Programme in a cluster of five schools in Essex to ensure that every child irrespective of ability, means or background has access to high quality music education through singing and the use of equipment

£6,000 a year for three years to Anne Frank Trust UK to fund educational work in three schools.

Applicants need to detail how the funding they are seeking can be used under the constraints of the current HM Govt Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for the sector.

Useful Links:

Previous Projects Supported

Application Form

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http://www.wingatefoundation.org.uk/

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Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation Grant (UK)

UK registered charities working to help those at disadvantage in society can apply to the Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation for support. Grants of between £250 - £1,000 are available to cover the costs involved directly supporting those in need including those with disabilities, affected by homelessness, or with serious health issues.

Previous grants have gone to organisations supporting young people in applying for jobs and towards the purchase of a portable multi-sensory environment, that will turn any room into a sensory room.

Donations usually fund items of "capital expenditure" i.e. items must directly help those in need, rather than contributing to the charity's running costs.

The Foundation accepts applications from UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million per year.

Applications are reviewed every quarter. The next deadline for applications is the 3rd May 2021.

Projects previously funded include:

SASH, an organisation that provides guidance on creating CVs and applying for jobs to aid homeless 16 to 25-year olds, received £985.

Byker Community Association received £500 to buy new books and build an interactive story hub designed by the children of Byker themselves.

Useful Links:

Apply for Funding

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http://www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk/your-society/about-us/foundation/

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Hellenic Society Hardship Grants (UK)

The Hellenic Society makes grants of various kinds to schools, universities and other institutions, undergraduates, graduate students and young researchers which are engaged in Hellenic Studies at all levels. In response to the coronavirus, the Society is temporarily offering small hardship grants to those who have been affected by the crisis.

Funding of up to £200 will be made to:

those who have held a temporary post in a UK Higher Education Institutions in the last twelve months and whose employment has come to an end during 2020;

self-funded Post Graduate Researchers, especially those in their third or fourth year; and self-funded MA/MPhil/MSt students.

Applications should be received by the last day of every month. They will be dealt with as soon as possible in the month after they are received and monies disbursed by the 15th day of that month.

Applicants should email secretary@hellenicsociety.org.uk with the following details: a brief account of the personal circumstances necessitating the grant, the purpose for which the money is to be used, and the precise sum needed (not more than 300 words in total). They should also include the name of their previous line manager or thesis supervisor as appropriate and ask them to email the same address separately to confirm their personal circumstances in broad terms.

Please email Dr Fiona Haarer (Executive Secretary: secretary@hellenicsociety.org.uk) with any queries.

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https://www.hellenicsociety.org.uk/grants/

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New £20 Million Fund to Divert Young People from Violence (England and Wales)

A new £20 million fund has been launched to evaluate different diversion approaches that work best at preventing 10 to 17-year-olds in England and Wales from becoming involved in violence.

The funding is being made available through the Youth Endowment Fund’s - Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system – themed funding round. Diversion approaches could include mental health support, whole family interventions or mentoring (for example).

The Youth Endowment Fund is aiming to identify around 10-20 programmes that are ready for robust impact evaluation or could be supported to reach this point within two years.

The funding is available to any organisation – including charities, public services or the private sector – that receive referrals from a relevant statutory service (for example, the police, schools, local youth offending team or social care).

The fund will be open for applications between the 19th April and 14th May 2021.

Useful Links:

Prospectus

Frequently Asked Questions

Webinar: Diversion from the criminal justice system

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https://youthendowmentfund.org.uk/themed-grant-round-diversion/

£200 Million Summer School Fund (England)

To support young people in England who have suffered the most disruption to their education as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK Government is providing £200 million in summer school funding.

State-funded secondary and special schools, non- maintained special schools and pupil referral units will receive from £59.70 per place per day to deliver a one- or two-week programme offering a blend of educational, sport, enrichment and wellbeing activities, with a focus on pupils making the transition into year 7.

Funding should be used to cover all costs associated with running the activities, including additional staff costs, free meals for eligible children and transport.

Schools will be asked to sign up to run summer schools by the end of April, and confirm their plans in June. They will have the flexibility to target the funding to whoever they think could benefit most.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/kick-start-for-summer-school-and-activities

Funding Available to Celebrate the Windrush Generation (England)

Community groups, charities and grass root organisations across the UK can apply for funding to raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme, the Windrush Compensation Scheme or both.

The Home Office is making a total of £500,000 in funding available for phase two of the Windrush Community Fund. The fund is administered by Voice4Change England.

The funding is available to charities, community and grassroots organisations. Several organisations can work together on a project and apply as a consortium. There is no limit on the number of organisations that can be involved in a group bid. The maximum award for each application is £25,000.

Eligible organisations can apply for activities including:

holding events producing and distributing marketing materials accessing and using communication channels securing support from partners

The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on the 30th June 2021.

Useful Links:

Information Leaflet

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https://voice4change-england.com/500k-windrush-community-fund-opens-for-bids/

Zoo Animals Fund (England)

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced that zoos and aquariums which need additional support in caring for their animals and essential maintenance following a drop in income caused by the coronavirus pandemic can apply for grants of up to £730,000 through the Zoo Support Fund.

Grants will be awarded on the basis of need where zoos face a shortfall despite doing everything they can to reduce their costs and raise income. This will include money to pay for veterinary care, medicines and animal feed as well as paying for staffing costs for those directly providing animal care.

The fund also offers grants to support rehoming costs in the event that zoos need to downsize or potentially close, and is open to those zoos which have already received support through the £14 million Zoo Support Fund.

The Zoo Animals Fund will remain open for applications until the 28th May 2021.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-100m-zoo-animals-fund-opens-for-applications

Taking Teaching Further Programme Re-opens for Applications (England)

The Education and Training Foundation has announced that round 4 of the Taking Teaching Further programme is now open for applications. The Taking Teaching Further programme is a national initiative to attract experienced industry professionals with expert technical knowledge and skills to work in Further Education (FE). The focus will be across any of the 15 technical teaching routes.

Round 4 will run from April 2021 until July 2023.

The programme’s long-term aims are to:

raise the profile and prestige of skilled FE teaching, particularly among industry professionals; and

increase the overall number of skilled technical teaching roles by helping providers to support experienced industry professionals with the training that they require to become FE teachers.

Taking Teaching Further Round 4 funding is available for all FE providers with two routes to access the programme depending on provider type.

Route 1

Route 1 of the programme is open to all FFE Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, and Specialist Designated Institutions in England. Places will be made available to all colleges on a draw-down basis.

Route 2

Route 2 of the programme is open to all independent training providers, employer led providers, third sector training providers, local authority providers, and adult and community learning providers. These places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and it is strongly advised that providers register early for places.

For any questions or further information, please contact the Taking Teaching Further team via takingteachingfurther@etfoundation.co.uk or call 020 3740 8280.

Useful Links:

Route 1 Programme Guidance

Route 2 Programme Guidance

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https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/supporting/support-teacher-recruitment/taking-teaching-further/round-4-2021-23/

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Funding for Music Making Projects For Young People in Challenging Circumstances (England)

Schools, as well as other not-for-profit organisations, can apply for grants to fund developmental music-making projects for disadvantaged young people as well as for projects that support the development of the workforce, organisations and the wider music making sector. The funding is being made available through Youth Music, England's largest children's music charity, which provides funding for music-making projects.

Youth Making's funding programme is made up of several separate funds. These are:

Fund A which offers small grants (£2,000 to £30,000) for high quality music-making projects that will help to achieve a musically inclusive England.;

Fund B offers medium-sized grants (30,001 - £150,000 per year for up to two years) to support music-making and music-making related activities for children and young people (aged 0-25) facing barriers; and workforce and organisational development projects to promote a relevant, diverse, and inclusive music offer for all children and young people.

Fund C awards larger grants of up to £160,000 per year for projects with a dual role of delivery and strategic work; expanding and embedding high quality, inclusive music-making. This is currently closed and is expected to open for applications later in 2021.

Music Education Hub Development Fund which offers grants of up to £50,000 and are available to partnerships of at least three Music Education Hub lead organisations. This is currently closed to applications

Incubator Fund which offers grants of £5,000 to £30,000 and are available to businesses, collectives, and not-for-profits working in the music industries. The fund is designed to help open up access to sustainable careers in music for people aged 18-25, particularly those who are underrepresented; and to support creative employers to innovate and incubate new and diverse talent. The Fund is currently closed.

In applying for funding schools will have to justify how the activities to be funded do not duplicate Department of Education funding.

The next closing date for applications to Fund A is the 30th July 2021.

The deadline for submitting an Expression of Interest to Fund B is the 7th May 2021. For applications successful at this stage the deadline for submiting full a application will be the 9th July.

Disabled applicants that need further support to make an application to Youth Music, can apply to the Access Fund. This provides funding to cover any additional access costs that might be required to make an application to one of Youth Music’s main grant funds. There are no deadlines for this fund as they would coincide with any open funding rounds.

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http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/Funding/about-youth-musics-grants-programme

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Return to Play: Community Asset Fund (England)

Sports clubs, charities and not for organisations can apply for grants of between £10,001 and £50,000 to help clubs and community groups through the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic to return to play.

The Return to Play: Community Asset Fund provides capital funding, to help local sports clubs and organisations to adapt and open important places and spaces so people within their community can return to play and physical activity, safely. The focus is on responding to the immediate challenges of sports and physical activity returning to play.

Priority will be given to:

Projects located in areas of high deprivation Organisations working with Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, people on lower

incomes, disabled people, people with long-term health conditions and people experiencing a greater burden of care because of coronavirus.

Organisations that don't have a significant level of reserve funding available to utilise.

Applications will be paused for applications at 5pm on the 30th April 2021.

Useful Links:

Frequently Asked Questions

Application Hub

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https://www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/our-funds/return-play-community-asset-fund

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Funding for the Restoration of Historic Buildings (England)

Not-for-profit organisations, such as charitable incorporated organisations, community interest companies and parish and town councils can apply for grants of up to £350,000 towards the capital costs of restoring redundant or underused historic buildings in Town Centres for the benefit of the local community.

The funding is being made available through the Transformational Project Grants scheme which is administered by the Architectural Heritage Fund and is part of the wider £15 million Transforming Places Through Heritage Programme and support restoration projects that:

will make a positive impact on the vitality and distinctiveness of the local area. include introducing new uses for the building and offering new opportunities for local people; bringing vacant floor space or whole buildings into use; having the potential to act as a catalyst for nearby owners to revitalise their property.

The deadline for applications is the 30th April 2021.

Useful Links:

Programme Guide

Help Notes

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http://ahfund.org.uk/england

Funding Available to Enhance Scotland’s National Cycle Network (Scotland)

Community Groups in Scotland can now apply for equipment and training bundles for projects which benefit people or wildlife across National Cycle Network routes Examples of the items that can be funded include:

Litter picking equipment; Bike trailers for transporting tools and equipment; Hand tools; Ecologist's Advice

The Love Your Network grant fund, funded by Transport Scotland and delivered by Sustrans Scotland, seeks to empower communities in implementing physical improvements which make journeys on the National Cycle Network more attractive and enjoyable.

Projects which take place on a numbered National Cycle Network route will be given priority. The closing date for applications is the 28th May 2021.

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https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/projects/2019/scotland/the-love-your-network-grant-fund-for-community-groups-in-scotland/

Funding to Prevent and Eradicate Violence Against Women & Girls (Scotland)

Frontline organisations working to tackle violence against women and girls in Scotland can apply for a share of up to £13 million to help them develop and further their work over the next three years.

The Delivering Equally Safe Fund, has now re-opened to applications to support organisations and projects that broaden access to support survivors, with a focus on prevention and early intervention. Priority will be given to organisations supporting disabled survivors and working with those in remote or island communities.

It is anticipated that grants will range between £10,000 and over £1million per year, and can be used to cover core costs and project costs. Funding is provided by the Scottish Government and will be administered by Inspiring Scotland.

The deadline for applications is 12pm on the 28th May 2021.

To apply for funding, please first register your interest here. Once registered, applicants will receive the online application forms and links to other supporting information required via email.

Useful Links:

Fund Guidance

Frequently Asked Questions

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https://www.inspiringscotland.org.uk/what-we-do/our-funds/delivering-equally-safe/

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Funding to Make Scotland’s Urban and Rural Communities More Sustainable (Scotland)

To help urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable, the National Lottery Community Fund is awarding grants of between £10,01 and £1 million to enable voluntary, community and public sector organisations to take ownership of land and buildings.

Successful applicants will clearly demonstrate that their project will help their local community to:

achieve more sustainable economic, environmental and/or social development through ownership of land and buildings

have a stronger role in and control over their own development own well-managed, financially sustainable land and buildings.

Delivered in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, The Scottish Land Fund enables both urban and rural communities to successfully manage local land and land assets to meet local need and deliver benefit for the whole community.

Applicants can be from one of a wide range of representative community bodies, including voluntary organisations, social enterprises or community councils.

Practical support will also be provided to help communities to develop their aspirations into viable projects.

Applications can be made at any time.

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https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/scottish-land-fund#section-2

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Support for Voluntary and Community Organisations in Former Coalfield Communities (North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands & Yorkshire)

Grants of up to £10,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations addressing local needs in former coalfield communities.

The Coalfields Regeneration Trust’s Coalfields Recovery & Resilience Fund will support organisations that are delivering support services in the top 30% most deprived former coalfield areas or have significantly adapted their services in order to respond to the current issues/challenges in their community and support vulnerable people.

Funding can be used to help with 100% core costs to provide activities that help vulnerable people self-isolating or those experiencing poor mental health, co-ordinate community response, help move people into employment, provide training opportunities, and give advice, guidance and support to people in crisis etc.

The next deadline for submitting the eligibility survey for the April 2021 Committee is 5pm on the 4th June 2021. The deadline for submitting applications is 5pm on the 18th June 2021.

Useful Links:

Application Guidance

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https://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk/england/ccip-funding-support/

Small Grants for Arts Projects (Leeds)

Grants of between £100 and £1,200 are available to support not-for-profit arts events and arts projects taking place in Leeds. Individuals, arts organisations, community and voluntary groups, commercial organisations, and groups of organisations can apply for funding from the Leeds Inspired Small Grants for Arts Projects for activities which increase access to arts and enable people to participate fully and with greater confidence.

Funding is for new activities or additions to existing events which might include performances, exhibitions, arts workshops, events and arts education activities, and online arts-based activity. Applications for projects which find new ways of working and delivery due to the restrictions of Covid-19 are welcomed.

Match funding of 10% is required.

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The next deadline for applications is 12 noon on the 6th May 2021.

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https://www.leedsinspired.co.uk/grants

We Love MCR Charity Re-Launches Stronger Communities Fund (Manchester)

We Love MCR have re-launched its Stronger Communities Fund to help with post-Covid recovery work across the City of Manchester. Charities, community groups and individuals are invited to apply for grants of up to £5,000 for initiatives that will bring their communities together.

The Fund wants to celebrate and invest in Manchester's diverse, multicultural neighbourhoods, and is looking to support projects which have one or more of the following themes:

helping in the Early Years; combating loneliness and social exclusion; protecting and improving open spaces; offering positive youth activities.

Manchester residents are also being asked to put forward groups in their communities that they feel could benefit from a cash grant.

The next deadline for applications is the 23rd April 2021.

Useful Links:

Stronger Communites Fund Guidance

Terms and Conditions

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https://www.welovemcrcharity.org/apply-for-funding/stronger-communities-fund/

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Grants for Projects to Help Prevent, or Reduce, the Risk of Heart Disease (Anglia TV Region)

Not for profit groups, voluntary organisations and registered charities in the Carlton ITV Region (Example of areas within the awarding region: Cambridge, Clacton on Sea, Great Yarmouth) can apply for funding for projects that actively promote Heart Health and help to prevent, or reduce, the risk of heart disease.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available for new, original and innovative projects lasting up to 12 months are available through the Heart Research UK (HRUK) and Subway® Healthy Heart grant scheme.

In response to the pandemic grants in 2021 are available for projects that can be safely delivered during the pandemic. This can include:

funding for projects that can be delivered remotely or with social distancing measures in place;

and grants for purchases of equipment only such as exercise equipment, technology, blood pressure monitors, weighing scales etc.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 4th May 2021.

Useful Links:

Previous projects supported

FAQs

Terms and Conditions

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https://heartresearch.org.uk/healthy-heart-grant-apply/

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Funding Reminders Cure Parkinson's Trust Grant (UK)

Commercial organisations, appropriately qualified scientists or clinicians based in an accredited university or hospital in any country worldwide can now apply for funding for laboratory or clinical research projects. Projects should have the potential to advance knowledge that might lead to a cure for Parkinson’s disease or that represent a substantial advance in treatment.

The Cure Parkinson’s Trust has a particular interest in projects that show the potential to delay, slow, stop reverse or prevent the progression of Parkinson’s disease. There are no specific limits to the amount of funding available but previous awards have been between £50,000 and £250,000 with a duration of 1-3 years.

Applications are considered four times a year, the next deadline for applications is the 4th June 2021.

Useful Links:

Guidance for applicants

Terms and Conditions under which a Grant is awarded

Research Strategy

Information for Applicants

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https://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk/applyfunding

Funding for Activities to Improve the Lives of the Elderly (UK)

The Home Instead Bring Joy Foundation makes donations to charities, small grassroots organisations, and other not-for-profit groups that can demonstrate their commitment to creating activities designed to improve the lives of the elderly across the UK.

Small grassroots organisation can apply for funding up to £500 and small local registered charities can apply for funding of up to £1,500. Larger grants can be considered for exceptional projects. The funding is available for events, activities or pastimes that prevent social isolation and loneliness amongst adults over the age of 55 years. For example, a day care centre organising a trip to the

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seaside.

Donation requests of more than £5,000 will be considered for exceptional projects.

This is a rolling programme and applications can be made at any time.

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https://www.bringjoyfoundation.org/apply-for-a-grant/

Funding to Pilot New Ideas in the Teaching of Mathematics (UK)

Individuals working in secondary schools, colleges of further education and higher education institutions (including PhD students) can apply for grants of £600 towards the costs of running an educational activity relating to mathematics.

The funding is being made available through the Institute of Mathematics Education Grants Scheme. The aim of the scheme is to enable organisations to pilot new ideas, approaches and practices or undertake collaborative activities that would not be possible under existing funding schemes.

Applications are also welcomed from primary schools but need to involve collaboration with a secondary school, FE college or HEI.

Applications from other organisations whose work will offer benefits to schools, FE colleges or HEIs are also encouraged and will be judged on their merits.

Applications must be made using the relevant IMA Education. Grant online application form through myIMA; the IMA’s area for members and registered users. Applicants who are not a member of the IMA, or a registered user of myIMA, will need to create an account.

The closing date for applications is 23.50 on the 30th November 2021.

Useful Links:

Previously Funded Projects

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https://ima.org.uk/support/grants/education-grant-scheme/#earm

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Funding for Projects That Contribute to the Ongoing Transformation of the Northern Ireland Conflict (UK)

Registered, excepted or exempt charities based within any of the four jurisdictions of the UK can apply for programme or project funding or for unrestricted or core support for work which will contribute to the ongoing transformation of the Northern Ireland conflict.

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) aims to fund work delivered by organisations, individuals and charities and grants range from a few hundred pounds to £100,000+ and may be single payments or spread over up to three years.

JRCT is interested in funding work which:

addresses the root causes of violence and injustice, rather than alleviating symptoms cannot be funded from other sources is likely to make a long-term, strategic difference addresses injustices around the intersections of gender, ethnicity, and class

Funded projects will address the following priority areas:

Strengthening human rights and equality Supporting inclusive, non-sectarian and participatory politics Supporting processes of demilitarisation Dealing with the past i.e. work that promotes a shared understanding of the root causes of

past violence, or which encourages government to implement initiatives to address the legacy of violence at a societal level.

Responding to the dual harms of Covid-19 and systemic racism

The Trust is particularly interested in receiving applications related to women’s participation in all of these areas.

In addition to applications from Northern Ireland, it is open to receiving applications from Britain and the Republic of Ireland for work related to the above areas, and for work with an all-Ireland focus. Registered, excepted or exempt charities based within any of the four jurisdictions of the UK can apply for programme or project funding or for unrestricted or core support. Further details on eligibility can be found here.

Local work will be supported only where it is likely to have a wider impact, for example, if it is testing a model which can then be replicated or is addressing a local issue that has wider social or political implications.

To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system. The deadline to register is the 6th August 2021 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 23rd August 2021.

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For any queries contact the office on 01904 627810 or enquiries@jrct.org.uk

Useful Links:

Projects previously funded

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https://www.jrct.org.uk/northern-ireland

Funding for Large Scale Built and Natural Environment Projects (England, Scotland and Wales)

Biffa Award has launched a new funding round through its Biffa Award Partnership Grants scheme. Grants of between £250,000 and £750,000 are available for:

Built Environment projects that transform cultural, heritage or visitor centres. They should inspire and promote learning, creativity and participation on a grand scale. Previous projects funded under this theme include the redevelopment of a spectacular science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) experience at Winchester Science Museum.

Natural Environment projects that restore or improve the environment and the natural systems or habitats that support it. Previous projects funded under this theme include reintroducing Beavers to Knapdale Forest in Scotland, restoring 100 hectares of peatlands in the North Pennines and creating hundreds of acres of rich pollinator habitat and wildflower meadows across England and Wales.

Preference will be given to projects in which Biffa Award is the majority funder; which work in partnership with other organisations; and which engage with people through improving their knowledge of the asset.

To be eligible for funding the applicant organisation and project must be eligible for enrolment and registration with the scheme regulator, ENTRUST. This will be a condition of any grant approved. Each project site must be within 15 miles of a significant Biffa operation or active Biffa landfill site. A postcode checker is on the Biffa Award website.

The closing date for submitting an online Expressions of Interest is the 1st June 2021.

Useful Links:

Application Guidance Notes

Frequently Asked Questions

Previous Projects Funded

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https://www.biffa-award.org/partnerships/

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