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Local fundraising initiatives that have caught our eye!
Charity Lottery Aldingbourne Trust is supporters are playing the Unity Lottery http://www.unitylottery.co.uk/charity/display/Aldingbourne-Trust
Charity Ball Congratulations to Chestnut Tree House who raised a staggering £415,000 at their Snowman Spectacular Ball. http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/columnists/415-000-fundraiser-for-hospice-1-6465343
Christmas Lights A Horsham family has lit up their house for a sixth year to raise funds for a local charity. http://m.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/video-family-s-charity-lights-return-to-horsham-for-sixth-year-1-6461362
Dinner4Good Sussex Wildlife Trust as asking you to host a dinner party using dinner4good to raise funds for their organisations http://www.dinner4good.com/SussexWildlifeTrust/
Happy New Year to you all and we wish all our members a very prosperous New Year filled with successful fundraising campaigns! This issue of Funding Focus has some ideas, information and resources that might help your organisation to fundraise in 2015. Our Fundraiser Network is proving popular with another full house at our second meeting, where organisations worked together to create a compelling case for support document. In the New Year we are planning to have sessions on running a charity shop, corporate fundraising and tips from grant makers as to what makes a great application.
Funding Focus has been produced by Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester
Address: VAAC, c/o Bognor Regis Town Hall, Clarence Road, Bognor Regis PO21 1LD Email: [email protected] Phone: 01243 840305 Web: www.vaac.org.uk Follow us on twitter @vaac_community Charity Number 1113641 Company Number 5667986
Edition 5 - January 2015
Thank you to our core funders:
Included in this issue:
Page 2 - Support from VAAC
Page 3 - 5 News from Local Funders
Page 6 - 9 200 Fundraising Ideas
Page 10 Innovative Fundraising Ideas
Page 11 Institute of Fundraising videos
Pages 12 - 24 National news & funding roundup
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Fundraiser Network Meetings
Meets on the second Wednesday of the month
Calling all fundraisers… whether you are a volunteer or a paid member of staff if you would like to boost your confidence and skills in fundraising and network with others in a similar role then sign up to join our new network. We will be holding monthly network
meetings which will be a mixture of training, information sharing and networking. In between meetings you can get help from our team to do funding searches, develop your fundraising strategy, proof your bids or compile your budgets. To sign up to be part of this network contact our office email:
[email protected] or phone us on 01243 840305.
The next meeting will be focusing on web tools to help with fundraising (including eventbrite, mailchimp,
giving platforms, social media & survey monkey) The network will meet at Bersted Green Learning Centre, between Bognor and Chichester.
COME JOIN OUR
NETWORK AND
IMPROVE YOUR
SKILLS AND SUCCESS
IN FUNDRAISING
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Weds 14th January
9.30 - 12.30
Weds 11th February 9.30 - 12.30
Weds 11th March
9.30 - 12.30
Weds 8th April 9.30 - 12.30
Giving you the tools to run a successful organisation
If you are looking for volunteers to support your fundraising endeavours (or in fact any volunteer opportunities) don’t forget our Volunteer Now! service. We can help you advertise your opportunities and promote them to potential volunteers. Contact us on 01243 864220. We also have an initiative called SkillShare West Sussex which is for short term volunteering opportunities of 1-10 days, you can register on this website for free and post your opportunities today www.skillshare-westsussex.org.uk
Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester offers one to one support sessions for organisations based in Arun and Chichester Districts. Support can be anything from start up advice, help with policies and procedures, recruiting or retaining volunteers or where to get funding and commenting on funding bids. If you would like our help and support, we ask that you complete a
simple referral form and we meet weekly to allocate the referrals to our team. The referral form can be found on or website www.vaac.org.uk or can be emailed or posted to you on request by calling our office on 01243 840305. We look forward to hearing from you.
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News from local funders
Sussex Community Foundation
The next round of Sussex Community Foundation (SCF) Grants is open, the list of grants, with a brief summary of criteria, the amounts that can be applied for and whether applications need to be made on the SCF general application form, or on a bespoke form can be found on the next page.
The foundation would like to draw your attention to the following funds:
Comic Relief Local Communities* funding is now available: applications can be made for up to £10,00(see page 5 for more information) Cragwood Fund*: this is a new fund set up to support older people’s grassroots groups in West Sussex
* there are additional criteria for these funds, details of which are available at http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/apply-for-grants/how-it-works/what-funds-are-available-now/
The closing date for Round 4 applications (which must include the signed declaration and supporting documents) is 5pm on Friday 9th January 2015. The SCF website includes full details of their grants. The site gives the option of completing the application form online, as well as downloading it (for completion and sending to us via post/email). The link to the grants page is http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/apply-for-grants/
South Downs National Park Authority Please visit http://www.southdowns.gov.uk/communities/funding or call/email Mark Rose (01730-819219, [email protected]).
Sustainable Communities Fund – Small (up to £5,000) and Large (up to £20,000) applications can be made by organisations that want to carry out non-profit projects that support the Partnership Management Plan. Local Sustainable Transport Solutions Fund – Small (up to £5,000) and Large (up to £15,000) applications can be made by for profit and non-profit organisations towards projects which increase sustainable transport within the National Park.
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SCF Grants available for Round 4 (deadline January 2015)
Fund Criteria
Amount
you can
apply for
Application
form to use Next closing date
The Meads Fund Community groups and charities
3 year
funding of
£20,000 each
year
Meads Expression
of Interest
application form 9 January 2015
B&H Community
Health Fund
Small community groups in B&H
working on community led health
improvement projects Up to £1500
SCF application
form 9 January 2015
Marit and Hans Rausing
Fund
Charities/groups across Sussex
addressing the root causes of
disadvantage Up to £5000
SCF application
form
9 January 2015
awarded 4 times a
year
Cullum Family Trust Charities/ groups operating in West
Sussex and addressing homelessness ,
supporting children or older people. Up to £5000
SCF application
form 9 January 2015;
awarded 4 times a year
Comic Relief Small locally based groups addressing disadvantage; groups using sport to
relieve deprivation are welcome
Up to
£10,000 Comic Relief
application form 9 January 2015
Cragwood Fund Older people’s groups working in West
Sussex Up to £5000
SCF application
form 9 January 2015
William Reed Fund Charities /groups working in the Crawley area and addressing social
welfare issues. Up to £3000
SCF application
form
9 January 2015; awarded 4 times a
year
Paul Rooney Fund
Children with life limiting illnesses; both individuals and groups working with
children with disabilities or with special
needs in Sussex may apply
Up to £5000
Groups apply on SCF form;
individuals contact
SCF directly
9 January 2015 for
groups; rolling deadline
for individuals
SCF Grassroots
Endowment Funds Small volunteer led community groups in
B & H, East and West Sussex Up to £2000
SCF application
form 9 January 2015;
awarded 4 times a year
Seedcorn Fund Innovative projects from charities/groups
with t/over up to £150K offering a
service in East Sussex Up to £5000
SCF application
form
9 January 2015; awarded 4 times a
year
Southern Water Fund Community Garden and allotment
projects across Sussex £500-£2000
SCF application
form 9 January 2015;
awarded 4 times a year
Westdene Fund Grants to individual young people in
Sussex with outstanding musical talent Up to £800
Westdene Fund
application form
9 January 2015; Awarded 4 times a
year
William Alexander
Fund
Grassroot community groups in
Brighton and Hove Up to £2000
SCF application
form 9 January 2015;
awarded twice a year
Little Cheyne Court
Wind Farm Charities/community groups based
within 10km radius of the Wind Farm Up to £5000
LCCWF
application form February 2015 Awarded twice a year
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Page 6
New Year Fundraising Ideas - 200 Fundraising Ideas
1
Afternoon
Tea Party
11
Beat the Goalie
21
Bridge Party
31
Ceilidh
41
Christmas
Music Evening
2
Air Miles
Collection
12
Bed Push
22
Buffet Lunch
32
Celebrity
Speaker Event
42
Christmas Party
3
Arts and Crafts
Stall
13
Beer Festival
23
Burns Night
33
Champagne
Lunch
43
Classic Car
Show
4
Auction
14
Big Brew Up-
A large scale
tea-only party
24
Cake Sale
34
Champagne
Raffle
44
Coffee Morning
5
Badge Making
15
Bike Ride
25
Car Boot Sale
35
Charity Ball
45
Comic Sale
6
Badminton
Tournament
16
Bingo
26
Car Wash
36
Cheese and
Wine Party
46
Community
Picnic
7
Balloon Race
17
Blindfold
Ten-Pin Bowling
27
Caribbean
Evening
37
Chess
Competition
47
Computer Games
Marathon
8
Barbecue
18
Board Games
Evening
28
Carol Concert
38
Christmas Cards-
(sell on commission)
48
Cookery
Contest
9
Barn Dance
19
Book Sale
29
Carol Singing
39
Christmas Fair
49
Cookery
Demonstration
10
Beard Shave
20
Breakfast Party
30
Casino Evening
40
Christmas Hampers-
(sell on commission)
50
Copper Coin
Collection
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New Year Fundraising Ideas - 200 Fundraising Ideas
51
Corny Joke
Competition
61
Eighties Night
71
Film Evening
81
Fun Run
91
Guided Tours
52
Craft Fair
62
Face Painting
72
Firework
Display
82
Game Show
92
Halloween
Parties
53
Crazy Golf
Match
63
Fancy Dress
Car Wash
73
Fish and Chip
Evening
83
Garage Sale
93
Head Shave
54
Cricket Match
64
Fancy Dress
Football
74
Flower Arranging
Demonstration
84
Garden Evening
94
Heritage Walk
55
Crossword
Contest
65
Fancy Dress
Party
75
Flower Show
85
Garden Party
95
Hockey
Tournament
56
Curry Supper
66
Fashion Show
76
Flower Stall
at Local Events
86
Gardening
Service
96
Horse Racing
57
Dance or Disco
67
Favourite
Recipes Booklet
77
Folk Night
87
Gardens Open
to the Public
97
Hot-Dog/Burger
Stand at local events
58
Dog Walking
Service
68
Fete
78
Food and Wine
Tasting
88
Golf Match
98
Indoor Market
59
Dried Flowers
and Pot Pourri-
(make and sell)
69
Fifties Evening
79
Food Hamper
Raffle
89
Greetings Cards
and Gifts
99
Ironing Service
60
Egg and Spoon
Race
70
Fifty-Fifty Sale
80
Football
Tournament
90
Guest Speaker
100
It’s a Knockout
Tournament
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New Year Fundraising Ideas - 200 Fundraising Ideas
101
Italian Evening
111
Kite Flying
Display
121
Murder
Mystery Night
131
Old-Time
Musical Hall
141
Poetry
Competition
102
Jail Breakout
112
Line Dancing
Evening
122
Music Quiz
132
Orienteering
Race
142
Pogo Stick Race
103
Japanese
Evening
113
Litter Picking
123
Musical Evening
133
Ornament
Sale
143
Pool
Competition
104
Jazz Event
114
Local Knowledge
Quiz
124
Mystery Tour
134
Outings-(book bus
trip for a group)
144
Private Tuition
105
Jewellery Party
Plan Selling
115
Make-Up
Demonstration
125
Nature Walking
135
Outward Bound
Weekend
145
Pub Crawl
106
Jigsaw
Marathon
116
Meat Raffle
126
Naughty
Nineties Party
136
Paintballing
146
Pub Games
107
Jogging Event
117
Medieval
Evening
127
Nearly New
Sale
137
Painting
Exhibition
147
Race Night
108
Karaoke
Competition
118
Midsummer
Masked Ball
128
Netball Match
138
Pancake Day
Race
148
Recycle
Aluminium Cans
109
Keep Fit Event
119
Mini Marathon
129
New Year’s Eve
Party
139
Plant Sale
149
Refreshment Stalls
at local events
110
Kids Concert
120
Morris Men
Display
130
Odd Job
Service
140
Playstation
Play-Off
150
Rock ‘n Roll Night
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New Year Fundraising Ideas - 200 Fundraising Ideas
151
Rounders
Tournament
161
Spelling
Competition
171
Street
Entertainment
181
Three-Legged Walk
in Fancy Dress
191
Vehicle Rally
152
Salsa Night
162
Sponsored
Dog Walk
172
Sunday Brunch
182
Toy Sale
192
Video
Competition
153
Santa’s Grotto
163
Sponsored Knit
173
Supper Party
183
Trivial Pursuits
Quiz
193
Volleyball
Tournament
154
Scalextric
Grand Prix
164
Sponsored New
Year Resolutions
174
Swimming Race
184
Tug-of-War
194
Wacky Races
155
Seventies Disco
165
Sponsored
Silence
175
Table Tennis
185
University
Challenge
195
Waste Paper
Collection
156
Sherry Morning
166
Sponsored Slim
176
Talent
Competition
186
Unwanted
Gift Sale
196
Welly Throwing
Competition
157
Silly Games
Afternoon
167
Sponsored Walk
177
Teddy Bears
Picnic
187
Valentine Card
Competition
197
Wheelbarrow
Races
158
Skateboard
Competition
168
Squash
Tournament
178
Tennis
Tournament
188
Valentine’s Party
198
Windscreen Wash
at Car Parks
159
Skipping
169
Strawberries and
Cream Tea Party
179
Ten-Pin Bowling
189
Valuation Day
199
Wine Raffle
160
Skittles
170
Street
Collection
180
Theatre or
Pantomime Trips
190
Vegetarian
Evening
200
Yo Yo
Marathon
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The Reverse Raffle
Are you planning to hold a raffle at your next fundraising event? You may want to try the reverse raffle instead. With this raffle, instead of buying tickets, every attendee gets one free raffle ticket when they come in the door. Only instead of winning a prize, the person whose ticket is drawn will win a “gag” prize with some level of light embarrassment, like having to dance with a group of clowns, having to kiss the club’s four-legged mascot, or having to wear a funny wig and march with the band.
People can then “sell” their ticket back to the organization in return for a donation (so they won’t have to be part of the drawing)
Fairplay Fundraising
Raise money for any cause by selling something everyone needs! Novel fundraising initiative involving selling toilet rolls!
For more information visit http://www.fairplayfundraising.com/
Ebay for Charity
For more information how your charity can set up an ebay for charity account visit http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity/charities.html
Innovative Fundraising Ideas!
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Training Resources - 5 Minute Fundraiser Videos
The Institute of Fundraising has some useful 5 minute training videos on their website to help small charities, see the topics above. Click here to open the Institute of Fundraising website and view these videos
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NATIONAL FUNDING ROUND UP!
NEWS FROM THE BIG LOTTERY- Well done to the November 2014 West Sussex Awards For All Successes!
Abbeyfield
Ferring
Society
Limited
Arun
This is a project by an industrial and provident society in Worthing in West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to purchase IT equipment and deliver training to residents of a care home. This will provide residents with access to IT and the Internet so that they can keep in touch with family and access online services, reducing isolation and encouraging learning and stimulating activities.
£9,300
The Number 18 Project Bognor Regis Ltd
Arun
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Bognor Regis in West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to deliver art and music workshops and a mobile youth club to local children and young people. This will enable the group to fill gaps in local youth service provision following council budget cuts, as well as deliver youth projects in areas of deprivation to ensure participation and inclusion in structured youth activities.
£10,000
East Preston District of the Guide Association
Arun
This is a project by a registered charity in Littlehampton. The organisation will use the funding to refurbish the damaged outside cladding of the guide headquarters. This will enable the building to provide safe community activities.
£7,400
The Empire Hall Graffham
Chichester
This is a project by a registered charity in Graffham. The organisation will use the funding to work with architects and lighting experts to improve the design of their community hall and shed areas, dispose of areas of asbestos at the location and remove two of their five sheds to enable the development of a car park at the site for the wider community.
£9,750
CD Phoenix Netball Club
Mid Sussex
This is a project by a voluntary and community organisation in Crawley Down. The organisation will use the funding to deliver a physical activity programme to young females and adults in the area based around playing netball, which will also include healthy living messages and opportunities to demonstrate skills learned and also to deliver coaching qualifications in netball coaching, first aid and safeguarding to current coaches to ensure sustainability of project activities.
£9,925
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Bolnore Village Community Partnership
Mid Sussex
This is a project by a registered charity in Bolnore. The organisation will use the funding to furnish their new community centre with items such as seating, storage, kitchen equipment and security so that they can provide community activities and a nursery to the wider community. This will enable the community to have access to childcare and social activities.
£10,000
Southdown Netball Club
Mid Sussex
This is a project by a voluntary and community organisation in East Grinstead. The organisation will use the funding to deliver a physical activity programme to young females based around playing netball, which will also include healthy living messages and opportunities to demonstrate skills learned and also to deliver coaching qualifications in netball coaching, first aid and safeguarding to current coaches to ensure sustainability of project activities.
£9,984
East Grinstead Cricket Club
Mid Sussex
This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Mid Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to deliver cricket sessions for NEET young people, so they can partake in physical activity and obtain cricket qualifications. This will encourage physical activity amongst young people and equip them with a coaching qualification to improve their employment prospects through transferable skills.
£9,220
MSOPC
Mid Sussex
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Mid Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to pay a community development worker to go out into the community and deliver activities and events for older people who are unable to access the group’s regular activities due to health or mobility problems. This will provide social activities for older people to reduce isolation and loneliness.
£10,000
Crawley Community Transport Limited
Crawley
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Crawley, West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to build capacity for their organisation by updating their IT/software systems and networks to provide an efficient and effective service providing community transport for people who are socially isolated and have mobility problems.
£10,000
Bennetts Road Allotments Association
Horsham
This is a project by a community organisation in West Sussex. The group will use funding to install toilet facilites at their allotment. This will enable plot holders and visitors to stay for prolonged periods of time at the allotment and allow the organisation to hold community events and activities.
£10,000
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West Chanctonbury Recreation Association
Horsham
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Storrington, Sussex. The organisation will use funding to implement a wellbeing club, for older members of the community. This will enable beneficiaries to socialise through participating in activities including outdoor walks, rehabilitative gym sessions and social events, with the aim of reducing social isolation, raising self confidence and promoting wellbeing.
£8,120
Colgate Primary School
Horsham
This is a project by a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to purchase equipment to deliver after school dance classes for families in the area. This will enable people the opportunity to socialise with their peers in a secluded area.
£9,905
Oak Grove College
Worthing
This is a project by a school in Worthing. The organisation will use the funding to build an outdoor cooking area in the school, so they can offer work experience sessions in cooking and food preparation, and adapt the garden by the provision of a gate to allow access to the school community. This will enable their pupils who have special needs to have improved employment opportunities, and enable the community improved access to green spaces
£9,400
Mew Harmonie
Worthing
This is a project by an incorporated charity in West Sussex. The
organisation will use funding to deliver a series of wind music
sessions across the borough, for older people with dementia.
This will provide beneficiaries with respite from day to day
activities, with the aim of reducing anxiety and promoting
wellbeing
£9,900
Central and South Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau
Adur
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Horsham. The organisation will use the funding to deliver specialist in house training to their volunteers in a range of advice topics, including debt, welfare benefits, immigration and housing and also provide train the trainer opportunities. This will improve the knowledge base of their volunteers to provide improved and up to date advice to address community needs.
£10,000
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Pages 15 - 19 set out the Aspirations of the Big Lottery’s Building Better Opportunities Programme. Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester (VAAC) has been awarded Project Development Funding by the Lottery to work across the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership area to provide support to the Voluntary and Community Sector in preparation for this new programme. We are working with the CVS across the LEP area to make this happen and there will be a series of events in the New Year (probably April) to raise awareness of the funding opportunities as well as web based information, regular information updates and where needed 1:1 support. More information will be sent out in our February edition.
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What is it?
Subject to final approval from the European Commission and the Big Lottery Fund Board, Big Lottery Fund is planning to put up around £250 million of Lottery funds against a similar figure from the European Social Fund (ESF), fro projects in England designed to tackle poverty and promote social inclusion.
The money from Europe comes from the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) Growth programme 2014-2020, of which the ESF is one part. Combined with the Big Lottery funding through a programme called Building Better Opportunities, the money will support projects which tackle social exclusion and poverty.
Context
The European Commission sets the framework and regulations for how the European funds must be managed. One of the main requirements is that all ESF funds provided by the Commission must be ‘matched’ by local or national funding. That’s where we come in.
Localism
In response to Lord Heseltine’s 2012 report, No Stone Unturned, the government announced that ESIF money in England should go to Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and that each LEP should draw up a strategy for using this money. Local Sub-Committees in each LEP area will be responsible for these strategies going forward.
These Local Sub - Committees will be able to access the required match funding from us. They can also “give” some of their ESF money to the Big Lottery Fund. We’ll put this money in the same pot as our match funding and distribute them together. In total the Fund and the LEPs will have over £500 million to invest.
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Where are we working?
Local Sub-Committees that have provisionally opted to work with us are listed below. They will make final decisions on this in early 2015. As they have a choice about how much of their ESF allocation to allocate to us the amount of funding available will vary widely across different areas, For more information about the LEP areas, the local priorities and how much is likely to be available please visit our website www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/esf
Black Country York, North Yorkshire & East Riding
Cheshire and Warrington Leeds City Region
Coast to Capital Leicester and Leicestershire
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Liverpool City Region
Coventry and Warwickshire London
Cumbria New Anglia
Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire North East
Dorset Northamptonshire
Enterprise M3 Oxfordshire
Gloucestershire Sheffield City Region
Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough South East
Greater Lincolnshire South East Midlands
Greater Manchester Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
Heart of South West Swindon and Wiltshire
Hertfordshire Tees Valley
Humber Thames Valley Berkshire
Lancashire The Marches
Worcestershire West of England
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Why we want to become an ‘opt in’ organisation
We have two main objectives within this programme. We want to: Maximise the impact of our funds. We shall be taking on responsibility for managing ESF funds as well as Lottery funds, so that’s twice the amount of money we would have available just from Lottery money alone. Improve access to European funds by voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. Our funding has the potential to increase the ‘voice’ and influence of the VCSE in this area, and facilitate access to a greater share of funds. The VCSE has the skills and experience required to make a real impact for beneficiaries in this area, but has historically faced barriers in accessing EU funding.
Programme Development funding
Ahead of the main funding becoming available from 2015, Big Lottery Fund has awarded development funding (from Lottery funds) to one organisation in each of the LEP areas we are working with.
We have funded these organisations to ensure there is widespread awareness of the opportunities available at the main funding stage, act as a point of contact fro queries, and bring together interested organisations, including from the VCSE sector, to discuss local need and how best to tackle local priorities.
For a list of organisations that have been awarded programme development funding visit www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/esf
What might we fund
We want to improve people’s life chances by funding projects that reflect local priorities and community needs; are based on evidence about what works best and are delivered by capable providers. We will encourage partnership working because we believe that when services work together outcomes are better. We will expect projects to build on people’s strengths, developing their skills and talents to overcome challenges they face,.
Projects will need to meet local priorities as defined by each Local Sub-Committee. The types of project we will fund will cover activities that meet a local need related to addressing poverty and improving social inclusion. Projects might include improving employability for the most disadvantaged, helping those with multiple and complex
needs, improving financial literacy and helping people to overcome challenges in their lives.
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How funding might work
Much of the detail is still under development, but here are some of the things we expect to see.
Our timeline is dependent on the overall timeline of the ESF programme, but we hope the main
round of funding to be available from summer 2015.
Lottery and ESF money will be brought together into one single pot, administered by Big Lottery
Fund, with only one application process and one body to report back to with monitoring
information.
We expect the programme will run something like this:
We will run a two-stage competitive grants process. At the first stage we will ask you to
outline your approach. If you are successful at this stage you will be invited to the second
stage, where we will ask you to give more detail.
Award decisions will be made by Big Lottery Fund but feedback from Local Sub Committees
will be an essential part of our decision making.
We will be offering grants not contracts. We will pay grant money in advance rather than a
“payment by results” approach.
We expect most grants to be relatively large (from £500,000) and likely to be delivered by
partnerships, possibly where a lead partners works with smaller delivery partners.
We will produce a standard set of tools and templates for grant holders to simplify reporting
and monitoring requirements.
We will provide support to grant holders throughout. We are looking at how to do this. It could
be by offering development grants and support service providing advice on the technical
aspects of ESF.
We will update our website with information as it becomes available. If you have any queries please contact the organisation that has been awarded development funding in your area. This is Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester Phone 01243 840305 or email [email protected]
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NATIONAL FUNDING ROUND UP!
Sport England has announced a second round of funding for its Get Healthy, Get Active (previously Get Healthy, Get Into Sport) initiative.
In March 2013, Sport England awarded £6.3 million of Lottery funding to 15 pilot schemes across the country which encouraged inactive people to become more physically active through sport. This was matched by £5.2 million in funding from Local Authorities, Charities and Clinical Commissioning Groups. For Round Two, a further £5 million of Lottery funding will be invested into projects that successfully get inactive people aged 14 years and older into weekly physical activity or sport participation.
The Get Healthy, Get Active fund aims to:
Get more inactive people playing sport once a week for at least 30 minutes. Achieve a better understanding of sports contribution to improving public health and the prevention,
treatment and management of long-term conditions. Enable sport and physical activity to be regularly commissioned to meet a wider range of agendas but
particularly focusing on reducing health and social care costs. Achieve a reduction in health inequalities. Groups may apply for grants of between £100,000 and £500,000. Grants of above £500,000 will only be offered in exceptional circumstances, and organisations may only apply for this much if they have received written permission from Sport England. Priority will be given to projects that are linked to clearly identified priorities in local council plans, utilise non-traditional locations and venues for their activity, and have a significantly higher level of confirmed partnership funding for the whole life of the project rather than just the first year.
Any organisation based in England that is eligible to receive National Lottery funding is invited to apply. All projects should have a strong partnership approach and be able to demonstrate clearly the role of each partner in the overall success of the project.
The deadline for applications is 26 January 2015 (6pm).
Full guidelines, frequently asked questions and examples of the kinds of projects funded in Round One can be found online at Sport England’s website
Source: Grant Advisor The Charity Awards The Charity Awards is Civil Society Media’s annual awards programme held to identify, recognise and reward those organisations doing exceptional work in all areas of charitable activity.
Now in its 16th year, The Charity Awards is a year-round programme that uses Civil Society Media’s portfolio of magazines, reports, events and websites to celebrate and highlight best practice across the sector. The awards opened for entry in December and the deadline for applications is 6th March 2015.
For more information go to http://www.charityawards.co.uk/
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Register Interest in FREE Training to become self-sustaining
The Foundation for Social Improvement are providing two days of free training for charities to help them improve their sustainability. To register interest please e-mail [email protected] and when they launch bookings, you’ll be one of the first to know.
Training will be in Brighton on 9th and 10th September 2015. Bookings for the 2014 event are not yet open. Sessions will cover a wide range of fundraising techniques and back office skills delivered by experienced and knowledgeable trainers. The training provided and all delegate materials are free of charge to FSI Small Charity Members and Associate Members. However they ask for a small contribution of £10 towards the cost of refreshments and lunch. E-mail: [email protected] Cyril Corden Charitable Trust The scheme is intended to support charities undertaking projects which will produce a lasting positive change in humanitarian, vegetarian and vegan causes. Applications can be made at any time. Charities in the UK are eligible to apply Funding is available for the production of videos, books and audio guides to provide information on humanitarian, vegetarian and vegan causes. Applications should be made in writing. Contact the Cyril Corden Trust for further information. For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following: Mr Harold Bland The Cyril Corden Trust Ravensdale Sally Deards Lane Rabley Heath Welwyn Herts AL6 9UE Tel: 01438 820222 Email: [email protected] For more information visit their website Cyril Corden Charitable Trust
Source: Grant Advisor Henry Smith's Charity - Holiday Grants for Children Henry Smith Charity - Holiday Grants for Children awards up to £2,500 to schools, youth groups and not for profit organisations for holidays or day trips within the UK for children aged 13 and under who are from deprived areas or have a disability. Grants are normally limited to a maximum of two-thirds of the total cost of a trip as the charity would expect some local partnership funding to be in place. The next deadline is 19th March 2015. Tel: 020 7264 4970
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The Golsoncott Foundation
The Foundation was established as a Charitable Trust in July 1998 from the estate of the artist and sculptor Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995). An arts-funding trust, its declared object is … to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular … the fine arts and music. The Trustees meet on a quarterly basis (February, May, August, November) to determine applications. Grants vary according to context but they do not exceed £5,000 and are normally given on a non-recurrent basis. Applications from individuals and students seeking funding for academic or vocational courses, are not admitted, though applications from organisations for bursaries are. Capital appeals from museums, galleries, theatres, arts complexes and schools are not encouraged. The trustees when weighing up the many applications they receive will undertake a first appraisal; those considered suitable go forward to a final determination meeting. The trustees’ overriding concern is to support those projects that demonstrate and deliver excellence in the arts, be it in performance, exhibition, artistic craft, or scholarly endeavour. Many applications are received from organisations and other charities whose focus is not primarily on the arts but social, youth or educational work. Such laudable work though has at its core an instrumentalist bias towards inclusion and participation in the arts, rather than excellence and the promotion of the highest standards per se. As competition for grants is always fierce and only between one-in-four and one-in-six applicants who are considered in the determination meeting actually receive a grant, the trustees favour applications that focus upon the perfection or promotion of the art in question. Additionally for those applications involving young people the trustees look to a long-lasting connection between them and the art form, one which aims at a significant level of participation and achievement, rather than projects that offer little scope for further involvement.
The next deadline is Wednesday 30 April 2014. This deadline may be brought forward depending on the number of applications received. Applicants therefore are advised not to wait until the end of the quarter before submission, the earlier the application the more considered the first appraisal. For further information, guidelines and contact details please go to www.golsoncott.org.uk/
Help The Homeless
They make grants to charitable organisations with the aim of returning homeless people to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life. These organisations vary from small groups to established residential or training facilities. Grants are available to small and medium-sized charitable organisations. They do not make grants to individuals. Their main funding remit is the regular allocation of grants (generally up to £5,000) for capital costs to small and medium-sized registered charities only (those with a turnover of under £1m per annum). All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offer shelter or other forms of sustenance.
All applicants must use the official form and clearly describe the aims and structure of their organisation, their future plans and specific details of how any grant money will be spent. A copy of the latest available audited accounts is also required. The next deadline for grant applications is 15th March 2015. For further information and to download the application form please go to www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/
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The Weavers Company Benevolent Fund
The Weavers' Company Benevolent Fund was set up in 1973 with funds from The Worshipful Company of Weavers, which is the oldest City of London Livery Company and has a history dating back before 1130 AD. They have two Benevolent Fund Priorities:
1. Helping disadvantaged young people The object of the fund is to support projects working with disadvantaged young people to ensure that they are given every possible chance to meet their full potential and to participate fully in society. They normally define young people as being aged from 5 to 30 years.
2. Offenders and ex-offenders, particularly those under 30 years of age Many offenders and ex-offenders suffer from a variety of difficult and complex problems and they are amongst the most vulnerable members of society. They will fund work that addresses the social and economic problems faced by this group and their families, and provide them with support, life skills training and a way back into education, training and/or employment, so that they may reintegrate and make a positive contribution to society. They are especially interested in helping smaller organisations which offer direct services. These must be registered charities or in the process of applying for registration. Applicants must show that they have investigated other sources of funding and made plans for the future, which should include replacement funding if appropriate. To be eligible for funding, local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than about £100,000. Those working across the UK should normally have an income of not more than about £250,000. Grants are usually up to £15,000 per annum but smaller applications are also welcomed and grants may be awarded for up to three years. The next deadline for applications is 30th March 2015. For guidelines and the application form please go to www.weavers.org.uk/
The Anchor Foundation
They support Christian Charities that are concerned with social inclusion particularly through ministries of healing and the arts. They will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work. In any one year the grants range to a project is between £500 and £10,000. It is their normal practice not to give grants to the same project for more than three years. Charities with a number of projects operating should choose a single project for their application.
Applications are considered at twice yearly trustees meetings in April and November and the next deadline is 31st January 2015.
For further information and to complete their Online Application Form please go to www.theanchorfoundation.org.uk/
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William and Jane Morris Fund (Church Conservation Grants)
The Morris Fund, Church and Conservation Grants, was formed in 1939 following a bequest to the Society from May Morris, the daughter of William and Jane Morris. May Morris required that grants should be made only to work that is carried out according to the principles of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), which was founded by her father. Grants ranging from £500- £3,000 are awarded to churches, chapels and other places of worship for the conservation of decorative features and monuments, but not structural repairs. Deadlines for receipt of applications are: 31st March (applicants notified by 31st May) 31th August (applicants notified by 30th November) The Society welcomes applications for smaller programmes of work concerned with the conservation of decorative or non-structural features, for example: stained glass windows sculpture furniture monuments and tombs wall paintings
The decorative feature, monument, etc must be dated before 1896 (the date of William Morris’s death). A professional architect or established conservator must be engaged to direct the work. Grant-aided work must be completed within one year of receipt of the grant and the completion of the work must be certified by an appropriate professional. Tel: 020 7479 7080 E-mail: [email protected]
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