Our weekly Funding Bulletin contains a collection of articles that either feature a funder or is an interesting item associated with the world of fundraising.
Organisation Small Infrastructure Grant 2015 from Merseytravel, are offering grants of up to £10,000 for small infrastructure projects that will influence or directly benefit staff, visitors and volunteers. Work funded can be of benefit to one company across one or more sites or to a group of organisations. The funding can pay for small infrastructure projects to support cycling, walking public transport and car sharing initiatives that seek to increase travel by any sustainable means. The closing date for applications for this round of funding is 31st August 2015. Please note that this is a limited grant funding programme which will be assessed on a first come first served basis. Applications will be assessed on a weekly basis. Applications will only be accepted on the application form which can be requested and submitted electronically from [email protected] or posted. If you have any queries regarding the application process or would like to discuss your project further, please contact a member of the Corporate Engagement Team on 0151 330 1083. (You can also request the application form from [email protected]
UK Youth and Starbucks Coffee Company are delighted to announce the launch of its 2015 Starbucks Youth Action programme. Are you working with young people aged 16 – 24 who are not in education or employment? Would you like to support them to run a social action programme with funding of up to £1000, with an additional contribution for youth workers support time? Then we would like to invite you to apply to Starbucks Youth Action? To apply, two young people need to lead the project and engage a further 50 young people throughout the course of the project. The young people will need to be aged between 16 and 24 and need to have a youth worker / training organisation able to support them throughout the project. We are looking for projects that provide a positive benefit to the local community and that look to enhance the young leaders employability and leadership skills. This is a rolling programme until March 2016. Applications are open now with the first round of funding being considered on 3rd August and monthly from thereon. To apply for Starbucks Youth Action please complete the Online Form – Starbucks Youth Action 2015.
Tudor Trust makes grants, and provides other types of support, to voluntary and community groups working in any part of the UK. We particularly want to help smaller, community-led organisations which work directly with people who are at the margins of society: organisations which support positive changes in people’s lives and in their communities. We want to respond flexibly to your ideas and energy, and to fund effective organisations working to high standards. You don’t have to be a registered charity to apply to us. We can make grants to other organisations (for example constituted community groups, community interest companies and industrial and provident societies) as long as you can explain clearly how you would use our grant for charitable purposes. Because we try to respond to the needs identified by organisations themselves, many of our grants take the form of core funding: funding which goes towards the core costs of running an organisation, including salaries, overheads and day-to-day running costs. Sometimes we may look at offering unrestricted funding, through a grant which can be used entirely freely to further an organisation’s charitable objectives. We can also provide project grants, capital grants for buildings or equipment and grants to help strengthen your organisation. There is no maximum or minimum grant. In some situations we may look at making a short-term loan if this is the most helpful solution and you can demonstrate how you will pay it back. For more information go to the Tudor Foundation website
The Kelly Family Trust has decided to prioritise its funding in favour of charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members. The overall objective is to reinforce the potential benefit and support that family members as a unit can give to each other. Applications are also welcomed from sports and health-related registered charities whose activities comply with the above criteria. The Trust will consider both capital and revenue grants. The Trust is happy to support requests for core funding as well as project-based grants, and actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established. Applications should be supported by annual accounts where available. Grants are awarded twice a year to charities whose aims fall within the criteria of the Trust. Grants will generally be in the range of £1000 – £5000, but Trustees will consider requests for higher amounts. Applications must be submitted by 1st March and 1st September to be considered at the subsequent meeting. The Trustees will ask for more detail for those applications that pass the initial screening and may visit the projects they wish to support. The Trust application form is available to complete by downloading the form and returning it to the Grants Administrator by email. For details go to the website.
Other items of Interest …
A rundown of Community Action Wirral’s latest fundraising workshops and events… for more information click on the links.
‘Event Planning’ workshop by Natalie Weston, Senior Events Manager at the Marriott Hotel on the 3rd September 2015 in Liverpool. This is a morning workshop commencing at 10:30 am and finishing at 12:30 pm and finish with a light lunch.
‘Small Fundraisers’ was set up by fundraisers on Wirral to create a peer network, where they could access support, advice and good ideas to improve their fundraising practise from each other. Our next meeting will be held on the 10th September 2015 at the Barnstondale Centre and we have invited Jane Harris – Administrator from the Morgan Foundation to share her thoughts on which projects they are looking for and top tips on how to approach this fund.
‘Effective Presentations’ workshop by Diana Todd, Director of Sales at the Marriott Hotel in Liverpool on the 26th August. This is a full day workshop commencing at 9 am and finishing at 6 pm. Lunch will be at 1 pm for an hour, and there will be two additional 15 minute comfort breaks. The workshop is hard hitting, intense and full of tips, tools and feedback to staff, volunteers and trustees, to enable them to develop and deliver excellent presentations on behalf of their organisations. This is a workshop which will build on personal skills and enable Wirral organisations to become more sustainable in the long term as they have an improved ability to sell and market themselves to potential funders and sponsors.
Natalie Brandon from the Big Lottery has offered to spend a day on Wirral with Wirral groups, discussing and offering tips and advice to groups wishing to apply to the Awards for All Fund.
This is an ideal opportunity to get acquainted with the Big Lottery Local Officer, and to improve your application (and bid writing skills) to Awards for All. There is no cost for this surgery.
Groups will have a 45 minute slot with Natalie to discuss their potential application. Time slots will run all day.
Big Society Capital has launched ‘Get It’ to provide free support to charities and social enterprises that want to raise investment using SITR. Social Investment Tax Relief is designed to support charities and social enterprises in accessing certain debt and equity finance from individual investors.
Organising outdoor events in Wirral
If you’re planning an outdoor event, the Wirral Event Safety Advisory Group can provide support, guidance and information to help you plan your event safely.
New funding announced to increase government support for youth social action
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