Funding Extra newsletter - 8th February 2016
 

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Contents

+1 Big Lottery Fund's Communities and Families Fund (Scotland) Due to Close

+2 First Utility Foundation

+3 Women Make Music Grant Scheme

+4 Friends Provident Foundation: ‘Building Resilient Economies’

+5 Heart Research UK - Healthy Heart Grants

+6 Feminist Review Trust Grants

+7 Scottish Music Centre: Training and Continuing Professional Development Fund

+8 Sport Relief Community Cash (DEADLINE 15^th February)

+9 The Ernest Cook Trust






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Big Lottery Fund's Communities and Families Fund (Scotland) Due to Close

Voluntary and community organisations, community councils and statutory bodies in Scotland have until 29 February 2016 to apply to the Big Lottery’s Communities and Families Fund.

http://digbig.com/5bmmyp



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First Utility Foundation

First Utility Foundation is currently accepting applications from UK registered charities whose work benefits vulnerable families and children, older people and disabled people within the UK.

The deadline for initial Round 1 applications is 29 February 2016.

http://www.first-utility-foundation.org.uk/about/


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Women Make Music Grant Scheme

The next applications deadline for the Performing Right Society's (PRS) Women Make Music grant scheme is 6pm on the 6th June 2016. Through the grant scheme, financial support of up to £5000 is available to women musicians to create new music in any genre. This can range from Classical; Jazz; Experimental; Urban; Electronica; and Pop. Grants are available for projects that support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music; that enable the UK's most talented female music creators to realise their potential; and to inspire audiences. Through the scheme support is available to individuals and organizations / groups including Solo performers; Solo songwriters or composers; Promoters or event producers; Bands/ensembles/orchestras; as well as non-music organisations such as local authorities and museums; etc.

http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/funding/women-make-music-2/



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Friends Provident Foundation: ‘Building Resilient Economies’

The aim of this funding programme: to contribute to a more resilient, sustainable and fairer economic system.

The current economic and social disruption in the UK and beyond has demonstrated that financial markets can exacerbate social disharmony and inequality. But must this always be so? Why can’t financial systems be transformed into an ‘engine’ for social benefits, and economic goods and services, actively reversing the impact of recent years? Since 2006 the Foundation has actively explored ethical financial systems through its grants and social investment programme The Right Use of Money. We re-visited the themes identified and felt it was time to address some of the fundamental issues relating to our economic systems.

http://www.friendsprovidentfoundation.org/programme-overview/



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Heart Research UK - Healthy Heart Grants

Grants of up to £5,000 and up to £10,000 are available across the UK each year.

We are always looking for new, original and innovative projects that actively promote Heart Health and help to prevent, or reduce, the risk of heart disease in specific groups or communities.

Next deadline: 30 March

http://heartresearch.org.uk/community-grants/apply-hruk-healthy-heart-grants



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Feminist Review Trust Grants

The Feminist Review Trust has announced that the next round of its 2016 grants programme is now open for applications. The Feminist Review Trust gives grants of up to £15,000 to projects in the UK and internationally that support women. The Trust will prioritise applications for hard to fund projects that have no other obvious sources of funding; pump priming activities to help start a project in the hope that it will then be able attract sufficient funding to continue; Interventionist projects that support feminist values; training and development projects; one off events; dissemination of relevant material; and core funding for groups that struggle to raise it elsewhere. Other projects outside of these above categories may be funded but potential applicants should contact the Trust to discuss eligibility before submitting an application. The deadline for applications is 31st May 2016.

http://www.feminist-review-trust.com/



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Scottish Music Centre

Training and Continuing Professional Development Fund

To support individuals, organisations and networks who work outwith school settings to undertake training and continuing professional development that will strengthen youth music in Scotland for the benefit of young people. We understand that many music freelancers and organisations may be working with young people both in and out of school settings and so will be eligible to apply.

http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/development/training-and-continuing-professional-development-fund/


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Sport Relief Community Cash

Foundation Scotland is administering the Sport Relief Community Cash grants programme in partnership with Comic Relief and the Daily Record.

Grants of between £500 and £1,000 are available to constituted, not-for-profit groups that are doing great work to help local people living tough lives, working in disadvantaged and deprived areas across Scotland. Only group’s with an annual income of £100,000 or less (as recorded in the group’s most recent financial year) can apply.

We believe that local people know what is needed in their community and are best placed to make any changes.

Having lots of activities happening in an area brings vibrancy to a local community, which can make it a better place to live. We are also aware that many people are undertaking great work in their area but often struggle to get the support they need.

We therefore want to support community groups undertaking work that helps people of all ages feel more included in their community, builds their skills and increases their sense of achievement.

Complete application forms and supporting documents must be received by Monday 15th February 2016

https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/programmes/sport-relief-community-cash



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The Ernest Cook Trust

As well as offering a wide-ranging programme of land-based learning for children and young people, the Ernest Cook Trust gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people’s interest either in the countryside and the environment, the arts (in the broadest sense), or in science, or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy.

A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

http://ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/