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Funding Newsletter
March 2022
Hope
Snowdrops symbolise hope, sympathy and consolation. They also symbolise purity and strength. They fight their way through the hardship of winter to bloom.
Hope for the people of Ukraine, the people of Europe and all of the world. 
Funding Surgeries 2022
The Funding Surgery event dates and subjects are now confirmed as follows:
March 9th 2022: 'Writing Strong Grant Applications' with Community Foundation for Surrey. (See section below in this newsletter for more details.)
June 15th 2022: Government Grants 
September 28th 2022: Charity Excellence Framework and How to Find Funders
November 9th 2022: Funding Fair

All events will commence at 10.00am and most will be one hour with the possible exception of the Funding Fair which will be 90 minutes.
Please hold these dates in your schedule and await further communications.
Other events will be announced in due course.
Funding Surgery - March 9th  
Its not too late to register for this event if you have not already done so!

An introductory guide to writing grant applications. Aimed at volunteers and staff who are new to fundraising or who need a refresher.

In this introductory webinar, for voluntary and community organisations, we will cover the main points of how to prepare a strong grant application.

You will hear directly from a local funder on what they are looking for, and learn top tips from experienced applicants.

Speakers include:

  • David McSween, Grants Officer at Community Foundation for Surrey
  • Local voluntary sector grant applicants - to be confirmed

There will also be an opportunity for questions and a signposting session to further information, training and advice.

This event is being run by a partnership of the Voluntary Actions in East and Central Surrey (Voluntary Action Reigate & Banstead, Tandridge Voluntary Action, and Central Surrey Voluntary Action), together with the Community Foundation for Surrey.

If you have queries about the event, please contact info@varb.org.uk
To register for this event please click here.

Funding News
Faith Funds

The Anchor Foundation

The Anchor Foundation provides grants of between £500 and £10,000 per year to Christian Charities that encourage social inclusion through ministries of healing and the arts. Funding can be awarded for up to three years.
The Foundation will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work.
For more information please click on this link.



National Churches Trust

Churches can apply for grants of up to £500 (excl. VAT) towards the cost of building's maintenance services. The grant will cover up to 50% of the cost of works. 
Churches are only eligible to apply for a Preventative Maintenance Micro-Grant if they book one of the following services through the MaintenanceBooker website:

  • Rainwater goods maintenance;
  • Lightning protection system repairs;
  • Asbestos removal;
  • Masonry repairs and high level maintenance.

The National Churches Trust accepts applications from listed and unlisted churches, chapels and meeting houses of any age, as long as they are open for regular public worship and are located within an area covered by MaintenanceBooker services.
The funding is being made available through the National Churches Maintenance Micro-Grant Programme and applications can be submitted at any time.  There are no application deadlines.

For more information please click on this link.

Community and Social Relief Funds

Magic Little Grants

Online fundraising platform Localgiving, together with the People’s Postcode Lottery, have announced that this year’s Magic Little Grants programme2022 ill re-open to applications on the 16th March 2022.
Grants of £500 will be awarded to 2,650 small charities and community groups to launch or strengthen their services. To be eligible, organisations will need to have an annual income of below £250,000 or be in their first year of operation.
During 2021 Magic Little Grants supported organisations carrying out projects that address the following themes:

  • Improving mental wellbeing
  • Enabling community participation in the arts
  • Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
  • Supporting marginalised groups and promoting equality
  • Improving biodiversity and green spaces
  • Enabling participation in physical activity
  • Responding to the climate emergency and promoting sustainability
  • Increasing community access to outdoor space.

As well as receiving a Magic Little Grant, successful organisations that are new to Localgiving will also be given a free annual membership with Localgiving worth £96. This membership gives them access to all of Localgiving’s wider online fundraising services, such as regular fundraising campaigns and training.
For more information please click on this link.


Aviva Community Fund

Aviva has launched the next round of its Community Fund. Aviva has teamed up with the fundraising platform Crowdfunder to offer funding of up to £50,000 to small charities, schools and community interest groups in the UK with innovative ideas that benefit their community.  Every three months from January 2020 onwards, £250,000 will be split equally among Aviva’s UK employees to donate to the projects that matter to them most.
Aviva wants to support projects that boost the resilience of communities in the face of uncertainty and will be supporting projects in two key areas:

  • Climate Action: Promoting healthy, thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change.
  • Financial Wellbeing: Helping people to take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially resilient and independent.

To take part the project must also be raising funds to develop a new approach, product or technology, pilot a new scheme, implement a new initiative, or expand existing services to a new area or beneficiary group. All beneficiaries must be in the UK.
Once applications have been submitted, applicants will need to create a fundraising page on Crowdfunder that Aviva employees can browse and donate funds to.  Applicants can also showcase their projects to raise additional public donations.
The next closing date for applications is the 20th April 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



National Lottery Community Fund
Partnership Fund


Not for profit organisations such as community organisations, charities, schools and social enterprises in England can apply for grants of over £10,000 for up to five years to the National Lottery Community Fund's Partnership Fund. The aim of the fund is to help local organisations develop a more strategic approach to improving their community by developing and growing new and existing partnerships with other organisations. This can involve area-based partnerships or communities of interest.
Funding is available to:

  • build strong relationships in and across communities
  • improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
  • help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage.
During the current Coronavirus crisis, The National Lottery Community Fund will continue to support people and communities most adversely impacted by COVID-19. Support is available to:
  • continue to deliver activity to existing users, responding to the immediate crisis or undertaking recovery activity
  • change and adapt, becoming more resilient in order to respond to new and future challenges.
The grants can be used to fund project activities, operating costs, organisational development and capital costs. A total of £40 million is available this year.
The Big Lottery Fund will support ideas that meet one or more of their three funding priorities:
  • Bring people together and build strong relationships in and across communities
  • Improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
  • Enable more people to fulfil their potential by working to address issues at the earliest possible stage.
Organisations eligible to apply include:
  • Voluntary and community organisations
  • Registered charities
  • Social enterprises
  • Groups of organisations, as long as they are led by a voluntary and community organisations or social enterprise
  • Schools
  • Statutory bodies (including town, parish or community councils)
  • Community interest companies (with two or more directors).

Applications can be submitted at any time.
For more information please click on this link.



The Prince’s Countryside Fund

Grants of up to £10,000 are available for projects from across the UK which are working to create resilient rural communities.
The Prince’s Countryside Fund will award funding from the Barclays 100x100 UK Covid-19 Community Relief Fund to support farming and rural communities to cope with the impact of Covid-19, to expand on new services that have emerged to support the local community during this time and to build future resilience.
Applications are encouraged from community-led organisations with a turnover under £500,000 per year, from communities with a population of up to 3,000 residents. Examples could Include rolling out longer term food and medicine delivery services; social groups to support isolated people; or mental health support.
For more information please click on this link.



Help the Homeless

Help the Homeless makes grants of up to £5,000 to small and medium-sized charitable organisations (with a turnover of less than £1 million) whose aim is to help homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life.
Typically, such organisations may operate small or medium-sized residential or training facilities to assist homeless people.
The grants are available for capital costs and examples of previously supported projects include:

  • The Booth Centre, an advice and activity centre for homeless people in Manchester, where people undertake education and training courses as well as receiving advice and food, received a grant of £1,500 to transform the centre with new lighting, a new water heater and new decoration.
  • A grant of £3,000 to the Amber Foundation to enable the Foundation to buy new bedroom furniture for their residential centre in Devon, where every year over 60 unemployed, homeless young people are able to rebuild their lives and gain the motivation, confidence, self-esteem and skills for independent living.

The closing date for the next round of funding is the 15th March 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



The Screwfix Foundation

The Screwfix Foundation has re-opened for applications from charities and not for profit organisations for projects that will fix, repair, maintain and improve the properties and community facilities of those in need by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability, distress or other disadvantage throughout the UK.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for all kinds of projects, from repairing buildings and improving facilities in deprived areas, to decorating the homes of people living with sickness and disabilities.
Applications are reviewed on a quarterly basis. The next closing date for applications is the 10th May 2022.
For more information please click on this link.

Environmental and Conservation Funds

JAC Trust

The JAC Trust is accepting stage 1 applications for projects that help people at acute risk of displacement as a result of climate change.
Grants of up to £60,000 are available to registered charities, social enterprises and other not-for-profit organisations in the UK and internationally for projects lasting up to three years that deliver tangible improvements in the quality of life of forcibly displaced people and returnees, and which have a positive impact on the natural environment (protection or restoration).
Priority will be given to proposals that foster, or already demonstrate, a positive engagement between displaced people and their host communities.
The two-stage application process will open four weeks before the deadline of midnight on the 14th March 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



Veolia Environmental Trust

The Veolia Environmental Trust has re-opened for applications.
The Trust makes the following grants:
Community Grants:  These grants are available to constituted not-for-profit organisations and local authorities. Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community
Habitat and Biodiversity:  Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available for projects that conserve, restore or enhance threatened habitats and/ or protect and increase biodiversity
Environmental Improvement Grants: over £75,000 are available to enable landscape scale improvement projects such as habitat creation/management, and/or species protection.
The closing date for applications is 12 midday on the 24th March 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



Rewilding Britain’s Rewilding Innovation Fund

Grants of up to £15,000 are available for locally-led land and marine rewilding projects in England, Scotland and Wales.
Rewilding Britain’s Rewilding Innovation Fund will support between fifteen and twenty innovative projects seeking to create new opportunities for large-scale nature restoration projects.
This current round of funding focuses on community engagement in rewilding and, as such, priority is given to projects which are:

  • following community ownership models
  • implementing community co-design
  • developing the health benefits of rewilding, such as social prescribing

Applicants must be members of the Rewilding Network, which could include community groups, landowners, land managers, farmers and local groups.
Applicants who are not members of the Rewilding Network, please apply to become a Rewilding Network member before making a funding application.
The deadline for applications is the 31st March 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



Ashden Awards

Ashden, the climate solutions charity that supports projects in sustainable energy in the UK and low-income nations, has announced that the UK and International competitions for their 2022 Ashden Awards are now open to entries.
This year’s Awards categories are
UK (Awards up to £10,000)

  • Energy Innovation
  • Skills in Low Carbon Settings
  • Greening All Work
 International (Awards up to £25,000)
  • Energise Refugee Livelihoods
  • Energy Access Skills
  • Energising Agriculture

The competition is open to businesses, NGOs, government organisations, social enterprises and community groups, with winners receiving a cash grant of up to £25,000 and a package of supplementary support.
The deadline for applications is 23:39 on the 15th March 2022.
For more information please click on this link.

Women and Girl Funds
The Ragdoll Foundation

The Ragdoll Foundation has developed a new grants priority area under its main grants programme, This is supporting gifted young women from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop their talents and skills in the arts and creative media, with a view to achieving their full potential

The Ragdoll Foundation will look for proposals that:
  • Are piloting and evaluating a new project
  • Reach disadvantaged young women ages 14-25 – depending on the focus of the project, likely grouped as 14-16, 16-18, or 18+
  • Identify and respond to the needs of individuals or specific groups
  • Demonstrate innovation and added value from the applying organisation
  • Support or develop talent, rather than general arts engagement or participation
  • Help to open doors for participants to develop their artistic practice, or to follow a more technical path (particularly where women are not well represented), but not other areas of arts management
  • Support skills development, including working towards a formal or informal qualification (but not applications that are solely for bursary places on existing courses)
  • Widen horizons or raise aspirations (likely more relevant to 14-18 year olds)
Grants up to £15,000 per year for up to 2 years will be available.
There is a two-stage application process.  The closing date for stage 1 applications is the 31st March 2022.  Applicants successful at this stage will be invited to submit a stage two proposal.
For more information please click on this link.



PRS For Music Foundation

Women, trans and non-binary songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds have until 6pm on the 15th March 2022 to apply for the next round of the Women Make Music programme.
The programme supports the development of outstanding women songwriters and composers at different stages of their career. It aims to:
  • Break down assumptions and stereotypes
  • Raise awareness of the gender gap
  • Increase the profile of women who are creating new music in the UK
  • Encourage women who may otherwise not have applied for PRS for Music Foundation funding.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to support touring, recording, promotion and marketing, community projects involving high-quality music creators, music creator residencies and live performances featuring new UK music.
Please note that the PRS for Music Foundation no longer supports organisations through Women Make Music.
For more information please click on the following link.
Disadvantaged, Vulnerable, Excluded Funds
England for Everyone

More than eight hundred families in England struggling financially, or facing illness, isolation or bereavement, will be given short holidays and trips through a new £600,000 government initiative.
Run in partnership with VisitEngland and the Family Holiday Charity, the "England for Everyone" initiative will offer trips to campsites, chalets, caravans and lodges across the country.
Holiday vouchers worth up to £450 each will be provided to help cover transport, accommodation and food.
Parents, carers, and young people who may not otherwise be able to take a short break, can be referred to the charity by people such as social workers or teachers, etc.
For more information please click on the following link.



KFC Foundation

Grants of up to £2,000 are available for projects which empower disadvantaged young people in the UK to fulfil their potential.
The funding is being made available through the KFC Foundation and is available to local charities, registered community interest companies, unincorporated clubs and associations that have a turnover of less than £300,000 and have a local KFC restaurant in their community.
The KFC Foundation welcomes funding applications from organisations which:
  • Benefit young people aged 11-25 years old.
  • Supports those in a position of social disadvantage (i.e. care leavers, those experiencing homelessness, young carers, young parents, young people at risk of or with experience of the criminal justice system).
  • Empower young people to fulfil their potential and build a positive future by providing spaces that allow young people to feel safe and secure, helping them to unlock talent, build life skills, provide mentoring and improve their chances to gain meaningful employment.
  • Are local to a KFC restaurant
  • Will demonstrate positive results from their project within 12 months of our funding being received.
Expressions of interest must be submitted via a two-minute video and a short expression of interest form by the 13th March 2022.
For more information please click on the following link.
Arts and Culture Funds
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has announced that the latest funding round of the Collections Fund is now open for applications.
The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund supports museums to use their collections to become relevant and sustainable organisations that are connected to and valued by their communities. All applications to the fund must focus on existing collections, typically held by an Accredited museum or partnership of museums and other organisations, and the funded work must engage and involve audiences to achieve public benefit.
Run by the Museums Association, the foundation will award grants of up to £90,000 over two years to support approximately seven to ten projects which test new, ambitious, creative collections engagement that has a social impact.
The Foundation is particularly interested in projects that build on relationships and learning from the Covid-19 pandemic, and tackle contemporary issues such as decolonisation, climate change and anti-racism.
The deadline for expressions of interest is the 21st March 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



Music for All
Community Project Funding


Music for All has opened a new round of Community Project Funding for projects and initiatives seeking to bring music to their community.
The funding is for community groups and schools that need assistance to fulfil their potential in developing sustainable music programmes.
This round will award musical instruments or grants of up to £1,500 for different types of projects based on:
  • electric guitars/acoustic guitars;
  • ukuleles;
  • specialist ukuleles;
  • MS-1-BK analogue synths;
  • keyboards;
  • community music projects;
  • community choirs;
  • community projects experiencing financial difficulty, especially those in deprived areas;
  • and educational establishments helping school aged children underserved by music teaching and learning resources.
The deadline for applications is the 1st April 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



Fidelio Trust

The Fidelio Trust has announced that the next closing date for applications is 5pm on the 26th May 2022.
The Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 in support of the Arts, in particular Music, including:
  • Opera
  • Lieder
  • Composition
  • Dance.
The Trustees aim to help individuals and groups such as:
  • Colleges
  • Arts Festivals
  • Other arts organisations who would not be able to carry out a project or activity without financial support.
Funding is available towards:
  • Tuition or coaching costs
  • To participate in external competitions
  • To be supported for a specially arranged performance
  • To receive support for a special publication, musical composition or work of art.
For more information please click on this link.


The Radcliffe Trust
Music Grants Programme


UK charities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding to support classical music performance and training especially chamber music, composition and music education.
The Radcliffe Trust Music Grants programme generally awards grants in the region of £2,500 to £7,500, and is particularly interested in supporting music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research.
Applications are considered under eight headings:
  • composition and contemporary music;
  • bursaries for courses and summer schools;
  • music therapy/special needs;
  • academic research/projects;
  • youth orchestras;
  • performance projects;
  • educational projects (excluding mainstream primary and secondary schools);
  • and miscellaneous.
The next deadline for applications is the 31st July 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



The National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has launched its Dynamic Collections campaign to support the heritage sector to build resilience in its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Museums, archives, historic libraries and community organisations which hold collections across the UK can apply for grants of up to £250,000 for projects which make collections relevant to a wider range of people, actively involve the public in collections management and take a creative, sustainable approach to collections.
There are three funding priorities for collections: engagement; re-interpretation; and collections management.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the 31st March 2023.
For more information please click on this link.



The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation
Victorian Theatres Small Repairs Fund


Theatres owned by registered charities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding to help preserve listed Victorian theatres in the UK.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation’s Victorian Theatres Small Repairs Fund will award match-funding grants of up to £15,000 to support discreet and vital capital repairs or conservation projects in theatres built between 1837 and 1910.
Priority will be given to projects that would otherwise struggle to raise funds, and theatres where the programme of performing arts activity includes or will include a focus on encouraging social, economic, and cultural diversity in the arts.
There is a two-stage application process. Applicants have until the 15th March 2022 to register their interest, before being invited to submit a full application.
For more information please click on this link.



Youth Music Network
Incubator Fund


Businesses, collectives, and not-for-profit organisations working in the music industry will soon have the opportunity to apply for grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 to help open up sustainable career opportunities in the music industry for young people aged 18-25.
The funding will be made available through the Youth Music Network’s Incubator Fund and priority will be given to projects that support young people from under-represented groups; and to support creative employers to innovate and incubate new and diverse talent. This includes both musicians and those who want to work in wider industry roles. 
The Incubator fund will open for applications on the 25th March to the 22nd April 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



Historic England
Everyday Heritage Grant


Historic England is making grants available to fund community-led projects that will celebrate ‘overlooked’ working class histories.
Community or heritage organisations can apply for grants of up to £25,000 for projects that will celebrate the built or historic environment near them. The funding is made available through ‘Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories’, which will support projects that allow people to share “overlooked” or “untold” stories of the place where they live.
Grants could be used to celebrate aspects of diverse heritage including railways, mines, factories, pubs, clubs, shipyards and council estates.
Historic England are particularly interested in funding smaller grass roots projects of less than £10,000.
Activities should provide volunteering opportunities for young people or people facing loneliness or isolation, as well as contribute positively to participants' wellbeing.
The closing date for applications is the 23rd May 2022.
For more information please click on the following link.



Windrush Day Grant Scheme

Local authorities, charities and community groups are invited to bid for a share of £500,000 in funding to hold their own local events to celebrate and commemorate the Windrush Generation and their contribution to British society.
This year’s Windrush Day Grant Scheme will award grants of up to £50,000 for projects that tell the Windrush story in unique and exciting ways.
Projects could include art lessons, public celebrations, community activities or developing the educational and entrepreneurial skills of young people from Britain’s Caribbean Community and their peers.
A minimum of 10% match funding is required.
The funding is being made available through the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and the deadline for applications is 11:59pm on the 18th March 2022.
For more information please click on this link.
Children and Youth Funds

Variety - Grants for Youth Clubs

Variety, the Children's Charity, has grants of £250 to £600 available to youth organisations that are affiliated to either Ambition, UK Youth or the or National Association of Boys and Girls Clubs. The grants can be used to buy equipment to provide challenging activities that engage young people aged 8-18 and provide them with alternatives to becoming involved in the anti-social behaviour that often stems from boredom and peer pressure.
On occasion, applications for improvement of youth club premises, refurbishment of existing equipment or facilities will also be considered.
Applicants have to raise some of the funds and applications that have young people involved in the fundraising will be looked upon favourably.
There are no deadlines when applying and applications can be made at any time.
For more information please click on this link.



Masonic Charitable Foundation

Following a review of its grants procedure, the Masonic Charitable Foundation has reopened their Children and Young People, and Later Life grants programmes on a rolling basis.
Charities in England and Wales can apply for small (up to £5,000) or large grants (up to £60,000) depending on their income to help disadvantaged children and young people to overcome the challenges they face or reduce isolation and loneliness for older people.
Applicants are invited to submit an enquiry and, if successful, will be invited to complete a full application. Final decisions are expected in around two to three months for small grant applications, and around three to four months for large grants.
Applications can now be submitted at any time.
For more information please click on this link.



Woodward Charitable Trust
Summer Play Scheme


Grants of between £500 and £1,000 will soon be available to registered charities across the UK to fund summer playschemes for children between the ages of 5-16 years.
Charities with an annual income of less than £100,000 can apply for funding to run playschemes for a minimum of two weeks or ten days during the summer holidays.
Priority will be given to small, local schemes involving a large number of children especially those with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds. If the applicant is not a registered charity, then a registered charity may apply on the scheme’s behalf. The funding is being made available by the Woodward Charitable Trust’s Summer Play Scheme which will open to applications on the 1st March 2022 and close at noon on the 8th April 2022.
For more information please click on this link.



The Toy Trust

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities to fund equipment and services to support disabled and disadvantaged children under the age of 13 across the UK. The Toy Trust fund helps disadvantaged children and their families to alleviate suffering; support children through awful experiences; encourage achievement through adversity; purchase vital equipment; provide care; bolster existing initiatives; initiate brand new projects; and satisfy basic needs. Groups that have carried out some form of effective fundraising by themselves are particularly encouraged to apply. The next deadline to apply is mid-June 2022 for the July meeting of Trustees.
For more information please click on the following link.


The Ironmongers Company

Registered charities (including Schools that are registered as charities for young people with disabilities) that work with disadvantaged children under the age of 25 can apply for funding of up to £10,000 through the Ironmongers Company's grants programme.
Projects must meet all of the following criteria:

  • For children and young people under the age of 25 who are disadvantaged
  • Consist of educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills
  • Have clear aims and objectives to be met within a planned timescale
  • Are within the UK
The Company is particularly interested in enabling primary age children to develop a strong foundation for the future. Projects could, for example:
  • support special educational needs,
  • address behavioural problems
  • promote citizenship, parenting or life skills.

Preference will be given to projects piloting new approaches where the outcomes will be disseminated to a wider audience.
The next deadline for applications is the 31st July 2022.

For more information please click on this link.



The Lego Foundation

As part of its 90th anniversary, the LEGO Foundation has launched the Build a World of Play Challenge.  This new fund will provide approximately £108 million to support Early Childhood development (0-6 years).
Organisations from around the world can apply with ideas that transform early childhood experiences while addressing global social issues to ensure that all young children grow up in safe, nurturing, and stimulating environments – where they have everything they need to thrive. 
Up to ten finalists will be selected in September 2022. Each finalist will receive approximately £730,000 (DKK 6.5 million) to strengthen their proposed plan, start building their team, and scale up to successfully implement their innovation.
Selecting from amongst the finalist organisations, the LEGO Foundation will announce up to five awards by the end of 2022.
There will be three grants awarded for approximately £22 million (DKK 200 million) each and two grants awarded for £11 million (DKK 100 million).
Organisations eligible to apply include

  • non-governmental organisations,
  • educational organisations,
  • charities,
  • social welfare organisations,
  • not-for-profits,
  • or similar-type entities that are not a government agencies.
The Foundation is looking for ideas will be impactful, feasible, community-centred, and sustainable.
This could include:
  • Tech innovations that will improve the quality and access of healthcare for families with young children.
  • Plans to make cities safer, greener, more sustainable, more playful, and more accessible places for all children to live, grow, and thrive.
  • Innovative ideas for reducing stress amongst caregivers and childcare providers, so they build stronger, safer, and more nurturing relationships with the young children they care for
  • Plans to increase the resiliency and adaptivity of systems, institutions and services to better reach and support young children, families and households amidst disruptive and adverse events?
  • Plans to help all children learn through play. And by all, we mean all. That includes equal access to education for girls, equal access for children with disabilities and equal access for neurodiverse children who may need extra support.

In order to submit an Application to the Build A World of Play Challenge, applicants must complete this registration form no later than Tuesday April 7, 2022 at 4:00 PM United States Central Time.
Minus 6 hours GMT minus 5 hours BST.
For more information please click on this link.

Elderly Funds
Barchester's Charitable Foundation

Barchester's Charitable Foundation is a grant giving charity that helps older people and other adults with a disability across England, Scotland & Wales to lead more fulfilled lives and reach their full potential.
The Foundation’s focus is on connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community, helping combat isolation and loneliness and enabling people to be active and engaged.
Funding of between £100 and £5,000 is available for individuals and small community groups to help improve people's mobility, independence and quality of life. Individual applications must be completed by a third-party sponsor such as a health care professional, social worker or charity/support group representative.
Applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis, with funds allocated to those who demonstrate greatest need.
For more information please click on the following link.



Masonic Charitable Foundation

Following a review of its grants procedure, the Masonic Charitable Foundation has reopened their Children and Young People, and Later Life grants programmes on a rolling basis.
Charities in England and Wales can apply for small (up to £5,000) or large grants (up to £60,000) depending on their income to help disadvantaged children and young people to overcome the challenges they face or reduce isolation and loneliness for older people.
Applicants are invited to submit an enquiry and, if successful, will be invited to complete a full application. Final decisions are expected in around two to three months for small grant applications, and around three to four months for large grants.
Applications can now be submitted at any time.
For more information please click on the following link.
LGBT+ Funds

LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund

Not-for-profit organisations led by and for under-represented groups within the LGBT+ community in England can apply for a share of £465,000 in funding to help them stay well resourced, sustainable and resilient.
The LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund will award grants of up to £25,000 to intersectional organisations for projects that prioritise:

  • D/deaf and/or Disabled LGBT+ People;
  • LBT+ Women;
  • LGBT+ People from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnicities and LGBT+ People of Colour;
  • Older LGBT+ People;
  • Trans and Non-Binary People.

The funding is made available by the Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations, in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund, and is intended to be as flexible as possible.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the 30th October 2022.
For more information please click on the following link.

Armed Forces and Veteran Funds
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

UK Army Regimental and Corps Associations can apply for grants of either £10,000 or £35,000 for projects that help to build comradeship, connectiveness and engagement in veterans from Afghanistan, other recent conflicts and the wider veterans community.
The Afghanistan Veteran’s Fund will support digital and media projects which help associations reach and engage with veterans, particularly with those who don’t currently take part in available activities. Funding can also be used for other activities such as sports-based events and picnics which improve wellbeing, resilience and promote good mental health.
The funding is being made available by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs and will be administered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.
For more information please click on this link.
Other Funds
The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund

The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PWCF) has re-opened its Small Grants Programme to registered not-for-profit organisations supporting grassroots projects in diverse and deprived communities across the UK.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available (the average award is £1,500) to organisations with an income of up to £1 million to support a wide range of good causes within the PWCF’s core funding themes:
  • Heritage & Conservation,
  • Education,
  • Health & Wellbeing,
  • Social Inclusion,
  • Environment
  • Countryside.
Multi-year small grants will be considered.
Priority will be given to organisations of which HRH The Prince of Wales is Patron.
Applications can be made at any time.
For more information please click on the following link.
Surrey Funds
Elmbridge Borough Council
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Funding

The Community Infrastructure Levy allows Elmbridge Borough Council Council to raise funds to support new developments. 
Based on regulations, 15% of CIL funds are used to fund local projects. The Council annually allocates this local portion of CIL funds to spend on smaller infrastructure schemes that are required in the communities where development took place.
Successful CIL fund applications to date have included projects such as capital improvements to state schools to better enable them to meet the needs of an increasing school population, improvements to community facilities, footpath works and countryside access improvements.
Annually, the application period for CIL funding for local projects opens in February.
For more information please click on this link.


Walton Charity

Walton Charity awards grants to local charities, schools and social enterprises who are tackling poverty and inequality in Elmbridge. 
Priorities include:
• Tackling the root causes of child poverty
• Alleviating financial poverty
• Promoting personal health and wellbeing, particularly mental health
• Addressing isolation and loneliness for those on low incomes
• Facilitating access to affordable housing
• Improving educational attainment for disadvantaged children and young people

Of particular interest is funding projects which help improve the life chances of children and young people from low-income families across Elmbridge. Walton Charity are also keen to support local organisations who are responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
For more information please click on this link.

 

Walsingham Care

Walsingham Care provides financial assistance to older people of limited means in Elmbridge.
The Charity provides financial support to people over the age of 60 who are suffering from long-term ill health, disability or terminal illness.
Walsingham Care aims to improve the quality of life for retired people.
  • Help with funding care equipment to allow people to remain in their own home.
  • Assistance in meeting costs to allow a rest or a short break for the home carers.
  • Support with the costs of nursing care at home or respite care in a nursing home.
  • Regular top-up grants towards any shortfall in care fees for people in residential or nursing home care.
  • Projects working to alleviate social isolation and/or loneliness.
 For more information please click on this link.
 
 

Community Foundation for Surrey
 
Community Foundation for Surrey manages 86 donor funds.
The priority themes for 2022 are:
Young People, Wellbeing and Equity & Inclusion.

Applying starts with submitting an Expression of Interest - one form to access all donor funds.
There are no deadlines for submitting and expression of interest.
To read the eligibility criteria please click on this link.
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Bespoke Funding Advice and Support

Central Surrey Voluntary Action is offering free funding advice to voluntary, community and faith sector organisations working in Elmbridge, Epsom & Ewell and Mole Valley.
If you would like to receive advice and support please email us at admin@csva.co.uk
The position of Funding and Sustainability Officer is sponsored jointly by Elmbridge Borough Council and Walton Charity.
If you would like to receive advice and support for your organisation within Elmbridge please contact beverly.mann@csva.co.uk.

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