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• Supporting offenders and ex-offenders, particularly those under 30 years of age
• Helping disadvantaged young people

• 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

• support special educational needs,
• address behavioural problems
• promote citizenship, parenting or life skills.

Peter Cruddas Foundation

Registered charities in England and Wales can apply for funding for projects that help disadvantaged and disengaged young people. Priority is given to projects designed to help disadvantaged and disengaged young people in the age range of 16 to 30, in England and Wales to pursue pathways to Education, Training and Employment. There is no minimum or maximum amount and projects can be funded for more than one year.
The next closing date for applications to the Peter Cruddas Foundation is the 1st March 2023.
For more information please click on this link.

• Youth - the trust looks to support projects working in schools and with vulnerable and disengaged young people in the UK. Supported activities may include RE Lessons; School Assemblies; Lunchtime/After school clubs; Evangelism; Personal Development Programmes; Homelessness Prevention.
• Outreach - the trust works to share the gospel of Christ by supporting all aspects of Christian outreach both in the UK and overseas and can fund, for example, Church Plants; Overseas Mission; Training in Evangelism; Chaplaincy.
• Society - the trust believes people of faith bring a valuable contribution to social action and justice and support initiatives that have a positive impact in their society. Grants could support, for example: Counselling; night shelters; alcohol/drug rehabilitation; homelessness; or prison/ex-offenders work.
• Education - the trust supports initiatives involved in all areas of Christian education including Bible Translation; Media Initiatives; Bible Colleges; Literature; Apologetics.

• Stained glass windows
• Sculpture
• Furniture
• Internal monuments
• Tombs
• Wall paintings.

The next funding round is 31st March 2023 (applicants notified by 31 May 2023). Applications can, however, be submitted at any time.

• Village Halls and Community Centres;
• Public Play Areas;
• Publicly available Multi use games areas;
• Skate parks and BMX tracks;
• Sport and recreation grounds including pavilions and clubhouses with full public access;
• Churches – community spaces only;
• Nature Reserves;
• Public gardens, parks, country parks and woodlands with at least dawn to dusk access;
• Museums.

• addiction,
• asylum seekers and refugees,
• care leavers,
• domestic abuse,
• homelessness,
• offending,
• sexual abuse and exploitation,
• trafficking and modern slavery.

Help Musicians UK
Skills and Professional Development Fund

Emerging and professional musicians of all genres and disciplines can apply for grants of up to £1,500 to help them access opportunities that will allow them to focus on developing their artistic and professional development at a crucial point in their career.
The funding, which is being made available through the Help Musicians UK Skills and Professional Development Fund, is designed to help emerging and professional musicians of all genres and disciplines to build their careers by supporting the costs of formal and time limited training and mentoring opportunities. Eligible artists may for example be a solo instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, singer songwriter or a multidisciplinary artist.
Bands or ensembles with 6 members or less can also be supported.
Group applicants must have 50% of their members meeting the criteria shown above and have been established and playing together regularly for at least 1 year.
Grants can support opportunities such as short courses, workshops, training and time limited periods of coaching with an expert in the artists chosen field both in the UK or internationally. Travel, accommodation and access costs can also be funded.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
For more information please click on the following link.


Youth Music - NextGen Fund

Youth Music has announced that their NextGen Fund has re-opened for applications. The fund supports emerging musicians and behind the scenes creatives aged 18-25 (and under-30s who identify as d/Deaf or Disabled) from across the UK to launch a creative project, idea or business. Grants of up to £2,500 could help people including singers, songwriters, producers, DJs, managers and agents who do not have the financial means to invest in themselves, to start a record label, launch a single, or provide a platform that supports underrepresented voices. Funding can also cover costs linked to career development, audience development or marketing, equipment and software, and business development.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 16th January 2023.
For more information please click on the following link.


Music for All
Community Project Fund

To recognise the vital role music plays in uniting communities and improving wellbeing, Music for All has opened a new round of Community Project Funding for projects and initiatives across the UK and Ireland seeking to bring music to their community.
The funding is aimed at community groups and schools that need assistance to fulfil their potential in developing sustainable music programmes.
This round will award musical instruments or grants for six different types of projects:

• electric guitars;
• acoustic guitars;
• groups and schools in need of beginner brass instruments;
• projects supporting those with mobility and accessibility needs;
• amplifiers;
• and microphones.

• building new networks for future development/presentation of work
• creating new work
• experimenting with new collaborators or partners
• international travel to explore other practice or work with mentors
• professional development activities
• research and development time to explore practice and take risks
• taking time to reflect on the impact of Covid-19 on your practice and practical steps to support your work to be more sustainable in future

• Are living and working in England
• Have three years’ creative practice experience outside a formal education context
• Are working in Arts Council England’s supported disciplines i.e., they will be dancers, choreographers, writers, translators, producers, publishers, editors, musicians, conductors, composers, actors, directors, designers, artists, craft makers, and curators.

• Opera
• Lieder
• Composition
• Dance.

• Colleges
• Arts Festivals
• Other arts organisations who would not be able to carry out a project or activity without financial support.

• 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.

Elephant Trust

The Elephant Trust has announced that the next deadline for applications is the 22nd January 2023.  The Trust offers grants to artists and for new, innovative visual arts projects. It aims to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when confronted by lack of funds.
The Trust supports projects that develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts. Priority is given to artists and small organisations and galleries making or producing new work or exhibitions.
The Trust normally awards grants of up to £2,000, but larger grants of up to £5,000 may be considered.
For more information please click on this link.


The Theatres Trust

The Theatres Trust has re-opened its small grants programme for not-for-profit theatres across the UK to carry out essential works. The Small Grants Programme, supported by The Linbury Trust, will provide grants of up to £5,000 to support small projects that make a big impact to a theatre's resilience, sustainability or accessibility. Eligible projects include small capital works, the installation of key plant and machinery and works that make theatre buildings digital-ready. Applications are also welcome for projects that help theatres reopen as Covid-secure.
The deadline for applications in this round is 12pm on the 13th January 2023.
For more information please click on this link.


The Leche Trust

The Leche Trust has announced that the next closing date for applications is the 3rd February 2023.
The Leche Trust is a grant making charity that provides funding of up to £5,000 to UK registered charities, public authorities or institutions in the areas of the Performing Arts and Conservation.
The priorities for Performing Arts are:

• Excellence in professional performance;
• The production and performance of new work;
• The development of young, professional artists aged 18 or over.

Through the Conservation funding stream, the Trust will support projects to conserve historic objects, collections and features of buildings and landscapes which date from the Georgian period or earlier, i.e. pre-1830s. Projects may include acquisition costs (for objects) and conservation surveys as well as remedial work.
Trustees are inclined to give grants to smaller projects, or specific elements of projects, where their contribution can make a greater impact. In the case of churches, Trustees will consider supporting the conservation of such features as monuments, wall paintings, stained glass, and historic furniture and fittings.
For more information please click on this link.


Grand Plan Award

Grants of £1,000 are available to support people of colour in the UK to develop and deliver a wide range of creative and cultural projects.
The funding is made available by the Grand Plan, which awards ten grants every two months to support projects for which £1,000 would make a huge difference, ranging from poetry, paintings, fashion, zines, music, food, flowers, and photographs to workshops or events.
It can be used to cover costs such as equipment, courses, time, materials or travel – anything needed to create and deliver a new cultural project.
Grand Plan award ten grants every two months.
For more information please click on this link.

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Collections Fund

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation's Collections Fund is currently open for applications. The Fund supports museums and their collections to become more inclusive and to focus on key themes such as social and climate justice, such as wellbeing, decolonisation, climate crisis, antiracism and others. Run by the Museums Association, the Foundation will award grants of up to £100,000 over two years to support approximately 12 projects over two funding rounds. In a change to previous years, the Foundation will support core costs for the funding period.
The deadline for expressions of interest is the 5th April 2023.
For more information please click on this link.

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Grass Roots Movement Fund

Grants of up to £70,000 are available to support grassroots groups working for justice, equity and transformative change in the UK. The funding is made available through the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Grassroots Movements Fund. This is a new pilot fund that aims to provide groups with the resources they need to keep going and bring different movements together. Decisions on which groups receive funding will be made by people with lived experience of oppression who have direct experience of working within different movements. The programme will award around £1 million in funding over two rounds in 2023. The closing date for applications in this round is the 19th February 2023.
For more information please click on this link.



Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Power and Accountability Programme

The next closing date for applications to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Power and Accountability Programme is the 14th March 2023. The funding is available to support projects that challenge how power is concentrated, shared and used and how it is changing through globalisation, new technology, new channels of communication, extreme inequality and other factors. Specifically, the Trust wants to support people to create a world in which power is more equally shared, and in which powerful institutions are more accountable to wider society and aligned with the long-term public interest. To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system.
The deadline to register is the 14th March 2023 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 28th March 2023.
For more information please click on this link.

 

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Sustainable Futures Fund 

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust recognises that climate change caused by human activity is threatening the well-being of humanity and that the wealthiest countries and individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of emissions, whilst the poorest countries and sections of society are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to tackle this issue, the Sustainable Futures fund focuses grant making on:

• Identifying the true costs and risks of resource depletion, climate change and other environmental problems
• Campaigns, initiatives and work that promote alternatives to consumerism
• Campaigns and movements that give a voice to young activists and marginalised groups on issues of economic and environmental justice.

• Better economics – with grants funding work that explores sustainability rather than traditional forms of economic growth.
• Beyond consumerism – funded work will include that which engages people individually and collectively in moving culture away from consumerism and towards more sustainable ways of living.
• New Voices – funding for campaigns and movements that enable marginalised groups and young activists to have a voice in decisions which affect them.
• Responding to the dual harms of Covid-19 and systemic racism.

To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system.  The deadline to register is the 14th March 2023 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 28th March 2023.
For more information please click on this link.
 

A B Charitable Trust

UK-registered charities that work towards combating abuse and violations of human rights can apply for grants of up to £20,000. Applications are particularly welcomed from charities working to support migrants, refugees and asylum seekers; criminal justice and penal reform; and human rights, particularly access to justice. The funding is being made available through the A B Charitable Trust. The Trust generally makes one-off grants to charities registered and working in the UK with annual incomes of between £150,000 and £1.5m that do not have substantial investments or surpluses.
The next closing date for applications is the 29th January 2023.
For more information please click on this link.

The Charles Hayward Foundation 

LoveReading4Kids
Funding for Schools Scheme

UK schools and early years’ settings can apply for grants of up to £5,000 to buy books for their libraries and encourage more children to read for pleasure.
The LoveReading4Kids Funding for Schools Scheme will help schools to provide children with a range of non-curriculum books to improve their reading standards, particularly amongst children experiencing disadvantage or underrepresentation.
Any grant awarded will be made in the form of credit to be spent within six months on the LoveReading4Kids online bookstore.
Applications can be submitted at any time, with decisions taking up to three months.
For more information please click on the following link.


Department for Education 
Energy Efficiency Upgrade Scheme

The Department for Education is allocating £500 million in funding for energy efficiency upgrades for schools and colleges in England, helping them to save on their bills during the winter. On average a primary school will receive approximately £16,000, a secondary school will receive around £42,000, and further education college groups will benefit from £290,000.
Improvements could include installing better heating controls, insulation to reduce heat loss from pipes or switching to energy efficient lighting. This builds on the Government’s Energy Relief Scheme which is supporting schools and colleges this winter, and will run until the spring.
The Government also announced an extra £2 billion in funding to be allocated between mainstream schools and schools with children and young people with high needs. This means average funding per pupil for mainstream schools will increase by approximately 5%, in the next financial year compared to 2022-23.
For more information please click on the following link.


Ernest Cook Trust’s Outdoor Essentials Grant

Grants of £500 are available to UK State-funded Primary and Secondary Schools (including multi-academy trusts and alternative provision schools) to enable them to get their pupils learning outdoors. The funding which is being made available through the Ernest Cook Trust’s Outdoor Essentials Grant scheme will support school travel and transport costs to outdoor learning venues,. This can include outdoor learning centres, forest schools, countryside parks, woodlands, national parks, farm parks, farms (including city farms), coastal areas and beaches. This round will close to applications when sufficient grant applications have been approved.
For more information please click on this link.

• Interventions that support families and help them in ways that prevent the fracture of the family unit, eg. practical family support, relationship counselling, mediation.
• Families where sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse threaten the integrity of the family unit.
• Prisoners and in particular their families, during and after the period of imprisonment.

• "Mosac", a voluntary organisation that supports all non-abusing parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused.
• Westminster Befriend a Family, which recruits, trains and supports volunteers to befriend individual families under stress and visit them regularly in their homes. The charity's volunteers can help families where a parent is disabled or has mental health problems, or a child has special needs.

The Toy Trust

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to small 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;
• supports children through awful experiences;
• encourages achievement through adversity;
• purchases vital equipment;
• provides care;
• bolsters existing initiatives;
• initiates brand new projects;
• and satisfies 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-February 2023 for the March meeting of Trustees.
For more information please click on this link.

• Cool Earth to provide safe sanitation for indigenous rainforest villages in Papua New Guinea;
• Point Foundation to support community-based living for the disabled in Rwanda; and
• Just a Drop, a school’s water and sanitation project in Kenya.

The War Memorials Trust

The War Memorials Trust is providing grants for the repair and conservation of free-standing war memorials in England.
These grants are intended to help those who are responsible for the upkeep of war memorials. The grants support the care and preservation of war memorials to a high standard, and to prevent the decay of this important part of our built heritage. Grants will normally be for between 25% and a maximum of 75% of eligible costs. The maximum grant is £5,000 for non-freestanding war memorials while freestanding, non-beneficiary war memorials may be considered up to a maximum grant of £20,000.
The fund is open to anyone to apply; individuals or organisations, including councils.
The next closing date for applications is the 28th February 2023.
For more information please click on this link.

Rank Foundation Hospice Grants Programme

Grants of up to £20,000 are available to UK hospices to reduce their impact on the environment and enable them to deliver sustainable healthcare. The funding is primarily to support capital costs. However, revenue costs that help deliver the capital activity can be included. The funding is being made available through the Rank Foundation Hospice Grants programme and can include projects that deliver some care remotely, sustainable energy such as solar panels and heat pumps, etc and reducing food wastage. Eligible organisations are independent adult hospices that are members of Hospice UK and based in the UK, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 20th January 2023.
For more information please click on this link.

Thanks to a funding award though Sport England’s Together Fund the Angling Trust is looking to invest in community projects that target the following groups;

• Lower socio-economic groups
• Culturally diverse communities
• Disabled people
• People with long-term health conditions.

The Angling Trust has been awarded £150,000 that it will be investing directly in community projects that help get more people fishing from the groups highlighted above.

The Angling Trust is inviting applications from community groups best placed to engage the priority groups. They are looking to support the delivery of events and activities that support groups to develop an ongoing angling habit rather than a simple ‘taster’ session.

They are looking to support projects that can demonstrate sustainability and will not be reliant on this funding in future years.
For more information please click on this link.

• 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.

• Wellbeing and Health
• Equity and Inclusion
• Young People

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.