The Treasury has announced that it will offer charities and businesses a reduced level of government subsidy from April 2023. Currently, voluntary organisations automatically receive a government discount on their energy bills through the Energy Bills Relief Scheme (EBRS), which runs until the end of March.
The Treasury announced on January 9^th that the EBRS would be replaced by the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) from the start of April 2023, which will also automatically discount charities’ energy bills until 31 March 2024.

From 1 April 2023, charities will see a unit discount of up to £6.97/MWh automatically applied to their gas bill and a unit discount of up to £19.61/MWh applied to their electricity bill. However, charities paying less than £107/MWh for gas and £302/MWh for electricity will not receive any subsidy, as their bills will fall below the scheme’s threshold.

The level of government support will be lower, with government subsidy through the EBDS capped at £5.4bn over the year of its operation, compared to the EBRS’ estimated £18.4bn cost over six-months.

You can read more about the EBDS on the Gov.UK website here.

• personal items
• expenses for volunteers or facilities
• integration and settling
• language support
• home items

• The Coronation of His Majesty the King on 6 May.
• The Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool from 9 to 13 May, and the UK’s role hosting it on the behalf of Ukraine.
• The 75th Anniversary of Windrush on 22 June, and the contribution the Windrush generation and their families have made to the UK.

• Involve people and communities from the start.
• Build on people's strengths.
• Be connected in their community.

• Improving your council's score in the Every Mouthful Counts report and/or developing a food strategy
• Supporting groups and communities that are marginalised to campaign for food climate justice and tackling racial injustice in the food system
• Encouraging climate-friendly food in public institutions and council settings
• Supporting sustainable farming systems through planning policy
• Tackling unfair and unhelpful pricing and advertising of the most climate-damaging foods

• Increase public understanding of, and engagement with, ecology.
• Stimulate discussion about ecology and its implications for society.
• Inspire and enthuse people of all ages about the science of ecology, especially those not previously interested.
• Develop skills in communicating the science of ecology.

• Be aimed at a non-academic audience.
• Provide a clear demonstration of direct interaction with the audience.
• Show evidence of links to the research community at UK, regional and international levels, where appropriate

Continuo Foundation

Grants of up to £8,000 are available to support ensembles to bring live period music to communities across the UK, particularly in areas which lack access to high quality live music.
The funding is made available by the Continuo Foundation which expects to fund up to twenty professional groups of at least three period instrumentalists, focusing primarily on music repertoires from the Middle Ages up until the early 19th century.
Funding could be used for a chamber recital series, tour an existing programme to new locations, or recording of new repertoire. The Foundation is particularly keen to support more recently formed ensembles to gain visibility and performing experience.
The deadline for applications is the 6th February 2023 and the decision on the grants will be announced on the 23rd March.
Continuo Foundation expects to award grants to 20 ensembles, including up to 4 recently formed ensembles.
For more information please click here.

 
PRS Foundation

The PRS Foundation, a leading supporter of new music in the United Kingdom, has announced that grants of up to £10,000 are available to support new music projects led by promoters, talent development organisations, venues, festivals, curators and large performance groups.
Supported projects will involve the creation, performance and promotion of new music and enable Music Creators i.e. songwriters, composers, or solo artists, bands, producers and performers of all backgrounds, to develop creatively and professionally.
Grants of up to £10,000 are awarded to composers cover activities such as:

• Creation of new music
• Music Creator fee (to cover your time and work)
• Touring and live performances/programming featuring new UK music
• Commissions of new music by UK-based creators
• Music creator residencies
• Recording and release
• Exciting community projects involving high-quality music creators
• Promotion and marketing (when there is also an element of creation and/or performance)

• To support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music in any genre
• To enable the UK’s most talented music creators to realise their potential
• To inspire audiences

• Aged 18 or over
• Based primarily in the UK and eligible to work here
• A resident in the UK for at least the last 3 consecutive years
• In financial need and without significant backing from labels, music publishing companies or management
• A track record of regularly performing, writing and releasing music for at least 12 months

• Viability studies and options appraisals
• Building condition surveys and structural reports
• Business planning and fundraising strategies
• Economic impact studies
• Governance reviews
• Heritage statements
• Audience development plans
• Archival research or collecting people’s memories (oral history collection) or ephemera related to the theatre.

The funding is intended to support the charitable and not-for-profit groups as well as local authorities working with the buildings to acquire the skills and knowledge to push the project forwards.
The deadline for applications is 12pm on the 10th February 2023.
For more information please click here.

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.

 

London School of Economics and Political Science 100x Impact Accelerator Fund

• Diversified
• Decarbonised
• Democratised
• Decentralised

Main grants of up to £200,000 are available to support project or core funding.
The next deadline is the 11th April 2023.
Small grants of up to £10,000 are also available to develop the ideas of under-resourced or newer entrants to economic systems change work. Applications for small grants can be submitted at any time.
The application process is currently closed but will re-open towards the end of January 2023.
For more information please click here.


Lloyds Bank Foundation

Grants of up to £75,000 are now available for small, local, specialist charities through Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales. The three-year unrestricted grant is designed to support the development and growth of charities with an annual income between £25,000 and £500,000 that understand the complexity of the issues people face and are best placed to make a genuine difference in people's lives.
Eligible charities must address one of the foundation's open themes of addiction, asylum seekers and refugees, care leavers, domestic abuse, homelessness, offending, sexual abuse and exploitation and trafficking and modern slavery. To apply, charities must be registered as a charity or as a charitable incorporated organization with the Charity Commission.
The deadline for applications is 5pm, 3rd March 2023.
For more information please click here.

The Institute of Mathematics
Education Grant Scheme

The Institute of Mathematics is currently accepting applications to its Education Grant Scheme.

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 here. 


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 play schemes 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 play schemes 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 through the Woodward Charitable Trust’s Summer Play Scheme which will be open to applications from the 6th February 2023 until the 31st March 2023.
For more information please click here.

TSB
Emergency Flee Fund

TSB has launched a new fund to support victims fleeing domestic abuse. The bank will offer existing customers payments of between £50 and £500 depending on their individual needs, which will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. The payments can be used to cover the costs of essentials such as travel, clothing, and toiletries. The funds will be deposited into a safe TSB account that can only be accessed by the individual and do not need to be repaid. Customers can visit any of TSB's 220 branches in England, Scotland and Wales to request access to the Emergency Flee Fund.
For more information please click here.

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.


Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Day Grants

Communities that want to show their support for the Armed Forces by hosting an Armed Forces Day event in 2023 can apply for a grant from the Ministry of Defence. The grant is match-funded, meaning it can cover up to half the total cost of the event, with a maximum value of £10,000 depending on the size and format of the event. The funding can be used to pay for road closures, decorations, flags and banners, local or national newspapers and radio advertisements, marshalling, security, first aid, insurance, and PA and communications systems such as hand-held radios or other forms of communication for event organisers. To apply for this grant, communities must first register your event on the Armed Forces Day website. Armed Forces Day takes place every year on the last Saturday of June.
For more information please click here.

• enhancing food quality,
• creating foods with specific health benefits,
• developing stratified nutrition solutions,
• creating fortified and biofortified foods,
• improving preservation, packaging, and storage technologies.

• Social isolation
• Peer support
• Promoting early identification and intervention
• Building confidence and connections in the community
• Supporting autistic people into employment
• Training
• Creating autistic friendly settings

For an application form or if you have any queries regarding the application form or process, please contact sendedeycommissioning@surreycc.gov.uk ensuring your phone number is included.

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

• Fishing Equipment and Tackle
• Bait and Terminal Tackle
• Training (coaching courses)
• Coaching fees (although the project must demonstrate its sustainability)
• Venue Hire

• Activities or costs which are already covered by other government funding including rates
• Capital works
• Activities promoting religious or political beliefs
• Where there is personal benefit to an individual

For more information please click on this link.

• Advance the education of young people within rural areas.
• Relieve poverty within rural areas.
• Promote the benefit and social welfare of inhabitants of rural communities by associating together with the inhabitants and local authorities, voluntary and other organisations to advance education and leisure
• Promote research into agriculture associated activities.
• Advance the education of the public by means of research and dissemination of information in relation to insurance provided that the charity may also promote, facilitate and support any such other purposes as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales

The Trustees meet twice a year to consider applications received. These meetings are currently held in June and November.

Applications for the June meeting must be submitted by 26th May 2023 and for the November meeting they must be submitted by 27th October 2023.

• 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.

• Invited applications deadline 9am Mon 23rd January. Grants awarded in May.
• EOI deadline 9am Monday 13th March. Application deadline 9am Mon 24th April. Grants awarded August.
• EOI deadline 9am Mon 12th June. Application deadline 9am Mon 24th July. Grants awarded November.
• EOI deadline 9am Mon 28th August. Application deadline 9am Mon 9th October. Grants awarded February 2024.

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.