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Newsletter & Bids 40 2018
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Newsletter
Dear members
This week more news and Views and bids Grants and funds in conjunction with our sponsors KPI
DEVELOPMENT Limited. Over 3,000 people are contacted with this Free Newsletter every week and
we have some 51 pages of bids, grants and funds.
The government on the (1 October 2018) announced a package of reforms to ensure the
Apprenticeship Levy provides people with the skills they need to succeed.
The changes are aimed at providing flexibility for businesses, so they can take full advantage of the
benefits of employing apprentices, and to help as many people as possible find the right training to
equip them for the new economy.
An extra £90 million of government funding will enable employers to invest a quarter of their
apprenticeship funds on people working for businesses in their supply chain – boosting the number
able to benefit from high-quality apprenticeship training.
A further £5 million was announced for the Institute for Apprenticeships to introduce new standards
and updating existing ones so that more courses can be offered – meaning more choice for those
considering their training options. The government will discontinue the old frameworks so that all
new apprenticeships will be on the same higher-quality standards by the start of the 2020/21
academic year. The government has worked closely with business groups to ensure the
Apprenticeship Levy works for employers who are at the heart of delivering this move to world-
leading training.
In the coming weeks, the government will set out a process to seek views on the operation of the
levy after 2020 to ensure it supports the development of the skilled workforce businesses need for
the new economy.
Further Information the apprenticeship levy is making good progress – with 1.41 million
apprenticeships started since May 2015. There were 119,500 starts reported in the first three
quarters of 2017/18, more than ten-times higher than the same period the previous year
the government is also establishing a National Retraining Scheme - during this Parliament - to
support adults across the country and equip the workforce with the skills needed for the new
economy. While this scheme is developed, the government is also funding additional projects
including £30m to test the use of AI and innovative Edtech, and £34m for construction skills funding
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JAG Training are looking for freelance staff in the following areas.
Facilities Management Assessor
Data Analyst Assessor
Health (clinical) Assessor
Commis Chef Assessor
Regards Geraldine Julius JAG Training Tel: 0203-754-7019 or Mob: 0741-509-4440
Web: www.jag.training Address: 12 Newmarket Green, Eltham, London, SE9 5ER
PEARSON WEBINARS below:
Many thanks to Perry for this update.
Introduction to QA for Competency based
qualifications https://attendee.gototraining.com/rt/8184988149267600385
Total Training are looking for various Associate Assessors who can cover the following apprentices:
Team Leader (Birmingham) Facilities Management (Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Yorkshire
and Nottinghamshire) Customer Service (Hampshire) Business Admin (Hampshire) Please contact
Clinks is seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual to become our Treasurer. With the
other trustees, the Treasurer will help lead the organisation and build on the solid foundations of
our existing work. They will bring financial and human resources skills and knowledge to assist our
staff and trustees and help ensure Clinks’ continuing financial resilience and compliance with legal
and procedural requirements, as well as ensuring the organisation is well managed.
If you are interested in this role please send a copy of your CV and a supporting letter, saying why
you are interested in this role and what you would bring to it, for the attention of Rachael Byrne,
Vice-Chair c/[email protected]
An employer group that won an appeal over the Institute for Apprenticeships’ handling of funding
rate recommendations is still waiting for a final decision, FE Week can reveal.
We reported in May that the education and training trailblazer group had rejected the IfA’s
recommendations for the three FE teaching standards it is developing.
The group lodged an appeal against the IfA’s process, and was told in July that it had succeeded –
leading to the original recommendations, which ranged from £5,000 to £9,000, being binned by the
appeal panel. This meant the three standards were sent back to the IfA’s route panel to have new
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funding bands assigned to them, which should have happened at a meeting on September 13.
Instead, the panel deferred its decision, according to Jo North, chair of the trailblazer group.
She told FE Week that the group hasn’t been told the reason for this delay, only that the panel
needed to carry out “further work with training providers to inform the funding band
recommendations”.
https://feweek.co.uk/2018/10/05/ifa-loses-funding-rate-review-battle-but-uncertainty-drags-on/
Ok Essex based organisation is looking for
Recruitment Trainer/Assessor out there to deliver the new standards? Also looking for an HR
trainer/assessor. If you do know of anyone who would be interested in these roles please can you
ask them to get in touch as we have an opportunity? Contact Suzanne Tilling on
Whether new or wanting to refresh yourself, we offer an event to support you with understanding
and implementing quality assurance arrangements for your work based learning qualifications: Our
next session for 2018 is on 23 October 15.00-16.30.
Up coming Insight Webinar Insight webinar #17 - Apprenticeships for existing staff Tuesday 23
October, 11:00am-12:00pm. A common misconception around apprenticeships is that they are for
young people at the start of a career, but increasingly they’re being used by employers to provide
professional development opportunities to existing employees. Employee career progression is core
to most workforce strategies and apprenticeships are an ideal complement to this, through
structured and highly-regarded programmes of learning.
If you are just getting started with apprenticeships or looking to develop your programmes further,
existing employees are candidates well worth considering for your levy fund investment. In
this webinar you’ll hear from those who believe in the value of apprenticeships for existing
employees, from the senior decision-makers to the apprentices themselves, and get an insight into
their experiences and recommendations in this area.
Register for this event HERE
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/forms/insight-webinars-apprenticeships.html
Sharing good practice: resources and learning to support individual employers
Skills for Care. If you support individuals who employ their own personal assistants through a direct
payment, personal health budget or with their own money, or if you’re an individual employer, come
along to this free event to keep you up to date with latest good practice and to help you network
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with other people in the sector.
Wednesday 31 October 2018 Registration from 10.00 Start 10.30 Finish 15.45
Cathedral View, St Vincent's Centre, Carlisle Place, London SW1P 1NL
The event will focus on latest initiatives, and include presentations and workshops on:
partnership working in recruiting people with potential
person-centred disability awareness and tailoring training to meet expectations
the role of personal health budgets
learning from individual employers.
There’ll also be the opportunity to network and share best practice with others, to address some
of the main challenges and issues that individual employers and supporting organisations face.
• Who should attend?
Individual employers or people considering taking up this option.
People who work for an organisation that supports individual employers including:
• user led organisations,
• direct payment support organisations
• personal health budget support organisations
• charities
• people who support individual employers within their role
• other third sector organisations.
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The rushed timeframe ahead of next year’s devolution of the adult education budget means
providers will struggle to “hit the ground running” next August and may lead to “market
instability”, an expert has said.
The warning comes as the first combined authorities are gearing up to start their tender process this
month, with contracts due to be in place in April – just four months before the authorities get
control of the cash.
https://feweek.co.uk/2018/10/05/fears-over-market-instability-in-rush-to-roll-out-aeb-devolution/
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Future enhancements: We are currently designing ways to notify training providers when they
receive feedback so that they can address any issues raised. In future, we plan to make employer
feedback a key metric in all searches made on the Find apprenticeship training service. The aim is
to give employers the information they need to help them filter search results so that they can
choose training providers that best suit their needs. We’re also looking to allow users to filter
feedback results based on the kind of feedback they want to see - for example, some employers are
keen to only see reviews from employers in their sector. Once the initial feedback model is up and
running, we’re looking to rollout a similar model more widely. We want employers to give feedback
on specific apprenticeship standards and end-point assessment organisations.
The first release is due very soon. We’ll start with a small number of users and steadily build it up.
We’ll learn, iterate, and improve. For regular apprenticeship service updates follow @ESFAdigital
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From me Steve and from all the team have a great week and keep training
Non-Executive Director at Five Companies and MD of East Essex Vocational Training Ltd East Essex
Vocational Training Limited www.eevt.org
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Bids, Grants & Funds
Provision of Senior Leadership Training - Apprenticeship Levy - RFQ 15218333
Buyer: Lancashire County Council
As part of the Leadership and Management suite of qualifications, there is a need to procure a Level
7 Senior Leadership qualification provider. The Senior Leader's Master's Degree Programme will be
awarded under a single or multiple provider framework to deliver a Level 7 qualification. This is
bespoke professional development for aspiring leaders and will be fully funded via the Apprentice
Levy. The course will develop knowledge, skills and behaviours, organisational performance,
interpersonal excellence and personal and interpersonal effectiveness.
To apply, please select this link
http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/?siteid=6864&pageid=41137&e=e
The Invitation to Tender stage is restricted to those organisations that have been awarded a place on
the ESFA's (Education and Skills Funding Agency) UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP) as a
MAIN PROVIDER, who successfully completed both the Due Diligence AND Capacity and Capability
Questions against the Market Entry Pre-Qualification Process published in September 2016, re-
opened March 2017.
If you are unsure as to your current status on the ESFA's register you must contact the ESFA directly
to clarify.
Bids WILL NOT be accepted from any organisation that:
a) Is not already on the ESFA Register of Training Providers as a MAIN PROVIDER
b) Did not complete both of the requirements stated above (due diligence and capacity AND
capability).
Deadline: 02/11/2018
CITB
Background: CITB is committed to supporting our Apprenticeships Officers to develop the
knowledge, skills and behaviours necessary to facilitate training and learning activities for
apprentices. This includes induction to the programme, individual and group tutorials and
monitoring of learner progress. Consequently we require all Apprenticeships Officers to obtain a
relevant qualification.
To support this we plan to deliver a Level 3 Award in Learning & Development with a bolt on
additional unit to approximately 160 colleagues. It is envisaged the group will be split into 8 cohorts
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with the first two cohorts starting in the last quarter of 2018. Implementation will be phased over a
18 month - 2 year period allowing each cohort up to 5 months to complete the award.
Requirement: To deliver the C&G (6318-03) Level 3 Award in Facilitating Learning & Development
with an additional 'bolt-on' unit.
1) The Programme must consist of the following Units:
•Unit 001: Understand the principles and practices of learning and development
•Unit 008 Facilitate learning and development in groups
or
•Unit 009 Facilitate learning and development for individuals
The final choice of 008 or 009 is to be decided; however the cohorts will all complete the same unit.
Bolt-on unit:
•Unit 020: Engage with employers to develop and support learning provision
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-Norfolk:-C%26G-Level-3-Award-in-Learning-%26-
Development/X6NS55Z6ST
Deadline: 23/10/2018
IT Skills Development
Big Lottery Fund
We are looking to secure a training provider that can work with us over the next year (November
2018-2019) to help us to maintain, develop, design and deliver our IT skills development offer across
the Fund.
We, in conjunction with an existing provider, currently provide face to face workshops on a number
of Microsoft based packages which we will need to continue to do in the future. As the Fund has
now introduced Office 365 technology we also need to ensure our IT development offer provides the
necessary support to enable our people to use this technology and also understand the benefits of
engaging with the various applications that are part of it.
https://biglotteryfund.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Deadline: 26/10/2018
Essential Skills Training
Ministry of Justice.
The provider of Essential Skills will support staff to achieve these qualifications via an initial
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assessment process which will ascertain what current level the learner is working to in a functional
skills capacity. Should the learner fall short of level 2, a support package is created to assist the
learner to achieve level 2 and further levels if necessary, according to the requirements of the
Apprenticeship. The initial assessment should offer a transparent and formulated process, ensuring
both literacy and numeracy are assessed and that all relevant Management Information can be
audited either by the MOJ or Ofsted.
The Ministry of Justice anticipates that there will be substantial recruitment in operational roles over
the next 3 - 5 years with an approximate number of e 2,500 learners. Therefore, the provider of
Essential Skills must have the capacity to provide the appropriate service taking into account the
potential volume of learners.
The provider will be required to supply the following on a day to day basis:-
- 1 -1 support via phone or email to the individual learner
- Face to face classroom sessions - local to the learner i.e. establishment learning centre
- Feedback on progress with advice and guidance on how the learner can improve
- Feedback on learner progress to management
- Management information when requested
https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk
Deadline: 05/11/2018
Adult Education Provision Tender Training
Plymouth City Council
Plymouth City Council is currently planning a competitive tender exercise to procure adult education
provision across the city. We will be looking for providers to deliver provision in the local area
against the following Education & Skills Funding Agency funding areas:
• Adult Education Budget:
• Community Learning
• Adult Skills Budget.
In preparation of the procurement exercise we will be holding a tender training session for potential
tenderers at 10am to 12pm on Tuesday 9 th October 2018 at: Windsor House, Tavistock Road,
Plymouth PL6 5UF This purpose of the event is:
To understand why we competitively tender
To tell you where to find Plymouth City Council tender opportunities and how to access them
To provide an overview of Plymouth City Council’s tender processes
To help you understand what is required at the different stages of the tender process
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Please note: this advert is for a tender training event only and is a repeat of the tender training
provided at our previous information event in March this year. This is not part of any competitive
tendering exercise, information on how to register and participate in future competitive tendering
opportunities will be posted separately on the www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk portal at a later
date.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=3fce0680-55c6-e811-80ef-005056b64545
Workforce Development Training
Vale of Glamorgan Council
The Council requires a range of training suppliers to support our network of providers delivering
services within childcare, youth and family support services in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Training will be delivered to a range of people, including professionals, children, young people,
parents and carers. It will cover areas such as parenting, early years and welfare plus other topics
such as disability awareness and safeguarding.
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=85075.
Deadline: 21/11/2018
Young Parents Support Service
CORNWALL COUNCIL
Cornwall Council welcome your interest in the provision of support for Young Parents and their
Children in Cornwall. The contract start date will be 1 April 2019 for five years until 31 March 2024,
with the possibility of a further two year contract extension until 31 March 2026.
The service will work in partnership with other services and agencies to improve the outcomes and
life chances for Young Parents and their children in Cornwall.
Young and teenage parents face issues specific to them when bringing up a family. Cornwall Council
is interested in commissioning a service that will meet the needs of these parents and their young
children that will result in positive outcomes being achieved with regards to their education,
employment, health behaviour,parenting, safeguarding, social and emotional needs.
The service will be required to offer support to all young parents in Cornwall and to undertake
targeted work, in partnership with other key agencies, which results in evidence of improved
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outcomes and high levels of client satisfaction and also assists the integration of these families into
mainstream and universal services.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b14a51f0-ed85-e811-80ed-
005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21
Deadline: 06/11/2018
A Framework Agreement for Training Services for Funding Streams
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED
The University of Wolverhampton employs the Project Support Office (PSO) to support University
staff in all stages of bidding and project management, from identifying potential funding streams to
project closure and audit. Currently, the Project Bidding Development Team supports approximately
400 bids per year, to over 100 different funding streams, and the Economic Partnerships and Growth
Support Team oversees a portfolio of mainly regional projects worth over £35 million.
This requirement is split into thirteen (13) Lots; Tenderers have the opportunity to provide a
submission on any/all of the following Lots:
- General Bid Writing and Funding Training
- InnovateUK
- Strength in Places fund
- Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
- Global Challenges Research Fund
- Research Councils
- Research England
- Newton Fund
- Other opportunities from UKRI
- Major Charities and Trusts, including Leverhulme, Royal Society, British Academy, The Wellcome
Trust
- Horizon 2020
- Erasmus+
- European Structural Investment Funds (European Regional Development Funds and European
Social Funds)
The highest scoring 6 Tenderers will be awarded on to each Lot. For each call off agreement under
the Framework, all 6 Service providers will be invited to submit a quotation.
Mandatory Requirements
• Successful Service Providers must have an in-depth working knowledge and experience of
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providing general bid writing/specific funding training requirements (for each Lot).
• Successful Service Providers need to have excellent communication skills and a successful history
of delivering innovative and engaging training for different audiences.
• The successful Contractor(s) will be assessed in line with IR35 regulations to ensure compliance.
• Presentations are a pass/fail requirement. A minimum score of 3 is required in the presentation
element to be successful in being taken through to evaluation stage.
https://wlv.bravosolution.co.uk/
Deadline: 26/10/2018
Early Help and Support for Vulnerable Women
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is seeking tender submissions for provision of early help and support service
for vulnerable women. The aims of the service are to:
• Provide early help response to improve emotional and mental health.
• Build emotional resilience and positive mental health through the provision of a range of targeted
initiatives that are in development to support asylum seekers and communities which include
support for; move on advice, employment, family learning, housing options, education, wellbeing
courses, family link, and ESOL language with crèche facilities and community development.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=cb97d046-11c7-e811-80ef-005056b64545
Deadline: 24/10/2018
Community Integration Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker children
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council (SCC) wishes to commission the provision of Community Integration
Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) aged 13-21 in Staffordshire via a
Specialist UASC Hub. The vision is that this provision will provide support, encouragement and
opportunities for Staffordshire's UASC population to engage in their community through various
community assets in order to benefit the resident community, promote positive outcomes for
UASC's and achieve community cohesion.
The Specialist UASC Hub will be based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, it will be multi-faceted and a
central point from which young people are supported to engage in community activities and social
action utilising local community assets and initiatives. Within the Specialist UASC Hub we are also
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looking to consider delivery of:
UASC Community Education and Training Service
To enhance Staffordshire's education and training offer for UASC group. To provide a support
function tooperational staff, helping to improve education outcomes for UASC through providing
them with a holistic educational and training experience that addresses their unique needs within
the educational environment. To coordinate, develop and support a bespoke education and training
offer for UASC group throughout the districts and boroughs of Staffordshire.
UASC Community-based Emotional Health & Well-Being support service.
To deliver an adaptable and community-based initial referral process, helping to draw young people
into much needed EHWB support. Developing assessment and referral processes (EHWB Screening),
making services available within the communities that young people inhabit, and building strong
trusting relationships with young people. This will encourage self-referrals for support from UASC
group and reverse the level of distrust felttowards adults and agencies.
Low level EHWB needs can be met within the Specialist UASC Hub, whether thatcan be met through
art, narrative or sleep therapy, one-to-one advocacy sessions, play sessions or group-based
activities. More complex needs will continue to be referred on but with ongoing advocacy and
support for young people during the period they access therapeutic services.
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c00c7e7f-9756-4e08-9bc5-6b0e285a845c
SEND inclusion in PE, school sport and physical activity 2018-20
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
This is a two year grant to increase and improve opportunities for pupils with SEND to participate in
PE, sport and physical activity in schools.
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89549c70-f14d-4bc3-97ae-
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Deadline: 01/11/2018
Grants of up to £100,000 Available to Stop Sexual Harassment of Women at Work and Within their
Communities (UK)
Women’s organisations can apply for grants for projects lasting up to three years that aim to stop
sexual harassment and abuse of women at work and within their communities.
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The type of projects that will be supported will include:
Prevention work (including education and other initiatives)
Awareness-raising activities
Grass-roots activism
Influencing
Work with groups and communities who might face additional barriers to getting their voices heard,
or might be at higher risk of sexual harassment and abuse, to amplify those voices
Work that tries out new ideas
Innovative uses of tech/arts/sports/etc
Work that replicates tried and tested approaches in new settings
Work that others can learn from
The funding is being made available through the Justice and Equality Fund: Now’s the Time Large
Grants Programme. Grants of £25,000 – £100,000 are available. The fund is being administered by
Rosa the UK Fund for Women and Girls.
Women’s organisations applying need to apply in partnership with at least one other organisation.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 14th December 2018.
Rosa strongly advise potential applicants to participate in one of their webinars on Monday 15th
October: 10.30am – 11.30am and Wednesday 14th November: 2pm – 3pm before applying.
Useful Links:
Apply Online
Application Guidelines
http://www.rosauk.org/how-to-apply/justice-and-equality-fund/nows-the-time/
Support for Environmental Outreach Education for Disadvantaged Young People (UK)
Schools, colleges and youth groups can receive up to 80% towards the costs of providing
environmental outreach education for groups of disadvantaged young people through the Field
Studies Council's Kids Fund. The Field Studies Council is an independent educational charity
committed to raising awareness about the natural world and works through a network of residential
and day Centres in the UK to provide outreach education and training.
There are two types of Kids Fund course Wildlife and Environment focusing on wildlife habitats and
the environment with team building activities and Eco Adventure which combines environmental
and personally challenging activities.
Groups who meet one of the following criteria will be eligible:
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Disadvantaged young people aged 4-18 years (or up to 25 years for those with special needs).
Voluntary youth groups (either run by voluntary leaders, managed by a voluntary organisation, a
registered charity)
OR
School groups may apply if they are aiming to provide benefits which are additional to the statutory
school curriculum or clearly show added value, depth and breadth to the taught curriculum. FSC Kids
Fund will not pay for young people to attend standard curriculum-focused FSC courses.
All applicants must be based in the UK, Isle of Man, Channel Isles and Republic of Ireland.
One free staff/adult place is provided for every 12 young people; additional adults pay 20% +VAT.
This includes all equipment, tuition and waterproof hire costs. Food and accommodation are
included for residential courses.
The next closing date for applications is the 1st November 2018.
Useful Documents:
Application Form
http://www.field-studies-council.org/about/fsc-kids-fund/applying-to-fsc-kids-fund.aspx
Contract for the Provision of ILM Level 5 Training
NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
SCW would like to commission an accredited training provider to deliver two cohorts of the ILM
Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring. Ideally this would be with one course in Eastleigh
(Southampton) and the other in Bristol with a maximum of 15 in each group. SCW will be able to
source sufficient rooms in these geographical areas and associated travel expenses will be paid in
accordance with NHS policy available on request. Alongside the training courses it is, SCW will
require all necessary training materials.
Please go to the below link and register for this tender opportunity:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/ProjectManage/826
Deadline: 19/10/2018
£10 Million Available to Advance Understanding of Mental Health Conditions (UK)
The Wolfson Foundation has announced a £10 million funding competition to support research to
advance the understanding and treatment of mental health conditions. UK universities and research
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organisations are eligible to apply (individually or collaboratively) and it is likely that a single award
will be made.
Applications can request funding for:
• Endowment of chairs or posts, and programme costs for up to 5 years
• Attracting key talent in the field to work in the UK
• Training early career clinical researchers
• New research facilities or equipment
Research should focus broadly on anxiety and depression, and particular interest will be shown in
proposals relating to adolescent mental health as well as those drawing on insights from other areas
of medicine.
Institutions wishing to apply to the Wolfson Foundation’s new mental health initiative should email
an outline description of the proposal to the Wolfson Foundation office by Friday 11 January 2019.
http://www.wolfson.org.uk/news/new-10m-mental-health-initiative-is-launched-today/
Funding Available for Projects that Tackle Discrimination (UK)
The Baring Foundation has announced a new call for applications through its Strengthening the
Voluntary Sector programme. This programme supports effective use of the law and human rights-
based approaches by the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom. It is a collaboration with the Legal
Education Foundation and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
This call is intended for civil society organisations with specific and demonstrable legal expertise in
tackling discrimination and disadvantage.
Successful organisations will receive flexible project funding to tackle an identified issue, with the
expectation that the project will use a collaborative approach that roots appropriate legal action in a
broad campaign for social change. Grants of up to £100,000 will be available for projects lasting for
approximately three years. We expect to award seven grants.
Civil society organisations with specific and demonstrable legal expertise in tackling discrimination
and disadvantage can apply for grants of up to £100,000 for projects lasting up to three years to
tackle a specific issue.
Organisations should in the first instance submit an expression of interest by 9am on the 5th
November 2018. Successful organisations at this stage will be invited to submit a full application.
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The Foundation expects to award 7 grants.
Useful Links:
Funding guidelines
Grants awarded previously
https://baringfoundation.org.uk/news-story/stvs-funding-round-2018/
Vodafone Techstarter Opens for Applications (UK)
UK-based social tech ventures and charities have the opportunity to secure funding from a £300,000
prize fund to make transformational social change in the areas of health and well-being, education,
environment, social mobility and inequality.
This could be around key technologies such as Internet of Things, 5G, digital services and
infrastructure or in areas such as commercial development.
The funding is being made available through the Vodafone Techstarter, partnership between the
Social Tech Trust, one of the UK’s leading dedicated drivers of social tech and the Vodafone
Foundation
There will be ten awards awarded:
Category 1: Not-for-profit awards – supported by the Vodafone Foundation
Four winners will receive a £35,000 award in cash each
This category is only open to charities, social businesses, social enterprises, and community interest
companies (CICs) which have a social mission defined in the governing documents
Each Award will be comprised of £35,000 in cash, and a full 12-month programme of support and
value-in-kind
Category 2: For-profit awards – supported by Vodafone UK
Four winners will receive a £35,000 award in cash each
This category is only open to commercial businesses, enterprises and for-profit start-ups which have
a social mission defined in the governing documents
Each Award will be comprised of £35,000 in cash, and a full 12-month programme of support and
value-in-kind
Vodafone Champions award
Two winners will receive an award of £10,000 cash each
Winners will be chosen by popular vote amongst Vodafone employees across UK
One winner will be a not-for-profit organisation, and the other will be a for-profit company
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Vodafone Champions Award winners can also be winners in Categories 1 or 2
Support and value-in-kind:
In addition to cash to support great ideas and innovation, Vodafone is uniquely placed to support
the development and roll-out of new technologies
Vodafone will provide the winning Techstarters with a customised 12-month programme of “money-
can’t-buy” support, shaped to match the winner’s needs – and will include: in-depth mentorship and
access to expert consultation across a range of technical, legal and supply-chain areas; marketing
and communications support; investment advice & support; access to commercial partnerships; and
full access to the support and network of our partners at Social Tech Trust.
The closing date for applications is midday on the 23rd October 2018.
Useful Links:
Apply Now
Terms and Conditions
https://www.vodafone.co.uk/mobile/vodafone-techstarter
Funding for Game-changing Ideas for Civil Aerospace (UK)
The aim of this UK Aerospace Research and Technology Programme is to support and speed up
industry investment focused on supply chain companies. Funding is available for high risk, high
impact projects that demonstrate forward-looking, revolutionary and disruptive solutions to UK
aerospace challenges.
The competition is split into 3 strands with this strand offering a total of up to £2 million for fast-
track collaborative research and development (R&D) projects.
This is phase 1 of a 2-phase competition with expressions of interest (EoIs) invited at this stage.
Phase 2 of this competition will open in January 2019.
Submitted proposals must fit with the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy or with one of ATI’s
technical priority areas:
Enabling future sensing for harsh environments and integrated vehicle health monitoring (IVHM)
Coping with extreme conditions
Creating secure, smart, connected and efficient sub-systems
Technologies to improve factory efficiency.
All proposals must be business-led and collaborative. Project leads will be UK based micro, small or
medium-sized enterprise (SME) who will claim grant funding through this competition but work in
collaboration with other organisation that are a:
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Business
Research organisation
Public sector organisation
Charity
Eligible organisations with projects costing between £425,000 to £1 million can apply for grants
representing 50% for businesses, 80% full economic costing for universities and 100% for other
research organisations, public sector organisations and charities.
A London briefing event will be held 2nd October 2018.
The closing date for applications is 12:00pm on the 5th December 2018.
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/223/overview
Grants Available to Small Charities and Community Groups for Projects that Increase Physical
Activities (UK)
Localgiving has once again partnered with the Postcode Community Trust to offer over 400 grants of
£500 to small charities and community groups across the UK through its Magic Little Grants Fund.
Grants will be awarded to projects that meet either of the following themes:
Overcoming barriers to participation in physical activities in creative ways
Increasing social cohesion through developing access to sports and other recreational activities
Grants can be used to support the general running costs of new and existing sports and physical
activities. For example, this could include:
Facilities hire
Kit & equipment
Coaching qualifications
Other volunteer expenses
The fund is open to Localgiving registered charitable organisations operating within Great Britain
(excluding Northern Ireland) with an annual income of under £50,000 that are running or planning to
run a project that will encourage people to engage in some form of physical activity to help to
improve their physical and mental health and well-being.
Organisations that are not already a member of Localgiving are required to complete the Localgiving
registration process before completing the application. Those awarded a grant will also receive an
annual Local Giving membership worth £96.
The application process is open until the 31st October 2018.
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2017 grantees included:
The 2000 Club, a disability focused sports group in Heston
London Exercise Group for Stroke (LEGS)
Useful Links:
Guidance Notes
https://localgiving.org/what-we-do/magic-little-grants/
Grow Wild Spaces Community Grants (UK)
Grow Wild which aims to transform communal spaces by sowing and growing UK native plants has
announced that local voluntary, community, parish and town councils, youth groups, health
authorities, health boards, prisons and secondary schools; etc. can apply for grants of between
£2,000 and £4,000 to create a "Grow Wild Community Site.
Grow Wild projects can include an unloved area that organisations want to reclaim for their local
community or perhaps somewhere that's a bit neglected or run-down and applicants want to turn it
into an inspiring space for everyone.
Projects should have the potential to reach at least 300 people and work with one or more of the
following groups:
Students and young people aged 18-25
People living in urban areas
People experiencing disadvantage and reduced access to services
Adults that are less engaged with their community and environmental activities.
The closing date for applications is midday on the 10th December 2018.
https://www.growwilduk.com/content/applications-open-grow-wild-community-projects-2019
Funding to Develop the Classics in Primary and Secondary Schools (UK)
Classics for All, which aims to develop the teaching of classics such as Latin, Greek, classical
civilisation and ancient history in UK state schools has opened its 2018 grants programme. In 2018
the funding focus remains on supporting the development or introduction of Classics in schools or
consortia of state schools especially in areas where there is limited or no access to school provision.
Classics for All aims to reach 200 new schools.
Previous grants awarded have ranged in size from £100 to £15,000 supporting everything from the
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establishment of an after-school Classics club to training for teachers in 20 schools to introduce Latin
or Classical Civilisation at Key Stage 2 and 3, GCSE or A level. Classics for All have also supported a
number of schools already teaching Classics to develop the scale and ambition of their Classics offer.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Useful Links:
Application Guidelines
https://classicsforall.org.uk/get-involved/schools/application-forms/
Funding of up to £45,000 for Community Centres and Village Halls (UK)
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is offering Community Centres in deprived urban
communities and Village Halls in remote and economically deprived rural areas the opportunity to
apply for capital grants of between £10,000 and £45,000. Grants can be used to fund new buildings;
upgrading, renovating or extending buildings; improving or creating outside space (but not car
parks). All applicants must have secured 50% of the total cost of the work and have local community
fundraising underway.
Grants will be made to projects centred on ‘community centres’ in the broad sense, this may include
a church, sports facility or other building which offers a range of activities throughout the week
which all the community can access.
It is expected that the completed venue will provide a range of activities for all ages and abilities
which help to promote community cohesion and address local problems of isolation, poverty, lack of
local facilities, transport and other issues of relevance to the area in which the centre is located.
The Foundation is particularly interested in innovative schemes to bring back disused buildings into
full community use i.e. as community hubs, shops and activity venues. Traditional Village Halls are
also supported.
Useful Links:
Application Guidelines
Recent Grants Awarded
Applications can be submitted at any time and should show that, in urban areas, the venue is in the
most deprived 20% of the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation or, in rural areas, in the
most deprived 50% of the Indices.
Previous projects supported include:
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£25,000 to Ingol and Tanterton Community Trust towards the cost of building an extension to the
kitchen of a busy community café as part of a major expansion project at a community centre in
Preston.
£18,000 towards the cost of Ty Talcen Community & Visitor Centre as part of the regeneration of the
rural community of Myddfai in Carmarthenshire.
£16,193 to Islay & Jura Community Enterprises towards the cost of refurbishing a leisure centre
which focusses on providing facilities for disadvantaged and deprived members of the two
Hebridean islands.
http://trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/grants/community-centres-and-village-halls/
Funding Available to Support Arts Based Teaching in Primary Schools (UK)
Primary school teachers and school leaders working in partnership with other primary schools as
well as arts / cultural organisations can apply for grants to develop the necessary skills, knowledge
and confidence to support the delivery of effective arts-based teaching and learning opportunities in
the classroom, and to embed learning through the arts in the curriculum.
Applications should focus on:
• Primary schools
• Supporting children and young people experiencing disadvantage
• Approaches which involve learning through the arts
• Long-term, inquiry-based projects which support teachers’ professional development and
learning
• Promoting effective and equitable partnerships between schools and arts/cultural
organisations and artist practitioners
The contributions of school leaders and artist practitioners as both professional learners and as
supporters of embedding learning through the arts in the curriculum
Approaches which involve any of the following art forms: crafts; creative writing, including poetry;
dance; design; film; music; opera; photography; digital arts and media; theatre and drama; the visual
arts; and cross-arts practices.
The funding is being made available through the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development
Fund. The Foundation expect to make around five grants of up to £150,000 to partnerships of
arts/cultural organisations and up to ten schools, who will work together for two academic years.
The closing date for applications is 12 pm on the 5th December 2018.
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Previous projects supported include:
Charles Dickens Primary School, London, which received a grant of £149,430 for its “All the School's
a Stage” project. This involved Southwark Teaching School Alliance and Shakespeare’s Globe
collaborating to train teachers and leaders in eight Southwark primary schools to incorporate drama
techniques into their classroom practice. The project will see Year 1 and Year 3 teachers from each
school take part in professional development led by Globe practitioners. Actors will work alongside
teachers in their classrooms, using dramatic storytelling techniques to support the children’s
development in speaking, reading and writing. The second year of the project will see the same
teachers embed their learning into their school’s curriculum, leading their own professional
development sessions for staff and creating a unit of work to incorporate the new approaches.
Useful Links:
Apply Online
Application Form Guidance
Funding Case Studies
https://www.phf.org.uk/funds/tdf/#the-purpose-of-the-fund
Business Innovation Grants: Round Three (UK)
Offered by Innovate UK, this competition provides innovation research and development (R&D)
funding from feasibility (including market research), through to technology or prototype testing and
development stages up to (but not including) commercialisation.
Preference will be given to applications that demonstrate realistic, significant potential for global
markets and proposals from innovation-based businesses with significant ambition and potential for
growth or scale-up are particularly welcomed. All funded proposals will fit into one or more of the
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund areas.
Projects can focus on feasibility studies (including market research), industrial research or
experimental development (where appropriate).
Projects can be led by a business working alone or with partners or by a research and technology
organisation. Lead applicant organisations must be a UK-based business of any size or a research and
technology organisation (RTO) carrying out the project in the UK and intending to exploit the results
from the UK.
Projects are expected to range in size between £25,000 and £2 million and to last between 6 and 36
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months.
For feasibility studies and industrial research grants may be awarded for:
up to 70% for a small business
up to 60% for a medium-sized business
up to 50% for a large business
For experimental development projects nearer to market, grants may be awarded for:
up to 45% for a small business
up to 35% for a medium-sized business
up to 25% for a large business
The competition opens on 24th September 2018, and the deadline for applications is at midday on
14 November 2018.
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/243/overview#summary
Funding for School Capital Projects (UK)
The next deadline for stage 1 application to the Wolfson Foundation's Secondary Education
Programme is the 10th January 2019. Through its Secondary Education Programme high-achieving
(in receipt of an outstanding Ofsted assessment or regional equivalent) state-funded schools and
sixth form colleges can apply to the Foundation for funding for capital or equipment projects relating
to the teaching of science and technology; or projects involving libraries, languages, music or the
arts.
Grants do not normally exceed £50,000 for schools or £100,000 for sixth form colleges.
Applicants successful at the stage 1 of the application process will be invited to submit a stage 2
application.
Examples of schools that have received funding through the Foundation include:
An award of £100,000 was made towards science equipment for a new regional science centre at
Oldham Sixth Form College. The project aims to engage the local community in science as well as
provide carefully designed laboratories with modern science equipment.
Cheadle Hulme High School, Cheshire, which received a grant of £46,000 for A Level science
equipment.
Greenhead College, a high-achieving Sixth Form College in Huddersfield, which received a grant of
£100,000 which enabled them to refurbish three chemistry laboratories and two technicians’ rooms.
Useful Links:
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Apply Online
Eligibility Criteria
http://www.wolfson.org.uk/funding/education/secondary-education/
Grants Available to Small Charities Working in the Developing World (UK)
The Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) offered by UK Aid Direct is open to small UK-registered
charities and not-for-profit organisations with an annual income of £250,000 or less.
Grants of up to £50,000 are available for projects for up to 2 years work that strengthen the capacity
of grassroots development organisations working with the poor, vulnerable and most in priority
countries and work towards achieving the Global Goals. UK Aid Direct supports civil society
organisations working in countries across Africa, South Asia, East Asia and the Americas where
support for achieving the Global Goals is most needed.
Organisations that are part of a larger international family, are expected to demonstrate significant
autonomy, be registered in the UK and have their own UK specific constitution with an independent
board of trustees, i.e. the board must be locally appointed and be free and able to make
independent decisions on strategic and operational issues.
All applicants will be expected to address the UK Aid Direct Programme Priorities which reflect those
of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) i.e.
Strengthening global peace, security and governance
Strengthening resilience and response to crisis
Promoting global prosperity
Tackling extreme poverty and helping the world’s most vulnerable
Grants of up to £50,000 for projects of up to 2 years are available.
The Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) will remain open and all applications will be reviewed on a
6-monthly basis.
It’s a one-stage process via the application form on the website.
Useful Links:
Guidance Notes
Apply Online
Frequently Asked Questions
Small Charities Challenge Fund: Guidance Webinar (Video)
https://www.ukaiddirect.org/apply/sccf/
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New Grant Funding for Innovative Ideas to Transform UK Rail: Opens 8th October 2018 (UK)
The aim of this Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition is to demonstrate innovations
to stakeholders and railway customers in a representative railway environment. This competition
has 2 themes to choose from:
• Customer experience in stations.
• Decarbonisation of the railway.
It is expected that up to 12 projects will be funded where:
The total costs per project are between £250,000 and £350,000, including VAT
The projects starts by 1 March 2019 and lasts up to 9 months.
Selected projects will receive 100% funding.
The competition is open to organisations of any size carrying out the project work in the UK.
Applicants are welcome from all sectors and:
Must include a potential integration partner
Must involve a railway asset owner (stations, rolling stock, infrastructure), an experienced rail
organisation and a rail organisation that has the potential to become a customer (these can all be
the same organisation)
Will ideally include an innovative start-up supply company that is already delivering in another
sector
Will ideally include an organisation with rail expertise, such as a train operating company, rolling
stock manufacturer, or operator and infrastructure owner.
Of particular interest are projects that can improve air quality in stations, reduce noise pollution,
provide consistent and reliable information to passengers during periods of disruption and enhance
accessibility for everyone, especially those with less visible impairments.
The competition opens on 8th October 2018 and there are four briefing events before the
registration closing date of 12.00pm on the 21st November 2018. These are:
9th October 2018 York briefing event
9th October 2018 Online briefing event
11th October 2018 London briefing event
17th October 2018 Cardiff briefing event (To Be Confirmed)
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/247/overview#summary
Hilden Charitable Fund Announces Next Application Deadline (UK)
The next closing date for applications to the Hilden Charitable Fund is the 19th December 2018.
Within the UK, the Hilden Charitable Fund makes grants to projects that address disadvantage and
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by supporting causes which are less popular. In particular, the Fund wants to support projects that:
• Address homelessness
• Supports asylum seekers and refugees
• Support community-based initiatives for disadvantaged young people 16 – 25
• Penal affairs.
The average grant awarded is £5,000 and preference is given to supporting small community
organisations with an income of less than £500,000 per year. The Trust will consider funding project
as well as core running costs of organisations.
The type of actions funded in the past have include:
Schemes to enable young disadvantaged young people to receive job training and work experience
Volunteering and confidence building for disadvantaged young people, education classes and skills
training for refugees and migrants
Night shelters, day centres and hostels for homeless people and support services within a number of
prisons.
Useful Links:
Application Form
http://www.hildencharitablefund.org.uk/
Lord Taverners Accessible Minibuses Grant Programme (UK)
The Lords Taverners, the UK's leading youth cricket and disability sports charity, has re-opened its
Accessible Minibuses grants programme. Schools, clubs and youth organisations across the UK that
cater for young people under the age of 25 who have a physical/ sensory/ learning disability can
apply to the Lords Taverners for specially-adapted, wheelchair-accessible minibuses.
Last year the Lords Taverners delivered 40 specially-adapted, wheelchair-accessible minibuses.
Examples of schools that received a specially-adapted minibus are:
Lakeside School in Hertfordshire;
The Garth School and the Priory School in Spalding (Lincolnshire); and
Perseid School in Morden, Surrey.
These vehicles give young people with disabilities access to new places and experiences. Lord's
Taverners minibuses are based on the current Ford Transit model, with a diesel engine. The average
cost to the charity of an accessible minibus is over £61,000. Please note that the Lords Taverners are
unable to support schools that cater for socially disadvantaged children, or mainstream schools for
children with behavioural problems.
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Applications to the programme can be submitted at any time and are reviewed at the end of each
quarter.
Useful Links:
Application Form
https://www.lordstaverners.org/accessible-minibuses
Awards for Conservationists Now Open (UK and International)
The Whitely Award funds wildlife conservation projects led by local leaders based in countries that
are not defined as a High-Income Economy by the World Bank (exceptions include Equatorial Guinea
and certain island nations in the Caribbean).
Awards are made to nationals with local support – a key focus of the Whitley Award is to boost the
profile of leaders who are nationals of the country in which they are working. Exceptions are for
example long term residency (15+ years) or commitment to country/region/ building capacity of
local team members for future leadership. In particular, grassroots conservationists from locally
incorporated NGOs in biodiversity-rich developing countries, rather than in -country staff employed
by NGOs headquartered in developed countries.
Awards are made to:
Projects based on scientific evidence and understanding – this can be in the leader, expertise on the
team, or via partners/collaboration
Work involving (and benefitting) the local community and stakeholders
Ecosystem / landscape level projects are preferred.
Applications close at midnight GMT on 31 October 2018.
Useful Links:
Application Criteria
https://whitleyaward.org/apply-for-conservation-funding/how-to-apply/
One Stop Carriers for Causes (England, Scotland and Wales)
Not for profit organisations, including schools that are located within 2 miles of a One Stop shop can
apply for grants of up to £1,000 for projects that benefit their local community. One Stop’s ‘Carriers
for Causes’ is funded through the money raised from the 5p bag charge in One Stop stores in
England, Wales and Scotland.
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The grants are available for a wide range of activities and the funding will cover the direct costs
needed to deliver the project. Projects eligible for funding include:
What types of projects are eligible?
One off community events such as community fun day expenses, summer youth camp, litter picking,
sports events, expenses to pay for terminally ill cancer patients on visits to the seaside.
Purchasing items to run a project such as specialised medical equipment, football/cricket /netball kit
for local junior club, arts and craft materials for a workshop, kitchen equipment for a healthy eating
project, marketing materials for an event, fishing kit for youth project.
Improvements to community buildings such as painting, refurbishing buildings such as hospices,
scout or guide huts, school building, community centres.
Improvements to external spaces such as park clean ups, community gardens, hospital/hospice
gardens, disabled access projects, food growing projects, woodland walk.
Purchasing materials to undertake a place-based improvement project such as buying paint, litter
pickers, gravel, grass seed, plants, and benches.
Applications can be submitted at any time and are shortlisted on a quarterly basis for panel decision
which will take place every three months. Applicants will generally know the outcome of your
application within 16 weeks of applying.
Useful Links:
Store Locator
Application Guide
Apply Online
https://www.groundwork.org.uk/Pages/Category/carriers-for-causes-uk
Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Bring Together Diverse Communities - Closes 12th October
(England)
Local groups and organisations, who are working to bring together neighbours and develop
relationships across diverse faiths and ethnicities in order to improve their communities, can apply
for grants of £250 to £5,000 from the Near Neighbours Fund - Small Grants Programme.
The fund which operates in East & West London, Luton, East Midlands, Birmingham, the Black
Country, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire has two key objectives:
Social interaction - to develop positive relationships in multi-faith and multi-ethnic areas
Social action - to encourage people of different faiths and of no faith and of different ethnicities to
come together for initiatives that improve their local neighbourhood.
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Grants awarded in the past have offered funding to a broad range of work; environmental, social,
cultural, artistic, and sporting, that furthers the programme's aims of encouraging social interaction
and social action.
The closing date for applications is the 12th October 2018.
Useful Links:
Application Form
https://www.cuf.org.uk/near-neighbours-small-grants
Funding for Adults & Children with Physical Disabilities (England)
The Paul Bush Foundation Trust supports registered charitable organisations in England whose
objectives are solely related to the provision of services to people with an acquired disability as a
result of an accident or birth injury.
Grants of up to £10,000 for one year only are awarded at twice yearly meetings held in April and
October. Preference is given to discrete projects with defined outcomes and seed-funding will be
considered. For example, grants may be awarded for:
Projects or items related to improving the health and well-being of individuals suffering as the result
of an acquired physical disability.
Projects or services aimed at providing education to disabled people, their families and professionals
regarding the difficulties they face.
Projects or services that assist individuals or families to overcome social deprivation related to
disability.
Funding is also available to assist those individuals with a disability to improve their physical,
psychological and emotional well-being. Applications for funding for individuals must be supported
and completed by a third-party sponsor, for example, a health/personal care professional, social
worker or charity /support group representative.
The Trustees meet twice yearly in April and October with successful applicants being advised by 1st
November and 1st May each year.
Useful Links:
Organisation Application Guidelines
Organisation Application Form
https://www.bushco.co.uk/the-paul-bush-foundation-trust/
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Funding for Communities to Purchase their Local Pub (England)
Communities in England looking to take responsibility for and ownership of their local pub, through
purchase or long-term lease can now apply for financial support through the Community Pub
Business Support Programme.
A total of £3.62 million is available over two years and the support package includes business
development support, advice and loan and grant funding. The financial support includes flexible
bursary awards of up to £2,500 to fund pre-feasibility costs such as public consultation and
valuations and combined loan and grant funding up to £100,000.
The programme supports pubs where they advance a charitable purpose to benefit their
communities by, for example:
providing regeneration through access to public services and amenities to those who are socially
excluded;
promoting employment, education and training in areas of high social need;
encouraging volunteering, citizenship and community development as a hub for community groups.
Although the programme is aimed primarily at communities considering taking responsibility for and
ownership of their local pub, in some cases existing community-owned or managed pub-based
businesses may be considered, if they are looking to diversify for community benefit and can
demonstrate a clear economic case.
To apply, communities need to fill out an initial enquiry form or call the programme advice line for
more information on 01993 810730.
The programme has been extended and is now open for applications until the end of March 2019.
Useful Links:
More than a Pub Applicant Guidance
https://www.plunkett.co.uk/more-than-a-pub
YHA Challenging Places Support Programme (England)
Organisations working with children and young people who live in deprived areas can apply for a 2-
night break package through the Youth Hostel Association's (YHA) Challenging Places Support
Programme.
Applications can be submitted by schools, registered charities, community and voluntary
organisations on the behalf of any individual or group of young people who meet the YHA’s criteria.
Schools and groups can reapply annually as long as the application is for a different group of young
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people.
To be eligible the children or young persons must be between the ages of 8 and 18 and must live in
an rea recognised as deprived (please see the YHA website for further details about which areas
qualify). These areas are:
Middlesbrough, Knowsley, Kingston upon Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham (particularly the
areas of Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton), Blackpool, Nottingham, Burnley, Hartlepool,
Bradford, Blackburn with Darwen, Hastings, Stoke on Trent, North East Lincolnshire, Salford,
Rochdale, Pendle, Halton, Great Yarmouth, London Boroughs (Tower Hamlets, Islington, Hackney,
Barking and Dagenham, Enfield, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Newham), Norwich, Leicester,
South Tyneside (including South Shields, Jarrow, Gateshead, Wallsend, and Sunderland), Blaenau
Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Newport, Denbighshire, Neath Port Talbot,
Swansea, Caerphilly, Bridgend
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Useful Documents:
Guidance notes
Application Form
https://groups.yha.org.uk/challenging-places-support-programme
Funding for Projects to Support Disadvantaged Women and Girls (Newham, London)
Through the Tampon Tax Community Fund, East End Community Foundations is looking to fund
projects that raise the aspirations of disadvantaged girls and women and make a long-term
difference to their health, wellbeing, confidence, social and economic activity as well as addressing
equality gaps.
The Tampon Tax Community Fund is allocating funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products
to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. Grants of between £5,000 and
£10,000 are available, for a duration of 12 months. The scheme will fund volunteer expenses, activity
costs and staff costs relating to the project or service. The purchase of capital equipment is not
eligible.
Applications should demonstrate how they meet one or more of the priority areas:
Building skills and confidence
Improving health and well-being
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Building social networks
Priority will be given to women and girl organisations i.e. those established by women or girls or led
by women and girls, with a key aim of working with women and girls who are the majority of their
beneficiaries. This fund is open to the following organisations:
Constituted Community groups
Registered charities
Not for Profit Companies Limited by Guarantee
Community Interest Companies
Registered Community Benefit Societies
Registered Industrial and Provident Societies
Credit Unions
Partnership or consortia applications are welcomed where the lead organisation submitting the bid
is an eligible entity from the list above.
The application deadline is 12 noon on Monday 22nd October 2018.
For pre-application advice contact the Grants Team on 020 7345 4444 to discuss your proposal.
Useful Links:
Guidelines
http://www.eastendcf.org/index.php?cat=9&sec=56
School Holiday Activity Fund (London)
The School Holiday Activity Fund has grants available to help charities and state schools deliver
activities for children and young people during the school holidays in North West London. This
includes all half-term breaks, Easter, Christmas and the summer holiday.
The Fund will pay for the running costs of holiday programmes that provide young people with
activities in supportive and accessible environments. Up to £4,000 is available for activities such as:
Holiday drop-in activities
Arts activities
Sports projects
Family activities
Trips out of London
Camping trips.
Grants could be used for:
Equipment (not IT equipment)
Sessional staffing costs
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Transport
Venue hire
Other direct project costs.
Applications must be made by various deadlines throughout the year. The next closing date for
applications is the 16th November 2018 to run activities during the Christmas holidays.
http://jlc.london/grants/which-grant-fund-should-i-apply-to/school-holiday-activity-fund/
Communities for Tomorrow Programme (Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond, Runnymede,
Slough, Spelthorne, South Bucks, or Windsor and Maidenhead)
Heathrow Community Fund's Communities Together Fund offers grants of £2,500 up to £25,000 per
year for up to two years to charities, voluntary groups, schools, colleges, and Community Interest
Companies working in Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond, Runnymede, Slough, Spelthorne,
South Bucks, or Windsor and Maidenhead.
The awards are funded by Heathrow's passengers - who donate foreign and British currency every
day in Heathrow's baggage halls and departure lounges - and by Heathrow Community Fund.
Groups working to reduce energy consumption, tackle climate change, boost recycling, create a
nature reserve, make their community more sustainable or to encourage wildlife back into
neighbourhoods in the areas around Heathrow can apply.
All proposals must involve the community at each stage and show how they will deliver lasting
benefits.
Projects supported in 2017 included:
Fare Share, £13,470 to expand their services into Ealing;
Slough Furniture Project £22,935 to expand their reuse project;
Ashford North Residents Association, £5,000 to replace the boardwalk at Shortwood Common.
There is a two-stage application process and the deadline for stage one applications is the 9th
November 2018.
Useful Links:
Application Form
https://www.heathrowcommunityfund.com/need-funding./for-environmental-projects
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Funding Available for Community Health Projects (Hull, East Riding, Knowsley, St Helens, Wigan)
City Health Care Partnership Foundation (CHCP) provides a small grants scheme for local, voluntary
and community groups and/or other not for profit organisations, to contribute to the health and
wellbeing of people living in the areas in which CHCP provide services. Funding is available for
volunteer led activities and projects or one-off events related to health or wellbeing such as dance,
drama or football, etc.
To be eligible, applicants must be not for profit organisations, community or voluntary groups with
annual incomes of under £30,000.
Grants or donations of up to £1,000 are available towards activities, projects or one-off events
requiring an element of sponsorship.
Examples of recently funded projects include:
East Hull Rugby Club provides young children with three weekly training sessions and game time.
The grant will enable the team to purchase kit and to support with a team building trip to Butlins.
Brandesburton Scout Group’s grant will introduce a new and varied programme of indoor and
outdoor physical activities for all ages.
Creative Minds Organisation Ltd, a non-for-profit company in Hull will use their grant to support the
group with their current sewing project.
To apply, download the application form and submit by the deadline of 1st November 2018.
Useful Links:
Small Grants Application Form
Small Grants Guidance Note
http://chcpfoundation.chcpcic.org.uk/pages/small-grants
Grants for Charities Supporting Disadvantaged Women and Girls (Essex)
Through the Tampon Tax Community Fund, Essex Community Foundation is looking to fund projects
that raise the aspirations of disadvantaged girls and women and make a long-term difference to
their health, wellbeing, confidence, social and economic activity as well as addressing equality gaps.
The Tampon Tax Community Fund is allocating funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products
to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. Grants of between £5,000 and
£10,000 are available, for a duration of 12 months. The scheme will fund volunteer expenses, activity
costs and staff costs relating to the project or service. The purchase of capital equipment is not
eligible.
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Applications should demonstrate how they meet one or more of the priority areas:
Building skills and confidence
Improving health and well-being
Building social networks
Priority will be given to women and girl organisations i.e. those established by women or girls or led
by women and girls, with a key aim of working with women and girls who are the majority of their
beneficiaries.
This fund is open to the following organisations:
Constituted Community groups
Registered charities
Not for Profit Companies Limited by Guarantee
Community Interest Companies
Registered Community Benefit Societies
Registered Industrial and Provident Societies
Credit Unions
Partnership or consortia applications are welcomed where the lead organisation submitting the bid
is an eligible entity from the list above.
Potential applicants are encouraged to call the grants team on 01245 356018, in advance of starting
an application form.
The application deadline is Monday 5th November 2018.
Useful Links:
Apply Online
http://www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk/grants/our-grantmaking/apply/tampon-tax-
community-fund/
Grants for Charitable Organisations Helping Disadvantaged People Make the Most of Their Future
(UK)
Santander Foundation awards Discovery Grants of up to £5,000 to help disadvantaged people make
the most of their future. Grants will support projects that improve people’s knowledge, skills or
which provide innovative solutions to overcome social challenges and that fall into one or more of
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three priorities:
Explorer – To improve people's knowledge, for example, Money Management workshops helping
disadvantaged people learn how to budget.
Transformer - Improving skills and experience, for example, training to help socially isolated people
develop skills to get back into work or volunteering opportunities for disadvantaged young people.
Changemaker - Innovative solutions to social challenges, for example, a new social networking
program for visually impaired young people to access the internet
Project beneficiaries may be, for example, people on restricted income or who are rurally isolated or
disabled and can include people anywhere in the UK, not just in areas of high deprivation, who are
excluded or who face barriers to taking part in day-to-day activities.
Funding is available for small complete local projects lasting up to 12 months and can cover part-
time salaries, equipment or materials specific to the project.
Grants are awarded to UK registered charities, Community Interest Companies and credit unions
with at least one year’s accounts. Applications can be made by customers, organisations and
Santander staff at any time. There are no deadlines.
To apply simply fill out the application form found in any local Santander branch and post it in the
Discovery Grants post box at any branch.
Useful Links:
FAQs
http://www.santanderfoundation.org.uk/discovery-grants.aspx
Grants for Teachers Professional Development (UK)
Teachers and Head Teachers with a minimum of 5 years' practical school teaching experience in the
UK can apply for grants of up to £3,000 to enhance their personal and professional development. In
addition, the Company will pay a maximum of £2,000 supply cover to the school. Grants offer the
opportunity to take time out from the classroom in order to undertake an original project in the UK
or abroad and can cover costs including travel, accommodation and materials. Applications will be
judged on their potential to enhance a teacher's professional life and benefit his/her students on
completion.
Examples of projects that may be supported include comparisons of best practice in teaching and
school administration at home or abroad or personal development projects e.g. creative writing,
arts, science, music, languages and coaching.
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Applications must be submitted by 30th November 2018.
Useful Links:
Download Application Form
https://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/charity/education/grants-teachers/
Grants to Promote Latin and Roman Studies and Activities (UK)
The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies has announced the next closing date for
applications is the 1st November 2018
The Society makes grants to schools to help promote Latin and Roman studies. Most of the grants
are awarded for the purchase of textbooks and other books on Roman topics. The Committee also
makes awards to groups and schools and museums organising lectures or study days on Roman
themes and has recently made money available for archaeology fieldwork bursaries.
Schools that have recently been awarded funding include:
Hereford Cathedral School that received funding to run weekly Latin masterclasses;
A grant from the Roman Society enabled Feniton C of E Primary School to buy books and extra
resources to help their pupils have fun learning;
A grant from the Roman Society enabled thirty pupils in Year 9 at Ysgol Brynhyfryd to study Classical
Civilisation GCSE;
The Sir Robert Hitcham CEVAP School Robert which received a grant to help Year 4 pupils study
aspects of the Roman invasion and its impact.
Applications from schools planning to start courses in Latin are particularly welcome. Grants usually
range from £50 to £500.
http://www.romansociety.org/grants-prizes/funding-for-schools.html
Funding to Help Regenerate Historic Buildings (UK)
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) which supports the conservation and regeneration of historic
buildings, has announced that the next closing date for applications to its Project Development
Grant scheme (up to £30,000) is 9am the 29th October 2018.
Charities, not for profit companies, CICs, Parish and Town councils can apply for funding to assist
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with the costs of developing and coordinating a project which helps to find a sustainable use for a
historic building and takes it towards the start of work on site.
The grants are intended to support project development costs only and not for on-site capital works.
The AHF also makes:
Project Viability Grants (PVG) of up to £7,500 to fund studies to look at potential uses for a building
and at its current condition.
Cywaith Legacy Fund of up to £30,000 which is open to community-led organisations operating
Gwynedd, Anglesey and Conwy to find sustainable new uses for historic buildings.
Scottish Community Development Grant (SCDG) which provides grants of up to £50,000 for
community led projects
Useful Links:
Online Application Form
Guidance Notes
http://ahfund.org.uk/grant/
Funding for Environment Related Activities Within Schools (England & Scotland)
The Alice McCosh Trust, which aims to advance education by providing grants to schools or research
activities related to natural history and/or the environment will re-open for applications on the 1st
October 2018. It is anticipated that the Trustees will award one grant in the region of £600 to £1000.
The grant could, for example, cover the cost of a school field trip or project, an expedition as part of
a research project or the development of new teaching materials for schools or institutes of higher
education.
Previous projects supported include the St Thomas More School, West Midlands which took school
children to North Wales. The pupils visited a variety of different environments with a focus on
physical geography.
The closing date for applications will be the 30th November 2018.
http://www.thealicemccoshtrust.org.uk/grants.htm
Masonic Charitable Foundation Launches New Grants Programme to Support Disadvantaged and
Vulnerable Older People (England and Wales)
Local and national charities in the in England and Wales can apply to the Later Life Grant programme
run by the Masonic Charitable Foundation. The Later Life Grant programme is open to charities
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working to reduce loneliness and isolation of vulnerable and disadvantaged people over 50.
Grants can be offered to charities that provide:
• Mental and physical health support
• Gateway and access to service, e.g. transport and technology
• Community based approaches, i.e. volunteering, positive ageing and neighbourhood support
• Advocacy, social and welfare support
The type of activities that could be funded include:
• Support for emotional and psychological planning for later life
• Digital inclusion sessions to enable older people to access services
• Activities and clubs enabling older people to remain active and make friends
• Providing companionship and befriending schemes for periods of transition
• Advice and information on options for those with health conditions
• Carers and respite support
The programme offers both small grants of up to £15,000 to charities with an annual income of up to
£500,000 for projects lasting up to three years; and grants of between £10,000 and £150,000 to
charities with an annual income of above £500,000 for projects lasting up to three years.
The closing date for applications is the 26th October 2018 for the small grants programme and the
5th October for the large grants programme.
Useful Links:
Eligibility Guidelines: Small Grants
Eligibility Guidelines: Large Grants
https://mcf.org.uk/apply-later-life/
First Steps Enterprise Fund Launched to Support Community Organisations (England)
First Steps Enterprise Fund (FSEF) is a £300,000 pilot fund to support community organisations. We
manage this fund on behalf of the ASDA Foundation.
The Fund is available to community organisations (charities and social enterprises) based in England
that are looking to take on their first loan to help them grow and become more sustainable.
Preference is given to organisations that work in the following areas:
Older people
Health and wellbeing
Employment for young people
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Funding packages of up to £30,000 are available (90% loan and 10% grant). The loan element is
charged at 5% (fixed) to be repaid over a period of 4 years with an optional capital holiday for the
first year. Up to £50,000 is available for exceptional cases.
This programme is open to community organisations that:
Are based and work in England
Have been operating for at least one year
Can provide evidence of need for and benefit to their local community.
Organisations that would like to discuss the fund, or to explore an application please contact
Christian Stannard [email protected] to arrange an initial telephone conversation.
https://www.sibgroup.org.uk/firststeps
Funding for Projects that Support the Education and Development of Children and Young People
(England)
Schools, colleges and community groups in England can apply for grants to BlueSpark Foundation to
support the education and development of children and young people through educational, cultural,
sporting and other projects. BlueSpark is particularly keen to support projects which will help
enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young
people. In most cases grants will be made on a relatively small scale. Many grants will be under
£2,000, most will be under £5,000 and only in a few cases will grants exceed £10,000.
Funding provided by BlueSpark for a project must be crucial to the project rather than marginally
incremental to its funding. The funding available can be for physical assets (such as iPads, sports
equipment, or lighting for stage productions) or for services or facilities (such as sports coaching or
music or drama tuition) or simply for the provision of experiences (such as theatre visits). These
examples are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive as to the funding which BlueSpark may
provide to support projects.
Applications can be submitted at any time and must be made online on BlueSpark Foundation's
standard Application Form.
Useful Links:
Online Application Form
http://bluesparkfoundation.org.uk/%C2%A0
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Late additions
Funding for Community Facilities (England)
Registered charities, churches, parish councils, local authorities and CASC registered sports clubs are
able to apply for grants of between £2,000 and £100,000 for the provision, maintenance or
improvement of community facilities. This can include 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; and Museums.
The funding is being made available through the Landfill Operator Wren and is available to projects
sited within England in within their operating areas within 10 miles of eligible FCC Environment site.
Grants for Community, Environmental and Heritage Projects (Scotland)
Local authorities, charities, parish councils, church or community organisations and voluntary groups
are able to apply for funding of between £2,000 and £100,000 for community, environmental and
heritage projects. Projects may include land reclamation works; community recycling projects; the
provision of public amenities and parks; biodiversity projects; and the maintenance or restoration of
historic buildings; etc.
The fund is operated by WREN, a Land fill operator and Environmental Body. For Public Amenity,
Biodiversity and Historic Buildings, projects must be within 10 miles of any landfill site or transfer
station.
The fund will close for applications at 5pm on the 12th December 2018.
Co-operative Bank Donation Fund Opens for Applications (UK)
Organisations such as Registered Charities, Co-operatives and Credit Unions; etc. that have a
Community Directplus account with the Co-operative Bank can apply for grants of up to £1,000 from
the Customer Donation Fund. Since 2003 the Co-operative Bank Donation Fund has donated over
£750,000 to 866 organisations. The money can be used to support special projects and fundraising
activities; and all Community Directplus account holders are eligible to apply.
Examples of previous projects supported include the Theatre company 20 Stories High which
received funding towards three dictaphones, 12 MP3 players and the work of an experienced
Technical Manager to help develop and stage a new production; and Wiltshire Wood Recycling, a not
for profit organisations, which received funding towards new tools, boots, hard hats and high-viz
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jackets for the workers.
The closing date for applications is the 31st March 2019.
War Memorials Grant Scheme (UK)
Grants of up to £30,000 are available 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 up to a maximum of 75% of eligible costs.
The funding is being made available through the War Memorials Trust and the next closing date for
applications is the 331st March 2019.
Funding for Community Sports (Glasgow and West Central Scotland)
Grants of up to £500 are available to sports clubs, schools, religious organisations; and Scout and
Guides groups, etc in Glasgow and West Central Scotland to run sporting activities for the benefit of
people in the local community. The funding is being made available through the Aldi Scottish Sport
Fund and applicants need to be based in the vicinity of an Aldi supermarket. In 2017 the Fund
awarded a total of £50,000 to 115 projects.
The Fund operates on a regional basis in Scotland with each region having their own deadline.
Previous projects supported include Glasgow Panthers Wheelchair Sports Club, which promotes
Rugby 7’s to disabled and able-bodied players of all ages.
With the help of the Aldi Scottish Sports Fund, the club were able to pay their hall hire fees for 10
weeks and set out a 5-year plan for the sport in Scotland. The deadline for this funding round is the
1st October 2018.
WHSmith Community Grant (UK)
Voluntary organisations, charities, schools and pre-schools can apply for grants of up to £500 from
the WHSmith Trust. The WHSmith Trust is an independent registered charity that uses the proceeds
of the compulsory carrier bag charges across the UK to offer the grants to support good causes in
the local communities where WHSmith operates. There are two application rounds each year.
The deadline for the current funding round is the 31st March 2019. Applications can be submitted
via an online applications form
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Funding to Support the Armed Forces Community (UK)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently accepting applications under its Armed Forces
Community Covenant Small Grant Scheme. The aim of the National Covenant Fund is to support the
armed forces community. Funding of up to £20,000 is available to support the integration of armed
force personnel within their community and the coordination and delivery of support services.
Schools, registered charities, community interest companies, local authorities and armed forces
units with a UIN can apply as long as they have experience and a track record of working with the
Armed Forces Community, and a real understanding of the issues facing the Armed Forces
Community.
Applicants should consult their local Covenant Partnership before applying. There are no deadlines
and applications will be reviewed four times a year. Eligible organisations are welcome to submit
their application at any time.
The next review point is the 17th December 2018.
School Grants to Promote Physics (UK)
UK school/s and colleges can apply for grants of up to £600 for small-scale projects or events linked
to the teaching or promotion of physics and engineering to pupils aged 5 - 19. Grants can be used to
support a wide range of projects such as school based science weeks, extracurricular activities,
science clubs, careers event or a visit from a working physicist or engineer. Grants may be used for
the following project-related purposes: materials / resources; transport; marketing and publicity;
other purposes deemed appropriate by the judges; and supply cover (in certain circumstances).
Previous projects to receive funding include Ampleforth College for a visit to Jodrell Bank Radio
Observatory; and St John's High School for a Practical Rocketry workshop to design a water
propelled rocket.
The closing date for applications is the 1st November 2018.
Grants Available for International Youth Activities (UK)
International non-governmental youth organisations (NGOs) based in the 50 signatory countries to
the European Cultural Convention (47 member states of Council of Europe plus Kazakhstan, Holy See
and Belarus) can apply for grants of up to €50,000 to support their work. Grants can cover an
international one-off activity, structural activities or an annual work plan. Eligible organisations can
apply for a grant of €25,000 per year for up to two years work. Where a grant is awarded for 2018,
the same amount will be awarded in principle for 2019, based on the validation by the EYF of an
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interim report after one year. NGOs wishing to apply for a grant must first be registered online.
The deadline for applications is the 1st April 2019.
British Science Week 2019 Kick Start Grants Are Now Open for Applications (UK)
The British Science Association has announced that applications for British Science Week are now
open for applications. As part of the British Science Week (BSW), which is a ten-day celebration of
science, technology, engineering and maths; state funded schools in challenging circumstances can
apply for grants to organise their own science and engineering events.
To be eligible students must be from a school that fulfils one or more of the following criteria. Over
30% of pupils eligible for pupil premium (i.e. additional funding to raise the attainment of
disadvantaged pupils), or equivalent; over 30% of pupils from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME
backgrounds); located in a rural location. The deadline for applications will be 5pm on the 12th
November 2018.
Schools Encouraged to Apply for Grants and Support to Set Up or Improve Breakfast Provision
(England)
Schools in disadvantaged areas are being encouraged to apply for funding and support to set up or
improve their breakfast provision. Grants of up to £500 are available for essential resources such as
fridges, toasters or freezers. The programme will also include free food delivered to the door
(weekly or fortnightly), comprising healthy cereal, porridge and bagels; and expert support from a
dedicated member of NSBP staff as well as advice, resources and local best practice events.
The funding is being made available through the Government's National School Breakfast
Programme (NSBP) is being delivered by Family Action and Magic Breakfast.
The funding is being allocated on a first come, first served basis and schools are encouraged to apply
as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
The National Archives – Cataloguing Grants (UK)
The National Archives, which is a non-ministerial department, and the official archive and publisher
for the UK Government has announced that grants of up to £40,000 are available to not for profit
organisations that hold archives to create catalogues of archival collections. These grants are
designed to support the transformation of archive services; help archives to improve access to
collections; and help archives to increase public engagement with history and the UK's documentary
heritage.
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The deadline for applications is the 7th December 2018.
Nuffield Foundation – Research Placements Reopen for Applications (UK)
Application deadlines for the Nuffield Foundations Research Placements programme have just been
announced. Nuffield Research Placements take place in your summer holidays after Year 12
(England) or equivalent. Successful applicants will work on a research project that relates to an area
of science, quantitative social science, computing, technology, engineering or maths (or a
combination of these).
Most projects are based in an office, but some include working in a laboratory or fieldwork. The
programme is highly competitive, and not all applications will be successful. Detailed guidance is
available on the website and further information and support is available via Regional Nuffield Co-
ordinators. For information on the regional application deadlines, please click on the link below.
Funding Available to Reduce the Energy Usage of Academies, Sixth Forms and Free Schools (England)
Individual academies, academy sixth forms, free schools and those in Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs)
can apply for loans of between £8,000 and £150,000 to reduce their energy usage through the
installation of energy efficient technologies. Although the primary focus is for projects that will
reduce energy consumption; funding is also available for the installation Solar PV technologies. The
loans must be paid back within 8 years.
The funding is being made available through the Salix Energy Efficiency Fund (SEEF) and the closing
date for applications is the 30th November 2018.
Secondary Schools to Benefit from up to £13.5 Million Investment in Workforce Skills (England)
Free training is now on offer to 17,000 secondary school PE teachers to help foster a more positive
attitude to physical education. Up to £13.5 million is being invested by Sport England in a teacher
training programme, run in partnership with the Teaching School Council, between now and 2021,
offering specialist training and mentoring for teachers. Training will be offered through 150 Teaching
School Alliances, with those schools taking part being trained and supported within their region and
being given mentor support as part of the ongoing process.
Any schools or teachers who are interested in taking part are invited to make their Teaching School
Alliance aware of the opportunity and request them to register their interest with Sport England.
Each school term, Sport England will work with 50-75 Teaching School Alliances, with the aim of
giving all schools in England the opportunity to take part by 2021.
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Institute of Physics – Public Engagement Grant Programme (UK)
The Institute of Physics has announced that its public engagement grant scheme is now open for
applications. Through the grant scheme grants of up to £3,000 are available for running physics-
based events and activities in the UK and Ireland that raise public awareness of, and engagement
with contemporary physics; especially those not previously interested in physics. The grant scheme
is open to organisations and individuals and provides funding to organise public engagement with
physics activities. Applications are accepted from members of the Institute of Physics; museums;
schools; community groups; arts groups; and libraries; etc.
An example of a project previously funded is Manor Field School for ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger... But
How Do We Know?'. Where families in Burgess Hill had the opportunity to take part in an evening of
hands on activities exploring the accuracy of measurement in sporting events, with particular focus
on the Olympics.
Applications must be received by 5pm on the 29th October 2018.
Funding for Community Sports Facilities (England)
Schools, sports clubs, local authorities, and community organisations can apply for grants of
between £1,000 and £150,000 to enhance local sports and recreational facilities. The funding can be
used to enhance traditional sports facilities as well as outdoor spaces like canal towpaths,
woodlands and open spaces; etc that can be used as part of an active lifestyle. Statutory bodies and
education establishments will specifically need to provide a minimum of pound-for-pound
partnership funding.
The funding is being provided through Sport England's Community Asset Fund and applications can
be submitted at any time.
Funding for Ideas from the UK’s Cultural and Creative Community (UK)
Cultural and creative organisations, not-for-profit or commercial can get funding of up to £10,000
and mentoring support to develop a digital idea that addresses a social challenge and produces a
social benefit. The ideas can be anything from a game to an interactive installation, as long as it
seeks to generate a direct social outcome. The social outcomes can be anything from increasing
community cohesion to reducing the consumption of single use plastics.
The deadline for submitting an expression of interest is the 14th November 2018. Shortlisted
applicants will be contacted on the 5th December 2018.
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British Science Week Community Grant Scheme Opens for Applications (UK)
The British Science Week Community Grant Scheme is providing grants of £500-£1000 grants to
community groups to run their own science activities during British Science Week (8-17th March
2019). The mission of the British Science Week Community Grant Scheme is to expand the audiences
that engage with science and the grants are available community groups that work directly with
audiences who are traditionally under-represented and currently not engaged in science activity.
Community grants cannot be used for events or activities with school groups unless they are a
special needs school. For school activities, the schools should apply for the Kick Start Grants.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 12th November 2018.
Funding for Links with Japan (UK)
Grants of £2,000 - £7,000 are available to promote and support interaction between the two
countries. Daiwa Foundation Small Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and
other projects and events. New initiatives are especially encouraged. Projects that have received
funding in the past include Beckfoot School (Bingley) which received a grant of £3,000 to support a
two-week curriculum-based school exchange visit by ten students and two teachers to Hiroshima
Kokusai High School; and Dene Magna School which received a grant of £4,000 to support a school
exchange visit by three teachers and nine pupils to enhance links established in 2002 with two
partner schools in Okinawa and to consolidate Japanese as part of its curriculum.
The next closing date for applications is the 31st March 2019.
Funding Available to Support Social Entrepreneurs (England)
UnLtd, the charity for Social Entrepreneurs is seeking applications to its Impact Fund. The fund aims
to address one the key challenges for early stage social ventures: getting to access to capital. The
Impact Fund will invest in around 35 social ventures over the next three-years. Initially, the UnLtd
Impact Fund is looking to support social ventures tackling challenges related to training and
employment - including school leavers and apprenticeships, further and higher education,
unemployment and underemployment, and supporting those distant from the labour market.
Social ventures will be offered access to between £50,000 and £150,000 (as well as business
support) of debt investment, which will include an element of grant funding. The level of grant
funding is decided on a case-by-case basis, but it is expected to be an additional 15% of the loan
amount. The UnLtd Impact Fund offers unsecured business loans at an interest rate of 9.5%
repayable over a maximum of five-years, with all Fund profits reinvested to support more social
ventures. In order to apply, applicants need to complete an Expression of Interest through the UnLtd
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website. Successful applicants will be invited to complete a full application which will include
submission of a financial model.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Grants to Promote the Teaching of Greek (UK)
Schools can apply for grants for projects that promote the teaching of the Greek language or
subjects relating to Greek Civilisation. The funding which is being made available by the Hellenic
Society makes the grants for the development of new courses in Greek; books & other teaching
materials; classics days or conferences; Greek plays by schools; and summer schools for school
pupils. Applications from schools planning to start courses in Greek are especially welcome.
Applications on behalf of individual pupils or teachers are not normally considered, but a grant may
be made to an institution for use as bursaries to individuals at the discretion of that institution.
Most grants are in the range £100-£500, but larger awards are occasionally made.
The next closing date for applications is the 1st May 2019.
Grants for Families Facing Financial Hardship Whilst Caring for a Child with a Serious Illness (UK)
Families facing financial hardship whilst caring for a child with a serious illness can apply for grants of
up to £1,000 to fund a variety of essential items and services including (but not limited to) specialist
equipment, creative therapies, hospital travel expenses, everyday items to improve the child’s
quality of life, attending medical/support group conference, social activities and memberships.
Applications must be completed by health or social care professionals on behalf the family and are
considered at monthly meetings.
The funding is being made available through the Roald Dahl Marvellous Family Grants scheme and
the next application deadline is 5pm on the 31st October 2018.
Funding Support for Former Mining Communities (East & West Midlands, North East & North West
of England, Yorkshire and Kent)
Community and voluntary groups in the top 30% most deprived coalfield communities in England are
be able to apply for grants of up to £10,000 to tackle key challenges that still affect their areas. A
total of £125,000 is available in this funding round to address the following themes: Skills - growing
the skills of people in order to increase their opportunities; Employment - developing pathways to
increase the number of people in work; and Health - supporting projects that increase participation
in activities/services that improve health and wellbeing. The funding is being made available through
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the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. To apply, organisations need to complete an eligibility survey to
determine whether the applicant organisation/group meets the criteria to apply for funding from
the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT).
The closing date for submitting the eligibility survey is the 7th December 2018. The deadline for
submitting applications is the 14th December 2018.
Funding for Projects that Support the Education and Development of Children and Young People
(England)
Schools, colleges and community groups in England can apply for grants to support the education
and development of children and young people through educational, cultural, sporting and other
projects. Of particular interests are projects which will help enhance the self-confidence, team
working skills and future employability of children and young people. In most cases grants will be
made on a relatively small scale.
Many grants will be under £2,000, most will be under £5,000 and only in a few cases will grants
exceed £10,000. The funding provided by the BlueSpark Foundation and can be for physical assets
(such as iPads, sports equipment, or lighting for stage productions) or for services or facilities (such
as sports coaching or music or drama tuition) or simply for the provision of experiences (such as
theatre visits). These examples are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive as to the funding
which BlueSpark may provide to support projects.
Applications can be submitted at any time and must be made online on BlueSpark Foundation's
standard Application Form.
Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants Programme (UK)
The Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants Programme has re-opened for applications. Through the
programme grants of up to £1,000 are available to schools in the UK to set up Breakfast clubs. To
qualify for the programme the breakfast club must be based in a school in England, Wales, Scotland
or Northern Ireland and priority will be given to schools that have 40% and above of children eligible
for pupil premium funding and / or eligible for free school meals. Only one grant per school in each
academic year is available.
There are no closing dates and applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis.
Grow Wild - Youth Project Funding (UK)
Young people aged 14 – 25 can apply for grants of up to £500 to fund creative projects that will raise
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awareness about the importance of UK native wildflowers and fungi. The aim is to reach and inspire
other people in schools, youth groups or within their community. Applicants can use visual art,
music, poetry, dance, or theatre; etc as part of their creative project. Each applicant must identify a
Supporting Organisation to work with them on their project.
The next deadline for applications is the 30th November 2018.
Funding for Projects to Support Disadvantaged Women and Girls (South Yorkshire)
Grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 are available for projects lasting up to 12 months that raise
the aspirations of disadvantaged girls and women and make a long-term difference to their health,
wellbeing, confidence, social and economic activity and address equality gaps. Grants can cover
volunteer expenses, activity costs and staff costs relating to the project or service. Successful
applications will meet one or more of the priority areas: Building skills and confidence; Improving
health and well-being; Building social networks.
Apply by 26th October 2018 to the Tampon Tax Community Fund managed by South Yorkshire
Community Foundation.
New £40 Million Programme Launched to Encourage Collaboration Between Community
Organisations (England)
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 develop a more
strategic approach to improving their community by developing and growing new and existing
partnerships. The funding can support many different types of partnership, including cross-sector
partnerships; local place-based collaboration; and local and national organisations working together
around a particular theme.
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 funding is being made available through the Big Lottery Fund’s Partnership Fund and
applications can be submitted at any time.
Funding to Pilot Education Support for Looked After Children and Young Carers (UK)
Schools and other training and educational institutions have until the 2nd January 2019 to apply for
funding and non- financial support to pilot new and innovative approaches to improving the
educational attainment of looked after children and young carers so that they are able to take
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advantage of opportunities afforded by tertiary education and employment. The funding which is
being made available through the British and Foreign School Society is looking to support projects
which can be scaled up.
Funding of up to £100,000 is available over a 3-year period and match funding will be required.
Applications for British Science Week 2019 To Open in Early October 2018 (UK)
The British Science Association has announced that applications for British Science Week 2019 will
open in early October 2018. As part of the British Science Week (BSW), which is a ten-day
celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths; state funded schools in challenging
circumstances can apply for grants to organise their own science and engineering events. To be
eligible students must be from a school that fulfils one or more of the following criteria. Over 30% of
pupils eligible for pupil premium (i.e. additional funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged
pupils), or equivalent; over 30% of pupils from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME backgrounds);
located in a rural location.
The deadline for applications will be 5pm on the 12th November 2018.
Funding to Help People Understanding their Tax Obligations and Entitlements (UK)
Voluntary and community sector organisations are being invited to apply for grants of between
£50,000 and £450,000 to help them provide advice and support to customers who need extra help
understanding and complying with their tax obligations and claiming their entitlements; including
those that are digitally excluded. The funding is being made available through HM Revenue and
Customs. A total of £1.6 million is available to support projects in 2019 to 2020.
The deadline for receipt of completed applications is the 2nd November 2018.