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Community Grants
Grants of up to £12,000 are now available for voluntary and community organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber who provide learning opportunities that help unemployed people aged 18+ move closer towards a job or training. Humber Learning Consortium manage this fund in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Community Grants are targeted at people with disabilities and health conditions, lone parents, people aged 50 and over and people from ethnic minorities
Community Grants activities could include initial help with Basic Skills, taster work experience (including voluntary work), training advice and guidance, job search assistance, confidence building and personal development and debt counselling.
For further information, details of our partners and applications visit our Community Grants page.
Grassroots Grants
Grassroots Grants is a groundbreaking £130m government funded programme mangaged by CDF.
The programme, which will run from 2008-2011 has two elements:
- an £80 million small grants fund for community groupsadministered in the Humber area by;
- East Riding - York & North Yorkshire Community Foundation - 01759 377400
- Kingston upon Hull - Hull CVS - 01482 324474
- North East Lincolnshire - Voluntary Action North East Lincolnshire - 01472 231123
- North Lincolnshire - Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire - 01724 845155
- and a £50 million endowment match challenge to enable local funders to generate additional donations on a matched basis and invest them in endowments, which will provide funding for community groups into the future. This is administered by:
- Hull & East Riding - York & North Yorkshire Community Foundation - 01759 377400
- North & North East Lincolnshire - Lincolnshire Community Foundation - 01529 305825
Community groups should apply directly to their nearest Grassroots Grants local funder.
Fundraising Plus
Fundraising Plus is a new project funded by the Big Lottery Fund under its BASIS programme which helps small voluntary and community organisations with funding advice and a range of other help and support.
Humber All Nations Alliance (HANA) leads the Fundraising Plus partnership between Hull CVS, East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS), Voluntary Action North Lincs (VANL) and Voluntary Action North East Lincs (VANEL).
Voluntary and community organisations working in Hull, East Riding, North and North East Lincolnshire can ask for free help from Fundraising Plus.
Priority is given to smaller organisations with an annual income of under £100,000 and that are not already able to access support from, for example, a national umbrella organisation.
Fundraising Plus goes beyond funding advice to help your organisation.
Each organisation will be offered a Health Check, analysing their current funding position and highlighting things the organisation might do to improve its funding capacity.
Where necessary, organisations may be offered further support to address issues for improvement to increase their fundraising capacity.
Fundraising Plus will signpost organisations to other appropriate sources of funding advice and organisational development support, such as community accountancy; IT support; specialised assistance with contracts and tendering etc.
Fundraising Plus offers training on a range of fundraising and other topics to help organisations improve their fundraising capacity.
For more information:
Website: www.fundraisingplus.net
Email: Click here
Alternatively you can access support through any of the other partners on the project - please see the website for details.
FUTURE JOBS FUNDING - in North East Lincolnshire
1. BACKGROUND
In May 2009 the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) announced the launch of the Future Jobs Fund, the first government job creation programme introduced for over a decade. It’s purpose, to provide funding to support the creation of new jobs for long-term unemployed young people on Jobseeker’s Allowance (and long-term claimants in receipt of out-of-work benefits in areas of high unemployment). Nationally, the fund will provide £1 billion to support the creation of 150,000 jobs for 18-24 year olds and those living in unemployment hotspots (the whole of North East Lincolnshire) who face significant disadvantage in the labour market. Ninety percent of these new jobs must be for “community benefit” and 10% should be ‘green jobs’.
2. HOW MUCH FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TO A FUTURE JOB?
There is £6,175 available for each Future Job created. This amount covers the wage to the individual (paid at least minimum wage for 6 months at a minimum of 25 hours per week) and supervision /management costs.
3. THE CRITERIA
3.1 The minimum criteria for all jobs or apprenticeships created through the Future Jobs Fund:
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Must be a real job, not a training programme; at least 6 months in duration; for a minimum of 25-hours a week; and paid at a minimum the National Minimum Wage
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Must be an additional job – in other words it would not have happened without the Future Jobs Funding
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Must be a job that is suitable for an 18–24 year old that has been long term unemployed and/or for long-term out-of-work benefits claimants in areas of high unemployment (NEL)
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Must not exceed £6,175 per individual of Future Job Funding
3.2 Definitions (DWP June 2009) See also www.dwp.gov.uk/futurejobsfunding
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by ‘new’ this means that the jobs would not exist without this funding
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by ‘job’ we mean work for at least 25 hours a week paid at least at the national minimum wage
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by ‘long term unemployed’ this means people who have been on Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or other DWP out-of-work benefits approaching a year, at least 39 weeks but less than 50; by ‘young people’ this means between 18 and 24
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by ‘hotspot’ this currently means areas where the rate of unemployment on the JSA measure is (in the latest unemployment figures) more than 1.5% above the national average. (The whole of NEL is measured as a hotspot, so residents of NEL that have been in receipt of DWP benefits for more than 39 weeks, not just those aged between 18 and 24 will qualify)
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Community benefits could include, for example, social, environmental or culture benefits, and wherever possible the outcomes of the Future Jobs Fund bids should be linked to an area’s strategic planning through the Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreements
4. JOBCENTRE PLUS’ ROLE
4.1 Future Job vacancies will be advertised through Job Centre Plus. JCP personal advisors will identify those customers who are eligible (e.g. have been in receipt of an out-of work benefit between 39 and 50 weeks) and will match them to suitable FJF vacancies, referring them to the employer for selection/interview. Clients in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance for more than 50 weeks will not be eligible as they will be referred to the Future New Deal programme.
5. WHAT IS A ‘GREEN JOB’?
5.1 There is no common national definition of what is a ‘green job’. One definition could be ‘anything that helps put the economy on the path to a cleaner, more energy efficient future’. However organisations looking to create FJF opportunities are encouraged to use local knowledge to think creatively to identify local opportunities. Within the emerging ‘green economy there is an opportunity to create thousands of low and medium skilled jobs that help conserve energy. Any job within this remit of moving to a low carbon economy, reducing fuel poverty, increasing energy scrutiny and building resilience in those areas at greatest risk from climate change could be explored (subject to it meeting FJF criteria).
6. HOW TO APPLY
6.1 If your organisation would like to express an interest in creating a Future Job please download and complete the Expression of Interest Future Jobs Form and return it to Karen Goodwin, Community Investment Team, email here Queries can be made by phoning 01472 325948.
7. THE NEXT STEPS
7.1 Expressions of Interest will be logged with the Community Investment Team and we will contact you to discuss your Expression of Interest.
Hardship fund for third sector organisations
CDF [Community Development Foundation] is working with Office of the Third Sector (OTS) to deliver the new Hardship Fund.
The Hardship Fund will provide grant support to third sector organisations in England delivering front-line services to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society that have been affected by the recession.
Grants of between £50,000 and £250,000 will be available to organisations with a turnover of at least £200,000 that are in financial hardship which is impacting on their ability to deliver services in the following areas:
- Health and Social Care
- Housing Support
- Education and Training
- Information, Advice and Guidance
Grants will be paid from October 2009 and need to be spent by September 2010.
More information about how to apply and the guidance notes for applicants can be found at www.cdf.org.uk, or by calling 0113 246 1561.
Communitybuilders
The Adventure Capital Fund has announced that the Communitybuilders Fund is open for applications.
The Fund will provide loans, grants and mentoring support to help empower citizens and communities by strengthening community-led organisations across England through a mixture of financial and advisory support.
The Fund is organised into the following three investment packages:
- A development package providing bespoke business support based on an initial needs assessment and leadership grants of £2,000 for staff development and training.
- A feasibility package offering further business support of up to five days and grants of up to £20,000 to use towards project development of a growth plan. Grants of up to £75,000 and 30 days of support will be available for larger projects.
- An investment package for organisations ready to develop, grow and expand their role within the community. Investment will consist primarily of loans of between £50,000 and £2 million, offered at 5% for an initial three-year period of a ten-year loan term.
Applications are welcomed from non-profit, multi-purpose, inclusive community-led organisations (sometimes known as Community Anchors), that are operating at a neighbourhood level
Applications can be made at any time at the Communitybuilders website
Communitybuilders aims to deliver empowered, cohesive and active communities by investing in the sustainability of multi-purpose, inclusive community-led organisations. It provides a mix of loans, grants and mentoring support to a range of community-based organisations across England.
The Adventure Capital Fund will be delivering the Programme in partnership with Futurebuilders England and the Community Alliance (Development Trusts Association, bassac and Community Matters), on behalf of Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Office of the Third Sector (OTS).
The Big Lottery oversees a number of programmes. To see what is current visit their web site.
Cracking the Code Bursary Scheme
The forth round of the Cracking the Code bursary scheme is now accepting applications.
Cracking the Code is a bursary scheme for infrastructure organisations to improve their governance. We can provide up to £500 for small infrastructure organisations to improve their governance based on all or any of the principles of ‘the Code'. Good Governance: a Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector.
To find out more about the scheme, check your eligibility and make an application go to: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/crackingthecode
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aims to improve the quality of life throughout the UK.
We do this by funding the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. We take pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund.
Our primary interests are in the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.
Lloyds TSB Foundation
Supporting small and medium charities
The Lloyds TSB Foundation funds local, regional and national charities working to tackle disadvantage across England and Wales. Our focus is on supporting small and medium underfunded charities that can make a significant difference to the lives of disadvantaged people by helping them to play a fuller role in the community. Our strong local presence enables us to respond directly and promptly to local needs.
Loyds TSB's focus "helping them to play a fuller role in the community", referred to above, means a variety of activities can be funded including learning.
New 3 million fund to boost volunteer management over the next two years
Capacitybuilders has announced details of a new grants programme to provide support to people who manage volunteers, helping to ensure that volunteers get the best possible experience.
The programme has been designed by the Office of the Third Sector and Capacitybuilders and will be delivered via three inter-connected 'strands':
- Strand A (£1.6 million to March 2011) - grants targeted at around 25 local volunteering development organisations, to help them provide outreach and other direct support services to people who manage volunteers.
- Strand B grant (£200,000 to March 2011) - directed at the national strategic support of volunteer management.
- Strand C (approx. £1 million, available from April 2010) - bursary fund to help support training for people managing volunteers.
Strand C is now open for expressions of interest.
To find out more about the programme, please visit our website.
Santander Foundation
Santander Foundation to end funding of regeneration projects
But £3m available in 2010 for education, training and financial capability charities
The Santander Foundation, formed by the merger of the charitable giving activities of Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley, will continue funding education, training and financial capability charities but will stop funding regeneration projects.
The foundation, which was relaunched yesterday, will allocate £3m to UK charities in 2010. The figure is slightly lower than the £3.28m given out by the three banks in total in 2009.
Qualifying charities based in the nine regions where Santander has a "significant presence", listed below, will be able to apply for grants worth up to £30,000. Charities outside these areas can apply for one-off grants of up to £10,000.
Alan Eagle, manager of the Santander Foundation, said: "We have spent time listening to what charities are looking for and responded with a much improved grants programme that opens up the funding for many more charities to benefit."
The nine areas where grants of up to £30,000 will be available are:
- London Borough of Camden
- Milton Keynes and surrounding areas
- Leicestershire and Rutland
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- Teesside, covering the area from Redcar to Darlington and Sunderland
- Merseyside
- Greater Glasgow.
To find out more please visit http://www.santanderfoundation.org.uk/index.aspx
G. M. Morrison Charitable Trust
Charitable objects Additional information provided by charityThe Trust's objective is to provide financial support to UK Registered Charities on a regular annual basis.
Trustees make grants to selected organisations, covering a wide variety of activities, mainly, in the Social Welfare, Medical and Education/Training fields. The scope of their giving is determined only by the extent of their resources; it is not otherwise restricted geographically.
Write C/O 21 BUCKINGHAM GATE, LONDON, SW1E 6LS
Telephone: 0207 802 2700
ASDA Foundation
The ASDA Foundation is our charitable trust which was set up in 1988 to support local good causes chosen by our colleagues, and is funded by profits from the mid-week national lottery.
We see the foundation as one of the many ways to give something back to the communities that support us. That's why we lend a hand to the wide range of good causes with which our colleagues are involved - including everything from local charities and playgroups to football teams.
The ASDA Foundation is primarily for colleagues who have already raised money for their chosen cause through their store or depot, and require additional support.
Under the Foundation's terms, we will assist any charity in the UK, as well as people and projects who require financial assistance, providing they have the support of local ASDA colleagues.
Because we receive thousands of applications each year, we are not able to support every cause, and cannot consider applications where the donation will be used to pay salaries or where it will be added to general funds.
We will always look at each application based on these criteria and on the individual merits of the cause, and its potential benefits to the local community.
http://www.about-asda.co.uk/communities/asda-foundation.asp
Nominet Trust
Helping to make the Internet a better place
A charity that provides funding to innovative projects which strive to improve and encourage the safe use of the Internet for educational, inclusion and other charitable purposes.
We will give grants to organisations that can convince us that their innovative IT-related projects can make a positive difference to the groups listed below - in the UK, developing countries and around the world.
We want to help disadvantaged and vulnerable groups to use the Internet - young people, the elderly, the disabled and sick, and people in deprived areas.
http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/index.php
Hull Skills Fund
Are you an employer looking for some extra training for your employees?
Hull City Council has made a £400,000 skills fund available to help local employers. The skills fund has been introduced to help with issues related to training, employment and the growth of sustainable small businesses in Hull. The aim of the fund is to help raise the level of skills of Hull's workforce.
The fund will address two key areas of need:
• basic English and maths training
• higher level management and professional training
It will ensure that employees have the right skills to meet the demands of modern employers, and give a boost to the local economy.
If you're an employer and are interested in the fund, you'll need to pay about half the cost of the training. Small/medium enterprises based in Hull (HU1 - HU9) with a workforce of up to 500 employees or Hull residents employed by small/medium enterprise can apply for funding. There is a limit of £2,000 of funding available per employee.
The employer/company decides which training course would be suitable to meet the needs of both the business and employee, which should result in the most beneficial outcome for the company.
What level of skills is the training aimed at?
Basic skills training is available and will be fully subsidised. Higher level skills training is subsidised at a preferred level of 33 per cent, with a match contribution from the employer and employee, but the scheme can provide a grant of up to 50 per cent towards training costs for intermediate and higher level skills training.
Employees could go on day release to college, or trainers could visit your premises to give classes during work time - there are lots of different options.
How do you apply?
Download the Skills Fund Application Form and Information (size: 192.6 Kb)
In support of your application, you must provide a quote or details of the proposed training course and a brief note on how this develops you as an individual within your current employment.
Adult Learning Grants
The Adult Learning Grant is a means tested allowance of up to £30 per week to adults resident in England studying full time for a first full level 2 or first full level 3 qualification.
There are restrictions.
You need to be aged 19-31 to do a level 3 qualification but level 2 is open to everyone aged 19 or over.
The Secret Millionaire Fund
A small grants programme with a big impact
The Big Lottery Fund has joined up with Channel 4 to create The Secret Millionaire Fund website which will allow applicants to:
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nominate a community project they think would benefit from funding, or
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apply directly themselves.
Successful applicants to The Secret Millionaire Fund may then be selected for filming by Channel 4 and appear on the website or on the TV programme itself.
The partnership is based on one of Channel 4’s most popular TV programmes – The Secret Millionaire with 4.5 million viewers. Each week a millionaire leaves their luxury life behind, takes on a secret identity and for 10 days lives undercover in a deprived area of the UK. On their final day, the millionaires come clean and donate thousands of pounds to projects they feel will most benefit from it.
Are you eligible?
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You must answer yes to the following questions
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Be a voluntary or community organisation, school, parish or town council, or a health body
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Have a UK based bank account or building society account in the name of your organisation that requires at least two people to sign cheques or make a withdrawal
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The project you are applying for must achieve one of these four outcomes:
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People have better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills.
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Stronger communities with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems
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Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to enjoy.
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Healthier and more active people and communities
For further details visit the Secret Millionaire web site.
FUNDING INFORMATION SERVICES
Funding Central
Funding Central is a free smart website for the whole voluntary and community sector, including social enterprise, providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.
Grants for Individuals
Manged by the Directiory of Social Change this site offers information on over 3,500 trusts which make grants to individuals.
Student Finances
Students will have to meet a number of expenses when starting a higher education course. Thankfully, there is financial help available - probably more than you think - from your chosen institution, from the government, or from other sources.
Last updated 3 March 2010
