Funding for community projects
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Alec Dickson Trust
The Alec Dickson Trust have
awards of up to £500 for people under 30 towards local community
projects. 0207 278 6601
The Arts Council
The Arts Council provides
grants from £1,000 to £30,000 (average £5,000) for individuals or
arts organisations involved in arts-related activities that benefit
people in England, or that help artists and arts organisations in
England to carry out their work. 0845 300 6200
Austin and Hope Pilkington
Contact Austin and Hope
Pilkington for funding for projects relating to: Children,
Youth, The Elderly and Medical Grants are for one year usually
£1,000 - £10,000, with the majority being £5,000 or less.
Awards for All
Awards for All
award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for schools, and
voluntary/community organisations in the UK running projects that
enable people to take part in art, sport, heritage or community
activities, or promote education, the environment or health in the
local community. 0845 410 2030
BBC Children in Need
BBC Children in Need
award grants for projects working with disadvantaged children and
young people, aged 18 and under. The small grants are
under £10,000 for 1-3 years and the main grants are over
£10,000 for 1-3 years. 0208 576 7788
Big Community Wildlife
Contact Big Community Wildlife for
grants of £300-£10,000 for projects that bring local people
together to discover enjoy or protect the wildlife in their local
area. 0845 410 2030
Big Lottery Fund
Grants from £300-£500,000 for projects in a variety of areas are
available from the Big Lottery Fund.
0845 410 2030
B&Q - One Planet Living Grants
B&Q - One Planet Living Grants. Grants of £50 - £250 of
B&Q materials to support a local community project. Projects
must demonstrate that provision of access for disabled people has
been considered. Projects should be sustainable and the materials
and methods used should not cause environmental damage in the short
or long-term. 0845 609 6688
B & Q Waste Donation
B & Q Waste Donation is a scheme co-ordinated in store
either by the environmental champion, duty or Warehouse manager who
will keep a Waste Donation Form on file for interested groups. Can
donate waste materials, for example slightly damaged tins of paint,
off-cuts of timber, and end of range materials, to community
groups, charities and schools. 0845 609 6688
Comic Relief
Comic Relief provide grants for
UK or International projects.
Community Project Grants from YouthBank
YouthBank is open to people in
the UK aged 11-24. Local councils are providing this opportunity to
engage young people in their communities with a £500 grant for a
community based project. 0116 254 6960
Educational Grants Advisory Service
The Educational Grants Advisory Service helps students who are
over 16, “taking their first steps on the educational ladder”,
primarily assisting students who cannot receive statutory
funding. Priority to lone parents, disabled, refugees, people
from underprivileged backgrounds. It gives advice on
how and where to obtain funds. Send a SAE to Family
Welfare Association 501 – 505 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4AU or
call 0207 241 7459 for more information.
First Light Movies
First Light Movies
funds the making of short films by young people aged 5- 19
years. 0121 224 7511
Ford Britain Trust
Ford Britain Trust have
small grants of up to £250 for work supporting activities with
clear benefit to the community, work with young people/children,
schools, special educational needs, those with disabilities.
Applications are invited from registered charities,schools/PTAs,
not for profit organisations (including small clubs and societies).
01277 252 551
Free film-making workshops and grants
Fancy yourself as the next Tarantino? Want to teach Spielberg a
trick or two? Then tell Charge your story,
share your skills, interests and ideas. Win a £400 grant to create
a film or documentary, an invitation to an all expenses paid
workshop and the chance to see your film on National TV. Tell it,
film it, watch it. For more information or to find workshop dates
in your area, please contact Priscilla Baffour on 0207 2173424
The Furnishing Industry Trust
The Furnishing Industry Trust
provide financial assistance. Applicant must have worked for
two years or more in the UK Furnishing Industry, in any capacity
(Furnishing, carpentry, manufacturing, wholesale, supply, retails
sectors and allied trades). The applicant must also have proof of
employment within the UK Furnishing Industry; proof of residency in
the United Kingdom, and a financial or medical need. 0207
256 5954
Grants and funding source website
GrantsNet is a useful hub site
for young people looking for funding providers.
Grants for creative projects
If you're aged 13-19 and live in England, Mediabox
could offer you grants to make creative media projects for film,
television, radio, online, print and multi media platforms.
Mediabox is for you to express your opinions, ideas and views, gain
new skills and get your voices heard. 0207 871
5600
Groundwork
The Community Spaces
programme will help groups in England to create or improve green
and open spaces to improve the quality of life in their
neighbourhood. Grants between £10,000 and £50,000 are available.
0845 367 1671
Hazel's Footprints
Hazel's
Footprints is a charity which seeks to provide
funding for dedicated individuals wishing to work voluntarily in
schools, charities or community projects abroad. 01896 849
677
The Hilton Foundation Grants Scheme
The Hilton
Foundation Grants Scheme funds organisations working with
young people. Grants ranging from a few hundred pounds up to
£30,000 per year for up to 2 years are available. Projects must
meet one of the Foundation's chosen areas of focus: disabled
children, children in hospital, homelessness, life limited children
in hospices. 0207 605 7733
Ideas Fund
The Ideas Fund can
provide £1000 for groups or individuals aged 16-25 to fund creative
projects from any creative discipline e.g. dance, film, music, and
photography.
Local Libraries
Reference libraries have guides listing trusts and charitable
foundations. Those to look out for are ‘The Educational Grants
Directory’, ‘The Grants Register’, ‘A Guide to Grants for
Individuals in Need’, ‘The Youth Funding Guide’ and the ‘Directory
of Grant Making Trusts’ or ask for the software, ‘Grants for
Individuals’
The Marine Society
The Marine
Society has grants and loans available to young people
taking up a career at sea, university entrants who want to follow a
career at sea and those wishing to study A-levels before taking up
a career at sea. 0207 654 7050
National Lottery Good Causes
The National
Lottery funds projects in the UK that benefit the community
and 'good causes'. This covers arts, heritage, sport,
community and voluntary groups, health, education and environmental
projects, and the Olympic games. 0845 275 0000
O2 Think Big
O2 Think Big is for people aged
13 to 25 years old and is to help make things better in the local
community. The award is for £300 plus training and support and it
may be possible to apply for further funding if a project is going
well. Successful projects in the past include transforming an
abandoned garden into a vibrant outdoor space. 0800 902
0250
The Rank Foundation
The Rank Foundation provides
support for young people to encourage leadership amongst them.
Grants are available for local community initiatives. 0207
834 7731
The Savoy Educational Trust
The Savoy Educational
Trust gives grants to people entering or working in the
hospitality industry, or charities offering hospitality related
education projects. Either scholarships of £5,500 to young
people to help with their training or grants up to £500 to purchase
items such as books, uniform and kitchen equipment e.g. knives.
Initial contact/request for funding should be made in writing.
0207 269 9692
Starbucks Youth Action
UK Youth and Starbucks have launched Starbucks Youth Action, a
programme that offers grants of up to £2000 to young people wanting
to improve their own communities. Starbucks Youth Action aims to
encourage and inspire a generation of young people to
take action and create positive local change. The programme
provides training, support and funding to young people from 10
cities in the UK and Ireland. If you are 16-24 (or know someone who
is) and have an idea that would benefit your community you can
apply for grants of up to £2000, plus volunteer time from Starbucks
staff, to make that idea a reality. To see some examples of the
kinds of projects we fund click
here and to
view the online application form click
here. For further information or support, please contact Liz
Ablett at UK Youth on Elizabeth@ukyouth.org or 07872
415 351
Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme
The Tesco
Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off
donations of between £500 and £4,000 to local projects that support
children and their education and welfare, elderly people and adults
and children with disabilities.
The Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust is an
independent grant-making trust which supports voluntary and
community groups working in any part of the UK. They
particularly want to help smaller, community-led organisations
which work directly with people who are at the margins of society:
organisations which support positive changes in people’s lives and
in their communities. 0207 727 8522
Turn 2 Us
Turn2us exists to
help people access the money available to them – through benefits,
grants and other financial help.
Their free, accessible website has been designed to
help people find appropriate sources of financial support, quickly
and easily, based on their particular needs and circumstances.
0808 802 2000
University Grants
University Grants have
compiled a selection of organisations that offer funding of this
nature.
UnLtd Sports Relief Awards
UnLtd Sports Relief Awards
are for 11-21 year olds who want to tackle conflicts in their
communities by using sport to bring people together. Funding of up
to £1,000 is available for entrepreneurial young people. Help
reduce violence in your area by getting young people to channel
their energies into football or organise a skateboarding
competition. 0207 566 1100
Vcashpoint
vcashpoint
is a funding initiative for young people aged 16-25 who have got an
idea for a London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games inspired
volunteering project to improve the local community. Apply for a
grant of up to £2,500 from vcashpoint to bring the idea to
life.
Vocalise
Vocalise
runs an open grants programme (£5,000-20,000) which
encourages music making for children and young people aged 5-18 (or
up to 25 for those with special education needs, disabilities or in
detention). 0207 902 1060
The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers
The Worshipful Company of
Furniture Makers runs many charitable activities involving
support and careers in the British furniture making industry.
Please contact them for more information 0207 256
5558
Biffa
Biffa award grants
to projects near Biffa sites that provide or improve community
spaces, cultural facilities and places for outdoor recreation.
01636 670 000
The Co-operative
Community groups and co-operatives can apply for support from
The Co-operative