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27 May, 2012

May 2012

Suffolk ACRE Funding Newsletter - May 2012

The aim of this newsletter is to keep Community groups informed about funding or grants and we hope this will be helpful for any new projects you are planning. If you would prefer not to receive this communication in future or if it should go to someone else in your group, please let us know on 01473 345300.

For more detailed funding advice Suffolk ACRE offers a Funding Advice Service to help identify funders for the projects you are planning, for further information on the service or to have a funding search completed please contact 01473 345300 or email fundingadvice@suffolkacre.org.uk

Community Games Funding

Community Games provide a wonderful and unique opportunity for communities from all backgrounds right across the country to come together and celebrate the 2012 Games and enable thousands of people to experience and create their own Olympic or Paralympic moment.

It’s up to you to organise your Games in a way that works for you and celebrates the uniqueness of your community. This is from where you hold your event, to the activity that might take place, such as in a park or inside a community centre, to the type of activities to run.

Some communities may focus on contests to give the event a competitive element, others may want to focus on giving people the opportunity to try something new, from archery to climbing. Whatever the focus of your Community Games, you should provide an opportunity for everyone in your community to participate.

In Suffolk we have a grant available for up to £500 for you to run your Community Games and we only ask that you run your event by the end of September 2012 and involve as many people in your community as possible and involve existing and new volunteers to your programme. The bigger and better the event, will determine the amount of grant awarded.

Funding Criteria

• Events must combine activities of a sporting and/or cultural nature, be cross generational, accessible

to all and take place in Suffolk by 30th September 2012.

• Any community group, community/sporting club or association, Parish or Town Council, based in

Suffolk can apply.

• Aim to bring the community together for a celebration and the event must be free for people to attend.

• Agree to be monitored for feedback via discussion, short report and case study.

• Consideration will be given to all ideas and the panel’s decision is final.

• You must register for Community Games

• For further information, ideas and event packs and registration, please visit: www.communitygames.org.uk

Dates for submission of application as follows:-

Round Closing Dates are 25th May 2012, 22nd June 2012, 20th July 2012

Community Games in Suffolk is delivered to you in partnership with Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Sport, The County Sports Partnership

Further details and the application form are available from Denise King, Stronger Communities Development Manager, Suffolk County Council. Email: denise.king@suffolk.gov.uk

McDonalds Community Football Grants

McDonald's is providing grants through its new KickStart scheme to help support community football clubs throughout the UK which will help to develop their players and the community.

Eligible clubs must be:

  • Recognised by their national FA.
  • Have at least one team at or below junior (U18) level.

Individuals may apply on behalf of a club as long as they are over 18 and involved with the club at some level, such as a coach, volunteer or parent. Only one application can be made per club per project application period.

A total budget of £75,000 is available for 2012. One-off grants of between £500 and £2500 are available (including VAT for a single project).

Examples of eligible costs include:

  • Club facilities.
  • Grounds-keeping tools.
  • Training courses.
  • Pitch hire.
  • Mini-vans, washing machines, whatever the club and team could significantly benefit from.

The current deadline for applications is 30 June 2012. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/

Kellogg's Swim Active Programme - Now Open

The Kellogg's Swim Active Programme offers grants to not for profit organisations to help the development of innovative projects for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 students that encourage any aquatic activity which enhances motivation, removes barriers and increases participation in swimming.

Projects must focus on targeting any of the following areas:

  • Reach deprived communities.
  • Non swimming individuals.
  • Break down barriers to participation in aquatic activity.
  • Increase participation in aquatic activity.
  • Target socio-deprived communities.
  • Compliments other ASA & Kellogg’s sponsored programmes such as Big Splash.

Projects must compliment an existing delivery of swimming, not replace it.

Applicants must be from a bona fide non profit making organisation, which includes:

  • Swimming clubs.
  • Schools.
  • Pool operators.
  • Community organisations.
  • Social enterprises.

Projects can be revenue based, capital based or a mix of both.

It is preferred that organisations think about whether their application can include an element of partnership funding in cash or in kind. This is not essential, but is seen as a useful indication that others support the idea and are prepared to back it.

The closing date for applications is 1 June 2012. http://www.swimming.org/

Heritage Lottery Fund Launches All Our Stories Grants Scheme

 The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a new £1 million grants programme called "All Our Stories" to support local projects across the UK that want to explore their local heritage.

A wide range of voluntary and community sector organisations (including charities, community groups, and heritage organisations) throughout the UK can apply for grants of between £3,000 and £10,000.

Funding will support activities which encourage exploring and learning about local heritage. Groups should be willing to share what they have learned with their community by doing things like holding a community event, performance, exhibition or producing a leaflet or designing a smart phone app or website, etc.

Activities that will be supported are:

  • Visits to places like historic buildings, landscapes, parks, burial grounds, museums, archaeological sites or industrial heritage sites like railways.
  • Using collections like archives, libraries and museums, including collections held by people in the community.
  • Talking to people who know about heritage or holding workshops, talks and sessions exploring people's memories.
  • Recording things like people's memories or local wildlife; scanning old photographs and documents; archaeological digs or surveying historic buildings.

Groups will be able to work with researchers from 21 universities and other educational organisations across the UK who will be available to support projects from the beginning of the application process as well as the research itself.

All Our Stories has been developed in support of the BBC's The Great British Story - A People's History, which is a new series to be broadcast on BBC Two. All Our Stories will also feature in five BBC Learning events at flagship heritage locations, which will be run in tandem with the TV series, to get people involved with their local heritage.

The deadline for applications is 31 July 2012 with a notification of decisions in October 2012. http://www.hlf.org.uk/

The North Face - Explore Fund - Open To Applications

Through the North Face - Explore Fund, grants are available across Europe to not-for-profit organisations for projects that encourage youth outdoor participation and reconnect children with nature, to inspire and enable the next generation of explorers and conservationists.

Financial support of up to €2,500 is available.

Eligible projects will:

  • Encourage community involvement.
  • Focus on breaking down barriers to getting young people outdoors.
  • Seek a specific audience and reach out to a specific community or place of interest.

The deadline for applications is 2 July 2012. http://explorefund.eu/

Comic Relief - UK Grant Programme - Open to Applications

Comic Relief can give grants for running costs and capital costs under the following programmes.

  • Mental health - to promote the rights and support the recovery of people who have mental health problems, to help them feel more included in society, and to reduce the stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health problems.
  • Sport for change - to understand more about how sport can play a part in delivering positive change within the lives of individuals and communities and how it can be used to tackle identified social issues as part of a broader programme to achieve a measurable social change.
  • Older People’s Programme ‘Managing Money Better’ - to help older people (65+) to build their knowledge and skills to manage their money more effectively, ensure access to good, independent financial advice, guard against financial scams and abuse and cope better with cold homes.
  • Refugee and asylum seeking women - to provide support for refugee and asylum seeking women who have experienced rape, torture and other forms of violence in their home countries. Comic Relief are especially keen to make sure that women get the help they need in making their claims for asylum, and also get access to emotional and practical services they need to help rebuild their lives.
  • Young People aged 11-25 years:
    • Young people and mental health - to support services and approaches that help young people experiencing mental health problems make positive changes in their lives.
    • Sexually exploited and trafficked young people - to reduce harm to young people who have been sexually exploited or trafficked.
    • Domestic and sexual abuse: young people - to support young survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, including young people who have grown up in homes where they have witnessed violence and harm, and young people directly affected by abuse caused by a family member, by an outsider such as a stranger or family friend, or as a result of their own dating experiences.
    • Young people and alcohol - to fund work for young people who are misusing alcohol or drinking excessively, including services that aim to reduce the levels of young people’s drinking, create greater awareness of the dangers of harmful drinking and provide direct support to them

Grants of between £25,000 and £40,000 are available for between one and three years. Under the Sport for Change Programme, grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 are available. Under the Older People’s Programme ‘Managing Money Better’ grants of over £10,000 are available.

Applications are accepted from the voluntary and community sector throughout the UK including, constituted voluntary and community groups, charities, social enterprises, co-operatives, faith organisations and Community interest companies.

The 2012 deadline for Sport for Change and Older People’s Programme ‘Managing Money Better’ is 8 June 2012 (12pm).

The 2012 deadline for the other UK Programmes is 29 June 2012 (12pm). http://www.comicrelief.com/

Sported.

Sported. is a new charity and is working to develop young people through working with local clubs/organisations who work with young people aged 11-25 from deprived areas. Sported. recruits business volunteers to support the existing club and we aim to create achievable 3-5 year business plans. The aim is to ensure sustainability of these groups in the future. Sported. also offers funding in small and large grants, funding development of young people through coaching courses, club roles, equipment and business costs.

For further information contact Dr David Sollis, Regional Manager, on 07827 324871, email d.sollis@sported.org.uk, or visit www.sported.org.uk

Ideas Fund Innovators - New Round Open to Applications

A new deadline has been announced for the Ideas Fund Innovators scheme, sponsored by IdeasTap.

Each application round (there are four per year) offers ten awards of £1,000 to young people within the UK between the ages of 16 and 25, who have a creative project in any artistic discipline that they want to get off the ground. In the past, dance and film projects, music videos and photography collectives have been supported.

The Fund will consider applications from groups or individuals within the UK for inspiring, original, realistic and innovative arts and creative projects, providing one person takes the lead and has the main responsibility for managing the application and any money awarded.

Applications must demonstrate that the Fund will enhance the quality and ambition of their ideas and projects in ways that would not be possible without the support of the Fund. Applicants must also be able to show that the project has not been done before. Applicants must be aged between 16 and 25 on 22 June 2012 and be resident in the UK.

The next deadline for applications is 22 June 2012. http://www.ideastap.com/

Inspired Facilities Fund

Through this fund, Sport England aims to provide capital grants to help refurbish or upgrade sports facilities, or convert an existing building into a venue suitable for sport and accessible to the whole community. To qualify for this competitive fund, applicants will need to:
• Show how the project will keep and, ideally, attract more people to sport
• Demonstrate that it is needed and wanted by the local community
• Explain how it will cover its running costs and remain open for sporting use for years to come
The next round closes on 17 September 2012.
http://inspiredfacilities.sportengland.org/about/what-is-inspired-facilities

Natural England Opens £2 Million Paths for Communities Scheme

 

The Paths for Communities scheme has been established to develop and enhance the network of Public Rights of Way (PROW) in England in order to deliver benefits to rural areas. The aim of the scheme is to:

  • encourage and enable local communities to work with land owners to develop and enhance local public paths in ways that deliver wider benefit; and
  • offer a network with more appeal to visitors and tourists, contributing to the rural economy through better support for local services such as shops, pubs, hotels, bed and breakfasts, equestrian and cycle businesses.

Natural England anticipates funding of £1 million in both the 2012/13 and 2013/14 financial years. £500,000 will be available in 2012 and £1.5 million in 2013. There will be a wide distribution of awards ranging from £5,000 up to a maximum of £150,000. Grants will normally be limited to 75% of actual costs, with encouragement to seek match funding. However, the scheme may fund up to 100% of actual costs.

A range of practical solutions may be funded; such as:

  • Surfacing (as this is a predominantly rural scheme the presumption is that hard surfacing will be minimal).
  • Pedestrian and mobility access gates.
  • Bridle and horse access gates (including those with hydraulic closing mechanisms).
  • Kissing gates/field gates.
  • Horse stiles and heavy-duty horse friendly vehicle barriers.
  • Timber signposts and waymarkers.
  • Leaflets.
  • Development of Action Plans for more complex schemes.
  • Expenses of staff consultants essential to the development of a project.

The scheme is open to applications from partnerships between local community organisations and landowners/managers in England. Eligible businesses include shops, pubs, hotels, bed and breakfasts, equestrian suppliers and cycle companies.

This is a rolling programme accepting applications at any time. http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/

Awards for All

The Big Lottery Fund is actively promoting the Awards for All fund in the Eastern Region as they would like to increase the number of applications they receive from groups based in Suffolk.

Awards for All is a Lottery Programme that supports small community projects and gives grants of between £300 - £10,000 to:

- Build stronger communities

- Give people better chances in life

- Improve the environment, and

- Encourage people to be healthier and more active.

The funding can be used for a wide variety of projects or activities including:

- Equipment hire or purchase

- Information technology

- Building and refurbishment work (project to cost less than £25,000)

- Sessional workers

- Training

- Volunteer expenses

- Transport costs

- Venue hire

Unfortunately, small projects based mainly on sports, arts or heritage are no longer able to apply to this fund and information on alternative small grants can be found on the Lottery website.

For further information or to get an application pack call 0845 4 10 20 30, email general.enquiries@awardsforall.org.uk or visit www.awardsforall.org.uk

 ‘SOS’ Funding to Unlock Rural Enterprise in East of England

Big Lottery Fund has announced a second round of Village SOS funding, which will support community enterprises in rural villages or small rural towns with fewer than 3,000 people. Grants of up to £50,000 are available for enterprising rural communities with fewer than 3000 residents to set up community-owned businesses.

For more information or to use the postcode checker to see if you are eligible to apply, visit the Village SOS website.

To discuss your idea for a community enterprise with experts, call the Village SOS advice line on 0845 434 9123.

Viridor Credits

To be eligible for funding projects need to be within 10 miles of a Viridor landfill site, the three eligible sites in Suffolk are in Wangford, Foxhall and Gt Blakenham. Any organisation or group which is not for profit and is properly constituted can apply and funding is available for:

- The provision, maintenance or improvement of local amenities and parks open and accessible to the public.

- Projects designed to enhance/promote/ protect biological diversity of a species or habitat.

- The maintenance, repair or restoration of a building which is of historic or architectural interest, and is open and accessible to the public

For further information please contact 01823 624656 or visit http://www.viridor-credits.co.uk/

Jubilee Big Lunch Support from The Co-operative

The Co-op have a scheme whereby they are giving vouchers to help celebrate the Jubilee big lunch the match funding vouchers may be up to a value of £ 100-00, contact at Solar is dwash@eastofengland.coop Further information can be found at http://www.eastofengland.coop/jubilee

The Blakemore Foundation (Spar Shops)

Potential support is also available from The Blakemore Foundation in the form of donations in kind. For further information please visit http://www.afblakemore.com/blakemore-foundation/apply-for-a-donation to download an application form or contact Kate Senter from the Community Affairs department.

Kate Senter
Community Affairs Assistant
Tel: 0121 568 2910
Email: ksenter@afblakemore.com

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