Funding Bulletin- April
http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/pdf/EconomicSummaryFeb11.pdf Whatever you query is remember that I and the Worcestershire Partnership are here to help.
National Lottery
Improving Futures – New Programme
The BIG Lottery Fund have released the following details. The Improving Futures programme will provide funding for more effective and joined-up support to help families with multiple and complex problems. This support will be delivered by partnerships that bring together voluntary sector organisations and public services. The partnerships will be locally based – and for the first time engaging not only children’s charities, but those that can help address families’ housing, health, employment and other needs.
The programme will fund up to 20 partnerships across the UK, each receiving a grant of up to £900,000 to work with families with children aged five to ten years old. It aims to fund only the very best proposals and BIG will also fund a robust evaluation of the programme with a view to understanding how their success can be replicated elsewhere.
The Big Lottery Fund believe that every child deserves the best start in life, but they know that some grow up in difficult circumstances. Some families experience multiple and complex problems – for example, poor health, unemployment, debt, and housing problems – which can affect their children’s wellbeing and life chances. The Improving Futures programme aims to improve outcomes for children within these families.
BIG have designed this programme following extensive consultation, and whilst they recognise that significant work is already being done locally, they also believe that additional funding could help reach and improve services for more families with multiple and complex needs. They want to support the best proposals, so will call for initial expressions of interest in the programme, before inviting a limited number of applicants to submit full applications. Please note the following points about expressions of interest:
• Expressions of interest must be from partnerships led by voluntary sector organisations, but those partnerships may include local authorities and other voluntary and public sector partners.
• The focus of Improving Futures is on helping families where their oldest child is between 5-10 years of age.
• No more than one expression of interest should be made per local authority area, and BIG are asking that local authorities sign the form to indicate their support, thus ensuring appropriate dialogue and that proposals are additional and complementary to existing provision in an area.
A meeting was held earlier this month in relation to the fund, another is planned for early April. I will keep you informed as to the outcome of these meetings.
Young People
Summer Activities Small Grants Programme 2011 – A Reminder
The Lankelly chase Foundation are offering, through their summer activities small grants programme, grants of up to £500 to support summer activities organised to benefit children and young people aged between 5 and 17 years who are living in refuges for families escaping domestic violence or, young carers. Eligible to apply are small schemes run by registered charities with strong volunteer support. Schemes must be held in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.The next deadline for applications is the 13th May 2011.
http://www.lankellychase.org.uk/how-to-apply/15
British Ecological Society - Education Grants
The British Ecological Society is offering grants to enable teachers to make the teaching of ecology more innovative, interesting and exciting in primary, secondary and tertiary schools. The aim of this grant is to promote good practice in teaching ecology and to support ecology teaching that is innovative, inspiring and intellectually stimulating. Grants are available to enable teachers to develop and resource innovative teaching and learning activities and/or to undertake research to evaluate methods of teaching ecology. This can be achieved in many different ways and can include projects based in or outside of the classroom. Grants of up to £1,500 are available and there are two application deadlines per year.
The next application deadline is the 15th September 2011.
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/grants/education/iee.php
Funding to Run National Citizen Service Pilots
The Government has opened the application process for organisations that want to help run the second set of National Citizen Service (NCS) pilots in summer 2012. NCS is a flagship policy at the heart of the coalition Government’s vision for building a Big Society. It will bring together 16 year olds from different backgrounds in a summer programme of challenge, service and learning, enabling them to develop the confidence, skills and attitudes they need to become more engaged with their communities and to become active and responsible citizens. The Government want to continue to test a range of different approaches to delivering NCS and for a broad mix of organisations and groups of organisations to be involved. The Government are interested in receiving bids from any organisation or group of organisations that can demonstrate the ability to deliver the full core NCS requirements set out in this specification document. Those organisations may include, but are not limited to:· (individually or in consortia) civil society organisations, including charities and social enterprises
· local authorities
· schools or other education/training providers
· uniformed services
· private sector organisations.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on the 5th May 2011, I intend to submit an application for this supporting partners from around the county.
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/applications-invited-new-funding-run-2012-national-citizen-service-pilots
Funding to Support Inter Faith Week
The Inter Faith Youth Trust has announced that they will be launching a Grant programme to fund young people's events and activities for Inter Faith Week which will be taking place from the 20 to the 26th November 2011.The Inter Faith Youth Trust (Alma Royalton-Kisch Trust) is the only UK charitable trust solely to fund inter faith projects for young people (aged 11- 25). The Trust was established to promote the education of children and young people about the religions of the world and funds projects that bring together young people of different faiths to improve collaboration and understanding.
http://ifyouthtrust.co.uk/
Media Trust Receives New Funding
Media Trust has received funding from the Department for Education's Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) grant, to enable them to deliver their youth media work for the next two years. This funding will help support hundreds of young people, providing them with training, media mentors, work experience placements and opportunities to showcase their work in the media. Media Trust, one of the UK's largest communications charity, supports charities and voluntary organisations with the skills they need to raise awareness of their cause and improve their communications. To find out more about Media Trust click on the link below.http://www.mediatrust.org/about-media-trust/news/media-trust-receives-funding-from-department-for-education/
Comenius In-Service Training Grants
Members of school education staff (teaching and non-teaching), including local authority education staff, who work in school education within the UK can apply for a grant to undertake in-service training within other European countries. The type of activities that can be funded include:· Structured professional development courses for school education staff
· Foreign language teaching methodology course for school education staff
· Work placement / job-shadowing activity
· Participation in a European conference or seminar
· Foreign language training courses.
Comenius In-Service Training grants can cover travel costs, course or seminar fees as well as living costs.
The next closing date for applications is the 29th April 2011 for activity starting between 1 September 2011 and 30 April 2012.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/comenius-in-service_training_funding.htm
Schools Encouraged to Make it Happy
Primary and junior schools are invited to enter the “Make it Happy” competition with this year's theme being 'Pass IT On!'. The competition which is a partnership between the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee and the e-skills UK (the sector skills council for Business and Information Technology) aims to reward innovative and creative use of IT to link schools with other members of their community - within the school, locally, nationally or even internationally. Winners of the 2011 competition will be invited to a special day in London on June 2011. 12 schools across the UK will be awarded £1,200 each. From these, 3 overall winners will be chosen. The first place winner will receive £4,000, the second place will receive £2,500 and the third place will receive £1,500.The closing date for the competition is the 10th April 2011.
http://makeithappy.cc4g.net/
Stronger and Safer Communities
Funding To Support Women Making Music
The PRS for Music Foundation is offering grants of up to £5,000 through their Women Make Music Grant Scheme to raise the profile of women who are making music in the UK. Women Make Music seeks to supports organisations to commission a new piece of music by UK-based women music creators working in any genre. Promoters, festivals, organisations and performance groups may also apply. Funding can be used towards the costs of first performances and/or fee for the music creator. Work that encourages new and adventurous collaborations will be priority. Women Make Music is also keen to support women performers/creators to write new tracks/pieces that they will perform live before the 8th March 2012. The premiere performance must be promoted or produced by a third party. Funding can be used to assist in the costs of the first performance.The deadline for applications is the 13th May 2011.
http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/women/index.htm
Hilton in the Community Foundation Grants
Organisations that work with young people have the opportunity to apply for grants through the Hilton Foundation. Organisations such as charities and other not for profit organisations can apply for grants ranging from a few hundred pounds up to £30,000 per year for up to 2 years that meet one of the Foundation's chosen areas of focus. These are:· disabled children
· children in hospital
· homelessness
· life-limited children in hospices.
Previously supported projects by the Foundation have included Oakington Manor Primary School, which received a grant of 1,000 towards equipment for journalism projects and Ratho Primary School which received a grant of £168.48 to provide 'healthy living' water bottles for all of the children at the school.
The next closing date for applications is the 3rd May 2011.
http://www.hilton-foundation.org.uk/application.htm
Friends Provident Foundation
The Friends Provident Foundation makes grants of up to £200,000 to not-for profit organisations for projects that address financial exclusion within disadvantaged communities. The funding is distributed through the Financial Inclusion Programme 2009-2012. The Foundation will consider applications for work that will make a strategic contribution to the overall outcome of financial inclusion in the UK. The Foundation will consider requests for capital or revenue funding, core funds or project costs. The Foundation is willing to consider applications from any type of legally independent organisation, but can only support work that is legally charitable.Actions previously supported through the Foundation include; making money management advice available to young people via mobile phones and interactive digital TV; a research project to look at the difficulties that people with a learning disability are having in gaining access to banking services.
The next closing date for applications is the 6th May 2011.
http://www.friendsprovidentfoundation.org/page.asp?section=119§ionTitle=Application+timetable+for+the+Financial+Inclusion+programm
Health and Vulnerable People
Call for proposals - European Refugee Fund 2011
The UK Border Agency has announced that the latest call for proposals for the European Refugee Fund (ERF) 2011 is now open for applications.The call is aimed at organisations involved in setting up projects that assist in the resettlement of refugees through the Gateway Protection Programme. Eligible applicants include non-governmental organisations, charities, local government, inter-governmental organisations, limited companies and any partnership made up of these organisations. Project proposals from local, regional and national organisations will be considered. A maximum of £4.5 million is available annually to fund:
· the management and delivery of pre-arrival services in identified third countries, including migration health assessments and travel arrangements, for selected refugees to the UK
· and/or post-arrival services including sourcing and provision of accommodation and 12 months' casework support to a minimum of 100 refugees per year.
The closing date for applications is 4pm on the 21st April 2011.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsfragments/40-erf-gateway
AND FINALLY for those who did not catch the Budget here are the key points
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has released his annual budget.
The Chancellor announced details of his ‘plan for growth’ budget amidst assertions that in a bid to reform the nation’s economy the focus for 2011 would be on economic sustainability and encouraging enterprise, manufacturing and investment.
Key points of the Budget include:
Borrowing forecast to fall from £146 billion this year to £29 billion in 2015/16.
£100 million to help repair potholes on the roads.
£100 million extra to be invested in new science centres.
New "green investment bank" to have access to £3 billion of funds.
24 university technical colleges to be founded.
Extra 40,000 apprenticeships for jobless young people in England.
Gift aid administration to be simplified, especially for small donations.
Inheritance tax discount for charitable donations.
Funding for 21 new ‘Enterprise Zones’.
NEWS
THE FIRST OF MY FUNDING SURGERIES WILL BE HELD IN KIDDERMINSTER ON WEDNESDAY 2OTH APRIL BETWEEN 2PM AND 4PM. TE REQUEST A PLACE PLEASE CONTACT... Irene Walker, Chief Officer, Community Action Wyre Forest, 01562 67008.
THE NEXT SURGERY WILL BE HELD IN BROMSGROVE ON THE 4TH MAY.. more to follow
Furthermore. Please feel free to contact me on any of the programmes identified, on any funds in general or if you just fancy running a potential proposal past me.
Peter Mackenzie-Shaw
Worcestershire Partnership
Funding and Resources Manager
01905 728738
pmackenzie-shaw@worcestershire.gov.uk