Funding Pots

There are other funds which may be useful to your group which we will highlight from time to time, so keep checking these pages.

Awards For All - lottery grants for local groups to fund local community projects.
Grants from £500 to £10000. Call 0845 600 20 40 for an application form and guidelines or visit the website: www.awardsforall.org.uk.

fit4funding Website - Search for Funding
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www.fit4funding.org.uk has a funding search facility within West Yorkshire.
Comprehensive and up-to-date database of grants, loans and other initiatives operating in the UK. Holds details on over 4,000 initiatives, including grants from the European Commission, UK Government, local government, and corporate sponsors and charitable trusts.
To register your details. Visit www.fit4funding.org.uk/misc/funding_search_grantnet/

Arts Council England - New Application Pack
Arts Council England fund arts activities. Updated application pack November 2006
For information and regional contacts visit Website: www.artscouncil.org.uk
Or telephone 0845 300 6200 Textphone: 020 7973 6564

Local Network Fund for Children and Young People - England
The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People to develop community projects and activities for children and young people with limited opportunities or access to services.
Total Fund Value is £40,000,000. Most grants will range between £250 and £7,000, for one year's funding only.
Two-year funding may be awarded in exceptional circumstances.
A seven-year programme that closes 31 March 2008 providing advice and support on project development, establishing and running community groups and developing safeguarding procedures together withgrants between £250 and £7000.
The fund guidelines have recently been amended to take account of the Every Child Matters priorities (see website: www.everychildmatters.gov.uk ).
Contact the Local Network Fund National Call Centre on 0845 113 0161 (RNID Typetalk 18001 0845 113 0161) for an application pack and details of support on completing the form.

Community Champions Fund - English regions.
The Community Champions Fund aims to:

a) increase the skills levels of individual volunteers to enable them to act as inspirational figures, community entrepreneurs, community mentors, community leaders;
b) improve the involvement of communities in regeneration and learning activity by supporting key individuals who can drive forward community projects and pass on their expertise to others.

The fund is worth £3m per year with grants to individuals of up to £2000 and averaging £1250. It is only available in England. To find your regional contact go to Website: www.dfes.gov.uk/communitychampions/contact.cfm

SITA Trust - changes to funding schemes

SITA Trust runs two funding programmes:
Enhancing Communities Programme for community improvement projects.
The Small Grants Scheme launched on 6 November 2006 is now open for applications. It provides fast-track access to funding for community improvement applications up to £10,000. The application form and guidance notes are available on their website, along with SITA Trust's Green Guide for applicants.
Deadlines 15 December 2006 & 2 February 2007.
Large Grants Scheme - for projects between £10,001 and £50,000. Application forms and guidance notes are available now on their website.
A Challenge Fund for projects of £250,000 is being launched early in 2007 for projects that are within ten miles of active SITA UK landfill sites. SITA Trust, The Barn, Brinkmarsh Lane, Falfield, South Gloucestershire GL12 8PT Tel: 01454 262910 Fax: 01454 269090 Email: sita.trust@sita.co.uk Website: www.sitatrust.org.uk

Biffaward
Biffaward has teamed up with the Countryside Agency, the East of England Development Agency and all Rural Community Councils to improve villages, towns and cities.
The fund offers three levels of support:
The Small Grants Scheme provides grants between £250 and £5,000. to enable groups to quickly access lower levels of funding to improve the quality of life in their community. Open to any not-for-profit community led organisation with its own bank account.
Groups can apply for between £250-£5,000 for projects up to £10,000 in total.
The Main Grants Scheme grants between £5,001 and £50,000 for Amenity projects that provide and improve community facilities. For more information or if you wish to discuss your project in detail please contact the Biffaward Grants Team
Tel: 0870 036 1000 Email: grant@rswt.org Website: www.biffaward.org

First Light Funding for Film Making by Young People
First Light Pilot Awards open to youth focused organisations for a film of between 1 and 5 minutes long. Maximum grant is £5,000. Partnership funding: A minimum of 30% of the total project cost with at least 15% in cash. Timescale is 4 months.

First Light Studio Awards
These are open to organisations with track record of filmmaking with young people and proven outreach ability or strong partners with all relevant skills for between 2 and 6 films of 5 to 10 minutes long. Maximum grant is £6,000 per film with a maximum grant of £36,000 for the whole proposal. Partnership Funding: A minimum of 50% of the total proposal costs with at least 25% in cash. Timescale is 8 months.
For more information: info@firstlightmovies.com www.firstlightmovies.com

UnLtd a charity which supports social entrepreneurs - people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better gives out 1,000 "Level 1" Awards of between £500 and £5,000, each year across the UK, aimed at individuals or informal groups of people who want to set up new projects and who have both the ideas and the commitment to develop projects which will benefit their community.
They do not support organisations.
Visit www.unltd.org.uk for further information

The Big Boost (England)

The Big Boost is an awards programme that supports young people who are keen to get involved in their communities. The awards which will run for two years from the 1st November to help young people set up and run projects that will make a lasting difference to them as well as to the areas they live in. A Big Boost Award is cash plus the support to help young people make their ideas a reality. Funded by the Big Lottery Fund, the programme awards grants of between £250-£5,000 to help individuals and small groups of people aged between 11-25, deliver projects in their local areas. Applications can be made at any time. http://www.thebigboost.org.uk/index.php