Surviving Winter - Two Ridings Community Foundation are now awarding grants from their Surviving Winter campaign. Any groups working to assist elderly/vulnerable people through the winter are encouraged to apply. The maximum grant is £3,000. Find out more and apply online at : http://www.tworidingscommunityfoundation.org.uk/grants/grant_news/Surviving_Winter/
The Innovation Fund is a three year grant to be allocated to voluntary sector organisations operating in North Yorkshire to develop new and sustainable approaches to Health and Adult services. Throughout North Yorkshire Funding Advisers will be running surgery sessions to offer support to Voluntary and Community Organisations who are applying to the second round of the North Yorkshire County Council Innovation Fund (as advertised in the December Funding Bulletin).
Book an appointment to ensure you have the best possible chance of submitting a successful application.
Details of dates, venues and contact for bookings are available through the York and North Yorkshire Funding Advice Network website: http://www.ynyfundingadvice.org.uk/index.php/innovation-fund---north-yorkshire-county-council.html
The next edition of the Funding Bulletin is now available to download from the News page of the York & North Yorkshire Funding Advice Network website via this link:
http://www.ynyfundingadvice.org.uk/index.php/news.html
This newsletter is compiled by the members of the York and North Yorkshire Funding Advice Network including NYYF, City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council: www.ynyfundingadvice.org.uk
Scurrah Wainwright Charity Grant - Grants are available for projects with an emphasis on social reform and tackling the root causes of social inequality through innovative work; Project and core costs; £1,000 to £5,000, and up to three years. Applicants may be required to provide the remainder of any costs from alternative sources. The Charity favours causes that are outside the mainstream and unlikely to be funded by other charities, and favours causes based in Yorkshire.
The deadlines for applications are:
1 June, for consideration at the July meeting.
1 October, for consideration at the November meeting.
Contact: Kerry McQuade, Administrator, The Scurrah Wainwright Charity, 16 Blenheim Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 8BU
E-mail: admin@wainwrighttrusts.org.uk
Website: http://www.wainwrighttrusts.org.uk/swc.html
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee small grant fund
The grant fund opportunity:
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Harrogate Borough Council has a small amount of funding to award 5 grants of up to £1,000 to projects run by voluntary and community groups across the District which will celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in an appropriate way.
To be considered for an award, organisations must evidence that their project is innovative, can evidence community participation, links with volunteering and will have clear outcomes. We aim to award a one project in each of the following areas:
The projects must be one off, have no on-going running costs and will commence after April 2012 and be completed by the end of September 2012.
Project proposal forms and guidance notes are available via www.harrogate.gov.uk/voluntary.
Who can apply?
Project proposals are welcome from voluntary organisations, charities and community groups based in and serving the communities of the Harrogate District. Organisations applying must be a formally constituted voluntary or community sector group.
Timescales:
The fund is open for project proposals from the 3rd January 2012 with a closing date of the 24th February 2012, 12pm noon. All proposals will be considered together at a date in March.
Contact information: For more information please contact Ann Byrne, Harrogate Borough Council, Department of Corporate Policy and Improvement, Crescent Gardens, Harrogate, HG1 2SG on 01423 556067. All submissions should be made electronically to HDSP@Harrogate.gov.uk
The 2012 Centenary Grants Scheme
Aspiring sporting stars and artistes of the future are being invited to apply for a grant from Harrogate Borough Council’s Centenary Grants Project.
This project was set up to celebrate the council’s centenary in 1984 and since then over 500 talented young people have benefited from the fund.
The council is seeking nominations from sporting or artistic young people who are 18 or under and resident in the
Last year 32 talented young people received grants totalling £3,500. The disciplines ranged from swimming and violin, ballet and climbing, to taekwondo, cycling and flat green bowls.
The closing date is 29 February 2012. Applications forms and reference forms are available at www.harrogate.gov.uk/pages/harrogate-1801.aspx or by contacting Lindsay Spicer, Sports Development Officer, on 01423 556725 or email lindsay.spicer@harrogate.gov.uk
The BIG Lottery Fund is announcing at least £50m of extra funding to support hundreds of vital Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) projects in England deal with the impact of funding cuts.
The full impact on the VCS of cutbacks is still to come according to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) which estimates that voluntary and community groups will face a reduction in public funding of over £900 million by 2016, losing a total of £2.8 billion in that period.
In response BIG has increased funding through the existing Reaching Communities and Awards for All programmes, making an extra 650 awards, and in the coming weeks will be offering grants of up to £10,000 to around 1,000 eligible BIG grant holders who have received more than 12 months funding from us and are in the last 18 months of their project. These grants will allow projects to review the way they work and explore ways of becoming more sustainable.
Projects coming to the end of their grant that are having a particularly significant impact will also be eligible to apply for an additional year's worth of funding to continue their project and carry out plans to make their projects more sustainable in the long term.
All eligible grant holders will be sent an e-mail about applying to the Supporting Change and Impact fund this week with details of how they can apply, so keep an eye on your inbox.
More information is available in the press release: http://bigblog.org.uk/2011/10/25/lottery-50m-to-shelter-vcs-from-funding-cuts/
Organisations can choose to attend the 'Essential six course programme', which takes you through the funding steps from searching for funding to writing successful applications, or the three new short workshops about applying successfully to the BIG Lottery Fund, planning your funding and applying for small grants.
For more information visit the Funding Advice website where you can download the Programme and see details about where and when the courses are held:
http://www.ynyfundingadvice.org.uk/index.php/funding-training-programme.
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Funding Central has now been launched. The website is a FREE guide for the voluntary and community sector, including social enterprise. It gives you access to funding and finance opportunities, plus tools and resources to support your organisation in developing sustainable income strategies appropriate to your needs. For more information visit http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/.
GRANTfinder is a funding database containing comprehensive and up-to-date information about grants in the UK. North Yorkshire County Council has a quick and easy version called ‘Grantnet’ which is available free of charge to everyone through their website: www.northyorks.gov.uk/grantfinder
Funding Advice Service
Do you need help with funding?
Local Funding Advisors based within local infrastructure organisations are available to provide support to voluntary and community organisations through:
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Assistance with searching for sources of funding.
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Guidance with writing quality funding applications.
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Support with planning your fundraising and writing funding strategies.
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Advice on enabling your project to continue should funding come to an end. To find your local Funding Advisor’s contact details go to the NYFVO’s funding advice website page:
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http://www.nyyforum.org.uk/index.php/funding-advice-network.html
The York & North Yorkshire Funding Advice Network - website can be found at www.ynyfundingadvice.org.uk. The site contains funding related news, including the downloadable monthly Funding Bulletin and information including links to statistical data for inclusion in funding applications, funding Factsheets and links to other useful sources of information. Dates and venues for forthcoming funding training programme courses are also published on the website, along with contact details for local funding advisors.