Help the Homeless

Help The Homeless’s main funding remit is the regular allocation of Small Grants (generally up to £3000) for capital costs to small and medium-sized charities only (those with a turnover of up to £1m per annum). Grants to larger charities will only be considered if the project is suitably innovative and it is only possible for a large organisation to develop it.

All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offer shelter or other forms of sustenance.

Help The Homeless‘s main funding remit is the regular allocation of Small Grants (generally up to £3000) for capital costs to small and medium-sized charities only. Grants to larger charities will only be considered if the project is suitably innovative and it is only possible for a large organisation to develop it.

All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offer shelter or other forms of sustenance.

All applicants must use the official form downloadable from the website and clearly describe the aims and structure of their organisation, their future plans and specific details of how any grant money will be spent. A copy of the latest available audited accounts is also required.

The quarterly deadlines for grant applications each year are: 31st March / 30th June / 30th September /31st December.

Contact: The Secretary, Help The Homeless, 6th Floor, 248 Tottenham Court Road,   London W1T 7QZ Email: HTH@help-the-homeless.org.uk

Website:  http://www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/

Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme

The Tesco Charity Trust runs two funding schemes - the Community Awards and the larger Grants.  Please see below for details on each scheme.

Community Awards – 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.

There are four rounds of funding each year.  Please see the website to view a copy of our criteria and application deadlines.  Applications should be made via the onlineapplication form. If you require any support whilst completing your application please contact our helpline Tel: 0845 612 3575.

GRANTS FOR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION AND CHILDREN’S WELFARE
Applications should be made between: 1st December & 31st January
Expected Decision date: End of April; OR 1st May & 30th June Expected Decision date: End of September

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Church and Community Fund

The CCF will support projects that:

• Significantly expand the Church’s engagement with neighbourhood renewal;

• Seek innovative ways of developing established community projects so that they either a) grow existing or b) evolve into new communities of Christian Faith, and;

• Replicate models of successful community engagement across the wider church.

The three new funding themes will replace the current CCF grant making stream, which closes on the 14th October 2011. The CCF will start to accept new applications to the new themes from the 3rd January 2012.

A new set of guidance notes that will contain specific criteria, examples of what type of projects will be funded and more detail about the new strategy will be available in mid-December 2011.

If you have any queries please send an email to Andrew Hawkings @ ccf@churchofengland.org.

The Church and Community Fund, (CCF), Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3NZ

Email: ccf@churchofengland.org   Tel: 020 7898 541
Full application details are on Website: www.churchandcommunityfund.org.uk

Portas Pilots

They are running a competition for local partnerships to bid for a share of £1 million.

The competition will select 12 towns to become ‘Portas Pilots’, with the winners benefiting from a share of £1 million to help turn around their “unloved and unused” high streets.

The pilot projects, led by local partnerships and consortiums in England, will be supported with funding of up to £100,000 per pilot as well as advice from a Whitehall Team and Mary Portas.

Eligible partnerships must identify an Accountable Body (local authority) to receive the grant, if they are not, themselves, a local authority.

It is expected that local authorities in receipt of the grant will work constructively with their communities, through their Town Team, in using the funding.

Proposals will be assessed on the following criteria:

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Worshipful Company of Weavers

The Fund’s aim is helping young people at risk of criminal involvement to stay out of trouble and assist in the rehabilitation of offenders, particularly young offenders both in prison and after release.   The Company prefers to help new projects in the early stages and, in particular, innovatory projects which could act as a model for similar work elsewhere; it sees its role as pump-priming and does not usually provide long-term funding, although it does sometimes provide more significant help to particular projects.

Applications are considered by the Charitable Grants Committee at their meetings in February, June and October. In considering whether a project is worthy of support and provided it meets all the Fund’s criteria, an assessment visit by a member of the Company is always made.

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Daiwa Foundation Awards and Grants

The Foundation awards grants to individuals and institutions in the UK and Japan in all areas of the visual and performing arts, the humanities, the social sciences, science and engineering, mathematics, business studies, and education, including schools and universities, and grass roots and professional groups.
Grant-giving in 2012 will be carried out via the following programmes:

DAIWA FOUNDATION SMALL GRANTS
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Baring Joint International Development grants programme

The Baring Foundation was set up in 1969 to give money to charities and voluntary organisations pursuing charitable purposes. In 41 years we have given almost £100 million in grants. Our budget for grant-making in 2010 is £2.5 million.

They have specific grants programmes concerned with the arts, international development and strengthening the voluntary sector.

The Joint International Development programme 2010, in collaboration with the John Ellerman Foundation, is now open. They especially encourage applications from African-led voluntary organisations based in the UK fitting these requirements.

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Help the Hospices – Capital Grant Programme

Open to both adult and children’s hospices that are full members of Help the Hospices.

Any work involving the establishment of new hospice building(s). For example, this could be:

• new building capital costs (including VAT in relation to the proposed work and professional fees – such as architect, consultancy or external project management)
• capital equipment costs related to new builds.

The total amount available for the grant programme is £579,000.  There is no maximum level of grant that you can apply for, up to the amount available.

The deadline for applications is 28 March 2012.

Applicants will be informed about whether they have been successful by end April 2012.

For more detailed information and to apply please visit:-

http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-services/grants/uk-grants/one-off-capital-grant-programme/

A B Charitable trust

The A B Charitable Trust (ABCT) is an independent, UK based grant-making organisation founded in 1990 that is concerned with promoting and defending human dignity.

ABCT supports charities that defend human rights, such as freedom from torture and arbitrary imprisonment, and promote respect for individuals whatever their circumstances.

The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with vulnerable, marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus on:

• refugees and victims of torture
• prisoners
• older people
• people with mental health problems

Medium sized grants available. If you do not work in these particular fields, but meet our wider criteria, you may be able to apply for a small grant of up to £5,000.

The next deadline for the Trustee meeting in January 2012 Meeting is 9 December 2011, April 2012 Meeting – 9 March 2012 and July 2012 – 25 May 2012.

The A B Charitable Trust, Monmouth House, 87-93 Westbourne Grove, London W2 4UL Tel: 020 7313 8070 Fax: 020 7313 9607 Email: mail@abcharitabletrust.org.uk

Website: www.abcharitabletrust.org.uk

Speak Up Fund – Community Film Unit

The Speak Up Fund is run by the Community Film Unit to partially fund films for organisations and groups that are dedicated to their local communities. The Fund aspires to make high-quality film available to organisations who have either not considered it before, never had access to professional training, or been unable to justify the costs of producing their own film resources.

They are looking for applications from organisations across England who are planning filmmaking projects in 2012. Applications will be considered for any projects that include a filmmaking component, including (but not limited to):