Funding
- Funding Guide for Faith Groups in the East of England
- EEDA - Understanding Finance for Business programme - top 5 forgotten funding sources
- DEADLINE REMINDER from Citylife – High Growth Social Enterprise Programme
- Crème of Nature £10,000 Community Action Award 2010
- East of England Community Grants
- Charitable Trusts now open for applications
- Funding Central - listing funding opportunities for charities
- The Henry Smith Charity
- The Tudor Trust has announced new funding guidelines for the period 2009-2011
- The Lloyds TSB Foundation Community Programme - more enquiries welcome
- Church and Community Fund (Church of England)
- Migration Impacts Fund
- Free Introductory Pack on Funding and Finance
- Church Urban Fund Mustard Seed Grants
Funding Guide for Faith Groups in the East of England
The Community Development Foundation has produced this guide for faith groups in the East of England.
For a printed version, please phone East of England Faiths Council 01223 421606 or for an electronic version, please email
eefc@cambcatalyst.co.uk
EEDA have published a top 5 list of funding and finance streams which tend to be forgotten as follows
Regional Loan – Growth Fund Loans of between £50,000 and £200,000 are available. For info visit www.eeda.org.uk/finance
Grants for Business Investment £10,000 is the minimum grant available to cover, on average, 10-20% of project’s total cost. For info visit: www.eeda.org.uk/finance
Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme Offering loans of between £1,000 and £1 million for a period of 3 months to 10 years. For info visit: www.businesslink.gov.uk/realhelp
Research & Development Tax Credits Organisations can deduct up to 175% of qualifying expenditure on R&D activities when calculating profit for tax purposes. For info visit www.hmrc.gov.uk/randd
Grants for Research and Development Grants of between £5,000 and £250,000 are available. For info visit:
www.eeda.org.uk/finance
DEADLINE REMINDER from Citylife – High Growth Social Enterprise Programme
The deadline for initial applications to Citylife’s High Growth Social Enterprise Programme is just a
few days away!
The exciting programme offers a year of free intensive support to social enterprises (existing or just starting up)
that have the potential to grow and create employment, particularly for individuals with disabilities or disadvantages.
Being funded by Cambridge City Council, the programme will give priority to applicants based in Cambridge but
applications will also be considered from those based elsewhere whose impact is predominantly focused on Cambridge
residents.
For more information on the Programme, please contact Kate Lee, Social Enterprise Manager on 01223 323481 or email
kate@citylifeltd.org
or visit
www.citylifeltd.org
Crème of Nature £10,000 Community Action Award 2010
This award is focused on helping those with great ideas and vision in African Caribbean voluntary, faith and community groups,
whose primary objective is to support and encourage women.
Applications are now being accepted for this year's £10,000 Crème of Nature Community Action Award.
Find out more at
www.communityactionaward.com
or phone the Community Action Award Team on 01264 355 846
East of England Community Grants
Applications are now being invited to the East of England Community Grants fund. The aim of the programme is to support organisations
that are working with unemployed people who face barriers to the labour market or to mainstream skills provision. Small voluntary and
community organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to £12,000. Round 5 for Community Grants will close on 19 March.
Information can be found at
www.grantsadmin.co.uk/eastengland_grants/index.htm
Charitable Trusts now open for applications
Social and ethnic minority groups, including young people at risk of exclusion or isolation, refugees, asylum-seekers, gypsies and travellers. Projects that promote integration and community cohesion will be favoured.
Charities and projects, whether national or community-based, at home or abroad, that alleviate social deprivation, with a particular emphasis on women’s and children’s issues.
Free, new, office supplies, furniture and other goods for charities. You don’t need to be a registered charity to receive goods from In Kind Direct; you just need to be a not-for-profit organisation. Goods received through In Kind Direct must be either: Used to meet the operational needs of your organisation or distributed free of charge in accordance with your organisation’s charitable objectives. To be eligible to receive goods you must be registered as an In Kind Direct Charity Partner. Registration is free.
As a partner your organisation will have access to their online catalogue which shows you what goods are available. You simply select what you need and place your order, paying only a handling charge to cover costs. You can pay online using debit or credit cards, or by sending a cheque. The goods are delivered to your door, usually within 14 days.
Funding Central
Funding Central, the NCVO-run website that lists funding opportunities for charities,
has started a matchmaking service designed to help third sector organisations find partners so they
can jointly bid for grants or contracts.
For more information on ‘Find a Partner’
please click here
The Henry Smith Charity
Offers a range of grants for projects that could be relevant to you e.g. projects providing culturally appropriate
services to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities; including those that promote integration and access to
mainstream services and projects providing advocacy, advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers,
and those promoting integration. Visit:
www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk
for further details.
The Tudor Trust has announced new funding guidelines for the period 2009-2011
The Trust will continue to make grants across their established funding areas - youth,
older people, community, relationships, housing, mental health, substance misuse, learning,
financial security and criminal justice - and will also be open to hearing about work in areas
the Trust has not funded before. The Trust aims to support smaller community, voluntary and charitable
organisations - for more information contact 020 7727 8522 or visit
www.tudortrust.org.uk
The Lloyds TSB Foundation Community Programme
The Lloyds TSB Foundation Community Programme funds small and medium underfunded charities working at the heart of communities
to tackle disadvantage. More enquiries would be particularly welcome from Bedfordshire and Suffolk.
To view the full guidelines for
charities applying for a grant, and to find out if your charity might be eligible, please visit
www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Church and Community Fund (Church of England)
Church and Community Fund (Church of England) helps with projects of all kinds that bring the community
into the church and the church into the community. The maximum grant is £15,000 and applicants are
welcome to request any amount within this limit. The Fund does support ecumenical projects where the
Anglican Church plays a significant role. Full guidance notes and application details are on their website:
www.churchandcommunityfund.org.uk or contact
The Church and Community Fund on 020 7898 1767 or email:ccf@c-of-e.org.uk
Migration Impacts Fund
A new fund to manage the transitional impacts of migration has been announced and application packs
for project funding are now available. For further information contact Lee Davies, Government Office East,
01223 372950 or email lee.davies@goeast.gsi.gov.uk
Free Introductory Pack on Funding and Finance
Produced by NCVO’s Sustainable Funding Project and the Finance Hub, this pack of
six guides is for small and medium sized organisations and they cover fundraising,
trading, contracting and much more.
For more visit www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/sfp/introductory-pack
Church Urban Fund Mustard Seed Grants
Could your faith based social action qualify for a Church Urban Fund Mustard Seed Grant?
Grants of £5000 are available to enable new ideas to be put into practice. To qualify the project must be based
in an area whose scores on the national social deprivation register fall within the lowest 10%. Or it must be aimed
at a specific marginalised and impoverished group such as the homeless. The statistics can be checked online,
visit
www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
and enter the post code for your project area.
For further information on CUF applications check their website
www.cuf.org.uk