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Supporting Faith Based Social Action
in the East of England
Supporting Faith Based Social Action
in the East of England

Funding


Funding Guide for Faith Groups in the East of England

The Community Development Foundation produced a guide for faith groups in the East of England in June 2009. Please click here to download the pdf, or phone East of England Faiths Council 01223 421606 for a printed version. 
 
There is further information on the Community Development Foundation website's Funding page.


 

Community Development Foundation (CDF) - two funding opportunities

  • Concerned about crime and safety in your local area? CDF are offering funding to communities that wish to work together to tackle crime.
    The Community action against crime: Innovation fund will encourage greater community activism and enable communities to develop innovative approaches to deal with the local crime issues that matter to them. The fund is worth £5 million in 2011/12, with a further £5 million set aside for 2012/13.
    Applications from grassroots community activists who are not traditional recipients of government grants are encouraged.
    Information, eligibility criteria and links to this and other sources of funding can be found at Community Action Against Crime
  • Community First is an £80m government-funded programme that will run for four years, until March 2015. It will help communities come together through new and existing community groups, to identify their strengths and local priorities, plan for their future and become more resilient. 
    Information, eligibility criteria and links to this and other sources of funding can be found at Community First  


     

    Norfolk County Strategic Partnership (NCSP) Norfolk Community Fund

    The purpose of the Fund is to help build capacity in Norfolk’s small, grassroots charities, voluntary and community groups by enabling them to be in a stronger position to support local people. It is intended to support community activity and community vibrancy - small amounts of money that can make a genuine big difference.
     
    The Norfolk Community Fund will have £449,000 available from this year's NCSP monies to support a grants programme offering one-off grants of £500 - £5000. This is an exciting opportunity for many small local groups across Norfolk and all partners have a valuable role to play in encouraging groups to apply.
     
    The Fund will be managed by Norfolk Community Foundation, on behalf of the NCSP, and details of the Fund - including a Guidance Note on what the Fund is and how to apply, together with an application form - can be found on their website from Friday 21 October.  


     

    Acts435 – Money For Those in Need

    A new nationwide online charity that brings together people in need with those that have money to give. 100% of donations go straight to those that require it. Acts435 is designed to minister to the needy on a local level via cash donations on the internet.
    Acts435is looking for new members and all that churches have to do is nominate an ‘advocate’, a person interested in helping.
     
    For more information please email Jenny  


     

    Funding Central Support and Advice

    Funding Central for guidance and advice about how to assess and access sources of funding for voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations, please visit the Funding Central Support and Advice pages  


     

    Funding Central website generates £1.5m for civil society groups

    Funding Central, NCVO's free website highlighting thousands of funding and finance opportunities for third sector organisations, has generated £1.5 million in grants and contract funding in its first six months. Thousands of voluntary organisations and social enterprises have benefited from the new website, which also provides valuable advice and information on developing skills to draft winning tenders and successfully apply for grants or loan finance. So far, 100 charities have received funds of between £800 and £85,000. Visit the site at: www.fundingcentral.org.uk


     

    Church Urban Fund Mustard Seed Programme

    The Church Urban Fund's Mustard Seed Programme provides grants of up to £5,000 to enable churches and faith-based organisations working in very deprived communities to engage in social action. Church Urban Fund has an annual grant-making budget of around £1 million. Grants are awarded to community groups offering all kinds of support to people living in England's poorest communities. CUF particularly supports churches in deprived areas reaching out to serve their local community, but it also welcomes applications from other faith groups. All applications need to be made via the network of local Diocesan Link Officers. This is a rolling programme and there are no deadline dates
    For more information please click here


     

    Free BT Community Website

    Charities and not-for-profit community groups can access a free web-hosting and design service through the communications company BT. The Community Web Kit provides free website hosting, a free web-address, a choice of layouts and designs and a step-by-step guide to building your website.
    The service is part of BT’s Get IT Together campaign to encourage as many people as possible to get online.
     
    For details please visit www.btck.co.uk/Main/About.aspx


     

    People's Health Trust Small Grants Programme

    People’s Health Trust which is funded through the new Health Lottery has announced that its Healthy Communities Small Grants Programme is due to open in October 2011. Through its Funding programmes, the Peoples Health Trusts aims to award around £50 million per year to support health-related projects in England, Scotland and Wales.
     
    The Trust aims to do this by supporting projects that tackle the early causes of ill health.
    For example, projects that
  • improve the health and wellbeing of people
  • increase physical activity
  • improve the look and feel of local communities
  • improve transport within communities

    The Trust will award grants through two funding streams
  • The Healthy Places Healthy People Programme
  • The Healthy Communities Small Grants Programme

    Through the latter the Trust will be funding projects that
  • Are requesting between £5,000 and £10,000
  • Last up to 12 months; are based and operate within one of the local lottery areas
  • Are run by local charities and community groups with an annual income of less than £75,000 a year.
     
    Information on the Healthy Places Healthy People Programme will be made available in due course. People’s Health Trust operates via 51 local society lotteries throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The small grants programme opens in different society areas at different times.
     
    Before applying please check that the Trust are accepting applications from your area.


     

    Allen Lane Foundation Grants Programme (UK)

    The Foundation wishes to fund work which will make a lasting difference to people's lives and is aimed at reducing isolation, stigma and discrimination; and encourages or enables marginalised groups to share in the life of the whole community. The Foundation is interested in funding work which benefits people:
  • from black and minority ethnic communities and migrant workers
  • experiencing mental health problems
  • experiencing violence or abuse
  • asylum seekers and refugees
  • gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or transgender people
  • gypsies and travellers
  • offenders and ex-offenders
  • older people
    For further information and eligibility please visit the Allen Lane Foundation website: www.allenlane.org.uk
     

    A Website offering online funding services for small charities

    This new website offering small charities a suite of online fundraising services, including email marketing and donation processing, is now available. Localgiving.com, a social enterprise owned by the Community Foundation Network is helping to facilitate giving to small, local organisations. The Co-operative Membership Community Fund is a grants scheme which helps local communities throughout the UK. Between £100 and £2,000 is available for positive work in the community. Visit the Co-operative Membership Community Fund website for more information.


     

    Charitable Trusts now open for applications

  • www.volanttrust.com
    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. Next deadline is Friday 27 January 2012.
     
  • www.inkinddirect.org
    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 recognises that seeking funding and finance can be both daunting and time-consuming. To make this journey easier, Funding Central has developed two intuitive and supportive search pathways tailored to your individual fundraising experience and crafted to ensure that the best possible matches are returned.


     

    Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Core Grant Programme

    Max. Value: £3,000 The Foundation administers a variety of funds which aim to support not-for-profit voluntary and community groups in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Support is available under the following Programmes: children, young people and families; adults facing life crisis; the natural environment; community development and engagement; and health. Please visit the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation website.


     

    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. Tudor wants to help smaller, community-led groups which are supporting people at the margins of society. We do this by making grants - for more information contact 020 7727 8522 or visit www.tudortrust.org.uk.
    Please click here to find out more about Funding Guidelines for April 2011 - March 2012
     

    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. 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 
     

    Free Websites for Local Communities

    Get a free website for your Community Group, non-Profit, or Voluntary organisation from Cambridge Open Systems as part of its Voice service available to all community groups throughout the UK. The company describes Voice as an easy to use website builder.
     
    Cambridge Open Systems says with a website building package, users can set up a website with no technical expertise required. Pre-build, interactive modules such as picture galleries, discussion boards, and surveys can be added to websites with a single click.
     
    Visit the Voice Website to find out more  
     

    Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge LEADER Programme

    Financial assistance is available to farmers, foresters, rural businesses, social enterprises and community groups based in rural parts of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Funding body: East of England Development Agency (EEDA). You can find more information about the Programme, what support is still available and contact details of the RDPE Delivery Teams by following the link below by following this link
     

    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.
     

    Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

    Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust makes grant primarily for medicine and medical research but also makes some funds available for humanitarian purposes. There is a small grants programme for amounts up to £1,000 and also a fund for larger grants.
    For more information visit the website at www.julesthorntrust.org.uk  for further details.
     

    The Anchor Foundation

    Supports Christian charities concerned with social inclusion. They will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding. In any one year the grant range to a project is between £500 and £10,000. They will not normally give grants to the same project for more than 3 years.
     
    Applications are considered at twice yearly trustees meetings in April and November and need to be received by 31 January and 31 July each year. Visit www.theanchorfoundation.org.uk for more information
     

    Allchurches Trust

    For the provision of funding in support of churches, church establishments, religious charities, charities sponsored or recommended by the church, the local community and those concerned with the welfare of the disadvantaged and disabled.
     
    Grants range from £100 to £5000 and can be applied for at any time. Visit the www.allchurches.co.uk website for more information.
     

    Community First

    Consultation on the Giving Green Paper which proposes a new role for government as a facilitator of giving, making it easier for philanthropists, volunteers and charities to form partnerships closed in March 2011. Other major policy proposals in the Giving Green Paper include:

    A £50million Community First Fund to invest in local savings schemes that pay out small grants will into the future in the most deprived areas. It will match contributions from local donors to encourage more giving.

    Community First is a new fund that will encourage social action through new and existing neighbourhood groups. The fund will empower people in areas with high levels of deprivation and enable them to take more responsibility for their communities.
    The findings of the consultation will feed into a White Paper for publication in 2012

    More information is available at Cabinet Office Big Society News website and the Cabinet Office Big Society Overview website.
     


     

    The Winter Fuel Fund

    Cambridgeshire Community Foundation has opened The Cambridgeshire Winter Fuel Fund to accept Winter Fuel Payments. The Fund will provide much needed support to charitable projects working for our elderly and vulnerable neighbours. For example:

  • The Waterbeach Day Centre provides hot meals and social interaction for elderly members every week;
  • The East Barnwell Friendship Club arranges outings for its elderly members;
  • the Mobile Warden Scheme in Soham ensures regular contact is made with its elderly members, who can therefore remain in their own homes.
    All these volunteer led projects rely on grants and donations to operate and collectively they help eliminate the worst excesses that wintertime can cause disadvantaged elderly people in Cambridgeshire.
    For more information, please visit www.cambscf.org.uk/the-winter-fuel-fund.html
     


     

    Computers for Rural People

    For people and groups in rural Communities, email and internet provide enormous opportunities when you can’t just pop round the corner to the shop or library etc. Yet computers are usually expensive, and few people want to buy one “just to see if it might be useful”. The Arthur Rank Centre is committed to supporting the rural community and has set up the “Computers for Rural People” scheme to provide computers at very low cost to encourage people to take the first step. So if you think a computer might be useful, but can’t afford several hundred pounds just to try, Arthur Rank may be able to help. At a really low price Arthur Rank can provide a computer preloaded with Microsoft software, and delivered to your door with 3 months warranty. A fully functioning computer costs as little as £139. Community Projects - if you need more than one computer; for a Drop-in centre, School etc. The prices are even lower! For more information, please visit The Arthur Rank Projects pages
     


     

    SITA Trust Launches Queen Elizabeth II Fields Volunteer Support Fund

    The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge was created to celebrate Her Majesty, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and is a new campaign to protect 2,012 outdoor recreational spaces in communities across the country as a permanent living legacy. Not-for-profit organisations (community groups, parish councils, charities, local authorities and voluntary organisations) working with volunteers to physically improve QEII fields located within ten miles of a licensed landfill site in England and Wales may apply for grants of up to £5,000. Volunteers must be significantly involved in the planning and delivery of the projects. Grants can be used to help with the costs associated with clearing sites, planting and fencing to make the fields more healthy and sustainable. Funding can also be used to buy the materials necessary for volunteers to make improvements to existing community buildings such as refurbishing or creating better access.
    Please visit the SITA Trust website and for more information about application closing dates and eligibility criteria please click here.
     


     

    The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund

    The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund makes grants to organisations in the following categories:

  • Community Arts and Education
  • Disabled
  • Older People
  • Integration and Rehabilitation
  • Poverty
    The Policy at present is to accept appeals for project and core costs but not capital funding. And Trustees rarely support large national charities.
    For Guidelines about eligibility and how to apply, please click here
     


     

    Office of the Civil Society, Local Intelligence Team (LIT) East

    A new £16.8 million central government fund to help not-for-profit free advice services in England will be delivered by the Big Fund, Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, announced on 21 November. The fund will provide immediate support to debt, welfare benefits, employment and housing advice services. In addition, the Cabinet Office will conduct a review to ensure that people continue to have access to good quality free advice services in their communities.
     
    Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, said:
    "This is a serious commitment to help free advice services carry on delivering much needed help to people struggling with debt, welfare benefits, employment and housing problems in these difficult economic times. The Cabinet Office will also be carrying out a review of free advice services to ensure that we do all we can to help the sector."
     
    For more information on the fund please click here
     
    The Government is committed to ensuring that people continue to have access to good quality free advice in their communities and in connection with this will be carrying out a review of free advice services. The review will start in November and conclude early next year. It will look at the funding environment for these services, likely levels of demand, and how government can play a positive role.
     
    Much evidence and data has already been gathered from the advice sector and officials will be reviewing and updating this. In addition there will be a number of stakeholder events with representatives from the sector to gain their input into the review.
     
    The Local Intelligence Team will also be drawing on information gathered locally earlier in the year with the aim of testing ideas in the new year. For more information, please contact Sue Lowe by email or write to
     
    Sue Lowe
    Policy Manager, Local Intelligence Team
    Office for Civil Society
    Cabinet Office, 3rd Floor
    Eastbrook
    Shaftesbury Road
    Cambridge CB2 8DF
    or phone 07818 077266
     


     

     


     

     


     

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