• Alcohol education and awareness work
• Community based work
• Alcohol specific youth work in local communities
• Projects focusing on generating ideas and developing new approaches to alcohol education and awareness

The Awareness Project Grants are made up to the value of £25,000 for the development of existing alcohol awareness schemes.

Applications can be made at any time.

For telephone enquiries ring: 020 7766 9900

http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/grants#drinkwiseprojects

VCASHPOINT

Your Idea. Your Time. Our Cash.

vcashpoint is giving away up to £2,500 to 16-25 year olds in England who have ideas for volunteering projects inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

If the idea of jogging a mile, swimming a length or cycling to the shops makes you sweat, don’t worry!  It doesn’t have to be a sports project but has to fit into one of the Olympic and Paralympic Games themes, which are: Sport, Health, Culture, Education or Environment – so you can put those trainers away.

To apply for a vcashpoint grant, you must be aged 16-25, live in England, and be up for running the project yourself. You’ll need to show how your project will help other people (not relatives), the environment or your community and how it how it has been inspired by London 2012. The full guidance is available here (http://vgrantfunding.com/cashpoint/documents/2012%20vcashnotes.pdf).

To apply you will need to be signed in to vinspired.com and go to the opportunities page where you can register your interest and then you’ll be sent a link to the application.

You don’t have to fill in the application all in one go; you can save it, have a think and go back to it with even more great ideas.

To access your form again, just go back into the email with the original link and click back into your form, or you could save the URL (the long web address) to your favourites.

Remember, the deadline is Monday 10^th May at 12 midday, so you’d better get a sprint on.

YOUNG ROOTS

Young Roots offers grants of between £3,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. Projects need to be related to the local and culturally varied heritage of the UK. For example, it could involve young people researching a local archive or doing practical casework on a nature reserve. Projects must also show how young people are managing and participating in the project. Projects should promote social inclusion and equal opportunities by involving a wide range of young people of different abilities and cultural backgrounds.

Applications can be made at any time.

For telephone enquiries ring: 020 7591 6000

http://www.hlf.org.uk/howtoapply/programmes/pages/youngroots.aspx

FUNDING FOR MUSIC MAKING ACTIVITIES

Youth Music, the UK’s largest children’s music charity has announced its grant making programme is open for applications. Through its “Open Programme”, grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 are available to support projects that provide music-making activities for children and young people in support of Youth Music’s goals. Youth Music will fund any non profit-making organisation more than one year old, that is committed to music-making activities for children and young people up to 18 (or up to 25 if they have special educational needs, disabilities or are in detention). Youth Music aims to support music making activities principally in out of school hours such as during weekends, holidays as well as in breakfast and after schools clubs. Youth Music understands that programmes may need to begin in school hours especially if the proposal involves encouraging first time participation in music. To help with this, Youth Music will consider applications for programmes where up to 25% of the time is spent in school hours. The proposed programme should aim to encourage children and young people to eventually make music outside of school hours.

The next closing date for applications is the 10th September 2010.

For telephone enquiries ring: 020 7902 1060

http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/looking_for_music_funding/Open_programme.html

UNLTD SPORTS RELIEF AWARDS

UnLtd Sports Relief Awards, a UK wide funding programme funded by Comic Relief, provides opportunities for young people between 11 and 21 years of age to bring communities together, to help promote understanding and solve problems through sport, arts and recreational activities. There are three types of awards.

Try It - Offers grants of up to £1,000 for projects that focus on providing opportunities for young people to come together and engage in new activities.

Shape It - Offers grants of up to £5,000 for projects that address issues in local communities.

Do It - Offers grants of up to £10,000 for projects that use sport or recreational activities as a solution to a social problem.

Do It awards will be made every 3 months. Applications to Try It, and Shape It can be made at any time.

For telephone enquiries ring: 08453 670 770

http://www.unltdsportrelief.com/

FUNDING TO FIGHT FUEL POVERTY

The ScottishPower Energy People Trust’s is currently accepting applications for projects that help combat fuel poverty. Applications are accepted from not-for-profit organisations and groups such as children’s charities, local community groups, support organisations, housing associations, local authorities and others. The maximum grant available per project is £100,000 for projects lasting for up to three years.

There are four application deadlines every year.

The next deadline dates are 20^th July and 19^th October 2010.

For telephone enquiries ring: 0141 568 3265

http://www.energypeopletrust.com

LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES AN INCREASE IN AVAILABLE FUNDING 

The Lloyds TSB Foundation has announced that they have increased the level of funding for 2010 and will sustain it for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The aim of their Community programme is to provide financial support for work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. The Foundation is particularly interested in work that achieves this through; improved social and community involvement; improved life chances; helping people to be heard. The Foundation are particularly keen to support small and medium sized community-based charities where small amounts of money can make a significant difference to local people's lives. The types of work funded include; running costs, including salaries to ensure that charities can maintain and develop their core work/services; and funding for projects that build on charities’ core work. Funding is available for one to three years.

For telephone enquiries ring: 0750 078 7747 

No application deadline date stated.

http://www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk

FUNDING FOR ALCOHOL EDUCATION PROJECTS

The Drinkaware Trust “Ideas Fund” awards small grants of between £100 and £2,500 to local community (and occasionally national) initiatives designed to promote responsible drinking and reduce alcohol related harm. The Trust funds projects ranging from public education campaigns, peer-led education schemes, educational theatre work, conferences, provision for educational materials, training, workshops to other educational events. In particular the Trust welcome applications that aim to further the strategic objectives of the Trust, which are to:

• Reduce alcohol misuse amongst under-18s
• To raise awareness about long term health harms caused by hazardous or harmful levels of drinking.

In addition the Trust also makes grants of up to £25,000 for larger projects that undertake direct, hands-on work with individuals and the community as well as grants of up to £100,000 to help larger scale projects pack a more powerful punch or reach a wider audience.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

For telephone enquiries ring 020 7766 9900

http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/grants

BETTER NET AWARDS 

UnLtd together with Nominet Trust, have launched The Better Net Awards, a new programme aimed at providing individuals and groups with support and funding to develop and lead internet based solutions to the problems that affect our society. Grants of up to £5,000 will be available. For those who have an established project with wide reach or demonstrate long-term potential, may be eligible for up to £15,000. To be eligible projects must be original and innovative and meet at least one of the following themes:

• increase education about the internet & information technology
• promote and address online safety
• provide an internet based solution to social, educational, health and environmental issues
• increase digital inclusion and the use of new media for a social purpose.

No application deadline date stated

For telephone enquiries ring 0845 850 1122

http://unltd.org.uk/betternetawards/

PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION EDUCATION AND LEARNING PROGRAMME

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is looking to fund projects that address the themes of supplementary education and developing speaking and listening skills for 11-19 year olds. Eligible organisations that can apply for funding include charities, local authorities individual pre-schools, schools, out-of-school clubs, supplementary schools, colleges and youth clubs if they demonstrate benefits to the wider community and include partnership working that will result in increasing access to education and learning to all communities and age groups. The costs that can be covered by the Foundation's grants include running costs such as staff salaries and overheads such as stationery, rent, rates and utilities.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

For telephone enquiries ring: 020 7227 3500

http://www.phf.org.uk/page.asp?id=85

 VOLANT CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charities whose purpose is to alleviate poverty and social deprivation with particular emphasis on children’s and women’s issues have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Volant Charitable Trust. In addition, the Trustees will as and when appropriate, support disaster appeals. The Trust will support both capital and revenue funding.

The closing date for applications is 30^th July 2010.

http://www.volanttrust.com/index.html

O2 LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

O2 has announced the launch of a new programme to support projects by young people (13 – 25) that have a positive impact upon their community. The new programme “Think Big” will offer young people up to£ 300 in grants as well as training, support and mentoring from a number of youth charities. These include the National Youth Agency and UK Youth. Examples of projects that could be supported could include fighting knife crime, starting local youth groups, teaching skills to other young people or renovating community spaces. Eligible projects should be run by young people for young people, and may have the opportunity to apply for a further £2,500 to continue their work.

Applications can be submitted by individual young people or groups of young people and can be submitted at any time.

http://www.o2thinkbig.co.uk/

THE LINKS FOUNDATION 

The Links Foundation, formed by ‘Working Links’, an organisation that delivers services to tackle social exclusion and poverty by helping disadvantaged individuals and communities, provides grants to disadvantaged communities. The type of activities that the Foundation seeks to support include projects that advance people’s education; reduce significant disadvantage; assist those in conditions of poverty, need or distress; and provide for recreational or other leisure time occupation.

The Foundation can fund new or existing projects and can help meet costs such as salary, rent and stationery as well as capital costs. The average grant per project is about £20,000. 

The Board meet every four months but applications can be submitted at any time.

For telephone enquiries ring: 01642 236 486

http://www.linksfoundation.org/Default.aspx

THE GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION

The Garfield Weston Foundation offers support to organisations that are registered charities and excepted or exempt charities such as churches, hospitals, educational establishments, museums and housing corporations. The Garfield Weston Foundation makes grants in the areas of the Arts, Community Education, Medical, Environment, Health, Religion, Welfare and Youth. Applications are considered individually by the Foundation and the following issues are taken into consideration: The financial viability of the organisation; The degree of need for the project requiring funding; The amount spent on administration and fundraising as compared to the charitable activities; The ability to raise sufficient funding to meet the appeal target; Whether the organisation has appropriate priorities and plans in place to manage its activities. There is no limit on the size of grant.

There are no formal deadlines for submitting applications and organisations should allow approximately four months for a final outcome.

For telephone enquiries ring: 020 7399 6565

http://www.garfieldweston.org/

DULVERTON TRUST

Registered charities and to organisations with charitable status active in the areas of

Youth & Education; General Welfare; Conservation; Religion; Preservation; and Peace & Security. The Trust provides two principal types of grants.

These are:

• Major grants for national or regional projects
• Minor grants of up to £3,500 aimed at organisations operating at local or county level.

The Trustees meet four times a year to consider Major Appeals, in February, May, July and October.

For telephone enquiries ring: 020 7629 9121

http://www.dulverton.org/

Big Lottery-Future funding for young people

The Big Lottery Fund’s Strategic Framework for 2009-15, the result of our public consultation on future funding, gives prominence to the themes of transitions and isolation. BIG welcomes the results of the Young Foundation research which is already informing the development of its new programmes.

Next year in England, BIG will announce details of a targeted intervention to support young people moving through important and difficult transitions in their life, in particular it will provide a package of support for some of the most isolated young people in our communities, young carers as well as young people leaving the care system and young people leaving young offenders institutions. BIG will be looking to support these vulnerable young people in developing their skills as well as improving their access to housing, employment, education and training. BIG will be committing at least £30 million for young people’s work in 2010.

BIG is committed to being the best funder it can be by learning from its experience and listening to the sector’s knowledge. Our funding must be additional to Government and add value to, not duplicate the efforts of others. With that in mind, BIG would like to hear from people and organisations on the ground to help us to shape the new targeted youth programmes by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 15th January 2010.

Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888    

Out of hours contact: 07867 500 572

Public Enquiries Line: 08454 102030                           Textphone:  0845 6021 659

Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards are available on the website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

EPNAVCO funding bulletin

Soon to be West Cheshire CVS in conjunction with Vale Royal CVS. Please find their

funding bulletin below.

If you need any information regarding funding:

Contact:    Head Office 0151 357 1971 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it