Funding opportunities

There are many funding opportunities available in London and in this section we hope to highlight the majority of them so that you don't have to trawl through websites trying to find which fund suits your project best.

If there is a fund that you have used before that is not highlighted here please let Jonathan Bruck know or send him an email

The Bridge House Trust
The Jack Petchey Foundation
Volunteering General Fund
Allen Lane Foundation Grants Programme
The Community Enterprise Programme
Local network for Children and Young People
Opportunities for Volunteering
Parenting Fund - Local grants
Parenting fund - Major grants
Refugee Community Development Fund
Community Champions Fund (london)
Community learning Chests (London)
Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests
The Peabody Trust
The Kings Fund
Community Champion Fund
Healthy Lifestyles grant
Government funding
Abbey National Charitable Trust
London Marathon Chritable Trust
Sportsmatch
City Parochial Foundation & Trust For London
Lord Taveners
Futurebuilders
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
The Dickie Bird Foundation
The Young Peoples Fund
Tesco Charity Trust
Age Concern Grants
Barclays Social Responsibility Programme
Capital FM Help a London Child grants

The Bridge House Trust

The Bridge House Trust makes grants in excess of £16 million a year to charitable projects benefiting the inhabitants of Greater London. Since it began grant-making in 1995, it has awarded over £130 million in grants. Its sole trustee is the Corporation of London.

Main grants
All work must fall into one of five priority areas:

Access for disabled people
London's environment
Children and young people
Older people in the community
Strengthening the voluntary and community sectors

Small grants
Now in its fourth year, the small grants scheme is targeted at small voluntary organisations with incomes of less than £50k per annum. The maximum grant is £5,000.

For more information on either of these funding paths visit the website

The Jack Petchey Foundation

The aim of the Jack Petchey Foundation is to help develop the potential within young people aged 11-25. The Foundation is eager to help young people take advantage of opportunities and play their part in society.

The catchment area for awards is East London and West Essex - more specifically, the boroughs or districts of:

Barking and Dagenham
Brentwood
Epping Forest
Hackney
Harlow
Havering
Newham
Redbridge
Tower Hamlets
Thurrock
Uttlesford
Waltham Forest

There are four main methods of grant support:

Achievement Awards - £1,290,000 budgeted in 2004
Jack Petchey Achievement Awards are given to young people (mainly between 11 and 25 years of age) who make a wholehearted contribution to their club, school, group or community.

The Award Scheme is run through clubs, schools and community projects in East London and West Essex. Grants are channelled through these organisations, so applications must be made by club leaders, teachers, community managers etc. If your club is associated with Essex Association of Boys Clubs or Community Links please contact them first.

To apply for a grant(s) please print and complete the Achievement Award Application Form
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Project Grants - £3,200,000 budgeted in 2004
In addition to Achievement Awards the Foundation gives Project Grants. The value is normally between £500 and £50,000. As with the Achievement Awards the catchment area is East London and West Essex and the projects must benefit young people.
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Leaders Awards (£450,000 budgeted in 2004)
Jack Petchey Leader Awards are linked to the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme.

Awards are given to adults who have demonstrated, in an outstanding way, an ability to encourage and motivate young people aged 11-25 in East London or West Essex.

The scheme is open to Youth Leaders, School Teachers, Community Leaders, Volunteer Leaders, Sports Coaches and any other adults who have regular contact with young people.

Any school or club participating in the Achievement Award Scheme can nominate a leader. It works best when young people; leaders/teachers/volunteers are involved in choosing an adult for this award (worth £1000).

When the School/Club has chosen their "Leader" another formal form must be sent to the Jack Petchey Foundation.
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Sponsorship (£108,000 budgeted in 2004)
The Jack Petchey Foundation will consider sponsoring young people (usually 11-25 years old) living in East London or West Essex who are undertaking projects, or participating in events, that will benefit other people or specific charities.

The normal support from the foundation will be £200 (maximum of 10 participants for a single event).

London Marathon runners who meet the above criteria and complete the course, will usually be entitled to apply for £500 (maximum of 2 participants per charity).
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Volunteering General Fund

Funding available for health and social care projects working with volunteers

Volunteering England administers the Opportunities for Volunteers General Fund on behalf of the Department of Health. Volunteering England is now inviting voluntary organisations in England to apply for three-year grants from its new funding programme.

Grants will be awarded to organisations that involve volunteers in the delivery of health and social care projects. The projects should involve users and volunteers in decision making in addition to developing and carrying out good practice in volunteer recruitment and management.

Priority will be given to projects that:-

Enable marginalized or disadvantaged people to meet their own health and social care needs
Engage with other health and social care providers with a view to influencing or supporting the services they provide

Grants will range from £10,000 to £35,000 per year. A proportion of funds will be targeted at projects that benefit women, gay men, lesbians or bisexuals, or black and ethnic minorities.

Volunteering England will only fund new projects which must be based within and/or benefit local communities in England.

Projects must have a legal document such as a constitution, or be sponsored by an organisation that does. It is not necessary to be registered as a charity. Projects must not have an annual turnover of more than £100,000.

Grants can be used for salaries (for posts that support the involvement of volunteers), project running costs, reimbursement of expenses for volunteers and training costs.

Preliminary application forms and guidelines are available from the website or send a stamped address envelope with a 42p stamp.

Grants Directorate, Volunteering England, Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, LONDON N1 9RP
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Allen Lane Foundation Grants Programme

Priorities for funding include:

The provision of advice
Information and advocacy
Community development
Neighbourhood mediation
Research and education aimed at changing public attitudes or policy and social welfare

The foundation focuses its work on a tightly defined group of beneficiaries including amongst others refugees and asylum seekers, people from black and ethnic minority communities, travellers and those experiencing mental health problems.
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The Community Enterprise Programme

The Prince’s Trust has launched a new programme to support young people interested in starting up their own Social Enterprise. The Community Enterprise Programme is offering grants up to £10,000 for groups of young people (aged 18-30) based in London with an idea for an enterprise that will benefit their community. The programme will work alongside the long-standing Business Programme, providing Business Advisors to assist with putting together a business plan, and Business Mentors to support the young people through the first three years of trading.

The programme also has grants of up to £1500 to groups of young people who are not yet ready to lead their own business, but are interested in running a community project. The Community Enterprise Programme is funded by the London Development Agency and European Social fund.

Louise Hart: 0207 382 5167

Send an email
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Local Network Fund for Children and Young People

Awarding department: Department for Education and Skills
Maximum grant value: £12,000

The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People provides grants to small, local community groups in England to support vulnerable children and young people. The Fund aims to counter child poverty and youth disadvantage by providing opportunities for children and young people to achieve their potential.
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Opportunities for Volunteering

Awarding department: Department of Health
Maximum grant value: £35,000

Description: The General Fund of the Opportunities for Volunteering (OFV) scheme was previously administered by The Consortium on Opportunities for Volunteering (COV) and is now distributed by the Grants Directorate of Volunteering England (VE). The scheme funds locally-focused projects in England that increase the quality and involvement of volunteers in health and social care in voluntary sector services. The application round for funding to commence in April 2005 has now begun.
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Parenting Fund - Local Grants

Awarding department: Department for Education and Skills
Maximum grant value: £100,000

Description: The Parenting Fund is designed to assist voluntary and community sector organisations in delivering parenting support to vulnerable families in England. The fund provides financial support to the voluntary sector to promote parenting work and operates strategically to develop the sector's capacity. Funding awarded under the Local Grants stream will be for projects in 18 key geographical areas where a need for increased parenting provision has been identified.
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Parenting Fund - Major Grants

Awarding department: Department for Education and Skills
Maximum grant value: £350,000

Description: The Parenting Fund is designed to assist voluntary and community sector organisations in delivering parenting support to vulnerable families in England. The fund provides financial support to the voluntary sector to promote parenting work and operates strategically to develop the sector's capacity. Funding awarded under the Major Grants stream will be for projects of national or regional importance.
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Refugee Community Development Fund

Awarding department: Home Office
Maximum grant value: £5,000

The Refugee Community Development Fund makes grants available to organisations that work in the UK with refugees and refugee communities, including those that provide services to asylum seekers. Applications are particularly welcome from smaller grassroots organisations, emerging groups and those for whom refugees are a new target group. Projects must be for the benefit of those with full refugee status (under the 1951 UN Convention), or those who have been given Protection on Humanitarian Grounds or Discretionary Leave in the UK.
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Community Champions Fund (London)

Awarding department: Government Office for London
Maximum grant value: £2,000

The Community Champions Fund supports the work of local people who can encourage others to get more involved in renewing their neighbourhoods.
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Community Learning Chests (London)

Awarding department: Government Office for London
Maximum grant value: £5,000

The Community Learning Chests scheme funds activities to develop the skills and knowledge of communities to enable them to participate in neighbourhood renewal at a local level.
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Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests (London)

Awarding department: Government Office for London
Maximum grant value: £5,000

The Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests scheme funds projects that will improve the quality of life in the 88 most deprived areas of England.
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The Peabody Trust

Building communities
Creating strong communities and helping people to get new skills and opportunities are the cornerstones of urban regeneration. Community regeneration projects like St Peter's North in Tower Hamlets - the third most deprived ward in London - open up opportunities and improve quality of life for local people through programmes ranging from computer skills to support for local groups. The five-year community sports development scheme uses sport to improve the health and confidence of residents from children to pensioners.

Training is vital to help people break down the barriers to paid employment. Schemes like the Digital Learning Ring and Thresholds Centres provide centres where people can learn new skills and get training advice and help with finding a job.

The Trust also runs programmes that benefit the wider communities around its estates. The Peabody Community Fund and Millennium Awards scheme provide funding for individuals and community groups across the capital.

Innovative services help residents, and other local people, live secure, fulfilled lives and participate fully in community activities.

From Tai Chi and arts classes, through lunch clubs and social events, to high quality sheltered housing, we have a range of services designed to combat isolation and improve the health and well being of older people.

Supported housing for people with special needs, together with tenant support team helps tenants in crisis, are there to support people through difficult times, helping them create the stability and security they need to take advantage of life's opportunities.

For more information please visit the Peabody Trust website

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The Kings Fund

Supporting Londoners to take action for health
Families, friends and communities play a key role in helping people stay healthy – or cope when they are unwell, vulnerable or isolated. In London, a world city where affluence and pockets of intense poverty exist side by side, people with good ideas about improving health for all and tackling health inequalities can act as a real force for change.

As well as helping develop effective health and health care policy and services, the Kings Fund work at grassroots level, providing grants to a wide range of community-based initiatives to promote health in London, designed by people living and working in Greater London. They are particularly interested in ideas that can be ‘scaled up’ and act as a catalyst to wider change.

Each year, they distribute around £1.8 million in grants:

£1.3 million in development grants, averaging £25,000 a year, for up to three years, awarded to statutory and voluntary health-focused organisations making practical improvements to the health of Londoners, through innovative community-based projects.
100,000 in small grants to voluntary organisations with an income of under £250,000 – often to support small-scale activities and events.

They also commission and fund specific projects linked to the wider work of the King’s Fund, through programme grants.

They work with a range of organisations in the health sector and beyond to celebrate health-related achievements, and to foster new ideas and best practice. These have included partnerships with:

GlaxoSmithKline to celebrate excellent community health projects
The Millennium Commission, to provide funding and linked training for individuals with good ideas about improving health. The Millennium Award Scheme, launched in March 2001, is now closed for applications, but projects are ongoing.

Interested?
King’s Fund Grants Department
t: 020 7307 2495
e: z.khan@kingsfund.org.uk

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Community Champions Fund

The Community Champions Fund supports the work of local people who can encourage others to get more involved in renewing their neighbourhoods.

Total Fund Value - £9,000,000
Grant Value range - £1,200
Grant Value minimum - £50
Grant Value maximum – £2,000

The fund is designed to increase the skills levels of individuals to enable them to act as inspirational figures, community entrepreneurs, and community mentors/leaders, in order to increase community involvement in regeneration and learning activity. An emphasis is placed on supporting individuals who have already shown leadership in stimulating community activity, or have ideas for encouraging greater community activity, or who have ideas encouraging greater community activity. The Fund will also support small-scale community inspired projects as part of supporting potential champions who have not previously sought funding.

The main type of funded activity is very small scale but it is activity that makes a real difference. Often a small amount of support at a crucial time can help individuals become strong role models in their communities.

Key criteria
The programme is flexible and supports individuals who are already active in their communities. All applications for support under that Community Champions Fund must demonstrate clearly the potential benefit which will be gained by the community.

Application process
The Community Champions Fund is delivered through dedicated staff in each of the 9 Government Offices for the Regions, working with locally contracted intermediary organisations who promote and deliver the programme. Applicants should contact their local Government Office in the first instance to identify the programme. Applicants should contact their local Government Office in the first instance to identify to which intermediary organisations it is most appropriate to submit completed application forms.

Helen Barry
Government Office for London
Floor 6
K Riverwalk House
157 – 161 Millbank
LONDON
SW1P 4RR
t: 020 7217 3302
t: 020 7217 3451
Email: hbarry.gol@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk

Healthy Lifestyle Grants
The Lifestyle Grants programme was launched in 2001 and has an objective to support lifestyle interventions in communities to prevent or reduce the risk factors of heart disease. We award grants from £1,000 to £10,000 that are one off, or for the first year. Part funding is also acceptable.

To apply, interested parties are required to send by email an outline proposal that meets the guidelines provided with the application form. There is no closing date although grants are awarded twice a year in May and November.

The Charity’s Lay panel prioritises all applications prior to being reviewed by the Lifestyle Review Panel. The Lifestyle Review Panel is comprised of trustees of the Charity with a special interest in lifestyle and advisors who work in the health promotion. Recommendations are then made to the Board of Trustees for the final decisions as regards the awarding of Lifestyle grants.
Download the guidelines and application form.
For further information please call our Lifestyle Officer on 0113 297 6206.

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Grants website One-Stop Shop for Voluntary and Community Sector
Voluntary and community organisations now have a single portal to access £182 million of Government funding, home office minister Fiona Mactaggart said on 22 October 2003, as she formally launched the Government’s funding website: www.governmentfunding.org.uk

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Abbey National Charitable Trust
Abbey's Charitable Trust was set up in 1990 to provide a focus for our activities with the voluntary sector. The Trust is funded partly from annual grants from Abbey and partly from income from endowment funds given by the company to the Trust.

To date the Trust has given more than £15 million to charity.

Click here to find out more

London Marathon Charitable Trust
There is no website for this organisation.

If you wish to apply for funding either phone 0208940 0102 or write to
2 The Square
Richmond
Surrey TW9 1DY

The London Marathon Charitable Trust has announced a record total of grants made in December 2003 of more than £2 million. The Trustees were able to make this distribution as a result of the highest ever surplus received from the Trust's operating company, The London Marathon Ltd.

Since its inauguration the Trust has donated over £14 million to projects in the capital - this year alone 37 projects across 28 London boroughs have been allocated grants of between £8000 and £500,000.

The funds available to the Trust, which comprise the surplus made from the Flora London Marathon and other events, are ploughed back into sporting and recreational projects across Greater London.

The largest grant of £500,000 has been set aside to increase the "war chest" available to help preserve or bring back into use playing fields for community use.

Created in 1999 to save playing fields under threat from possible re-development, the first initiative was at the former Royal Naval College sports ground on Shooters Hill Road, Greenwich, now a designated FA Mini-soccer Centre.

This latest contribution will be used to purchase similar areas of threatened land in the capital and takes the total set aside for this purpose to £1.6 million, of which £1.2 million has already been used to save and maintain three sports grounds.

Other significant donations include two grants of £100,000: one for a new sports facility in Docklands and the other towards a major sports field development in Rotherhithe. Both are prominent areas on the Marathon course.

Commenting on the grants, the chairman of the trust, Sir James Swaffield said: "The race owes so much to this great city and its people and I am delighted that we are able to grant such a large amount to a wide range of projects across Greater London"

The London Marathon Charitable Trust was created in 1981, the inaugural year of the London Marathon, to meet one of the six objectives detailed by the race founders: "To raise money for the provision of recreational facilities in London."

The Trust funds are generated from the surplus made on events staged by The London Marathon Ltd. In 2003 these included the Flora Light Challenge for Women in Hyde Park, the adidas Flora London Half Marathon, and the Flora 1000 Mile Challenge, in addition to the Flora London Marathon itself.

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Sportsmatch
Sportsmatch is the government's grass roots sports sponsorship incentive scheme. We are funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport through grant aid from Sport England and administered in England by the Institute of Sports Sponsorship.

We receive around £3.5 million of government funding per year and to date around £70 million has been invested into grass roots sport thanks to the Sportsmatch Scheme.

Please click here to find out more

City Parochial Foundation and Trust For London
The City Parochial Foundation (CPF) is a registered charity. It exists to benefit the poor of London. ‘The poor’ includes people who, for whatever reason, are socially, culturally, spiritually, environmentally and financially disadvantaged.The area our work covers is the Metropolitan Police District of London, which includes all 32 London boroughs, and the City of London

Please click here for more information

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Lord Taverners
Since 1950, The Lord’s Taverners have been raising money to ‘give young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance’.

By providing incentives to play cricket in schools and clubs;
By enabling young people with special needs to participate in sporting activities;
By supplying minibuses to special needs' organisations;
By creating recreational facilities in conjunction with the National Playing Fields' Association.

Who They Help
The Lord’s Taverners mission is to give young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance. They achieve this by providing opportunities for young people, able bodied or with disabilities, under the age of 25 to participate in sport & recreation. Over the last 50 years they have given £30m away to schools, sports clubs & special needs organisations.

Their annual disbursement of grant aid is broken down in the following way:·50% Youth Cricket·35% Specially Adapted Minibuses·15% Sport and Receation for young people with Special NeedsAll applications must fall within their guidelines and be presented on the appropriate application forms. Applications for cricket grants are ONLY available from the Cricket Development Officer at your local county ground. All other application forms are available from The Lord's Taverners or can be downloaded from the website.www.lordstaverners.org/
CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Nicky Atkinson Foundation Manager
Tel 0207 821 2808
Fax 0207 821 2829
nicky.atkinson@lordstaverners.org

Futurebuilders
Futurebuilders is a £125m groundbreaking government investment fund, backed by the Home Office, to improve public service delivery through long term investment in the voluntary and community sector in England.

The first Futurebuilders application ‘window’ is open until the end of October 2004. There will be at least one further window in 2005, and possibly two smaller ones before January 2006.

Over the next three years the Futurebuilders fund is hoping to invest in around 250 voluntary and community organisations. Investments will range from £30,000 to several million. In addition, a number of development grants of around £10,000 will be allocated to promising applications which require further work.

The aim is to improve public service delivery by widening the range of service providers and helping develop their delivery capacity, particularly in more challenging areas of service provision.

The Fund proposes to cover 5 areas of public service delivery:
Community Cohesion
Crime
Education and learning
Health and social care
Support for children and young people

All applications to the Futurebuilders fund will be initially processed online at www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk. The Futurebuilders Investment Plan and Strategic Plan are also available on The Futurebuilders website.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Start date: 03/08/2004
Next Application Deadline: 01/10/2004
Outline: The Special Grants Programme (SGP) supports innovative work by voluntary and community sector organisations in England by exploring diverse ways of involving people in improving the quality of life in towns and cities.

Total Fund Value: £2,250,000 Grant value average: £45,000

Description: The SGP provides support to voluntary and community organisations in England, to carry out innovative work of national and/or regional application that is relevant to the Government's priorities around improving the quality of life in urban environments. Grant applications are sought for 2005/06.

Applicants can apply for development or strategic funding:
Development funding can be for up to three years to deliver a specific programme of work, which will include support for the organisation itself. This should include an initial year of structured support as part of a longer work programme.
Strategic (or core) funding is for 5 years initially, renewable subject to a review after 3 years. It is aimed at fostering a long-term relationship with organisations whose core work can add value in the department's delivery of urban policy objectives. Application Procedure: There is a two-stage application process. The first stage consists of a brief outline bid, which must be received by Friday 1 October 2004. Successful bidders for the first stage will then be invited to submit full second stage applications, which must be received by Friday 19 November 2004.
Contact Information: For all enquiries contact: Shireen Madon Tel : 020 7944 2666Email: shireen.madon@odpm.gsi.gov.uk Application Form Access the application form and guidelines online - Click here

The Dickie Bird Foundation
The foundation was established by Dickie in March 2004 with the aim of helping disadvantaged young people, nationwide, to participate in sport.

Its objective is: "To provide or assist the provision of facilities which enable young people in schools, universities and other educational establishments, local clubs and community groups to participate in sporting activities in the interests of healthy recreation or the advancement of physical education".
It is their fervent hope that, through their efforts and the grants they make, more young people will be able to access sport and fulfil their ambitions as sportsmen whilst at the same time improving their prospects in life.

Grants are for individuals or groups. You, or the whole of the group you represent, must be under 18 years of age at the time of making the application.

You will only be considered for a grant if you, or the group of people you represent, are unable to raise the necessary finance you/they require as a result of impoverished circumstances. You will need to show that your circumstances are such that you are unable to raise the finance necessary through any other means.

If you feel you, a young person you know, or your school, club, university/college sporting society or sports association would meet our criteria, please ask for an application form or download one from the website. Every application will be given fair and equal consideration.

The Dickie Bird Foundation, Jefferson House, Orchard Lane, Guiseley, Leeds LS20 9HZ Tel: 01943 873482 Email: info@thedickiebirdfoundation.org
Website: www.thedickiebirdfoundation.org

The Young Peoples Fund
The New Opportunities Fund is currently consulting on its plans for the Young People's Fund. The Fund was first announced by the Secretary of State in July 2003 following the Lottery Review and was highlighted in the 'Every Child Matters' consultation. The overall focus of the Young People's Fund is to be on projects that support youth inclusion through the provision of facilities and activities both after school and in holiday periods. The Fund will be the first new programme of the new Lottery Distributor that will come into being following the merger of NOF with the Community Fund. The new 'Big Lottery Fund' will initially make £200M available over the next 3 years of which £157.5 will be distributed in England. Of this a significant proportion has already been earmarked for;

Positive Activities for Young People - £25.0M
Extended Schools - £14.0M
PE and School Sports - £28.4M
Get Real - £12.5M

The consultation in England, is solely concerned with the remaining £77.6M although it seems likely that the Young People's Fund will be extended beyond the initial 3 years.

NOF is proposing a three tiered approach with grants being available to;
individual young people and small groups of young people to fund community activities, which support the outcomes from the ‘Every Child Matters’ Green Paper,
voluntary and community agencies, and partnerships between voluntary and statutory organisations (where the voluntary and community sector is the lead partner) which support the outcomes and,
larger scale grants to voluntary organisations, which are of national significance and which demonstrate innovative approaches to delivering the Green Paper outcomes.

www.nof.org.uk/documents/live/9034p__Young%20Peoples%20fund.pdf

Tesco Charity Trust
Tesco helps local and national charities as well as voluntary organisations to provide practical support for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

Tesco Charity Trust Community Award Scheme - The majority of appeals from local community charities are handled through the Tesco Charity Trust Community Award Scheme. This scheme distributes some £360,000 each year to charities in communities where Tesco has stores. Community Awards benefit charities that deliver practical benefits to children's welfare, children's education, the welfare of elderly people and people with disabilities. Donations generally range between £1,500 and £5,000.

Charities concerned with children's welfare and educational projects should write with details of their projects for funding by the end of January each year and charities concerned with elderly people and people with disabilities should write with details of their projects by the end of June each year.

Tesco Staff Fundraising - The Trust also adds 20% to all approved fundraising carried out by Tesco staff in respect of charities or the community. In total, the Trust made cash grants of over £470,000 in 2002 to local and national charities.

Community Gift Vouchers - Each Tesco store holds a number of Community Gift Vouchers to support local groups requiring support for their fundraising events, such as raffle prizes. Tesco Community Gift Vouchers may be redeemed at checkouts at any Tesco store in the same manner as ordinary Tesco Gift Vouchers, but they may not be exchanged for cash. Charities should apply in writing to the Customer Service Manager at their local Tesco store, explaining about their charity, the event they are organising and how they intend to use the vouchers.

More information and guidelines for grants are available on the website. Tesco Charity Trust, Tesco Stores Ltd, Delamare Road, Cheshunt EN8 9SL Website: www.tesco.com/everyLittleHelps

Age Concern Grants to Voluntary Organisations
There are three types of grants available to voluntary organisations. These are:

1.Small Service Development Grants
These are one-off grants of up to £2,000 for new or expanding local projects providing services for the direct benefit of older people. Examples include new activities at day centres and lunch clubs, home repair and maintenance services, respite for carers, health and fitness programmes and visiting schemes. Applications may be made at any time, and grants are allocated every month.
2. Small Grants to Clubs
Any club for older people may apply for a one-off grant of up to £120 for new equipment or activities. Applications may be made at any time, and grants are allocated every month.
3. Opportunities for Volunteering Scheme
Age Concern England is an agent for this Department of Health scheme. Grants are available for new projects which involve volunteers in providing services of benefit to older people in the fields of health and social care. The maximum grant is £20,000 per annum and no project may be funded for more than 3 years. Applications must be received by the end of July for funding in the following financial year.

Application packs for grants for 2005/6 are available from the Grants Unit with an accompanying booklet of information. Contact the Grants Unit at the address below.

To request further details of any of these grants, please contact: The Grants Unit, Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road London SW16 4ER, Tel. 020 8765 7738, Fax. 020 8679 9154, Email: grants.unit@ace.org.uk

Barclays Social Responsibility Programme
Barclay’s generally look to fund projects between £1,000 and £25,000 on a local or regional basis, although they will consider larger grants for national projects, or for local projects that will benefit significant numbers of people, or that will have a substantial positive impact. They currently focus their financial support on five areas: Education, the Environment, the Arts, People with Disabilities and Social Inclusion. Below are some examples of the types of projects they will consider – many will cut across two or more of our five main areas of support. Education, The Environment, The Arts, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion.

Education - Local schools – initiatives that provide additional amenities or facilities (e.g. a sensory room or a woodland garden) rather than capital projects. Projects such as literacy or numeracy work, which might carry the support of the Education Business Partnerships; Childcare, after school care, crèches and nursery projects; Initiatives, which through education prevent addiction to drink and drugs. Initiatives promoting the welfare and development of young people.

People with Disabilities - Advice and training of people with disabilities and their careers: Initiatives, which encourage the education and employment of people with disabilities.

Social Inclusion - Children, particularly those from deprived backgrounds: Families in need or under stress; Homelessness; Unemployed people – especially education and training; Frail and less well-off older people

The Environment - Environmental regeneration projects: Helping community groups to improve their local environment; Environmental organisations; Projects involving recycling of materials or resources.

The Arts - Arts organisations which have a local community impact.

Staff involvement - They also actively encourage their staff to get involved in community activities, and therefore look to fund projects that offer opportunities for our people to do just that.

For further information visit: www.barclays.co.uk/socialresponsibility

Capital FM Help a London Child large and small grants
HALC small grants are for a maximum of £3,000 and the aim is to give opportunities to the Capital's children and young people who experience poverty and disadvantage; have/are experiencing abuse, neglect, homelessness, violence or crime; or who have an illness or disability. The closing date is Friday 15 October. Please click here for more details or ring 020 7766 6203. HALC funds the following organisations

Community Groups - playschemes and activities organised by, and equipment for, community centres, after-school clubs, residents’ associations, adventure playgrounds. Cultural activities and projects addressing the needs of children from local ethnic communities. London branches of welfare groups, ie. Gingerbread, Home-Start, WelCare
Language & Literacy Projects - Supplementary and mother tongue schools. Groups addressing non-statutory educational needs such as local branches of Volunteer Reading Help. Please note funding is not allocated to schools for buildings, playgrounds, books
Playgroups & Toy Libraries - Projects offering primary play facilities to children from disadvantaged backgrounds under the age of 5
Refuge / Homeless Projects - Organisations running refuges for children affected by domestic violence, ie. London Women’s Aid and Refuge groups. Projects focusing on homeless families with young children, and youth homelessness.
Social / Leisure Groups - Ats, drama, music, and sports clubs for less advantaged young people
Special Needs/Health Projects - Equipment, activities, and playschemes for groups supporting children and young people with disabilities and/or special needs. Health projects for young people dealing with issues such as alcohol, drug, and physical abuse, bullying, sexual health. Please note funding is not allocated to hospital equipment or treatments, or medical research
Youth - Clubs and projects focussed on young people aged 11 to 18.

The large grants are 4 grants with a cash value of £50,000 each, to UK registered charities / non governmental organisations working with childrena nd young people up to the age of 18, in the greater London area, in one of each of the following categories

Children / young people who have an illness or disability
Children / young people experiencing poverty and disadvantage
Children / young people who have / are experiencing abuse, neglect
Children / young people who have / are experiencing homelessness, violence, crime

For the large grants programme they only consider applications from charities with a turnover of more than £250,000.

For more information call 0207 766 6536