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Resources - Funding
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This page will be kept updated with learning
related funding opportunities.
If you are interested in looking for
potential partners or lead bodies for a
funding application, please
contact us and we will seek
expressions of interest from likely
partners.
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Big
Lottery
Fund -
Reaching
Communities |
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| Start Date: |
01
Sep 2009 |
Closing
Date: |
31
Dec 2010 |
| Financial
assistance
is available
for projects
that help
those most
in need and
improve the
quality of
life in
communities
across
England.
The
programme is
largely
aimed at
benefiting
the work of
voluntary
and
community
organisations.
Under
Reaching
Communities,
the Big
Lottery Fund
will give
out grants
for projects
running for
up to five
years that:
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Offer
people
better
chances
in life,
including
being
able to
get
better
access
to
training
and
development
to
improve
their
life
skills.
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Build
strong
communities,
with
more
active
citizens,
working
together
to
tackle
their
problems.
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Develop
improved
rural
and
urban
environments,
which
communities
are
better
able to
access
and
enjoy.
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Create
healthier
and more
active
people
and
communities.
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Children
in Need |
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| Start Date: |
06
Jan 2010 |
Closing
Date: |
15
Oct 2010 |
| Grants are
open to
organisations
working with
disadvantaged
children and
young people
who are 18
years old
and under.
Small grants
(under
£10,000) and
main grants
(over
£10,000).
Four rounds
per year. |
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Citizens
Advice
Bureaux |
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| Start Date: |
02 Nov 2009 |
Closing Date: |
31
Mar 2010 |
| Contracting
opportunities for third sector
organisations to
provide
products or
deliver
services to,
or on behalf
of, Citizens
Advice.
Citizens
Advice
provides
opportunities
to a range
of external
organisations,
including
TSOs, to
deliver
goods and
services
over a
contracted
period. Some
departments
oversee the
procurement
process
internally
and others
will go
through the
central
procurement
unit. For
further
information
on how to
obtain this
funding
opportunity
locally,
please
contact:
Email:
David Mahon,
Telephone:
0207 833 2181. |
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Comic
Relief |
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| Start Date: |
18 Nov 2009 |
Closing Date: |
31 Mar 2010 |
We have selected a
number of focus areas for 2009-2012
which build on our previous
knowledge and experience. We are
also investing in strategic work
that complements these programmes
(details in the full strategy).
For more information on the grants
programmes and how to apply see our
website. |
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Community
Grants Funds |
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| Start Date: |
09 Feb 2010 |
Closing
Date: |
19 Mar 2010 |
There is a £12,000
funding opportunity for small Third
Sector organisations in the East of
England who are working with people
who face barriers to the labour
market or to mainstream skills
provision.
Third Sector organisations can use
the grant to work with people who
are unemployed or economically
inactive aged 16 years or older.
This can include a range of initial
engagement activities including,
help with basic skills, taster work
experience and confidence building.
Types of delivery projects we can
fund:
- Career guidance, job seeking
support and tailored training
for ex-offenders. Participants
will also be supported by
mentors
- Basic IT courses for people
over 50 years, lone parents and
unemployed people
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EEDA
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Improvement
East |
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| Start Date: |
02 Dec 2009 |
Closing Date: |
31 Mar 2010 |
The Awarding
Authority is
inviting
expressions
of interest
from local
(or
sub-regional,
i.e. cross
local
authority
boundary)
partnerships
to help
improve
local
capacity and
capability
to deliver
employment
and skills
provision.
This support
could
include:
challenge or
advice to
help
strengthen
local
partnership
development
and
delivery;
help to
develop
greater
alignment
between
regional and
local
provision or
to undertake
peer /
performance
review. A
total of
£50,000 is
available.
See
here for
more info. |
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Future
Jobs Fund |
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| Start Date: |
02 Dec 2009 |
Closing
Date: |
30 Mar 2010 |
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The Future Jobs Fund is an exciting new
initiative, backed by significant money,
which will help to generate jobs for those
in greatest need, particularly young people,
and also in areas of high unemployment.
It is an important part of the Government’s
commitment to delivering real help for young
people and those who face barriers to
employment, making sure people stay
connected with the labour market and do not
suffer the adverse effects of long-term
unemployment.
Future Jobs Fund
Guide. |
| Lady
Joseph
Charitable
Trust |
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| Start Date: |
14
Sep 2009 |
Closing
Date: |
Ongoing |
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The Lady Joseph
Charitable Trust Grant is available
for charitable organisations in
England and Wales. The Trust aims to
support people with physical, mental
or sensory disabilities by:
- Encouraging and facilitating
their participation in
equestrian sporting activities
- Assisting in the provision
of training, facilities, horses
and equipment for this purpose.
The Trust will also support other
exclusively charitable purposes for
the public benefit according to the
law of England and Wales as the
Trustees shall decide.
Applications must be made in writing
to:
The Lady Joseph Charitable Trust,
Corndean Hall, Winchcombe,
Cheltenham. GL54 5AN |
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Lloyds TSB Foundation for England
and Wales |
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| Start Date: |
02 Dec 2009 |
Closing
Date: |
Ongoing |
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The Lloyds TSB Foundation
for England and Wales is one of the UK’s
leading grant-makers. They fund small and
medium underfunded charities working at the
heart of communities to tackle disadvantage
across England and Wales. They would
particularly welcome more enquiries from
Suffolk, where enquiries have been low
compared to other areas.
The Foundation’s Community Programme
supports charities that help disadvantaged
people play a fuller role in the community,
particularly where that is achieved through
improving social & community involvement;
improving life choices & chances; or helping
people to be heard.
The programme supports charities to continue
and develop their existing work; and to
expand services or develop new initiatives.
Grants from the Community Programme are from
one to three years and are appropriate to
the size and needs of each charity.
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LSIS
Flexibility and Innovation Fund |
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| Start Date: |
02 Dec 2009 |
Closing
Date: |
30 Jun 2010 |
LSIS is pleased to announce the launch of
its new £2 million ‘Flexibility and
Innovation Fund’. Further education and
skills providers and provider representative
bodies are invited to submit bids, for up to
£90,000, for innovative projects leading to
activities with the potential to secure
significant improvements in sector practice
or performance.
Bids may be submitted from individual
organisations or in collaboration with
others. Further bidding opportunities will
be available in February 2010 and June 2010.
DOWNLOAD
- Guidance Notes
DOWNLOAD
- Application Form |
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LSC
- ACER.
Stepping
Stones
(SfL
support) |
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| Start Date: |
17
Feb 2009 |
Closing Date: |
30 Jun 2010 |
| The
Stepping-stones
project aims
to increase
the take-up
of Skills
for Life
pre-entry to
entry level
3 language,
literacy and
numeracy
provision by
engaging
employers
across the
region in
assessing
the needs of
their
workforce to
provide a
pathway to
the Train to
Gain offer. |
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LSC
- ACER.
Regional
Maths
Centre |
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| Start Date: |
17
Feb 2009 |
Closing Date: |
30 Jun 2010 |
| The maths
for
learning,
life and
work project
is an
exciting
resource for
anyone with
an interest
in the
teaching and
learning of
maths/numeracy
to adults in
the East of
England. |
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Money to Learn |
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| Start Date: |
02 Dec 2009 |
Closing
Date: |
30 Mar 2010 |
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The LSC provides various learner support
sources of funding to enable potentially
disadvantaged groups of learners to access
learning.
For example, Care to Learn (up to £160 per
week) which helps with the cost of childcare
and travel costs for teenage/young parents
who want to start or return to learning. The
aim of this weekly allowance is to re-engage
these young parents in any LSC funded
learning and help them gain a useful
qualification.
DOWNLOAD
Financial Support for Learners -
What is it and Who can get it?DOWNLOAD
What Does Learner Support Do? |
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NCVO
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Funding
Central |
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| Start Date: |
28
Jul 2009 |
Closing Date: |
Ongoing |
The
National Council of Voluntary Organisations
(NCVO) and The Office for the Third Sector (OTS)
have launched Funding Central for comprehensive
information about national, local and
regional government funding, national, local
or regional charitable funding, and EU
funding.
Register
for free
with this
service to
receive
automatic
e-bulletin
updates. |
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Nominet Trust |
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| Start Date: |
24
Sep 2009 |
Closing
Date: |
Ongoing |
| We aim to support
distinctive and inventive
Internet-related projects that can
make a difference to people,
primarily in the areas of education,
online safety and inclusion. |
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Paul
Hamlyn
Foundation |
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| Start Date: |
02
Nov 2009 |
Closing Date: |
Ongoing |
| Financial
assistance
is available
to support
projects run
by charities
and
not-for-profit
organisations
for the
benefit of
young and
disadvantaged
people.
There are no
minimum or
maximum
levels of
grant. The
Foundation
prefers not
to fund 100%
of project
costs and
encourages
organisations
to find
other
sources of
funding,
preferably
in cash,
towards the
cost of
their
activity.
Projects
involving
developing a
charitable
organisation
or an
innovative
programme
which meets
the
Foundation's
aims may be
supported
for up to
six years.
In these
circumstances,
grants are
made for up
to three
years, and
the project
is then
reviewed
before any
further
funding is
allocated. |
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PRS
Foundation |
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| Start Date: |
02 Dec 2009 |
Closing Date: |
Ongoing |
| The New Music Awards
offers a £50,000 cash prize to help
individuals, music groups, arts
organisations, and music venues to
create, compose and perform a
groundbreaking new piece of original
music. It aims to seek out and
reward artists who are willing to
take musical risks and produce
creative, inspiring and adventurous
work. For the purposes of the
competition, "new" music is defined
as:
- New in a "technical" sense,
i.e. has not yet been created.
- New in a "boundary-pushing"
sense.
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