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| E.ON Energy Action Fund (added 23 Feb 2016) Max. Value: £ 2,000 Grants are available to registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and schools in Great Britain for energy projects and events that show both energy benefits and community benefits and can be completed by December 2016. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
Reminders of approaching deadlines The following funding opportunities have deadlines in the next two weeks. The most urgent reminders are at the top of the list. You can view more upcoming deadlines on the website - browse by month to help plan your funding application schedules. | |
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| Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund Max. Value: £ 300 Deadline: 28 Feb 2016 Small grants are available to support a wide variety of "warm hearted" projects run by local community groups across the UK and Ireland. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| HLF - Parks for People Max. Value: £ 5,000,000 Deadline: 28 Feb 2016 Grants are available for restoration and regeneration projects focussing on public parks and cemeteries in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Ouseley Trust Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 28 Feb 2016 Funding is available for the promotion and maintenance to a high standard of choral services in England, Wales and Ireland. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 28 Feb 2016 Grants are available for charitable organisations in the UK, preferably Scotland, for a wide range of projects, but particularly for medical research. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| ChurchCare - Grants for Fabric Repairs Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 29 Feb 2016 Funding to support essential fabric repairs in architecturally or historically significant Anglican churches in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Inman Charity Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 29 Feb 2016 Grants are available for registered charities in the UK carrying out medical, social welfare or general welfare activities. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Patagonia's Environmental Grants Program Max. Value: £ 10,000 Deadline: 29 Feb 2016 Grants are available to local grassroots environmental groups in the UK and Ireland for innovative projects that protect their local habitat. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| BBC Children in Need - Small Grants Programme Max. Value: £ 10,000 Deadline: 01 Mar 2016 Grants for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and younger living in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Field Studies Council - Kids Fund Grant Max. Value: £ 3,000 Deadline: 01 Mar 2016 Grants are available to groups to assist with the costs of a Field Studies Council Environmental Learning or Environmental Activity course for disadvantaged young people in the UK, Isle of Man, Channel Isles and Republic of Ireland. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 01 Mar 2016 Future and Emerging Technologies is part of the Excellent Science pillar of the EU's programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020. It focuses on research beyond what is known, accepted or widely adopted and supports novel and visionary thinking. Funding is available for collaborative research projects to open up new and promising fields of research, technology and innovation. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Kelly Family Charitable Trust Max. Value: £ 5,000 Deadline: 01 Mar 2016 Grants are provided to UK charities whose activities nurture and support family life. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Access and Participation Fund Max. Value: £ 600,000 Deadline: 01 Mar 2016 Grants are available to support organisations to test, implement and develop ambitious plans to widen access to and deepen participation in the arts. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Peter Cruddas Foundation Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 01 Mar 2016 Funding is available to benefit disadvantaged and disengaged young people in England and Wales towards pathways into education, training and employment through charitable organisations. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Waterloo Foundation - Environment Programme Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 01 Mar 2016 Grants are available for projects which can help mitigate the damaging effects that humans are having on the environment, both in the UK and worldwide. The fund has two main themes: marine and tropical rainforests. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Angling Improvement Fund Max. Value: £ 5,000 Deadline: 02 Mar 2016 Grants are available to help angling clubs, syndicates and associations, commercial fisheries, and any charities, voluntary/community organisations and trusts in England to improve their facilities for the benefit of fish and fishing. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Horizon 2020 - Industrial Leadership - (LEIT) Space Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 03 Mar 2016 Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT) focuses on new opportunities for industrial leadership in Key Enabling Technologies, ICT and space. The emphasis is on areas of research and development, and innovation, with a strong industrial dimension and where mastering new technological opportunities will enable and drive innovation. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC) 2014-2020 Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 03 Mar 2016 European Programme which aims to make people's rights and freedoms effective in practice by making them better known and more consistently applied across the EU. The programme also promotes the rights of the child and the principles of non discrimination and gender equality, including projects to combat violence against women and children. Matches saved search: Your personal profile | | |
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| A B Charitable Trust Max. Value: £ 10,000 Deadline: 04 Mar 2016 Funding is available for charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Greggs Foundation - Large Environmental Grants Max. Value: £ 10,000 Deadline: 04 Mar 2016 Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations and schools in Great Britain for projects which make a difference to local areas, with preference given to projects that involve or benefit people who are disadvantaged. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Greggs Foundation - Small Environmental Grants Max. Value: £ 2,500 Deadline: 04 Mar 2016 Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations and schools in Great Britain for projects which make a difference to local areas, with preference given to projects that involve or benefit people who are disadvantaged. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales - Enable Programme Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 04 Mar 2016 Smaller short term grants are available to strengthen charities and CIOs in England and Wales which work with people experiencing multiple disadvantage at one of the critical points in their life. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales - Invest Programme Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 04 Mar 2016 Funding is available for longer term core or delivery funding for charities and CIOs in England and Wales which are delivering clear outcomes as a result of their work with people experiencing multiple disadvantage at one of the critical points in their life. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Swimathon Foundation Max. Value: £ 2,500 Deadline: 04 Mar 2016 Grants to encourage and support organisations in the UK which increase access to swimming and provide activities aimed at helping individuals and communities enjoy the benefits of swimming throughout their lives. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Starbucks Youth Action Grants Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 07 Mar 2016 Funding to empower young people in England, Scotland and Wales to make a difference in their communities and to enable them to bring their ideas to life. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Horizon 2020 - Industrial Leadership - (LEIT) Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 08 Mar 2016 Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT) focuses on new opportunities for industrial leadership in Key Enabling Technologies, ICT and space. The emphasis is on areas of research and development, and innovation, with a strong industrial dimension and where mastering new technological opportunities will enable and drive innovation. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges - Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 08 Mar 2016 The Societal Challenge pillar of the EU's research and innovation programme focuses on bringing together a critical mass of resources and knowledge in order to address specific challenges. Activities cover the full cycle from research to market, with a focus on innovation related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, support for public procurement, design, end-user driven innovation, social innovation and market take-up of innovations. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Royal Forestry Society's Excellence in Forestry Awards Max. Value: £ 500 Deadline: 08 Mar 2016 The RFS Excellence in Forestry (EiF) Awards recognise and reward the wise management of trees, woodlands and forests, and supporting schools that are involved in tree and woodland projects. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| ChurchCare - Grants for Paintings and Wall Paintings Max. Value: £ 8,000 Deadline: 09 Mar 2016 Anglican churches in England can apply for funding for the conservation of paintings and wall paintings. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| National Lottery Awards Max. Value: £ 3,000 Deadline: 09 Mar 2016 Annual awards scheme celebrating the UK's favourite Lottery-funded projects and the difference they have made to people's lives. The awards recognise the dedication and commitment of people across the UK who use Lottery funding to improve the environment around them. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
Advanced notification of future deadlines This section gives the upcoming deadlines of funds that have been added to Funding Central in the past week, or have deadlines of 4-5 weeks in the future. Note: some funders publish information on their grants/contracts at very short notice. In this case, the fund will first appear in the newsletter as an "Imminent deadline". You can view more upcoming deadlines on the website - browse by month to help plan your applications. | |
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| Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Northern Ireland Programme Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 21 Mar 2016 Funding is available for work which will contribute at a strategic level to the ongoing transformation of the Northern Ireland conflict. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Sustainable Future Programme Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 21 Mar 2016 Funding is available to enable organisations in the UK to develop and promote sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to the current consumerist and growth-based paradigm. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Programme Max. Value: £ 15,000 Deadline: 21 Mar 2016 Funding and support scheme providing comprehensive assistance to those social entrepreneurs in the UK who wish to establish a new project or boost an existing project that will have a social impact. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| New Beginnings Fund Max. Value: £ 10,000 Deadline: 24 Mar 2016 Grants are available in seven areas of the UK for local frontline groups working to welcome refugees and asylum seekers into their local communities, through existing or new services. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Heart Research UK and SUBWAY Healthy Heart Grants Max. Value: £ 10,000 Deadline: 25 Mar 2016 Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to support new and innovative projects that promote heart health and prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Urban Community Energy Fund - England Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 25 Mar 2016 Grants and loans are available for incorporated community groups and parish councils to support renewable energy developments in urban areas of England. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund Max. Value: £ 15,000 Deadline: 28 Mar 2016 Grants for organisations undertaking projects involving young people who are vulnerable or may become involved in crime in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| European Research Area - Sustainable Animal Production (ERA-NET SusAn) Max. Value: € 100,000 Deadline: 29 Mar 2016 This ERA-NET aims to increase international collaboration between research groups in the area of sustainable animal production, in order to speed up research and to reduce overlap. It is focused on a sustainability triangle of economic competitiveness, social acceptability and environmental protection. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Heart Research UK - Healthy Heart Grants Max. Value: £ 10,000 Deadline: 30 Mar 2016 Healthy Heart Grants support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities across the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - European Research Infrastructures (including e-Infrastructures) Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 30 Mar 2016 Support is available for facilities, resources and services that are used by research communities to conduct research and foster innovation. In particular, grants support activities that foster the innovation potential of research infrastructures, for example, by reinforcing partnerships with industry, transfer of knowledge and other dissemination activities, use of research infrastructures by industrial researchers, and involvement of industrial associations in consortia or in advisory bodies. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Burden Trust Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Grants are available for charitable organisations that are working for the benefit of people in need in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Captain Scott Society - Spirit of Adventure Award Max. Value: £ 2,500 Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Award for individuals or voluntary and community groups in the UK undertaking adventurous activities. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Community Trees Fund Max. Value: £ 700 Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Grants are available to groups wishing to carry out tree planting projects during National Tree Week. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| National Churches Trust - Community Grants Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Funding is available for projects which introduce facilities to enable increased community use of places of worship in the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| National Churches Trust - Repair Grants Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Funding is available for urgent and essential structural repair projects to churches, chapels and meeting houses that are open for regular public worship in the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Orchard Windfalls Max. Value: £ 700 Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Grants are available for orchard planting projects in school or community grounds in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Sanctuary Housing - Grand Ideas Fund Max. Value: £ 1,000 Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Financial assistant is available to voluntary, charitable or community groups for projects that benefit Sanctuary Housing Association residents. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Sea-Changers Grant Programme Max. Value: £ 500 Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Grants are available to UK based marine conservation charities and organisations for projects that address specific marine conservation areas. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| Sir James Reckitt Charity Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Grants are available towards a wide range of charitable causes, but with some priority given to purposes connected with the Society of Friends (Quakers) and to purposes connected with the city of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| TDS Charitable Foundation Max. Value: £ 20,000 Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Funding is available to advance education about housing rights and obligations in the UK. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
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| The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Grants Programme Max. Value: Discretionary Deadline: 31 Mar 2016 Support for cultural and educational projects that help develop mutual understanding between the UK and Japan. Matches saved search: Your personal profile |
Funding news 22 Feb 2016: Big Society Capital Aims to Make Social Finance More Understandable with New Site Big Society Capital has launched the Good Finance website in an effort to make social investment more understandable for charities and social enterprises in the UK.
22 Feb 2016: Paul Hamlyn Foundation Changes Deadline Policy for Applications The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has recently changed to a no application deadline policy.
19 Feb 2016: Spirit of 2012 Invites Bids for Spirit of Achievement Challenge Fund This year's Spirit of Achievement Challenge Fund is focused on inspiring people through music and dance.
19 Feb 2016: Veolia Environmental Trust Pauses Application Process Until April 2016 The Veolia Environmental Trust has paused its application process until April 2016 and will not accept any more initial enquiry forms until the new process is in place.
For more news go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk.
Upcoming events The following events are taking place in the areas that you have expressed an interest in. Full events listings can be found on our website www.fundingcentral.org.uk, where you can also make an enquiry or express interest in an event. 29 Feb 2016: NCVO Funding Conference in association with Kingston Smith (9:30 AM - 4:00 PM) The Funding Conference brings together organisations seeking a joined up, sustainable approach to fundraising and income generation, with help from the very latest thinking and developments from across the sector.
02 Mar 2016 - 03 Mar 2016: Project Outcomes And Impact Assessment Workshop - London, Southwark (9:30 AM - 4:30 PM) This course is day one of our project management programme. You can attend day one which covers the topics shown on this page as a single course programme. You can attend day two which is titled Project Evaluation. Both workshops are priced separately. In this course you will learn how to define and measure your project's outputs, outcomes and impacts inorder to develop a robust project management framework.
You will learn how to integrate your sustainability plan within the framework to build robust evidence to attract ongoing funding for your project through earned income.
10 Mar 2016: Crowdfunding Workshop - Raise big funds for your small charity! (9:30 AM - 4:30 PM) How are small charities making big funds? Crowdfunding workshops to teach small charities how to easily and effectively fund their projects
11 Mar 2016: Crowdfunding Workshop - Raise big funds for your small charity! (9:30 AM - 4:30 PM) How are small charities making big funds? Crowdfunding workshops to teach small charities how to easily and effectively fund their projects
17 Mar 2016: Excellence in Volunteer Management (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) During this free event we will be looking at best practice standards for recruiting and management volunteers, and monitoring and measuring impact of their work.
Attend our event to find out more about:
Good practice and quality marks for quality assuring your volunteer management practices
Impact monitoring questions, tools and approaches
Volunteer management and monitoring systems using Salesforce CRM
17 Mar 2016: Measuring Social Impact Masterclass (1:00 PM - 4:30 PM) Our training is for organisations who want to develop a framework, reporting process and system for measuring the social and economic impact of their projects.
The workshop will cover the following topics:
Defining your aims and objectives
Defining your outputs and outcomes
Communicating impact using a Theory of Change Model or Logic Model
Methods of capturing evaluation data
Producing social impact materials
Designing a comprehensive client management and social reporting system
24 Mar 2016: Free Grant Writing Course - Plus access to 2500 Grant Making Trusts & Foundations (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM) This course is a webinar and it is a basic introduction free grant writing course to help newbies and small charities learn how to prepare their organisation to access a variety of grant funding and build financial sustainability. The course will provide participants with an overview of the grant funding market and common requirements of funders for grant writing purposes. Participants will learn top tips for successful grant funding applications and pitfalls to avoid,as well as as well access over 2500 grant making charitable trusts and foundations to source grants funding from. The webinar presentation is expected to run for 30 minutes with the remaining 10 to 15 minutes devoted to questions and answers.
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