Micro Grants for Church Community Projects - no deadline

The Cinnamon Network which supports church community projects across the UK has announced that it has micro grants for churches to start a community project. To date, the Network has supported 21 initiatives such as food banks, community lunches, debt counselling and education projects.  Churches in England can apply for £1,500 while churches in both Scotland and Wales can apply for £2,000. The grant amount has to be matched (by £3,000 in England and £2,000 in Scotland and Wales) and this can come from cash, gifts in kind, premises, professional pro-bono services, asset items and salaries. Individual churches or a group of churches working in partnership (which are registered as a charity and have up-to-date accounts) can apply for the grants.  There is no deadline and the application process is ongoing.
http://www.cinnamonnetwork.co.uk/access-funding/

MSE Charity: Funding for Financial Literacy Projects - opens 1 May - deadline 31 May 2014 or 40 applications received

 

The MSE Charity has announced that its grants programme will re-open for applications on the 1st May 2014. The MSE Charity provides grants to constituted community based groups (including schools) to help fight financial and consumer illiteracy and to educate and inform adults and children about consumer and debt issues. Under the programme, grants of up to £5,000 are available for group projects such as self-help groups, schools, workshops and other innovative schemes that seek to educate people about money, debt and consumer issues. The grant can be used to pay for financial education course fees and other associated expenses. Priority will be given to groups with an annual income of less than £300,000. 
https://www.msecharity.com/Default.aspx?pageid=15

New Fund to Help Young Homeless People - deadline 22 April 2014

 

In a joint initiative, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Communities and Local Governments have launched the new £15 million Fair Chance Fund to support young homeless people. Providers of services that can help move young homeless people into sustainable accommodation, education, training or employment can submit expressions of interest. Successful bidders will receive payments-by-results of up to £15,000 per individual and can bid to work with between 50 and 600 young people in projects worth £500,000 to £3 million. One of the objectives of the programme is to develop the social investment market and the level of social investment is one of the criteria that bids will be assessed on. Bidders will also be expected to work with philanthropists and/or social investors to raise the up-front capital needed to deliver the projects. It is hoped that this fund will enable 2,500 young homeless people to move into sustainable accommodation, and 1,000 of them into education, employment or training between January 2015 and December 2017. 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fair-chance-fund-expressions-of-interest

Evangelical Alliance supports End Hunger Fast

 

 

 

 

Ending Hunger Part of End Hunger Fast, a campaign highlighting the high levels of food poverty in the UK, our general director Steve Clifford is encouraging Alliance members to join him in calling on the government to do more for those facing desperate levels of hunger. Last year, half a million people used food banks and 5,500 people were admitted to hospital for malnutrition.

With the National Day of Fasting launching next Friday, 4 April, some of the Alliance's leadership team and staff will be taking part in the fast as part of the campaign. To pledge to join the fast find out more here or email office@endhungerfast.co.uk