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Funding News, Awards, Opportunities and Sources - 2008

The content of this Funding News is split into sections to try and make it easier to find what you are looking for. However some funding sources cover several areas so it is worth scanning through the whole news.

Contents:

1. Art and Culture
2. Black and Racial Minority
3. Capital Costs
4. Children and Young People
5. Contracts or Tenders
6. Disability
7. Environment
8. European Funding
9. Faith
10. Fundraising
11 . General
12. Health
13. In Kind Help
14. Lottery Information
15. Merseyside Focussed Funds
16. Miscellaneous (e.g. training)
17. Raising Money from Companies
18. Regeneration
19. Senior Citizens
20. Loans and Investment Development
21. Sport
22. Welfare and Anti Poverty

Useful contacts if your group needs help with funding or fundraising:

Liverpool CVS 0151 236 7728
Halton Voluntary Action 01928 592405
Halton Borough Council 0151 424 2061 ext 1184 or 1153
Knowsley CVS 0151 489 1222
Sefton CVS 0151 928 2233 (South)
Sefton CVS 01704 501024 (North)
St Helens CVS 01744 457100
Wirral CVS 0151 647 5432

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1. Art and Culture

Youth Music  - programmes
Youth Music’s Open Programmes continue until 2010.

First Steps - First Steps will fund music-making activities for children aged 0-5. Awards will be between £5,000 and £15,000 for schemes lasting between 6 and 12 months.  Relevant for the children, carers, and Early Years practitioners. 

Make It Sound - Make It Sound will fund music-making activities for young people aged 5-18. Awards will be between £10,000 and £30, 000, for projects lasting between 6 and 24 months. Projects funded will include structured music-making activities designed to develop young people’s music skills.

Vocalise! - Vocalise! will fund singing and vocal activities for young people aged 5-18, with the focus being on those aged 8-14. Awards will be between £5,000 and £20,000, for projects lasting between 6 and 18 months. Activities can be tailored for those of all singing abilities and the young people will be encouraged to demonstrate their achievements, for example by performing concerts to their peers, families and the wider community.

Youth Music, One America Street, London, SE1 0NE.  Tel: 020 7902 1060 Fax: 020 7902 1061 E-mail: info@youthmusic.org.uk.  www.youthmusic.org.uk.

Small Grants Available For Arts Education Programmes
The Clore Duffield Foundation is offering grants to charitable organisations, schools, and voluntary youth organisations for new and creative education programmes that cover the performing arts and are aimed at children and young people up to the age of 18 years across the UK.

The Clore Performing Arts Awards will fund project costs ranging from £1,000 to £10,000 for a total project budget of under £30,000. Match funding is not required.

Late applications will not be considered.

Registered charities, limited companies, schools (early year settings, primary, middle, secondary, sixth-form colleges, SEN schools), voluntary youth organisations, and professional and amateur arts organisations in the UK are all eligible to apply.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate both artistic excellence and fully participatory experience for young people.

The grants will be available until 2010.
www.cloreduffield.org.uk/small_intro.htm.

Arts Council for England ‘Grants for the Arts’
Grants for individuals are £200-£30,000 and for organisations £200 - £100,000.  Grants can cover activities lasting up to three years.  Application packs are downloadable from the Arts Council Website. 
www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/gfta.php.

PRS Foundation
This is looking to support music creators, performers and promoters who are involved in creatively adventurous or pioneering musical activity.
www.prsfoundation.co.uk/about/index.htm. 

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2. Black and Racial Minority

No current funding news.

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3. Capital Costs

WRG Challenge
The WRG Communities Challenge seeks to fund the larger more innovative projects which demonstrate the greatest need and can make a significant improvement to people's lives.  This year's WRG Communities Challenge will provide £2 million of funding to support community regenerational projects that will breathe new life into tired and rundown facilties or provide much needed new amenities.

Organisations are invited to bid for funding of between £75,000 and £250,000 for capital projects which will make a real difference to their community.

Deadlines for Application Submission are: 4th Apr 2008; 18th Jul 2008; 26th Sept 2008.

Tel: 01953 717165, fax: 01953 718202, e-mail: wren@wren.org.uk.
www.wren.org.uk/how-to-apply.

Construction help from CRASH
CRASH is the construction and property industry charity, and provides practical help for homelessness charities. It helps homelessness charities throughout the UK to improve their premises, facilities and accommodation provided for homeless people.

Working with the companies that support CRASH means that the homelessness charities save money, get better value for their money, or both. If your project is in need of refurbishment help, please contact the CRASH office. Tel: 020 8742 0717.  E-mail: crash@crash.org.uk
www.crash.org.uk.

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4. Children and Young People

Small Grants Available For Arts Education Programmes
The Clore Duffield Foundation is offering grants up to £10,000 to charitable organisations, schools, and voluntary youth organisations for new and creative education programmes that cover the performing arts and are aimed at children and young people up to the age of 18 years across the UK.
www.cloreduffield.org.uk/small_intro.htm.

LankellyChase Foundation 
Children's Summer Playshemes - Small Grants 2008

Each year the Trustees of the LankellyChase Foundation set aside funds for summer playschemes for children between the ages of 5 - 13 yrs.  Preference is given to small local playschemes lasting 4 - 6 weeks, and groups planning special activities for youngsters who are disadvantaged.  This includes summer activities for children in refuges and young carers.  They welcome applications from black voluntary sector and minority ethnic groups, or those with strong volunteer support.

Around 150 grants in small amounts, between £200 - £500, are given each year.  Read the guidelines and then complete the application form and return it as soon as possible, no later than Friday 2nd May 2008.
Tel & Fax: 01235 820044.www.lankellychase.org.uk

Radio City Foundation 'Give a Child a Chance'
The deadline for the next round of this local grant scheme run through Radio City is coming soon!

Purpose: Funds projects and activities that support local children in need, through disadvantage and/or disability.

Area: The Radio City Broadcasting area, which includes all of Merseyside area.

Who Can Apply: Local community and voluntary organisations (non-registered charities must seek support from a local registered charity to receive the grant on their behalf – Sefton CVS can take on this role, with prior agreement, if required).

Grant Range: Generally up to £2,000.

How to Apply: By application form available from the contact below.

When to Apply (Deadlines): Next deadline 31st March 2008

Collette Lowe, Development Manager.
Radio City Foundation
St. John’s Beacon
1 Houghton Street
Liverpool
L1 1RL
Tel: 0151 472 6800.

Harvest Trust Holidays for Children
The Harvest Trust offers holidays for children to those who need one but never get one.  Application forms are available each September, and the closing date for applications is the end of January.
www.hartrust.vispa.com

Government Announces Funding for Workplace Nurseries 
Purpose: The Workplace Nurseries Capital Programme aims to make it easier for parents to balance their work and home lives, by helping employers provide childcare close to the workplace. 

The fund which will be managed by the Regional Development Agencies will work with Local Authorities to identify where workplace nurseries will be of most value to families, communities and businesses.
Workplace Nurseries Capital Programme website.

BBC's Children in Need Programme
Check the Children in Need website (link below) for further details. Alternatively, e-mail pudsey@bbc.co.uk with your full postal address to be sent an application form. Grants are available for organisations that work with disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. Grants ranged from £4,000 - £900,000 in 2005.

If you have any questions you should contact your local BBC Children in Need office. www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/about_us/grants.shtml.

Youth Music  - Programmes
Youth Music’s Open Programmes continue until 2010.

First Steps - First Steps will fund music-making activities for children aged 0-5. Awards will be between £5,000 and £15,000 for schemes lasting between 6 and 12 months.  Relevant for the children, carers, and Early Years practitioners. 

Make It Sound - Make It Sound will fund music-making activities for young people aged 5-18. Awards will be between £10,000 and £30, 000, for projects lasting between 6 and 24 months. Projects funded will include structured music-making activities designed to develop young people’s music skills.

Vocalise! - Vocalise! will fund singing and vocal activities for young people aged 5-18, with the focus being on those aged 8-14. Awards will be between £5,000 and £20,000, for projects lasting between 6 and 18 months. Activities can be tailored for those of all singing abilities and the young people will be encouraged to demonstrate their achievements, for example by performing concerts to their peers, families and the wider community.

Youth Music, One America Street London, SE1 0NE Tel: 020 7902 1060 Fax: 020 7902 1061 E-mail: info@youthmusic.org.uk.  www.youthmusic.org.uk.

The Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund
Liverpool Youth Service has received funding from the Government to operate The Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund. Applicants and decision makers are young people aged 13-19 years.  Young people are eligible to bid for a grant to pay for things such as DJ  Workshops Astro turfs, days out with their youth clubs and whatever their imagination desires. The Youth Advisory Groups and Youth Council will be used as the mechanism for decision making.

Six youth advocates have been appointed to develop application, marketing, assist applicants and decision makers.  They can meet with groups of young people to assist them to make applications and become trained to take part in  the decision making.

Application forms will also be available from 0800 085 2022, www.lys.org.uk and www.liverpool.gov.uk.

Dickie Bird Foundation
New Grant-Making Trust that is currently seeking applications to support disadvantaged children under 18 years of age to engage in sporting activities.  It is open to individuals under 18 years or schools, clubs, sporting societies and associations supporting this age group.  Grants range from £500 to £5,000.

E-mail: info@thedickiebirdfoundation.org.
www.thedickiebirdfoundation.org.

Big Lottery Family Learning Programme
£40 million is available to increase high quality family learning opportunities across England and to make them more accessible to families who face barriers to learning or who are not confident helping their children to learn.

They fund projects that involve adults and children learning together and produce clear learning outcomes for both children and parents.

Funded projects must deliver the following outcomes:

• Family members participate in and enjoy educational activity more.
• Family members have more skills and knowledge. 
• Parents and carers are better able to interact positively with their children and support them in learning.

You can apply for grants of over  £10,000 and up to £500,000, though they would expect the average grant to be between £100,000 - £150,000. They will fund projects for up to five years.
Family Learning website.

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5. Contracts or Tenders

PQQ 1198
Liverpool City Council has announced the following contract opportunity, which requires the completion of an initial Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

PQQ 1198 Provision of generic and specialist housing related floating support services for socially excluded groups

Closing Date: 27th August 2008

Advert
PQQ 
What is Supporting People?
The Supporting People 5-year strategy

If you like some support from LCVS in how to complete the PQQ, please e-mail us on funding.enquiries@lcvs.org.uk or telephone 0151 236 7728 and ask for the Funding Advisors re the Supporting People PQQ.

Important News for All Social and Health Care Providers
Liverpool City Council and Liverpool PCT have started a procurement exercise to purchase a range of community support services to meet health and social care needs of:-

• disabled (including those with learning difficulties, mental health needs, physical and/or sensory impairments and acquired brain injury), and
• older people (including older people with dementia) in the city.

To access the details and documentation go to www.liverpool.gov.uk then choose the A-Z, then P for Procurement (current tenders).
The full advert is here:  http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-126497.doc
The PQQ is here: http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-126498.doc

Closing date for submissions is 10.00am Monday 21st July 2008.

*** If you would like some support from LCVS on completing the PQQ and providing the right evidence, please contact us on funding.enquiries@lcvs.org.uk or telephone 0151 236 7728 and ask for the Funding Advisors ***

Liverpool City Council and Liverpool PCT are holding a number of information and advice sessions to assist providers with the procurement process as follows:

Monday 23rd June 2008, 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Croxteth Communiversity, Altcross Road, Liverpool L11 0BS

Wednesday 25th June 2008, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Bridge Chapel, Heath Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 4XR

Monday 30th June 2008, 9.30am – 12.30
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, Princes Road, Liverpool L8 1TH

Wednesday 2nd July 2008, 1.30 – 4.30pm
Tuebrook Hope Group, 2a Green Lane, Liverpool L13 7EA

The sessions will give providers an opportunity to find out about the community services review, understand more about the procurement process, and how to access support and advice from a range of partner organisations including :-

• Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS),
• Merseyside Single Procurement Vision,
• Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and the
• Small Business Federation.

All venues are accessible to wheelchair users, and information will be available in Braille and large print. If you have any other specific requirements (e.g. British Sign Language interpreters) you need to contact Natalie Markham or Lynne Hoey on 0151 225 4964 by 18th June 2008 - e-mail Natalie.markham@liverpool.gov.uk or lynne.hoey@liverpool.gov.uk.

Liverpool City Council Contracts
All tenders and quotes are advertised on the Procurement page of the City Council website.
www.liverpool.gov.uk/.

Go to A-Z, P for Procurement then current tenders.

Liverpool City Council Contracts #2
If you are based in Liverpool and wish to receive regular updates from us on tendering opportunities from the city council that are relevant for the voluntary sector, please send a request to us at funding.enquiries@lcvs.org.uk.

Adventure Capital Fund
Adventure Capital Fund are looking for applications from organisations who feel that they are ready to use their investment as part of a finance package that will enable them to grow and become truly sustainable.  Applications for funding can be made at any time.
www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk.

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6. Disability

Ulverscroft Foundation
The Ulverscroft Foundation supports projects that will have a positive effect on the quality of life of visually impaired people (blind and partially sighted).

Applications should be made in writing (they do not have an application form). Make your proposal as detailed as possible. Include details of your current service to the visually impaired, if any, and how the proposed project will be integrated or enhanced. They ask that organisations send a copy of their latest annual report and accounts with their application.

Contact Details:
The Green
Bradgate Road
Anstey
Leicester
LE7 7FU

Telephone: 0116 236 1595
Fax: 0116 234 0205
E-mail:  foundation@ulverscroft.co.uk

www.foundation.ulverscroft.com

Leonard Cheshire ‘Ready to Start’
Leonard Cheshire has joined up with Barclays to create a new £3 million initiative that aims to assist 600 disabled people to start their own businesses.
www.leonard-cheshire.org/readytostart.

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7. Environment

Community Sustainable Energy Programme
The Community Sustainable Energy Programme (CSEP) is an open grants programme run by BRE, an award partner of the Big Lottery Fund.  Part of the Fund's Changing Spaces programme, CSEP has been set up to help community based organisations in England to reduce their energy bills and environmental impact.  The scheme is also designed to raise public awareness of the social and environmental advantages to reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions.  Two types of grant are available: capital and project development:

The maximum Capital Grant available is £50,000 or 50 per cent of the project cost (whichever is lower).

The maximum Project Development Grant available is £5,000 or 75 per cent of the study cost (whichever is lower).

It is anticipated that the Community Sustainable Energy Programme will open for applications in April 2008.

You can email your contact details to e-mail: info@communitysustainable.org.uk and they will contact you with any updates.
www.communitysustainable.org.uk

CEMEX Community Fund
CEMEX Community Fund are a grant-giving fund established in 2004 to support  environmental and community projects close to CEMEX's operations. Annually they support around ten projects each worth around £15,000 in England, Wales and Scotland through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.

The CEMEX Community Fund holds four application rounds per year.  Stage 1 provides the Fund with an overview of the project. Those selected at this stage will be invited to submit a full application.  Please ensure you have read their guidance carefully before submitting an Expression of Interest.

Their Strategy document is available for download from their  website.

Stage 1 Expression of Interest deadline: 14th April 2008.

E-mail: cemexcf@yahoo.co.uk 
www.cemexcf.org.uk/

Green Machine
Grants of £50-£2000
Who can apply? Community and voluntary groups in Liverpool.
Criteria : Projects based around enhancing or conserving the local environment.

Priorities: 

• “Greening” urban areas 
• Nature conservation 
• Producing environmental art 
• Tackling pollution 
• Aiding recycling 
• Innovative, community led or working with children
• Priority will be given to groups which have not had a Green Machine Grant in the last 12 months.

Grant Guidelines.

Micropower grants for buildings
Phase two of the Government's Low Carbon Buildings Programme has £50 million in grants over the next 18 months to help fund the installation of micropower technologies such as solar panels, micro wind-turbines and ground source heat pumps on schools, not-for-profit and public sector buildings.
www.lowcarbonbuildingsphase2.org.uk.

“It’s Your Community” from Conservation Foundation O2
A New Award Scheme to enable people to make a difference in their local environments, with grants up to £1,000.
www.itsyourcommunity.co.uk/

Woodland Trust Community Tree Planting Fund
The Woodland Trust, which is the UK's leading conservation charity dedicated to the protection of our native woodland heritage, has announced that grants of up to £100 are available to community groups and not for profit organisations to support community tree planting initiatives.  The grant will need to be spent by 31st March 2008.
Tree Planting Fund website.

Low Carbon Buildings Programme 
Launched on 1 April 2006, phase one of the DTI’s low carbon buildings programme will run over three years.  There are 4 mains aims for the programme...  Open to householders, public, not for profit and commercial organisations across the UK.
Low Carbon Buildings Programme website.

SITA Trust
Purpose: SITA Trust runs two funding programmes, 'Enhancing Communities' and 'Enriching Nature': -

Enhancing Communities Programme : for community improvement projects within ten miles of an active landfill site owned by SITA UK(For Merseyside this means only North Seftonmay be eligible - check website for details). Enriching Nature Programme : for wildlife projects within ten miles of any landfill site in England (this will make most of Greater Merseyside eligible to access funding from this scheme).
SITA Trust website.

Onyx Environmental Trust/Veolia Environmental Trust
This Trust was set up in 1997 under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme and awards monies derived from landfill tax to support a wide range of environmentally focused projects throughout the UK.  Funding is largely targeted to areas within 10 miles of a licenced landfill site under Onyx control.  Contact the Trust to check if you are eligible.  Grants are up to £150,000 although most are much less. 
www.onyxenvtrust.org.

Waterways Trust
This supports environmental and educational projects connected to the waterways. The fund will support waterway wildlife conservation projects (Waterside woodlands in particular); community based projects to improve facilities on canals and inland waterways.  Grants are up to £1,000.  The Waterways Trust waterways grants programme is now closed for 2008. Details for the 2009 programme will be available in October 2008.
www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/grants/index.shtml.

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8. European Funding

No current funding news.

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9. Faith

No current funding news.

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10. Fundraising

Alexandra Rose Day - helping charities to help themselves
They do this by providing simple, risk free methods of raising funds from the general public. They work with any voluntary organisation that aims to help people in need or to improve their quality of life. Most are small community-based organisations that rely on volunteer workers and have limited funds. How they help:

1. Their Collection Days - Every year they organise street collections, house-to house and supermarket collections in which partner charities participate. The charity provides the volunteers but Alexandra Rose Day does the organisational work, provides the equipment, helps with publicity and covers the regulatory requirements.  Rose Day Collections 2008 will take place nationally on 21 June 2008. 

2. Joint Charities Raffle - Each year in the autumn, Alexandra Rose Day organises a Raffle for the benefit of their partner charities. This is a simple and risk free method for small groups to raise money by selling tickets to their supporters. ARD provides all the prizes and the charities keep 80% of the money raised. The first three prizes are £2,000, £1,000 and £500 in cash.

3. The Special Appeal Fund - Through their events and the generosity of their supporters including trusts and corporates, they have been able to set up a Special Appeal Fund which operates a grant programme. Any charity which takes part in one of their collections can write in and apply for a grant.

For their further details of how Alexandra Rose Day can help your organisation, please contact Alexandra Rose Day, 5 Mead Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7DY, Tel: 01252 726 171 Fax: 01252 727 559. E-mail: enquiries@alexandraroseday.org.uk 
www.alexandraroseday.org.uk

HM Revenue & Customs 
They report having a great deal of interest and queries around tax issues, such as VAT issues, plus Tax Effective Giving Methods like Gift Aid and Payroll Giving.
www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/

New NFLN Funding Cookbook
To help celebrate and compliment the launch of the Big Lottery family learning stream the The National Family Learning Network (NFLN) has developed and improved the funding section of their website. So if you are looking for funding please check out the New NFLN Funding Cookbook. This FREE resource includes the popular Funding Directory packed with over 100 entries and lots of new sections these include:-

Funding strategies 

• The A - Z of Funding Pots 
• The A - Z of Lite Bites (Small Funding Pots) 
• The A - Z of Sources of Help and Support for Funding 
• Top Tips for Your Funding Bid 
• Useful Publications and Resources 
• Exit strategies and sustainability

Funding Cookbook webpage.

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11. General

Comic Relief - Red Nose Day
Funding is in 7 programme areas: Young People; around issues of alcohol, mental health and those being sexually exploited or  trafficked; Older People; Mental Health; Refugees & Asylum Seekers; Domestic Violence. 

Main Grants - Grants over £5000. Small and medium-sized projects as well as a few larger and longer-term grants where appropriate.

Small Grants - Grants up to £5000. For the following three programmes only: Disadvantaged Communities; Older people; Mental health.

For grants under £5000 there is no deadline. Dates of other cycles can be found on their website.
red@comicrelief.org.uk
www.comicrelief.com 

Sport Relief Community Foundations programme
Over the next two years, up to £4m of Sport Relief money is being distributed through Community Foundations, focusing on community groups that are using sport to: increase access to sport and exercise for people who face social exclusion and isolation; help people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives to regain their confidence and self esteem; encourage people to take part in sporting activities that bring communities together.
Comic Relief website.

Co-operative Foundation - Community Support Programme
The Co-operative Foundation is keen to support community and voluntary sector activity through grants to local groups and organisations.

Grants are between £500 and £30,000.

One-year projects, Capital costs, or Revenue costs. They do not fund salaries.

The Trustees meet four times a year to approve grants. The closing dates for submission of applications to the Foundation office in 2008 are: Summer 2008 Deadline - Friday 6th June for results - End August 2008;

Autumn 2008 Deadline -  Friday 5th September for results - End Nov 2008.
www.co-operative.co.uk/en/foundation/communitysupportprogramme/

The Yapp Charitable Trust
The Yapp Charitable Trust makes grants to small registered charities in England and Wales, whose annual expenditure is less than £60,000. Charities must have been fully constituted and operating for at least three years. Grants are up to £3,000 a year. They are for work with: elderly people; children and young people aged 5 to 25; people with disabilities or mental health problems; people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social rather than medical origin, such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, a history of offending. Grants are also made to support charities' work in education and learning, (including lifelong learning).

The closing dates in 2008 are 26 May (for July); 30 September (for November).
www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk

The Percy Bilton Charity
Only registered charities in the U.K. whose primary objectives are to assist one or more of the following groups:

• Disadvantaged / underprivileged young people (persons under 25)
• People with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems)
• Older people (aged over 60). 

They have 2 programmes for organisations:

Large grants – one off payments for capital expenditure of £2,000 and over i.e. furniture and equipment; building/refurbishment projects. Please note that they do not fund running costs.

Small grants - Donations of up to £500 towards furnishings and equipment for small projects. This programme is more suitable for smaller organisations.
www.percybiltoncharity.org.uk/index.htm.

The Mercers Charitable Foundation
Purpose: To make grants and donations across a wide range of charitable purposes including welfare, education, the arts and religion.  Grants range from £1,000 to £500,000.

Mercers Hall
Ironmonger Lane
London
EC2V 8HE
Tel: 020 7726 4991
E-mail: mail@mercers.co.uk

North West Community Loan Fund
The Community Loan Fund North West (CLFNW) provides loan finance to 'not-for-private-profit' organisations in the North West region. The Fund is managed by the Local Investment Fund (LIF) who are the national social lending specialist that has been successfully operating since 1995.

Community Loan Fund North West website.

LIF website.

LankellyChase Foundation - changes to guidelines
Their main programmes are: Arts - Arts and Special Needs, Dance, Transgenerational Work with Communities, The Pursuit of Excellence (Music/Glass); Heritage - Rural Parish Churches, Almshouses, Historic Buildings; Breaking The Cycle of abusive relationships - Families and Domestic Abuse, Children (5 – 13 YEARS), Young People (13 – 25 YEARS) The Guidelines for this programme have been revised; Developing Communities - Supporting Community Enterprise; Free and Quiet Minds for Mental ill health - Black and Minority Ethnic Groups, Psychiatric Care; Offenders and Society.

Special Programme - Refugees and Asylum Seekers - The Foundation has decided to amend its special programme which works with asylum seekers.  From August 2006 they shall focus on those agencies which work within Detention Centres or whose prime aim is combating the destitution faced by asylum seekers who have been refused leave to remain in this country.  They want to help alleviate immediate need as well as work more strategically in partnership with others.Grants under this programme are limited to work which has a recognisable charitable purpose.  Revenue grants are usually between £5,000 - £15,000 per annum and may be available for 1-3 years.  One-off capital grants are limited to £10,000.

Full details of all their programmes are in their guidelines at www.lankellychase.org.uk/Guidelines.htm.

The LankellyChase Foundation does not use an application form. Consult guidelines before making application in writing. They welcome telephone enquiries if you need further information or help.

The LankellyChase Foundation, 2 The Court, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0EY Tel/Fax: 01235 820044.

Rank Foundation
This foundation has a small ‘General Appeals’ programme for small capital projects mainly.  They would like to support smaller projects that will achieve something, rather than make a contribution to a larger appeal.  Grants of £500-2,000 are open to registered charities and recognised churches.
www.rankfoundation.com.

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12. Health

No current funding news.

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13. In Kind Help

University of Liverpool ‘Community Bridge’
There are a host of university students within Liverpool seeking opportunities for course and career-related voluntary work experience in local charities and organisations.  Community Bridge is an initiative that helps to build links between these students and local organisations for mutual benefit.  The initiative also supports university staff to find volunteering opportunities.

Students are looking for - 

• Events Management 
• Finance 
• Research 
• Administration 
• Marketing 
• Counselling 
• Social Care 
• Advocacy & Advice work 
• Work with children in educational settings (school; after-school; pre-school, etc.) 
• Trustee/Management Committee Roles 
• Plus many more…

Sarah Jones, Community Bridge, Careers & Employability Service, Universityof Liverpool , 150 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L69 3GD. Tel: 0151 794 5826. Fax: 0151 794 5318. E-mail: Sarah.Jones@liverpool.ac.uk.
www.liv.ac.uk/volunteering

LawWorks 
Quality legal advice is a luxury many in the voluntary sector can not afford. 'LawWorks for Community Groups' was launched by LawWorks (the operating name of national charity the Solicitors Pro Bono Group) to fill this gap by offering FREE Legal Advice.

To apply please visit the LawWorks website (www.lawworks.org.uk) and complete the online application form under the "Not for Profits" section.

Need some FREE Professional Help from Merseyside ProHelp?
Members of ProHelp include:  accountants, surveyors, architects, engineers, solicitors, marketing and public relations specialists, information technology, management consultants and many more.  Members of ProHelp undertake one-off projects for voluntary and community organisations, which can include feasibility studies, structural surveys, marketing and business plans, legal and accountancy advice and property valuations.
www.prohelp.org.uk

This year over 1,250 senior "vacancies" within Charities will be filled by New Reach Volunteers, inputting over £20 Million worth of high-level expertise and resources, into the UK Voluntary Sector.
Reach webpage.

There is a registration fee to use the service – check for details.
www.inkinddirect.org.

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14. Lottery Information

Are you thinking of making a Big Lottery application?
If you are thinking about making a bid to the Big Lottery Reaching Communities programme it could be well worth having a chat with the LCVS Funding Advisers first. The form can seem complicated and confusing and Ged or Ian can guide you to ensure your application contains the information that the Big Lottery is looking for. It is far from as clear as you may think and certainly different from the old Community Fund.

This could save you hours of work and improve your chances.  Contact Ian Morland or Ged Simpson on 0151 236 7728 or e-mail funding.enquiries@lcvs.org.uk.

Big Lottery Fund explains the difference
BLF have published a new edition of Explaining The Difference Your Project Makes. It offers some practical ideas for using an outcomes approach to funding, starting from identifying the problem/need you want to address.  It makes clear that they want to see SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely) outcomes.
Explain the Difference webpage.

You will find it by using the sitewide search for 'lottery'.

Lottery funding allegedly has been directly used to implement central Government policy which should be funded by the Treasury through taxation.

Awards for All
There is a new application form (v.9) but the changes here are slight and the previous ones will still be accepted. 

Because 74% of applications being received are still incomplete, the Big Lottery Fund will simply return those applications with a postcard pointing out what is missing.  Main problem areas include missing:- 

• Bank statements 
• Dates of birth of contacts 
• Accounts 
• Bank details 
• Referees 
• Constitutions 
• Signatures

The first two of these requirements exist because of substantial efforts to defraud Awards for All.  As for signatures, please make sure you look at every page of the form from front to back.

So far, it is not usually essential for an application to fall within the published regional priorities.

To the year-end at March 2007, the North-West received more than its allocation, £9.6m compared with £9.3m.  Merseyside received 20% of the region’s total.  We don’t yet know the North-West allocation for 2007/08.

Reaching Communities

Years 2 and 3 of Reaching Communities have national allocations of £80m each, down from £100m in year 1.

For the first year, the North-West received £15.9m in 59 grants (an average of £269k each).  Merseyside received £2.8m.  This is not as good as expected.  Lancashire received £4.9m.  Manchester received £4.6m.  There is an above-average grant size for the North-West.

All applications should refer to the plans and targets in the Local Area Agreement and in their Neighbourhood Action Plan.  The LAAs bring together all the key targets for an area.  The applications are judged on how well they fit in with these. 

From Feb 2007, if you have been rejected then you cannot reapply for 12 months from the date of the rejection letter.  This change was introduced to try and control demand. 

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15. Merseyside Focussed Funds

Area: The Radio City Broadcasting area, which includes all of Merseyside area.

Who Can Apply: Local community and voluntary organisations (non-registered charities must seek support from a local registered charity to receive the grant on their behalf – Sefton CVS can take on this role, with prior agreement, if required).

Grant Range: Generally up to £2,000.

How to Apply: By application form available from the contact below.

Collette Lowe, Development Manager, Radio City Foundation, St. John’s Beacon, 1 Houghton Street, Liverpool , L1 1RL. Tel: 0151 472 6800.

B&Q Better Neighbour scheme
Support is available in the form of donations of materials to any local community project within a 20-mile radius of a B&Q Store.  It is open to any registered charity, school or recognised community group, with a value of goods of £50-500.  Contact the Environmental Champion or Duty Manager at your local store.  The Giving Campaign has information on tax-effective fundraising.  You can also speak to the LCVS Charity Cheques team. 

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16. Miscellaneous (e.g. training)

Charity Employees Benevolent Fund
The Charity Employees Benevolent Fund is a small fund established to hep charity workers and their dependents in need.
www.cebf.org.uk.

Merseyside Funding Information Portal – free funding searches
The MFIP 'Piggy Bank' Online Funding Search Engine is now fully operational!  Organisations from Liverpool can access this resource by clicking Piggy Bank Funding Search.  This is a FREE resource to all organisations in the Greater Merseyside area.  All you need to do is complete the online registration form if you are using the Piggy Bank for the first time and the full range of Lottery, Government, European and Charitable Trust Funding Sources will be at your fingertips!!! Sector 3 Insurance for Charities.

Free Microsoft Software from Charity Technology Exchange
"Charity Technology Trust's CTX Programme brings donated Microsoft software, and other donated technology products, to qualifying UK Charities via the on-line CTX Shop.

Charities are required to pay a small Administrative Fee, but will still make savings of between 92-96% on typical retail prices.

In order to participate in the CTX Programme, organisations are required to meet overall eligibility criteria and those required by individual Donating Partners.

In England & Wales, the programme is available to Charities registered with the Charity Commission and Charitable Housing Associations registered with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act and with HM Revenue & Customs confirmed charitable status.

For further information, please visit www.ctxchange.org/getting_started.

The CTX Programme is brought to you by Charity Technology Trust (Registered Charity No. 1073954) in partnership with the not-for-profit, technology capacity building organisation, TechSoup."

Royal & SunAlliance
Royal & SunAlliance has developed Sector 3 specifically for charities, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations.

To talk to a broker about Sector 3 call freephone Tel: 0800 072 0600.
www.royalsun.com/royalsun/ms/sector3/home.

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17. Raising Money from Companies

Charities are required to pay a small Administrative Fee, but will still make savings of between 92-96% on typical retail prices.

In order to participate in the CTX Programme, organisations are required to meet overall eligibility criteria and those required by individual Donating Partners.

In England & Wales, the programme is available to Charities registered with the Charity Commission and Charitable Housing Associations registered with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act and with HM Revenue & Customs confirmed charitable status.

For further information, please visit www.ctxchange.org/getting_started.

The CTX Programme is brought to you by Charity Technology Trust (Registered Charity No. 1073954) in partnership with the not-for-profit, technology capacity building organisation, TechSoup."

To talk to a broker about Sector 3 call freephone Tel: 0800 072 0600.
www.royalsun.com/royalsun/ms/sector3/home.

B&Q Better Neighbour scheme
Support is available in the form of donations of materials to any local community project within a 20-mile radius of a B&Q Store.  It is open to any registered charity, school or recognised community group, with a value of goods of £50-500.  Contact the Environmental Champion or Duty Manager at your local store.  The Giving Campaign has information on tax-effective fundraising.  You can also speak to the LCVS Charity Cheques team. 

www.givingcampaign.org.uk.

The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards
These ensure that the majority of the Trust’s grants are targeted towards local communities where they have stores. Community Awards benefit local organisations whose core work supports children’s education and welfare, children and adults with disabilities, and elderly people.  Awards are one-off donations and range between £1,500 and £5,000.
Trust Guidelines. www.tesco.com/everylittlehelps.

Biffaward
To widen its doors to community groups and to help allocate its funds more effectively, Biffaward has teamed up with a variety of partners including the Countryside Agency and Rural Community Councils. The partnership will enable individual communities to take action to improve villages, towns and cities and receive help in applying for Biffaward funding to do it.
www.biffaward.org

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18. Regeneration

No current funding news.

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19. Senior Citizens

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20. Loans and Investment Development

Funding for Social Enterprises in the Health Sector (England & Wales)
As part of its strategy to get social enterprises involved in the delivery of health care and social services, the Department of Health's Social Enterprise Unit is looking for community based organisations in the health sector who want to become social enterprises. The Department of Health wants to set up a number of 'pathfinder' organisations to work with this on this initiative. The learning from this will then be shared across the health and social care sector so that others can benefit. Pathfinders will be able to apply for financial support from the Unit's Social Enterprise Fund to help with set up costs.
www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk

Social Enterprise Network, Waterloo Buildings, 23-31 Bridge Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 1AS.
Tel:  Tel: 0151 666 6514. E-mail:  kate.dorman@sen.org.uk.
www.sen.org.uk/. 

Business Link for Greater Merseyside
St Nicholas House
4th Floor
Old Churchyard
Liverpool
L2 8TX
Tel:  0845 330 0151
E-mail:  information@bl4gm.co.uk 

www.bl4gm.co.uk 

Merseyside Single Procurement Vision is a new organisation that aims to develop social enterprises in Merseyside during the step-down period for EU funding, and will include a ‘chamber of commerce’ for social enterprises.
E-mail info@mspv.org.uk or visit www.mspv.org.uk.

Social Enterprise Coalition
This organisation brings together all types of Social Enterprise organisations and activity to be the voice for the sector. There are a lot of helpful planning tips and information about how to set up social enterprises on this site.
www.socialenterprise.org.uk/Default.aspx

The Office of the Third Sector now contains the Social Enterprise Unit that was previously in the DTI – they also have information to help organisations that are setting up Social Enterprise activity –  www.sbs.gov.uk/socialenterprise.

Department for Trade and Industry - Small Business Service
This part of the DTI encompasses information about the requirements of running a small business.  It is possible to subscribe to alerts from the SBS to ensure that up to date regulations and legislation apply to any social enterprise activity that is taking place in the bureau.
www.sbs.gov.uk

Contained within the Small Business Service is the Social Enterprise Unit which gives information about the government's policy on Social Enterprise orgnisations and activity, as well as useful information regarding funding and best practice.
DTI Small Business website.

There is some information on the Finance Hub website that may be useful - www.financehub.org.uk/?Resources

Community Development Finance Association
The CDFA are the member body for local Community Development Finance institutions. These are organisations that provide finance to social enterprise organisations in the forms of loans or start up capital. Their website gives the user the opportunity for search for their local CDFI and also funding streams that can be used to fund social enterprise www.cdfa.org.uk/cmframe.php?prmid=1000

Futurebuilders
Futurebuilders England is the government backed £125 million investment fund to help the voluntary and community sector deliver better public services. The fund provides a combination of loans, grants and capacity building support for organisations that deliver public services. Organisations repay the loan element of the investment by earning revenue through forming contracts with public sector agencies such as local authorities or primary care trusts.
FutureBuilders website.

Development Trust Association
The Development Trust Association is the membership body for all Community Development Trusts

The primary work of the DTA is the promotion and exchange of practitioner skills and experience. They also join with other organisations to attract investment and support for the community enterprise movement.
www.dta.org.uk/

The list below gives some possible sources for funding of social enterprise activity, mainly in the form of loans or grants and loans :-

Access funds
www.access-funds.co.uk

Bridges Community Ventures Ltd
www.bridgesventures.com
Venture capital fund that invests in SMEs in the 25% most deprived area of England. Conditions apply re: type of employees, market and  use of surplus’

Charity Bank
www.charitybank.org
Lends to charitable and not for profit organisations.  Offers loans or guarantees from £3k to £250k

Community Development Finance Association
www.cdfa.org.uk
Will help you find a CDFI near you.

Co-operative action
www.co-operativeaction.co.uk
Aimed at co-operative enterprises

Co-operative Bank
www.co-operativebank.co.uk
Experienced at dealing with charitable and not for profit organisations.

Foursome
www.foursome.net
Venture capital firm that specialises in socially responsible businesses

Impetus Trust
www.impetus.org.uk
Makes grants to charitable organisations involved in social enterprise.

Industrial Common Ownership Finance
www.icof.co.uk
Founder member of CDFA. Offers loans from £5k to £50k. Tends to prefer co-operative/employee owned operations

J4b
www.j4b.co.uk
Website that gives details of business grants and loans.  Their search engine is the ine used by the Merseyside Funding Information Portal www.mfip.org.uk

Local investment funds
www.lif.org.uk
Offers finance to not-for-profit organisations including social enterprises. Loans from £25k to £250k. Must demonstrate that funding could not be sought from other sources.

Social Enterprise Coalition
www.socialenterprise.org.uk
Includes information on how to obtain finance.

Triodos Bank
www.triodos.co.uk

Unity Trust Bank
www.unity.uk.com
Offer accounts and loans to charity and not for profit organisations.

Venturesome fund
www.cafonline.org/venturesome/

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21. Sport

E-mail: info@thedickiebirdfoundation.org.
www.thedickiebirdfoundation.org.

Small Grants
Sport Relief Small grants (up to £5000) support projects that use sport and exercise to strengthen communities and provide opportunities for people who are excluded or disadvantaged. This funding is being distributed by the Community Foundation Network on their behalf. In the UK, Sport Relief aims to support projects that use sport and exercise to strengthen communities and provide opportunities for people who are excluded or disadvantaged. During 4004-06, up to £4million of Sport Relief money is being distributed through Community Foundations focusing on community groups that are using sport to: increase access to sport and exercise for people who face social exclusion and isolation; help people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives to regain their confidence and self esteem; and encourage people to take part in sporting activities that bring communities together.

To find local community foundations involved in the scheme go to Comic Relief - Apply for a Grant webpage.

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22. Welfare and Anti Poverty

No current funding news.

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Disclaimer:
Please note that news on funding and funders is gleaned from a range of sources and whilst Liverpool CVS tries to ensure that the information is correct, this is not always possible and Liverpool CVS cannot take responsibility for inaccuracies. You should contact the funders for further information before making an application. If you are aware of any errors or changes, please contact us.