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Grants for the Arts - Individuals and Organisations (England)The Arts Council, England is now accepting applications, using its new application materials under its Grants for the arts - individuals and organisations programme. Grants are available to individuals and organisations for up to five years for arts-related activities that take place mainly in England. Organisational grants are for up to £100,000 and are available to: · Arts organisations; · Local authorities and other public organisations; · Partnerships; · Regional and national organisations; · Organisations whose normal activity is not arts-related, including voluntary and community groups and groups of organisations (one will need to take the lead and have the main responsibility for managing the application and any grant). Grants to individuals are for up to £30,000 and are available to: · Artists; · Performers; · Writers; · Promoters; · Presenters; · Curators; · Producers; · Groups of individual; · Other individuals working in the arts. Applications can be submitted at any time and there is no application deadline. For more information, visit: Arts CouncilWREN Small Grant SchemeThe WREN Small Grants Scheme has been established to assist applicants looking for funding on small projects that can make a real difference to a local community. Funding applications between £2,000 and £15,000 will be considered with a total project cost under £50,000 and the project must be within 10 miles of a Waste Recycling Group landfill site. Types of projects that will be considered for the Small Grant Scheme include village halls, community centres, public parks, museums and playgrounds. For a full list of criteria please visit WREN (Source: VAN News)Trusthouse Charitable Foundation Grants Programme (UK)Trusthouse was formed in 1997, when the Council of Forte inherited shares in Granada. Grants are made from the total return on its investment portfolio. A Board of Trustees governs it. Trusthouse currently awards around 350 grants a year totalling circa £2 million. The average grant is £6,000 though they can range from £1,000 to £30,000. There are now two overarching themes to the Foundations grants programme: Rural Issues: The Foundation accepts applications from local and national charities or not-for-profit organisations that are addressing issues in needy rural areas. ‘The Foundation are interested in, for example, projects providing transport for the elderly, disabled or disadvantaged; contact networks for young disabled people; projects which encourage a sense of community such as community centres and village halls; employment training schemes especially those promoting local, traditional crafts; projects addressing issues such as drug/alcohol misuse or homelessness. Urban Deprivation: The Foundation accept applications from local or national charities or not-for-profit organisations which are working with residents of urban areas (i.e. more than 10,000 inhabitants) which are classified in the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation as being in the lowest 20%. The Foundation are interested in, for example, youth clubs; training schemes to help people out of unemployment; drop in centres for the homeless. The Grants Committee meets quarterly to consider supported applications at the beginning of February, May, July and November. Applications must be received at least 8 weeks prior to a meeting. For more information, visit: Trust House CharityFunding for Individual and Small Groups to Improve their Local Communities (UK)Groups of individuals as well as small community and voluntary groups within the UK that want to improve their communities can apply for funding through the Wakeham Trust. The Trust are particularly interested in supporting: · Neighbourhood projects; · Community arts projects; · Projects involving community service by young people; · Projects set up by those who are socially excluded. The Trust also supports innovative projects to promote excellence in teaching (at any level, from primary schools to universities), though we never support individuals. The Trust normally gives grants to projects where an initial £75 to £750 can make a real difference to getting the project up and running. To be eligible, applicants need to be registered charities or have access to a registered charity that will be willing to accept funds on their behalf. Applications can be made at any time. For more information, visit: Wakeham TrustCommunity Radio Fund (UK)The Office of Communications (Ofcom) has announced that next round for funding applications under its Community Radio Fund will open on the 5th November 2008. Under the fund, Community Radio Stations will be invited to apply for funding to support their core running costs. These can include, management; administration, financial management & reporting costs, fundraising to support the station, community outreach work and the costs involved in using volunteers. There is no upper limit of grant that can be applied for, however, the minimum grant is £5,000. Grants can only be made to comm. unity radio licensees that are broadcasting under a community radio licence (and not an RSL, for example). During the last bidding round the average grant awarded was £13,365 and the maximum grant was £16,000. The closing date for applications will be the 2nd December 2008. For more information, visit: community RadioThe Peter De Haan Charitable Trust (UK)The Peter De Haan Charitable Trust supports charitable organisations that aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK. This year the charity expects to make grants of between £2 million and £3 million. The funding available is delivered through three programme areas: · Social welfare; · The environment; · The arts. Grants can be for project-based applications or to subsidise core costs and can be available can be for up to three years. Applications are considered on a continuing basis throughout the year. However major grants are awarded at the trustee meeting held quarterly in March, June, September and December. For more information, visit: PDHCTThe Elephant TrustThe Elephant Trust was created in 1975 by Roland Penrose and Lee Miller with a view to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts in the United Kingdom. The Trust was set up to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilitiesGrants are Not available for: · Educational or other study purposes · Residencies or research · Projects taking place outside the UK The deadline for applications is Tuesday 6th January 2009. For further details please visit: www.elephanttrust.org.uk/ The Links FoundationThe Links Foundation was established as a company with charitable status in 2003. The charity aims to benefit communities throughout the UK by providing, or assisting, in the provision of facilities or services necessary to improve their conditions of life. This will be achieved by supporting projects which meet the following criteria: · Advancing people’s education · Reducing significant disadvantage · Assisting those in conditions of poverty, need or distress · Providing for recreational or other leisure time occupation The average spend per project is currently about £20,000. Guidelines and application deadlines are posted on the Foundation website. Application forms can be downloaded from: www.linksfoundation.orgThe Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards 2009Awards totalling £24,000 each year are given to British poets under the age of 30 on the basis of a submitted collection. Published and unpublished collections may be entered. Applicants must comply with the following criteria: · The author must ordinarily be resident in the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland · The author must be under the age of 30 at 31 March 2009 · The work submitted may be a published or unpublished volume of poetry, drama-poems or belles-lettres. The deadline for application is Friday 31st October 2008 Further information is available from: www.societyofauthors.org/prizes_grants_and_awards/prizes-for-fiction-and-non-fiction/the_eric_gregory_awards/index.htmlOne Planet Living Grant Scheme (UK)Through the One Planet Living (OPL) Grant scheme, schools, community groups and charitable organisations can apply to their local B&Q store for funding to support a local community project. Projects must support at least one of the following themes: · Environment/Energy Saving · Natural Habitats/Wildlife · Local Culture/Heritage The scheme provides £50 to £500 (at retail cost) of B&Q materials, for example, pond liners, plants, peat-free compost for projects such as a pond/wildlife garden or paints labelled low or minimal VOC for redecoration projects. It is important that the project is sustainable. For example, the materials and methods used should not cause environmental damage in the short or long-term. The final result should have long-lasting benefit to the community. OPL Grants do not cover maintenance, so the project should be designed for easy care. To apply for a grant, applicants will need to contact the environmental champion or store manager at their local B&Q store to discuss project details. For more information, visit: www.sports-council-wales.org.uk/getactiveatwork/getting-physical-in-the-workplace/what-to-do-nextFunding OpportunitiesArts Awards (UK)The Wellcome Trust is inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding through its Arts Awards. The Arts Awards support projects that engage the public with biomedical science through the arts including dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft, photography, creative writing or digital media. Applications are invited for projects up to £30,000. The aim of the awards is to support arts projects that reach new audiences that may not traditionally be interested in science and provide new ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethical issues around contemporary science. The scheme is open to a wide range of people including, among others: Artists; Scientists; Curators; Filmmakers; Writers; Producers; Directors; Academics; Science communicators; Teachers; Arts workers; Education officers. For small to medium-sized projects (up to and including £30 000) the next application deadline is the 10th October 2008. For more information, visit: www.wellcome.ac.ukFunding to Promote European Audio Visual Works (UK)The European Commission has issued a call for proposals under it Media Programme. MEDIA is the EU support programme for the European audiovisual industry. MEDIA co-finances training initiatives for audiovisual industry professionals, the development of production projects (feature films, television drama, documentaries, animation and new media), as well as the promotion of European audiovisual works. Under this call for proposals ?2.5 million is available for projects that facilitate and encourage the promotion and movement of European audiovisual and cinema works at trade shows, fairs and audiovisual festivals in Europe and around the globe, as well as projects that encourage the networking of European operators, by supporting joint activities on the European and international markets by national public or private promotion bodies. The closing date for applications is the 21st November 2008. For more information, visit: www.ec.europa.euNew Closing Date for Youth Music Open Programmes (UK)Youth Music, a national that works alongside the formal and community-based sectors to support music making and music training has announced that its open grant making programmes will close on the 15th December 2008. Funding is available to non-profit making organisations for music making activities that are held mainly outside of school hours and that complement music in the national curriculum. The open grant programmes consist of: First Steps, which supports creative music-making for children aged 0-5; Make it Sound, which supports music-making activities for 5-18 year olds who otherwise lack the chance to take part; Vocalise for activities where the voice is the main instrument.The grants available range between £5,000 and £30,000 depending on the programme under which applications are submitted. After a period of consultation and development, Youth Music will launch a new Open Programme in the summer of 2009. For further details please visit: www.prsfoundation.co.uk/ Prince`s Trust Community Cash AwardYoung people from across the UK are invited to apply for funding of up to £5,000 to carry out activities that benefit their local communities. Sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Prince?s Trust Community Cash Awards offers grants for people aged between 14 and 25 to carry out projects such as running a local magazine or holding sex education workshops in schools.The scheme is specifically targeted at youngsters who are still in school but are struggling, or people who have left school and are either unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week. Grants of up to £1,000 are available for people aged 14-16, whilst £5,000 is up for grabs for 16-25 year-olds. Eligible projects must be run by the young people and bring a clear benefit to their local community. Formal groups and organisations are not allowed to apply, and funding cannot be used for expeditions, overseas travel or fundraising. For more information about the Community Cash Awards, visit the Prince`s Trust website (opens a new window) Take the Initiative - Finance for Films (UK) About Films, a production, sales, distribution, consultancy and acquisitions company, committed to producing, co-producing, distributing, and acquiring high quality feature films has announced the launch of their 2008 Producers scheme ?Take the Initiative?. About Films has £100,000 on offer to independent producers seeking finance for their feature film or documentary. ?Take the initiative? not only provides funding for producers but they are also given the opportunity to work alongside the Sales and Consultancy division?s of About Films to create the perfect marketing and deliverables packages for their film, which will be represented globally. About Films are looking for films & documentaries that: Are fresh, original and dynamic; Have a twist that make the audience think; Have a unique selling point; Have Scripts that have been fully developed. Producers must have produced two short film projects or documentaries in the past five years and have and exciting fully developed script that is just waiting to be financed. All Submissions must be received by 1st February 2009. For further details please visit: www.aboutfilms.com Young Roots (UK)Young Roots offers grants of between £3,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. To receive a Young Roots grant, your project must relate to the varied heritage of the UK and:Provide new opportunities for a wider range of young people aged 13 to 25 to learn about their own and others? heritage; Allow young people to lead and take part in creative and engaging activities; Develop partnerships between youth organisations and heritage organisations; and Create opportunities to celebrate young people?s achievements in the project and share their learning with the wider community. Your project must also create either: Opportunities for young people to volunteer in heritage; or New opportunities for young people to gain skills in identifying, recording, interpreting or caring for heritage. Projects must also show how young people are managing and participating in the project. Projects should promote social inclusion and equal opportunities by involving a wide range of young people of different abilities and cultural backgrounds. In April 2008 the Heritage Lottery Fund introduced new application materials and guidance for this programme. During this transitional year the Fund will start assessing applications under this new programme on the 1st September 2008 decisions will be announced within 10 weeks of an application. For more information visit: www.hlf.org.uk/English/HowToApply/OurGrantGivingProgrammes/YoungRoots/ The David Canter Memorial Fund 2008 Craft AwardsThe David Canter Memorial Fund offers awards to give financial assistance to those working in the Crafts; for special projects, travel for specific research and for educational work. Awards are made every other year, each time focusing on a specific craft discipline. For 2008 this will be: WOOD Grants, which usually range between £500 and £1,000, are available to those who have finished their formal training, and are working full- or part-time, but need funds for special projects such as setting up a workshop, buying equipment, or for research and travel. Grants are not available to students, nor for those working in the field of fine arts. Application forms for 2008’s awards are now available. Applications should be made by submitting the completed form, together with six images of recent work, by 19 September 2008. Successful applicants will be notified in October. For full details and an application form please write, enclosing a SAE, to Rachel Mackie, The David Canter Memorial Fund, c/o The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9AF or email rachel.mackie@crafts.org.ukWhat`s The Big Idea?Award and the Pilot Awards will both reopen or applications on the 16th July 2008 with a closing date of the 16th September 2008.Applicants need to be organisations that work with young people.Enhancing Communities Programme (England, Scotland & Wales)Not for profit organisations, charities and community groups located within ten miles of a SITA UK site that wish to improve the local public amenities are able to apply for funding through the SITA Trust. The SITA Trust distributes funding through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) and is supported by the waste management company, SITA UK. Up to £25,000 is available for local community improvement projects and grants of up to £150,000 for projects of a regional significance. The types of projects that can be supported include improvements to village halls, the provision of recreation facilities and the repair and restoration of religious or historic buildings (these need to be within ten miles of a SITA site). The next application deadline is the 3rd November 2008 for the large grants scheme and the 22nd August 2008 for the small grants scheme.Funding for Individual and Small Groups to Improve their Local Community(UK)Groups of individuals as well as small community and voluntary groups within the UK that want to improve their communities can apply for funding through the Wakeham Trust. The Trust are particularly interested in supporting neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded. The Trust also supports innovative projects to promote excellence in teaching (at any level, from primary schools to universities), though we never support individuals. The Trust normally gives grants to projects where an initial £75 to £750 can make a real difference to getting the project up and running. To be eligible, applicants need to be registered charities or have access to a registered charity that will be willing to accept funds on their behalf.Red Nose Day Programme 2008 (UK) Comic Reliefhas announced that its main grants programme is now open for applications. The main grants programme provides grants of over £5,000 to community and voluntary groups for projects relating to: o Older people; o Young people; o Mental health; o Refugees and asylum seekers; o Domestic violence; o Disadvantaged communities. Funding is available for between one and three years and the level of grant support is likely to be between £15,000 and £40,000 per year for projects at local level; and higher for projects at regional and national level or for projects that can be replicated. The application deadline for the main grants programme is the 15th August 2008. In addition, the programme also makes grants of less than £5,000 for projects relating to older people; mental health; and disadvantaged communities through its small grants programme. The small grants programme is only open to organisations with a yearly turnover of less than £150,000 per year. Applications to the small grants programme can be made at any time. For further information, visit:Architectural Heritage FundThe Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has funding available to voluntary organisations building and preservation trusts to regenerate historic buildings to create community and education facilities, workspace and homes. To be eligible to apply for funding through the AHF, organisations need to be a registered charity and the building(s) must be listed, scheduled as an ancient monument or in a Conservation Area (if in a Conservation Area, it must be of acknowledged historic or architectural importance). The project must also involve a change of ownership and/or a change of use. The closing date for applications is the 14th August 2008Funding for Young Film MakersFirst Light Movies has simplified its grant making process by providing an online application process. First Light Movies provides grants to young people aged between 5 and 18 to participate in all aspects of film productions. Support is available through three funding streams.First Light Moviesgrants of up to £5,000 for the production of a 5 minute film, Studio Awards, grants of up to £25,000 for films up to 10 minutes long What?s the Big Idea Awards, grants of £3,000 to develop ideas and stories for films. The deadlines for applications are the 24th June 2008 for the What`s The Big Idea? Award and for the Pilot Awards. The application process for the Studio Awards will re-open on the 14th August with an application deadline of the 14th October 2008.Fund: Young People`s Fund2 (Local Grants) Grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 are available for capital and revenue initiatives lasting between one and five years, where young people lead from start to finish. The money will primarily be offered to run activities and services, however, up to £50,000 may be provided to develop land and buildings.The programme will focus on young people aged 10-18, however, those aged up to 25 may be included in cases where they are finding the change to independent living difficult. Voluntary and community youth organisations, including charities and social enterprises, may apply. Once working with these groups, the main applicant may involve other bodies to bring the project to fruition, including local authorities, businesses or community groups. The deadline for receipt of applications is 16 October 2008. Tel:0845 4 10 20 30 Clore Duffield Performing Arts AwardsDeadline: 17 September 2008 The Clore Performing Arts Awards fund performing arts education initiatives aimed at children and young people (aged 0 to 18) across the UK. The Awards will fund education programmes that cover every aspect of the performing arts including opera, dance, music, musical theatre, the spoken word and theatre. The following are eligible to apply: - Registered charities - Limited companies - Early years settings, primary, middle and secondary schools, sixth-form colleges, SEN schools - Pupil Referral Units - Voluntary youth organisations - Professional and amateur arts organisations Applicants must be able to demonstrate both artistic excellence and fully participatory experiences for young people. The Awards will fund project costs ranging from £1,000 to £10,000. phone Clore Duffield on 0207 351 6061 or go to:The Ernest Cook Foundationmake grants from £500 to £15,000 for educational purposes to organisations which are charitable or not-for-profit. Click above link to find out more… PRS Foundation Grants Programme (UK), which is the UK`s largest independent funder for new music of any genre, provides a range of grants to stimulate and support the creation and performance of new music in the UK. This includes grants to support music festivals, new music, unsigned bands and promoters, etc. The Foundation also provides a range of bursaries to individuals.Knowledge Transfer Fellowship Scheme (UK)The Arts and Humanities Research Council has announced that it is seeking applications through its Knowledge Transfer Fellowship Scheme. Through this scheme, grants of between £5,000 and £1,000,000 are available to support suitably qualified academics to undertake a programme of knowledge transfer activity. The knowledge transfer project should be planned around an existing piece of arts or humanities research that has the potential to make a significant difference beyond the world of academia. This could include working with the business sector, engagement with the heritage and cultural sectors, production of content for film, broadcasting and other media or informing public policy. Researchers can apply to work on the project on either a full time or part time basis for between 4 months and 3 years. They may work either on their own or as part of an academic team, to collaborate with, and bring benefits to, non-academic organisations. The closing date for applications is the 6th November 2008. For more information visit:PRSF Jazz Promoters Awards (UK)The PRS Foundation for New Music (PRSF), which is the UK`s largest independent funder purely for new music of any genre has announced that its Jazz Promoters Awards 2008 / 09 are now open for applications. The aim of the Awards, which are worth between £500 and £2,000 each, is to encourage small-scale promoters of new British Jazz Music. Applications are invited from small scale jazz promoters who show a commitment to programming music by living British jazz composers, which is fresh, exciting and ground breaking. This application runs from September 2008 to May 2009 and must include no less than 6 promotions. Festivals are not eligible to apply. Programmes may be made up of a series of events by British bands, where musicians are performing their own work and/or programmes featuring new jazz works by British composers. The closing date for applications is 19th July 2008. For more information, visit: |