Herefordshire Funding Opportunities Update July 2016 Useful Contacts

Funding for green space / sports facilities - Tesco Bags of Help Programme

Purpose: This scheme which is being funded through the 5p carrier bag charge and administered by the environmental charity "Groundwork" will provide grants to improve green spaces in communities such as:

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  Creating pocket parks
  
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  Sports facilities
  
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  Woodland walks
  
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  Community gardens
  

Who can apply: Organisations eligible to apply include not-for profit organisations such as voluntary and community organisations, registered charities, health bodies, community councils, development trusts, local authorities and housing organisations. The scheme will award six grants per year in each of the 428 Tesco regions. Tesco customers will vote over two weekends in their store for their favourite shortlisted local project.

Amount available: Grants will then be awarded as follows:

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  1st place in Tesco customer vote: £12,000 grant
  
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  2nd place in Tesco customer vote: £10,000 grant
  
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  3rd place in Tesco customer vote: £8,000 grant
  

Deadline: Round two is open until noon on 3 June 2016.

Funding for projects that promote social justice and human dignity - Porticus UK

Purpose: Porticus UK is one of eleven Porticus offices around the world. They support charitable projects that promote human dignity and social justice through a grant giving programme in England, Wales and Scotland. Porticus UK chooses to focus support on the efforts of organisations contributing to the common good and social change in the programme areas outlined below:

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  Education
  
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  Society
  
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  Faith
  
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  Care
  

They accept applications for funds to help develop policy, advocacy and research and are particularly interested in organisations with a proven model that they wish to roll-out or expand.

Who can apply: We will accept applications from charitable, not-for-profit organisations operating in England, Wales or Scotland. Our values are based on the Catholic faith, but we welcome applications from religious and secular organisations
Amount available: There are no funding limits. The organisations we advise prefer to tailor their support based on the merits of an application and a variety of other factors. Grants tend to exceed £10,000.
Deadlines: There are no deadlines as applications are considered regularly throughout the year.

Further information: https://uk.porticus.com/en/home

Armed Forces

Funding to support Older Veterans (65+) Purpose: The Ministry of Defence has announced that the Aged Veterans Fund has opened for expressions of interest. The fund supports projects aimed specifically at supporting older veterans who may require additional support in health and social care. Funding will be made available to support the non-core health, wellbeing and social care needs of veterans born before 1 January 1950 and who are residing permanently in the UK. This includes: Surviving World War 2 veterans Those who undertook National Service Other voluntary enlisted veterans who may need some focussed support. Who can apply: The MOD are particularly keen to see portfolio applications from organisations that have a good track record of managing similar strategic partnership projects across regions and nationally. The lead partner must be a registered charity with a track record of managing large strategic projects, and capacity to manage and coordinate the provision of the proposed portfolio. Amount available: Grants of up to £5,000,000 will be made available to lead organisations who will manage, support and ensure the delivery of a strategic portfolio of projects run by other organisations (and themselves in some cases) across regions and nationally. These portfolios may last up to three years. The lead partner must be a registered charity with a track record of managing large strategic projects, and capacity to manage and coordinate the provision of the proposed portfolio. Deadline: The closing date for submitting Expression of Interest is 12 noon on the 1st July 2016. Funding for Armed Forces Projects Purpose: The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust exists to help other charities by making grants to them. It has set priorities and invites applications within those priority areas. They prefer their grants to be applied for the purchase of specific items to assist: which includes supporting personnel within the Armed Forces and Ex-service men and women. Trust prefers to make grants for specific items and projects rather than for running costs. Who can apply: Registered Charities Amount available: The Trustees will not normally consider appeals from charities within two years of a previous grant being approved Deadline: The Trustees generally meet twice in each year to approve grants. The deadlines for the rounds of applications are 30th June and 31st December in each year. The Trustees generally meet in March and September. Further information: There are no application forms and charities wishing to apply should write to the Secretary via the details on the website.

Royal British Legion Grants to support Armed Forces Communities

Purpose: The Royal British Legion External Grants Programme is open to applications from organisations running, or planning, charitable activities in support of the Armed Forces community. Grants are available and priority will be given to projects that support:

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  Employment and training
  
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  Family support; homelessness and outreach
  
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  Supporting the elderly.
  

Who can apply: Charitable organsiations that have been operating for at least 2 years.
Amount available: Up to £50,000, but smaller requests are encouraged.
Deadlines: The first stage in the application process is to submit and Expression of Interest (EOI) and if successful at this stage applicants will be invited to submit a full application. Deadlines for 2016 are – 31^st May / 31^st August / 30^th November