Introduction to Social Enterprise, Thursday 17 November from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby.

Are you an organisation that is heavily dependant on grant funding?  Would you like to find out more about the alternatives that could benefit the development of your organisation?  If so, this course is for you!

By the end of this session learners will:

•  Understand what trading is.
•  Recognise the benefits of a social enterprise.
•  Have an awareness of how to develop a social enterprise.
•  Identify different sources of funding. 

There is a small charge for this training session:

£10 for voluntary groups under £10,000 turnover;

£25 for voluntary organisations over £10,000 turnover; and

£50 for statutory organisations.

If you would like to book a place email Community Action or call Liz Gumbley on 01332 227738.

Do you find that you are not too confident when filling in application forms or aren't too sure where to apply for funding? If so, this course is for you!

By the end of this session you will be able to: 

• Recognise what funders are looking for in an application
• Understand the importance of meeting funders criteria
• Identify possible funding sources that match the organisation's objectives

Date and Time:       Wednesday 26 October 2011

                                  10:00 am to 1:00 pm (9:45 am registration)

Venue:                      Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby

Cost:                         £10 for Community Groups (under £10K turnover)

                                  £25 for Voluntary Organisations (over £10k turnover)

                                  £50 for Statutory Partners

To book a place email Training  to request a booking form or contact Liz Gumbley on 01332 227738 by Monday 17 October.  

This is a great opportunity to meet Alan Eagle who runs the Santander Foundation. As part of the workshop he will be delivering two interactive presentations; the first on what funding is available from the Santander Foundation, how to apply and eligibility for funding; and a presentation called 'Avoid the Bin' which is intended for people either new to fundraising or who do not undertake fundraising as a full time job. 

There will also be the chance to ask Alan about applications and any queries you may have.

Who is the fund for? Organisations with charitable status - Registered Charities, Friendly Societies, Industrial and Provident Societies registered under charitable, not membership, rules - the exception to this is Credit Unions who can be funded.

What Santander fund:

Education and Training - this could be an activity disadvantaged people undertake to improve their confidence in a skill of their understanding of a subject.

Financial Capacity - covers activities which help disadvantaged people understand how to manage their money. 

Grants of up to £10,000 are available - the average grant awarded is £4,000.

Date and Time:                 Monday 5 December - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Venue:                                Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby  

Cost:                                   FREE

To book a place email Training or call Liz Gumbley on 01332 227738 by Monday 28 November.  For more information visit the Santander Foundation website.   

Thursday 20 October from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street in Derby.  The Reaching Communities programme has four outcomes:

• People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills;
• Stronger communities, with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems;
• Improved rural and urban environments, that communities are better able to access and enjoy; and 
• Healthier and more active people and communities.

Please note that this workshop is now fully booked, however, if you are interested in attending a future workshop please let us know and we may be able to arrange another date.  Email Liz Gumbley or call 01332 227738.

Further information on Reaching Communities can be found on the Big Lottery Fund website.    

Are you looking for funding to continue your existing services? Are you developing new projects/activities that need funding? Why not come along to our Funding Fair on 12 January 2012 at Community Action from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. So far we have the following funders booked:

• Lloyds TSB Foundation
• Santandar
• Biffaward
• Big Lottery
• Derbyshire Community Foundation
• Key Fund
• Co-operative
• Business in the Community
• Social Enterprise Loan Fund

These fairs will only be successful if you come along so please put this event in your diary!  Look out for more information in next month's bulletin. 

East Midlands Airport Community Fund funds projects that meet one or more of the following objectives:

• Bringing the community closer together through facilities for sport, recreation and other leisure time activities
• Offering environmental improvements and/or heritage conservation
• Improving awareness of environmental issues through environmental education
• Encouraging and/or protecting wildlife

Individual grants are capped at £2,000 per project, which can be used to fund capital costs, including equipment, security improvement works and building adaptations to provide disabled access. For more details visit the East Midlands Airport website or call 0871 919 9000.  Please note the deadline for applications is 19 October. 

Local Nature Partnerships Fund have established a one-off £1 million fund to support capacity building activities that will help people to prepare for applying to be recognised as a Local Nature Partnership later in 2012. This fund supports the development of partnerships that bring local people together to ensure the natural environment is taken into account in decision making. Activities supported include:

• Bringing groups together to identify opportunities and priorities
• Develop a plan for improving the natural environment
• Grow membership of the partnership
• Making partnerships more financially sustainable

The fund has two objectives:  

• To enable existing environmental partnerships who aspire to become Local Nature Partnerships, to broaden their agenda, membership and vision.
• To support some partnership development work in areas where no partnership currently exists.

Who can apply? 

• Individuals, businesses and not- for- profit organisations in England

How much? 

• Up to £20,000 - Round 2 deadline is 31 October

For more information visit the DEFRA website or call 08459 335577. 

Nationwide Foundation make grants to registered UK charities that offer financial and/or housing related support to survivors of domestic abuse and/or older people.  Grants of between £500 and £5000 are available.

The funding aims to tackle financial exclusion affecting older people across the UK through:

• Accessing benefits
• Managing finances including debts
• Projects to protect older people from financial abuse
• Help the plan the cost of care needs
• Helping to make their homes warmer and more energy efficient
• Helping to maintain homes and gardens
• Support to live independently at home

Grants to help survivors of domestic abuse tackle financial exclusion by:

• Accessing benefits
• Managing finances including debts
• Opening bank accounts and accessing other financial products
• Budgeting
• Interventions to make their homes safer and better protected

For more information visit the Nationwide Foundation website or call 01793 655113. 

Grants of between £100 and £2,000 are awarded to community, voluntary, or self-help groups to run projects that carry out positive work in the community. A project must meet the following criteria:

• Address a community issue
• Provide a good long-term benefit to the community
• Support co-operative values and principles
• Ideally be innovative in its approach

Who can apply? Community groups, self help groups, voluntary groups and  charities

How to apply? All applications for funding have to be submitted online.

For more information visit the Co-operative Community Fund website or call 0844 262 4001. 

The Henry Smith Charity Is a large grant making charity.  It makes grants totalling approximately £25 million each year to up to 1,000 organisations and charities for initiatives and projects that address social inequality and economic disadvantage.

Main Grants Programme - for grants of £10,000 or over.

• Capital Grant - one off grants for purchase or refurbishment of a building or purchase of specialist equipment
• Revenue Grants - grants of up to 3 years for core costs (including salaries and overheads) or the running costs of a specific project

The Small Grants Programme - for grants of under £10,000 per year.  

• Small Grants - Grants of £500 to £20,000 for small UK registered charities. Your annual income must be below £150,000

For more information visit the Henry Smith Charity website or call 0207 264 4970. 

Helping Hands is a new community initiative from Wilkinson.  Each local store has been given a budget to distribute to projects and schemes within the store's local community.  To apply for a donation from the Helping Hands Fund you need to visit your local store and pick up an application form.  These forms can be found on the red community board in your local store, or if you can't find them ask for assistance at the customer service desk.  Please direct any requests for donations to your local store.

For more information visit the Wilkinson website.  

The Home Office has announced a new grant fund to encourage creative new approaches to tackling crime. The application process is now open and bids for this year are invited until 1 December 2011.  

• Small grants - £1,000 to £15,000
• Large grants - £15,000 to £50,000

Worth £5 million in 2011/12 with a further £5 million set aside for 2012/13, the innovation fund will be used to encourage greater community activism, and to enable communities to develop innovative approaches to tackling the local crime issues that matter to them. The fund will also encourage effective partnerships to get everybody working together to tackle crime.

Criteria - all applications must show that they:

• are innovative
• deliver lasting benefit
• have involved local communities
• tackle crime issues that matter to the local community, with a particular focus on antisocial behaviour, crime in local neighbourhoods, substance misuse, re-offending, violence against women and girls, and youth crime

For more information visit the Innovation Fund website.  

Warburtons supports charities and the community in three ways:

• financial support
• product donations
• personal involvement of individual people.

Their main focus is on grass roots activities which: 

• have a positive effect on the aspirations, education, skills and employability of young people
• have a strong family focus
• encourage healthier lifestyles in the community
• improve the local environment of the community

For more information visit the Warburtons website. 

A B Charitable Trust supports charities that defend human rights, such as freedom from torture and arbitrary imprisonment, and promote respect for individuals whatever their circumstances.

The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with vulnerable people, marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus on:

• refugees and victims of torture
• prisoners
• older people
• people with mental health problems

Medium sized grants are available. If you do not work in these particular fields, but meet their wider criteria you may be able to apply for a small grant of up to £5,000.

For more information visit the A B Charitable Trust website or call 01273 138070. 

In association with the Daily Mail, the Big Lottery Fund's Silver Dream Fund offers an exiting new opportunity for groups to test out a range of ideas about new ways to support older people, whilst building on the wealth of experience and skills that they have to offer to others, including their families, neighbourhoods and local communities.

The challenge is to come up with a great idea that will pioneer ways to help vulnerable older people deal more effectively with life-changing events.

The fund will be seeking, inspiring and exciting ideas which:

• deliver either a completely new service, grow or replicate to a new area, a service that has been proven to be successful;
• support and strengthen older people through difficult changes in their lives;
• help older people to prepare for future transitions, building resilience and capacity to cope with difficult life events;
• see volunteering as an opportunity to utilise the skills and experience of active older people to support the less active ageing population;
• and embrace partnership working with other agencies and organisations, and particularly with local communities to address the current and future needs of older people

Big Lottery hope that the challenge will stimulate interest amongst groups who might not traditionally apply for Lottery funding and create sustainable partnerships between local organisations to deliver joined up support for older people.

Sport in the community is about local people, local facilities, local groups and organisations working together to provide opportunities to enjoy sport.  Betfair and SportAid recognise the importance of community sport so Cash 4 Clubs has been set up to facilitate fundraising for community sports clubs throughout the country. It offers sports clubs the chance to win grants ranging from £250 to £1000.  It is a simple scheme aimed at giving community clubs a helping hand and providing them with the opportunity to raise the money they need to invest in their club.

Who can apply? Any sports club who is registered with the Sporting National Governing Body or Local Authority. There are no restrictions as to the type of sports or activities.

For more information visit the Cash 4 Clubs website.   

Sported is a national charity that provides support to community sport organisations that work with young people in disadvantaged areas. They do this by providing business resources and financial assistance. 

As a member of Sported, you can discuss funding options with your Regional Manager. They offer members two types of grants, as well as help to get you external funding

• Small grants of up to £2,000. This one-off grant is available to all members, with applications being reviewed every 3 months. The Regional Manager will provide you with an application form and guide you through the process.
• Large grants - between £2,000 and £10,000.
• External Funding - they also work with members to help find external funding opportunities in your area.

Sported will consider funding salaries, running costs/overheads and programme delivery costs. They will also consider supporting projects for more than one year, but funding will always be offered as part of a wider support package to ensure the ongoing development of your project or organisation.

For further details and to sign up as a member visit the Sported website or call 0207 389 1905.

The Rayne Foundation work within four sectors: 

• Arts - through the work of artists and arts organisations
• Education - improving the design of schools and developing numeracy skills
• Health and Medicine - improved quality of life for older people
• Social Welfare and Development - improved quality of life for older people and improved opportunities for refugees to cross into, and contribute to, mainstream society

The average grant in 2010 was £14,562.

For more information visit the Rayne Foundation website or call 0207 487 9630.

The Lankelly Chase Foundation works to promote change to improve the quality of people's lives. They focus on areas of social need to help the most disadvantaged to fulfil their potential.

Arts programme - focuses on three specific areas:

• Promoting the use of the arts by people with severe mental ill health;
• Encouraging vulnerable young people to participate in arts activities;
• And, through a closed programme, helping young artists to pursue a career in the arts

The Free and Quiet Minds Programme - focuses on the needs of the most rejected and ignored people in society,

• Secure and Psychiatric Care
• Black and Minority Ethnic Groups
• Asylum Seekers
• Destitute Asylum Seekers

The Custody and Community Programme - the background to the programme is the deep concern at the rising prison population and belief that the increase reflects the numbers of chronically excluded people.

• Women Offenders
• Short-term or Remand Prisoners with multiple complex needs (including young offenders)
• Immigration Detainees

Grants are generally in the region of £10,000 to £15,000 a year for up to three years. For more information visit the Lankelly Chase Programme.

The Foyle Foundation small and main grants schemes are designed to support smaller charities in the UK, especially those working at a grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities.

Applications are welcomed from charities that have an annual turnover of less than £100,000 per annum.

In the Small Grants Scheme you can apply for a grant of between £1,000 and £10,000 if you can demonstrate that such a grant will make a significant difference to the work of your charity. There are no deadlines for submission.

The Wakeham Trust provides grants to help people rebuild their communities. They are particularly interested in:

• Neighbourhood projects;
• Community arts projects;
• Projects involving community service by young people;
• Projects that are set up by those who are socially excluded

For more informationvisit the Wakeham Trust website or call 01730 821748.