- Are you involved in voluntary work in your area and would like to undertake some training of your choice?
- The Can do learning programme offers financial support with costs for registering on any courses up to £500, including, travel, childcare and other expenses incurred up to 12 months.
- (Example- A person running a Women’s Group- would like to attend a course at the local college on facilitation skills)
- In return you must be prepared to talk about your learning aspirations and achievements with a co-ordinator at agreed intervals.
- Please contact Marvin Symes (Development Worker for The Scarman Trust), with your name, address and contact details at symesm@hotmail.com or call him on 07910 276193
- We are also looking for a number of paid co-ordinators to support 5-10 learners each. Please apply as above.
The Big Boost Programme
Are you 11 to 25?
Do you have an idea that will benefit your community?
If so, we want to help you!
The Big Boost gives awards of between £250 and £5,000 to young people, to help them get their ideas off the ground.
Want to find out more?
Contact- Marvin Symes (Development Worker) Scarman Trust (East Of England)
Tel.: 01733 753966
Mobile: 07910 276193
E: symesm@hotmail .com
The Big Boost programme is run by UnLtd, Scarman Trust, The Prince's Trust and Changemakers. The programme is funded by Big Lottery Fund and is part of their Young People's Fund initiative. For more information on the Big Lottery Fund, go to www.biglotteryfund.org.uk.
Wanted
Community Learning Champions
- Home Office Refugee Integration Challenge Fund
- Purposeful Activities Fund
- Refugee Community Development Fund
- Community Champions Fund (East of England)
- Community Learning Chests (East of England)
- Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests (East of England)
- The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
- LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
- LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION
- PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION
- Funding for Local Racial Equality Work 2006-2007
- Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund
- Awards for All
- AGRICULTURE:- Support for Information Measures relating to the Common Agriculture Policy
- EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL AFFAIRS:- 2006- European Year of Workers Mobility- Towards a European Labour arket (Open call for proposals)
- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:- IST (Information Society Technologies)
- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:- Science & Society - Science education and careers 2005
- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:- Aeronautics Specific Support Actions
- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:- Sustainable Surface Transport Specific Support Actions
- ETHNIC MINORITIES INNOVATION FUND- EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
- CONNECTING COMMUNITIES PLUS
1. Home Office Refugee Integration Challenge Fund
Awarding department: Home Office
Maximum grant value: £50,000
Description: The Challenge Fund supports the Home Office’s commitment to the integration of refugees within the United Kingdom and aims to promote innovative projects that address specific social needs amongst refugee communities. Projects must be for the benefit of those residing in the UK who have been recognised as refugees (under the 1951 UN Convention) or those with Humanitarian Protection, Discretionary Leave leading to settlement.
For more information visit: www.governmentfunding.org.uk
Awarding department: Home Office
Maximum grant value: £40,000
Description: The Purposeful Activities Fund supports projects that enable asylum seekers to interact with, and make a positive contribution to, the communities in which they reside. Priority is given to applications that build basic skills which will be useful to asylum seekers in the long term, whether they stay in the UK or return to their country of origin.
For more information visit: www.governmentfunding.org.uk
3. Refugee Community Development Fund
Awarding department: Home Office
Maximum grant value: £5,000
Description: The Refugee Community Development Fund makes grants available to organisations that work in the UK with refugees and refugee communities, including those that provide services to asylum seekers. Applications are particularly welcomed from smaller grassroots organisations, emerging groups and those from whom refugees are a new target group. Projects must be for the benefit of those with full refugee status (under the 1951 Convention), or those who have been given Protection on Humanitarian Grounds or Discretionary Leave in the UK. This fund has now closed for this year due to the high number of applications received, but is expected to reopen in the spring.
For more information visit: www.governmentfunding.org.uk
4. Community Champions Fund (East England)
Awarding department: Government Office for the East of England
Maximum grant value: £2,000
Description: The Community Champions Fund supports the work of local people who can encourage others to get more involved in renewing their neighbourhood.
For more information visit: www.governmentfunding.org.uk
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5. Community Learning Chests (East of England)
Awarding department: Government Office for the East of England
Maximum grant value: £5,000
Description: The Community Learning Chests scheme funds available to develop the skills and knowledge of communities to enable them to participate in neighbourhood renewal at local level
For more information visit: www.governmentfunding.org.uk
6. Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests (East of England)
Awarding department: Government Office for the East of England
Maximum grant value: £5,000
Description: The Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests scheme funds projects that will improve the quality of life in the 88 most deprived areas in England.
For more information visit: www.governmentfunding.org.uk
7. The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
Awarding department: The Grants Department (UK)
Maximum grant value: £15,000 - £ 80,000
Description: The 2005 UK grants theme is 'The Transition to Adulthood and Independence'. The theme has been split into three categories; Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Members of Prisoners' Families and Young People and Mental Ill Health. The priority within these categories is for the support of young people aged 12 - 25 although they will take into account the needs of the family as well.
Local organisations will need to have a national significance to qualify for funding, such as work that can demonstrate good practice that can be applied across the UK.
Deadline for application: 5.00 pm 24th June 2005
Contact information: The Grants Department (UK), The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, The County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London
SE1 7PB
Telephone: 020 7902 5500
For more information visit: www.theworkcontinues.org
8. LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Awarding department: Lloyds TSB
Maximum grant value: £20,000
Description: Grants to support underfunded charitable organisations in England and Wales that improve the lives of people in local communities, especially those who are disadvantaged or disabled. Priorities for funding are: Refugees and asylum seekers; supporting diversity for inclusion of people from black and minority ethnic communities; and capacity building for charities.
Timing: At any Time
For more information visit: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Awarding department: LankellyChase Foundation
Maximum grant value: £40,000
Description: The Foundation funds community projects in the following broad priority areas: arts, breaking the cycle of abuse and deprivation, developing communities, heritage, mental health and offenders in society. In addition, there is a limited programme of support for organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers.
Timing: At any Time
For more information visit: www.lankellychase.org.uk
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Awarding department: Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Maximum grant value: £100,000
Description: Funding priorities are towards increasing access to the Arts of young people, and Arts in education including “Musical Futures”; a range of Publishing Training schemes, Education of the disaffected and disadvantaged, the Reading and Libraries Challenge Fund, and aid to young refugees and asylum seekers.
Timing: At any Time
For more information visit: www.phf.org.uk
information@phf.org.uk
11. Funding for Local Racial Equality Work 2006-2007
Awarding department: The Commission for Racial Equality
Maximum grant value: NA
Description: The Commission for Racial Equality is inviting organisations to apply for funding for racial equality work in 2006-2007.
The three themes for 2006-2007 are:
-Integration
-Inter-community conflict prevention and resolution
-Support for victims of racial discrimination and harassment including legal casework.
Timing: Deadline is 5pm on Friday 4th November 2005.
For more information visit: www.cre.gov.uk/about/gettingresults.html
12. Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund
Awarding department: Community Development Foundation
Maximum grant value: £50, 000
Description: The fund is for faith and inter faith groups and organisations in England and Wales, particularly those in the most disadvantaged areas and with the most diverse minority populations.
The fund will support capacity building and inter faith activity to increase community cohesion in wider society.
Timing: Deadline is 5pm on Friday 4th November 2005.
For more information visit: www.cre.gov.uk/about/gettingresults.html
Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme aimed at local communities. We award grants of between £500 and £5,000 in a simple and straightforward way.
How can we help your organisation and community?
We can fund projects that enable people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, as well as projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
You can apply at any time
The application form is short and simple
There are links to guidance notes and sources of help
You will be told if you are successful or not within 8 weeks
If you are planning a project and you need between £500 and £5,000 then Awards for All may be able to help you. Sometimes quite small sums of money can have a big impact. We hope these awards will make a real difference to communities.
Contact information:
Elizabeth House
2nd Floor
1 High Street
Chesterton
Cambridge
CB4 1YW
Tel: 01223 449009
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14. AGRICULTURE:- Support for Information Measures relating to the Common Agriculture Policy
Awarding department: East of England European Partnership
Maximum grant value: Annual Work Programmes: Grants will be between EUR 50,000 and 500,000. Specific Measures: Grants will be between EUR 12500 and 100,000.
Grants will correspond to maximum 50% (exceptionally 75%) of the project’s total eligible cost.
Description: The aim of the call is to use the various communication channels (broadcast media, the internet, conferences and seminars, and the written press) to convey a message about the Common Agriculture Policy to the farming and food sector in Europe (including the consumers) and to the general public. in 2006, priority will be given to:
communicating the reformed common agricultural policy (CAP) as a contribution to employment, competitiveness, growth and stability in EU-25,
discussing the opportunities and benefits the CAP offers for the agricultural sector, for the development of rural regions, and for society as a whole, in Europe and beyond, as well as for an enhanced presence on the world market,
communicating the European model of agriculture to the rest of the world.
Under this call, proposals can be submitted for annual work programmes or for specific measures.
Preference will be given to projects centered on specific examples in particular sectors which illustrate practical aspects of implementing the objectives of the call.
Timing: Deadline is the 12th of December
For more information visit: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/grants/capinfo/index_en.htm
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15. EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL AFFAIRS:- 2006- European Year of Workers Mobility- Towards a European Labour Market (Open call for proposals)
Awarding department: East of England European Partnership
Grant value: c. EUR 4 million. The Commission will co-finance projects up to a maximum of 85% of the total eligible costs. Depending on the quality of the applications the Commission expects to fund between 20 and 30 projects (average grant between EUR 100,000 and 150,000).
Description: The objective of the call is to provide financial support for the organisation of cooperation and awareness-raising activities as well as pilot projects aimed at enhancing mobility opportunities for workers in Europe, promoting the exchange of good practice and informing relevant stakeholders about the rights of workers to free movement as well as the instruments to support mobility in the EU.
Timing: Deadline is the 12th of December
For more information visit: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/grants/capinfo/index_en.htm
16. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:- IST (Information Society Technologies) Call 41 (FP6-2005-IST-41) - Network Audiovisual Systems and Home Platforms (NAVSHP)
Awarding department: East of England European Partnership
Grant value: The total indicative budget is EUR 52.5 million.
Description: The general objective of the call is to contribute to the progress/development in Audio Visual systems and applications in converged broadcasting and IP communications environments. Converged broadcasting involves combining various technologies such as the Internet and TV viewing. The convergence process refers to combining information technology, communications and media. The QoS (quality of service i.e. easy access through various types of devices for the end-user) has to be ensured despite complex interoperable environments and networks.
This call welcomes in particular projects in the following areas:
Research in the field of innovative end-to-end audio-visual and multimedia data handling from the content producer to the end-user of the multimedia content;
Research in the field of open and “scalable” audio-visual and home network architectures addressing one or more of the following aspects: synchronisation of different delivery channels; control issues associated with service delivery in both intra- and inter-domain operators' environments; management and control of the home network and services; local ad-hoc/sensor networking; session continuity and seamless connectivity and controls across the personal, home and extended home networks.
All research must address multi-technology integration and convergence of broadcasting, telecommunications and consumer electronic devices. It should take into consideration the “ease of use” for the end user, addressing user expectations for new and better audio-visual experiences.
The work should contribute to the development of international open/ interoperable standards. This is why participation of organisations from third countries is encouraged, especially from Asian and Latin-American emerging economies.
The instruments that can be used to conduct the above research are either:
- Integrated Projects (IPs)
- Networks of Excellence (NoEs)
Integrated Projects (IPs): ambitious objective-driven research dealing with different issues through a “programme approach”. Target organisations: industry (including SMEs), research institutes, universities, possibly potential end-users. The optimum size of consortium: 10-20 participants. Activities: research, demonstration, training, innovation linked activities, management of the consortium. The approximate EU contribution to a project: EUR4-25 million. When selecting the projects the Commission will especially pay attention to the S&T (i.e. “clear progress beyond the current state-of-the-art”) excellence (c. 13.33 to 16.66%) and also to: relevance (c. 10 to 16.66%), potential impact (c. 10 to 16.66%), quality of the consortium (c. 10 to 16.66%), quality of the management (c. 10 to 16.66%), and mobilization of resources (c. 10 to 16.66%)
Networks of Excellence (NoEs): the aim is the long-lasting integration of the participants’ research activities. Target organisations: research institutes, universities, and mainly indirectly: industry, SMEs. The optimum size of consortium: 6-12 participants. Activities: Joint Programme Activities (JPA): integrating activities, joint research programme, spreading of excellence, management of the consortium. The approximate EU contribution to a project: EUR4-15 million. When selecting the projects the Commission will especially pay attention to the degree of integration and the joint programme of activities (16 to 20%) and also to: relevance (12 to 20%), potential impact (12 to 20%), excellence of the participants (12 to 20%), organization and management (12 to 20%). Guide for Proposers (NoEs)
Timing: 20 December 2005
For more information visit: http://fp6.cordis.lu/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP6DetailsCallPage&call_id=260
17. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:- Science & Society - Science education and careers 2005 (FP6-2005-Science-and-society-16)
Awarding department: East of England European Partnership
Grant value: c. EUR 5 million
Description: Applications can be submitted for the following topics:
4.3.4.3(a) School science teaching practice
4.3.4.3(b) Boys’ and girls’ perceptions of science
4.3.4.3(c) Performance indicators and priority settings
Instruments: Coordination Actions (CA) and Specific Support Actions (SSA)
Timing: 31 January 2006
For more information visit: http://fp6.cordis.lu/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP6DetailsCallPage&call_id=249
18. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:- Aeronautics Specific Support Actions (FP6-2002-Aero-2) - reminder of the final closure date
Awarding department: East of England European Partnership
Grant value: c. EUR 500,000 in 2006
Description: Applications can be submitted for the following topics:
- Promoting SME participation SSA
- Stimulating dissemination and exploitation of results
- Realising the European Research Area
- Promoting Candidate Countries’ participation
- Stimulating international cooperation
- Developing a EU research strategy in the sector
Instrument: Specific Support Action (SSA)
Timing: 30 March 2006 (final closure date)
For more information visit: http://fp6.cordis.lu/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP6DetailsCallPage&call_id=8
19. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:- Sustainable Surface Transport Specific Support Actions (FP6-2002-Transport-2) -- reminder of the final closure date
Awarding department: East of England European Partnership
Grant value: c. EUR 1 million in 2006
Description: Applications can be submitted for the following topics:
- Promoting SME participation SSA
- Stimulating dissemination and exploitation of results
- Realising the European Research Area
- Promoting Candidate Countries’ participation
- Stimulating international cooperation
Instrument: Specific Support Action (SSA)
Timing: 30 March 2006 (final closure date)
For more information visit: http://fp6.cordis.lu/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP6DetailsCallPage&call_id=21
20. ETHNIC MINORITIES INNOVATION FUND- EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Awarding department: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Grant value: £3 Million available
Description: The Ethnic Minorities Innovation Fund (EMIF) has been created to make available £3m revenue funding over the two years - 2006-07 and 2007-08
The aim of the fund is to identify good practice and support local authorities and their partner stakeholders to develop innovative ways to tackle and prevent homelessness amongst their ethnic minority populations. It builds on 'Tackling Homelessness amongst Ethnic Minority Households - A Development Guide', published by ODPM in September 2005, which aims to assist local authorities and their partners in the development of inclusive, evidence-based and cost-effective homelessness services. Further information is available on the 'Homelessness amongst Ethnic Minority Populations' section of our website.
The Fund delivers on a commitment set out in the Government's homelessness strategy 'Sustainable Communities: settled homes; changing lives' to develop more effective homelessness prevention
Who can apply for this fund? Expressions of Interest are welcome from local authorities, Registered Social Landlords and voluntary and community sector organisations
Timing: 21 November 2005 (final closure date)
For more information visit: http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_homelessness/documents/page/odpm_home_61003 0.hcsp
21. CONNECTING COMMUNITIES PLUS
Awarding department: The Home Office
Total Funds Value: £18,000,000
Description: Connecting Communities Plus is a grants programme designed to support practical action to help the Home Office achieve the goals set out in 'Improving Opportunity, Strengthening Society', the government's strategy to increase race equality and improve community cohesion. The programme follows the existing Connecting Communities grant programme which comes to an end in March 2006.
The grants will facilitate tailored initiatives to meet the specific needs of disadvantaged communities, rather than treating all BME communities in the same way.
Who can apply for this fund? Any voluntary and community organisation which meets the criteria below can apply. All organisations need to have the following:
A constitution or a set of rules Management board or committee A bank or building society account in the organisation's name, with the signatures of at least two members of the group needed for each cheque or payment (please note it is good financial practices to make sure that these people are not related)
Up-to-date annual accounts (for groups over
12 months old),
or a 12-month
cash flow forecast for new organisations (less then 12 months old) Agree to meet our terms and conditions, and to submit regular Project Monitoring & Evaluation Reports and Financial Statements when required.
Branches of larger organisations may apply as long as they have written support from the parent organisation and they have their own:
Independent constitution Bank or building society account Trading accounts Management board or committee Please refer to the guidance notes for specific criteria for Strategic Grants and Project Grants.
Timing: 18th November 2005 (final closure date)
For more information contact:
A4e Fund Grant Distribution
A4e
St James House
Vicar Lane
Sheffield
S1 2EX
Tel : 0845 121 5195
Email:_a4egrants@a4e.co.uk_
(mailto:a4egrants@a4e.co.uk)
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