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Comic Relief and England Rugby Launch New Try for Change Funding Initiative (UK)

In partnership with England Rugby, Comic Relief is launching its first funding initiative through the Try for Change fund on the 6th February 2017.

The fund will use rugby union and the rugby union community to deliver social change in England and across the world. Bringing together rugby's core values of teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship it will work to tackle a number of social challenges around education attainment, social inclusion, unemployment, mental and physical wellbeing, personal development and community cohesion. The first initiative launched under the Try for Change Fund is a small grants programme aimed at supporting smaller charities, community groups, and local community rugby clubs in England. Organisations can apply for between £2,500 and £10,000, for up to 12 months. The initiative will be prioritising applications which target the most vulnerable and marginalised groups, for example young people who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training), local refugees, or young offenders.

Organisations wishing to learn more about the Change Fund, can attend a Seminar at Twickenham Stadium on Friday 17th February from 12pm until 2.30pm. For more information, please contact Tim Wainwright at timwainwright@.



BBC Children in Need – Small Grants Programme (UK)

Not for profit organisations such as schools; registered charities; voluntary organisations; churches; and community interest groups; etc. can apply for grants of up to £10,000 per year for up to three years through the BBC Children in Need Small Grants programme.

The grants are available for projects working with children and young people of 18 years and under experiencing disadvantage through:

• Illness, distress, abuse or neglect; any kind of disability

• Behavioural or psychological difficulties

• And / or living in poverty or situations of deprivation.

Projects supported in the past include:

Corley Special School in Coventry which received a grant of £6,000 to provide lunchtime horse riding sessions for children with disabilities.

Caldercruix Youth & Community Development Project in Airdrie, which received a grant of £6,333 to help deliver 2 afterschool clubs a week to young people in an isolated village where children from low income families have little access to services.

The closing date for applications is the 1st March 2017.



Funding to Enable Disadvantaged Young People Reach their Potential (UK)

Registered charities (including Schools that are registered as charities for young people with disabilities) that work with disadvantaged children under the age of 25 can apply for funding of up to £10,000 through the Ironmongers Company's grants programme. In particular, the company wants to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential and educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills. Projects could, for example:

• Support special educational needs

• Address behavioural problems or promote citizenship

• Parenting or life skills.

Preference will be given to projects piloting new approaches where the outcomes will be disseminated to a wider audience. Although the grants are available within the UK preference is given to projects in inner London.

The next deadline for applications is the 31st July 2017.



Woman to Woman Fund Due to Re-open for Applications in May 2017 (UK)

Rosa the UK Fund for women and girls will launch the second funding round of the "Women to Women" Fund in May 2017.

Local women's organisations across the UK will be able to apply for grants of up to £25,000 to support a wide range of charitable work that benefits women. This can range from:

• Building confidence and leadership skills

• Tackling harassment and violence

• Training in financial literacy and increasing engagement in decision-making; etc.

Rosa plans to support at least 100 local grassroots women's organisations across the UK and the grants are available for groups with an income of under £100,000 per year. Rosa especially wants to support groups that work with disadvantaged communities or in disadvantaged areas. Grants can pay for core work, as well as mobilising volunteers, leadership development, communications and advocacy.

Grants will be awarded over 3 rounds until March 2018. Round 3 of the Woman to Woman fund is due to open in in September 2017.



Funding for Projects that Help the Elderly (UK)

The Austin Hope and Pilkington Trust have announced that their next round of grant funding will open on the 1st February 2017.

During this funding round grants of £1,000 will be available to registered charities that have an income of between £50,000 and £1 million for projects that relate to helping the elderly. The Trust will run four funding rounds each year with a different theme and for each funding round will give priority to projects that focus on:

• Homelessness

• Domestic abuse

• Prisoners/offenders

• Training/education

• Counselling/support

• Activities for those with limited access or opportunities.

The closing date for applications will be 28th February 2017. For information on how to apply and on future funding rounds this year, please click on the link below.



Postcode Local Trust Re-opens for Applications (England, Scotland & Wales)

The Postcode Local Trust which is a grant-giving body funded by players of People's Postcode Lottery has re-opened for applications.

The Trust provides financial support for charities and good causes which help communities enhance their natural environment in a way that benefits the wider community. In 2017 Postcode Local Trust will fund projects that support wildlife areas, sustainability initiatives, local indoor and outdoor spaces and citizenship (local volunteering projects). Registered charities in England, Scotland & Wales can apply from £500 - £20,000 (£10,000 in Wales) whilst other constituted not for profit organisations may apply for up to £2,000 for community based projects that improve local ecology and habitats, encourage bio-diversity and benefit the wider environment.

There will be two funding rounds in 2017. The closing date for applications for the first funding round is the 10th February 2017. The second funding round will open on the 1st August 2017 and will close for applications on the 18th August 2017.

Football Foundation's Grow the Game Fund (England & Wales)

The Football Foundation has announced that its "Grow the Game" grant scheme will reopen for applications on the 1st February 2017 and will close on the 29th March 2017.

The aim of the scheme is to increase participation in football by both players and volunteers. Applications are welcome from not for profit organisations that are planning to set up two new football teams over the next two years. For 2017 funding is available to organisations wishing to set up male teams - under-14s to adult; female teams - under-7s to adult; and disability teams. Organisations that can apply for funding include:

• Football clubs

• Youth clubs with a football programme

• Futsal clubs

• Community groups/centre/clubs

• Charitable Organisations

• Parish Councils

• Sports associations

• Local authorities

• Multi-sports clubs

• Companies limited by guarantee

• professional club community schemes

• Industrial and provident societies

• Unincorporated not-for-profit organisations

• University and college teams playing in FA affiliated community leagues.

The type of activities that can be funded include (but are not limited to):

• Facility hire

• Hire of FA qualified coaches

• Referees fees

• CRB checks

• Affiliation fees

• Promotion and publicity; etc.

Organisations are able to receive a grant of £1,500 per new team created over two or three years with financial support being reduced in the second or third year of the project.



Funding for Community Facilities (England & Scotland)

The next application deadline for funding from the Suez Communities Trust (formerly the Sita Trust) is the 24th April 2017.

The Suez Communities Trust provides funds to not-for-profit organisations to improve amenities that is available for leisure and recreation use by the general public. This could include:

• Community cafes

• Theatres

• Play areas

• Skate parks

• Youth centres; etc.

Through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) the Trust can offer grants of up to £20,000 through its Smaller Projects Fund and grants of up to £50,000 through its Primary Fund. To be eligible, applicants needs to be a not - for profit organisations located within three miles of a qualifying SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK waste processing site. N.B. due to the rural nature of the Aberdeenshire funding zone this zone has a 10-mile radius. Additionally, in order to qualify for LCF funding project sites must fall within 10 miles of a landfill site.

For information on projects previously funded by the Trust, please click here.



Community Housing Funding (England)

The UK Government has launched a new £60 million fund to help almost 150 councils tackle the problem of high levels of second homeownership in their communities.

The Community Housing Fund will support local groups to deliver affordable housing aimed at first-time buyers. Almost £20 million of the funding will be allocated directly to local authorities in the South West as this is the most popular region for second homes in England, accounting for 21% of all second homeownership. The first year of funding will be used to build capacity within local groups such as improving technical skills, setting up support hubs to offer advice, business planning and providing staff to review local housing needs.

Funding in the following year must then be used to deliver housing on the ground for local people.



£18.5 Million National Lottery Funding for Community Projects (England)

The Big Lottery Fund has announced that more than 530 projects are sharing £18,560,998 of funding from the Reaching Communities programme.

Reaching Communities is a £200 million grants scheme that provides funding between £10,000-£500,000 for voluntary or community groups to make positive changes in local communities.

Projects awarded funding includes:

The Conservation Foundation in London which received £240,199 to deliver a project collecting old and broken garden tools from the public, refurbishing them in a prison workshop, and then giving them away to local schools and community groups for gardening and food-growing projects.

1625 Independent People in Bristol which received £901,194 to support and engage young people leaving care and custody. Working alongside regional and national partners, the project will specifically target those who are most disengaged and mistrusting of local services, including people who are at risk of homelessness, social exclusion and exploitation.

Applications to the Reaching Communities programme can be made at any time.



The Harry Payne Fund (West Midlands)

The Heart of England Community Foundation is now accepting applications for The Harry Payne Fund.

This fund provides grants of between £250 and £1000 to support causes in Birmingham and within a 25-mile radius of the city centre, including Black Country, Coventry, Warwickshire, and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire. Registered charities and CIO's with an income of less than £500,000 who support the disadvantaged are welcome to apply and funding is available for specific projects and general running costs.

Examples of the types of causes that have previously been supported include:

• Care of the elderly

• Victims, offenders and their families

• Disability organisations

• Organisations encouraging understanding between different faiths

• Relief of poverty, particularly food poverty

• Local environmental projects

• Homelessness.

This program has a rolling deadline with funding decisions being made four times a year.



Youth Social Action Fund (West Midlands)

The Heart of England Community Foundation is now accepting applications from registered charities, community groups, social enterprises and CIC's for the Youth Social Action Fund.

This fund is part of the UK wide "#iwill" campaign, which aims to increase the number of people between the ages of 10 and 20 years (25 for disabled people) who take part in youth social action. Social action involves activities such as campaigning, fundraising and volunteering, all of which enable participants to make a positive difference to their communities. Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available to organisations with an annual income of less than £500,000' however priority may be given to smaller organisations.

Examples of the types of projects that can be supported include:

• Regular volunteering at a care home

• A drop in where young people teach others new skills such as coding/bike maintenance/nail art

• Bite-size events for young people to train an organisation's staff on the latest social media, etc.

The closing date for applications is the 24th February 2017.

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