Local Not for Profit Organisations with a turnover of £500,000 or less per year can apply for grants of up to £2,000 through the Greggs Foundation regional grants programme. Although Schools can also apply, projects must take place outside of the school day.
The Greggs Foundation was established in 1987 by Ian Gregg, founder of the Greggs bakery retailer. The regional grants programme is administered by committees of volunteers from Gregg shops, bakeries and offices who are based in England, Scotland and Wales. They use their knowledge of the local area to make small grants to local organisations, in particular those that make a difference to people in need in the heart of Greggs’ local communities.
The Greggs Foundation prioritises local organisations that help people in need in their local area. Although each application is considered on its merits, the Greggs Foundation is highly unlikely to fund an application that doesn’t work in a highly disadvantaged area or support priority beneficiaries, these are:
- Voluntary carers
- People with disabilities
- Older people
- Homeless people.
The closing date for applications is the 19th May 2012. http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/regionalgrants.html
The David Canter Memorial Fund offers grants 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. In 2012, the focus will be on ceramics.
Applicants should have finished formal training and be working full- or part-time in the UK.
Grants usually range from £500 to £1,000. Examples of what these grants may be used for include project costs, eg setting up a workshop, buying equipment, educational work or for research and travel.
Grants are not available for students, or for those working in the field of fine arts.
The deadline for the receipt of applications is 21 September 2012.
For more information, visit http://www.crafts.org.uk/
The School for Social Entrepreneurs has announced that it is offering places on a learning programme, with grants, for social entrepreneurs or would-be social entrepreneurs to make their ideas a reality, or to scale up their existing projects. The scheme is funded by Lloyds Banking Group, with additional support from Nominet Trust, and will run across the UK for the next five years. The programme has two strands:
- The Start Up Programme compromises of a grant of £4,000 and a place on SSE’s Start Up learning programme. It is for applicants at an early stage in the development of their project or organisation, and supports personal development and business skills development to help turn projects or project ideas into reality.
- The Scale Up Programme compromises of a grant of £15,000 and a place on SSE’s Scale Up learning programme. The programme is for social entrepreneurs with an established organisation who are looking to take it to the next level, equipping them with the tools to develop it further and maximise their social impact.
In addition, each year, one of the Scale Up participants will also win the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award with a total grant of £25,000.
The closing date for applications is 10am on the 28th May 2012. See link here:
http://www.the-sse.org/schools/26/lloyds-banking-group-social-entrepreneurs-programme
Deadline: 31 July 2012
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced the launch of a new £1 million small grants programme for people to get involved in their heritage. Called ‘All Our Stories’, the programme will provide grants of £3,000 to £10,000 to support charities, community groups and heritage organisations running local history projects.
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Antigone, Martha Lane Fox’s Foundation, has announced that the next funding round will open for application in September 2012. The Foundation are interested in helping charities think through how they use web and mobile technologies and are looking to support projects that can show that they are sustainable and use technology innovatively; can show that they are improving people’s lives; are managed by inspired and dedicated people; have ambitions for developing their work on a bigger scale; share lessons learned with other organisations in their sector; and form lasting partnerships to make the most of limited resources.
Previous grants have ranged between £5,000 – 15,000 per year for terms of 1-5 years.
For more information visit: http://www.marthalanefox.com/antigone
