grantseeking

The next round for the People’s Postcode Trust in England is open.

The Trust funds projects with grants of £500 - £10,000. Its priorities are:

• To prevent poverty, sickness and distress for the benefit of the public

• To promote, maintain, improve and advance health

• To advance citizenship or community development

• To advance public participation in sport

• To promote, improve and advance human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation

• To promote and advance environmental protection or improvement.

There is an updated application form, application process and guidance notes which must be used when applying.

The deadline for applications is 23 April 2010.

Visit the People’s Postcode Trust website here for more information.

South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network (SYFN) have opened applications for 2Weeks 2Make It 2010. The scheme awards cash prizes and record contracts to musicians and filmmakers.

To apply, as well as a completing an application form, musicians need to send a sample of their work, e.g, c.d’s, links to your websites, Myspace pages or other links. Film-makers need to provide an example of a film they have made, e.g a music video, shorts or short documentaries. You can send links for YouTube or Vimeo or any other method to show what you can do.

Musicians that are selected will have to pay £50 + Vat fee but there is no charge for selected film-makers.

The deadline for applications is 29 March 2010.

For more information visit the SYFN website here.

The National Audit Office this week (17th March) launched an online 'Successful Commissioning' guide, subtitled "How to secure value for money through better financial relationships with third sector organisations".

This is aimed at local public sector service commissioners (mainly councils and health authorities) but no doubt is useful background for sector support bodies and organisations seeking funding - it has a section on "grant or procurement?".

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Think Big is a new funding scheme from mobile phone firm O2, developed in conjunction with youth charities National Youth Agency and UK Youth.

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The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has announced there will be a new £35 million programme Forces in Mind. The programme will support work with veterans and former armed forces personnel who find it difficult with the transition back to civilian life, particularly because of psychological issues and how this impacts their and their family’s life.

The programme will support existing organisations to develop and improve their services for veterans and their families, as well as funding research, awareness raising and advocacy work.

The new programme has derived from the public consultation conducted by BIG last year.

For more information visit the BIG website here.

The Global Community Links programme is funded by the Department for National International Development (DFID) and managed by the British Council, the Institute of Community Cohesion, the Inter Faith Network for the UK and VSO.

The programme aims at develop the understanding of global development issues and funds community groups in the UK which have a link with a community group in a developing country. Faith groups, community groups, local government, business and charitable organisations are eligible to apply.

For more information visit the DFID website here.

The Volunteer Management Programme - Strand C, from Capacitybuilders, is offering bursaries of up to £1,950 for volunteer managers to develop their skills. The programme is being delivered by four organisations across England, which includes Voluntary Action Sheffield, and is associated with the National Occupational Standards in Volunteer Management.

The scheme is open to those who support, coordinate, manage or have strategic responsibility for volunteers, either paid or voluntarily.

Applications will open on Monday 22 March 2010. It is expected there will be a high demand for this fund so early application are encouraged.

For more information visit the Capcitybuilders website here.

Hi everyone,

Thanks very much to all those of you that have already responded to SYFAB’s survey questionnaire.

If you haven’t yet responded, we’d really appreciate a few minutes of your time to help us work out how best to develop our funding advice services.

The survey is available at this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/syfab

Everyone who completes the questionnaire by Friday 19 March will go into a prize draw to win a £25 Amazon voucher.

Thanks for your time,
Danny

The Plunkett Foundation is seeking tenders for undertaking an on-going evaluation of the Specialist Enterprise Support strand of Making Local Food Work, which is a Big Lottery funded programme managed by the Plunkett Foundation. The evaluation is required to begin in April 2010.

The deadline for tenders is 31 March 2010.

For more information visit the Plunkett Foundation website here.

The Plunkett Foundation also provides ongoing support to community owned local food enterprises as part of the Making Local Food Work programme. Study visits to see other enterprises or for them to visit you to share best practice can also be supported.

For more information visit the Plunkett Foundation website here.

The Raising Attainment and Aspiration Project wishes to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to undertake a two-year project (starting around May 2010) to create a regional evidence bank of high quality research, validated examples of programmes that have already been successful in improving attainment and aspiration across the 0-19 age range and that can act as a clearing house for improvement support.

The project will also involve the development of a web-based access to this evidence base along with advice and support on the most effective use of the materials.

The deadline is 31 March 2010.

For more information on the tender see the Children and Young People Now website.

A campaign has been launched by Voice4Change England to urge black and minority ethnic voluntary and community groups to promote the work they do, during a time of public spending cuts. Firstly they need to think about improving performance and evidencing the value and benefits of their work. http://www.voice4change-england.co.uk/performance.

Another briefing has been published by Compact Voice for voluntary groups in England concerned at the possible effect of changes to funding from local councils.
'How to safeguard Sector stability - using your Compact' suggests a number of steps to take to achieve the best local outcomes. Download pdf, 72KB.

Applications are open for the latest theme of the Health Innovation Challenge Fund (HICF), targeting time-critical Interventions. Read more about this grant here

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