The Lintel Trust aims to help individuals to live as independent a life as possible in their homes and to play an active part in their communities.
The General Grants Programme funds projects that support independent living in a secure home environment (eg housing association) or that improve people’s housing and standard of living or local community.
The type of projects that can be funded are :
All new businesses in the Highlands, including the Inverness area, can now apply for a business start up grant which is being delivered through Business Gateway by Highland Opportunity Limited. This Project has been funded by the Highland Council Business Gateway service and the Highland LEADER 2007-2013 Programme.
The grant will meet three quarters of the cost of essential expenditure, with the remaining quarter being funded by the grant applicant. It is intended to help new small businesses to set up in the Highlands though supporting initial start up costs.
No matter the legal structure of the business, or if it is a social enterprise or charity, the grants are available and very worth pursuing.
NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, wishes to encourage social entrepreneurial activity in people in their 50s and 60s. It will support new social enterprises aimed at making life better for people older than them, as well as for themselves.
Start-up funding and mentoring support is offered to socially motivated start-ups/community ventures that will tackle the issue of social isolation in the elderly by working directly with individuals in the community.
The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust supports activities involved with the performing arts, visual arts and museums. Activities throughout the UK are eligible, but preference is given to activities in Scotland.
Grants are generally small, and ideal for small projects looking to get off the ground.
The Start Programme gives primary and secondary school students the opportunity to engage with the arts.
Start provides funding and support to cultural venues (e.g. theatres, museums, galleries and orchestras) to enable them to build partnerships with primary and secondary schools in their local area.
The result is that children experience a rich engagement with the arts, begin to feel comfortable in cultural spaces and become increasingly confident and creative in their own right.
The BWCF is a small grant-making body that helps smaller charities to support disadvantaged children anywhere in the world.
Priority is given to children’s charities where funding is not forthcoming from statutory bodies, and where funds are constantly put to good use with minimum administration overheads.
UnLtd Sport Relief Awards, funded by Comic Relief, provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together through sport, arts and recreational activities.
The programme is open to 11-21 year olds who are prepared to set up and manage their own projects.
With a range of funding available, with grants of up to £10,000 available, check the website to see if it is right for you :
The Fuserna Foundation helps revitalise existing charities and charitable projects that are failing in their objectives due to financial constraints or lack of exposure and publicity. It offers support for a wide range of activities including :
This is a database of over 4,500 funders, foundations and trusts that allows the user to answer questions about their group and what they need funding for in order to produce a list of potential funding bodies that may be approached for funding.
The search results can then be saved and printed to allow the user to then go and research each funder in their own time. Results of searches can now be emailed to groups with internet access.
The program is an excellent way getting the ball rolling - the output from the search will only include funders that meet some or all of the criteria that is entered into the search which means you don't have to waste time researching funders that won't be interested in your project.
Here you will find update information from the Rural Gateway which is the gateway for information and services to rural communities in Scotland provided by SCVO.
If you need to know how to get a funding please go to a funding guide on www.ruralgateway.org.uk/topics/fundingguide.html where you find useful selection of links, signposts and guidance to help you find your way through the maze.
For more information about the latest funding opportunities please go to http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/topics/funding.html
Providing grants of between £3,000 and £25,000, the Young Roots Programme aims to involve 13-25 year-olds in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. Young Roots projects stem directly from young peoples' interests and ideas, harnessing their creativity and energy and helping them work with others in their local community.
The Equitable Charitable Trust is an educational grant making charity. Its focus is on the promotion and support of education for children and young people under the age of 25, and more specifically for young disabled people and/or young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Trustees seek to identify and support good projects that address needs not adequately met at present, including those with potential to be introduced to large numbers of schools.
The size of grants made is typically between £2,500 and £30,000.
Please click here to download a document
giving you useful links to different organisations and foundations who you may get a help from in terms of funding and other opportunities.
Today the Scottish Government published the Enterprising Third Sector Action Plan - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/15300/Actionplan/Actionplan as well as announcing details about the forthcoming Scottish Investment Fund
As this is an investment fund there are no closing dates or investment windows – the fund remains formally open from 1 September 2008 until March 2011.
LEADER is part of the new Scottish Rural Development Programme, aimed at promoting economic and community development within rural areas. The main aims of the new fund are Revitalising Communities and Progressive Rural Economies.
The Programme will be opened soon.
The Charity bank, which is the UK's only regulated bank that is also the only bank that uses its depositors' funds solely to support organisations providing solutions to society's problems, has launched an asset finance service for charities and emerging social enterprises. Its Asset Finance service is aimed at organisations struggling to obtain finance for the purchase of equipment, such as a new minibus, grass cutter or computer system, that could transform their ability to deliver services for the people they have been set up to assist.
The Drinkaware Trust offers small grants of up to £2,500 normally to projects throughout the UK, in particular to reduce alcohol misuse amongst under-18s and / or to raise awareness about long-term health harms caused by hazardous or harmful levels of drinking.
National Youth Organisations in Scotland have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £50,000 through a new fund set up by the Scottish Government. The National Voluntary Youth Organisations Support Fund 2008-11 will provide funding for up to three years to projects that work with young people to; build self esteem and self-confidence; develop the ability to manage personal and social relationships; create learning opportunities and develop new skills; encourage positive group atmospheres; build the capacity of young people to consider risk, make reasoned decisions and take control; and develop a ''world view'' which widens horizons and invites social commitment. Through this fund £500,000 will be available each year to support eligible projects. Of the £500,000, £50,000 will be set aside each year to support small projects of up to £5,000. One application deadline has just passed; the next will be 31st October 2008.
For more information on both funds, please click on www.youthlink.co.uk
The Scottish Community Foundation aims to help Scotland's communities become stronger and they believe that women play a crucial role increasing and sustaining strong communities, but that there are often barriers which prevent their participation or engagement with local opportunities, or stop them fulfilling their potential to play a role within the broader community. The Women's Fund for Scotland seeks to address these barriers at a local level.
Elizabeth Finn Care helps people in need whose former careers have been interrupted or ended through physical or mental problems, loss of work and family breakdown or those struggling on low income in retirement.
The Hedley Foundation supports young people: education, recreation, support, training, health and welfare and disabled and terminally ill people: provision of specialist equipment and support for carers. The main objective is to assist and encourage development and change.
Available Do you have revenue Income less than £25K, signed Constitution, bank account and an independent referee? A small grant designed to help small community groups in Scotland fund activities which would not be possible without financial assistance.
This is a new service from the Family Fund that will be separate from the grant making body and will help families to make their money go further. This will involve offering families a variety of discounted goods and services such as electrical products and holidays.This fund is not due to be launched until later this year but you can register your interest now by entering your contact details at the website.
The Ibrahim Foundation offers grants between £500 - £10,000 to organisations that aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK. The fund likes to consider work that others my find hard to fund and looks for situations where small amounts of fund will make a significant impact.
They are particularly interested in :
This trust will generally support smaller charities in the UK and especially those working at grass roots and local community level. One year grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 are normally given to charities which can demonstrate that such a grant will make a significant difference to their work. There are no deadlines for submission.
GRANTnet is a free service from GRANTfinder and can help groups and small businesses find suitable funding. It allows community and voluntary groups, sports and other clubs, schools, social enterprises and small businesses to search across EC and UK sources including Government departments, local authorities, charitable trusts and corporate sponsors. It is in the form of an online, step-by-step questionnaire that provides the enquirer with information on over 4000 grants and other incentives.
The Nationwide Foundation are offering grants of up to £5,000 for charities that help people to take part in building better futures for their community. Applications can be made at any time.
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