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Other Funding Sources
Real help for Communities: Modernisation Fund grants programme (by 17/7/09)
Third Sector organisations can apply (between 1/6/09 and 17/7/09) for grants of £1,000 , to be spent on professional advice helping them to become more resilient and to think about working more closely with others.
Groups getting this funding are then eligible to appy for a second phase in the autumn of 2009, which will provide £10,000 grants to take further steps towards joint working or mergers
You are eligible if you
- are a voluntary group or other Third Sector organisation in England
- have a turnover of between £150,000 and £750,000
- provide "services that meet the needs of people and communities affected by the recession" (for example health, advice, training)
More information and application forms available online at www.modernisationfund.org.uk
or
Contact: Greater Merseyside ChangeUp
T: 0151 920 0726 (Ext. 305)
E: info@changeupmerseyside.org.uk
Councillors' Community Initiative Fund (Liverpool)
Open for bidding in June 2009, providing small grants for community and voluntary projects that just benfit a single ward in Liverpool. The scope of the fund is very wide, providing support to communities to run events or activities, or to improve facilities that will improve the well-being of local residents. It is likely that locally-based groups (and new applicants) will get priority
Grants are from £150 to £5,000. The closing date for first round applications is 27/7/09. (There will be other rounds later in 2009, in wards where funds are still available). Contact Liverpool City Council Community Resources Unit for more information.
Telephone: (0151) 233 3007
Web: www.liverpool.gov.uk/Community_and_living/Community_Grants/index.asp
Email: ccif.grants@liverpool.gov.uk
Active Parks Fund (Liverpool)
The Liverpool Sport & Physical Activity Alliance is now accepting applications for the "Active Parks Fund" – for projects that involve adults in weekly physical activity in a Liverpool park or open space.
Up to £2500 is available for projects that engage adults & families in weekly physical activity in a Liverpool park open space. The Active Parks Fund is open to not-for-profit groups delivering to local adults and families (It's not available for activities that only work with young people).
Disabled adults and adult men with a "specific health condition" are among the Fund's target groups. There are two application round in 2009 with deadline dates of 5/5/09 and 5/6/09.
Telephone: (0151) 233 3880
Telephone: (07590) 601 068
Fax: (0151) 233 6300
Email: nicky.yates@liverpool.gov.uk
Web: www.liverpoolactivecity.net
Mental Health Grant Scheme
Funding is available for community groups in Liverpool which promote well-being and challenge the stigma surrounding mental health issues. The funding of up to £1,000 is available from Liverpool Mental Health Awareness (LMHA). The applications deadline for 2008 is 10/12/08:
Web: www.livementalhealth.org.uk/grants
Telephone: (0151) 707 1555 ex 113
Community Grant Schemes (Halton, Warrington, Cheshire)
Web: www.learning-together.co.uk
Email: simon@learning-together.co.uk
Telephone: (01244) 32058
Grants available "to voluntary groups working with disadvantaged people [disabled people are one priority] to improve their chances of entering the labour market". Funding can be for schemes which provide taster work experience (and that includes volutary work), training advice and guidance, for confidence buildinga and personal development, or for support to overcome barriers to learning or to jobs. For voluntary groups in Cheshire, Warrington or Halton, up to £12,000 per organisation, available until 2010.
European Social Fund support through the Learning and Skills Council, delivered in Cheshire by Learning Together Cheshire and Warrington (1/6/08).
Liverpool Pathways Neighbourhood Funds (P4 Funds)
Web: http://lcvs.org.uk/home.php?/site/Grants_&_Funding/Grants_&_Funding/P4_Funding
Email: info@lcvs.org.uk
Telephone: 0151 236 7728
Fax: 0151 258 1153
Small grants are available to local voluntary groups working in Pathways Areas in Liverpool, especially where there are one-off projects bringing communities together or helping break down barriers to learning or employment. Funds are from Liverpool Neighbourhood Regeneration Programme, and application should be made through Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS).
Big Lottery Research Fund
Web: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_research_programme
Telephone: 01706 223131
Telephone: 0845 330 4027
Email: info@3sf.co.uk
Funding of up to £500,000 is being made available from 2008 by the Big Lottery for voluntary groups wanting to carry out projects which will help achieve the Big Lottery’s social and medical research outcomes. Groups are encouraged to link with universities or other research organisations, but applications are only accepted from voluntary organisations. A programme of support - from Third Sector First - is available for groups who are thinking of applying.
Big Lottery Fund
Web: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/
Email: enquiries.nw@biglotteryfund.org.uk
Telephone: 01925 626800
Textphone: 01925 231241
Fax: 01925 234041
The merging of the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund created Big Lottery Fund which will distribute half the money for good causes from the National Lottery.
BBC Children in Need Appeal
Web: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey
Address: PO Box 76, London W3 6FS
Telephone: (020) 8576 7788
Email: pudsey@bbc.co.uk
Telephone: 020 8578 7788
Grants to not-for-profit organisations working with children and young people (under 18) who are disadvantaged (including disabled young people) from £4,000 to nearly £1 million (though most are small grants). Deadlines each year at end March and November.
Radio City Foundation 'Give a Child a Chance'
Contact Name: Collette Lowe
Telephone: (0151) 472 6800
Grants of up to £2,000 in Merseyside for voluntary organisations with projects supporting children in need, including disabled children.
Awards for All
Web: http://www.awardsforall.org.uk
Telephone: 01925 626800 (Enquiry line)
Telephone: 0845 600 2040 (Application request line)
Textphone: 0845 755 6656
Fax: 01925 234041
The Awards for All programme funds projects that will involve people in their local community helping them to take part in new arts, sport, heritage and charitable activities. The priorities for NW England currently are projects that lead to...
- Increased involvement from people who face barriers to participation
- Greater use of community buildings
- Improved skills for running small community groups
- Different communities working closer together
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company 500 Fund
Web: http://www.cfmerseyside.org.uk
Telephone: 0151 966 4604
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company 500 Fund give grants of up to £500 and are available to charities, voluntary and community groups working in Sefton, Liverpool or Wirral. Priority will be given to smaller groups and those without access to other funding streams. Grants can be used for almost anything provided it is connected to the charitable aims of your group and will be awarded to the most innovative applications.
Local Network Fund for Children and Young People
Web: http://www.cfmerseyside.org.uk
Telephone: 0845 1130161
The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People for Merseyside, Halton and Lancashire. This programme offers grants of £250 to £7,000 to voluntary and community groups addressing child poverty issues.
Community Empowerment Fund (CEF)
Contact name: Jane Groves
Web: www.liverpool-community.org.uk
Email: jane.groves@liverpoolcss.org
Telephone: 0151 236 7728
Fax: 0151 258 1153
The Community Empowerment Fund (CEF) is part of the Government's National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal. It will support and enhance community and voluntary sector involvement in Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP’s). The priority objectives for Liverpool are:
To provide opportunities for the wide diversity of voluntary, community groups to participate as equal partners in the Liverpool Partnership Group, Liverpool's Local Strategic Partnership.
To use and strengthen existing networks and methods of participation rather than create further bureaucracy.
To develop arrangements that are inclusive and transparent with a particular emphasis on engaging with marginalised groups and communities.
To develop systems of representation so that the wide range of "community voices" can be actively involved in Local Strategic Partnership decision making
To develop success criteria and evaluation methods.
The Heritage Lottery Fund
Web: http://www.hlf.org.uk
Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk
Telephone: 0161 831 0850
Textphone: 020 7591 6255
Fax: 0161 831 0851
The Heritage Lottery Fund is to improve the quality of life by safeguarding and enhancing the heritage of buildings, objects and the environment of the United Kingdom.
Lloyds TSB Foundation
Contact name: Yvonne Taylor
Web: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Email: david.kay@lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Telephone: 01925 444 652
Fax: 01925 413 798
Lloyds TSB Foundation makes grants to recognised charities to improve the quality of life for people in local communities.
Lloyd TSB Foundation supports under funded charities so people, especially disadvantaged or disabled people, can play a fuller role in the community. We support a wide range of activities, which fall within the broad areas of Social and Community Needs, and Education and Training.
The Phoenix Fund
Contact name: Maria Kenyon
Web: www.sbs.gov.uk
Email: maria.kenyon@sbs.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0845 001 0031
The Phoenix Fund is designed to encourage entrepreneurship in disadvantaged areas. A shortage of jobs, local services and enterprise are common features amongst the socially excluded. Encouraging entrepreneurship will help create jobs and stimulate activities in communities where crime and unemployment are high. This helps meet the basic needs of local people by providing services like shops. It also helps to develop self-confidence and determination in local people and communities.
John Moores Foundation
Contact name: Tara Parveen
Web: www.jmf.org.uk
Email: jmf@dial.pipex.com
Telephone: 0151 707 6077
Fax: 0151 707 6066
JMF aims to enable people who are marginalised, as a result of social, educational, physical, economic, cultural, geographical or other disadvantage, to improve their social conditions and quality of life. JMF has an interest in funding projects for people with disabilities run mainly by people with disabilities.
Knowsley Small Grants
Contact name: Emma Forshaw-Thomas
Email: emma.forshaw-thomas@sthkhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0151 289 2021 ext 233
This small grants for health scheme is to support community health initiatives by providing relatively small amounts of money to groups to help improve the health of the residents of Knowsley and up to £1,000 maximum of £2,000 per group.
Radio Merseyside Charitable Trust
Address: BBC Radio Merseyside Charitable Trust, BBC Radio Merseyside, P.O. Box 95.8, Liverpool L69 1ZJ
Telephone: 0151 708 5500
The trust supports local organisations and individuals, especially through the purchase of equipment that is likely to prove to lasting value in the Merseyside Area up to £500.
Children in Need
Address: BBC Children in Need North West (Manchester), New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ
Web: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/index.shtml
Telephone: 0161 244 3439
A grant-making trust which distributes between £10-£20 million a year to help children in need in the UK. The grants can be used to benefit children who are 18 years old and under. The grants are for self help groups, registered charities and voluntary organisations. The money can be spent on revenue costs, capital costs (e.g. equipment) or salaries.
Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities Fund 2006-2007
Contact name: Helen Owens
Email: Helen.owens@liverpool.gov.uk
Telephone: (0151) 233 1813
One year only funding for innovatory projects by voluntary and community groups in Liverpool City that are delivering learning to people over 19 from deprived neighbourhoods.
Radio City Foundation "Give a child a chance"
Contact name: Collette Lowe
Address: St John's Beacon, 1 Houghton Street, Liverpool L1 1RL
Telephone: (0151) 472 6800
Funds for projects suporting children in need through disadvantage, including disability, throughout Merseyside, of up to £2,000 for local charities.
Yapp Charitable Trust
Contact name: Margaret Thompson
Address: 47a Paris Road, Scholes, Holmfirth HD9 1SY
Telephone: (01484) 683403
E-mail: info@yappcharitabletrust.org.uk
Website: www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk
Grants to established Registered Charities with income under £60,000. Up to £3,000, but only for running costs to continue existing work (no funds for capital spending or for new projects). Grants for work with specific categories, which includs people who are disabled (specifically incuding mental health issues).
Camelot Foundation "Transforming lives programme"
Address: University House, 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EX
Telephone: (020) 7828 6085
Fax: (020) 7828 6087
Email: info@camelotfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.camelotfoundation.org.uk
Grants for organisations working with marginalised young people (11-25), with priority groups including young disabled people and young people with mental health problems.
Tesco Charity Trust
Address: Tesco House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt EN8 9SL
Telephone: (01992) 646768
Fax: (01992) 646794
Website: www.tescocorporate.com/Charity_trust_guidelines.pdf
One-off grants of up to £5,000 for local community groups in the areas around Tesco stores, including those whose core work includes working with disabled people. Deadline end of June each year.
Hornby Trust
Contact: Mr M E Hope
Address: c/o Rathbone Bros & Co, Port of Liverpool Building, Pier Head, Liverpool L3 1NW
Telephone: (01704) 834887
Grants around £1,000 - £3,000 to local charities for capital spending - not running costs. Objectives particularly to support work in social needs and older people. Deadlines are mid-February, mid-June and mid-October.
Sport Relief
Contact: through Community Foundation for Merseyside (see below)
Grants from £250-£5,000 (available in Merseyside from April 2007) for groups involved in sport or health-related activity, especially increasing access to people facing social exclusion.
Community Champions
Contact: through Community Foundation for Merseyside (see below)
Grants of £200-£2,000 to local individuals with plans for projects to improve their communities - one of the priorities is projects helping disabled people.
Community Foundation for Merseyside
Address: c/o Alliance and Leicester, Bridle Road, Bootle GIR 0AA
Telephone: (0151) 966 4604
Fax: (0151) 966 3384
Email: info@cfmerseyside.org.uk
Website: www.cfmerseyside.org.uk
Winston Churchill Fellowships
Contact: Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 15 Queen's Gate Terrace, London SW7 5PR
T: (020) 7584 9315
F: (020) 7581 0410
W: www.wcmt.org.uk
Grants are available to individuals for short periods of informal study overseas. There are different categories each year, and often the subject fields are of interest to people involved in groups of or for disabled people. For example, in 2007 they are looking for applicants involved in "teaching, development or organisation of Special Educational Needs of all age ranges" and "projects that examine any aspects of enriching life for the elderly" . Closing date is in October each year for travel the following year.
Social Risk Capital (SRC) Funding - for information only, applications are now closed
Social Risk Capital funding was part of the Objective One Programme of the European Social Fund (ESF). MDF distributed small grants to voluntary and community sector organisations of and for disabled people across Merseyside for Objective One.
This programme is now closed and we can accept no more applications.
24/6/09
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