USEFUL FUNDING INFORMATION LINKS
LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION GRANTS 2006
YOUNG PEOPLES ARTS AWARDS
CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION - Grant Programmes
MCNA – CREATIVE WRITER’S BURSARY
POST GRADUATE BURSARY FUND – SOUTH WEST SCREEN
BIG BOOST PROGRAMME
FOYLE FOUNDATION
EUROPEAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION GRANTS PROGRAMME
CLORE DUFFIELD PERFORMING ARTS AWARD
USEFUL FUNDING INFORMATION LINKS
Access Funds
Grant information for the British charitable and non-profit sector.
This site aims to provide the latest funding information from Central Government, National Lottery, devolved governing bodies, EU and quangos. Access Funds has a range of services to help you fundraise. These include our email services and training courses. The site also contains directories of funding programmes and guides to funding.
GrantsNet
GrantsNet gives information about grant schemes available to businesses and charities in the UK. GrantsNet aims to reduce the efforts and costs, of identifying and applying for a grant. GrantsNet Offers comprehensive information about grant support schemes, search by project type, by area, and by keyword, link directly to the grant providers, free 'Grant Alert' service, etc.
Funding Information Online
J4B provides comprehensive information on government grants for both business and voluntary groups that is updated daily. The J4B website also offers access to a database of publicly funded organisations that provide help and advice with funding, a newsletter and personalised grant alerts.
For further information see www.j4b.co.uk
LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION GRANTS 2006
A grant-making plan for the English regions and Wales listing funding priorities is now available on the website under Latest Updates: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Priorities for 2006 include BME communities, charities working with older people, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, and charities working with those with learning disabilities. The Foundation will support charities that use their work to positively influence policy change and practice. They encourage all applicants to speak to them before submitting an application.
For more information: Guidelines@lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
YOUNG PEOPLES ARTS AWARDS
Arts Council England would also like to announce the arrival of a sister award to Artsmark – the young people’s Arts Award. The Arts Award is geared towards young people in secondary schools and colleges, and recognises a young person’s individual achievement in the arts and arts leadership.
Young people can do an Arts Award in any art form, and follow the programme in and out of school. It is a flexible and accessible programme, where each young person sets their own creative challenges and projects – so it appeals to young people with very different interests and starting points. The award is a national qualification awarded by Trinity Guildhall, and is available at Bronze, Silver and Gold – levels 1, 2 and 3 on the National Qualifications Framework.
If you’re interested in finding out more, please visit the Arts Award website at www.artsaward.org.uk.
CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION - Grant Programmes
Support for Arts, Education and Social welfare projects.
Who Can Apply? Registered Charities, community groups, schools, arts organisations, artists.
What Is Available? Up to £10,000 (depending on the Programme). Trustees meet three times a year, in the first week of March, July and November - applications must be received at least ten weeks before the meeting to be considered.
The Arts Programme is aimed at helping professional arts organisations and individual professional artists working in partnerships or groups. The fundamental aim of the Arts Programme is to support research and development activities for unconventional and unusual arts projects, particularly involving two or more artists with different specialist areas of expertise working collaboratively.
For more information go to www.gulbenkian.org.uk/main_f.htm or contact the UK branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 98 Portland Place, London, W1B 1ET. Tel: 0207 636 5313. E-mail: info@gulbenkian.org.uk
MCNA – CREATIVE WRITER’S BURSARY
Closing date for applications: November 30th 2006
MCNA is awarding an £18,000 writer's bursary to an aspiring novelist, novice or experienced, who would like to dedicate up to 12 months to writing a work of fiction.
Applicants are invited to write about any subject, so long as it substantially one of fiction and imagination, and, the writer retains full copyright ownership over their finished work. The writer will retain full copyright ownership over their finished work and candidates are invited to write about any subject - so long as it is substantially one of fiction and imagination.
Comprehensive details of the bursary, an application form and information on the judging panel is available by logging onto their website: www.medicalcasenotes.co.uk/bursary
POST GRADUATE BURSARY FUND – SOUTH WEST SCREEN
Deadline for applications: 5 pm on 13 October 2006
South West Screen is offering an industry-backed Post Graduate Bursary Fund to provide financial support to talented and highly motivated students, for whom the cost of continuing studies might provide a barrier to taking up a post graduate level vocational course. Three awards will be made, each of £3,000.
A panel of senior industry members will select the three award winners. Talent, motivation and a well thought out career path are the main criteria. Applicants must be looking to attend a post graduate course with Skillset accreditation and/or industry approval. All subject strands are eligible, there are, however, skills areas which the Bursary Fund has prioritised: script writing/ screen writing, film and television production, CGI and animation.
Although the applicant must be from the South West, the actual course can be anywhere in the UK.
For further information and an application pack please click here. Alternatively telephone 0117 9529977 or e-mail us.
BIG BOOST PROGRAMME
The Big Boost gives awards to young people of between £250 and £1000 (11-16) and £500 and £5000 (16-25), to help them get their ideas off the ground. The awards help them set up and run projects that will make a lasting difference to them as well as to the areas they live in. A Big Boost Award is cash plus the support to help young people make their ideas a reality.
The programme supports a wide range of ideas, from those developed at school through to larger scale, community projects (examples may range from a counselling helpline for young people, to a youth magazine that raises awareness of racism). It aims to reach young people from all backgrounds, to help them set up and run projects that will make a lasting difference.
The Big Boost programme is run by UnLtd, The Scarman Trust, The Prince's Trust and Changemakers. The programme is funded by Big Lottery Fund and is part of their Young People's Fund initiative. For more details, go to www.thebigboost.org.uk or phone 08454 10 20 30.
FOYLE FOUNDATION
The Foundation prioritises projects that help to make the arts more accessible by developing new audiences; supporting arts educational projects; supporting young and emerging artists; building and infrastructure projects to construct new arts facilities. Grants range from £10k to £50k. www.foylefoundation.org.uk
EUROPEAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION GRANTS PROGRAMME
Deadline: 15th September 2006
Small and medium-sized independent cultural organisations that work on cross-border and inter-regional projects are being invited to apply for funding under the European Cultural Foundation grants programme. The European Cultural Foundation promotes cultural co-operation in Europe and aims to contribute to an open and democratic Europe, which respects the basic human rights and cultural diversity of its people. Funding is available to encourage small to medium-sized cultural organisations to work together across geographical and cultural divides. The average grants awarded by the ECF is £10,000 to £15,000 and 80 per cent of the project's total costs.
Visit www.eurocult.org for more details or phone +31 (0)20 573 38 68.
CLORE DUFFIELD PERFORMING ARTS AWARD
The Clore Performing Arts Awards (previously called the Small Grants Programme) are for amounts of up to £10,000, and are given only to selected projects in the field of performing arts education for children and young people (aged 0-18) across the UK. The Awards will be worth a total of £1 million to the sector over a five-year period from 2005 to 2010.
The Clore Duffield Foundation has launched these awards with the chief aim of providing children and young people with opportunities to experience performing arts education at its best. The awards will fund education programmes that cover every aspect of the performing arts including opera, dance, music, musical theatre, the spoken word and theatre. Both professional and amateur arts organisations are eligible to apply, but they must be either a registered charity or a limited company.
For more information, visit www.cloreduffield.org.uk or phone 0207 351 6061.
