Funding Archive

back to Funding 


January 02 |February 02 | March 02 | April 02 | May 02 | June/July | August | September 02 | October 02
December '01 |
October-November '01 | September '01 | August '01 | Jan-July '01 | 2000

October 02

East Midlands Arts New investment programmes 2003 - 2004

When the Arts Council of England and the Regional Arts Boards merged to create a single organisation earlier this year, the new body inherited over 100 funding schemes. As a single organisation we have the opportunity to simplify these in order to provide a better service to artists and organisations. We are, therefore, creating a smaller number of programmes, which will be consistent and accessible for artists and organisations throughout England.

The new programmes
There will be two new programmes and these will be run from the regional offices. They are:

· Grants to organisations: investment for organisations including arts projects, capital, organisational development and research and development.
· Grants to individuals: investment for individual artists, residencies, bursaries, arts projects led by individuals such as visual artists, writers or promoters, and capital projects and research and development by individuals

Grants will normally range from £200 up to £100,000 for major projects. Most grants are likely to be under £30,000.

Applying for grants
The application packs will be available by the start of February 2003 and information will also be available on the web at that time. There will be no deadlines, and applications can be made at any time from 1st April 2003. East Midlands Arts will be deciding its regional priorities for the programmes during the Autumn 2002.

Decision-making
For applications under £5,000, decisions will be made within 6 weeks. For applications over £5,000, decisions will be made within 12 weeks.

What happens to our current programmes?
Most of the programmes that currently operate (including the Regional Arts Lottery Programme) will cease at the end of March 2003. Current programmes with published deadlines that fall before the end of March 2003 will finish at their deadline.

New application forms will be available from the 31st October 2002.

Deadlines
New Work and Commissions - 17th January 2003 - Turnaround 10 weeks
Audience Development - 31st January 2003 - Turnaround 10 weeks.

Therefore to confirm:
Funding programmes that can be applied for under the old system and the deadlines are:-

10th January 2003 - Training and Professional Development grants - existing deadline from this financial year
17th January 2003 - New Work and Commissions - for projects in first three months of 2003/04 financial year
31st January 2003 - Audience Development - for projects in the first three months of 2003/04 financial year.
31st March 2003 - Regional Arts Lottery Programme (RALP) - final deadline for applications under the current scheme

All applicants applying for funding for projects taking place post June 2003 will be applying to the new funding system - packs available February 2003.

The new programmes replace RALP.
The final date for applications to current RALP will be 31 March 2003. Please bear in mind that decisions can take up to 16 weeks and applicants should be advised to plan with this in mind.

From 1 April 2003 applications to the National Touring Programme will be made to the regional offices. The national office will continue to run the Arts Capital Programme and Stabilisation and Recovery. We will continue to be a partner in Awards for All, which is operated as a joint scheme with other Lottery Distributors.

If you already receive funding
Regularly Funded Organisations can apply to the new programmes, but must discuss a potential application with their Lead Officer first, to determine its suitability and the likelihood of success.

Further information
We are still working on the detail of the new programmes. Detailed information will be available by the beginning of February 2003. Please contact Bonnie Lucas to receive full details to date. Tel: 01509 221 233, or bonnie.lucas@em-arts.co.uk

Training Support and Development

East Midlands Arts Training and Support and Development scheme has two strands. Organisations can apply to provide training, and individuals, and organisations can apply to receive training.
The scheme can contribute towards both art form and arts management Training, for artists and those working in the arts and media in the region. Support will be offered to those who wish to receive training from recognised trainers and consultants. The scheme will contribute towards the cost of short courses, conferences, seminars, workshops and other training events, placements, job swaps, secondments, work shadowing and research visits.
Requests to the scheme need to have clearly defined aims, be deliverable in an appropriate way, and be part of a planned programme of continuous development. The scheme is administered by EMA and Arts Training Central (ATC).
Before applying you must contact Arts Training Central at least two weeks before the next deadline which is 10th January 2003
ATC Tel/fax 0116 242 5202.
info@artstrainingcentral.co.uk
To receive an application form please contact East Midlands Arts, Demelza Guhan tel: 01509 221 254 e-mail demelza.guhan@em-arts.co.uk or Kevin Tennant tel: 01509 221 257 kevin.tennant@em-arts.co.uk

The Gulbenkian Prize

The Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries is a £100,000 prize to be awarded annually to one large or small museum or gallery in the UK.

It will be awarded for the most innovative and inspiring idea for an exhibition, new gallery, public programme or important new initiative which has been developed during 2002. The shortlist will be announced in spring 2003 and the first Gulbenkian Prize will be presented during Museums and Galleries Month in May 2003.

For more information contact tel: 020 7636 531398, or write to The Gulbenkian Foundation Portland Place, London, W1B 1ET.

New Producers Bursaries

The Theatre Investment Fund has a limited number of bursaries for new theatre producers. Successful applicants will be able to use a bursary to develop or present a new production. The scheme offers financial assistance of up to £15,000 per applicant, plus an established industry figure as a mentor for the project.

The deadline for applications is 7th November 2002. For further details and an application form (send an A4 SAE) to New Producers Bursary, Theatre Investment Fund, 32 Rose Street, London, WC2E 9ET.

ARTFULL Grants Programme

ARTFULL is an new grants fund managed by ENGAGE for the Department of Education and Skills. The fund will support school and gallery projects which aim to demonstrate the benefit of pupils working with visual arts and crafts.

Most grants are likely to be in the range of £2,500 - £7,500, though applicants are welcome to augment project resources through other funds and/or in-kind support. Grants can fund 100% of project costs, and can be used to pay for materials, freelance fees, part-time help, transport, documentation, evaluation, and administration (max. 10%), but not for admission or opening costs.

Projects must run between January 2003 and. March 2004, with most actual pupil involvement likely to be in either the summer or autumn terms in 2003. Pupils must be 5-16 years old. Applicants must be constituted not-for-profit bodies, which could include arts centers, artist studios, local authority venues, and schools amongst others.

Simple pre-proposals are invited in the first instance, by November 6th 2002. Applicants will then be selected to go to full proposal, deadline is 4th December. Funded projects will be announced late December 2002.

Contact Holly Garrett or Christopher Naylor at ENGAGE by e-mail holly.garrett@engage.org for further information in the first instance, and to receive an pre-proposal form. ENGAGE general telephone no: 020 7244 1001.

National Touring Programme

The final National Touring Programme consideration point for 2002/03 will be March 13th 2003. Companies wishing to apply, or to find out further details should contact Suzie Leighton at the Arts Council national office, tel: 020 7973 6591.

Lisa Ullman Travelling Scholarship Fund

This is a small charity which provides financial support professional dance artists and students to travel abroad or in the UK. The scheme will contribute towards the cost of attendance conference, research projects or short courses of study in movement or dance.

Awards are given on an annual basis for projects taking place between April of the year applied in and April of the following year. Deadline for applications is 25th January 2003. For an application form send a 1st class A5 SAE to the Secretary, LUTSF, 24 Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN, or for further details visit the website www.ullman-trav.fsnet.co.uk

Awards for Young Musicians

This scheme offers awards of £100-£2,000 to outstanding young instrumentalists aged 5 -18. Applications are invited until January 2003 and should be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a teacher or music establishment, and evidence of financial need. Auditions will take place in April/May 2003.
Application form (send SAE): Awards for Young Musicians, PO Box 2097, Wickford, Essex SS12 0ZQ; tel: 01268 571887, or visit the website www.a-y-m.org.uk

The Hunting Art Prize

This competition is open to all artists and offers awards of £25,000. Submissions can be made during November 2002. Finalists will be shown at the Royal College of Art, London. For further details and entry forms (send an SAE): to HAP 2002, PO Box 279, Esher, Surrey KT10 8YZ; tel: 01372 462 190: e-mail hap2003@parkerharris.co.uk

First Time Projects Fund

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Arts Council are supporting a First Time Projects Fund. The scheme is aimed at helping teachers in Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and Learning Support Units (LSUs) to initiate arts projects for the first time.

Grants of up to £3, 000 are available so that PRUs and LSUs can pay for artist(s) or arts companies to work with them on a project with young people in Referral or Support Units. Any art form can be covered. Bids must mainly be for non-capital spending.

Preference will be given to projects which:

· Include plans to share the benefits of the residency with other Units in their area, for example through arranging teacher visits or producing an article for publication.
· Demonstrate a commitment to undertaking a basic evaluation of the project. Guidance notes are available. To receive an application form contact the schemes administrator Nick Randle Associates. tel: 01386 860390, E-mail: info@nrassociates.co.uk Nick Randle Associates, 14 Butt Furlong, Fladbury, Pershore, WR10 2QZ Closing date: 31st January 2003. Awards will be announced on 24th February 2003.

Artsadmin: Artists Bursary Scheme

Artsadmin is announcing the fourth round of its Artists' Bursary scheme. The bursaries offer artists time to experiment with new ways of working, to practically research or take an idea further, or to pursue their creative process without the pressure of having to realise a final outcome or 'product'.

Bursaries of between £500 and £4,000 will be awarded. The bursaries can be a combination of artists' fees and material costs along with access to studio space, video cameras, Media 100 editing facilities and video projection equipment at a professional studio.

The scheme is open to artists whose work pushes the boundaries of contemporary artistic practice in the areas of live art and time-based media, and/or any one of the following in combination with the above: new performance, installation, text, sound, digital technology and projected image. For advice on applying and further information contact Manick Govinda or Mark Godber at Artsadmin. Tel: 020 7247 5102. E-mail: manick@artsadmin.co.uk or mgodber@artsadmin.co.uk

Abbey Awards 2003

This scheme offers a scholarship and three fellowships in painting at the British School at Rome during 2003/04, giving all-expenses paid residencies and a monthly spend (up to £500 for scholars, £700 for fellows).

The nine month Abbey Scholarship will be given to an exceptionally promising emergent painter. The three month fellowships are awarded to mid-career painters with an established record of achievement.

Closing date to apply is 15th January 2003. For further information and to receive an application form (send an SAE) to The Administrator, Abbey Awards, 43 Carson Road, London, SE21 8HT. Visit the website: www.abbey.org.uk

Young Architect of the year Award 2003

This award is open to entrants aged 35 and under on the closing date 13th December 2002. Entries will also be accepted from practices where the majority people involved are aged 35 and under.

The judges are looking for imaginative, forward thinking ideas that are practically and aesthetically resolved and which will generate a 'sense of excitement.'

First prize is £5,000. For further information contact Beverley Alton,
tel: 020 7539 2623; e-mail beverely.alton@bisslancaster.com Visit the website: www.corusgroup.com/youngarchitect

Henry Moore Research Fellowships

The Henry Moore Institute is inviting applications from artists and curators who are interested in working on historic and contemporary sculpture. Up to four Fellows will be offered accommodation, travelling expenses, and use of resources for up to a month.

Deadline for applications is 6th January 2003. For further information contact Liz Aston, Henry Moore Institute, 47 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AH; Tel: 0113 246 7477, e-mail: liz@henry-moore.ac.uk

Abbey National Charitable Trust

The Trust operates three funding programmes: Major donations - usually in the range of £5,000 to £20,000, Intermediate donations - £1,000 to £5,000 and Minor donations - £100 - £1,000.

Priority Funding areas include:

· Equal Opportunities for Disabled People - covering special equipment, access, and participation in arts.

· Education for people of any age with special educational and training needs. This could include minority ethnic communities, disabled people, homeless people or inner city social exclusion projects.

Only organisations which are registered charities will be considered for funding and the Trustees will favour smaller charities, local charities or local appeals from national charities.

There is no formal application form. Organisations are asked to apply in writing with a letter focusing on their specific needs and how they meet the priorities of the Trust. Applicants who are considering asking for more than £5,000 are advised to telephone the Trust to discuss the proposal before applying.

For more information call the Trust Help Line on 0870 608 0104;
email: communitypartnership@abbeynational.co.uk or write to Charitable Trust Secretary, Abbey National Charitable Trust Ltd, PO Box 911, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 1AD.


Craft Pottery Charitable Trust

The Craft Potters Association (CPA) supports educational ceramics activities for individuals. The Trust can contribute to costs of the preparation of books, travel, film, conference attendance and organisation and other ceramic projects. This can also include grants towards formal education, Student exhibitions and Subsistence and living expenses.

Awards will be made for up to £1,000. Applications must be submitted by 15th December 2002, with outcomes in February 2003.

Guidelines for making applications are available from Liz Gale, Trustee and Secretary to the Trust, Taplands Farm Cottage, Webbs Green, Soberton, Southampton, SO32 3PY (Send a S.A.E).

Abby Harris Mural Fund

This Fund donates awards to artists who have been commissioned to create murals for public places or charitable institutions.

For further information contact the Administrator of Abbey Awards by
e-mail admin@abbey.org.uk or tel: 020 8761 7980, website: www.abbey.org.uk

Woo Charitable Foundation

The Foundation is offering Achievement Art Bursaries to established professional artists. Five bursaries are available for £10,000 each to applicants working in painting, sculpture, ceramics, still photography, glassmaking or metal work.

Closing date is 14th January 2002. For further information contact The Administrator, Arts Bursaries, The Woo Charitable Foundation, 277 Green Lanes, London, N13 4XS.

Crafts Council Setting up Scheme

The Crafts Council Setting up scheme provides financial, business and professional development support for artists and makers who are about to set up in business, or are within two years of setting up in business. The scheme relates artists who work with specific materials including wood, textiles, ceramics, glass and metal.

For further details and an application form contact: Resource Centre, Crafts Council, Tel: 020 7806 2501, e-mail reference@craftscouncil.org.uk , or visit their website www.craftscouncil.org.uk The next deadline for applications is December 1st 2002.

BT Community Connections

BT Community Connections is a nationwide scheme that enables voluntary and community groups to connect to the Internet. Over the next 12 months BT will be awarding an NEC multi-media computer and a contribution towards the cost of a year's Internet access - a package totalling over £1,000 each to over 1,200 voluntary organisations.
Applications will be welcomed from community organisations that will benefit from internet use. Priority groups include community centres, community regeneration projects, church groups, culturally diverse groups, museums, local history groups, theatre groups, groups working with disabled people, groups working with elderly people, environmental groups and women's groups.

Closing date for applications is February 28th 2003. To request an application pack write to BT Community Connections, PO Box 30775, London WC1B 4QE.
btcommunityconnections@leaevents.co.uk for further information.

Heritage Lottery - Young Roots

Young Roots which is a new UK-wide Heritage Lottery Fund initiative which promotes the involvement of young people in their heritage. The initiative aims to increase opportunities for learning about, and promote appreciation of the value heritage. Grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 will be available. The application pack will be available from the end of October 2002. For further information visit the website www.hlf.org.uk

The Refugee Community Development Fund

The Refugee Community Development Fund makes grants available to organisations working closely with refugees and refugee communities in the UK.
The successful bids will fall into 3 categories: start up costs; capacity building and new activities.
More details are on the Home Office website at: www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/news For guidelines and an application form contact at the Refugee Integration Unit: Eunice Uzor tel: 020 8760 8418 e-mail: Eunice.Uzor@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or Ian Barton tel: 020 8760 8761 e-mail: Ian.Barton@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Youth Music Open Programmes

Youth Music is maintaining and developing four main programmes, which will be open for application until September 2004. The programmes target various ages and a wide range of cultures and musical genres.
All guidelines, application forms and tips for applying to Youth Music's open programmes are now available to download from the website.
The following schemes are available for applications:
First Steps - age 0 to 5 - Music-making activities for the very young; Opportunities for pregnant mothers and their partners to get involved; Training of nursery and early years' specialists so that music-making can be integral to children's early learning experiences.
Music Maker - age 5 to 18 - Skilled music leaders creating and running imaginative, original music-making projects across a variety of music styles; Trying to reach new groups of children and young people - particularly those that have limited access.
Plug into Music - age 8 to 18 - Developing the creative use of modern technology in music-making; Particular support for 8-14 year olds, e.g. encouraging collaborations between music technology studios and after-school clubs.
Singing Challenge - age 5 to 18 - Encouraging new ways for young people to become involved in singing; Developing wider repertoire for young people, across a broad range of styles; Encouraging more boys to sing - for example, by strengthening links between singing and sport.
For more information visit the Youth Music website at www.youthmusic.org.uk Youth Music, One America Street, London SE1 0NE Tel 020 7902 1060, info@youthmusic.org.uk

2003 Call for Culture 2000

Time is running out for making applications to the 2003 round of Culture 2000 - the only EU funding programme specifically for arts and cultural activity.
The 2003 call, will have a focus on the performing arts (theatre, dance, music, opera, lyric arts, street theatre and circus), although applications can still be made for projects on the visual arts, cultural heritage and books/reading (mainly translation). All applications must have something uniquely European about them.
Projects also need to be developed and implemented by at least 3 partner organisations from 3 different European countries; Last either for 1 year or, in a few cases, for 2-3 years, and have a total budget of between € 100-300,000 (for 1 year projects) or € 500,000 per year (for 2-3 year projects).
Successful applicants can receive, a maximum of 50% (for 1 year projects) or 60% (for 2-3 year projects) of the total budget, but this will not include expenditure on buildings or buying new.
The new EUCLID website is www.culture2000.info where full details and guidance notes are available.


September '02

Arts Grants worth up to £40,000

are on offer to UK-based theatre companies and arts organisations. Meridian Theatre Company, in association with Interact,has three funds - one of £20,000 and two of £10,000 to help a stage production or tour. You must be UK-based and: - not for profit (either registered with charitable status or as company limited by guarantee); - committed to equity contract rates within the production budget. The grants can be awarded to help fund any aspect of the production (eg script-writing, design or research). Application forms can be downloaded from the Interact website. The deadline for applications is 14 October 2002. For more information, contact Liz Strachan by email: elizabeth@interactroleplay.com or visit the website at www.interactroleplay.com.

More funding sources

Kellogg foundation: www.wkkf.org - A 'top ten' site. An excellent resource for any funder. Content ranges from extensive research findings through an excellent library of case studies to tools and resources such as evaluation handbooks and program logic methodology. What more can be said. If you didn't already know of this site you do now. Go there!

United Way: National.unitedway.org Programs and initiatives by this funder with a long history of working with outcomes and program logic. An excellent, and essential, first stop for any funder wanting to understand how to fund outcomes. Also an excellent glossary, pointers on measurement, and a range of case studies.

Anne E Casey Foundation: www.aecf.org This site is surely a must for any funder concerned with the well-being of children and young people. As with all the sites here an excellent resource with sound guidance backed up by a wealth of evidence.

World Bank: www.worldbank.org Unrivalled experience of the issues surrounding poverty and deprivation on a massive scale and how to tackle them. Contains a huge range of case studies, evaluation reports, and practitioner manuals.

http://www.niace.org.uk/information/ExtFunds/new.htm This page has been updated to include recent news about the Heritage Lottery Fund and Voluntary & Community Sector grants

Objective 3 European Social Fund

Objective 3 European Social Fund can aid arts Organisations or other agencies through promoting wider access and participation in lifelong learning, improving employability and to encourage entrepreneurship.

Unlike other European funding this is implemented through co-financing so a project can receive 100% of project costs and promises a simpler application process and a reduction in bureaucracy. In order to benefit from this scheme you must have sent in an expression of interest form by the 9th of August.

If you have any training and or development project in mind then fill out an expression of interest form now as your organisation cannot later enter the scheme if you haven't completed this mandatory form. You will not be held to making the full application prior to this if you decide against it.

Arts Organisations have benefited from this fund in the East Midlands. All parts of the region are eligible for support. The programme runs until 2006 and has £177 million on offer. There have been assurances that the application process will be simpler and a lot less bureaucratic than
applicants may have previously experienced.

Those interested will need to read the guidance on the Government Office East Midlands website - the link for pre-bidding guidance and expression of interest form is http://www.go-em.gov.uk/euro/obj3/2002eoiguide.pdf

Essentially you need to indicate a bidding measure such as 'to encourage entrepreneurship and competitiveness' and then state which organisation you are bidding to - such as 'Leicestershire's learning and skills council' - GOEM will give you guidance on this, you then have until 6th
September to put in a direct bid. There will be other bidding rounds.

The European Year of Disabled People 2003

Around £500,000 has been made available by the EU to support project activities, and the Government is to add a further £1 million. Closing date to apply is the 27th September 2002. Successful projects will be

announced in November. Contact Polly Hennessy, Disability Unit on 020 7712 2017 for queries or to request an application form.

NB. There is no information available about this fund on the website www.go-em.gov.uk . Please refer to www.disability.gov.uk for further information.

Grants Online in association with Wessex Partnerships are holding a 1 day workshop on ESF Financial Management and Record Keeping. The courses are designed to develop the capacity of individuals and organisations to effectively manage Esuropean Social Fund projects. For further info please see below.

EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND (NON CO - FINANCED PROJECTS)

FINANCIAL AND RECORD KEEPING WORKSHOP
11 OCTOBER 2002,HOLIDAY INN, TITCHFIELD, HAMPSHIRE - 1000 to 1600

A one day workshop for Project Staff who are responsible for the collection and collation of Management Information as well as Financial Information on ESF supported projects.

The day will cover:

What is ESF? Background details


ESF Financial Records

- Eligible / ineligible costs - what you can and cannot claim

- Match funding - what can be counted as eligible match funding

Contracting

- with Government Office

- with partners

Government Office Requirements - an overview of the forms

- Budget profiles and Claims

- Progress Reports

- Audit Certificates

Significant Changes - when should they be made?

ESF Management Information

- Beneficiaries - what information do you need to collect?

- Finance - what evidence do you need to substantiate costs?

Government Office Requirements - how and when to complete forms

Audit Requirements - how to survive an ESF audit

The cost for the day, which is £200 plus VAT per participant, includes the Workshop, lunch, and a Delegate Pack.

If you are interested in taking part in the Workshop, please contact:

Jason Forsythe, Wessex Partnerships Ltd, Regional Business Centre, Harts Farm Way, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1HR or email jason.forsythe@wessexpartnerships.com or send a fax to Jason on 023 9244 9535 or telephone him on 023 9244 9449.

The Charities Information Bureau
11 Upper York Street
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 3LQ
Tel: 01924 239063
Fax: 01924 239431
E-mail: Andrew@the-cib.demon.co.uk
Reg. Charity No. 1059077
Co. Ltd by Guarantee No. 3268906
September 2002
CIB Funding Newsletter
Hello Everyone

Here is the September issue of the newsletter. A lot of information has accumulated over the two months since the last newsletter. This has made this issue totally gross. There are a few important items which do close very shortly. Take a look now as it would be a shame to miss one that you could take advantage of. Some annual funding opportunities have appeared earlier this year than they did last. Other schemes that were expected have disappeared from view until funding becomes available - if it ever does. It is hard to keep on top of all this.

My break from the newsletter has been spent at work and it flew by. I will take a couple of days off to visit the Edinburgh festival and for another venture to the Doone valley but I await a real break away to antipodean sunshine around Christmas. I have done a bit of work on The CIB website, mostly to make it easier to navigate. It is nearing a format I feel works, although there are still a number of suggestions that you have made that I may be able to incorporate over time. Take another look and let me know what works for you and what doesn't. If you have not seen who is munching away on money you have not yet fully explored the website - a fun thing to do over lunch (well its an idea!).

If you have grandiose ideas for local websites, rather than reinvent the wheel just provide the links to make use of The CIB pages on funding information. If there is further information you need to be on the website phone me and discuss it. I am aware of a number of useful websites that are falling into disrepair, have new information mixed into pages that have not been updated and others that should have been discarded long ago. While out of date information can lie hidden in filing cabinets, leaving it on the web makes our inadequacies very public. There is plenty of scope for an internet 'Rag and Bone' merchant. I am trying to interest some 'greenies' in a cyber scrapyard recycling programme to tidy it all up. I did hear that Government plans to introduce MOT type legislation for UK websites, to ensure they are working and safe, have been shelved until they get their own house in order.

This funding information is intended for you to circulate, as it is, to the groups and organisations you serve or to use in your own newsletters (provided you are not subscribing at the low Individual Rate). You may wish to select the items to suit individual needs. The wording of individual entries has been approved by the funder (except where stated) so please do not change or edit the text. In that way everyone can be assured that the information is, as far as possible, correct. Please credit the Charities Information Bureau as source where appropriate. Items marked *New* were not in the last issue but may have appeared before although text, especially deadlines, may have been updated.

There is also a MS Word 6/95 format version of the Newsletter sent as an attachment to this e-mail. This version can also be read and converted by later versions of Word. If you do not require this remember in future not to bother to download it. The attached file has the title em9-02.doc

Andrew Pring
The Rufford Foundation announces new grant programme
The Rufford Foundation, has allocated £250,000 to an HIV/AIDS grant programme for 2002-3. The Foundation is seeking applications from UK registered charitable organisations whose work aims to either prevent or alleviate the suffering of people affected by, or infected with, HIV/AIDS. There is a special emphasis on children. Projects should be based in non-first world countries but can include eastern Europe.
The HIV/AIDS grant programme will run separately from the Foundation's main funding remit; which remains focused on nature conservation, environmental and sustainable development projects in non-first world countries. Over two thirds of the Foundation's funds continue to go to these areas.
There is no deadline or application form. In the first instance charitable organisations should see our website www.rufford.org then write to The Rufford Foundation. The application should briefly outline the project, its measurable objectives and budget along with a latest set of audited accounts.
Siân Venturotti, Trust Administrator, The Rufford Foundation, 5th Floor Babmaes, House, 2 Babmaes Street, London SW1Y 6RF Tel: 020 7925 2582 Fax: 020 7925 2583 E-mail: sian@rufford.org

(Info from North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations)
*New * Tax Relief
Many community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) could be better off if they register with the Inland Revenue to claim tax reliefs, now that the Finance Bill which implements the Budget proposals has received Royal Assent.
From 24 July 2002, the tax reliefs are available to CASCs that can answer yes to the following four questions: Is membership of the club open to the whole community?
Are all the club's facilities available to members without discrimination?
Does the club's constitution prevent profits of the club being distributed amongst its members (i.e. any profits must go back into the club)?
Does the club provide facilities for and encourage participation in eligible sports?
See the Inland Revenue CASC guide for full details: http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/casc/index.htm

*New * Bridges Community Ventures Ltd
They invest in businesses with growth potential in the most deprived 25% of wards in England. Their aim is to harness the entrepreneurial spirit in under-invested communities to stimulate economic growth and create jobs, wealth and role models of business success.
They aim to: invest in entrepreneurial businesses with high growth potential in the most under-invested areas in England; provide excellent hands on support to portfolio businesses; provide excellent resources and contacts to portfolio business es to help them grow; make a difference in communities by creating jobs, stimulating economic dynamism and fostering entrepreneurs who can become new role models of business success; make a financial return on investment that will attract private sector investors into future funds of this type.
They invest in outstanding entrepreneurs, providing them with an opportunity to realise their business vision.
They seek growth companies at the early and expansion stages, as well as management buy-outs and buy-ins. Their maximum investment in any single business is £2 million.
They invest in those wards around the country which are in the most deprived 25 percentile on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (see website).
Bridges Community Ventures take inspiration from the Community Development Venture Capital industry in the USA, where there are currently about 60 such funds.
The vision of Community Development Venture Funds is to use the tools of venture capital - equity investment and hands-on support to companies - to grow businesses that create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity and wealth to advance the livelihoods of low-income people and stimulate the economies of disadvantaged communities.
Bridges Community Ventures Ltd, 1 Craven Hill, London W2 3EN Tel: 020 7262 5566 Email: Info@bridgesventures.com Website: www.bridgesventures.com
*New * CAF and Ward Consultancy PLC announce CharitaxPlus for donors
A simple and tax-effective way to give to charity has today been announced by CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) and Ward Consultancy.
CharitaxPlus is an innovative way for a company or individual to give to the charities of their choice by forming their own, personalised charitable trust fund.
While giving to charity may be part of a long tradition in Britain, only one in four donors currently make their donations tax-efficiently to combine the benefits of generous tax reliefs with long-term charitable support. CharitaxPlus is being offered in direct response to the Government's desire to stimulate UK charitable giving through tax efficient means, both for the donor and for charities.
The trust fund itself, set up in the name of the donor's choosing, can be completed in a matter of hours with immediate Inland Revenue clearance. Donations can be made in cash, shares or other assets as agreed, to take full advantage of the income tax, capital gains tax and Inheritance tax reliefs available.
CharitaxPlus will be marketed to clients of Ward Consultancy, and other high net- worth individuals looking to gift £50,000 upwards. It is advice driven and included as part of a client's financial review. The Trustees of CAF will invest all donations with major Investment Management companies, and the interest or capital sum can be distributed as and when the donor wishes to the causes of their choosing.
WARD Consultancy PLC, Hill House, Milley Lane, Hare Hatch, Reading Berks RGI0 9TH Tel: 0118 9404111 Fax: 0118 9403392 Web: www.wardconsultancy.plc.uk

*New * Community Fund - Buildings
The Community Fund have a new leaflet about funding buildings. Key features are outlined below.
The Community Fund give grants mainly to help meet the needs of those at greatest disadvantage in society and also to improve the quality of life for local communities
A grant for your property
They want the properties they fund to be: On time; In budget; Well planned; Within the law.
They will fund: Buying or leasing a building/land; Construction and/or refurbishment costs; Buying or leasing a temporary property; Improving land for open spaces.
All applications require an options appraisal. Why have you chosen to do this work? - needs that project aims to meet; options explored; brief for building; professional/contractor; How you intend to achieve this; other ways could achieve brief; estimated costs of each alternative; reason for deciding on this particular project.
If you are still looking you can apply before finding a property, they need - Options appraisal; particulars from estate agent or valuer for three suitable buildings;
how much they'll cost to run.
The rules for leases: Minimum length of lease required depends on total cost of project - Less than £30K- 5 years; £30K - £100K - 10 years; £100K - £250k - 15 years; Over £250k - 20 years.
For projects £30K to £100k for refurbishment or construction, they also require: The timetable for the work; Forecast of project cash flow; Details of professional consultants; Building Feasibility Study
They will also fund refurbishment or new property costing more than £100K and SDS - projects over £100k
For temporary buildings over £30k they require: Options appraisal, proof of tenure, disability access, running costs; Site appraisal and plans - site and building layout; Three quotes; Cash flow and timetable; Details of building professionals; Relevant approvals.
For grants that improve land for open spaces they require: Options appraisal, proof of tenure, disability access, running costs; Site appraisal and plans - site layout; Three quotes; Cash flow and timetable; Details of professional consultants; Relevant approvals and, for playgrounds, safety advice.
Community Fund, St Vincent House, 16 Suffolk Street, London SW1Y 4NL Enquiries Tel: 020 7747 5299 Minicom: 020 7747 5347 Email: enquiries@community-fund.org.uk

*New * Community Fund/NOF reach out to those communities in most need.
Have you had your Fair Share? Some parts of the country are missing out on lottery funds. Fair share wants to help change that!
A new partnership between two lottery distributors will provide guaranteed funding to the places where lottery money is needed the most.
The Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund will deliver £169 million over the next three years to 62 disadvantaged areas that have not had their fair share of lottery funds. These are:
EAST REGION - Basildon £4,246,815, Gt Yarmouth £1,305,862, Luton £3,042,716, Peterborough £1,179,818, Tendring £1,076,018, Waveney £2,713,955
EAST MIDLANDS - Ashfield £2,055,775, Bolsover £2,087,818, Derby £1,615,780
LONDON - Barking & Dagenham £1,218,373, Brent £1,377,039, Enfield £5,532,721, Waltham Forest £3,039,768
NORTH EAST - Blyth Valley £1,132,367, Darlington £2,089,432, Stockton-on-Tees £3,422,583, Wansbeck £1,156,093
NORTH WEST - Blackpool £1,556,465, Bolton £5,712,127, Burnley £1,422,884, Ellesmere Port and Neston £1,871,675, Hyndburn £1,135,332, Knowsley £2,631,540, Oldham £1,965,735, Pendle £1,298,447, Rochdale £2,014,670
NORTH WEST - Salford £2,155,542, Sefton £2,200,027, St. Helens £3,640,997, Tameside £1,147,195, Trafford £1,111,607, West Lancashire £2,734,544, Wigan £5,481,771, Wirral £2,060,638
SOUTH EAST - Portsmouth £2,879,292, Thanet £1,729,821
SOUTH WEST - Bournemouth £3,546,535, North Somerset £3,314,052, Swindon £1,074,535
WEST MIDLANDS - Dudley £5,227,198, Sandwell £2,796,138, Solihull £5,039,905, Telford and Wrekin £1,117,538, Walsall £5,295,294
YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE - Doncaster £8,544,564, Barnsley £2,154,059, Kingston Upon Hull £2,659,715, Kirklees £4,955,017, North East Lincolnshire £1,276,204, Rotherham £5,764,097, Wakefield £5,854,904
Fair share will mean: Targeted funds for 62 areas throughout the UK; Local communities in partnership with Lottery Distributors; A wider range of funding opportunities.
By working together throughout the UK, the fair share partners want to strengthen local communities. They want to make a long-term difference so that disadvantaged neighbourhoods can access lottery funding to tackle local needs.
Working together, the Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund will bring a range of grant-making expertise to each area - and the ability to fund many different types of organisations and projects.
To find out more phone the Fair Share information line on 0845 9 700 777 for more information. Web-sites: www.community-fund.org.uk or www.nof.org.uk

*New * Community Fund announces new Strategic Grants programme
Outline plans for the Community Fund's new £30 million Strategic Grants programme, to be launched in September 2002, have now been agreed.
The new programme will replace the current England-wide and UK-wide grants programmes. There will be a geographical focus, where applications will have to cover more than two England regions, or more than one of Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, or the whole of the UK.
For the first time the Community Fund will be specifying what sort of outcomes they want to see from their grants, although applicants will be able to specify their own individual outcomes.
Key features of the Strategic Grants programme will be: replication of projects that have been shown to work; piloting and evaluation of new projects; collaborative projects between different organisations; cross-cutting projects across the Community Fund's six beneficiary groups; dissemination of the impact of projects to policy makers, other grant makers and the voluntary and community sector.
The total budget of the Strategic Grants programme will be around £30 million a year.
Organisations wishing to apply for a grant should contact the enquiries line on 020 7747 5299 or use their website: www.community-fund.org.uk

*New * Community Fund launches continuous International grants programme
The Community Fund has launched its first continuous International grants programme for UK charities working abroad.
It will allocate just over £16 million to the new programme, which represents six per cent of Community Fund's total grant budget over the next year. It will be open to all UK based organisations who work with overseas partners.
The Community Fund shares the global vision for reducing world poverty. The new programme will focus its support on projects that target the most disadvantaged people in the world and tackle the causes of their poverty and deprivation.
To date five annual International grants programmes have awarded 599 grants worth £128.8 million to UK-based voluntary organisations.
This will be the first time the International grants programme will run on a continuous basis and there will be no deadlines for submitting applications.
The grants will have both a geographical and priority funding focus. Organisations planning projects working with the most disadvantaged people in the following parts of the world will be able to apply: Africa; Asia (including the Pacific and the Central Asian Republics); The Middle East; Central and South America; The Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe, including the Russian Federation, the Caucasus and the Baltic states.
The four funding priorities are: primary education, community health, natural resources and civil and political rights. These priorities are in line with the International Development Targets endorsed by the membership of the United Nations.
General Enquiries line for interested applicants: 020 7747 5299 or e-mail: enquiries.international@community-fund.org.uk
Community Fund, International grants office, St Vincent House, 16 Suffolk Street,
London SW1Y 4NL Website: www.community-fund.org.uk/area/international

*New * Home Office Family Support Grant 2003/2004
The Family Support Grant funds voluntary organisations to undertake work to assist parents in their parenting role.
The grants are for time-limited project work aimed at providing support for parents in their parenting role. All projects must show how they intend to reach black, minority ethnic and socially excluded parents.
Examples of the work funded in the past 4 years has included work with fathers, parenting of teenagers and parenting in challenging circumstances. Eligibility criteria for this grant programme are subject to Parliamentary review and changes may occur on an annual basis. Those interested in applying should contact the Family Policy Unit before applying. Contact details are listed below.
Applications particularly welcome from organisations dealing with the socially excluded and/or black and minority ethnic parents.
Funding for current financial year and for provision beyond April 2003 is subject to Parliamentary review.
Typical grant size is up to £50,000 which is also the absolute maximum. Grants are for capital and revenue funding. The grant period is 3 Years. The grant round will be launched at the end of August, for an application closing date of the end of December. Likely decision is by the end of March 2003.
The target group of the project must be parents. The Family Support Grant does not fund holistic family support work or projects where the direct target group are children.
Voluntary organisations should apply for the grant either by phoning Stephanie Waddell on 020 7217 8557 or Email: stephanie.waddell@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or Claire Roskill on 020 7217 8177 Email: claire.double@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or write for an application pack to Family Policy Unit, Room 411, Horseferry House, Dean
Ryle Street, London SW1P 2AW Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/cpd/fmpu/fmpu.htm

*New * Government Spending Review Summer 2002
Paragraphs taken from the Spending Review White Paper.
The Government needs a voluntary and community sector that is strong, independent and has the capacity, where it wishes, to be a partner in delivering world-class public services. To help achieve this, the Government will increase funding to build capacity in the sector and increase community participation. It will work to get the funding relationship right. Fully implementing the Compact and its Codes will be a key step towards more effective partnership. In addition, the Government will set up an investment fund worth £125 million over three years to help voluntary and community organisations in their public service work.
The purpose of this cross-cutting review was to explore how central and local government can work more effectively with the voluntary and community sector to deliver high quality public services. It was driven by a shared desire to strengthen civil society and benefit local communities, and premised on a recognition of the added value that a healthy voluntary and community sector can bring to service delivery. That is why flagship Government policies, for example Sure Start, the Children's Fund, the New Deal for Communities, are increasingly being designed for delivery in partnership with the sector.
The Government is determined that this review will make a real difference - and this means effective implementation. Implementation of the review is now, therefore, a key priority for the Active Community Unit (ACU) of the Home Office. Funding for the ACU increases from £35 million in 2002-03 to £65 million in 2005-06, an average increase in the ACU budget of nearly 20 per cent per year after inflation. Their work will be overseen by a high level group of officials from central government, local government and the voluntary and community sector. The group will be chaired by the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office and will report directly to senior ministers twice a year.
This supports the strategy for small local groups explained in the Active Community Unit 'Small Grants Action Plan' leaflet where it states:
The Small Grants Action Plan - to be overseen by the Home Office's Active Community Unit - will co-ordinate access to funds from a variety of government departments and make it simpler for local groups to get grants of up to £10,000.
In each area, the Government will appoint a single voluntary or community organisation to act as a one-stop shop for groups applying for Government small grants.
Procedures for applying for money and reporting on its use will be simplified and standardised across different grant schemes. Targeted help will be available, particularly to small, informal groups and to marginalised and hard to reach groups and individuals, to encourage them to apply for a grant and assist them in doing so. There will be flexibility for local arrangements, including the area covered by each single grant administrator, to be developed in response to local circumstances and needs.
This plan is to be in place by March 2003.

*New * The Vodafone Group Foundation
The Vodafone Group Foundation was launched in London on 27 June 2002.
This year, the Group and its subsidiaries plan to contribute a total of around £20 million to community programmes, of which £10 million will be funded by a gift from Vodafone Group Plc to The Vodafone Group Foundation. Guided by the Vodafone Group Social Investment Policy, The Vodafone Group Foundation will focus on: Sharing the benefits of mobile communications technology as widely as possible; Protecting the environment and supporting sustainable business practices; Supporting the local communities in which Vodafone's customers, employees, investors and suppliers live.
The Vodafone Group Foundation has a strong belief in the benefits offered by mobile telecommunications technology. They seek to be a paperless, virtual foundation. They discourage applicants from sending them paper-based enquiries accompanied by multiple documents. Instead, they will be developing an online enquiry form. Until this is launched, they encourage potential applicants to register their electronic contact details with them on their website: www.vodafonefoundation.org
The Vodafone Group Foundation will support the activities of Vodafone Group subsidiaries' local foundations and community programmes. The Vodafone Group Foundation website: www.vodafonefoundation.org Access Vodafone's CSR Report on the Vodafone website at: www.vodafone.com/responsibility
*New * Heritage Lottery Fund changes
The Heritage Lottery Fund has removed, or reduced, the need for match, or partnership funding. These changes are referred to in their Strategic Plan 2002-2007. However, please note that partnership funding is still required for all grants over £50,000. The new levels of partnership funding are as follows:
'Applicants seeking up to £50,000 are now asked to supply only what partnership funding they can, either in cash or in kind. Applicants seeking between £50,000 and £1 million now have to supply only 10% of the project costs in partnership funding. Those seeking more than £1 million will still have to supply 25% of the project costs in partnership funding.'
Whether you are contributing 10% or 25% in cash or kind, 5% of the total costs of your project must be from your own organisations's resources either in cash or in kind.
They are also targeting small community groups and regions that have not received heritage grants. In the Strategic Plan they state, "We will prioritise our development resources in favour of those communities which have to date received least funding and fewest grants from us, and which are in areas of high social and economic deprivation. Our country and regional committees will each identify five local authority areas to be targeted for this support."
These local authority areas will be announced in the Autumn.
A new programme is Young Roots which is available in the autumn
Young Roots promotes the involvement of young people, 13-20 years old, in their heritage. The assessment of a pilot scheme launched in Yorkshire and Humber region in October 2000 demonstrated that Young Roots grants reached new applicants and audiences with exciting and innovative projects, which were targeted directly at the needs and interests of young people. They will develop young roots as a UK-wide scheme with grants between £5,000 and £25,000.
The initiative will mainly help us to increase opportunities for learning about heritage; and promote a greater appreciation of the value of heritage for our furure wellbeing and sense of identity.
Although the application pack is not available until the autumn, you can order one now from their website.
Heritage Lottery Fund, 7 Holbein Place, London SW1W 8NR Enquiries Tel: 020 7591 6041 Fax: 020 7591 6271 Minicom: 020 7591 6255 E-mail: enquire@hlf.org.uk Website: www.hlf.org.uk

*New * Pre steps offer £1200 training bursaries.
Pre Steps is a six month package of practical training and telephone mentoring designed to help you plan the essential steps you need to take in order to build a strong organisation and achieve your aim.
Are you overwhelmed? Starting a new organisation or managing paid workers for the first time is a big challenge but it need not be overwhelming. Through Pre Steps you can step back, identify key tasks, prioritise and work together to put systems in place that supports your work and reduces stress.
How can we do it? Through Pre-Steps your representative will attend 6 weekly training sessions and surgeries to identify the gaps that cause you stress. You will devise a plan and tackle the gaps in the coming six months with support from our mentor.
6 days of theory? No! 6 days of sharing 25 years of Community Links' experience of overcoming many of the same challenges plus support through a programme of mentoring to guide you through the maze of change and development.
Is it a lot of work? Yes, but if you work as a team you will tackle the gaps that currently burden you and establish the foundations for your future success.
How much will it cost? It is free to successful organisations. A bursary of £1,200 will enable you all to benefit from Pre Steps but you will make a contribution by attending the training and doing the work to build a strong future.
Where will it be? The training days and surgeries will be at Community Links, 105 Barking Road, London E16 and the mentoring will be once a month by telephone. They are running a number of courses throughout the next 3 years. They are also running programmes in Leeds (begins October 9th) as well as London (October 3rd). In January 2003 they will begin a course in Greater Manchester, before beginning another course in London (May 2003) and then in Derby (September 2003).
Want to know more? Call them on 020 7473 9651
*New * The Scarman Trust (Yorkshire and Humber Region only)
The Scarman Trust (Yorkshire and Humber) is currently running three small grant schemes that offer funding to individuals and groups who want to carry out activities or projects that benefit their communities. Please note that each scheme has different geographical boundaries, so read the guidelines carefully!
Community Champions offers up to £2000 to individuals in West Yorkshire who want to set up new projects, groups or activities, to develop work they are already involved in or to pass on their skills and knowledge to other community activists. Applicants should be carrying out these ideas on a voluntary basis and should be targeting communities experiencing disadvantage or exclusion. There should be clear personal development for the applicant, as well as broader benefit for the community provided by the activity. Applications are considered every three months.
For information on how to apply for Community Champions in other parts of England, please ring Jim Hewitt on 0114 259 4113 or log onto www.dfes.gov.uk/communitychampions
You and Your Community Millennium Awards offer up to £2500 (or £5000 if the applicant has special needs) for individual applicants in Yorkshire and the Humber. We can also accept applications from a group of people wanting to run a project together, in which case up to ten people can apply for up to £10,000 between them. Each applicant should demonstrate their part in the project, and should not be applying simply to 'make up numbers'! Applications should show personal development for the applicant and also how the idea will benefit the wider community. These projects have to be completed in 3-6 months and should be new activities or the clear development of work carried out previously.
For information on how to apply for You and Your Community in other parts of England, please ring 0207 684 3838, or log onto www.thescarmantrust.org
Wakefield District Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chest/Community Learning Chest
The Community Chest offers between £50 - £5000 to small voluntary and community groups in the Wakefield Metropolitan District. The money is linked to central government's 'Neighbourhood Renewal' agenda, which aims to give neighbourhoods and communities the resources to make a difference to where and how they live.
Applications to the Community Chest should be for activities which help to improve life for disadvantaged or excluded communities in the District. Activities can target an area of disadvantage, or a group of people experiencing exclusion or marginalisation. Ideas should fit into one of the following categories: Encouraging greater involvement in community activities; Reducing disadvantage and inequality; Promote and explore tradition, culture and heritage; Improving the management of local activities and organisations; Improving the local neighbourhood.
Community Learning Chest
The Community Learning Chest is an additional pot of money, linked to the Community Chest, that funds activities to develop the skills and knowledge of communities participating in renewal.
A group can apply for £50 to £5000 or an individual nominated by the group can apply for up to £500.
The type of ideas which might be funded include: A training programme for your management committee or members; Attending a community leadership course.; Exchange visits to share good practice; Advice from resident's consultants.; IT training; Attending conferences and seminars; Black and Minority Ethnic and other communities sharing their history, culture and traditions to promote community cohesion and cultural understanding.
To receive an application pack for any of these schemes please ring the Scarman Trust on 0113 380 5665, or download the forms from website: www.thescarmantrust.org

*New * givenow.org
CAF, AOL Time Warner Foundation and AOL UK name new online giving and fundraising portal as GiveNow.org
CAF (Charities Aid Foundation), the AOL Time Warner Foundation and AOL UK have launched their major new destination for online, tax-effective giving and fundraising in the UK - GiveNow.org
The portal, at www.givenow.org, enables any UK charity to offer online donation facilities and provide news to potential donors. For the first £2 million donated at GiveNow org, 100% of each donation will go directly to charity.
Charities of any size, regardless of whether they already have an online presence, could potentially reach millions of donors at GiveNow.org. AOL UK will promote the GiveNow org portal to its more than 1 7 million members as its recommended destination for online giving and any online consumer in the UK will be able to access it to get information about and donate money to their chosen causes. Charities can sign up with GiveNow.org by registering at www.givenow.org/efundraising
Any recognised UK charity can be part of GiveNow.org to receive tax-effective donations and have a dedicated area for news at no cost to the charity Once registered, charities will be able to update their own profile and add news at any time and even monitor the donations they receive at GiveNow org
Charities Aid Foundation, Kings Hill, West Mailing, Kent MEI9 4TA Tel: 01732 520 000 Fax: 01732 520 001 Website: www.CAFonline.org Email: enquiries@CAFonline.org

As website but unapproved - This one is just for Londoners
*New * The City Parochial Foundation (CPF) Grant-Making Priorities for 2002-2006
The City Parochial Foundation (CPF) is a registered charity. It exists to benefit the poor of London. 'The poor' includes people who, for whatever reason, are socially, culturally, spiritually, environmentally and financially disadvantaged.
The area our work covers is the Metropolitan Police District of London, which includes all 32 London boroughs, and the City of London.
Every five years they review our grant-making policies and issue new guidelines for those who want funding. This booklet sets out our policies for 2002-2006.
Generally, any organisation applying to them for funding should: be a registered charity (or have applied for charitable status), an Industrial and Provident Society or a Friendly Society; be open to all members of its community; involve its service users as much as possible in the overall control and the management of the organisation; be committed to sharing information, good practice and findings from its work with other organisations; be open to learning from the experience of other organisations; work jointly with other organisations as much as possible.
They welcome grant applications from registered charities or charitable organisations that aim to: tackle the causes of poverty; help poor Londoners to cope with, and find ways out of, poverty.
They want to fund work which helps poor Londoners by reducing or overcoming: discrimination; isolation; violence.
They welcome applications from all organisations working with poor Londoners who are experiencing discrimination, isolation or violence, but they particularly encourage applications from organisations that work with, or are aiming to work with, the following: Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities; disabled people; established communities, often predominantly white, in areas of long-term poverty; lesbians and gay men; refugees and asylum seekers; young people aged 10-25.
Women are more likely to experience poverty, particularly through isolation, discrimination and violence, and so they especially welcome applications from women's organisations.
City Parochial Foundation, 6 Middle Street, London EC1A 7PH Tel: 020 7606 6145 Fax: 020 7600 1866 Email: info@cityparochial.org.uk Website: www.cityparochial.org.uk

Unapproved but as received from them
*New * Kids' Clubs Network - Charity Expands to Help Make Out-of-School Childcare Happen
National childcare charity Kids' Clubs Network, widely credited with persuading the Government to invest in school age childcare, is today announcing that it is moving on to the second stage of its campaign to bring school age childcare to all those who need it.
Government investment in school age childcare through the New Opportunities Fund has resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of out-of-school clubs in the UK, from some 3,000 in 1997 to over 7,000 today. What's more, that number is set to increase to 12,000 by 2003. This means they are over half way towards the Kids' Clubs Network vision of 20,000 out-of-school clubs - one for every primary school - by 2010.
To help support and develop this fast growing field, Kids' Clubs Network is moving up a gear - increasing its staff by approximately 20 per cent and, later on this year, launching two of its biggest ever national programmes.
For further information please contact Simon Goldsborough or Ann Chambers at Kids' Clubs Network on 0207 512 2112.
Kids' Clubs Network is the leading national childcare charity for school age childcare for 3 - 16 year olds. For more information on the recruitment drive or childcare in general, visit their website at: www.kidsclubs.org.uk

*New * Community Fund - Additionality
The Community Fund does not want its grants to be used to provide services that the state has an explicit and clear duty to provide. However, statutory duties are rarely defined in specific or prescriptive terms.
The principle that the Board adopts, then, is that we will not pay for projects which, taken as a whole, both: fall within the remit of a clear and specific statutory responsibility; and are essentially the same as services which a particular statutory body is currently providing in a locality to discharge its responsibility.
Statutory bodies may also provide a service or element of financial support that adequately discharges its duty from the legal point of view but does not met the full need for a service or provide the best possible service. Voluntary organisations often exist to plug gaps in the service that is actually provided by a particular authority, to develop or improve it, or to provide related support services.
The Community Fund can fund projects that develop or expand a group's existing services or increase access to other disadvantaged individuals or groups, provided the work is clearly additional to existing statutory provision and responsibility. If this is the case, the voluntary group applying must : be genuinely independent of the statutory body and not have benefit to the statutory body as its main object; lead the planning and managing of the project; give clear evidence of a partnership with the wider community as well as with the statutory body.
The Community Fund wants its grants to be additional to financial support currently available from government or public bodies. This includes European, central and local government, parish councils and health authorities. Grants are therefore not made which: Directly replace statutory funding or might lead to a statutory body withdrawing funding in the future; Subsidise the costs of a service provided or paid for by a statutory body; Support the work of a statutory organisation; Improve the assets of a statutory body e.g. school or park.
Statutory grants which were time-limited or tapered (e.g. SRB) may be replaced when they come to an end.
If the project improves an asset controlled by a statutory body e.g. a park: the improvement must be of benefit to the wider community; the community must have access to and some element of control over the asset (e.g. a lease).
If there is funding available through central government initiatives for the type of work the project wishes to do, organisations are expected to seek this funding from the relevant source before applying to the Community Fund.
For further help Tel: 020 7747 5299 Minicom: 020 7747 5347 Email: enquiries@community-fund.org.uk
*New * HBOS Foundation Not approved but as website
The Halifax and Bank of Scotland are committed to the communities that they do business in. Their philosophy is to create partnerships that are sustainable and of real mutual value. That's why they have created the HBOS Foundation, a charity set up to support local communities throughout the UK.
They particularly wish to help with: Money advice and financial literacy; Developing and improving local communities. The Foundation aims to do this by assisting charitable and voluntary organisations in their work. The concerns that these groups address may be unique to their own area, or they may be shared with organisations in other regions. They may even be of national importance. It is our intention to make a genuine, tangible difference to individuals and their communities.
Money advice and financial literacy
Making informed judgements and taking effective decisions regarding money are important skills - Skills which some people can find to be beyond their grasp. Building the confidence - and competence - of everyone about finance is a particular priority for the HBOS Foundation. In order to achieve this, we're committed to supporting money advice and financial literacy initiatives right across the UK. They aim to help make these essential skills both easy and accessible for all. For example, they support agencies such as Citizens Advice Bureaux and Money Advice Trust in their work to provide debt counselling services.
Initiatives which they are particularly interested in supporting are: Promoting financial awareness and money advice; Enhancing debt counselling services within the community; Supporting life-skills in all age groups and sections of the community; Helping people engage in lifelong learning; Enabling young people to develop skills for the benefit of the community; Developing and improving local communities.
Within any community, there will be a diverse collection of individuals and organisations tackling local issues. Some issues will be unique to the local area, others will be replicated across the country or parts of it. They feel it is important to help individuals and groups work together to ensure a better quality of life within their community.
Projects may include: Helping voluntary and community groups become more effective and efficient; Initiatives designed to encourage the involvement in the community of those too often excluded; Working with people on low incomes, at risk from poverty or with problems finding accommodation; Improving the standard of local facilities and the local environment; Assisting people in rural and urban areas with access and transport schemes; Schemes to support community care work.
There are many challenges for organisations today. As more and more of us gain access to technology such as the internet and e-mail, organisations have an opportunity to provide support, or communicate in a different way and potentially reach far more of those needing their help. Many organisations would like to enhance their services using technology and our aim is to help them overcome barriers to using the latest communications tools.
Practical ways of making this happen may include: Providing equipment or funding to enable access to technology; Helping with the development of new or existing online services such as websites and e-mails; Improving existing computer systems
Money and gifts in kind are welcomed by community organisations but for many our most valuable contribution is in giving our time and skills. They encourage their colleagues to get involved directly and, as a further incentive, they also match the money they raise for charity.
They're here to help you. And applying is easy. All you have to do is complete the application form and hand it into your local branch or business centre of the Halifax or Bank of Scotland or their subsidiary companies - e.g. Intelligent Finance, Clerical Medical, Birmingham Midshires. In order to make a real difference within the community their remit is tightly focused. Unfortunately, therefore, anything falling outside those areas they've already outlined cannot be supported. They will also exclude all requests for: Charitable advertising; Sponsorship of fundraising events for registered charities; Sponsorship of individuals or third party fundraising initiatives
All projects or initiatives which discriminate on the grounds of colour, race, sex or religious beliefs; Political appeals; Animal rights groups; Overseas projects; Conferences.
Contact HBOS Foundation, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ For assistance call them on 0131 243 7193 Guidelines and application form can be downloaded from website: www.bankofscotland.co.uk/hbosfoundation
Unapproved but as website
*New * RSB group (including Royal Bank of Scotland, Natwest, Direct Line)
As one of the world's largest companies, we make it our business to ensure the communities we serve benefit from our success. In 2001, they invested £27.5m back into the community, making a genuine difference to peoples' lives in every corner of the UK. But it's more than just money.
Their approach goes beyond writing large cheques - they take time to build partnerships with charities and support our staff to bring their expertise and enthusiasm to the benefit of their communities.
They have chosen three areas to focus on, all of which run to the heart of the business: staff in the community - supporting our staff to give their time and money to the charities that are close to them; understanding finance - ensuring that our children have access to the highest quality education in financial issues: and helping people; joining forces with voluntary organisations to make sure that those that have been excluded from society are given the opportunity to become economically independent.
Staff in the community
Right across The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, they encourage their staff to give their time, skills, effort and cash to their local communities and to the good causes that are important to them.
They believe strongly in investing in the community and in helping their staff to help others. By backing the causes that are important to staff, they can demonstrate their commitment to their local area and to their preferred good causes. They have two programmes to encourage employees to get involved and make a contribution to charities and local community groups. This way, they can focus our charitable giving on the causes that matter to our staff.
Give As You Earn - They are the only employer in the UK to 'double match' staff donations to charity made through Give As You Earn (GAYE). For every £1 given by staff, they donate an additional £2 to match individual staff donations of up to £100 each month. Over 11,000 staff are giving each month to hundreds of good causes, both local and national, and in 2001, the Group matched their contribution with over £2.5m.
Community Cashback Awards - Many staff are also generous with their time, effort and specialist skills. Staff who give up their time to help a local community group, school or charity, can apply for a Community Cashback Award for their organisation. Awards are paid to organisations where staff are actively involved as volunteers, or to the charities staff have raised funds for. Depending on their level of involvement or the amount of funds they have raised, staff can apply for an Award of £100, £250 or £500 for their good cause.
Volunteering opportunities with their community partners - In addition, they encourage their employees to get involved with our community partners in projects that are funded by the Group's Community Investment Programme. Their approach is to develop wide-ranging relationships with the organisations that they fund and wherever possible, they encourage staff to make a contribution to the success of these partnerships.
If you would like more information on The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in the Community contact the Public Affairs Team, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, 42 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2YE Tel: 0131 523 4206 E-mail: publicaffairs@rbs.co.uk Information is on website: www.rbs.co.uk/group_info/community

Unapproved but as website
*New * DfES Community Champions Fund
The purpose of the Fund is to support individuals and fledgling community groups who have ideas for encouraging greater activity within their community, helping them build on the skills needed to increase local involvement in community activity.
The Fund aims to help people who have not previously applied for this type of funding take their first steps. It also aims to encourage older volunteers (50+) to get involved in helping their communities and to facilitate young people in their own forms of community action.
Community Champions is worth £3m annually. Typically grants of up to £2000 are available.
To find out more visit the Community Champions Website: www.dfes.gov.uk/communitychampions or contact: Steve Standret, Community Champions Team, DfES, W1129, Moorfoot, Sheffield, S1 4PQ. Telephone: 0114 259 4862, Email community.champions@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
Opportunities with Deadlines------------Last minute for August or early September if you are quick

Unapproved but as website
*New * Jerwood Circus Awards
The Circus Space and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation have collaborated to establish an annual circus awards scheme in the UK. This will give talented circus artists the opportunity and time to develop innovative performance projects. In 2002 there will be three awards - one of £10,000 and two of £5,000. In addition The Circus Space will provide mentors to help the winners develop their work, some space for rehearsal and showcase the work in late Spring 2003.
The awards are for the creation of a new piece of work. However, a significant artistic development of existing work may be considered. - The work must be designed with the potential to be toured (whether alone or as part of a bigger show / mixed evening etc.). -The piece of work may be of any length. -You must be able to complete your project and perform it at The Circus Space Festival in April 2003, unless otherwise agreed in writing by The Circus Space. -The Circus Space will expect award winners to comply with its health and safety requirements. You must be resident in the UK. The award money may only be spent on the work as described in the application.
If you would like advice on preparing your application please contact Lee Kendall, Professional Development Centre Administrator, Tel: 0207 729 9522 ext. 248, or email: leekendall@thecircusspace.co.uk Using no more than four sides of A4 please use these headings in the order outlined below to provide the following information: -Name of applicant, company name (if applicable) and contact details. -Whether you are applying for a £10,000 or £5,000 award. -A description of your project; who's involved; its likely length; where you would hope to perform it subsequently; and an indication of its intended audience (e.g. under 5s / family / adult). -How your project will benefit your professional development at this time. -A detailed income and expenditure budget. -Details of space or equipment that The Circus Space has agreed to provide in principle, subject to a successful application. (If you would like space or equipment to be provided by The Circus Space then you must discuss this with us prior to applying.) -Brief biographies, in prose form, of yourself and others involved. Other enclosures such as videos of previous work, press cuttings etc. may be enclosed as appendices.
All applications must be received by The Circus Space no later than Friday 23rd August 2002. Applications received after this time will not be eligible for consideration. No faxed or e-mailed applications will be accepted.
Further information on the Jerwood Circus Awards and how to apply can be obtained by writing to: Lee Kendall, The Circus Space, Coronet Street, London N1 6HD Tel: 0207 7299522 ext: 248 E-mail: leekendall@thecircusspace.co.uk Details on website: www.thecircusspace.co.uk

*New * The Scottish Power Green Energy Trust
Using its Green Energy Tariff, Scottish Power invests in a fund to help finance new renewable energy projects that use environmentally acceptable technologies. This fund is administered by a Green Energy Trust of customers, renewable energy experts and environmental organisations.
The Green Energy Trust actively supports projects in the UK which have a positive impact on their local communities and environment and will fund up to 50% of successful projects. The closing dates are at the end of March, August and November each year.
For further information contact Gordon McGregor, Scottish Power Green Energy Trust, Cathcart Business Park, Spean Street, Glasgow G44 4BE Tel: 0141 568 3041 Fax: 0141 568 4646 E-mail: greenenergytrust@scottishpower.com
If you would like to find out more about the Green Energy Tariff, visit their web-site: www.scottishpower.co.uk/greenenergy
*New * Women in Music 'Big ideas'
Women in Music celebrates and helps raise public awareness of women's work in all types of music. It supports, encourages and enables women to make music.
Women in Music has celebrated the new millennium with the launch of a new Commissioning Fund for the creation of new music by women.
Women in Music are now inviting applications for a second round of funding under the WiM Commissioning Fund. They are looking for projects starting in 2003 which:
are visionary, innovative and radical raise the profile of women in music produce new music culminate in a quality public element; contribute to the artistic and/or professional development of those involved will attract partnership funding; will take place mainly in the UK with national and/or international distribution.
The Commissioning Fund was launched in 2000 with support from the Arts Council of England, then WiM's main source of funding. The idea was to enable women creators of music to realise their "big idea" and when advertised the opportunity they were quite simply overwhelmed by over 140 of you writing to them with 140 "big ideas".
Read the guidelines carefully. From our previous experience, they expect this to be an extremely popular scheme and so proposals which do not clearly satisfy all of their criteria are very unlikely to be successful. Write your proposal taking care to show how your project meets our criteria. Please note that projects that do not include the creation of new music and/or take place mainly outside the UK are not eligible for support. Complete the application cover sheet and send it, with your proposal, to Women in Music by 31 August 2002.
For guidelines and application form contact Women in Music, 7 Tavern Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1PJ Tel: 01449 673990 Fax: 01449 673994 Email: info@womeninmusic.org.uk Website: www.womeninmusic.fsnet.co.uk

Charity Know How - Grants Programmes
Allavida offers two different Charity Know How Grants programmes: the General Programme and Global Grants. Both Charity Know How programmes offer small grants (less than £15,000) for skill-sharing partnerships between NGOs. Applications must include at least two organisations usually from different countries working in partnership. Projects should contain a significant element of transfer of know-how between the partner organisations, and can include training programmes for NGO staff and volunteers, professional advice and study visits. There will be just one more Charity Know How (CKH) grants rounds in 2002, with a deadline of 27 August 2002 for receipt of applications.
General Programme - Grants awarded under the General Programme must include as principal beneficiary an NGO in the Balkan and Carpathian countries, Newly Independent States or Central Asian republics. (see website for full details)
Global Grants - Global Grants is a pilot programme (launched autumn 2000) to encourage the development of partnerships and sharing of skills and experience between NGOs of different regions of the world.
Grants awarded under the Global Grants Programme must include as principal beneficiaries NGOs of at least two countries of the following regions: CEE / FSU countries; Africa; Asia; Latin America.
NGOs from any eligible country can apply. UK NGOs are encouraged to apply as lead applicant, playing the role of facilitator between two or more partners with which they have worked in different regions of the world.
The general assessment criteria for the General Programme apply in full to Global Grants.
Allavida Development Programmes - Allavida implements a number of longer-term capacity building programmes, which provide training and micro-grants to local groups and associations in particular regions. The aim of these programmes is to enable groups to serve their community more effectively.
Although there are differences among the programmes, they do share some fundamental characteristics which justify the notion of a distinctive "Allavida approach" to NGO development in the CEE/NIS region.
For further details please see the Guidelines on website, or contact the Allavida office. Allavida, 114 - 118 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5AA Tel: 020 7400 2310 Fax: 020 7404 1331 Web-site: www.allavida.org For a copy of the application form and guidelines by email, please send a blank email to: info@allavida.org
Ernest Cook Trust Educational Grants
Ernest Cook Trustees make grants for educational purposes to organisations which are themselves charitable or not-for-profit. In very exceptional and rare cases grants are made to individuals. Building work and oversea travel are not supported.
The Trustees believe that small grants are often as beneficial as large grants and there is therefore no minimum or maximum grant size. Single grants are normally awarded but in exceptional circumstances grants up to a maximum of three years are considered.
The Trustees do not confine themselves to, but have chosen to concentrate their assistance on the educational aspects of:- conservation and the rural environment; the arts, crafts and architecture; the encouragement, through education, of young people; research devoted to these main areas of work.
The Trustees consider most grant applications at meetings in March and October, having a further mechanism for the making of grants smaller than £3,000 at more frequent intervals. Applications for the two main meetings must be finalised by 31st January and 31st August. There is no application form but applicants are asked to focus their request on a specific educational need and to present clear and concise proposals on a maximum of four sides of A4 paper. The enclosure of a self-addressed envelope will ensure acknowledgement of an application.
The Ernest Cook Trust, The Estate Office, Fairford Park, Fairford, Gloucestershire GL7 4JH Tel: 01285 713273 Fax: 01285 711692 E-mail: grants@ernestcooktrust.org.uk Web-site: www.ernestcooktrust.org

September
*New * DfES Parental Involvement in Children's Education Grant Scheme
This DfES grant scheme provides financial support for organisations or projects promoting raising standards in education through activities which assist parental/family involvement in children's education.
All funding should contribute to raising the educational standards of young people by enhancing their motivation and achievement through the informed contribution of parents and the wider family.
Proposals should enhance or develop one or more of the following: increased involvement of parents and the wider family in children's learning; increased effectiveness and efficiency of family and parent support organizations; increased quality and quantity of partnerships between schools, and parents and the wider family.
Funds will normally only be allocated to national organisations or projects with a national or potential national application for pump-priming and/or projects which also receive funding from other sources.
The Target Group is Children of school age and their parents/carers and wider families.
Grants are in the range £200 to £300K with a Typical Grant Size of £30,000 and an Absolute Maximum Awarded: £50,000. These can be for both Capital and/or Revenue Funding. Grant Period is 1 Year. Deadline is 1 September 2002. Preference for projects from national organisations or projects with a national, or potentially national, application.
All funding should contribute to raising the educational standards of young people by enhancing their motivation and achievement through the informed contribution of parents and the wider family.
Proposals should enhance or develop one or more of the following: increased involvement of parents and the wider family in children's learning; increased effectiveness and efficiency of family and parent support organisations through: evaluation of performance; and/or encouragement of moves towards self-sufficiency; and/or developing national structures; Increased quality and quantity of partnerships between schools, and parents and the wider family through: provision of advice, information and training; and/or dissemination of best practice via conferences, workshops and publications.
Funds will normally only be allocated to national organisations or projects with a national, or potential national, application for: pump-priming, usually one off or limited duration projects; and/or projects which also receive funding from other sources such as the private sector, voluntary organisations, charitable trusts, other Government Departments etc.
Potential applicants should contact Elizabeth Cornish at the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) for any further information required and the standard application form.
Elizabeth Cornish, Parents & Performance Division, Schools Directorate, DfES, Sanctuary Buildings, Level 2, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT Email: Elizabeth.Cornish@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
Unapproved but as website
Reading Families Millennium Awards Scheme
The Awards are to support you in running a project that gets families and communities reading together. £1.2 million is available to support 390 Award winners in total. Awards will be from £2000 to £3400 and projects should take between six and twelve months to complete. The scheme is run by the Campaign for Learning, with support from the Millennium Commission. Launched in July 2001 it will run for three years and covers England only.
A Reading Families Millennium Award could help you put your ideas into action. All you need is a good idea for getting people reading together. Here are some ideas - you could: · turn family stories into a play; · help prisoners write stories and record them on tape for their children; · create a community website; · set up a homework club for the children in your area; · collect local recipes and make them into a book; · form a book group; · work with children and grandparents to improve reading and IT skills.
You could receive an award if: · you are 21 or older; · you have not had a Millennium Award before; and your project is not part of your job.
If you want to work with friends on your project, group awards (up to three people) are available.
Reading Families Award provides money to cover all costs (including childcare) as well as training and support for you to run the project. All you need to put in is your time, energy and ideas! They will provide all Award Winners with training opportunities and support.
If you think you could support and inspire others with their projects become a community mentor.
Applications for Round 2 will close on 2nd September 2002 and Round 3 on 8th September 2003.
Alternatively for an application pack, please write to, fax or e-mail the project co-ordinator for your area at the address below including your name and address.
Southern Region (South West, South East and London) - Helen Russell, Campaign for Learning, 19 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6EF Fax: 020 7930 1551 E-mail: hrussell@cflearning.org.uk
Northern Region (North East, North West and Yorkshire & Humberside) - Tracy Bevan, Campaign for Learning, 10 Egypt Street, Warrington WA1 1DY Fax: 01925 419052 E-mail: tbevan@cflearning.org.uk
Midlands Region (East Midlands, West Midlands, Eastern Counties) - Geoff Taggart, Campaign for Learning, BVS, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR Fax: 0121 643 4533 E-mail: gtaggart@cflearning.org.uk
Website: www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/familylearning/readingfamilies

EC Asia Urbs
Those of you who live in communities with a strong connection with South and South East Asia may be interested in The Asia Urbs Programme. This is an EC-funded initiative in decentralised co-operation. It aims to enhance mutual understanding and awareness between Asia and Europe by supporting urban development projects that are implemented jointly by Asian and European local governments. It is an opportunity for the voluntary sector to interest local government in working with them and to apply for funds for mutual projects. If you have a good idea for a development project (two-year development projects, or six-month studies) which will help improve the life of everyday people living in an Asian town, which can be created and carried out jointly by Asian and European experts and which does not require more than 500,000 euro...then this may be for you.
The EC grant may not exceed 65% of the total project costs. The balance - that is at least 35% of the total costs - must be financed from the applicant's or partners' own resources, or from sources other than the EC budget.
Asia Urbs Programme, Europe Aid Co-operation Office, European Commission, 200 rue de la Loi B-1040, Brussels, Belgium Email: europeaid-asia-urbs@cec.eu.int
Website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/asia-urbs/
The Third Call for Proposals for the Asia Urbs Programme was launched on 18 December 2001 and published in the Official Journal (C 362 of 18 December). Two deadlines are scheduled for 2002 the final being 2 September 2002. China has now become an eligible country for this programme.

*New * First Light Funding for Film Making by Young People
First Light Pilot Awards
These are open to any constituted youth focused organisation for one film of between 1 and 5 minutes long. Maximum grant is £5,000. Partnership funding: A minimum of 30% of the total project cost with at least 15% in cash. Timescale is 4 months.
First Light Studio Awards
These are open to organisations with track record of filmmaking with young people and proven outreach ability or strong partners with all relevant skills for between 2 and 6 films of 5 to 10 minutes long. Maximum grant is £6,000 per film with a maximum grant of £36,000 for the whole proposal. Partnership Funding: A minimum of 50% of the total proposal costs with at least 25% in cash. Timescale is 8 months.
Productions that First Light will fund: Short films made by young people; Cinematic projects including drama, animation and documentary films with a strong creative slant; Films of any genre. Be as diverse as you wish - from comedy to horror via musicals and action movies.
Generally shot on digital cameras.
Productions that First Light will NOT fund: Videos intended to promote an organisation or its activities; Training videos; Multimedia or web projects; 'Making of' documentaries; Straightforward recordings of arts (or other) events; Destination films (descriptive documentaries about a particular locality).
Contact Hi8us First Light Ltd, Unit 419, The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham B9 4AA Tel: 0121 693 2091 Fax: 0121 693 2096 E-mail: info@firstlightmovies.com
Application details and forms can be downloaded from Web-site: www.firstlightmovies.com
The next deadline for applications to First Light is 10th September 2002.

Unapproved but as website
Art for Architecture
Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) operates this ongoing scheme to encourage the inclusion of artists within architectural project design teams. The emphasis is on collaboration, allowing artist and architect equal status within the design team. Any of those involved in a project can apply, but funds go towards the artists fee only. Grants will be given to: building projects; projects using new technology (electronic, digital media, virtual spaces etc.); landscape projects; short-term experimental projects.
The project must be accessible to the general public. Grants range from £2,000 to £15,000. The Advisory Panel meets three times a year. The remaining submission deadline for 2002 is 13 September.
Please contact either Jes Fernie (jes.fernie@rsa.org.uk) or Lizzie Tulip (lizzie.tulip@rsa.org.uk) for further information:
RSA Art for Architecture, 8 John Adam Street, LONDON WC2N 6EZ Tel. 020 7451 6871/6865 Web-site: www.rsa.org.uk/afa
Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) operates this ongoing scheme to encourage the inclusion of artists within architectural project design teams. The emphasis is on collaboration, allowing artist and architect equal status within the design team. Any of those involved in a project can apply, but funds go towards the artists fee only. Grants will be given to: building projects; projects using new technology (electronic, digital media, virtual spaces etc.); landscape projects; short-term experimental projects.
The project must be accessible to the general public. Grants range from £2,000 to £15,000. The Advisory Panel meets three times a year. The remaining submission deadline for 2002 is 13 September.

*New * Free laptops for disadvantaged groups in England
An opportunity to develop your IT resources! The Department for Education and Skills is introducing a new initiative 'Wireless Outreach Networks' (WON) to provide laptop computers to increase access to learning through technology for socially and economically disadvantaged adults.
Organisations can apply for capital funds to purchase a network of wireless laptops - minimum of 7 laptops and a maximum of 25.
Organisations are being asked to send their expressions of interest to NIACE [National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England & Wales)] by 5pm on 13 September 2002. Organisation will be notified by early October if they have been successful at this stage and then will be asked to complete a full proposal.
For forms and further details please email WON@niace.org.uk
NIACE, 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester LE1 7GE Tel: 0116 204 4200 Fax 0116 285 4514

Community Care is proud to announce the launch of the Community Care Awards 2002
Celebrating the best in social care, the annual awards recognise innovation and best practice, and highlight the positive differences you make every day.
The Community Care Awards aim to promote and reward the best new initiatives and projects which have led the way as the social care field develops.
They are looking for the successes achieved by individuals and teams within 10 practice areas:.
Carers; Child protection; Children and families; Disability; Drugs and alcohol; Inter-agency; Learning difficulties; Mental health; Older people; Young offenders.
If you feel that you have been involved in a project or initiative which has improved services and shown outstanding practice, then we need to hear from you.
Whether you are in a local authority, voluntary or private organisation, health or housing, Community Care wants to hear about your achievements in social care, to reward your excellence and help share the best ideas.
All shortlisted entries will be invited to a presentation luncheon and ceremony at The London Hilton, Park Lane, on 14 November 2002. Each award category winner will receive £5,000. The overall winner will receive an additional £8,000 to further their work.
Entry Forms for the Community Care Awards can be downloaded from www.community-care.co.uk/cc_whatson/awards.asp and should be returned to: Community Care Awards, H320, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5AS. Alternatively call their Hotline: 020 8652 4861/4455 or email: comcare.awards@rbi.co.uk Closing date is 19 September 2002.

Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Right to Read 2001-2003
(Introduced in 2001 as "Access to Books and Reading for young people in public care")
The Foundation is interested in supporting imaginative projects aimed at improving long term access to books for 'looked after' children and young people and at providing them and their carers with opportunities to read for pleasure.
Preference will be given to collaborative projects involving, for example, libraries, social services and the local education authority, and which can continue after PHF funding comes to an end. Grants will normally be for 1-2 years only. National, regional, or local organisations or consortia working in the UK can apply. Applicants must be not-for-profit organisations and be able to demonstrate their commitment to the project by covering at least 25% of the total project costs. Some of this support can be in kind. Priority will be given to partnership projects.
Trustees will expect to see provision for monitoring and evaluating each project.
Applications will be considered by Trustees twice a year. The remaining closing date for 2002 is 19 September. However if you are interested in applying they suggest that you make an exploratory telephone call or write a letter describing your work before submitting a formal application.
For further information about Right to Read please contact Susan Blishen, Education Projects Manager, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, 18 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AA Tel: 020 7227 3500 Fax: 020 7222 0581 E-mail: susan@phf.org.uk Website: www.phf.org.uk
Unapproved but as website
The Philip Lawrence Awards
The Philip Lawrence Awards recognise outstanding achievements in good citizenship by young people aged 11-20. The Awards focus on exceptionally praiseworthy activities rather than on the individuals concerned.
All applications for an award must be submitted on the standard nomination form in accordance with the instructions specified on the form.
The closing date for nominations is 5-September 2002.
For further information about the Philip Lawrence Awards for this year please telephone 0116 285 3792 or e-mail Janiceb@nya.org.uk The Philip Lawrence Awards, National Youth Agency, 17-23 Albion Street, Leicester. LE1 6GD. Fax: 0116 2853775 Forms can be downloaded from the web-site: www.nya.org.uk

Unapproved but as website
The National Recycling Awards 2002
Record entry levels are expected for this year's National Recycling Awards, which feature a new category - best reprocessing initiative, to be sponsored by Shanks - and the introduction of two other new sponsors - Valpak, who will sponsor the best waste minimisation project and Shotton Paper, sponsors of best community project.
The Awards will be presented on Tuesday, 5 November at a gala dinner, to be held at the Cardiff International Arena, alongside the annual LARAC (Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee) conference.
Now in their fourth year, the National Recycling Awards have firmly established themselves as a showcase for recycling best practice. Last year's winners included a county-wide scheme in Essex to develop future waste management strategies, a small family business in Kent for its innovative approach to the recovery of laminated and painted plastics from end-of-life vehicles, and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) for its high recycling rates and staff involvement in schemes which benefited several charities. The much coveted Recycling Officer of the Year Award was presented to Cornwall County Council's Richard Bower for his personal commitment to recycling, which included local radio 'surgeries' for consumers.
The full list of categories and sponsors includes: Best Local Authority Initiative Severnside; Best Industry Recycling Initiative Biffa; Best Partnership Project Evolve (UK Paper); Recycling Officer of the Year Serviceteam; Best Waste Minimisation Project of the Year Valpak; Recycling Target Success Paperchain; Recycled Product of the Year letsrecycle.com; Best Community project of the Year Shotton Paper; Best Information and Communications Campaign Environmental Services Association; Best Reprocessing Initiative Shanks.
Closing date for entries is 20 September 2002. Entry forms for the National Recycling Awards are available from events manager Liz Morris on 020 8277 5501 or email at liz.morris@emap.com They can be filled out on the website: www.nationalrecyclingawards.com

A couple of overseas funding opportunities from Royal Geographical Society which could be of interest to you but are not directly aimed at voluntary organisations/community groups.
*New * Journey of a Lifetime Award
The annual travel bursary for an individual to undertake their Journey of a Lifetime will be awarded by BBC Radio 4 and The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
This substantial award worth up to £4000 is being offered to someone who is undertaking a journey that will inspire an interest in peoples and places, and who would like the opportunity to communicate their experiences through the medium of radio broadcasting. The journey must therefore be original and one that would capture the imagination of BBC radio listeners.
Applicants may be of any age and the location of the journey is unrestricted worldwide. Applicants should be aware that this is a journey 'with a purpose' i.e. The journey should have an underlying theme that the applicant wishes to investigate and record. This may be, for example, a subject that is of great personal significance or interest to the applicant, or simply a subject the applicant considers to be of wide appeal to BBC radio listeners.
The winner will receive training in sound-recording techniques from the BBC, as Radio 4 is keen to discover new broadcasting talent among those with a genuine curiosity for the world around them. A resulting programme or series will be produced for Radio 4 in Autumn 2003.
Entries are invited for travel between December 2002 and July 2003. Applicants who are members of small teams are eligible to apply but should make it clear on the application that it is not a solo venture. However, journeys that involve joining an existing commercial organisation on a pre-paid tour will not be considered.
You should submit a written proposal of up to 1000 words, with clear details of your plans. Please include: an indication of your motivations and why this is your journey of a lifetime; why the journey would make interesting radio broadcasting; aspects that make it a truly unique opportunity; your aspirations; previous travel experience.
In addition to the 1,000 words you should also provide full contact details with email and a daytime telephone number, a detailed budget, timetable and risk assessment.
Application deadline is Friday, 20 September 2002 at 5.30 p.m. Written entries to be submitted to the Grants Co-ordinator. Interviews will take place on 14 November 2002.
*New * Expedition Research Grants
These grants fund field research with a geographical bias, carried out in remote or challenging environments (beyond Western Europe except in very exceptional cases)
teams rather than individuals
Applications may be for the Society's approval only or for approval and financial support. Financial support ranges from £750 to £3,000
The major areas are summarised on the website and include: the research must have a significant geographical component, although this can encompass other disciplines such as ecology, environmental studies, geographical relationships, surveying, mapping and so on; the research must be original, valid and make a significant contribution to the existing body of scientific knowledge - approval and support will not be given to teams carrying out repeat or established research; at least one third of the team must be British. The team leader must be British or registered at a UK Higher Education Institute
teams should include members from the host country; all team members should be 19 or over; teams should show that they will be in the field long enough to achieve their objectives: projects in the field for less than five weeks are very rarely supported.
Applications for field research taking place in winter or spring: 25 August. Applications for field research taking place in summer or autumn: 25 January.
Grants Co-ordinator, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR Tel: 020 7591 3073; Fax: 020 7591 3031; Email: grants@rgs.org

Unapproved but as website
*New * DTLR Special Grants Programme
The Special Grants Programme supports voluntary and community sector organisations carrying out work in England relevant to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)'s urban policy objectives.
The Special Grants Programme (SGP) is a £2 million fund supporting work by voluntary and community organisations to try out diverse ways of involving people in improving the quality of life in towns and cities, so that we can learn what works and promote this learning more widely.
The SGP actively seeks to promote race equality and diversity across the five themes of urban policy. Applications are encouraged from black and minority ethnic and other excluded groups to enable them to deliver outputs which ensure the integration of race equality and diversity into all urban policy.
Grants in the area of neighbourhood renewal are made only where there is a clear link between the neighbourhood renewal outputs and overall urban renaissance.
Two different types of funding may be applied for: a) Strategic funding will initially be awarded for five years, with a review after three years to determine whether the funding will be extended beyond five years. It will be paid to organisations who can demonstrate longer-term benefit to urban policy from the receipt of core funding to carry out their normal programmes of work. Applications must demonstrate how the organisation's usual programme of work will be expanded, developed or refocused in order to deliver outputs of particular interest to the department. b) i) Project funding can be for up to three years to deliver a specific programme of work. Project funding may also include a year of capacity building as stated in the paragraph below.
ii) Development funding will be paid to an organisation as part of a work programme which will include an element of capacity building for the organisation itself. This will involve an initial year of structured capacity building as part of a longer project programme.
£2m is available with a typical grant being £100,000. There is no defined upper limit. These grants are for revenue funding. The grant period is for 3 years. Closing date for applications is 20 September 2002 with decisions likely by 16 January 2003.
Public funding (including any SGP grant) may not exceed 50% of total work programme costs. Other funding must come from an organisation's own resources or from non-public sector sources, such as private sector funding, the National Lottery, European funding, subsciptions, donations, fees, trusts, etc.
Work programmes must be applied nationally or regionally. Acceptable local models will be either a national umbrella group wanting to set up pilot schemes in local areas or local groups engaging in projects or wider significance. Grants are only given for specified services, activities or projects with agreed outputs and performance measures.
The cash value of contributions in kind should not exceed 50% of total work programme costs in any year (from either public or non-public sources.) Expenditure on fixed assets must not exceed 10% in any year. SGP does not support research work. Grants bids must not be party political in intention, use or presentation and neither can they support religious activities.
Application packs and further details can be obtained by contacting Mumuna Shallow Tel: 020 7944 3724

*New * NCVO funding for disabled
2003 is the European Year of Disabled People. In order to celebrate the year, a pot of funding has been made available: either £10,000 for a local/regional project or £50,000 for a national project. Applications have to be submitted by 27 September 2002.
The UK theme for projects is "Promote Rights and Participation", the sub themes are raising awareness, participation, advocacy/mentoring. Projects
will need to involve disabled people, and benefit disabled people. Projects addressing the main theme or the sub themes will get funding.
The grant application procedure and grant applications are downloadable from www.disability.gov.uk, under European Year of Disabled People, or contact NCVO's Helpdesk on 0800 2798 798 (textphone 0800 01 88 111).

Unapproved but as website
*New * The Citizenship 21 Awards
The Citizenship 21 Awards scheme provides awards of between £1000 and £5000 to communities to work together to promote equality and diversity, and tackle homophobia and all other types of discrimination, such as racism, disablism, etc.
The three key goals of the Citizenship 21 Awards are: To tackle discrimination - to promote equality and deal with issues of homophobia alongside other forms of prejudice.
To strengthen groups and links between different communities in order to increase the awareness of the discrimination faced by different communities and build strong alliances to tackle prejudice together.
To support collaboration - to involve community groups and organisations in working together with one or more named partner community group or organisation.
The Citizenship 21 Awards scheme is one part of the Citizenship 21 project. Citizenship 21 Awards now accepting applications for third round! Community groups and organisations have until 30 September 2002 to apply for up to £5,000 from the third round of the Citizenship 21 Awards scheme.
Details of how to apply are on their website site. For application information and forms in alternative formats (braille, tape, video etc) contact us at Citizenship 21, 46 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB Tel: 020 7881 9440 Minicom: 020 7881 9996 Fax: 020 7881 9444 E-mail: info@c21project.org.uk Information is on website: http://www.c21project.org.uk/news_awards3.htm

*New * GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) International Impact Awards 2002
UK charities are being given the chance to win ten awards of £25,000 in the sixth annual GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) International Impact Awards. The awards are open to charities that have been working in local community healthcare for at least three years with an annual budget of less than £500,000.
There are ten awards of £25,000 each. In addition, ten highly commended projects will receive £1,000 each.
Working in partnership with the King's Fund, a leading independent health charity, the GSK awards are designed to recognise and promote the existing work of small to medium sized voluntary organisations, which have made a demonstrable impact on the health of their local communities, and as such there is no stipulation on how or on what the money should be spent.
An application pack can be downloaded from the website below or can be obtained by sending an A4 self-addressed envelope (no stamp required) to: GSK Impact Awards, Grants Department - The King's Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN Tel: 020 7307 2400 Fax: 020 7307 2801. Closing date for applications is Friday 27 September 2002. Website: http://corp.gsk.com/community/impact_awards_uk.htm

Not approved but as website
*New * DoH Section 64 General Scheme
The Department of Health's main funding support to voluntary organisations under the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968. General Scheme grants may be awarded to national VOs working in the health and social care fields in England. The Department of Health's main funding support to voluntary organisations under the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968. General Scheme grants may be awarded to national VOs working in the health and social care fields in England.
The scheme is aimed primarily at national VOs, although exceptionally regional or local can be awarded grants for work, which is of a national scope. £22,081,000 is available for financial year 2002/03 with a typical grant size of £35,000 and an absolute maximum of £100,000
Grant is for Capital or Revenue Funding. The revenue funding offered is for project/core purposes. Applications start: 31July 2002 and close 27 September 2002 with likely decision by 31 January 2003
How to Apply and further Information Contact Hashmia Cole, Finance Administrator Tel: 020 7972 4105 or write to : Department of Health, Grants Administration Unit, Room 609 Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG Website: www.doh.gov.uk/sect64/grants.htm
*New * EU - LIFE Environment Funding
The European Commission's LIFE Environment funding programme is now open for the 2003 round of proposals. LIFE Environment can fund between 30 and 50% of eligible costs of projects lasting up to three years. Projects should be innovative and demonstrate something new with a wider application. Proposals should meet one of the following objectives: Integration of environmental; considerations into land use; development and planning in urban and coastal areas; The promotion of sustainable management of ground and surface water; The minimisation of the environmental impact of economic activities; The prevention, recycling and sound management of waste streams; The reduction of the environmental impact of products. The Commission will be looking very specifically for projects of interest to their technical units that implement Community environmental policy.
Applications must be sent to DEFRA by 27 September 2002 for basic eligibility checks before being forwarded to the Commission by the end of November.
Full details and application forms are available on the Commission's website at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/life/home.htm
It is advisable to discuss your project ideas first with the UK LIFE Environment Programme Manager in order to check eligibility and receive advice on presenting the proposal.
Contact: Robbie Craig (UK LIFE Environment Programme Manager), DEFRA, 5/H15 Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE Tel: 020 7944 6227 Email: robbie.craig@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Unapproved but as website
*New * The British Community Safety Awards
The British Community Safety Awards, run by Crime Concern for the last five years, have become a firm fixture in the community safety calendar. A sure sign of the success of the scheme is the support of Marks & Spencer who are working closely with Crime Concern to ensure this year's awards are the best yet.
Community safety and crime reduction projects have a real and lasting impact on the way people live. Your local project is probably playing a key role, making a mark on your community and making a difference to the lives of others. This is your opportunity to tell the world about your work and to raise the profile of your project.
They want to hear about your community project, your team