The Gulbenkian Foundation
The Gulbenkian Foundation supports projects in the arts, education, social welfare and Anglo-Portuguese relations
Kwik Drinx Charity
This new charity, registered Oct 2005, is dedicated to relief of sickness and the preservation of good health among people residing permanently or temporarily in Bolton and the North West of England.
The Big Boost (England)
The Big Boost wants to hear from young people who are keen to get involved in their communities. The awards help young people set up and run projects that we hope will make a lasting difference to them as well as to the areas they live in.
Community Fund for Healthy Eating
The closing date for applications for the Healthy Eating fund is coming up this week! However some late applications may be considered, depending on the volume of applications.
Arts & Culture Fund
Application from Sefton. The Community Foundation for Merseyside would like to receive more applications for its Arts and Culture award from the Sefton area.
The Green Machine
The Community Foundation for Merseyside would like more applications from sefton for its ˜Green Machine grants. Grants of up to £2000 are available to community and voluntary groups on Merseyside to deliver projects that are innovative and will enhance and conserve the local environment.
Local Network Fund for Children and Young People
The Community Foundation for Merseyside has reported that there is around £70,000 that needs to be spent before April 2006. The next meeting is in March, so ideally applications should be received by mid-February through the Local Network Fund for Children and Young People!
Four Acre Trust
The Four Acre Trust supports charities that give individuals (mainly children and young people) help in making the most of their lives.
Help the Hospices, Volunteer Project Grants (UK)
Help the Hospices remains committed to supporting hospice volunteers and volunteering. With this in mind Volunteer Project grants are available for groups/individual volunteers in the hospice community. (more) Big Lottery Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund Launch First Joint Programme (England)
The Big Lottery Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund have launched their first joint programme. Known as “Parks for People", the scheme will provide funding of £90 million over the next three years for the regeneration of parks and public gardens (including squares, walks and promenades). (more)
The Lloyds TSB Foundation Regional Grant Making Priorities (North West)
The Lloyds Foundation for England and Wales has announced its regional priorities for 2006. The aim of the Foundation is to give grants to charities that help people, especially those who are disadvantaged or disabled to play a fuller role in their communities. (more)
The Britten-Pears Foundation (UK)
The Britten-Pears Foundation provides grants towards the furtherance of music by living composers, awarding grants to performing groups and/or concert promoters for live performances, commissions and recordings. (more)
Local Heritage Initiative (England)
The Countryside Agency has announced that the closing date for the last applications to the Local Heritage Initiative (LHI) will be on the 30th June 2006 and that the scheme will finally close on the 30th September 2006. Grants are available to community groups in England wishing to develop heritage projects. (more)
Grants for Planting Trees (UK)
The Tree Council, a national charity that promotes the planting and conservation of trees in town and countryside has two grant schemes available for 2006. (more)
Clore Duffield Foundation (UK)
Grants are available to fund performing arts including opera, dance, music, musical theatre, the spoken word and theatre. (more)
Biffaward
Biffaward provides grants to many worthwhile environmental projects. Large and small grants are awarded. (more)
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Foundation
The trust supports charitable causes connected with the arts, medical welfare and the environment.
Lloyds TSB Foundation Launches Grant Making Guidelines for 2006, including new Thematic Programme (England & Wales)
During 2006, the Lloyds TSB Foundation will make grants through two programmes - the Community Programme and a new Thematic Programme.
The Clothworkers Foundation and Other Trusts
The Clothworkers Foundation and the trusts that it administers provide grants to a wide range of projects, from children and youth to heritage and the environment.
Biodiversity Challenge Fund 2006 (England and Wales)
The Biodiversity Challenge Fund 2006 (England and Wales) awards grants to projects aimed at creating, conserving or enhancing the biodiversity of England and Wales.
Baring Foundation Grants (UK)
The Baring Foundation aims to give money to charities and voluntary organisations pursuing charitable purposes. In 37 years over £90 million in grants has been awarded. The Baring Foundation has recently announced that it will open its funding programme concerned with Voluntary Sector development in March 2006.
The Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund
Bailey Thomas is the largest trust dedicated to learning disabilities. The fund was established to provide aid for research into learning disabilities and for the care and relief to those affected by learning disabilities by funding voluntary organisations working in the field.
Sefton Cultural Fund
Managed by Sefton Council ‘Leisure Services, the purpose of this fund is to support cultural and arts based activities in the Sefton community.
Sefton Council Summer Playscheme Grants
Sefton Leisure Services annual grants scheme offering small funds for Summer Play schemes, is now open for applications. The deadline is coming soon. This is complemented by Summer Play Training and a Programme of Summer Fun Days held each year.
Skelton Bounty
This is a local trust that offers grants through an annual scheme to areas included in the Lancashire Boundary as it existed in 1934, in which all of Sefton is included. The 2006 deadline is looming so be sure to take advantage of this once a year opportunity!
Voice 06: Getting Down to Business
Can you and your colleagues afford to miss the social enterprise event of the year?
Victims Fund: Provision for Victims of Sexual Offending
The Home Office has announced that £1.25 million of funding will be available through the 2006/7 Victims Fund to support the development of community-based services for victims of sexual offending.
Countdown 2010 Biodiversity Action Fund
English Nature has launched a funding programme called the Countdown 2010 Biodiversity Action Fund. The Countdown 2010 Biodiversity Action Fund is the new name for the Environmental Action Fund (EAF) biodiversity stream which was previously administered by Defra.
Directplus
The Co-operative Bank Community Directplus customer donation fund is aimed at giving £500 and £1000 to projects.
Mersey Forest - ICEP Funding
MAKE A BETTER LANDSCAPE YOUR REALITY Do you know of sites across Sefton that could use an injection of cash? This winter The Mersey Forest Team is looking for projects in your area that will create and improve woodlands and other habitats, such as heathland and reed beds.
CAF (Charities Aid Foundation)
CAF is a charity with a unique purpose: to do all in its power to ensure that charitable giving to all charities is as robust and effective as it can possibly be.
Parenting Fund
The Parenting Fund assists charities and not-for-profit organisations undertaking parenting support work where parents, families and children face significant challenges.
UIA Charitable Foundation
The UIA Charitable Foundation is a small grant making trust, established to provide financial support to organisations that help people in need.
Scottishpower Energy People Trust
This new trust has been set up with an initial £1m from ScottishPower with the aim of helping combat fuel poverty by funding projects and schemes focusing on children and young people.
Camelot Foundation Transforming Lives
Transforming Lives, is the Camelot Foundation's core grants programme and has supported a wide range of voluntary groups targeting innovative projects around the UK which seek to reconnect disadvantaged and marginalised young people aged 11 - 25 to the mainstream.
Daphne II Programme Funding to Combat Violence Against Children, Young People and Women
The European Commission has announced that it is seeking applications under the Daphne II programme. 10.5 million is available to support organisations that develop measures and actions to prevent or to combat all types of violence against children, young people and women and to protect the victims and groups at-risk.
Nationwide Foundation Investor Programme
To promote the well being of young men, women and children whose lives have been affected by domestic violence. To reduce the prevalence of domestic violence through increased service provision, education and raising awareness.
Community Foundation for Merseyside Sefton In Partnership Fund
This is a new fund formed through contributions from the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, South Sefton Partnership and Sefton MBC.
BBC Children in Need Appeal
Next deadline for BBC Children in Need is coming soon! This funder reports an interest in receiving more applications from Sefton based organisations.
Radio City Foundation Give a Child a Chance
The deadline for the next round of this local grant scheme run through Radio City is coming soon!
Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust
This is a charitable trust offering grants nationally and internationally, though with a strong interest in the Merseyside area. The trustees concentrate their support on the following.
Ford Britain Trust
Advancement of education and other charitable purposes beneficial to the community. Special attention is given to projects concerned with education, environment, children, the disabled, youth activities and projects providing clear benefits to local communities.
Help a Local Child
This is the official charity for Rock FM and Magic 999 and offers grants to individuals and groups that are working with children in need under the age of 18.
Hemby Trust
The Hemby Trust was established in 1998 specifically to give cash grants to charitable organisations in Merseyside and Wirral.
Henry Smith Charity
This large charitable trust has recently issued new guidelines for its grant-making work.
John Moores Foundation
JMF aims to enable people who are marginalised as a result of social, educational, physical, economic, cultural, geographical or other disadvantage to improve their social conditions and quality of life.
Ladbrokes In the Community Charitable Trust
This is a young trust set up two years ago as a national charity offering local solutions. It aims to work with a wide range of charities and good causes, helping raise funds and tailoring initiatives to meet the demands of local communities. |