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Community support
External grant aid
- How do I get started with raising funds?
- Where can I search for available funds?
Including: Funding News (WSCC); West Sussex 4 Funding; East Sussex - Where can I apply to for funds?
Including : Lottery; Government; European - Where can I go for help with securing sponsorship?
Including: Sportsmatch; The National Sport Foundation; Arts & Business - Where can I search for funds from trusts and foundations?
- Including: Charity Commission; Directory of Social Change - guides to trusts and foundations
- I’m an individual looking for funding -
where can I start my search?
Including: Arts Council England; SportsAid; UK Sport; Sport England; Sport England (south east region); Active Places ; Disability Sport England; The Foundation for Sports and the Arts - Trusts and Foundations
Including: Winston Churchill Memorial Fund; Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust; The Journey of a Lifetime; Ron Pickering Memorial Fund - Where can I find information to help me fill out funding
applications/write a business plan/manage my project?
Including : Help Sheets - Big Lottery Fund - Awards for All
- Big Lottery Fund - Reaching Communities
- Big Lottery Fund - The People's Millions
- Big Lottery Fund - Heroes Return 2
- See also : Adur community grant aid and local funding
How do I get started with raising funds?
If you are a local voluntary or community group looking for funding as well support regarding managing your organisation and your legal status, contact Adur Voluntary Action for further information and support www.adurva.org
We have also included some information on the following pages to help you start your search. We understand that obtaining funding can be a lengthy and confusing process so we really hope the following information points you in the right direction.
If you are a business you may find the links to the West Sussex County Council’s ‘West Sussex 4 Business’ database useful - a free service where you can search for sources of funding for any venture or project. See West Sussex County Council website - Grants and funding (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=8026).
These pages have been created to complement the information that is already available on the comprehensive Voluntary and Community Sector pages and also information provided by Adur Voluntary Action on their website www.adurva.org
These pages also draw on the expertise of the External Funding teams at West Sussex and East Sussex County Councils who have kindly given their permission to publish links through to their websites and relevant documents.
The information contained on these web pages is not exhaustive, and it is advisable to check other sources of information.
See also : www.communitytoolkit.co.uk/aboutthiswebsite.htm
Where can I search for available funds?
Funding News (WSCC)
To help you keep up to date with information on funding sources, West Sussex County Council produce a really useful monthly newsletter - 'Funding News' containing:
- Recent funding successes and awards in West Sussex;
- Details of new, existing and updated fund/grant schemes (lottery, government, European and foundations/trusts) to which a variety of organisations can apply (the public sector, voluntary + community groups, charities, and businesses); and
- Information on forthcoming funding events.
- See West Sussex County Council website - Grants and funding (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=8026).
West Sussex 4 Funding
West Sussex County Council offers a free service to businesses, voluntary organisation, charities and community groups, and social enterprises to search for sources of funding for any venture or project.
West Sussex 4 Funding contains details of over 4,300 funding schemes and information on over 4,500 trust funds. This information is continuously researched and updated.
- See West Sussex County Council website - Grants and funding (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=8026).
East Sussex
The summaries of the newest and most relevant funding initiatives and programmes, and other general funding information, can be found via East Sussex County Council's Bidding Bulletin and Diary. With thanks to East Sussex County Council for their kind permission to publish the link.
East Sussex County Council regular updates on sources of funding - Bidding Bulletin and Diary.
Where can I apply to for funds?
Lottery :
Lottery Funding is a joint website run by all Lottery funders in the UK. This site allows you to search information on current funding programmes across the UK, including Awards for All, Heritage Lottery and Sports England.
Government :
- www.governmentfunding.org.uk - for voluntary groups seeking advice, contacts and funding from government
- www.dft.gov.uk - Department for Transport - Local Transport, Access for Disabled
- www.defra.gov.uk - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Rural affairs, animal welfare, sustainable development
- www.communities.gov.uk - Communities and Local Government: Neighbourhood Renewal, Social Exclusion, Sustainable Communities, Housing
- www.dcsf.gov.uk - Department for Children, Schools and Families : education and skills for children, parents, employers & providers (previously the Department for Education & Skills DfES)
- www.homeoffice.gov.uk - Home Office: has a community and neighbourhood remit
- www.berr.gov.uk - Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR): small business support services; industry and commerce (previously the Department of Trade & Industry DTI)
- www.seeda.co.uk - South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) - economic development, training and skills. Also use for European Social Fund links.
European :
There are many sites: European Social Fund, Interreg III, Euclid.
- europa.eu - this is a central source of European information.
- WelcomEurope - European funding programmes: A database of over 400 EU grants and loans www.welcomeurope.com
Where can I go for help with securing sponsorship?
Sportsmatch (including The National Sport Foundation)
Sportsmatch is a government funded scheme set up to help fund grass roots and community sports in England matching new sponsorship money with Sportsmatch funding, on a pound for pound basis.
Applications to Sportsmatch for funding can be made from any not-for-profit organisation capable of delivering community sport. It is directed at projects which aim to increase participation in sport at grass roots level, and/or improve basic skills.
Arts & Business
Their purpose is to enable business and its people to be more successful by engaging with the arts and to increase resources for the arts from business and its people
- www.aandb.org.uk/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,2 (website unavailable)
- www.artsandbusiness.org.uk
Where can I search for funds from trusts and foundations?
Charity Commission
You can search for trusts and foundations here using keywords.
Directory of Social Change - guides to trusts and foundations
Worthing Library and the WCVS have copies of these publications, which can be used for reference. Regarded as the fundraiser’s bible, these essential reference works provide the only source of independent critical analysis of what trusts do in practice. Each volume contains recent grant information, contact details, deadlines, exclusions and applications advice for each trust.
The Directory of Social Change, set up in 1975, aims to be an internationally recognised independent source of information and support to voluntary and community sectors worldwide. They enable the community and voluntary sectors to achieve their aims through being an independent voice, providing training and information.
I’m an individual looking for funding - where can I start my search?
Arts Council England
Arts Council England works to get more art to more people in more places. They develop and promote the arts across England, acting as an independent body at arm’s length from government.
SportsAid
Provides direct financial support to sports men and women between 12 and 18 years old
UK Sport
Supports talented men and women in sports where we compete as the United Kingdom
Sport England
Sport England (south east region)
Active Places : Find a sports facility near you ...
Disability Sport England
The Foundation for Sports and the Arts
Trusts and Foundations
There are some trusts and foundations that award grants to individuals.
Start your search at the Charity Commission website
Here are a few to get you started:
Winston Churchill Memorial Fund
The Fellowships are to enable men and women from all walks of life to acquire knowledge and experience abroad.
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) makes awards ranging from £2,000 to £15,000 to craftsmen and women of all ages to help them further their careers.
The Journey of a Lifetime - Royal Geographical Society
This award is an annual travel bursary for an individual to undertake a journey in the field of geography that will inspire an interest in people and places. The winner will receive training in radio broadcasting from the BBC and will record their experiences for a BBC Radio 4 documentary. A grant of £4,000 will be awarded for an original and inspiring journey anywhere in the world.
Ron Pickering Memorial Fund
Established in 1991, this Fund is dedicated to assisting aspiring young athletes who have shown by their attitude and dedication that they possess the qualities which will ensure the growth and protection of sport.
The charity will support talented young athletes in Great Britain that are still in education and need financial help towards training or provision of equipment.
No minimum and maximum levels of support are defined by the Fund. Each case will be assessed and awarded funding on its own unique set of circumstances.
To be eligible for financial support, young people must be aged 15 to 23 and either be an All-England Schools finalist or be at county representative level and above.
- www.rpmf.org.uk - website temporarily unavailable
Where can I find information to help me fill out funding applications/write a business plan/manage my project?
Help Sheets
WSCC have produced a series of help sheets to assist anyone involved in a funding bid, running a project, building a partnership or all three!
The following sheets can be accessed via the link below:
- West Sussex County Council website : funding help sheets (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=8031)
There you will find information about :
- Advice on building partnerships
- Applying to the right funds
- Improving bid writing
- Tips for running your project
- Writing a simple business plan
- Useful contacts
The Big Lottery Fund has also produced a series of information sheets to help when applying for lottery funding. To see these sheets, click on the related link below.
Big Lottery Fund - Awards for All
Have you heard about the changes to the Awards for All programme?
For the last ten years Big Lottery Fund have run Awards for All as a joint programme with the other three main distributors of Lottery money. From 1 April 2009 each distributor will now run its own small grants programme. As a result, the Big Lottery Fund has launched a new-look Awards for All programme.
Visit the new Awards for All website to get details about the new programme and to get an application form.
The new scheme will be the Fund’s biggest ever commitment to a small grant scheme supporting community projects, offering a more easily accessible programme with even quicker decision times.
Grants between £300 and £10,000 are available to grassroots groups in the community and voluntary sector, health bodies, schools and parish or town councils.
To find out if the programme is right for you or to get an application pack please visit the Awards for All website:
Big Lottery Fund - Reaching Communities
Reaching Communities funds projects that help people and communities who are most in need, and can really make a difference. Projects can be new or existing activities, or be the core work of your organisation. We want to encourage the following changes to communities as a result of our funding:
- people having better chances in life, including being able to get better access to training and development to improve their life skills
- strong communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems
- improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
- healthier and more active people and communities.
You can apply to Reaching Communities if you are a registered charity; a voluntary or community group; a statutory body, (including schools); a charitable or not-for-profit company; or a social enterprise - a business that is chiefly run for social objectives, whose profits are reinvested in the business rather than going to shareholders and owners.
There are two stages to the application process. The first stage is our outline proposal form. This is a short form that enables us to tell you quickly whether you are eligible to apply to this programme and whether your project is one that our committee might consider funding. We hope that this may save you doing a lot of work unnecessarily. You can download this form from the Reaching Communities pages of the Big Lottery Fund website www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Big Lottery Fund - The People's Millions
The People’s Millions is back for its fifth year in 2009.
The People’s Millions TV contest has launched giving communities a fresh chance to win up to £50,000 in Lottery good cause cash to improve their locality.
This year in ITV Meridian The People’s Millions is offering eight awards of up to £50,000 for projects that will enhance local facilities or help people to enjoy their local area. This is broken down into four awards in the East of the Meridian region and four awards in the West.
The contest is particularly looking for projects that enable local people to get more involved in their community and that are original and imaginative.
You can apply if you are a voluntary or community group, local authority, school, health body or social enterprise.
Later in the year short-listed projects will be showcased on ITV Meridian local news where they will have to convince the public why they deserve the cash. It will then be up to the public to use their vote to decide which groups win the funding.
- Entry packs are available on the People's Millions website:
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_peoples_millions
Big Lottery Fund - Heroes Return 2
Grants available to WW2 veterans to fund travel and accommodation costs to visit the places where they saw active service. They can also receive funding to take part in an official commemoration in the UK.
The programme is running until January 2011 with grants available from between £150 and £5,500.
