Rookhsana Mohamed (CVSC's funding advisor) working with CEN members |
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Latest funding
People’s lottery Millions up for grabs for ITV Central COMMUNITIES
The People’s Millions 2010 competition opens its doors today for projects in the ITV Central region to put in their bids to receive up to £50,000 from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG).
For more information please read the attached press release, telephone: 0121 345 7903, visit: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk or write to Big Lottery Fund, Apex House, 3 Embassy Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 1TR
Any questions for Big Lottery Fund’s Chair, Sir Clive Booth?
Join him for a live web chat on 16 March.
www.bigchat.org.uk
Community groups can now apply to Heart Research UK for new SUBWAY® Healthy Heart Grants
How much is available?
Grants of up to £10,000
Who can apply?
Currently only community groups in SUBWAY®'s Central region can apply for grants, this includes Shrewsbury, Stoke on Trent, Mansfield, Derby, Lincoln, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry. A full list of all towns and cities covered by the Central region is attached.
How do I apply?
How much is available?
Grants of up to £10,000
Who can apply?
Currently only community groups in SUBWAY®'s Central region can apply for grants, this includes Shrewsbury, Stoke on Trent, Mansfield, Derby, Lincoln, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry. A full list of all towns and cities covered by the Central region is attached.
How do I apply?
For details of how to apply please download the application materials from Heart Research UK's website and make sure you read the Application Guidelines and the Terms and Conditions before applying.
When can I apply?
Applications for the grant will only be accepted between 1 April and 31 May 2010.
Full guidance and application materials can be found on our website http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/subwayHHG.htm
SITA Small Grants Scheme
Support projects that make physical improvements to community facilities, sports projects and historic buildings within a 10-mile radius of Packington Landfill site (this includes most of Coventry). Applications up to £10,000:
For more details
www.sitatrust.org.uk
PSA Peugeot Citroen Endowment Fund for small community projects
PSA Peugeot Citroen have created an endowment fund which will provide grants for small community projects, with particular emphasis on projects that target road safety, the environment, urban mobility and social exclusion.
Local charities and voluntary and community groups can apply for the grants. Priority will be given to groups with an annual income of less than £20,000 if the fund is over subscribed. Grants can be made for a wide range of purposes. Examples include training programmes, volunteering opportunities, making areas cleaner, safer, greener, trips and general community activity. An application form may be downloaded from the Foundation’s web site: 
www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk (located under forms and reports) or alternatively telephone 024 7688 4386.
New Trust provides funding for small local charities
Soroptimist International of Rugby Charitable Trust, which was founded in 2007, is poised to commence grantmaking in Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. The SI of Rugby Charitable Trust grant-making will focus primarily upon small local charities in Warwickshire and Northamptonshire and, to a lesser extent, small national charities which fall into the following categories:
Minor grants (maximum £1,000) may be considered throughout the year.
For information on how to apply for a grant from this trust please visit the website: www.siofrugbycharitabletrust.org.uk
Children's Fund 2008 - 2011
The Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership are inviting project proposals from organisations, to address the priorities identified in the Coventry Children and Young People's Plan 2006-2010. Click here for contact details and workshops.
FoneAid
FoneAid is a fundraising opportunity for groups of any size. Anybody can take part in FoneAid and donate the money that they earn to any cause that they want to.
FoneAid gives £3 for every mobile phone you collect, whatever its age and condition. They also supply all the free materials to launch and run a campaign, and collect the phones free of charge.
For more information click here or call 01625 667 867. You can also call this number to register.
The Allen Lane Foundation
The Foundation funds work which reduces isolation, stigma and discrimination, and encourages or enables unpopular groups to share in the life of the whole community.
The funding is to benefit asylum-seekers and refugees; gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or trans-gender; offenders and ex-offenders; older people; black and minority ethnic communities and migrant workers; people experiencing mental health problems and people experiencing violence or abuse.
Grants are relatively small (£500 up to £15,000) and suitable for start-up, core or project costs (eg volunteer expenses) or strengthening the organisation (eg trustee or staff training). Grants can be repeated for more than one year for a maximum of three years. The Foundation will not fund larger organisations.
No closing dates. For more info phone 01904 613223 or click here.
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