The Woodward Charitable Trust awards grant funding to small-scale, locally-based charitable initiatives in the UK in the following areas:
children and young people;
minority groups including refugees, gypsies and travellers;
prisoners and ex-offenders;
disability;
homelessness;
arts outreach; and
environmental projects.
Funding is primarily for one-off projects, but the Trustees are willing to consider funding running costs, including core cost and salaries.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced the launch of a new £1 million small grants programme for people to get involved in their heritage. Called ‘All Our Stories’, the programme will provide grants of £3,000 to £10,000 to support charities, community groups and heritage organisations running local history projects.
A new financial institution set up by the Government to finance charities and community groups has been launched. Big Society Capital will have £600m, of which the majority comes from unused cash in bank accounts that have been dormant for more than 15 years.
The fund will back social enterprises that prove they can repay an investment through the income they generate.
The fund has already agreed investments worth £3.6m in a number of schemes including:
The Trust was set up by the author J K Rowling to support charitable causes. The Trust has two broad areas of funding:
Research into the causes, treatment and possible cures of Multiple Sclerosis
and charities and projects, whether national or community-based, at home or abroad, that alleviate social deprivation, with a particular emphasis on women's and children's issues
Funding can be for up to three years. The Trustees meet twice a year, in March and September, to consider applications and allocate funds.
Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Grants support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities.
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to community groups, voluntary organisations and researchers who are spreading the healthy heart message.
First Light Movies provides grants to projects that enable young people to participate in all aspects of film productions and has launched its next funding round. The funding is available to organisations such as schools, youth services and community and voluntary groups that work with young people aged between 5 and 18.
Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. The charity is particular keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding.
The Golsoncott Foundation aims to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the UK public in the arts generally and, in particular, the fine arts and music.
The Trustees’ overriding concern is to support those projects that demonstrate and deliver excellence in the arts, be it in performance, exhibition, artistic craft, or scholarly endeavour.
The Artists' international development programme is a £750,000 fund, jointly funded by the British Council and Arts Council England. The programme offers early stage development opportunities for individual freelance and self employed artists based in England to spend time building links with artists, organisations and/or creative producers in another country. The fund will provide grants of £1,000 to £5,000 for artists to travel, explore and collaborate internationally while carrying out professional projects.
The Elephant Trust awards grants to artists, small organisations and galleries to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. The Trust is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities.
The London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2012 will take place from June 13-20 this summer and promises to be a great showcase for the huge variety of arts and health activity in the capital.
