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Local fundraising initiatives that have caught our eye!

Charity Lottery Aldingbourne Trust is supporters are playing the Unity Lottery http://www.unitylottery.co.uk/charity/display/Aldingbourne-Trust

Charity Ball Congratulations to Chestnut Tree House who raised a staggering £415,000 at their Snowman Spectacular Ball. http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/columnists/415-000-fundraiser-for-hospice-1-6465343

Christmas Lights A Horsham family has lit up their house for a sixth year to raise funds for a local charity. http://m.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/video-family-s-charity-lights-return-to-horsham-for-sixth-year-1-6461362

Dinner4Good Sussex Wildlife Trust as asking you to host a dinner party using dinner4good to raise funds for their organisations http://www.dinner4good.com/SussexWildlifeTrust/

Happy New Year to you all and we wish all our members a very prosperous New Year filled with successful fundraising campaigns! This issue of Funding Focus has some ideas, information and resources that might help your organisation to fundraise in 2015. Our Fundraiser Network is proving popular with another full house at our second meeting, where organisations worked together to create a compelling case for support document. In the New Year we are planning to have sessions on running a charity shop, corporate fundraising and tips from grant makers as to what makes a great application.

Funding Focus has been produced by Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester

Address: VAAC, c/o Bognor Regis Town Hall, Clarence Road, Bognor Regis PO21 1LD Email: admin@vaac.org.uk Phone: 01243 840305 Web: www.vaac.org.uk Follow us on twitter @vaac_community Charity Number 1113641 Company Number 5667986

Edition 5 - January 2015

Thank you to our core funders:

Included in this issue:

Page 2 - Support from VAAC

Page 3 - 5 News from Local Funders

Page 6 - 9 200 Fundraising Ideas

Page 10 Innovative Fundraising Ideas

Page 11 Institute of Fundraising videos

Pages 12 - 24 National news & funding roundup

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Fundraiser Network Meetings

Meets on the second Wednesday of the month

Calling all fundraisers… whether you are a volunteer or a paid member of staff if you would like to boost your confidence and skills in fundraising and network with others in a similar role then sign up to join our new network. We will be holding monthly network

meetings which will be a mixture of training, information sharing and networking. In between meetings you can get help from our team to do funding searches, develop your fundraising strategy, proof your bids or compile your budgets. To sign up to be part of this network contact our office email:

admin@vaac.org.uk or phone us on 01243 840305.

The next meeting will be focusing on web tools to help with fundraising (including eventbrite, mailchimp,

giving platforms, social media & survey monkey) The network will meet at Bersted Green Learning Centre, between Bognor and Chichester.

COME JOIN OUR

NETWORK AND

IMPROVE YOUR

SKILLS AND SUCCESS

IN FUNDRAISING

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Weds 14th January

9.30 - 12.30

Weds 11th February 9.30 - 12.30

Weds 11th March

9.30 - 12.30

Weds 8th April 9.30 - 12.30

Giving you the tools to run a successful organisation

If you are looking for volunteers to support your fundraising endeavours (or in fact any volunteer opportunities) don’t forget our Volunteer Now! service. We can help you advertise your opportunities and promote them to potential volunteers. Contact us on 01243 864220. We also have an initiative called SkillShare West Sussex which is for short term volunteering opportunities of 1-10 days, you can register on this website for free and post your opportunities today www.skillshare-westsussex.org.uk

Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester offers one to one support sessions for organisations based in Arun and Chichester Districts. Support can be anything from start up advice, help with policies and procedures, recruiting or retaining volunteers or where to get funding and commenting on funding bids. If you would like our help and support, we ask that you complete a

simple referral form and we meet weekly to allocate the referrals to our team. The referral form can be found on or website www.vaac.org.uk or can be emailed or posted to you on request by calling our office on 01243 840305. We look forward to hearing from you.

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News from local funders

Sussex Community Foundation

The next round of Sussex Community Foundation (SCF) Grants is open, the list of grants, with a brief summary of criteria, the amounts that can be applied for and whether applications need to be made on the SCF general application form, or on a bespoke form can be found on the next page.

The foundation would like to draw your attention to the following funds:

Comic Relief Local Communities* funding is now available: applications can be made for up to £10,00(see page 5 for more information) Cragwood Fund*: this is a new fund set up to support older people’s grassroots groups in West Sussex

* there are additional criteria for these funds, details of which are available at http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/apply-for-grants/how-it-works/what-funds-are-available-now/

The closing date for Round 4 applications (which must include the signed declaration and supporting documents) is 5pm on Friday 9th January 2015. The SCF website includes full details of their grants. The site gives the option of completing the application form online, as well as downloading it (for completion and sending to us via post/email). The link to the grants page is http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/apply-for-grants/

South Downs National Park Authority Please visit http://www.southdowns.gov.uk/communities/funding or call/email Mark Rose (01730-819219, grants@southdowns.gov.uk).

Sustainable Communities Fund – Small (up to £5,000) and Large (up to £20,000) applications can be made by organisations that want to carry out non-profit projects that support the Partnership Management Plan. Local Sustainable Transport Solutions Fund – Small (up to £5,000) and Large (up to £15,000) applications can be made by for profit and non-profit organisations towards projects which increase sustainable transport within the National Park.

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SCF Grants available for Round 4 (deadline January 2015)

Fund Criteria

Amount

you can

apply for

Application

form to use Next closing date

The Meads Fund Community groups and charities

3 year

funding of

£20,000 each

year

Meads Expression

of Interest

application form 9 January 2015

B&H Community

Health Fund

Small community groups in B&H

working on community led health

improvement projects Up to £1500

SCF application

form 9 January 2015

Marit and Hans Rausing

Fund

Charities/groups across Sussex

addressing the root causes of

disadvantage Up to £5000

SCF application

form

9 January 2015

awarded 4 times a

year

Cullum Family Trust Charities/ groups operating in West

Sussex and addressing homelessness ,

supporting children or older people. Up to £5000

SCF application

form 9 January 2015;

awarded 4 times a year

Comic Relief Small locally based groups addressing disadvantage; groups using sport to

relieve deprivation are welcome

Up to

£10,000 Comic Relief

application form 9 January 2015

Cragwood Fund Older people’s groups working in West

Sussex Up to £5000

SCF application

form 9 January 2015

William Reed Fund Charities /groups working in the Crawley area and addressing social

welfare issues. Up to £3000

SCF application

form

9 January 2015; awarded 4 times a

year

Paul Rooney Fund

Children with life limiting illnesses; both individuals and groups working with

children with disabilities or with special

needs in Sussex may apply

Up to £5000

Groups apply on SCF form;

individuals contact

SCF directly

9 January 2015 for

groups; rolling deadline

for individuals

SCF Grassroots

Endowment Funds Small volunteer led community groups in

B & H, East and West Sussex Up to £2000

SCF application

form 9 January 2015;

awarded 4 times a year

Seedcorn Fund Innovative projects from charities/groups

with t/over up to £150K offering a

service in East Sussex Up to £5000

SCF application

form

9 January 2015; awarded 4 times a

year

Southern Water Fund Community Garden and allotment

projects across Sussex £500-£2000

SCF application

form 9 January 2015;

awarded 4 times a year

Westdene Fund Grants to individual young people in

Sussex with outstanding musical talent Up to £800

Westdene Fund

application form

9 January 2015; Awarded 4 times a

year

William Alexander

Fund

Grassroot community groups in

Brighton and Hove Up to £2000

SCF application

form 9 January 2015;

awarded twice a year

Little Cheyne Court

Wind Farm Charities/community groups based

within 10km radius of the Wind Farm Up to £5000

LCCWF

application form February 2015 Awarded twice a year

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New Year Fundraising Ideas - 200 Fundraising Ideas

1

Afternoon

Tea Party

11

Beat the Goalie

21

Bridge Party

31

Ceilidh

41

Christmas

Music Evening

2

Air Miles

Collection

12

Bed Push

22

Buffet Lunch

32

Celebrity

Speaker Event

42

Christmas Party

3

Arts and Crafts

Stall

13

Beer Festival

23

Burns Night

33

Champagne

Lunch

43

Classic Car

Show

4

Auction

14

Big Brew Up-

A large scale

tea-only party

24

Cake Sale

34

Champagne

Raffle

44

Coffee Morning

5

Badge Making

15

Bike Ride

25

Car Boot Sale

35

Charity Ball

45

Comic Sale

6

Badminton

Tournament

16

Bingo

26

Car Wash

36

Cheese and

Wine Party

46

Community

Picnic

7

Balloon Race

17

Blindfold

Ten-Pin Bowling

27

Caribbean

Evening

37

Chess

Competition

47

Computer Games

Marathon

8

Barbecue

18

Board Games

Evening

28

Carol Concert

38

Christmas Cards-

(sell on commission)

48

Cookery

Contest

9

Barn Dance

19

Book Sale

29

Carol Singing

39

Christmas Fair

49

Cookery

Demonstration

10

Beard Shave

20

Breakfast Party

30

Casino Evening

40

Christmas Hampers-

(sell on commission)

50

Copper Coin

Collection

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New Year Fundraising Ideas - 200 Fundraising Ideas

51

Corny Joke

Competition

61

Eighties Night

71

Film Evening

81

Fun Run

91

Guided Tours

52

Craft Fair

62

Face Painting

72

Firework

Display

82

Game Show

92

Halloween

Parties

53

Crazy Golf

Match

63

Fancy Dress

Car Wash

73

Fish and Chip

Evening

83

Garage Sale

93

Head Shave

54

Cricket Match

64

Fancy Dress

Football

74

Flower Arranging

Demonstration

84

Garden Evening

94

Heritage Walk

55

Crossword

Contest

65

Fancy Dress

Party

75

Flower Show

85

Garden Party

95

Hockey

Tournament

56

Curry Supper

66

Fashion Show

76

Flower Stall

at Local Events

86

Gardening

Service

96

Horse Racing

57

Dance or Disco

67

Favourite

Recipes Booklet

77

Folk Night

87

Gardens Open

to the Public

97

Hot-Dog/Burger

Stand at local events

58

Dog Walking

Service

68

Fete

78

Food and Wine

Tasting

88

Golf Match

98

Indoor Market

59

Dried Flowers

and Pot Pourri-

(make and sell)

69

Fifties Evening

79

Food Hamper

Raffle

89

Greetings Cards

and Gifts

99

Ironing Service

60

Egg and Spoon

Race

70

Fifty-Fifty Sale

80

Football

Tournament

90

Guest Speaker

100

It’s a Knockout

Tournament

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New Year Fundraising Ideas - 200 Fundraising Ideas

101

Italian Evening

111

Kite Flying

Display

121

Murder

Mystery Night

131

Old-Time

Musical Hall

141

Poetry

Competition

102

Jail Breakout

112

Line Dancing

Evening

122

Music Quiz

132

Orienteering

Race

142

Pogo Stick Race

103

Japanese

Evening

113

Litter Picking

123

Musical Evening

133

Ornament

Sale

143

Pool

Competition

104

Jazz Event

114

Local Knowledge

Quiz

124

Mystery Tour

134

Outings-(book bus

trip for a group)

144

Private Tuition

105

Jewellery Party

Plan Selling

115

Make-Up

Demonstration

125

Nature Walking

135

Outward Bound

Weekend

145

Pub Crawl

106

Jigsaw

Marathon

116

Meat Raffle

126

Naughty

Nineties Party

136

Paintballing

146

Pub Games

107

Jogging Event

117

Medieval

Evening

127

Nearly New

Sale

137

Painting

Exhibition

147

Race Night

108

Karaoke

Competition

118

Midsummer

Masked Ball

128

Netball Match

138

Pancake Day

Race

148

Recycle

Aluminium Cans

109

Keep Fit Event

119

Mini Marathon

129

New Year’s Eve

Party

139

Plant Sale

149

Refreshment Stalls

at local events

110

Kids Concert

120

Morris Men

Display

130

Odd Job

Service

140

Playstation

Play-Off

150

Rock ‘n Roll Night

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New Year Fundraising Ideas - 200 Fundraising Ideas

151

Rounders

Tournament

161

Spelling

Competition

171

Street

Entertainment

181

Three-Legged Walk

in Fancy Dress

191

Vehicle Rally

152

Salsa Night

162

Sponsored

Dog Walk

172

Sunday Brunch

182

Toy Sale

192

Video

Competition

153

Santa’s Grotto

163

Sponsored Knit

173

Supper Party

183

Trivial Pursuits

Quiz

193

Volleyball

Tournament

154

Scalextric

Grand Prix

164

Sponsored New

Year Resolutions

174

Swimming Race

184

Tug-of-War

194

Wacky Races

155

Seventies Disco

165

Sponsored

Silence

175

Table Tennis

185

University

Challenge

195

Waste Paper

Collection

156

Sherry Morning

166

Sponsored Slim

176

Talent

Competition

186

Unwanted

Gift Sale

196

Welly Throwing

Competition

157

Silly Games

Afternoon

167

Sponsored Walk

177

Teddy Bears

Picnic

187

Valentine Card

Competition

197

Wheelbarrow

Races

158

Skateboard

Competition

168

Squash

Tournament

178

Tennis

Tournament

188

Valentine’s Party

198

Windscreen Wash

at Car Parks

159

Skipping

169

Strawberries and

Cream Tea Party

179

Ten-Pin Bowling

189

Valuation Day

199

Wine Raffle

160

Skittles

170

Street

Collection

180

Theatre or

Pantomime Trips

190

Vegetarian

Evening

200

Yo Yo

Marathon

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The Reverse Raffle

Are you planning to hold a raffle at your next fundraising event? You may want to try the reverse raffle instead. With this raffle, instead of buying tickets, every attendee gets one free raffle ticket when they come in the door. Only instead of winning a prize, the person whose ticket is drawn will win a “gag” prize with some level of light embarrassment, like having to dance with a group of clowns, having to kiss the club’s four-legged mascot, or having to wear a funny wig and march with the band.

People can then “sell” their ticket back to the organization in return for a donation (so they won’t have to be part of the drawing)

Fairplay Fundraising

Raise money for any cause by selling something everyone needs! Novel fundraising initiative involving selling toilet rolls!

For more information visit http://www.fairplayfundraising.com/

Ebay for Charity

For more information how your charity can set up an ebay for charity account visit http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity/charities.html

Innovative Fundraising Ideas!

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Training Resources - 5 Minute Fundraiser Videos

The Institute of Fundraising has some useful 5 minute training videos on their website to help small charities, see the topics above. Click here to open the Institute of Fundraising website and view these videos

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NATIONAL FUNDING ROUND UP!

NEWS FROM THE BIG LOTTERY- Well done to the November 2014 West Sussex Awards For All Successes!

Abbeyfield

Ferring

Society

Limited

Arun

This is a project by an industrial and provident society in Worthing in West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to purchase IT equipment and deliver training to residents of a care home. This will provide residents with access to IT and the Internet so that they can keep in touch with family and access online services, reducing isolation and encouraging learning and stimulating activities.

£9,300

The Number 18 Project Bognor Regis Ltd

Arun

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Bognor Regis in West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to deliver art and music workshops and a mobile youth club to local children and young people. This will enable the group to fill gaps in local youth service provision following council budget cuts, as well as deliver youth projects in areas of deprivation to ensure participation and inclusion in structured youth activities.

£10,000

East Preston District of the Guide Association

Arun

This is a project by a registered charity in Littlehampton. The organisation will use the funding to refurbish the damaged outside cladding of the guide headquarters. This will enable the building to provide safe community activities.

£7,400

The Empire Hall Graffham

Chichester

This is a project by a registered charity in Graffham. The organisation will use the funding to work with architects and lighting experts to improve the design of their community hall and shed areas, dispose of areas of asbestos at the location and remove two of their five sheds to enable the development of a car park at the site for the wider community.

£9,750

CD Phoenix Netball Club

Mid Sussex

This is a project by a voluntary and community organisation in Crawley Down. The organisation will use the funding to deliver a physical activity programme to young females and adults in the area based around playing netball, which will also include healthy living messages and opportunities to demonstrate skills learned and also to deliver coaching qualifications in netball coaching, first aid and safeguarding to current coaches to ensure sustainability of project activities.

£9,925

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Bolnore Village Community Partnership

Mid Sussex

This is a project by a registered charity in Bolnore. The organisation will use the funding to furnish their new community centre with items such as seating, storage, kitchen equipment and security so that they can provide community activities and a nursery to the wider community. This will enable the community to have access to childcare and social activities.

£10,000

Southdown Netball Club

Mid Sussex

This is a project by a voluntary and community organisation in East Grinstead. The organisation will use the funding to deliver a physical activity programme to young females based around playing netball, which will also include healthy living messages and opportunities to demonstrate skills learned and also to deliver coaching qualifications in netball coaching, first aid and safeguarding to current coaches to ensure sustainability of project activities.

£9,984

East Grinstead Cricket Club

Mid Sussex

This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Mid Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to deliver cricket sessions for NEET young people, so they can partake in physical activity and obtain cricket qualifications. This will encourage physical activity amongst young people and equip them with a coaching qualification to improve their employment prospects through transferable skills.

£9,220

MSOPC

Mid Sussex

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Mid Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to pay a community development worker to go out into the community and deliver activities and events for older people who are unable to access the group’s regular activities due to health or mobility problems. This will provide social activities for older people to reduce isolation and loneliness.

£10,000

Crawley Community Transport Limited

Crawley

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Crawley, West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to build capacity for their organisation by updating their IT/software systems and networks to provide an efficient and effective service providing community transport for people who are socially isolated and have mobility problems.

£10,000

Bennetts Road Allotments Association

Horsham

This is a project by a community organisation in West Sussex. The group will use funding to install toilet facilites at their allotment. This will enable plot holders and visitors to stay for prolonged periods of time at the allotment and allow the organisation to hold community events and activities.

£10,000

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West Chanctonbury Recreation Association

Horsham

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Storrington, Sussex. The organisation will use funding to implement a wellbeing club, for older members of the community. This will enable beneficiaries to socialise through participating in activities including outdoor walks, rehabilitative gym sessions and social events, with the aim of reducing social isolation, raising self confidence and promoting wellbeing.

£8,120

Colgate Primary School

Horsham

This is a project by a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to purchase equipment to deliver after school dance classes for families in the area. This will enable people the opportunity to socialise with their peers in a secluded area.

£9,905

Oak Grove College

Worthing

This is a project by a school in Worthing. The organisation will use the funding to build an outdoor cooking area in the school, so they can offer work experience sessions in cooking and food preparation, and adapt the garden by the provision of a gate to allow access to the school community. This will enable their pupils who have special needs to have improved employment opportunities, and enable the community improved access to green spaces

£9,400

Mew Harmonie

Worthing

This is a project by an incorporated charity in West Sussex. The

organisation will use funding to deliver a series of wind music

sessions across the borough, for older people with dementia.

This will provide beneficiaries with respite from day to day

activities, with the aim of reducing anxiety and promoting

wellbeing

£9,900

Central and South Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau

Adur

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Horsham. The organisation will use the funding to deliver specialist in house training to their volunteers in a range of advice topics, including debt, welfare benefits, immigration and housing and also provide train the trainer opportunities. This will improve the knowledge base of their volunteers to provide improved and up to date advice to address community needs.

£10,000

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Pages 15 - 19 set out the Aspirations of the Big Lottery’s Building Better Opportunities Programme. Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester (VAAC) has been awarded Project Development Funding by the Lottery to work across the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership area to provide support to the Voluntary and Community Sector in preparation for this new programme. We are working with the CVS across the LEP area to make this happen and there will be a series of events in the New Year (probably April) to raise awareness of the funding opportunities as well as web based information, regular information updates and where needed 1:1 support. More information will be sent out in our February edition.

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What is it?

Subject to final approval from the European Commission and the Big Lottery Fund Board, Big Lottery Fund is planning to put up around £250 million of Lottery funds against a similar figure from the European Social Fund (ESF), fro projects in England designed to tackle poverty and promote social inclusion.

The money from Europe comes from the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) Growth programme 2014-2020, of which the ESF is one part. Combined with the Big Lottery funding through a programme called Building Better Opportunities, the money will support projects which tackle social exclusion and poverty.

Context

The European Commission sets the framework and regulations for how the European funds must be managed. One of the main requirements is that all ESF funds provided by the Commission must be ‘matched’ by local or national funding. That’s where we come in.

Localism

In response to Lord Heseltine’s 2012 report, No Stone Unturned, the government announced that ESIF money in England should go to Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and that each LEP should draw up a strategy for using this money. Local Sub-Committees in each LEP area will be responsible for these strategies going forward.

These Local Sub - Committees will be able to access the required match funding from us. They can also “give” some of their ESF money to the Big Lottery Fund. We’ll put this money in the same pot as our match funding and distribute them together. In total the Fund and the LEPs will have over £500 million to invest.

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Where are we working?

Local Sub-Committees that have provisionally opted to work with us are listed below. They will make final decisions on this in early 2015. As they have a choice about how much of their ESF allocation to allocate to us the amount of funding available will vary widely across different areas, For more information about the LEP areas, the local priorities and how much is likely to be available please visit our website www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/esf

Black Country York, North Yorkshire & East Riding

Cheshire and Warrington Leeds City Region

Coast to Capital Leicester and Leicestershire

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Liverpool City Region

Coventry and Warwickshire London

Cumbria New Anglia

Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire North East

Dorset Northamptonshire

Enterprise M3 Oxfordshire

Gloucestershire Sheffield City Region

Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough South East

Greater Lincolnshire South East Midlands

Greater Manchester Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire

Heart of South West Swindon and Wiltshire

Hertfordshire Tees Valley

Humber Thames Valley Berkshire

Lancashire The Marches

Worcestershire West of England

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Why we want to become an ‘opt in’ organisation

We have two main objectives within this programme. We want to: Maximise the impact of our funds. We shall be taking on responsibility for managing ESF funds as well as Lottery funds, so that’s twice the amount of money we would have available just from Lottery money alone. Improve access to European funds by voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. Our funding has the potential to increase the ‘voice’ and influence of the VCSE in this area, and facilitate access to a greater share of funds. The VCSE has the skills and experience required to make a real impact for beneficiaries in this area, but has historically faced barriers in accessing EU funding.

Programme Development funding

Ahead of the main funding becoming available from 2015, Big Lottery Fund has awarded development funding (from Lottery funds) to one organisation in each of the LEP areas we are working with.

We have funded these organisations to ensure there is widespread awareness of the opportunities available at the main funding stage, act as a point of contact fro queries, and bring together interested organisations, including from the VCSE sector, to discuss local need and how best to tackle local priorities.

For a list of organisations that have been awarded programme development funding visit www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/esf

What might we fund

We want to improve people’s life chances by funding projects that reflect local priorities and community needs; are based on evidence about what works best and are delivered by capable providers. We will encourage partnership working because we believe that when services work together outcomes are better. We will expect projects to build on people’s strengths, developing their skills and talents to overcome challenges they face,.

Projects will need to meet local priorities as defined by each Local Sub-Committee. The types of project we will fund will cover activities that meet a local need related to addressing poverty and improving social inclusion. Projects might include improving employability for the most disadvantaged, helping those with multiple and complex

needs, improving financial literacy and helping people to overcome challenges in their lives.

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How funding might work

Much of the detail is still under development, but here are some of the things we expect to see.

Our timeline is dependent on the overall timeline of the ESF programme, but we hope the main

round of funding to be available from summer 2015.

Lottery and ESF money will be brought together into one single pot, administered by Big Lottery

Fund, with only one application process and one body to report back to with monitoring

information.

We expect the programme will run something like this:

We will run a two-stage competitive grants process. At the first stage we will ask you to

outline your approach. If you are successful at this stage you will be invited to the second

stage, where we will ask you to give more detail.

Award decisions will be made by Big Lottery Fund but feedback from Local Sub Committees

will be an essential part of our decision making.

We will be offering grants not contracts. We will pay grant money in advance rather than a

“payment by results” approach.

We expect most grants to be relatively large (from £500,000) and likely to be delivered by

partnerships, possibly where a lead partners works with smaller delivery partners.

We will produce a standard set of tools and templates for grant holders to simplify reporting

and monitoring requirements.

We will provide support to grant holders throughout. We are looking at how to do this. It could

be by offering development grants and support service providing advice on the technical

aspects of ESF.

We will update our website with information as it becomes available. If you have any queries please contact the organisation that has been awarded development funding in your area. This is Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester Phone 01243 840305 or email kate.scales@vaac.org.uk

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NATIONAL FUNDING ROUND UP!

Sport England has announced a second round of funding for its Get Healthy, Get Active (previously Get Healthy, Get Into Sport) initiative.

In March 2013, Sport England awarded £6.3 million of Lottery funding to 15 pilot schemes across the country which encouraged inactive people to become more physically active through sport. This was matched by £5.2 million in funding from Local Authorities, Charities and Clinical Commissioning Groups. For Round Two, a further £5 million of Lottery funding will be invested into projects that successfully get inactive people aged 14 years and older into weekly physical activity or sport participation.

The Get Healthy, Get Active fund aims to:

Get more inactive people playing sport once a week for at least 30 minutes. Achieve a better understanding of sports contribution to improving public health and the prevention,

treatment and management of long-term conditions. Enable sport and physical activity to be regularly commissioned to meet a wider range of agendas but

particularly focusing on reducing health and social care costs. Achieve a reduction in health inequalities. Groups may apply for grants of between £100,000 and £500,000. Grants of above £500,000 will only be offered in exceptional circumstances, and organisations may only apply for this much if they have received written permission from Sport England. Priority will be given to projects that are linked to clearly identified priorities in local council plans, utilise non-traditional locations and venues for their activity, and have a significantly higher level of confirmed partnership funding for the whole life of the project rather than just the first year.

Any organisation based in England that is eligible to receive National Lottery funding is invited to apply. All projects should have a strong partnership approach and be able to demonstrate clearly the role of each partner in the overall success of the project.

The deadline for applications is 26 January 2015 (6pm).

Full guidelines, frequently asked questions and examples of the kinds of projects funded in Round One can be found online at Sport England’s website

Source: Grant Advisor The Charity Awards The Charity Awards is Civil Society Media’s annual awards programme held to identify, recognise and reward those organisations doing exceptional work in all areas of charitable activity.

Now in its 16th year, The Charity Awards is a year-round programme that uses Civil Society Media’s portfolio of magazines, reports, events and websites to celebrate and highlight best practice across the sector. The awards opened for entry in December and the deadline for applications is 6th March 2015.

For more information go to http://www.charityawards.co.uk/

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Register Interest in FREE Training to become self-sustaining

The Foundation for Social Improvement are providing two days of free training for charities to help them improve their sustainability. To register interest please e-mail admin@thefsi.org and when they launch bookings, you’ll be one of the first to know.

Training will be in Brighton on 9th and 10th September 2015. Bookings for the 2014 event are not yet open. Sessions will cover a wide range of fundraising techniques and back office skills delivered by experienced and knowledgeable trainers. The training provided and all delegate materials are free of charge to FSI Small Charity Members and Associate Members. However they ask for a small contribution of £10 towards the cost of refreshments and lunch. E-mail: admin@thefsi.org Cyril Corden Charitable Trust The scheme is intended to support charities undertaking projects which will produce a lasting positive change in humanitarian, vegetarian and vegan causes. Applications can be made at any time. Charities in the UK are eligible to apply Funding is available for the production of videos, books and audio guides to provide information on humanitarian, vegetarian and vegan causes. Applications should be made in writing. Contact the Cyril Corden Trust for further information. For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following: Mr Harold Bland The Cyril Corden Trust Ravensdale Sally Deards Lane Rabley Heath Welwyn Herts AL6 9UE Tel: 01438 820222 Email: haroldbland@coopptel.net For more information visit their website Cyril Corden Charitable Trust

Source: Grant Advisor Henry Smith's Charity - Holiday Grants for Children Henry Smith Charity - Holiday Grants for Children awards up to £2,500 to schools, youth groups and not for profit organisations for holidays or day trips within the UK for children aged 13 and under who are from deprived areas or have a disability. Grants are normally limited to a maximum of two-thirds of the total cost of a trip as the charity would expect some local partnership funding to be in place. The next deadline is 19th March 2015. Tel: 020 7264 4970

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The Golsoncott Foundation

The Foundation was established as a Charitable Trust in July 1998 from the estate of the artist and sculptor Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995). An arts-funding trust, its declared object is … to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular … the fine arts and music. The Trustees meet on a quarterly basis (February, May, August, November) to determine applications. Grants vary according to context but they do not exceed £5,000 and are normally given on a non-recurrent basis. Applications from individuals and students seeking funding for academic or vocational courses, are not admitted, though applications from organisations for bursaries are. Capital appeals from museums, galleries, theatres, arts complexes and schools are not encouraged. The trustees when weighing up the many applications they receive will undertake a first appraisal; those considered suitable go forward to a final determination meeting. 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. Many applications are received from organisations and other charities whose focus is not primarily on the arts but social, youth or educational work. Such laudable work though has at its core an instrumentalist bias towards inclusion and participation in the arts, rather than excellence and the promotion of the highest standards per se. As competition for grants is always fierce and only between one-in-four and one-in-six applicants who are considered in the determination meeting actually receive a grant, the trustees favour applications that focus upon the perfection or promotion of the art in question. Additionally for those applications involving young people the trustees look to a long-lasting connection between them and the art form, one which aims at a significant level of participation and achievement, rather than projects that offer little scope for further involvement.

The next deadline is Wednesday 30 April 2014. This deadline may be brought forward depending on the number of applications received. Applicants therefore are advised not to wait until the end of the quarter before submission, the earlier the application the more considered the first appraisal. For further information, guidelines and contact details please go to www.golsoncott.org.uk/

Help The Homeless

They make grants to charitable organisations with the aim of returning homeless people to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life. These organisations vary from small groups to established residential or training facilities. Grants are available to small and medium-sized charitable organisations. They do not make grants to individuals. Their main funding remit is the regular allocation of grants (generally up to £5,000) for capital costs to small and medium-sized registered charities only (those with a turnover of under £1m per annum). All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offer shelter or other forms of sustenance.

All applicants must use the official form and clearly describe the aims and structure of their organisation, their future plans and specific details of how any grant money will be spent. A copy of the latest available audited accounts is also required. The next deadline for grant applications is 15th March 2015. For further information and to download the application form please go to www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/

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The Weavers Company Benevolent Fund

The Weavers' Company Benevolent Fund was set up in 1973 with funds from The Worshipful Company of Weavers, which is the oldest City of London Livery Company and has a history dating back before 1130 AD. They have two Benevolent Fund Priorities:

1. Helping disadvantaged young people The object of the fund is to support projects working with disadvantaged young people to ensure that they are given every possible chance to meet their full potential and to participate fully in society. They normally define young people as being aged from 5 to 30 years.

2. Offenders and ex-offenders, particularly those under 30 years of age Many offenders and ex-offenders suffer from a variety of difficult and complex problems and they are amongst the most vulnerable members of society. They will fund work that addresses the social and economic problems faced by this group and their families, and provide them with support, life skills training and a way back into education, training and/or employment, so that they may reintegrate and make a positive contribution to society. They are especially interested in helping smaller organisations which offer direct services. These must be registered charities or in the process of applying for registration. Applicants must show that they have investigated other sources of funding and made plans for the future, which should include replacement funding if appropriate. To be eligible for funding, local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than about £100,000. Those working across the UK should normally have an income of not more than about £250,000. Grants are usually up to £15,000 per annum but smaller applications are also welcomed and grants may be awarded for up to three years. The next deadline for applications is 30th March 2015. For guidelines and the application form please go to www.weavers.org.uk/

The Anchor Foundation

They support Christian Charities that are concerned with social inclusion particularly through ministries of healing and the arts. They will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work. In any one year the grants range to a project is between £500 and £10,000. It is their normal practice not to give grants to the same project for more than three years. Charities with a number of projects operating should choose a single project for their application.

Applications are considered at twice yearly trustees meetings in April and November and the next deadline is 31st January 2015.

For further information and to complete their Online Application Form please go to www.theanchorfoundation.org.uk/

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William and Jane Morris Fund (Church Conservation Grants)

The Morris Fund, Church and Conservation Grants, was formed in 1939 following a bequest to the Society from May Morris, the daughter of William and Jane Morris. May Morris required that grants should be made only to work that is carried out according to the principles of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), which was founded by her father. Grants ranging from £500- £3,000 are awarded to churches, chapels and other places of worship for the conservation of decorative features and monuments, but not structural repairs. Deadlines for receipt of applications are: 31st March (applicants notified by 31st May) 31th August (applicants notified by 30th November) The Society welcomes applications for smaller programmes of work concerned with the conservation of decorative or non-structural features, for example: stained glass windows sculpture furniture monuments and tombs wall paintings

The decorative feature, monument, etc must be dated before 1896 (the date of William Morris’s death). A professional architect or established conservator must be engaged to direct the work. Grant-aided work must be completed within one year of receipt of the grant and the completion of the work must be certified by an appropriate professional. Tel: 020 7479 7080 E-mail: admin@sal.org.uk

Dates for your diary: Fundraiser Network 14th January 9.30 - 12.30 Fundraiser Network 11th February 9.30 - 12.30

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