Your Small Grant Funding Options

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Awards for All Grants of £300-£10k People have better chances in life with better

access to training and development to improve life skills

Stronger communities with more active citizens working together to tackle issues

Improved rural and urban environments which communities are better able to access and enjoy

Healthier and more active people and communities

Awards for All – not funded Ongoing staff costs Day-to-day running costs Existing activities or repeat/regular events

(unless there is development or three years since last taken place)

Building/refurbishments costing more than £25k

Sports, arts and heritage projects (unless they just use these themes to meet Awards for All criteria)

Awards for All – Assessment Evidence of need Involve as many people as possible Meet more outcomes Organisation not previously funded Small annual income Small project www.awardsforall.org.uk

Sport England Small Grants Grants of £300-£10k Enhance sporting experience for current

participants Increase participant numbers Priority 1: Increasing the number of adults

participating in moderate intensity sports Priority 2: Reducing the drop-off rates for

16- to 19-year-olds New activity, new costs, new sporting

benefit

Sport England Small Grants – not funded General running costs Regular events and existing activities Construction or refurbishment work Temporary buildings and land

improvement Fixed capital items eg goals, nets www.sportengland.org.uk/funding/

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Heritage Lottery Fund – Your Heritage Grants of £300-£50k Help people to learn about their and other

people’s heritage and either or both of the following: Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for

present and future generations to experience and enjoy

Help more people, and a wider range of people, to take an active part in and make decisions about heritage

Your Heritage Oral history Buildings (not routine repairs) Archaeology Culture, tradition, languages and dialect Natural and designed landscapes Wildlife – habitats and species No salaries of existing staff Young Roots - £300-£25k for projects led by

young people www.hlf.org.uk

Craven Trust Grants of £100-£1k Pre-1974 boundaries include Keighley,

Oakworth, Denholme, Wilsden, Cullingworth

Equipment, training, premises costs, set-up costs etc

No animal charities Generally no running costs eg salaries www.craventrust.org.uk

Shipley Community Chest Grants of up to £500 Community-based leisure/social/cultural

activities One-off activities, equipment and capital

costs Revenue costs only as start-up costs New and previously unfunded groups

encouraged www.bradford.gov.uk/

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Yapp Charitable Trust Grants of up to £3k pa for up to three years Registered charities only – at least three years old Core funding for activities that have been going

on for at least a year Elderly people, children and young people aged

5-25, people with disabilities and mental health issues, moral welfare (eg addiction, abuse, offending) education and learning

Prefers work with marginalised people www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk

Allen Lane Foundation Grants of £500-£15k or up to £5k pa for up to

three years Asylum seekers and refugees Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people Gypsies and travellers Migrant workers Offenders and ex-offenders Older people People experiencing mental health problems People experiencing violence and abuse

Allen Lane Foundation Start-up, core or project costs Make a lasting difference Reduce isolation, stigma and

discrimination Encourage unpopular groups to share in

the life of the community Long list of exclusions www.allenlane.org.uk

Santander Foundation Grants of up to £10k Charitable status only Education and training Financial capability Average grant £4k No capital appeals, single ethnic groups www.santanderfoundation.org.uk

Near Neighbours Fund Grants of £250-£5k Create first encounters between people of

different faith and ethnic communities and develop mutual understanding

Create everyday interactions Create civic engagement Environmental, social, cultural, artistic and

sporting projects www.cuf.org.uk/near-neighbours/grants

Tesco Charity Trust Small grants £500-£4k Children’s welfare and/or children’s

education Elderly people and/or adults and children

with disabilities Two funding rounds a year in each

category 16www.tescoplc.com/media/196678/

community_award_guidelines.pdf

Co-operative Membership Community Fund Grants of £100-£2k Address community issue Community benefit Support co-operative values and principles Ideally be innovative in approach No social enterprises, cadets, core activities of

auxiliary groups eg Woodland Folk www.co-operative.coop/membership/local-

communities/community-fund/