People’s Places Award Scheme
This scheme is open to community groups across England. It offers local people a chance to make a difference to their community by creating or improving a 'people's place' such as a pocket park or sensory garden. Awards are targeted at areas of deprivation and disadvantaged groups. Funds offered are between £3,000 and £10,000.
Tel: 01491 821621
www.btcv.org
Awards for All
Awards for All is a grants programme set up to help small groups and local communities. Awards for All gives grants of between £500 and £5000 in a simple straightforward way.
Tel: 0845 600 2040 www.awardsforall.org.uk
Environments for All
Environments for All is giving more people the chance to look after their local environment, helping with the money needed to do this, and involving people of all races, cultures, and backgrounds. Environments for All aims to work with over 18,000 people and 5,000 community groups in the first three years.
Tel: 0121 464 5881 http://www.btcv.org/efa/
Viridor Credits Environmental Company (Landfill Tax Credit Scheme)
Offers funds under the landfill tax credit scheme to projects within a 10 mile vicinity of Viridor Waste Management Landfill sites. They particularly seek projects that help local people transform facilities and enhance their local environment. Projects must satisfy standard Landfill Tax Credit Scheme criteria, in particular they must provide public access. A third party donation is required in all instances.
Tel: 01823 327 221 ww.viridor-credits.co.uk
Biffaward (Landfill Tax Credit Scheme)
The Biffaward offers grants (from £250 to £500,000) to projects, which provide and improve public amenities for communities within 10 miles of a Biffa operation. In addition, it funds projects that increase or maintain wildlife and habitat conservation. Tel: 0870 036 1000 www.biffaward.org
Forestry Commission Woodland Grants Scheme
The Woodland Grant Scheme gives grants to create new woodlands and manage existing woodlands. The Scheme also offers Challenge Funds in which you can bid for money to carry out work in existing woodlands in specified areas of the country. Tel: 0131 334 0303 www.forestry.gov.uk
Public Parks Initiative
This initiative helps not-for profit organisations with the restoration and regeneration of historic parks and gardens, including urban squares and cemeteries. Projects should also enhance public access and may involve improving facilities. Tel: 020 7591 6042 www.hlf.org.uk
Ethnic Minorities Award Scheme (BEN)
This small scheme is aimed at schools, community groups and individuals undertaking projects which concern the environment and involve people from ethnic communities. BEN is an environmental group that focuses on working with deprived ethnic communities offering consultancy and training.
Tel: 01286 870715 www.ben-network.org.uk
Hanson Environment Fund (Landfill Tax Credit Scheme)
The Hanson Environment Fund offers grants (from £250 to £25,000) to projects that improve public amenities within 10 miles of a Hanson operation. In addition it funds projects that increase or maintain biodiversity and certain projects that promote or implement recycling and reuse of waste. 0870 036 1000
www.hansonenvfund.org
Lloyds TSB Foundation
The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England & Wales is a grant-making trust, which makes donations to charities. They aim support and work in partnership with charitable organisations which help people, especially those who are disadvantaged or disabled, to play a fuller role in communities throughout England and Wales.
Tel: 0870 411 1223 www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
CRED Programme
CRED (Community Recycling and Economic Development Programme) distributes funding on behalf of the National Lottery's New Opportunities Fund in England. CRED awards grants, between £50,000 and £300,000, to recycling, reuse and composting community projects in England. Deadline for applications is September 2005.
Tel: 0870 036 1000 http://www.rsnc.org/cred/
The Community Fund
The Community Fund gives Lottery money to charities and voluntary and community groups. They give grants mainly to help meet the needs of those at greatest disadvantage in society and also to improve the quality of life in the community. Corporate Office - Tel: 020 7747 5300 www.community-fund.org.uk
Nationwide Foundation
The Foundation makes charitable grants to UK based organisations whose aim is to improve the quality of life and the range of opportunities for those in need. Through its grants they seek to promote social inclusion and achieve real and sustainable benefit to communities.
Tel: 01793 655113 www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk
Advice on funding
Fundinginformation.org
fundinginformation.org is an online fundraising information resource for charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and other not for profit organisations throughout the UK.
Tel: 0191 232 6942 www.fundinginformation.org/
Directory of Social Change
Need help to raise funds? The DSC provides advice to voluntary and community organisations on:
How to raise the money they need
How to manage their resources to maximum effect
How to influence the right people
What their rights and responsibilities are
How to plan and develop for the future.
Tel: 020 7391 4800 www.dsc.org.uk
Institute of Fundraising
The Institute of Fundraising support its members through training, networking and the dissemination of best practice.
Tel: 020 7627 3436 www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk
Living Spaces
Living Spaces have announced that the scheme will be accepting no new enquiries for funding in the immediate future. The decision has been made to ensure the smooth management of the scheme over the next two years and to allow as many existing applicant groups as possible to be supported. Tel: 0845 600 3190 www.living-spaces.org.uk
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