Online Funding Directory
Useful Funders
Welcome to Wigan and Leigh CVS Online Funding Directory!
The Directory has been recently updated for the 2008 – 2009 financial year and now
includes even more funding information and sources of funding!
We will try to keep this information as up to date as possible, so do let us know if you
have any problems with our list or if you have a suggestion of a funder to add. We
would also like to hear your funding stories, successful or otherwise, so as to make
this directory relevant to all groups in our area.
If you can’t find what you are looking for on this page, or need any other funding help
or advice, please don’t hesitate to call our Groups Development Worker, Louise
Haigh, who will be able to identify even more funders for you to apply to, book you a
session on Funder Finder or give your group funding advice specific to your needs!
Please Note: Some of the funding entries are marked with a *. These funders are
part of the Wigan MBC Grant Aid scheme, and operate using the same form which
has three parts. Once a group has filled in parts one and two for any funder, only a
part three needs to be completed to apply to any of the other scheme members in
that financial year. For the full list of grants available from this scheme, please
contact Anne Roberts, Corporate Grant Aid Co-Ordinator on 01942 776165 or email
a.roberts@wiganmbc.gov.uk.
Forms for the Grant Aid scheme funds are also available on the Wigan Council
website at:
http://www.wigan.gov.uk/Services/CommunityLiving/CommunityGrants/Applica
tionForms20082009
Why not try Wigan MBC’s FREE online funding search tool GRANTnet?
Go to: http://www.grantnet.org.uk/index.html?portal=Wigan_Council
For a list of Grant-Making Trusts and Foundations your group can apply
to, please visit The Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)
website: http://www.acf.org.uk/links/?id=142 .
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Wigan MBC Grant Aid
* Wigan Council Community Chest
Applications up to a maximum of £1,500 will be considered in any financial year for
projects which have a clear community benefit and can be for items of equipment,
special events, or feasibility studies.
Grants are available for projects which encourage people to take part in recreation,
leisure and community activities and also where the aim is to promote education and
learning, or make improvements to the environment and health of the local
community.
For further details of Community Chest grants, including Guidance Notes and
Application Forms, please contact either Annette Kerner or Jayne Henshall in the
Environmental Services Department on 01942 404242 or by email at
a.kerner@wigan.gov.uk or j.henshall@wigan.gov.uk
No deadline for submission of applications.
* Access Grants
Access Grants between 50% and 75% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £2,300
PLUS £200 design fees, are available to voluntary and community groups based in
the Wigan Borough to make a site or building more accessible to disabled people.
Will fund ramps, widened doorways, disabled person’ toilet facilities, accessible paths
and parking bays, induction loops for hard of hearing and other innovative projects to
improve accessibility.
Contact: Tel: 01942 404247 or email kathryn.barker@wigan.gov.uk for more
information.
No deadline
Usually 4 - 6 week turnaround
* Adult Services Grant Aid
For groups that work with people who are vulnerable by reason of their age, physical
illness or disability, learning difficulty, sensory impairment, mental health needs,
innapropriate use of drugs or alcohol and/or caring responsibilities plus, groups who
work with minority communities including ethnic minorities and lesbian and gay
communities. Will fund revenue ie running costs including rent, heating and lighting
and volunteer’s expenses.
Contact the Community Engagement Officer e.blagburn@wigan.gov.uk or 01942
404594.
No deadline
4 – 6 week turnaround
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* Carers Grant – Adult Services
For Groups that support carers who look after an adult (18+). Grants are provided to
enable carers to take a break from their caring role; this can include short breaks,
outings, training, work, leisure and study opportunities.
Contact Steven Hill on 01942 705983 or email S.Hill@wigan.gov.uk . For maximum
amounts, deadlines and turnaround times, please contact above.
*Brighter Borough Grants
Please contact your local ward councillor to apply for a Brighter Borough Grant. You
can find who your local councillors are by visiting www.wigan.gov.uk
*Children & Young People’s Services Grant
Grants are given for revenue costs, ie running costs including rent, heating and
lighting and volunteer’s expenses for Children and Young People’s groups meeting
the priorities of parenting, teenage pregnancy, positive activities with young people,
learning disabilities and disorders – accessing provision, and domestic violence.
Applications must also meet one of the 5 Key Outcomes in Every Child Matters.
Contact: Deidre O’Brien on 01942 486 234 or email d.o’brien@wigan.gov.uk
*Tennant Participation Grants
Grants available towards the running costs of Tennants and Residents Groups. For
more information contact the Tennant Participation Team on 0800 389 7652,
07779341869, or email enquiries@walh.co.uk
*Community Involvement Fund
Contact The Tennant Participation Team for more information on 0800 389 7652.
*Remember, all Wigan MBC Grants application forms can be downloaded at
http://www.wigan.gov.uk/Services/CommunityLiving/CommunityGrants/ApplicationFo
rms20082009
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Community Foundation for Greater Manchester
Small Grants Programme
Grants up to £2,000 for projects/groups that aim to tackle poverty, unemployment,
crime, discrimination and social exclusion. To benefit people facing disadvantage and
to break down barriers.
Contact Details: www.communityfoundation.co.uk
Tel 0161 214 0951 – for an application form
0161 214 0940 for application advice
Kelloggs Active Living Fund
The fund will give small grants to fund projects and activities that directly lead to
people taking part in sustained physical activity. The aim of the fund is to help
remove the “barriers” which stop people being active.
The fund is open to applications from charities and other voluntary and
community organisations. Schools can apply but the fund will only consider
contributing towards extra curricular activities that promote sustained
physical activities.
The Community Foundation for Greater Manchester are administering this grant and
you can download forms and guidelines on their website.
The panel meets every 2 months.
Website: www.communityfoundation.co.uk
Link to Kellogs website for further information:
http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/company/corporateresponsibility/activelivingfund/
Abbey Charitable Trust
Registered Charities only. Grants for education and training, community regeneration
and financial advice. All funding must directly help disadvantaged people.
Funding can be for tangible items like equipment, workbooks, and training materials
or salaries and sessional worker fees, as long as this does not exceed 50% of the
value of the donation. Most donations will be between £500 and £4,000 and Abbey
prefer to fund projects in areas where they have a branch presence.
Applications in writing to:
Abbey Charitable Trust
P.O. Box 911
Milton Keynes
MK 9 1AD
More information: 0870 608 0104 or Email: communitypartnership@abbey.com
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Lloyds TSB Foundation – Community Programme
From 1 – 3 years core or project funding. To be eligible you must:
enable disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in their communities
have your own registered charity number
be an underfunded charity – with 12 months of reserves or less
have an income of £1 million or less if you are a local or regional charity
have an income of £5 million or less if you a national charity working
across England and Wales.
The 2 stage application process begins with an online eligibility questionnaire after
which a local Grants Manager will contact you to complete the application process.
For further information visit: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Tel: 07734 973 464 Email:
lancashire&northmanchester@lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Age Concern - Small Grants Programme
The Small Grants programme is open to most voluntary organisations in England
who have an income or turnover of less than £250,000 per annum.
The scheme offers grants of up to £1,000 towards new or expanding services or
activities which directly benefit older people.
Applications to be Allocation Date by the Grants
received Unit
Thursday 10th April 2008 Thursday 24th April 2008
Thursday 15th May 2008 Thursday 29th May 2008
Thursday 12th June 2008 Thursday 26th June 2008
Thursday 17th July 2008 Thursday 31st July 2008
Tel: 0208 765 7738 or email grants.unit@ace.org.uk
Website: www.ageconcern.org.uk
Coalfields Regeneration Trust
Main Grants Programme: The trust can make grants from £10,001 to £300,000 in
England, (or £10,001 to £100,000 in Scotland and Wales), to voluntary, community
and statutory organisations (NB. Statutory organisations can only apply for grants
over £30,000). Awards can be for capital or revenue for up to 3 years.
Bridging the Gap: This is the Trust’s programme offering grants from £500 to £10,000
to voluntary and community groups for projects that can be completed within 12
months.
Voluntary and Community Groups, branches of national charities and statutory
agencies are eligible but restrictions apply. For more information visit:
www.coalfields-regen.org.uk Or call: 01925 222 066 (regional number)
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Tudor Trust
Tudor aims to support work which addresses the social, emotional and financial
needs of people at the margins of our society. We are interested in how
organisations tackle these needs, and their root causes. We want to encourage
growth, progression and development, not just keeping things as they are.
Although we still make grants across our established funding areas (youth, older
people, community, relationships, housing, mental health, substance misuse,
learning, financial security and criminal justice) we are also open to hearing about
work in areas we have not funded before. Will fund capital and revenue.
Two stage application process. See www.tudortrust.org.uk for more details or call:
020 7727 8522
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Grants available from the Main fund (average grant size £50,000) and various
funding strands including food, biodiversity and museum and heritage collections.
Grants are made to charities and not-for-profit groups who aim to improve the quality
of life for people and communities in the UK, both now and in the future.
Esmee Fairbairn like to consider work which others may find hard to fund, perhaps
because it breaks new ground, appears too risky, requires core funding, or needs a
more unusual form of financial help such as a loan.
Tel: 0207 297 4700
Email:info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Lankelly Chase
Support to smaller, local charities under various themes including the arts, heritage,
breaking the cycle, developing communities, free and quiet minds and offenders and
society. A limited programme to support refugees and asylum seekers has also been
developed. Amounts awarded range in size and waiting time is approximately 6
months – see website for further information.
Tel: 01235 820044
www.lankellychase.org.uk
Allen Lane Foundation
Grants to small voluntary not-for-profit organisations and where the work benefits
groups of people who are unpopular in UK society today. Interested in funding work
which benefits: asylum-seekers and refugees (but not groups working with a single
nationality, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or transgender people, gypsies and travellers,
offenders and ex-offenders, older people, people from black and minority ethnic
communities and migrant workers, people experiencing mental health problems,
people experiencing violence or abuse. Grant size approximately £500 up to
£15,000.
Tel: 01904 613223
www.allenlane.org.uk
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info@allenlane.org.uk
GMPTE
Small travel grants of up to £150 for voluntary and community groups to use for
transport, and public transport access grants (from a few hundred to a few thousand
pounds) are also available for voluntary organisations and charities in Greater
Manchester wishing to run projects which will make it easier for disabled people to
use public transport.
For further information about small travel grants contact: 0161 244 1727 or visit:
www.gmpte.com . Email: flexibletransport@GMPTE.gov.uk
For more information on public transport access grants call 0161 242 6243, email
community.resources@gmpte.gov.uk or visit www.gmpte.com to download all the
forms.
O2 – Community Awards
Grants up to £1000 to benefit the community or build community spirit if your project
is: a physical improvement you can touch, likely to make real tangible results you can
see, or demonstrates fresh, bold thinking, and is innovative enough to inspire others.
Visit www.itsyourcommunity.co.uk for more information or contact
hello@itsyourcommunity.co.uk / 0800 902 0250.
Biffaward
Offers Small grants of between £250 - £5000 for projects that enable communities to
improve local amenities and to conserve wildlife; and Main grants under the themes
of Community or Biodiversity of between £5000 and £50,000. Projects can only be
funded if they are between either 10 miles or 25 miles of a Biffa Operation,
dependant on the type of funding you are looking for.
For more information visit: www.biffaward.org or contact:
Biffaward Grants Team Tel: 01636 670000 Email: grants@rswt.org
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National Lottery Funding
Awards For All
You can apply from £300 up to £10,000 to enable people to take part in art, sport,
heritage, community activities and projects that promote education, health and the
environment.
For more information visit www.awardsforall.org.uk
Tel: 0845 600 20 40 for an application form and for advice on applying.
Changing Spaces Programme
An environmental programme being delivered in partnership with 5 other
organisations. Visit www.biglotteryfund.org.uk or the relevant web addresses below
for further information:
Local Food programme (run by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts) – this programme opened to
applications on 17 March 2008. It funds a range of organisations who want to deliver a variety of food
related projects to make locally grown food more accessible and affordable to local communities. For
more information visit www.localfoodgrants.org.
Community Spaces programme (run by Groundwork UK) – this programme opened to applications
on 19 March 2008. It funds community groups who want to improve local green spaces such as play
areas, community gardens, parks, wildlife areas and village greens. For more information visit
www.community-spaces.org.uk.
Community Sustainable Energy programme (run by Building Research Establishment) – this
programme opened to applications on 7 April 2008. It will pay for community-based organisations to
install renewable energy technologies (such as wind turbines and solar panels) and energy saving
measures (such as roof and cavity wall insulation). For more information visit
www.communitysustainable.org.uk
Access to Nature programme (run by Natural England) – this programme opened to applications on
28 April 2008. It funds a range of organisations who want to encourage people from all backgrounds to
learn more about and enjoy the natural environment. For more information visit
www.naturalengland.org.uk/accesstonature.
Ecominds programme (run by Mind) – this programme is due to launch in spring or summer 2008. It
will fund a range of groups who want to encourage people with experience of mental distress to get
involved in environmental projects, such as improving open spaces and wildlife habitats, designing
public art and recycling. For more information visit www.ecominds.org.uk
Abram Fairshare Trust
From £5,000.00 to £250,000.00 for groups/projects based in Abram, Bamfurlong,
Bickershaw, Bryn Gates, Dover Lock, Platt Bridge and Springview. Projects must be
to improve neighbourhoods and strengthen local community organisations. The 4
priorities a project must meet are: Community Safety, Health and Well-Being,
Voluntary and Community Sector Capacity and Facilities and Services and The
Environment. Funds capital and revenue projects or just revenue. Does not fund pure
capital projects ie one – off assets as these grants are long – term, strategic grants.
Small grants of £5k to £10k are also funded and main grants of over £10k must send
a copy of their business plan with their application.
Grant is administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Manchester, call the
Fairshare team on 0161 214 0940 for advice and an application form
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Reaching Communities
Reaching Communities will give grants of more than £10,000 and up to £500,000,
including a maximum of £50,000 for capital grants. There is a maximum overall
project size of £750,000 and £200,000 for the total capital element within a project.
Will fund projects for up to five years. 2 stage application process.
If you have any queries about this programme, please contact the BIG Advice Line
on 0845 4 10 20 30 where you can also obtain an application pack and guidance
notes.
Family Learning
You can apply for grants of over £10,000 and up to £500,000, though the average
grant will be between £100,000 - £150,000. Will fund projects for up to five years.
You can apply on a local or national basis. Will only fund projects that involve adults
and children learning together.
If you have any questions about this programme, or you want an application pack
and guidance notes, please call the Big Lottery Fund Advice Line on 0845 4 10 20
30.
Closing date 29th August 2008
Heritage Lottery Fund
Main programmes are:
• Heritage Grants (grants of more than £50,000)
• Your Heritage (grants of between £3,000 and £50,000)
• Young Roots (grants of between £3,000 and £25,000 for young people celebrating
heritage)
For further information visit: www.hlf.org.uk . or contact: 020 7591 6000 / E-mail
enquire@hlf.org.uk
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