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10-Oct-2007
Sandra Hogg's latest news on funding, including new programmes, deadlines and events. Plus "Spotlight on..." For general funding advice, links and information visit Your Funding Guide. News
Scottish Government Grants
The Scottish Government has updated the guide to voluntary sector grants. It gives information, contacts and links to their funding.
Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Community Food and Health (Scotland) has recently launched its food, health and homelessness capacity building fund.
They are offering funds between £3,000 and £10,000 to organisations working with homeless people or those at risk of homelessness. The fund is intended to be a practical financial boost for organisations wishing to develop food activities that promote the diet, health, general wellbeing and independent living skills of their service-users.
Please note that while they aim to support a diverse range of groups from across the country, this pot of money is limited and they expect demand to be high.
They are offering funds between £3,000 and £10,000 to organisations working with homeless people or those at risk of homelessness. The fund is intended to be a practical financial boost for organisations wishing to develop food activities that promote the diet, health, general wellbeing and independent living skills of their service-users.
Please note that while they aim to support a diverse range of groups from across the country, this pot of money is limited and they expect demand to be high.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation funds charitable activity including arts and heritage, education, environment and social change. It is alerting potential applicants to their new approach to grant-making from January 2008.
They will have an open, less prescriptive way of working, through which they will listen to your ideas. They hope to fund a wider range of work than before, so there is no need to rush applications through under the existing guidelines. Alongside this new approach, they will also run a small number of more focused funding strands.
They will accept completed applications under the current guidance and format until 31 October 2007. Any proposal received after that date will be dealt with under the new approach from January.
Information about our new funding approach will be available on their website from 3 January 2008 and you can sign up to receive information when it becomes available.
The Big Give
The Big Give is a new website which allows wealthy philanthropists to find charitable projects to give to. It has registered 297 projects asking for a total of £195m to date.
The site gives UK-registered charities the chance to attract funding for projects. Potential donors can search for charities by sector and location.
The site gives UK-registered charities the chance to attract funding for projects. Potential donors can search for charities by sector and location.
It is the brainchild of Alec Reed, the founder of the Reed recruitment company and the Reed Foundation, who has pledged to give £1m to promote the site to wealthy individuals, corporate foundations, grant-making trusts and legacy advisers.
HBOS Foundation - Community Action Programme (UK)
The HBOS Foundation Community Action Programme, makes grants of up to £10,000 to support a diverse range of local activities. The programme is available in those communities where the HBOS bank operates. It is open to registered charities and has two key themes - money advice and financial literacy and developing and improving local communities. Applications can be made at any time.
Events
Lloyds TSB Funding Surgeries
The surgery is an opportunity for you to have a one-to-one session with an Assessor, and to discuss how to go about putting an application to the Foundation. If you wish to attend one of the surgeries, please call 0870 9021201 to arrange an appointment
Heritage Lottery Fund
The Heritage Lottery Fund are holding monthly pre-application advice surgeries on the last Wednesday of the month at their office in Edinburgh. You can reserve a 45 minute slot with one of their development staff from 10.00am to 1pm and 2pm to 4.15pm. To make the best use of your slot, send brief details of your project in advance on the pre-application form. Your slot will be confirmed once they receive your project information.
OSCR Regional Events
OSCR has announced additional regional training events in 2007. These are half-day training events designed for charity trustees or administrators of smaller charities (with an annual income of less than £100,000). There are three workshops and delegates will attend each of the three workshops in rotation.
Workshops will cover: trustee duties, receipts and payments accounting and the regime of consents and notifications. Tea and coffee will be provided. Delegates will be provided with an information pack to take away.
- Lairg - 24th October 2007
Publications
Guide to Raising Funds
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is making available free of charge for a short period of time the updated version of its popular "How to Raise Funds" guide.
The guide has been fully updated by Pam Judson and is aimed at small and medium sized organisations working in Scotland. It explores fundraising myths and truths, what you need to have in place before you can fundraise effectively, writing effective proposals, researching funders, bringing it all together and what to do when you get the money.
Copies can be downloaded here.
Funding for Older Learners
The Scottish Government has published an information sheet which gives an overview of the sources of funding available to older learners who want to study in Scotland. Information is provided about organisations to contact for further information such as Learndirect Scotland, Student Awards Agency for Scotland and the Open University in Scotland.
Spotlight on...
Wood Family Trust
The Wood Family Trust is new charitable trust recently launched by Sir Ian Wood, Chairman of the Wood Group plc. It is established to help develop and support individuals to become independent, healthy, contributing members of their communities. WFT will therefore invest in organisations and enterprises which enable individuals to sustain themselves and their families free from poverty, hunger and disease in Developing Countries, and develop and support young people in the UK.
It is a registered Scottish Charity and will operate as an independent Family Trust investing over £50m to charity over the next 5-10 years.
The new trust will focus on three investment areas:
- The Livelihood in Developing Countries investment programme
- Volunteering Overseas investment programme for 16-25 year olds in the UK
- Developing Young People in Scotland investment programme
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- Rural Gateway
- Date
- 10-Oct-2007
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- FUNDING, All Scotland, News - General, News - Top Story
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