Grants for Projects to Help the Visually Impaired (UK)
Organisations such as hospitals,
clinics, schools and colleges, and social and welfare organisations that work
to improve the quality of live for visually impaired people (blind and
partially sighted) are eligible to apply for funding from the Ulverscroft
Foundation. The trustees meet quarterly to consider appeals in January
(deadline 15 December), April (deadline 15 March), July (deadline 15 June)
October (deadline 15 September) each year.
http://www.foundation.ulverscroft.com/
Crisis – Changing Lives
Programme (UK)
Crisis, the national Homeless Charity
is inviting applications under its Changing Lives Programme. The Crisis
Changing Lives programme provides financial awards of up to £2,000 to solitary
people who are homeless or settling into a home and looking for support so that
they may achieve their vocational goals. The award can be used to attend a
training course or help buy tools and equipment necessary for a course or even
to set up a business. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on the 23rd
March 2007.
http://www.crisis.org.uk/page.builder/changinglivesawards.html
Lankelly Chase
Foundation (UK)
The Lankelly Chase Foundation has
announced that it is inviting applications under its 2007 Childrens Playscheme
Small Grants Programme. Each year the Trustees of the LankellyChase Foundation
set aside funds for summer playschemes for children between the ages of 5 – 13
years. Preference is given to small local playschemes lasting 4 - 6 weeks, and
groups planning special activities for youngsters who are disadvantaged or who
have a disability. This includes summer activities for children in refuges. In
total about 140 grants of between £200 - £500 are made every year to
organisations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The closing
date for applications is the 11th May 2007.
http://www.lankellychase.org.uk/downloads.htm
Be the Change – Small
Grants Programme (UK)
Peace Child International is an
educational charity which works in over 120 countries to empower young people
to take responsibility for peace, human rights and the environment through
education, leadership development and direct participation in the events that
shape our world community. To support its work, Peace Child International has
created the "Be the Change!" Programme (BTC!) to support young people
across the developing and developed world to get involved in local community
action and development projects. Small grants of up to $1,000 are available for
young people up to the age of 25 who have a project that concentrates on the
development of their community at a local level. The deadline for applications
is the 31st March 2007.
Yapp Charitable Trust
Grants (UK)
The next deadline for applications to
the Yapp Charitable Trust is the 26th May 2007. The Yapp Charitable Trust is an
independent grant making trust that aims to make grants totalling £300,000 to
about 100 small charities each year. Grants of up to £3,000 per year for up to
three years are available to sustain the work of charities that work with
elderly people; children and young people aged 5 – 25; people with disabilities
or mental health problems; people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of
a social, rather than medical origin such as addiction, relationship difficulties,
abuse, and a history of offending. Grants are also available to promote
lifelong learning
http://www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/
B&Q 'You Can Do It'
Awards (UK)
B&Q have launched the next bidding
round of the B&Q ‘You Can Do It’ Awards. The awards aim to play a key part
in helping local communities create inclusive and sustainable projects; for
example giving new life to a community centre, local sports club facilities or
community garden. Under the scheme, community groups and charitable
organisations can apply for one of 20 awards worth £5,000 of B&Q products.
The closing date for applications is the 30th March 2007. In addition, each
local B&Q store also has a ‘limited’ budget to provide grants of between
£50 and £500 to community groups under its Better Neighbour Grant Scheme
Youth in Action Call for
Proposals (UK)
Youth in Action is the new EU
Programme in the field of youth, with a total budget of 885 million euros. The
key aims of the programme are to promote active citizenship among young people
in general and European citizenship in particular, to develop solidarity and to
promote tolerance among young people, to foster mutual understanding, to develop
the quality of support systems for youth activities and to promote European
cooperation in the field of youth. Funding is available both through the
Education, Audio-Visual and Cultural Executive Agency and within the UK,
Connect Youth International, which is part of the British Council. Within the
programme funding is available for youth exchanges, volunteering in other
European countries, projects managed by and involving young people to improve
local communities and actions that enable those working with young people to
develop projects that meet the objectives of the Youth in Action Programme. The
next closing date for applications is the 1st April 2007
http://www.connectyouthinternational.com/