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Funding Journal May 2019 Funding Journal May 2019 New for May 2019 The Funding Journal is a comprehensive collection of ongoing and new funding opportunities. It is updated on a monthly basis and posted on the Council’s website close to the start of each month. To Search the Funding Journal: The best way to search for funding opportunities is to pick key words relating to your project such as ‘young people’ and use the ‘find’ facility on your computer. If you are unable to locate this on the pdf document, try clicking ‘Ctrl F’ which should bring up a find facility. PLEASE NOTE: Any items listed in italics are open to registered charities only. The Funding Journal is divided into the following sections: Latest Information Section A: Successful Bids Section B: Latest National Funding Opportunities Section C: Latest Local Funding Opportunities Section D: Forthcoming Funds (Details Awaited) Section E: Local Training Opportunities, Conferences and Networking Section F: Other Support, Advice and Information (Local and National) Section G: Consultations and Surveys Section H: Forthcoming Funding Deadlines by Month Archived Information Section I: Local Funding Opportunities Section J: Ongoing with Annual Deadlines Section K: Ongoing with Multiple Deadlines Section L: Ongoing with No Deadline Section M: Government and EU Funding Announcements Section N: Resources Section O: Awards Section P: General Advice and Information Section Q: Support for Individuals Section R: Fast Funding Finders Section S: Jargon Buster Section T: Advice Relating to a No Deal Brexit (February 2019) Bath & North East Somerset Council Funding Journal – last updated 26 th April 2019 1 of 605 Section A: Successful Local Bids Congratulations to Shoscombe Primary School who received a grant of £600 from the Institute of Physics for British Science Week activities. The school used the funding to support seven days of science investigations and visitors in March. On the Monday, the youngest children had a performance to teach them about plastics and recycling. On Tuesday, the whole school heard about Wessex Water and the valuable work they do and later in the week, the oldest children visited the Bath Taps into Science Exhibition. The highlight of the week was a giant, inflated dome Planetarium! British Science Week provides a platform to stimulate and support teachers, professionals, science communicators and the general public to produce and participate in events and activities. Anyone can organise an event or activity and the British Sicence Association helps organisers by providing free activity and support resources. To get involved in next year’s British Science week, visit www.britishscienceweek.org Section B: Latest National Funding Opportunities Name of Description Fund The This is an £84 million fund available to local authorities in England to reduce the Strengthening number of children entering care. Families Protecting The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting applications from local authorities Children Fund in England to a new programme which will invest £84 million over 5 years to – Department support up to 20 local authorities to improve work with families and safely reduce for Education the number of children entering care. The Strengthening Families, Protecting Children (SFPC) programme will support selected local authorities to adapt and adopt one of 3 children’s social care innovation programme projects in their own area. These projects aim to improve the safety and stability of vulnerable children and to reduce the need for families to access services. They will do this by: • Strengthening local practice systems • Developing services that build resilience in families • Facilitating a confident social work ethos that manages risk safely within the home. DfE are looking for up to 20 local authorities with high or rising numbers of looked after children to take part in the programme. Local authorities are eligible to join the programme if they have: • An Ofsted rating of ‘requires improvement to be good’ • High rates of looked after children compared to their local authority statistical neighbour median over for the last 3 years, and/or rising rates of looked after Bath & North East Somerset Council Funding Journal – last updated 26 th April 2019 2 of 605 children in each of the last 3 years. DfE will select local authorities to join the programme based on their need, suitability and commitment to make a whole-system change such as this. These criteria will be assessed over the summer, with local authorities announced from September 2019. Local authorities who join the programme will be fully supported to help implement their chosen model in their areas. They will receive funding and on-the-ground support to do this from the local authorities who designed the projects (i.e.Leeds, Hertfordshire or North Yorkshire). DfE will contact local authorities that are eligible to join the programme with further information and details about how they can register their interest to get involved. Further information about the programme and how to apply is available on the GOV.UK website, or by emailing [email protected] . https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strengthening-families-protecting-children-sfpc- programme The Leeds Capital grants up to £1,000 for UK registered charities carrying out community Building projects which aim to relieve suffering, hardship or poverty or their direct Society consequences. Charitable Foundation Applicants (who do not need to have a Leeds Building Society account or mortgage to apply for funding), should be UK registered charities or affiliated to a UK registered charity. There is no match funding requirement. The remaining 2019 application deadlines are: • Monday 13 th May • Monday 5 th August • Monday 7th October Further information, together with an online application form, can be found on the Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation website. http://www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk/your-society/about-us/foundation/ The Cup Grants between £50,000 and £100,000 for to local authorities, Business Fund – Improvement Districts (BIDs) shopping centres, property managers and waste Hubbub UK management companies to carry out projects that boost paper cup recycling Ltd within the UK. The Cup Fund aims to support ambitious projects that boost paper cup recycling in the UK. The fund can be used for: • Recycling infrastructure • Collection costs • Communications materials and PR/marketing support • Staff time to create, deliver and evaluate the campaign Bath & North East Somerset Council Funding Journal – last updated 26 th April 2019 3 of 605 Local authorities, Business Improvement Districts, shopping centres, property managers, transport hubs and recycling and waste management companies may apply for a grant of between £50,000 and £100,000. The funding body, Hubbub UK Ltd, also provides ongoing guidance and advice to the winning programmes to help them deliver infrastructure with a long-term benefit. The application deadline is Friday 24 th May 2019 . Applications will be considered on Friday 28 th June and announced on Tuesday 9 th July. Successful projects should start by September 2019. Further information, together with application guidance, is available on the Hubbub website. https://thecupfund.com/ Arts Council Grants up to £500,000 for constituted arts and cultural organisations based in England – England whose capital and/or building projects are arts focused and relate to the Small Capital delivery of arts activity. Grants Programme Arts Council England’s new £11.3 million Small Capital Grants Programme is designed to support the following Arts Council priorities: • Its mission of Great art and culture for everyone is achieved • The conditions are created for great art and culture to be made, experienced and appreciated by everyone • Organisations are resilient, more sustainable and innovative businesses having improved their existing buildings and equipment • The capacity of the arts and cultural sector to engage with digital audiences is increased • Environmental performance of buildings and equipment is increased, supporting a reduction in carbon emissions in the arts and cultural sector • Greater impact from the Council’s investment in arts and culture is ensured by securing funding from other partners and/or other sources • Arts and cultural facilities are sustainable without the need for unplanned revenue funding from the Council. Constituted arts and/or cultural organisations based in England whose capital project outcomes are arts focused and relate to the delivery of arts activity may apply for a grant of between £100,000 and £500,000. Arts Council England defines an arts and/or cultural organisation as one that can clearly demonstrate that their primary aims are around arts and culture, with activities benefitting the arts and cultural sector within England. This includes (please note this is not an exclusive list): • Arts organisations • Museums • Libraries • Local authorities Bath & North East Somerset Council Funding Journal – last updated 26 th April 2019 4 of 605 • National Portfolio Organisations • National Portfolio consortium partners • Music Education Hubs Priority will be given to National Portfolio Organisations and applications for improvements to existing arts and cultural facilities, particularly where these give full consideration to environmental sustainability. For building projects, groups must have applied for full planning permission (and any other relevant statutory approvals) by the time they
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