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September 2017 Community Funding Bulletin For more details contact your local Housing Executive Office or Supporting Communities T: 028 2564 5676 [email protected] Headquarters F: 028 2564 9729 www.supportingcommunities.org 34-36 Henry Street Ballymena BT42 3AH Housing OAK FOUNDATION The priorities in the UK are housing and homelessness, promoting economic self- sufficiency, increasing the supply of affordable housing and preventing homelessness amongst marginalised youth and adults. The Foundation welcomes applications from organisations and there is no standard application form - organisation should send an initial letter of enquiry. Grant: No maximum specified. Closing date: Applications can be made at any time Address: Oak Foundation Oak Philanthropy (UK) Ltd 2nd Floor 43 Palace Street London SW1E 5HL Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.oakfnd.org Environment STANLEY SMITH (UK) B & Q 'WASTE DONATION SCHEME' HORTICULTURAL TRUST Distributes unsaleable products including Supports projects of significance to amenity slightly damaged tins of paint, off-cuts of horticulture and education for amenity timber, old rolls of wallpaper etc. to community horticulture. Small grants (up to £1,000) and groups and charities. Donated products must large grants. Maximum 2 - 3 years. benefit the local community and the environment and products cannot be resold. Closing date: 15 February 15 August - each year Contact your local store: Title: Environmental Champion or Contact: Dr Daniel Rae Deputy/Warehouse Manager Title: Director of Horticultural & Learning Closing date: Ongoing Address: Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust Web: www.diy.com/wastedonation Royal Botanic Gdn Location of nearest stores: 20A Inverleith Row www.diy.com/stores Edinburgh GH3 5LR NATURESAVE TRUST Tele: 013 1249 2954 Supports environmental and conservationist Email: [email protected] groups in the UK. Grants are available to fund Web: www.grantsfor projects that deal with specific environmental horticulturists.org.uk and/or conservationist problems. Average grant size is £1,400. SHELL STEP ENTERPRISE Community Renewable Energy Grants PROGRAMME Start-up grants are available for community renewable energy projects. The trust is keen Designed to help SMEs and community to help communities do not have the initial organisations develop their potential by start-up capital to undertake all the work to get utilising the skills of undergraduate students to the planning stage. Contact Emma Birch at an affordable cost. or Matthew Criddle at the below details. Closing date: Ongoing Closing date: Ongoing - apply online Address: Shell UK Limited/DTI Address: Naturesave Trust Step Enterprise Limited 58 Fore Street 14-16 Bridgeford Totnes West Bridgeford Devon Nottingham TQ5 9RU NG2 6AB Tele: 01803 864 390 Tele: 0115 977 5030 Fax: 01803 864 441 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.shellstep.org.uk Web: www.naturesave.co.uk Page | 3 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES GROUNDWORK NI HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND Alpha Programme Heritage Enterprise supports enterprising Since 2007, the Alpha Programme has community organisations across the UK distributed over £2 million in funding to to rescue neglected historic buildings community and biodiversity projects within and sites and unlock their economic the Greater Belfast and Lisburn areas. The potential can apply for a grant from Alpha Programme is managed by £100,000 to £5 million. Groundwork NI, which allocates its funding through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme to A Heritage Enterprise grant you can help improve the lives of communities living breathe new life into historic sites by within a 15 mile radius of the Mullaghglass repairing, adapting and giving them a landfill site at Castlerobin on the outskirts of productive new use. By funding much of Lisburn. the repair costs the Heritage Lottery Fund hope to encourage private A steering group comprising developers to work with community representatives from Lisburn City Council, organisations to deliver commercially Belfast City Council, the Northern Ireland viable schemes. Housing Executive, Alpha Resource Management and Groundwork NI How to Apply: adjudicate on applications with funds distributed on a quarterly basis. Heritage Enterprise applications go Grants of up to £50,000 are available for through a two-round process. projects that make a positive impact at ground level, either producing facilities for • At the first and second round, they community user focused on encouraging assess your application in three biodiversity or environmental months, and then it goes to the improvements. next decision meeting • Your development phase can take Closing date: Closed at present up to 24 months, depending on the complexity of your project Address: Groundwork NI (Belfast Office) Grants from £100,000 to £5,000,000 63-75 Duncairn Gardens Belfast Closing date: 07 December 2017 BT15 2GB For a decision in March 2018 Tele: 028 9074 9494 Fax: 028 9075 2373 Address: 51-53 Adelaide Street Web: www.groundwork.org.uk/ Belfast Sites/northernireland/pages BT2 8FE /the-alpha-programme-ni Tele: 028 9031 0120 Email: [email protected] Web: www.hlf.org.ukDIV Page | 4 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES Economic BUILDING BETTER FUTURES Address: Ulster Community Investment Trust Ltd The ‘Building Better Futures’ fund will help 13-19 Linenhall Street charities, community and voluntary groups, Belfast BT2 8AA and social enterprises by providing small, unsecured loans that are not currently Tele: 028 9031 5003 available from traditional financial sources. Web: www.ucitlltd.com UCIT are delighted to provide a new loan ULSTER COMMUNITY fund for community groups, voluntary INVESTMENT TRUST organisations, charities and social enterprises. The loans can be used for a Offers long term loans, financial advice, wide range of purposes, including buildings support and mentoring to community groups and repairs, purchase of equipment, making and organisations. facilities more energy efficient or funding shortfalls in larger grant assisted projects. Closing date: Ongoing The Building Change Trust was established Address: Ulster Community Investment in 2008 by the Big Lottery Fund with a 13-19 Linenhall Street National Lottery grant of £10 million as an Belfast investment for community capacity building BT2 8AA and promotion of the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland. Tele: 028 9031 5003 Fax: 028 9031 5008 Belfast Charitable Society was established Email: [email protected] in 1752 to tackle disadvantage and poverty Web: www.ucitltd.com and in doing so it built the Poor House and Belfast's first Infirmary, which remains as Clifton House. Today, the Society continues to work to tackle disadvantage and promote philanthropy while sharing its vast heritage with others. Grant: The scheme which is being jointly funded by Building Change Trust, Belfast Charitable Society and UCIT provides small, unsecured loans ranging from £1,000 to £25,000. Page | 5 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES Social ARTS PRS FOR MUSIC FOUNDATION This scheme offers to support groups and COMMUNITY REPAINT organisations of all sizes and offers support across all genres of new music. Distributes redundant paint to groups. If you are a Closing date: Ongoing - band/ensemble/orchestra Community Repair Belfast - collective North - festival/promoter Play Resource Centre - charity - community interest company Contact: Paul Rosato - company limited by guarantee Address: North City Business Centre - local authority 2 Duncairn Gardens - school, college or university Belfast BT15 2GG you are able to apply for funding through this Tele: 028 9035 7543 scheme. Email: [email protected] Web: www.playresource.org 1st stage applications will be asked to continue on to the 2nd stage. Mon-Wed 9.30 am-5.00 pm Thurs-10.00 am-7.00 pm Address: PRS for Music Foundation Fri-9.30 am - 1.00 pm 29-33 Berners Street London Community Repaint W1T 3AB Fermanagh Address: Fermanagh Voluntary Tele: 020 7306 4044 Assoc. of the Fax: 020 7306 4814 Disabled Email: [email protected] 64 Main Street Web: www.prsformusicfoundationn.com Enniskillen BT74 6DW Closing date: 02 October 2017 Tele: 028 6632 5522 Email: [email protected] Web: www.communityrepaint. org.uk Page | 6 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION PLAY RESOURCE Aims to promote, maintain, improve and Members of Source can enjoy all the free advance the education of the public in Arts materials they can use. and Music (especially young people and new audiences). Closing date: Ongoing Grants: £5,000 maximum. Address: Play Resource North City Business Centre Closing date: Ongoing 2 Duncairn Gardens Quarterly meetings Belfast BT15 2GG Title: Administrator Tele: 028 9035 7590 Address: Golsoncott Foundation Fax: 028 9075 5596 53 St Leonards Road Email: [email protected] Exeter Web: [email protected] EX2 4LS Tele/Fax: 01392 252 855 Email: [email protected] ELEPHANT TRUST Aims to make it possible for artists and small organisations to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities. Grant: £2,000 Closing dates: 09 October 2017 Contact: Ruth Rattenbury Address: The Elephant Trust 512 Bankside Lofts 65 Hopton Street London SE1 9GZ Tele: 020 7922 1160 Fax: 020 7922 1160 Email: [email protected] Web: www.elephanttrust.org.uk Page | 7 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES PLAY RESOURCE: Bursary Scheme CREATIVE PATHS
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