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NORTHUMBERLAND FUNDING EVENT All three local development agencies in Northumberland - Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley (CVABV), Community Action Northumberland (CAN) and Wansbeck Centre for Voluntary Service (WCVS) have joined forces to arrange a first joint funding event for the whole of Northumberland. This will be an informal event with Voluntary and Community Sector organisations having the opportunity to talk to funders on a one-to-one Funders basis and also to attend training workshops to 2 Banks Community Fund improve the quality of future funding Big Lottery Fund applications. 3 Community Foundation Co-operative Community The event will take place at: Fund 4 Greggs Foundation Choppington Social Welfare Centre Hadrian Trust Fernlea Drive (formerly Colliery Road) 5 Heritage Lottery Fund Hospital of God at Greatham Scotland Gate, Choppington 6 Joicey Trust Northumberland, NE62 5SR Lloyds TSB Foundation 7 Northumberland Coast & Tel: 01670 822 028 Lowlands Leader on Northumberland County Council Wednesday 30 March 2011 8 Northumberland Uplands Local Action Group Information and a booking form regarding Northumbria Police 9 Rothley Trust the funders attending can be found R W Mann Trust throughout this brochure, please reply 10 Sherburn House Charity before Sir James Knott Trust 11 SITA Trust 15 March 2011. Comic Relief 12 Market Place & Workshops Northumberland Funding Event FUNDING EVENT FUNDERS Banks Community Fund The Banks Community Fund supports local environmental and community improvement projects. Grants are awarded to community and voluntary organisations that are charitable, educational, philanthropic or benevolent in purpose and which are located within close proximity of a current or proposed Banks Group operation or will be affected by a Banks Group operation. The Fund’s target areas can be found on the website. Geographical areas of interest may change at short notice. Grants are awarded to groups whose projects aim to ensure an attractive and ‘liveable’ environment, and contribute to tackling global environmental challenges at a local level. Grants will assist with: Protecting biodiversity Energy-saving measures Developing or improving outdoor spaces Tackling global challenges at a local level Ensuring the improvement and maintenance of sport and community facilities Supporting improvements to facilities to overcome physical disabilities Grants will normally be up to £5,000, although higher amounts are sometimes considered. If you have any queries or questions about this application process, then please contact: Christina Rackley or Clare Johnson Banks Community Fund, PO Box 542, Durham, DH1 9EH Tel: 0191 378 6342 / Fax: 0191 378 2409 email: [email protected] / [email protected] www.bankscommunityfund.org.uk BIG Lottery Fund / Awards for All The BIG Lottery Fund seeks to “bring real improvements to communities and to the lives of people most in need”. They have a range of different funding programmes and give grants from £300 to over £500,000 to organisations ranging from small local groups to major national charities. Applicants should check BIG’s website for the most appropriate funding programme for their project. Awards for All is their small lottery grants scheme funding, local community-based projects in the UK. Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are available to help make a real difference in your community, for new projects that last no more than 12-months. For further information, how to apply for a grant, and to find out more about the BIG Lottery and Awards for All grants, please visit their website at: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk 2 St. James Gate Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4BE Tel: 0191 376 1600 / email: [email protected] Page 2 Northumberland Funding Event Community Foundation The Community Foundation provides grants to groups in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. Many groups who receive grants are small and volunteer-led, but they also fund larger organisations seeking small grants to support particular activities or developments. You do not have to be a registered charity to apply, but the work you ask them to support must be legally charitable. The Foundation has four themes for its grant-making, which are: Supporting people to overcome disadvantage Creating stronger communities Making the area a good place to live Help communities cope with climate change The Foundation can make grants for most type of community activity or projects and is interested in an applicants ideas for what is needed in their community. For further information, how to apply for a grant, and to find out more about the Community Foundation, please visit their website at: www.communityfoundation.org.uk 9th Floor, Cale Cross House 156 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6SU Tel: 0191 222 0945 / email: [email protected] Co-operative Community Fund The Co-operative Community Fund awards grants between £100 and £2,000 to community, voluntary, or self-help groups to run projects that meet the following criteria. To be successful, a group must carry out positive work in the community, and a project must: Address a community issue Provide a good long-term benefit to the community Support co-operative values and principles Ideally be innovative in its approach. Applications to the Community Fund can only be submitted online at: www.co-operative.coop The Co-operative Membership Department Unit 2, Drum Industrial Estate Chester-le-Street Co Durham, DH2 1AE Tel: 0191 411 2349 / email: [email protected] Page 3 Northumberland Funding Event Greggs Foundation Greggs Foundation gives grants to local organisations with charitable objectives in the North East of England. The Foundation aims to: Improve the lives of disadvantaged people in society Improve the quality of life in local communities The Greggs Foundation donates around £1.3 million per year to disadvantaged people in the heart of Gregg’s local communities. The Greggs Foundation has four principal grant programmes through which it channels its community investments, major grants, regional grants, breakfast club and hardship fund. Meets, January, April, July and October and applications should be sent in 2 months prior to meeting dates. For further information, how to apply for a grant, a list of exclusions and to find out more about the Greggs Foundation please visit their website at: www.greggsfoundation.org.uk David Carnaffan Fernwood House Clayton Road Jesmond Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1TL Tel: 0191 212 7626 / email: [email protected] Hadrian Trust Grants are made to charities and groups working for the benefit of the people and the environment of Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. Main donations are in the fields of Social Welfare; Disabled; Youth; Ethnic Minorities; Women; Elderly; Arts; Environment and Education. Grants may be for a specific project or part of a project, purchase of equipment or as a contribution to running costs. Grants generally range from £500 - £5,000. The trust meets quarterly; January, April, July and October. There is no application form and full details on how to apply are on the Hadrian Trust website. For further information please contact: Pauline Dodgson OBE, Correspondent Hadrian Trust, PO Box 785, Whitley Bay, NE26 9DW. Tel: 07815 785 074 / email: [email protected] www.hadriantrust.co.uk Page 4 Page 4 Northumberland Funding Event Heritage Lottery Fund The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) sustains and transforms a wide range of heritage through innovative investment in projects with a lasting impact on people and places. The Heritage Lottery Fund have several funding streams and fund heritage projects of all sizes, with grants starting from £3,000. HLF funds projects which focus on heritage, which includes many different things from the past that we value and want to pass on to future generations, for example: People’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’); Histories of people and communities; Languages and dialects; Cultural traditions - stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance, costumes; Histories of places and events; Historic buildings and streets; Archaeological sites; Collections of objects, books etc. in museums, libraries or archives; Natural and designed landscapes and gardens; Wildlife, including special habitats and species; and Places and objects linked to industrial, maritime and transport history. HLF fund projects which promote benefits for the public and not mainly for private gain. They welcome applications from single organisations and partnerships, and give priority to not-for-profit organisations and partnerships. For a full list of funding streams and exclusions please visit the Heritage website at: www.hlf.org.uk St Nicholas Building, St Nicholas Street Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1RF Tel: 0191 255 7570 / Fax: 0191 255 7571 / email: [email protected] Hospital of God at Greatham The Hospital of God at Greatham makes grants to local voluntary and community organisations. Their aim is to support charities working in lower profile areas of work that reach people who are on the edges of society. Grants can be from one to three years and up to £10,000 per year to cover running or project costs. Trustees meet at the end of January, May and September each year to consider applications and these should be received by the first Friday of the month. For further information, how to apply for a grant, and to find out more about the Hospital of God at Greatham please visit their website at: www.hospitalofgod.org.uk David Granath Estate Office, Greatham Hartlepool, TS25 2HS Tel: 01429 870 247 / email: [email protected] Page 5 Northumberland Funding Event Joicey Trust The Joicey Trust awards mainly one off grants (occasionally recurrent) to local registered charities in the North East – in the fields of social welfare and youth. The Trust supports both capital and revenue projects and also discrete projects as well as running costs. The range of grants made in 2009/10 ranged from £100 to £10,000 - the majority were under £2,000.