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Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Regeneration and Planning Division Regeneration and Planning Lv 5, Unit 3, Ty Pennant, Catherine St, Pontypridd ,CF37 2TB  Welsh Church Act Fund is available to voluntary and community groups operating in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr and Bridgend. It provides funds to organisations that have charitable or alms giving purposes, for capital expenditure only. o Churches, Chapels, Community Organisations and Charities. o Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr and Bridgend. o Activities should be available to members of the public at large, and any assistance given will be towards projects/expenditure of a capital nature o For information contact 01443 495151 or email [email protected]  The Rhondda Trust Fund is a £150,000 a year for ten years legacy fund to a charitable trust in the Rhondda to further the education and training opportunities of people in the Rhondda. o Properly constituted voluntary community and/or charitable organisations solely operating within the Rhondda Fawr and the Rhondda Fach can apply, as can national or regional organisations for work solely carried out in the two Rhondda Valleys. o Individuals who live in the two Rhondda Valleys. o For information contact 01443 495151 or email [email protected]  Older Person’s Grant Fund is available to constituted Older Person’s groups operating in Rhondda Cynon Taff. It provides funds to organisations whose main aim is to provide people, solely over the age of 50, with social opportunities and/or support and help. Groups who inadvertently consist of members over the age of 50, but are not primarily an older person’s group, cannot apply. o Costs associated with group activities & small items of equipment; o Other purposes beneficial to the group. o Amount available dependent on the group’s level of membership. o For information contact 01443 495151 or email [email protected] What Do I Have To Do Next? Tower Colliery Tower Fund Over the next seven years, during the opencast mining at Tower Colliery, for every tonne of coal sold from the colliery 44 pence will be donated to the Tower Fund. The main fund It is available to the communities of Hirwaun, Penderyn, Rhigos and Penywaun whilst a common fund is available across RCT. The fund will support community projects – from social enterprises, ‘green’ energy schemes and training opportunities to youth projects as long as the money will be put towards charitable projects within these communities. o Applications accepted on a quarterly basis, for the Tower Fund four areas, and every 6 months (January/July) for the Common Fund.

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o Contact Hayley Teague, Tower Fund Development Co-ordinator on 01443 494493 or email [email protected].

Meadow Prospect Grant Programme Supports the regeneration of disadvantaged communities in South East Wales and are awarded to initiatives that: o Make a difference in the community o Support learning and development projects, improving employment o Offer sporting opportunities to young people and disadvantaged groups o Tackle health and wellbeing projects such as healthy eating, substance misuse etc o Tackle renewable energy and/or address fuel poverty o Assist new social enterprises to become established and offer employment Contact: Tracey Cooke on 01443 494469 or email [email protected]

Persimmon Community Champions Persimmon Community Champions is here to fund good causes across the UK. In the next 12 months we plan to give away up to £750,000 to fund your local community initiatives.

Our charity match programme gives donations of up to £1000 to local UK groups and charities, which have already raised vital funds themselves.

All of our 24 businesses, our timber frame business Space4 and our PLC head office are giving away up to £2000 each every month – that’s a whopping £52,000 a month available to fund local community initiatives.

It’s really simple to apply for a donation. All you need to do is complete the online form, telling us why your group or charity deserves our donation. Included in your application we need to know how much you’ve already raised and how much you want us to donate. Remember, we need the name and location of the charity initiative so that we can ensure the right business receives your request. http://www.persimmonhomes.com/charity

Coalfields Grant Schemes: o Training Support Fund: To provide grant support for training that can help you as an individual, business or organisation to improve your general life skills, generic business skills or skills required to undertake farm diversification. o Micro-Business Loan Fund for 3rd Sector (Wales) Micro loan investment into enterprising third sector organisations across Wales.

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o Enterprising Fund: seeks applications from Individuals or Social Enterprise businesses that have enterprising social business ideas that they would like to develop further. o Coalfields Community Grants (Wales) can award grants from £500 up to £7,000 to community and voluntary organisations that can demonstrate strongly that a grant will impact positively on people living in the Coalfield communities of Wales. Source: http://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk/where-we-work/wales/

Community Foundation in Wales – Comic Relief Local communities grant The programme aims to empower local people, enabling them to create lasting change in their communities. Projects should be run by people directly affected by the issues they are dealing with and priority will be given to small, locally based groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community. For more info visit http://www.cfiw.org.uk/eng/grants?area=mid-glamorgan

Community & Town Councils Community / Town Councils are the most local level of government in England and Wales. Within the County Borough Boundary of Rhondda Cynon Taf there are eleven Community Councils and one Town Council based in Pontypridd. Small Grants are available through the Local Government Act 1972 and must bring direct benefit to a local authority’s area or any part of it or all or some of its inhabitants. Find your local Community or Town Council here:http://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/en/councildemocracy/democracyelections/communit ytowncouncilsandcouncillors/communitytowncouncilsandcouncillors.aspx Local Fundraising Societies, Clubs & Philanthropic Organisations There are numerous fundraising charitable organisations raising money for good causes across RCT. These are usually cause specific so we have not listed them all here, however several raise funds for good causes in general and these are listed below:  Pontypridd & Rhondda Roundtable: Round Table is changing communities by giving men the skills, ability and desire to better themselves and the lives of others. They are not primarily about fund raising but many of the events that they run raise funds for local good causes. The Pontypridd & Rhonnda 972 Round Table has existed since 19th March 1969 and is based at the Rickards Arms, Park Street, Treforest. For more info email [email protected]  The Royal Antidiluvian Order of the Bufflo: A Philanthropic and Charitable body, Lodges and Provinces are at liberty to undertake whatever activity they consider appropriate for the needs of the community in which they work and live. For more information and local group contacts go to http://www.raob.org.uk/  Ten 2 Ten: was thought up by a few friends whose competitive sporting ‘careers’ were coming to an end, but who still have plenty of energy to expend.

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The Ten2Ten cycle challenge raises funds for worthwhile causes Contact 01443 686108 or [email protected]. For more info go to http://ten2ten.org/  Purple Shoots: Small Business Loans open to individuals and groups for start- up costs such as equipment, website, or and guidance and mentoring to help you run your business successfully both in the early stages and at regular intervals throughout the first year. Source: http://www.purpleshoots.org/  Suzanne Rees Trust: Financial assistance for individuals who love singing, dancing or acting and live or attend school in RCT to help further a career in the performing arts. For more information visit www.suzannereestrust.org.uk

Retailer Community Funds Many local retailers and banks operate community funds to benefit the communities in which they are based and where their staff live. Local stores and branches are also open to being contacted and often allow groups to fund raise on their premises. For example Barclays have been known to provide support to local events.  Marks and Spencer’s Plan A: Help raise funds for a range of national charity partners covering environment, poverty and exclusion and health & wellbeing through partners such as the Groundwork Trust who operate local carry bag funds. In addition local stores have their own charitable budget and organise their own fundraising activities. Got to http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/plan-a/policies-and- consultations/policies/community/charity-and-community-funding  The Asda Foundation: has been investing in local communities, through their grant programme, to improve the lives of the people who live and work there. Also stores, depots and home offices support local charities and good causes that form the backbone of their local communities. http://www.asdafoundation.org/  Tesco- In addition national charity partnerships Tesco operate a charitable grant giving trust and also work with hundreds of charities and local community organisations every year through relationships at a local level For more info visit: http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=754#ref_index.asp?pageid=121  The Cooperative Group Foundations & Funds o The Co-operative Membership Community Fund: Co-op members donate their share of the profits to the Community Fund which helps community groups, local clubs and self-help organisations. o The Co-operative Foundation: An independent charitable trust set up in 2000. The Foundation's current grant making programme, Truth about Youth, working with seven charities in cities around the UK. o Co-operative Support: We support the creation and growth of co- operative businesses, through The Co-operative Enterprise Hub, providing expert advice and loans, through the co-op loan fund, to start- up and existing co-operatives.

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For more information visit http://www.co-operative.coop/join-the- revolution/our-plan/keeping-communities-thriving/funds-and-foundations/  Greggs Foundation: aims to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged people within local communities. The Regional Grantsprogramme provides grants that help to build resilience within a local community. For more information visit: http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/north-east- grants/grants-outside-ne-england  SPAR the Blakemore Foundation The Blakemore Foundation offers grants up to £200 which includes in kind support. Contact:Kate Senter on 0121 568 2910/ [email protected]

Wind farm funds in RCT Many wind farm developers create community wind farm funds to benefit the local communities within a geographical radius of the wind farm. Whilst there are guidelines on how these should operate the provision varies greatly from none at all to quite generous. Welsh Government is actively encouraging community benefit schemes. In RCT there are currently several community funds operated by a range of partners…  Treorchy Windfarm Fund: http://www.treorchywindfund.co.uk/  Maerdy Windfarm Fund: http://www.maerdywindfund.co.uk/  Taff Ely Windfarm Fund: Currently seeking a new grant managing partner  Mynydd Portref: (in progress) http://www.regwindpower.co.uk/our_wind_farms  Pen Y Cymoed: (out to consultation): http://powerinthevalleys.vattenfall.co.uk/ Sites in RCT not providing a community fund are operated by:  Pennant Walters http://www.pennantwalters.co.uk/ &  Infinergy: http://landowners.infinergy.co.uk/index.php/working-with- us/projects For more information see:  Renewables UK guide to community benefit funds: http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/communities-and- energy/community-benefits-protocol/index.cfm)  Welsh Government database of community benefit funds: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/energy/renewable/wind/r egister/?lang=en  Community Sustainable Energy Toolkit for Community Funds: http://www.cse.org.uk/pdf/pub1078.pdf

Environmental Trusts Several environmental trusts operate in RCT and were created as a response to either the land fill tax or the aggregate levy to provide local communities negatively affected by land-fill sites and open cast sites with funds for community activity:  Veolia Environmental Trust: Supporting compliant community and

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environmental projects across the UK by awarding grants through the landfill communities fund. For more information and to apply online via: http://www.veoliatrust.org  Amgen Environmental Body Limited: Amgen Environmental Body Ltd is an organisation who obtains its funding from Amgen Cymru through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF- formerly known as the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme) to support projects that improve the lives of communities living in the vicinity of the landfill sites that is a 10 mile radius. For more info http://www.amgen-cymru.com/aeb_index.php

Some Wales based funders

 The Ashley Family Foundation As a guide the Foundation, for the past few years, has had a policy of giving half their funds to Welsh projects. The Foundation follows the ethos of the Ashley family and aims to support areas in which the family have a connection such as helping the communities of Mid Wales that supported the growth of the Laura Ashley business.

The trustees wish to focus on the following priorities: Support of charitable textiles projects, including small scale community textiles initiatives >Support for the arts >Support for projects which seek to strengthen rural communities in Wales, especially in Mid Wales

Contact: Tel: 03030 401005 Email : [email protected] Web:www.ashleyfamilyfoundation.org .

 The Moondance Foundation

The objectives of the foundation are to allocate funds for general charitable purposes. The main areas of charitable interest of the foundation include, but are not limited to:

1. Causes in Wales (a particular focus at present) 2. Children 3. Education 4. Poverty 5. Health, Health Care and research 6. Arts and humanities

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No application process stipulated, but written requests for funding support can be posted to:

The Trustees, Moondance Foundation, C/o KPMG LLP, 3rd Floor,3 Assembly Square, Britannia Quay, Cardiff Bay,CF10 4AX

Email [email protected]

 Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust Regional and Local Schemes The Local Scheme is for projects up to £2,500 and the next closing date is 21st November 2014, with decisions on applications will be made in March 2015. The funding is available to both charities and not for profit organisations.

The Trust aims to improve the quality of life of people who live and work in Wales and in particular to : promote education, history, language and culture, particularly for those who face disadvantage or discrimination.

The Trust is keen to help young people learn more about their country via exchange programmes and has made provision to support youth exchange programmes in the areas of sport, the arts, environment and community.

Tel: 029 20 022 143 www.millenniumstadiumtrust.org.uk/urgent-notice-to-applicants/

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

 Sport Wales Community Chest

Community Chest offers grant of up to £1500 in any 12 month period for activities that: >Encourage more people to become more active, more often >Raises the standards of existing activities Please note, applicants are able to claim a second £1500 if their application is based on one of the 2 priority areas. To be eligible they must demonstrate that their application either: >Better prepares clubs to cater for interest generated via 2012; or >Tackles inequality - BME, disability (inclusion), women and girls, social inclusion.

The scheme is open to any group as long as they hold a bank account in the organsiation's name. There are lots of exclusions so please check the website or contact the local officer. Tel: 01685 725 408 Web: www.sportwales.org.uk ( also check out the Development Grants)

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 Margaret Davies Charity Grants to charities that have been registered for at least a year , and seem to range from £1000- £4,000 . The main objectives of the charity are to pay grants to other registered grants, at the trustee's discretion, to broadly benefit arts, education, health and social. Please contact them before applying.

Tel: 01686 625228 Email: [email protected]

 The Waterloo Foundation http://www.waterloofoundation.org.uk/WalesAboutTheProgramme.html

 Caring Wales  Working Wales  Educating Wales

Disclaimer The information provided in this sheet is intended for guidance only. It is not a substitute for professional advice and we cannot accept any responsibility for loss occasioned as a result of any person acting or refraining from acting upon it.