Funding Journal May 2020 New for May 2020 *5th edition - updated 31st May 2020* 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. All information is correct at the time of adding it to the Funding Journal. The Funding Journal is divided into the following sections: Latest Information Section A: Successful Bids Section B: Latest National Funding Opportunities (including Covid-19 Funding) Section C: Latest Local Funding Opportunities (including Covid-19 Funding) Section D: Forthcoming Funds (Details Awaited) Section E: 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: *NEW* - Coronavirus Funding (Local, National and for Individuals) Bath & North East Somerset Council Funding Journal – last updated 26th May 2020 1 of 657 Section A: Successful Local Bids We are pleased to report that a number of organisations in Bath and North East Somerset have been successful in their bids to Quartet Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response Fund, which opened on 18th March. These include: • Southside Family Project • Bath Area Play Project • Carers Centre BANES • Genesis Trust • Three Ways School • Age UK BANES • Keynsham Foodbank • YMCA Bath • Timebank Plus • Bath City Farm • Sporting Family Change • Mentoring Plus • Julian House • Focus Counselling • BANES 3SG • Saltford Community Association • Bath Mind and BANES Citizens’ Advice Bureau (partnership bid) • Swallow Charity • Youth Connect South West • The Life Project, Bath • Nova Sports and Coaching The funding provides grants of up to £5,000 for a single organisation or up to £20,000 for partnerships. The decision-making panel meeting regularly, so there is a fast turnaround. Visit Quartet’s website for further information, including the latest criteria for this fund: https://quartetcf.org.uk/grant-programmes/coronavirus-response-fund/ If you’ve been successful in obtaining funding whether from this bulletin or another source we would love to hear from you. It is a great way of promoting your work and projects and inspiring for other groups to hear of your success. E-mail: [email protected] Coronavirus Covid-19 Notice Please do check whether any funds featured in this Journal are still open before applying. Many organisations are diverting funds, or allocating new funding, to support the current crisis. Please also check whether any events or training activities featured are going ahead. We are doing our best to include the very latest information but do bear with us as situations are changing daily. We have included some dedicated sections for funding related to the current crisis. See the new ‘Section T’ of this Funding Journal for a round up of Covid-19 funding and news. Bath & North East Somerset Council Funding Journal – last updated 26th May 2020 2 of 657 Section B: Latest National Funding Opportunities Coronavirus – Covid 19 Funding and Announcements Name of Fund Description The Small grants up to £20,000 and large grants up to £50,000 for charitable Coronavirus organisations in England able to respond to an anticipated increase in the Mental Health need for mental health support as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Fund pandemic. – the Department of Please note: this is another ‘first come’ fund which will close to applications Health and once the available budget has been fully allocated. We therefore advise an Social Care early application to this scheme. (DHSC), with funding The Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund is a £5 million grant fund administered by designed to increase the availability of mental health support delivered for the mental people experiencing, or at risk of developing, mental health problems during health charity, the coronavirus crisis. The overarching aims of the Fund are to: Mind 1. Mobilise rapid support as the demand grows by funding expert organisations across England, getting support to people with and at risk of developing mental health problems as soon as possible, and 2. Provide an increase in effective services, preventing escalation of need, reducing waiting lists, enabling providers to flex their services for the current situation and increasing reach to vulnerable groups. Grants can be used to: • Scale up existing activities: For example, the organisation may manage a helpline or a forum that is experiencing an unprecedented amount of requests. • Adapt existing activities: For example, the organisation may have traditionally delivered all of their services in-person and now wants to adapt them in order to continue meeting the needs of existing, or new, service users, and • Introduce new activities: For example, organisations may want to introduce a new service that will meet the specific needs of service users that arise due, in part, to the coronavirus crisis. Registered charities, community and voluntary organisations, Community Interest Companies (CICs), Charitable Incorporate Organisations (CIOs) and Companies Limited by Guarantee may apply for either (not both!): 1. A Small Grant of up to £20,000, or 2. A Large Grant of up to £50,000. The minimum grant available is £5,000. For organisations applying for work across at least three English regions grants of up to £100,000 will be considered. Collaborative work and partnership applications are not essential but are likely to be viewed favourably for applications over £20,000. It is anticipated that around 70 large grants and up to 50 small grants will be awarded. Bath & North East Somerset Council Funding Journal – last updated 26th May 2020 3 of 657 Funding is for a maximum of 12 months. Successful applicants will be expected to start delivery of their activities within one month of accepting funding. As an indication, projects receiving a Small Grant are expected to work with around 130 people. Those receiving a Large Grant are expected to work with around 350 people. Eligible applicants must: • Have a track record of delivering services for people with, or at risk of developing, mental health problems, and • Apply for a grant that constitutes less than 25% of the organisation’s annual turnover. Depending on the demand for funding, priority may be given to organisations that: • Are in greater financial risk from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic due to a reliance on trading or community fundraising income streams. • Have limited reserves, putting them at greater financial risk, and/or • Have already taken a number of steps to address the risks posed to their organisation, such as putting certain projects on hold, repurposing unrestricted funding to scale up day-to-day operations, taking additional cost saving approaches to essential activity. Grants can be used for: • Staffing costs. • Pension and National Insurance contributions. • Volunteer recruitment costs. • Fees for sessional workers. • Expenses for volunteers. • Direct project costs, including staff and volunteer training, meeting costs, other expenses relating to the activity and that will enable people to participate. • Communication costs, including online advertising, specific communications staffing expenses. • Core costs, including a proportion of costs related to running the project such as management costs, building costs and office costs, and • Capital costs, including office equipment necessary for project delivery. Applications submitted by: Friday 8th May will receive a decision by Thursday 28th May 2020. Friday 22nd May will receive a decision by Thursday 11th June 2020, and Friday 5th June will receive a decision Thursday 25th June 2020. Applications must be completed and submitted online through the Flexigrant Application Portal accessible via Mind’s website. Applications received by any other means will be automatically rejected. Further information and guidance notes are available on Mind’s website. Bath & North East Somerset Council Funding Journal – last updated 26th May 2020 4 of 657 https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/campaigns/coronavirus-mental- health-response-fund/ The National Grants up to £1,000 for user-led organisations and small non-constituted Survivor User community groups in England for activities that will make an immediate Network difference to the lives of people living with mental ill-health, trauma and COVID-19 distress during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Response Fund - DHSC The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) Fund is designed to enable community action, peer support, mutual aid and other activities that will make a direct difference to the lives of people living with mental ill-health, trauma and distress in England during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Please note that eligible applicants must be members of NSUN. Membership is free and groups can sign up on NSUN’s website in order to apply to the fund. The funding is for providing additional mental health support or sustaining existing support using technology during the coronavirus pandemic. Examples of eligible projects/costs could include, for example: • A peer support group in the community purchasing an annual Zoom subscription to move the group online. • A local advocacy and peer support group purchasing a laptop or additional phone data to continue their support activities.