Funding

This page is to help you identify some of the key funders supporting work around asylum seekers, refugees and migrant workers but to also signpost you towards key funding websites

Spring/Summer 2009 Funding Sources

Fund for Victims of Hate Crime. The Home Office is pleased to announce the launch of the hate crime section of the Victims Fund for the financial year 2009/10. The Government is investing £250,000 in projects and services run by third sector organisations that develop support for victims of hate crime. The fund is now open to bids. Please note that all applications must be received by email and hard copy by noon on Thursday 9 July in order to be considered.
Capacitybuilders announce first bursary awards under Phase One of Modernisation Fund Grants Programme. Over 250 frontline third sector organisations across England will benefit from the first £1000 bursary awards made on 19 June 2009 under the Government's Real Help for Communities: Modernisation Fund, which is being delivered by Capacitybuilders. The awards aim to help frontline groups increase their impact and become more resilient to the impact of the economic downturn. These awards are the first to be made under Phase One of the Modernisation Fund Grants Programme which runs until the end of July. The funding is part of the Government’s £16.5 million ‘Real Help for Communities’ Modernisation Fund. Organisations can continue to apply for bursaries until 17 July 2009.
Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched its Strategic Funding Programme (England Scotland & Wales). The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched its Strategic Funding Programme available to organisations offering legal advice on equality and human rights issues. The funding programme is primarily aimed at projects providing specialist legal advice and representation in equality and human rights. The Commission is also particularly keen to fund activity where there is currently no provision or access to advice, as well as to projects which promote awareness and understanding of equality and human rights laws. The deadline for applications for legal projects is 5pm on 7 August 2009. Further information, funding guide and application form: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/fairer-britain/funding-from-the-commission/priority-funding-areas/priority-three-legal-advice-on-equality-and-human-rights-issues
Grants for digital media projects reaching isolated people - Helping Communities Get Their Voice Heard. An innovative new scheme has been launched aiming to use digital media as a way of empowering disadvantaged communities across England. Communications charity Media Trust has been charged by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) with spearheading the Community Voices programme. Over the next two years, 27 grassroots projects will be given grants ranging from £1,500 to £61,000 to use digital media – such as the internet, social networking, film, radio and television – as a means of empowering and bringing together some of England’s most isolated and deprived communities.
Funding Central. A new free website which has just been launched which may be useful to voluntary sector organisations. It is called "Funding Central" and has a search facility to help find suitable funding sources.
Cash 4 Clubs grants for grassroots sports clubs. Cash 4 Clubs, funded by Betfair and supported by SportsAid, offers grants of £250 - £1,000 to supports grassroots sports clubs. No preference is given to types of sport or the age range accessing the activity, however clubs should play an active role in the community, encourage social interaction and fitness, and be registered with its sports’ National Governing body. All types of costs will be considered, including equipment, training and capital costs. Applications can be made at any time.
The Yapp Charitable Trust makes small grants, for running costs and salaries, to small registered charities in England and Wales to help sustain their existing work. We make grants to small registered charities to sustain their existing work with: elderly people; children and young people aged 5 – 25; people with disabilities or mental health problems; people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin. We also make grants to sustain small registered charities' existing work in the fields of education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children). We give grants for running costs and salaries for up to three years. Grants are normally for a maximum of £3,000 per year. Applications are processed continuously.
Fun and Friendship - a new grant programme from BBC Children in Need. It is specifically targeted towards organisations working with disabled young people between 12 and 18 years. The Fun and Friendship programme is a £3 million grant programme, which is additional to our other grant programmes. It will work with projects that take place over three years, and it expects to make up to 12 grants of up to £300,000 each across the UK. You can apply for a grant online only. Please submit your application as soon as it is complete. The final deadline is midnight on 31 July 2009.
IdeasTap.com has launched a £50,000 Ideas Fund. The Fund is to support new, creative ideas from young people doing projects using digital and media arts, and performing arts. There is a ‘Little Ideas’ (up to £1,000) and a ‘Big Ideas’ (up to £5,000) fund. Individuals/groups of individuals aged 16-25 can apply to the Ideas Fund between1 June - 30 June 2009. For more information, see the IdeasTap website.
Myplace round 2. Application open/close dates: 5 June – 29 June 2009. Minimum/maximum grants: £1 million - £5 million. Total available: £31.6 million. The Big Lottery Fund is delivering myplace on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). myplace aims to deliver world class youth facilities driven by the active participation of young people and their views and needs. Qualifying areas in the East of England are: Basildon, Luton, Great Yarmouth, Peterborough and Ipswich.
Sport England - Innovation Fund. The Innovation Fund is open to initial applications from 12 May 2009 to 10 August 2009. The Innovation Fund will create innovative sporting opportunities enabling existing participants to do more, or to bring sport to those people who currently play sport only occasionally, or not at all. The overall aim of this £5 million investment programme is to find and nurture genuine breakthroughs that will transform the way community sport looks and feels in the future. We anticipate making a small number of awards between £10,000 and £500,000 to between 10 and 20 projects.
Awards for Bridging Cultures open for applications. Voluntary or community groups or organisations running projects that promote intercultural dialogue are eligible to apply. Winners will receive £10,000 and commended organisations will get £5,000. Deadline for applications is 14 September 2009.

BBC Children in Need. BBC Children in Need funds projects delivered by organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people, who must be 18 years and under, living in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. For further details about their criteria check their website. BBC Children in Need has four closing dates throughout each year: 15 July, 15th October. The application process is online and paper applications are no longer available.

It’s your Community - up to £1,000 - monthly decisions. Awards of up to £1,000 are available to local groups and individuals for anything that can be shown to benefit your community. The awards support projects that bring people together and benefit your community.
RISE: UnLtd's Refugee Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs - RISE Accelerator Programme: Investing in Refugees. Funded by the European Refugee Fund Phase III and with the support of the UK Border Agency, UnLtd – the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs has re-launched RISE: Refugee Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs, under the name RISE Accelerator - which aims to unleash and encourage the potential of refugees as social entrepreneurs. The RISE programme has already funded 75 refugees, benefiting over 2000 people around England. The success of the project has allowed UnLtd to extend the RISE programme for another two years. We will start accepting applications after 20 May. For more information contact: Maryam Pasha RISE Accelerator Coordinator rise@unltd.org.uk, 0207 566 1136
Communities: Modernisation Fund. From 1 June to 17 July, third sector organisations with an annual turnover of between £150,000 and £750,000 are invited to apply online for a £1,000 bursary from the Government’s Modernisation Fund Grants Programme which is being delivered by Capacitybuilders. The funding is focused on helping organisations to increase their impact and become more resilient through working more closely with others. Press release: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/news/news_stories/090601_modernisation.aspx
Inspiring Communities. The DCLG "Inspiring Communities" programme aims to support communities to raise the aspirations and educational attainment of young people. Initially based in 15 neighbourhoods, it will fund and support neighbourhood partnerships to deliver a programme of activities working with young people, their parents and communities, to create new opportunities, broaden horizons and build up the self-confidence of local people. Deadline for applications is 3 June 2009.

Learning Revolution Transformation Fund. Organisations can bid for a share of £20 million in Government cash from 12 May 2009 to open up and promote informal learning for adults and young people across the country. The deadline for bids is July 12 this year but an “early bird” funding pot of £1 million is available for ideas submitted by June 12.
Presselease:http://www.dius.gov.uk/news_and_speeches/press_releases/learning_revolution_transformation_fund.aspx

East of England Community fund is launched. Its aim is to support third sector organisations who are working with people who face barriers to the labour market or to mainstream skills provision. European Social fund will support a range of activities which assist unemployed or economically inactive people in the East of England to move closer to main stream skills provision. This can include a range of initial engagement activities including, help with basic skills, taster work experience and confidence building. Small voluntary and community organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to £12,000. Next deadline for submitting applications is 27^th July 2009.

Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation. The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation aims to improve the quality of life particularly of those in need. The grants can be used for capital projects, endowments, scholarship funds, research programmes and research funding. The Foundation publishes very brief guidelines for applicants and there is no application form. To apply, write to the Director giving details of your charity and your project. Applications are considered regularly. The catchment area is England and Wales. For more information phone 020 7408 2198 or email office@sunleyfoundation.com
TalkTalk’s Innovation In The Community Awards. These awards help charities and community groups make effective use of the internet. There are thirty grants of £2,000 available, to fund technology related projects and technology equipment which will help you to make the best use of the internet. Applications are invited from 1 July to 30 September 2009.
Esme Fairbairn Foundation. We support work within four primary areas of interest: the cultural life of the UK; education and learning; the natural environment; and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society. We prioritise work that: addresses a significant gap in provision; develops or strengthens good practice; challenges convention or takes a risk in order to address a difficult issue; tests out new ideas or practices; takes an enterprising approach to achieving its aims; ets out to influence policy or change behaviour more widely. Most successful applications meet more than one of these priorities.
EU PROGRESS FUNDING - OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS VP/2009/007 Innovative Projects for Worker Mobility in the EU. All proposals need to demonstrate a clear European added value, their contribution to the implementation of the European employment strategy and corresponding national policies and their potential for uptake of results by employment services at national or regional, local levels or by the EURES network. The deadline for the submission of applications is 09/06/2009. The call focuses on projects to enhance workers' mobility, both job-to-job mobility and geographical mobility, by removing obstacles or improving the overall framework in which mobility takes place. NOTE: Non-profit organisations active mainly in the area of employment policy, quality of work or social inclusion may also submit proposals on condition that they submit a proposal in partnership with a public authority or state or semi-state agency/ies.
Big Lottery Funds Peoples Millions programme is open for applications. The fund is for community projects that provide opportunities for people to enjoy their local area, both indoors and outdoors, and improve local facilities. Up to £50,000 grants. The programme will fund 69 projects across the 15 ITV regional news areas. The deadline for applications is 12pm on Friday 15 May 2009.
Apply now for grants for the Summer 2009 Playscheme. The Hilden Charitable Fund has allocated a small budget to help community groups run Summer Playschemes for the benefit of children from refugee and ethnic minority families. The amount you can apply for is around £1,000. Deadline for applications is Friday 8th May 2009. Guidelines for applicants: http://www.hildencharitablefund.org.uk/documents/SummerPlayschemeGuidelines2008_000.pdf
LankellyChase Foundation grants for summer activities.The LankellyChase Foundation is inviting applications for small grants of £500, to support summer activities. Schemes must benefit children between 5-17 years old. In 2009, the Foundation is specifically looking to support activities for children and young people living in refuges, and for young carers. It also wants to see projects with strong volunteer support. Approximately 120 grants will be made throughout the UK. Deadline: 8 May 2009, but apply as soon as possible.
European Cultural Foundation Artistic Project. Grants offered to cultural organisations and individual artists. They wish to support new artistic projects that highlight the issues of diversity in Europe. The average grant size is €30,000 - €60,000. Deadline: 31 July 2009.
Sport in the Community . Sport England has published its new funding strategy, which outlines the programmes available to grassroots sports projects from April 2009 - March 2011. To view the strategy and for more information on the individual funding streams visit the Sport England website or contact them by telephone on 08458 508 508.
Paul Hamlyn Education and Learning Open Grants Scheme. The Paul Hamlyn Education and Learning Open Grants Scheme is currently open. Funding themes are: supplementary education; tackling school exclusion and truancy; developing speaking and listening skills for 11-19 year olds. There are no deadlines specified. For more information contact the Paul Hamlyn Foundation either by telephone 020 7227 3500, email to information@phf.org.uk or visit their website
UKBA Call for proposals for projects under the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals 2007 and 2008 supplementary programme. Proposals are invited from Local Authorities Adult, Further Education and Community Colleges wishing to offer, or expand capacity for, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses that are intended to help legal migrants to become fully functional in UK society. Proposals and projects should primarily be targeted at newly arrived third country nationals who have been legally resident in the UK for less than 5 years. This is restricted funding which may not be used in respect of programmes involving refugees or asylum seekers or EU nationals. The application form and further information can be obtained by registering through the BravoSolution website. There will be a further call for tender around June 2009 for the European Integration Fund 2009.
BravoSolution website: https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml
European Commission website: http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/funding/integration/funding_integration_en.htm
The Hilden Charitable Fund: award grants to projects both in the UK and in developing countries. Both the UK and overseas funds are directed largely at supporting work at community level. Grant making priorities in the UK are: Homelessness, Minorities, and Penal Affairs. Applications can be made at any time.
Some New Funding from Dec 2008 News includes: Children & The Arts Partner Applications Now Open; Youth Sector Development Fund; Futurebuilders Launches New Consortia Fund; £1.5 Million for Third Sector Regional Networks; Funding for Local Sustainable Energy Projects; Bio-Energy Capital Grants Scheme Opens for Applications; Government Announces £2.5 Million to Ignite the Social Enterprise Sector; And some European Funding Opportunities such as Safer Internet Programme (2009 - 2013)
Comenius Programme to provide educational links with other EU Regions (UK): Through the Comenius Programme, schools and local education authorities have the opportunity to develop partnerships with other local and regional education authorities within the European Union. Funding of up to €50,000 will be available through the Comenius Regional Programme to promote joint cooperation activities between local and regional education authorities. The first deadline for applications to the Comenius Regional Programme is the 20th February 2009.
The Links Foundation (England, Scotland and Wales): The Links Foundation, which was formed by ‘Working Links’, an organisation that delivers services to tackle social exclusion and poverty by helping disadvantaged individuals and communities, provides grants to disadvantaged communities. Funding aims include: advance people’s education; reduce significant disadvantage; assist those in conditions of poverty, need or distress; provide for recreational or other leisure time occupation. The average grant per project is about £20,000. Applications can be sent in at any time, but you will be notified by post of when your application will be considered by the board.
Council for Assisting Refugee Academics grants. Grants aim to enable refugee academics achieve employment in the UK at a level commensurate with their skills and experience in the long term. Grants can support refugee academics to re-qualify in a range of professions in the UK such as teaching, academia, engineering, law, the charity sector and medicine. Next deadline for applications: 5.00pm, Friday 12th December 2008
Capacitybuilders announce 5m Capital Grants Programme. Capacitybuilders has recently launched a £5 million Capital Grants Programme to develop third sector local resource centres. The programme will run until March 2011 and is the last main funding programme to be announcement by Capacitybuilders under the Office of the Third Sector’s 2008-11 investment in ChangeUp.

Funding - Parenting Fund Round 3:The third round of the Parenting Fund from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (formerly the DfES) of will have £16 million over two years for projects starting in April 2009. The application period is 15 October 2008 to 12 December 2008. The grants are open to charities and not for profit organisations doing parenting support work where parents, families and children face significant challenges. The key features of this round of the Parenting Fund are: Promoting social inclusion and improving access to services and support for less well-served communities. The grant will be focused on 23 localities (including Peterborough and Norfolk). Completed applications must be submitted by noon on Friday 12 December 2008.
RISE Accelerator Programme Investing in Refugees. Funded by the European Refugee Fund Phase III and with the support of the UK Boarder Agency, UnLtd – the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs has re-launched RISE: Refugee Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs, under the name RISE Accelerator - which aims to unleash and encourage the potential of refugees as social entrepreneurs. UnLtd will be giving awards of between £500 and £5000 to help individuals and small groups of refugees from all over England to turn their ideas into reality. UnLtd will also provide dedicated support including training opportunities, entrepreneurial learning, mentoring and access to resources to help individuals develop their skills and their projects. The scheme will fund and support 64 refugees over two years and will benefit over 200 people throughout England. Contact Maryam Pasha, RISE Accelerator Coordinator, at rise@unltd.org.uk or 0207 566 1136.
Awards for bridging cultures. The Awards for Bridging Cultures (ABCs) are launched for the first time in 2008. Funded by the Baring Foundation and delivered by the Institute of Community Cohesion (iCoCo), the ABCs will reward grass roots, community and voluntary organisations for local schemes and projects which promote intercultural dialogue and understanding. It will also reward public and private sector organisations for initiating and supporting such schemes.

Big Lottery Funding stream available link http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/apply-se
New funding for children, young people and families projects. Application Forms on http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/resources-and-practice/TP00047/ Full Grant details on http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/strategy/voluntaryandcommunity/cypfgrant/ The deadline for receipt of completed applications is midday 31 October 2008. The results of the grant programme will be announced on, or shortly after, 15 December 2008.
Faiths in Action is a £4 million grants programme open to faith, inter faith, voluntary and community sector organisations at national, regional and local levels in England. Sponsored by Communities and Local Government (CLG) and administered by the Community Development Foundation (CDF), Faiths in Action supports the Government’s aspiration to help faith communities and others to promote understanding, dialogue and develop strong and sustainable partnerships. Round one funding now available, and Grants of up to £12,000 are now available in round one, to be spent over two years from April 2009 to the end of March 2011 Click here to download the guidance notes and Click here to download the application form It is recommended that you come to one of our free briefing events in England. Click here to see times and locations of briefing events The deadline for us receiving your completed application (in electronic or paper format) and all associated paperwork in our Cambridge office is 5pm on 1 November 2008. You will know by the end of April 2009 if you have been successful. If you would like to send us a draft application before 3 October 2008, we will ask one of our consultants to comment on it. This will not guarantee it will be successful, but it will help you strengthen your application. For more details or any questions, please call the CDF helpline on 01223 400 341 or email fundingadmin@cdf.org.uk
Volunteering England funding programme is now open for applications for 2009-12:
List of what’s new: Funding news as of 16th June 2008

For Recurring Funding sources: see below

The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund

(Update 9/3/07) The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund has released its Strategic Plan 2007-2012.

Under the Refugee and Asylum Seekers Initiative, the Fund is committed to spending up to £10 million to raise awareness and highlight the needs and issues of young refugees and asylum seekers. The desired outcome is that the rights of young refugees and asylum seekers in the UK are upheld.

To view follow the link below:

http://www.theworkcontinues.org/

LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

Awarding department: Lloyds TSB

Maximum grant value: £20,000

Description: Grants to support underfunded charitable organisations in England and Wales that improve the lives of people in local communities, especially those who are disadvantaged or disabled. Priorities for funding are: Refugees and asylum seekers; supporting diversity for inclusion of people from black and minority ethnic communities; and capacity building for charities.

Timing: At any Time

For more information visit: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk or contact the East of England team on 01284 750168

LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION

Awarding department: LankellyChase Foundation

Maximum grant value: £40,000

Description: The Foundation funds community projects in the following broad priority areas: arts, breaking the cycle of abuse and deprivation, developing communities, heritage, mental health and offenders in society. In addition, there is a limited programme of support for organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers.

Timing: At any Time

For more information visit: www.lankellychase.org.uk

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PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION

Awarding department: Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Maximum grant value: £100,000

Description: Funding priorities are towards increasing access to the Arts of young people, and Arts in education including “Musical Futures”; a range of Publishing Training schemes, Education of the disaffected and disadvantaged, the Reading and Libraries Challenge Fund, and aid to young refugees and asylum seekers.

Timing: At any Time

For more information visit: www.phf.org.uk
information@phf.org.uk

Awards for All

Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme aimed at local communities. We award grants of between £500 and £10,000 in a simple and straightforward way. How can we help your organisation and community?

We can fund projects that enable people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, as well as projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.

You can apply at any time
The application form is short and simple
There are links to guidance notes and sources of help
You will be told if you are successful or not within 8 weeks

If you are planning a project and you need between £500 and £10,000 then Awards for All may be able to help you. Sometimes quite small sums of money can have a big impact. We hope these awards will make a real difference to communities.

For more information, view: http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/index.html

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Government Funding

Online portal to grants for the voluntary and community sector. Registration to governmentfunding.org.uk is entirely free and will create a personalised profile which will allow you to:

   * Receive email alerts on new and update grant schemes
   * Apply online for grant schemes relevant to you
   * Include your organisations details and search the Directory of Users
   * Save specific grant searches and information.

http://www.governmentfunding.org.uk

Access to funding

'Access to Funding' is a funding bulletin for refugee and asylum related projects. Some of the funding streams mentioned are specific to refugee and asylum projects, but most are general. The bulletin is produced by the Events and Liaison Officer for the Yorkshire and Humberside Consortium for Asylum Seekers and Refugees. You can view or download the most recent Bulletin by clicking on the 'Access to Funding' link at the bottom of the linked page

http://www.refugeeaccess.info/default.asp?step=4&pid=71

Association of Charitable Organisations

A page on the website of the Association of Charitable Organisations, listing many of the trusts in the UK.

http://www.acf.org.uk/linkstrusts.htm

COVER

Information on funding from COVER, the Community & Voluntary Forum in the East of England

http://www.cover-east.org/