Submitted by John on 9 Nov 2020 - 3:58pm
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Peter Sowerby Foundation: Increasing Access Fund
The Increasing Access Fund is designed to support charities to develop new or adapt existing services that respond to the COVID-19 situation to meet local and national needs. The Fund is aimed specifically at ensuring or increasing access to key services and activities for beneficiaries who have struggled with access due to COVID-19. It will support charities to digitally enable access to services, or to adapt their delivery of existing services to comply with social distancing or other Covid-response measures.
The Increasing Access Fund was created in response to the Covid-19 crisis, with an open call for expressions of interest being announced in October 2020. The Open Call is running until 16th November 2020 at 5.00pm. Details of the fund and how to apply are here.
Charities Aid Foundation (UK): Resilience Fund
The Charities Aid Foundation is offering £20 million in financial support to charitable organisations in England to enable the continuation of services supporting the people hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 are available for small and mid-sized charities, community interest companies, social enterprises and other not-for-profit organisations working with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups including people living in poverty, Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, children and young people, people with disabilities, and those pushed into crisis because of Covid-19. Funding can cover costs such as core costs, staffing, project running costs, supplies and equipment, and communications. The deadline for applications is 12pm on the 10th November 2020.
https://www.cafonline.org/charities/grantmaking/caf-resilience-fund
Comic Relief (UK): Global Majority Fund
Comic Relief have launched a new £2.1 million Global Majority Fund to assist with Covid-19 response work within communities experiencing racial inequality. The Fund will make 10-15 investments of between £150,000 - £250,000 to charities, voluntary and community organisations and other not-for-profit groups for up to 18 months to organisations. These intermediate organisations will use the investment to make grants to smaller local organisations that are focused on addressing Covid-19 needs and priorities within BAME communities. To help applicants to the Fund, Comic Relief are organising a number of Zoom Question and Answer sessions. Details are available on the Comic Relief website. The closing date for applications is the 30th November 2020.
https://www.comicrelief.com/funding/funding-opportunities/the-global-majority-fund/
Voice4Change (England): Covid-19 Partnership Fund
Small Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) -led charities, voluntary and community groups, and social enterprises in England can apply for support to help tackle the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. Voice4Change England’s Covid-19 Partnership Fund will provide organisations with grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 to deal with emerging issues in the community, as a result of the continuing threat of coronavirus, the need for self-isolation, and potential for further exacerbation of loneliness and isolation. Funding can be used to cover running costs and small capital costs, and support for services such as foodbanks, domestic abuse and violence groups, tackling homelessness, and providing access to technology. The Voice4Change England’s Covid-19 Partnership Fund is due to re-open for applications on the 25th November 2020.
https://voice4change-england.com/covid-19-grants-programme/
UnLtd (England): Inclusive Recovery Fund
Social Entrepreneurs in England can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 to adapt to and grow their services during the challenges of the Coronavirus crisis. In recognition of the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on people from a black, asian or from a minority ethnic background, as well as disabled people, applications are encouraged from social entrepreneurs that have direct experience of the social problems affecting these communities. The funding is being made available through UnLtd, the charity for social entrepreneur's Inclusive Recovery Fund; and the closing date for applications is 5pm on the 13th November 2020.
https://www.unltd.org.uk/our-support/our/irf
Community Foundations UK
Charities, community and voluntary groups, parish and town councils, parent teacher associations and other not-for-profit organisations tackling food poverty can apply for a share of £1.5 million in funding raised through sales of the Co-op’s summer picnic range. The emergency funding will be distributed by forty-six community foundations across the UK, with awards likely to range between £2,000 and £10,000. Local organisations best placed to support people and communities affected by food poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic such as foodbanks, volunteer centres, food delivery services, programmes that tackle food waste, and holiday hunger schemes can all apply for support to help them continue their work. The deadline for applications is the 13th November 2020.
https://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/our-programmes/coopfunding
Baring Foundation (UK): Strengthening Civil Society Programme
The Baring Foundation has announced three new funding streams as part of its £1 million Strengthening Civil Society Programme to support their grant holders and broader civil society when taking legal action related to Covid-19. Grants of up to £40,000 are available to all registered charities, including current grant holders, with legal expertise in the area they work in to help protect vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals from the impact of covid-19. The deadline for this round is midday on the 17th November 2020.
Two further streams of funding will support both current grant holders and other previous funding recipients with grants of up to £5,000 to help organisations severely affected by the coronavirus, and grants of up to £30,000 to help with the increase in demand for advice from frontline organisations. Eligible organisations will be contacted directly for these two funds.
Allchurches Trust (UK): Hope Beyond
In response to the coronavirus, the Allchurches Trust is making funding available to churches, Christian Charities, cathedrals and Christian denominational bodies to enable them to meet changing needs within their communities and to adapt to challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic. The Hope Beyond Programme are making grants of up to £50,000 available to help religious organisations implement new ways of working and introduce new and/or enhanced support and activities to meet changing need. The Programme will look to address three themes: the issues of loneliness and isolation; growing community resilience and promoting mental and emotional health and wellbeing; and growing technological capability and resilience. Funding can be used for capital projects and some revenue costs. Applications can be made at any time.
http://www.allchurches.co.uk/what-we-fund/hopebeyond/
Isla Foundation (UK): Tipping Point Grants Scheme
Community groups and small to medium sized organisations can apply for grants of up to £40,000 for projects and activities addressing homelessness. This can include tackling the root causes, tackling re-insertion in society or developing a response to the challenges which have arisen as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The funding is being made available by the Isla Foundation’s Tipping Point Grants scheme and can be used to help fund capital costs (e.g. building and land improvements), staff costs, activities, equipment, one-time events, and other core costs needed to support the project. Organisations are encouraged to collaborate. The deadline for applications is the 12th November 2020.
https://islafoundation.com/our-grants/grants-opportunities/tipping-point-grants/
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (England): Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund
Homelessness, faith, community and voluntary sector organisations can now apply for funding of between £10,000 and £100,000 to provide single room and COVID-19 secure accommodation for people experiencing homelessness this winter. The £2 million Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund will award grants to support traditional, dormitory-style night shelter provision and will seek to produce a legacy for the future of winter homelessness support. The Fund is open to organisations in England directly working with people experiencing homelessness, and where more than 50 per cent of beneficiaries are people experiencing homelessness. Applicants must have an annual turnover of up to £5 million. The closing date for applications is the 2nd December 2020 mat 1pm.
Comic Relief (UK): Capacity Building Grants Scheme
Charities, voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises and CIC’s in England which have been negatively impacted by Covid-19 can apply for grants of up to £1,000 to help them rebuild their capacity to meet the needs of their local community. The funding is being made available through the Comic Relief’s Capacity Building Grants Scheme and will support projects within their four strategic themes and can be used for a wide range of activities, such as: training; increasing delivery capacity through additional volunteer recruitment; and developing strategies to help rebuild and move forward such as fundraising strategies, and developing new delivery plans. To be eligible, applicants will need to have an annual income of less than £250,000. Applications can be made at any time.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Arts-based Learning Fund
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Arts-based Learning Fund re-opened to applications on the 30th October 2020.
The Foundation will accept applications from arts organisations that are working with schools, colleges and other formal education settings to enhance the lives, development and achievements of children and young people through high quality arts-based learning activities.
Charities, community organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies can apply for grants of between £30,000 and £400,000 for two to three-year projects. The Foundation is particularly interested in funding work for the benefit of primary-age children and work taking place in areas of social and economic deprivation and inequality outside of London. https://www.phf.org.uk/funds/arts-based-learning-fund/#purpose-of-the-fund
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
The Elephant Trust: Innovative Visual Arts (UK)
The Elephant Trust has announced that their fund has re-opened. The Trust offers grants to artists and for new, innovative visual arts projects. It aims to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when confronted by a lack of funds. The Trust supports projects that develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts. Grants of up to £5,000 are available. http://elephanttrust.org.uk/docs/theguide.html
The next deadline for applications is the 25th January 2021
