INTRODUCTION
There was excellent feedback
to the first issue of the Partnership's Funding Newsletter
and we hope this second issue will be equally useful
in your search for project funding.
If you can suggest other sources of funding of interest to the
Newsletter's readers, please send details so that they can
be included in the next edition. The copy date for issue
3 will be 1st July 2005 Please also pass this issue
to anyone who may find it of interest.
Catherine Lloyd, Tayside Biodiversity Co-ordinator
Environment Services, Pullar House, 35 Kinnoull Street. Perth. PH1 5GD
Tel: 01738 475273
Email: Tayside.biodiversity@ukf.net |
BIODIVERSITY ACTION GRANT SCHEME
The closing date
for applications for the next round of BAGS grants
is now the end of March. Enquiries to the Scottish
Biodiversity Forum team - Tel: 0131 244 4071 or check out the Scottish Executive's website:
www.scotland.gov.uk/biodiversity |
FUNDING LATEST
Awards for All Scotland have announced various changes including:
A new application pack and a shorter 6 page application
form A shorter turnaround time for applications. This
is currently 6 weeks The income limit
of £20,000 for organisations has been removed, except for arts and sports projects
(though the Community Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund
will give a lower priority for larger organisations) Foreign trips can now be funded, except if the trip
has an arts and sports focus.
Chances of Success -The number of applications to Awards
for All has dropped in the last h o years by 37% but those
applying have increased their chances of successfrom 55%
to 70%. First time applicants have an even higher chance
of success at 76%. However, 30% of groups have their application forms rehrned to them as they are incomplete. The main reasons are not including an original bank statement,
sending the wrong set of accounts or not meeting the
aims of the scheme.
The new form can be downloaded
from: www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland
European Social Fund (ESF) Objective 3 Programme 2000-2006
This programme supports training and development activlty across
Lowland Scotland. There are 5 Priorities and within these
specific Measures for eligible activlty.
Measure 2.3 (addressing Rural Exclusion), Measure 2.4 (Capacity
Building), Priorii 3 (Lifelong Learning), Measures 4A.1,
4B.1, (Competitive Economy) and Priority 5 (Addressing Gender Imbalance) are on a rolling programme
ie projects can be submitted at any time and have a shorter approval period.
New changes just announced indicate that the rolling programme
will continue until all funds are committed. Applications
can still be submitted any time, but will not be
assessed on a quarterly rather than ol~goingb asis. You should
aim to submit a bid as early as possible but at least four
weeks prior to the date of the advisory group meeting. If
the number of recommended approvals is greater than the funds available, a reserve list will be drawn up.
| Application Dates |
Decision |
| 21 December-21 March 2005 |
25 April 2005 |
| 22 March-20 June 2005 |
25 July 2005 |
| 21 June-1 9 September 2005 |
24 October 2005 |
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HERITAGE FUNDS
Heritage Lottery
Fund Bursaries
The Scheme - work based training and skills development to
address the decline in traditional crail skills eg drystone
walling, masonry or customer services at heritage sites.
Eligibility - community organisations, companies and
local authorities are all eligible to apply.
To Apply - applications will be in two stages - the first stage
requires only expressions of interest. For further information,
visit website: www. hlf.org.uk/hlfbursaries or email:
hlfbursaries@hlf.org.uk or telephone Clare Bridgewater
on 020 7591 6024. |
THE MacROBERT
TRUST
The Scheme-the major categories under which the trustees consider
support are: youth, science and technology; services
and sea; ex-servicemen's hospital and homes education;
disabled and handicapped; community welfare.
Minor categories include: agriculture and horticulture; arts and music; medical care.
Amount-Grants vary but mostly between £5,000 and f
10,000. Occasionally trustees make a recurring grant of up to three years.
Eligibilit-voluntary organisations which need funds to complement
those already received from central government and
local authority sources. However, this is not to say that the trust makes a grant where statutory bodies fail to provide.
Will make corelrwenue grants where appropriate but favour projects.
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FRESH FUTURES
Fresh Futures disbibutes
Lottery monies under the Transforming your Space programme
in Scotland. The programme offers funding for projects
that:
Improve the quallty or appearance of the local environment.
For example projects may tackle local eyesores and pollution, or address the safety and
design of the street environment, or tackle litter, graffiti and vandalism.
Transform or create green and open spaces for use by local
people. Public green and open spaces cover a range of types, from play areas and river margins to
public parks.
Create or improve local walking or cycling routes that
offer recreational opportunities, or provide a safer and more
pleasant route to services and should contribute to the reduction of traffic pollution and congestion.
Create or upgrade a local public garden amenity that
brings social, environmental and economic benefits for the community.
Increase the sustainability of community assets. For example,
projects might ??? Community building, improve its surroundings, or make it easier for the
community to manage.
If you want to find out more about the programme or the event
or discuss your project ideas, contact Linda Caston, External Funding Officer on 01 307 473760. |
MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS
The
Scheme - an award for museums, galleries, science and discovery
centres to encourage them to breathe new life into existing collections
and exhibitions.
Eligibility -all applicants should be registered charities or either
not-for-proft organisations, open to the public and with permanent
collections or displays.
Amount-Between autumn 2004 and spring 2006 £1 million will
be available to support new approaches to existing colections and
displays. Eligible organisations are invited to apply
for funding from £2,000 up to £80,000, or £120,000
for Organisations working in parhership.
To Appy-contact NESTA, Fishermongers' Chambers, 110 Upper Thames
Street, London EC4R 3TW, phone the enquiry line on
020 7645 9538 or go to www.nesta.org.uk/illuminatel
Dleadline-10 January 2005 with two further rounds in 2005. |
FREE BANKING
Community Directplus
is a free banking service provided by the Co-operative
Bank and aimed at community groups. The bank has also
set up a donation fund available for customers of
the new account giving them the opportunity to apply
for project funding to support their own by calling 0800 783 4741 or call Martin Honor on 01 61 829 5072. |
LOAN FINANCE
Loan finance offers
a flexible and complementary way of funding. It could be used as
bridging
finance when grant funding is delayed, to cover shortfalls in funding
or to buy premises or equipment. A guide to using loans for community
benefit has been published by Social Investment Scotland and the
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
The following organisations
also lend to charitable enterprises.
Social Investment Scotland—provide
loan finance to not for profit distributing organisations.
The Charity
Bank—for communities and organisations that
commercial lenders can’t or won’t assist.
Triodos
Bank—professional, competitive, financial services
to charities across Europe.
Unity Trust Bank—a specialist
bank for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.
Esmee
Fairbairn Foundation– they have a £3 million
funding offering loans to the UK voluntary sector. |
GRANT MAKING TRUSTS
Co-op Community
Dividend Fund—grants
of up to £3,000 for projects that fulfil a community need
and give long-term benefit.
Foundation for Sports and Arts—Assists
the creation or maintenance of facilities and opportunities for
the general community
to assist arts or sports provision that the community can enjoy.
Phone 0151 259 5505.
The Gannochy Trust—concentrates on
the needs of youth and recreation but supports a wide range of
causes but with a
preference for the Perth area. Phone 01738 620653.
Lloyds TSB
Foundation for Scotland—supports a wide range
of activities that fall within the broad areas of Social and
Community Needs, and Education and Training.
Scottish Community
Project Fund—grants of up to 31,500
for community-led organisations wishing to employ an architect
or other professional to prepare a feasibility study for building
or environmental improvement projects. |
CSV ACTION EARTH
A grant of
up to £50
is available to Community Groups to support a local environmental
project. The grant promotion runs from January to June.
www.actionearth.org.uk |
WIDER ACCESS FUND
The Scheme—new guidelines are now available and priorities
for the fund are tackling poverty, building safer, stronger communities
and helping to support people back into work. Projects may involve
health, educational achievement, community safety, helping people
into jobs, transport, environmental initiatives affordable credit,
building confidence.
Eligibility—registered social landlords or voluntary organisations
specifically supporting RSL’s wider role activities.
Amount—£8
million is available this financial year.
To Apply—for guidelines
and further details www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/Web/Site/Whatwedo/Wider_Role.asp
To discuss your project idea and get help with your application
contact Callum McNicoll, Communities Scotland, 5/F Nethergate
Business Centre, 35 Yeaman Shore, Dundee, DD1 4BU. Tel: 01382
427500 callum.mcnicoll@communitiesscotland.gsi.gov.uk
Deadline—None |
NEW IDEAS FUND
The Scheme— provides grants to community and voluntary groups in disadvantaged
areas or working with disadvantaged groups to assess the feasibility of new ideas
and to develop and build support for new and innovative approaches to regeneration.
Examples of things that the New Ideas Fund could help pay for are: developing
and testing new ideas, raising awareness of an idea, assessing the feasibility
of an idea, building confidence within the community to take the idea forward
or getting help from consultants to assess the feasibility of an idea.
Eligibility—To qualify for a grant, applications must aim to develop new
ideas that: are innovative, contribute to regeneration at a local level, respond
to local needs and priorities, have the support of local people, as well as giving
value for money.
Amount—between £100 and £5,000 is available.
To Apply—you must contact your local Communities Scotland Area Office to
discuss your idea before you complete and submit an application form. Contact
Suzi Fox, Social Justice Team, 5/F Nethergate Business Centre, 35 Yeaman Shore,
Dundee, DD1 4BU. Tel: 01382 427515.
Deadline—None. |
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WHOLE FARM REVIEW
The Scheme—a pilot scheme to help farmers improve their businesses is to
be extended across Scotland.
Amount—80% grant assistance towards the cost of a business review by accredited
farm business advisers, up to a cost of 31,450.
To Apply—contact Herb McLeod, Farm Business Advisor at the Business Gateway
Angus, 61 Marketgate, Arbroath, Tel: 01241 870563 or email herb.mcleod@bgateway.co.uk
Deadline—applications will be considered on a first come, first served
basis, up to the limit of the budget available. |
TUDOR TRUST
The Tudor Trust (www.tudortrust.org.uk) This trust offer grants of between £10,000—£60,000
and a minimum of £1,000 and a few over £100,000. They are quite specific
about what they fund and change their funding priorities every 6 months. From
October 2004—March 2005 they will include; Community—community resources/centres
set up and run by locals, community managed green spaces in urban areas, gypsy/traveller
communities. |
TAYSIDE RURAL DEVELOPMENT FACILITATORS
PROJECT
The Scheme—to support groups and seed corn funding for activities that
benefit rural Tayside. Grants to fund work that enhances the capability of rural
communities and businesses to jointly identify and develop opportunities that
will contribute to their economic and social infrastructure.
Eligibility—rural community organisations or groups of small businesses
that have/intend to have a joint working agreement. The eligible area in Angus
is upland Angus—the Angus glens down to and including Kirriemuir and Brechin.
Examples of recent projects are:
Glenisla Group—grant to help a group of businesses regenerate their area
(June 2004)
Amount—maximum £10,000
To Apply—to discuss your project, contact Prue Dowie, Project Officer for
Angus on 01307 473770 or by email on dowiep@angus.gov.uk
Deadline—none, but this project ends 31 December 2005 |
THE WOMEN'S
FUND
The Scheme—funding for community organisations supporting women’s
personal development or involvement in their communities.
Eligibility—Groups should have a constitution and the project should have
a social welfare or a community development theme, eg encouraging women to improve
their local communities. Grants will be awarded to organisations run by and for
women and organisations which seek to support and empower women.
Amount—small grants of up to £1,000 and main grants of up to £5,000.
To Apply—download an application form and the accompanying guidance notes
from www.scottishcommunityfoundation.com/grants/womensfund/ from the Main Grants
or Small Grants sections. Alternatively, contact the Scottish Community Foundation
at 126 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD tel: 0131 524 0300 or 0141 2256670.
Deadline—31 December 2004. For grants for events for International Women’s
Day on 8 March 2005 the deadline for applications is 15 January 2005.
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TUBNEY TRUST
The scheme—supports the conservation of the natural environment through
achievement of Biodiversity Action Plan targets and improvement of the welfare
of farmed animals both in the UK and internationally. Land acquisition, landowner
advisory projects and endangered species protection are eligible for funding
if the project is focused on high current or potential biodiversity value.
Amount—minimum £30,000—no maximum level of grant, though sums
are finite.
To apply—contact The Tubney Charitable Trust, First Floor, Front Wing,
30-31 Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1DX. Tel: 0118 958 6100, Email: info@tubney.org.uk
or go to www.tubney.org.uk where you may apply on line for stage one.
Deadline—There is a rolling two-stage application process. Second stage
detailed applications are by invitation only. |
RURAL TAYSIDE
LEADER
The Scheme—to assist rural communities by improving the quality of life
and economic prosperity. The key theme of the Rural Tayside programme is ‘adding
value to local products in particular by facilitating market access for small
production units by way of collective actions’. There is a supplementary
theme of ‘use of know how and new technology to make products and services
more competitive’. Priority areas are: agriculture and food, forestry,
craft industries, creative and cultural industries and tourism. In addition there
is a focus on community enterprise. This is predominantly a revenue grant programme
although small amounts of capital investments may be allowed.
Eligibility—rural community groups and groups of small businesses may apply.
Certain rural areas, mainly south of Forfar, are ineligible so please check.
Amount—up to a maximum of 50% of project costs.
To apply—contact Gillian Lochhead at Scottish Enterprise Tayside, North
Lindsay Street, Dundee on 01382 305562.
Deadline—11 March 2005 and every two months thereafter. Decisions will
be announced after 12th May. |
VISIT SCOTLAND
CHALLENGE FUND
Visitscotland Challenge Fund—NEW GRANT
The Scheme—a new fund to support collaborative marketing activities from
groups of businesses in the tourism industry to extend current marketing activity
or test a new market or activity which could bring additional visitors.
It is one year funding for UK wide marketing activity eg print production, advertising,
attending trade events/exhibitions, direct mail, on-line communications, market
research. A minimum of three organisations must be involved.
Amount—maximum of 50% costs from £2.5k—£50k.
To apply—contact Angus and Dundee Tourist Board, Castle Street, Dundee,
DD1 3AA, Tel: 01382 527527 or email: enquiries@angusanddundee.co.uk to discuss
your project and receive an application form. Further details on the fund and
a sample application form are also available from their website at this address.
www.scotexchange.net/business_development/challenege_fund.htm. |
TREES FOR SCHOOLS
The Tree Council provides grants for projects costing up to £700 (25% of
the costs must come from the school and evidence for this funding must be submitted
with the application). The deadline for applications seeking funding in 2005
is the 31st of May. All applications will be considered together after this date.
Tree planting will take place during National Tree Week, 23rd November to 4th
December 2005 and should involve the school’s pupils. More information
and application forms are available from:
www.treecouncil.org.uk |
PUBLICATIONS
Getting value from consultants—a practical guide for trustees
A step-by-step guide to getting value from consultants, from project inception
to contract completion
By T. Akpeki and T. Temkin pbk 20 pages. ISBN 07199 1623 2 Price £7.99
How to spin your greenspace project and secure resources
A resource pack detailing 47 funding sources for greenspace projects is now available
to download free of charge from the Greenspace Scotland website at www.greenspacescotland.org.uk |
WEBSITES
Angus Association of Voluntary Organisations has a revamped website and a new
website address. It is now at www.aavo.org.uk
Environment Awards.net is a fast, effective way to find funding for community-led
projects on waste minimisation, recycling and resource management. This database
already contains info on over 100 grants, so register for free and take a look
at www.enviromentalawards.net/envawards/awardsearch/
Http://www.angus.gov.uk/externalfunding/default.html takes you to the Angus Funding
News online.
Online news about Scotland’s rural community is available at www.ruralgateway.org.uk
and there is also a useful funding section. You can also sign up for their free
regular email alert service.
Big Lottery Fund www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
New Opportunities Fund www.nof.org.uk
Community Fund www.community-fund.org.uk
Awards for All www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland
Heritage Lottery Fund www.hlf.org.uk
Scottish Arts Council |
FUNDING CONTACTS
If you live or work in Angus and require help with looking or applying for funding
contact-
Alison Smith, External Funding Manager
Tel: 01307 473752
Email: smithaj@angus.gov.uk
In Dundee Contact:
Diane Milne, Senior Policy Officer
Tel: 01382 434653
Email: diane.milne@dundeecity.gov.uk |
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL
RENEWAL SCHEME (CERS) 2004-2007
The Scheme—to support community based projects that:
Improve the local environment for communities within 5 miles of a quarry or communities
which have been impacted by quarrying
Involve the local community and demonstrate social and/or economic benefit to
the local community
Eligibility
a). Projects within 5 miles of a quarry do not need to demonstrate a link with
quarrying, but have to fit within the following themes:
Landscape and community recreation
Habitat restoration and local biodiversity
Protection of historic environment
Pollution mitigation
Geological work
or
b). Projects more than 5 miles from a quarry will be eligible if they address
some impact of quarrying activity and fit within one of 5 themes listed above
(eg visual impact, noise, dust, pollution, transport, loss of habitat). This
would mainly apply to routes affected by quarry traffic.
Only quarries that pay the Aggregates Levy will be considered. Disused quarries
will count provided that they would have been subject to the levy had they been
in operation today. However, sites that have been inactive since 1950 are excluded,
unless you can demonstrate a continuing effect.
Amount—grants ranging from £5k—£50k have been given in
the past—£4.1m is available.
To Apply—application form and guidance notes are available by phoning 0141
222 5650 or from www.forward-scotland.org.uk.
Deadlines—approximately quarterly until 14th June 2006 |
And Finally – please
let us know what you’re doing for biodiversity in Tayside.
Please contact:
Catherine Lloyd, Tayside Biodiversity Co-ordinator
Environment Services, Pullar House, 35 Kinnoull Street. Perth. PH1 5GD
Tel: 01738 475273
Email: Tayside.biodiversity@ukf.net |
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