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The second round for funding applications to the Community Radio Fund in 2008/09 will open on 5 November 2008 and close on 2 December 2008

The Fund has been established to help fund the core costs of running a community radio station. These not-for-profit radio stations have a social purpose, and work to involve their target community in running the service. While some of the activities undertaken by a station such as training, may attract funding more easily than other types of activity, it is recognised that the essential core work involved in running a station is the most difficult for which to find funding. This is what the Community Radio Fund has been set up to provide help for. These core functions might include, for example:

Fundraising to support the station (e.g. grants, commercial funding), management, administration, financial management & reporting, community outreach, volunteer organisation and support

Application form and guidelines: www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/Communityfund/

Deadline: 2 December 2008

If you’re 13 to 19 years old and live in England, Mediabox can give you the opportunity to develop and produce creative media projects for film, television, radio, online and multi media platforms.Mediabox is for you to express your opinions, ideas and views, gain new skills and get your voices heard.
Mediabox offers three different types of grants ranging from £1000 to £40,000 to create and distribute youth-led media projects that express young people’s ideas and/or views in a creative way, using their preferred media platform.

Who can apply?
There are two types of grants offered by Mediabox:

• Mid Mediabox and Big Mediabox - open to youth and/or media focused organisations

Mediabox can only award grants to organisations and young people in England.

http://www.media-box.co.uk/

deadline: 31 January 2008, 31st August

The Ernest Cook Trust make grants from £500 to £15,000 for educational purposes to organisations which are charitable or not-for-profit. The trustees have chosen to concentrate their assistance on the educational aspects of the arts, crafts through education of young people and research devoted to these areas of work.

www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk

Small organisations could gain a new exemption from rules governing the playing of copyrighted music in public. The Intellectual Property Office is consulting on proposals to change copyright rules and smaller organisations could be exempted from paying the performing rights licence.

 More at www.ipo.gov.uk/press/press-release/press-release-2008/press-release-20080701.htm

PROMOTE and ADVERTISE your road-shows, funding briefings, workshops and other events to help local groups find and secure funding for their activities.  All you need to do is send the details of your event (what, when, where, contact info. etc) and the information may be included in future Funding Bulletins and possibly added to Warwickshire County Council’s grants and funding events webpage.

Please email the information to: regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk

The DSC publishes independent and well-researched books on topics relevant to the charity and voluntary sector.

You can buy books on-line by browsing the publications A-Z page of their website.  There are also numerous other publications available on-line relating to Fundraising Techniques.  If you wish to view or purchase books please click on the following link: http://www.dsc.org.uk/Publications/Fundraisingtechniques

NEW!  A Special Update Feature is published on a monthly basis by Grantfinder – the web-based funding information database.  If you would like a copy of the latest article – ‘Engaging Volunteers – All You Need to Know’ – please send your request to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk or call 01926 412228.

 FREE FUNDING SEARCHES

The Warwickshire County Council Funding & Grants Team are more than happy to carry out a GRANTFINDER SEARCH for you.  In order for the search to be successful it’s important you tell us:

• Who the applicant is
• The location/postcode of the project
• How much is required
• The purpose of the project 

The more you tell us, the more we can help you in your search for funds.

If you receive this Bulletin by post and would like information from any of the web links please send your request to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk or call 01926 412228.  Alternatively, if you would prefer to receive this bulletin by email please send your name and email address to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will update our records.

GRANTS AND FUNDING WEB PAGES - keep up to date in between issues of this bulletin at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/grants

You can also carry out your own search for funds online using Grantnet …

Hi, Everyone.

I would like to introduce Vicky Fowler to you. She is a seventeen year old volunteer I have been working with recently who applied for v cash point money and was successful.

Details  from Vicky about her project are below.

Please can you support her by emailing this email to all your contacts. She is particularly looking for young people with talent to perform at her show on 11th September at the Bedworth Civic Hall. She already has a few dancers and singers, but welcomes more people at the auditions.  In particular she is looking for more male singers to duet with females to songs from the musicals.The young people can be from all areas of Warwickshire.

So if you know of a young person with a talent - get them involved - or you might know a performance group - orchestra, marching band, acting or dance group.

She also wants to invite groups of people to come and watch the show. Tickets are FREE, so if you work with a group of  people - this could be a great cheap night out. The audience can be of any age.

Read more in the Heartland Evening News http://www.hen-news.co.uk/heartlandnews/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=325324

If you know of anybody who might be interested the Senses performance group contact details are below or you can contact myself on 07778 218525 / michelle.black@nwcvs.org.uk.

Many Thanks  

Michelle Black

Volunteer Coordinator

Youth Volunteering

01827 711102 / 07778 218525

NEW!!!  reVOLve -  the vinvolved project for Nuneaton and North Warwickshire

(replacing Millennium Volunteers)

check out our website www.nwvolunteers.co.uk

Listed below are some useful websites to help you in your search for funding:

www.green-space.org.uk – gives information on various green space topics as well as a funding search facility ranging from Arts to Wildlife and a newsletter option.

www.practicalfunding.com – a practical guide to successful fundraising for schools.  Sign up to a monthly magazine, containing up-to-date and accurate information about all the sources of extra funding from which your school could benefit.

www.governmentfunding.org.uk – the site is an online portal to grants for the voluntary and community sector from various Government funders.

http://www.schoolfundfinder.co.uk - sources grants from public, private, charitable and European sectors.  Try out this site if you’re looking for support for building projects, school activities, community partnerships, training, or equipment

 NEW!  A Special Update Feature is published on a monthly basis by Grantfinder – the web-based funding information database.  If you would like a copy of the latest article – ‘Engaging Volunteers – All You Need to Know’ – please send your request to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk or call 01926 412228.

PUBLICATIONS:

DIRECTORY of SOCIAL CHANGE

 The DSC publishes independent and well-researched books on topics relevant to the charity and voluntary sector.

You can buy books on-line by browsing the publications A-Z page of their website.  There are also numerous other publications available on-line relating to Fundraising Techniques.  If you wish to view or purchase books please click on the following link: http://www.dsc.org.uk/Publications/Fundraisingtechniques

PROMOTE and ADVERTISE your road-shows, funding briefings, workshops and other events to help local groups find and secure funding for their activities.  All you need to do is send the details of your event (what, when, where, contact info. etc) and the information may be included in future Funding Bulletins and possibly added to Warwickshire County Council’s grants and funding events webpage.

Please email the information to: regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk

FREE FUNDING SEARCHES

The Warwickshire County Council Funding & Grants Team are more than happy to carry out a GRANTFINDER SEARCH for you.  In order for the search to be successful it’s important you tell us:

• Who the applicant is
• The location/postcode of the project
• How much is required
• The purpose of the project 

The more you tell us, the more we can help you in your search for funds.

If you receive this Bulletin by post and would like information from any of the web links please send your request to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk or call 01926 412228.  Alternatively, if you would prefer to receive this bulletin by email please send your name and email address to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will update our records.

GRANTS AND FUNDING WEB PAGES - keep up to date in between issues of this bulletin at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/grants

You can also carry out your own search for funds online using Grantnet …

SEARCH FOR FUNDS on the INTERNET

The National Lottery have a quick and easy to use internet search facility.  All you have to do is answer four simple questions about your project and the funding search will find funding programmes that best match your project.  Once you submit the form the search results are displayed instantly, in the order of relevance to the criteria you have chosen.  on the following link

Please visit the following website to start your search:

http://www.lotteryfunding.org.uk/uk/funding-internet-search.htm

 LOTTERY FUNDERS LISTING

What is a Lottery funder?

For every £1 that the public spends on Lottery tickets 28 pence goes to the Lottery good causes. These are the arts, charities and voluntary groups, heritage, health, education, the environment and sports. Lottery funders are the organisations that distribute the good causes money to local communities and national projects.  (The Millennium Commission is not listed here because they are not open to applications for grants.) 

Follow the links below to find out more about what type of work The Lottery funds and who to contact if you wish to apply. You can also see examples of funded projects. 

Arts Council England - is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.

Awards for All - is a Lottery grants programme aimed at local communities.

Big Lottery Fund - is committed to improving communities and  the lives of people most in need.

Heritage Lottery Fund - uses money from the National Lottery to give grants for a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom.

NESTA - (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) investing in innovators and working to improve the climate for creativity in the UK.

Olympic Lottery Distributor - The Olympic Lottery Distributor’s remit is to support the delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympic Lottery Distributor is not currently running any open funding rounds.

Sport England - invests in projects that help people to start, stay and succeed in sport and physical activity at every level.

Sports Council for Wales - is the national organisation responsible for developing and promoting sport and active lifestyles.

UK Film Council - As the lead agency for film, the UK Film Council aims to stimulate a competitive, successful and vibrant UK film industry and culture, both now and for the future.

UK Sport - Working in partnership to lead sport in the UK to world-class success.