Awards for All England is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. They award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and 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

• You will be told if you are successful or not within eight weeks

www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/index.html

The Batty Charitable Trust (BCT) is a grant making Trust. Its income is derived from gifts made by the Estate of the late Christina Batty (otherwise known as Christina Foyle). The BCT will generally support smaller charities in the UK and especially those working at grass roots and local community level. They normally award one year grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to charities which can demonstrate that such a grant will make a significant difference to their work.

There are no deadlines for submission and applications will be received throughout the year. For details on how to apply visit www.battycharitabletrust.org.uk or tel: 0207 405 0225.

The Irish Youth Foundation supports organisations in the UK that work to improve the lives of Irish children and young people with grants of between £500 and £25,000. Activities supported include employment and training schemes, help for young offenders, educational, social and cultural acivities. Projects funded in the past include promoting Gaelic Games to socially deprived young people in the West Midlands, promoting play and youth provision for young Irish travellers and supporting Irish Arts and Education programmes, etc.

The closing date for funding in 2009 is 5th December 2008.

www.iyf.org.uk/grants.html

The next deadline for BBC Children in Need is 15 January 2009, with grant decisions and notifications expected in late April. The new grant application form and guidance will be available from 17 October 2008 via its website. You can also sign up through the website for an email alert which will notify you when the new grant materials are available.

Visit the BBC Children in Need website at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/charity/grants.shtmlor email pudsey@bbc.co.uk for more information.

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust is seeking applications to the second round of its 2008 grant programme to support organisations throughout the UK and overseas for work in Music and the Arts or Overseas projects. Once this application round is over the priority changes for 2009 to organisations involved in community projects or disability-related work. Grants are generally for between £1000 and £10,000.

The final closing date for Music and the Arts or Overseas projects is 1 November. Community or disability-related projects will first be considered after a closing date of 1 June 2009, with a second closing date of 1 November 2009.

For more information, visit

www.austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk

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

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 …