Funding opportunities

If your organisation is looking for funding the following list gives details on grant schemes which are available to the third sector in Wales. The list is intended as a guide only and further information is available from the contact or website address provided. Please check the criteria fully before applying for funding.

For further advice or information on applying for grants please visit the sections on getting help or grants – fit for funding

Ideas Fund Green
The Ideas Fund has launched a new Green Fund and is offering eight awards of £5,000 to young people for creative projects that either address green issues or are produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. It is open to any person aged 16-25 living in the UK. Projects should offer new angles on climate change or produce art in an eco-friendly fashion. The art medium is irrelevant: it can be film, theatre, photography, other visual arts, music, poetry etc. Projects must take place between September 2010 and March 2011. Further details are available from www.ideastap.com/Opportunities/Brief/3de37c56-4a42-441c-8f12-9da300fdd748#Overview. The closing date for applications is 9 August 2010.
(Source: fundinginformation.org, 16/7/10)

ITV Wales News Content Fund
The ITV Wales News Content Fund will bring your story ideas to life. They are looking to fund community groups, students, lone film-makers, freelance journalists and others to showcase their stories and ideas on ITV Wales News. They want to hear from different voices who will bring a new perspective to their coverage of the news of Wales. You should provide a short synopsis that explains your story. You should email this to Sue Williams at sue.williams@itvwales.com. In particular, you should be aware of what is already in the public domain in Wales – and make clear to ITV Wales what elements of your story are new.

They are looking for stories that celebrate the people, culture and landscape of Wales, supported by investigations, exclusives and unique access. Remember that ITV Wales has a significant internal newsgathering, current affairs and general programming team – so don’t offer stories likely to be covered better or quicker by their in house teams. Once they are interested in your story, they will arrange a face-to-face meeting.

Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust
The Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust is open for applications from groups delivering regional project. The rules have been changed. The three changes are: individual rounds for each size of organisation; a change in the amounts that can be applied for and there is a word count on the applications. All other aspects remain the same. The four programme areas for grants are: sport, the arts, the environment and the community.

The three separate rounds for each category of application are as follows:

Regional: for organisations who have a remit to serve a region of Wales or a local authority area can apply for up to £7,500. Deadline date is 6 September (noon).

Local: for organisations who have a remit to serve their local community or town can apply for up to £2,500. Deadline date is 22 December 2010 (noon).

National: for organisations who have a remit to serve the whole of Wales and can apply for up to £12,500. The scheme is open from early March until Friday 22 April 2011 (noon).

Please note if you have been awarded a grant then you cannot re apply until 3 years after the date of your offer letter.

The updated application form and guidelines are available from www.millenniumstadiumtrust.co.uk.

Nationwide Foundation Small Grants Programme (UK)
The Nationwide Foundation makes grants to registered UK charities which offer financial and/or housing related support to survivors of domestic abuse and older people. The funding programmes under which the Foundation makes grants to survivors of domestic abuse and older people includes developing financial capability and fighting financial exclusion and to support housing needs. Priority is given to applications for work engaging families of beneficiaries; applications for work which fits more than one objective and work supporting those groups identified who are from deprived areas. The maximum grant available is £5,000 and to be eligible, applicants need to be registered charities with an annual turnover of below £500,000. Applications can be submitted at any time.
(Source: Grants Online Funding Newsletter, July 10)

Research and Innovation Grants (UK)
The Nuffield Foundation is inviting applications through its Research and Innovation Grants programme. The Foundation supports charitable and non-profit organisations with creative ideas to identify change or interventions which will have a practical impact for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. There are currently three grant programmes that support research and innovation for beneficial social change, these are; Law in Social Society - this programme promotes access to, and understanding of, the civil justice system; Children and Families - this programme helps to ensure that the legal and institutional framework is best adapted to meet the needs of children and families; and Open Door - this programme is for projects that advance social well being, but lie outside their main programme areas. Grants normally range between £5,000 and £150,000.
(Source: Grants Online Funding Newsletter, July 10)

Shell Springboard Fund
Support is available to small to medium-sized enterprises across the UK that have innovative ideas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Business ideas should be for a product or service that will lead to greenhouse gas reductions and the idea should be innovative and commercially viable. Awards are offered between £20,000 and £40,000 in three UK events. Applications are accepted from sole traders, partnerships, limited companies and community interest companies (including government and university spin-outs) that have less than 250 employees. The deadline for receipt of applications is 5 November 2010.
(Source: Grantfinder Update Bulletin, 21/7/10)

BTCV Green Hero Awards
Does your community group help look after your local environment? Then here’s a chance to thank your volunteers, gain recognition and win an award worth up to £500. The BTCV Green Hero Awards celebrate the hard work and achievements of people looking after their local green spaces. Deadline for nominations is 16 August. Further details are available from www.btcv.org.

Kerrygold Community Awards
Want to find out what the great British public thinks of your work? Then enter the Kerrygold Community Awards. The winners will get up to £2,000. Entries are open to any local project in the UK that is staffed by members of that community. The most interesting requirement is that projects should not be attached to national registered charities. Projects are divided into categories: the arts; sport and well-being; helping others; area regeneration, nature and the environment; sustainable living; teaching skills; encouraging community gatherings; other. Entry is open to community projects based in the UK aimed at helping the immediate community in which they are based and staffed by members of that community. Further details are available from www.kerrygoldcommunityawards.co.uk.
(Source: fundinginformation.org, 16/7/10)