Housing

Nationwide Foundation seeks applications under its Small Grants Programme (UK)
Following the review of its funding programme, the Nationwide Foundation has announced that it is currently accepting applications for funding under its Small Grants Programme. Under the programme, grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available to registered charities with a yearly income of less than £750,000. The Small Grants Programme supports projects that tackle financial exclusion affecting disadvantaged groups across the UK; and address housing issues & homelessness among vulnerable groups across the UK. Applications can be submitted at any time.
(Source: Grants Online, April 2011 Funding Newsletter)

Clore Social Leadership Programme
The Clore Social Leadership Programme is now looking for its third cohort of Fellows, who will be recruited through an open application process. To be eligible, applicants must be working in or closely with the wider social sector and will have demonstrated leadership potential in some of the work they have already undertaken.

Each Fellow benefits from a personalised programme which provides challenging opportunities for development, and is tailored to meet their individual needs.

Applications for the 2012 Fellowships will open on 18 April 2011; the deadline for completed applications is 2 June 2011.

For more details about how to apply, and to find out more about the current Fellows, visit: www.cloresocialleadership.org.uk

Val Feld Award
Applications for the 2011 award are welcomed from organisations and individuals wishing to undertake research into the issues around women, housing and homelessness; to set up or fund a feasibility study for a new project; or to help develop an existing project. The closing date is 31 May 2011. Click here to download an application form.

Crisis - Changing Lives Programme (UK)
Crisis, the national Homeless Charity has announced that the Changing Lives Programme is currently open to applications. The Crisis Changing Lives programme provides financial awards of up to £3,000 to single people who are homeless or settling into a home and looking for support so that they may achieve their vocational goals. There are three possible grants: the Education Grant; the Self Employment grant; and the Into Employment grant. All grants are transferred to local support organisations which administer and control the grant on behalf of their client. Applications are accepted throughout the year apart from during the summer period (mid July to mid September).
(Source: RegenFunding)

Help the Homeless (UK)
Help the Homeless, a national charity which aims to help homeless people throughout the United Kingdom to resume a normal life, is currently accepting applications from small and medium sized charities and voluntary organisations. Grants of up to £3,000 are available towards capital costs to support projects that assist disadvantaged individuals in their return to mainstream society, through residential or training facilities. There are four application deadlines a year.
(Source: Grants Online, Aug 10)

W G Edwards Charitable Foundation
The foundation primarily aims to provide care for the elderly. The main aim of the foundation is the provision of care for the elderly through existing charities for capital projects and for schemes of ongoing care. However, in addition the foundation aims to offer other financial support by: supporting as many projects as possible by awarding smaller grants; donating to the refurbishment and building of projects that are approaching completion instead of those in planning stages; supporting a range of older people such as those who are blind or homeless; sponsoring individuals and named items rather than contributing into a pooled fund. Further details are available from www.wgedwardscharitablefoundation.org.uk.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 99)

The Beatrice Laing Trust
The trust makes grants in the following categories: children & youth – child welfare, education, youth development; health & medicine – addiction/ rehabilitation, disability/physical handicap, emergency services, medical welfare & research, mental health/mental handicap; overseas aid – development projects, relief projects; religion – community outreach, religion: home, religion: individuals, religion: overseas; and social welfare – armed Services, community projects, crime reduction/prison welfare, elderly, housing, welfare projects. Further details are available from Elizabeth A Harley, Administrator, tel 020 8238 8890.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 100)

G D Charitable Trust
The Trust has chosen to prioritise its grant making in the following charitable areas: the relief of animal suffering; the preservation of the environment; the promotion of equal opportunities for disabled people; and the relief of the homeless. The Trust prefers to support charities registered with the Charity Commission although it will consider other organisations as long as the purpose of the grant is considered to be charitable. Further details are available from G D Charitable Trust, 50 Broadway, Westminster, London SW1H 0BL. Tel 020 7227 7000.

John Ellerman Foundation
The foundation has a special focus of interest, which is the support of charities working with older people, especially those over 75 and suffering poverty and those in isolation. Applications from national charities working with and for older people are welcome and particularly those who provide support in practical ways, specifically to: reduce isolation and combat poverty; promote health and wellbeing; encourage family and inter-generational contact; and improve the quality of housing, security and residential care. In addition to the special interest, the foundation makes grants in the following five categories: health and disability; social welfare; arts; conservation; overseas.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 88)


New funding criteria from the Nationwide Foundation
The Nationwide Foundation has announced new funding criteria for registered charities in the UK. Its new Money Matters and Homes Matter grant programmes will help tackle the issues of housing and financial exclusion. Under the programme the Foundation will make grants to registered charities that: tackle financial exclusion, affecting disadvantaged groups across the UK; address housing issues and homelessness among vulnerable groups in the UK. The Foundation's Small Grants Programme is also open for applications. It makes grants of up to £5,000 to registered charities with incomes of under £500,000 on an ongoing basis.
(Source: UK Fundraising News – Issue 242)