Older people

Managing Money Better
Comic Relief has launched a new grants programme: Managing Money Better. The programme is particularly focused on addressing the many ways in which people over 65 are often disadvantaged due to complexities in understanding financial matters, are often exposed to the dangers of financial abuse, and the difficulties involved in making ends meet while coping with rising prices. The programme will be open for applications from 16 January 2012, with a closing date of 17 February. There will also be a second cycle in April 2012. If you would like to discuss the programme, please contact anyone in the Older People grants team on 0207 820 2000 or visit www.comicrelief.com.

Nominet Trust £250k challenge – new fund for older entrepreneurs
The Nominet Trust £250k challenge is supporting digital entrepreneurs over the age of 55 who have a viable idea for an internet start-up project which tackles the social problems afflicting senior citizens, and helps older people access the internet. Grants of between £1,000 and £100,000 may be awarded towards projects costing up to £250,000 in total. The deadline for first stage applications is 1 February 2012.
(Source: Grantfinder Newsflash, 28/10/11)

Gannet Foundation
Given the pressure that many local organisations are under following local authority cuts it’s probably a good time to mention that applications are currently being invited in many localities across the UK by the Gannett Foundation. The grant programme is linked to more than 300 local newspapers and details vary from region to region, but in the main grants range from £5,000 to £10,000 for one-off local activities or capital items that benefit a large number of people within the community.

To apply you need to be within the circulation/production area of one of the more than 300 titles published by Newsquest. To find out if you are eligible to apply check the information details below. Applications have to be made to the specific local newspaper office too.

The Foundation prioritises: projects/items of lasting benefit such as specially adapted minibuses for older people or people with disabilities; projects that benefit people with special needs either through disability of disadvantage; sport, environment, conservation or local history projects. Applicants must be registered charities, and national and regional charities can only apply for specifically local projects.

There’s a Newsquest newspaper title listing at www.newsquest.co.uk/portfolio/our-titles/, where you can find out if there is a Newsquest publication near you. Applications have to be made to the local newspaper, so go to its website and search under Gannett Foundation if the information is not immediately obvious. There is an application form, which has some attached guidance notes. It can be downloaded via a link at www.gannettfoundation.org/, then printed and sent to your local newspaper office. There is a single application closing date this year, though the date varies from newspaper to newspaper.
(Source: fundinginformation.org, 19/8/11)

Baring Foundation: arts and older people
Next year the Baring Foundation’s theme for work with arts and older people is Creative Homes in Creative Communities, and linking different types of residential care settings into the community around them through the creative power of the arts.

At least £300,000 is available overall, and around 15 organisations will be supported across the UK with grants up to £30,000. Up to 20 per cent of the grant can be spent on overheads. Projects cannot start before the end of March 2012 and can last up to two years.

Projects will need to:

  • Respect older participants’ rights and abilities to shape and determine the course of the project activities and to contribute to the arts organisation’s development;
  • reach and engage people who experience disadvantage and discrimination through economic, health or other barriers to full participation;
  • display evidence of effective partnerships with residential care settings and in some cases other partners as well;
  • link the care setting with the external community in a way which creates value to both;
  • include a costed contribution from partners.

There are strict guidelines for the Creative Homes in Creative Communities programme and these are available at www.baringfoundation.org.uk/ArtsProjectguidelines2012.pdf. If you have any specific questions about your eligibility you should call the Foundation on 0207 7767 1348.
(Source: fundinginformtion.org, 19/8/11)

Morgan Foundation grants
The Morgan Foundation operates exclusively within the areas of North Wales, Merseyside, Cheshire (west of the M6) and North Shropshire. Only applications from charities, organisations and projects based in these areas will be considered.

The Foundation mainly supports charities and voluntary organisations that work with families and children, older people and disabled people, and socially isolated people who are disadvantaged or who otherwise have restricted life choices. This work might be directly involving the families and children or it can be more indirectly contributing to their quality of life. Preference is given to supporting small to medium sized organisations that are addressing specific needs, particularly where the work has a proven impact and there is the opportunity to engage more people, operate in new areas or otherwise increase effectiveness. Organisations with modest overheads and with high volunteer input are favoured. If you believe you are eligible you can make an application at any time. You must start the process by having an informal conversation with Foundation staff to check your idea out, after which you may be sent an application form. The contact number is 01829 782800. The Foundation’s administrator is Jane Harris.
(Source: fundinginformation.org, 30/6/11)

Health and Social Care Grant Funding
The Welsh Assembly Government, HSSDG, is inviting bids from Third Sector organisations for three year grant funding to commence by 1 April 2012 and payable under:

  • Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968; and
  • Children and Families Organisational Grant (CFOG)

Grant applicants must be voluntary organisations operating in the social care and health care sector and must operate on an all-Wales basis. Bids are invited from all-Wales voluntary organisations in the social and health care sectors including physical and/or sensory disabilities, learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum disorders, carers, mental health and older people, children in need, disabled children and child protection. A copy of the application forms and guidance notes, including contact details of the person(s) to whom enquiries can be made and completed application submitted, are available at: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/socialcare/?lang=en.

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.

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

The Rayne Foundation
The foundation offers financial assistance within the sectors of art, education, health and medicine, and social welfare and development. Special areas of interest for the foundation include: achieving learning outcomes via the work of artists and arts organisations; developing numeracy skills; and improving the quality of life for older people. Applications for grants outside these areas are also welcomed by the foundation. An application form is available to download from the foundation’s website and may be submitted by email or post at any time. Further details are available from www.raynefoundation.org.uk.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 105)

Comic Relief
The charity aims to deliver real and long-lasting change to the poorest, most vulnerable people at home and across the world; as well as informing the public and young people in particular about global citizenship and the underlying causes of extreme poverty. Two of the programmes that Comic Relief run are: the Older People’s Programme and Sport for Change Programme. Applicants for either programme should complete an ‘Expression of Interest’ form which is available to download from the charity’s website (www.comicrelief.com).

The Onaway Trust
The aim of the trust is the relief of poverty and suffering in the UK or elsewhere in the world. The trust’s areas of interest include: the protection of the environment; the support of children and the elderly; and the assistance of charities who focus on animal welfare. Preference is given to small charities operating at a grassroots level. Further details are available from www.onaway.org.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 102)

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)

Childwick Trust
The Childwick Trust provides funding to registered charities to assist people with disabilities, the promotion of health, the elderly in need and for the welfare of people involved in the horse-racing world. No minimum or maximum amount of grant is specified, although the majority of grants in the health category are typically between £2,000 and £10,000, with a small number of more sizeable amounts awarded for larger projects. The Trustees meet to consider applications twice a year, in May and December, and applications can be made at any time.

The Nationwide Foundation small grants programme
Small grants can be applied for by registered charities working for the benefit of all older people or survivors of domestic abuse to improve their housing needs and address financial exclusion. The Nationwide Foundation's Small Grants Programme makes grants every two months. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities with incomes of under £500,000. If you would like to apply for funding and find out more about the criteria, you should visit www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk or email enquiries@nationwidefoundation.org.uk.

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust awards grants to charitable organisations in the United Kingdom and overseas. Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 are available for projects in the following areas for 2010: children, youth, the elderly and medical research projects dealing with the ageing population. Applications are welcomed from charitable organisations in the UK. The deadlines for application are 1 June and 1 November each year. www.austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk/
(Source: Grantfinder Update, Nov 09)

Redrow Foundation
The objects of the Foundation are to relieve poverty and sickness in the UK and in particular, to provide accommodation and related assistance, including respite care especially for children, the elderly and those who are sick or infirm. The trust is keen to support applications where the grant will assist in the delivery of specific objectives or goals and will have a disproportionate and financially significant impact on the receiving charity. Further details are available from the Redrow Foundation, Redrow House, St David’s Park, Flintshire CH5 3RX. Tel 01244 520044.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, issue 92)

Joseph Strong Frazer Trust
Grants are used to support a very wide number of good causes, including: children; youth; old and infirm; hospitals and home; deaf and blind; disabled; mentally handicapped; medical and other research; maritime; armed forces; caring organisations; other trusts, funds and voluntary organisations; schools and colleges; leisure activities; animals and wildlife; and religious bodies. For application details contact the trust, c/o The Secretaries: Ward Hadaway, Sandgate House, 102 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DX.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, issue 92)

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)

The Sobell Foundation
The Foundation will support applications from registered charities in the following areas: medical care and treatment, including respite care and hospices; care for physically and mentally disabled adults and children; education and training for adults and children with physical and learning disabilities; care and support of the elderly; care and support for children; homelessness. Further details are available from www.sobellfoundation.org.uk or email enquiries@sobellfoundation.org.uk.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 85)

P F Charitable Trust
The Trust supports a wide range of UK charitable causes, including: the prevention of poverty; the advancement of – poverty, education, religion, health or the saving of lives, citizenship or community development, arts, culture, heritage or science, amateur sport, human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation, or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality or diversity, environmental protection or improvement; the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. Applications should be made in writing with full information to D Pocknee, Secretary, P F Charitable Trust, c/o R F Trustee Co Ltd, Ely House, 37 Dover Street, London WIS 4NJ. Tel 020 7409 5685.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 85)

The Charles Hayward Foundation
The Foundation predominantly funds capital costs and occasionally, project funding may be offered for start-up or development activities where these are not part of the on-going revenue requirement of the organisation. The Foundation has the following current categories: heritage and conservation; criminal justice; hospices; older people; overseas; small grant schemes of up to £5,000.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 86)

The Djanogly Foundation
The Foundation will support developments in: medicine, education, social welfare and the arts. Grants are also made to fund projects that relieve distress and promote the welfare of the aged and the young. Further details are available from The Djanogly Foundation, tel 020 7930 9845.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 85)