Funding Information
Funding is paramount to the survival of any group and/or organisation and therefore we here at BVSNW are keen to keep you up-to-date with funding information and direct you to other relevant sites and or links where you can obtain the relevant information.
Big Lottery Fund Wales
This is the largest distributor of Lottery money in Wales. It hands out nearly a million pounds a week to community organisations and to health, education and environmental projects.
Awards for All Wales
This is supported by Big Lottery Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund. It awards grants of between £500 and £5,000 for people to take part in heritage and community activities and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
Communities Trust Fund
Local community groups and organisations will once again be able to apply to the Communities First Trust Fund 2007/2008 for grant funding up to £5,000. The fund aims to support any type of activity that involves local people through small community organisations that benefits their community. Applications to the scheme can be submitted from 1 April 2007. For further information about the scheme and to find out if you are eligible to apply for a grant award, contact the Communities First Helpline on 0800 587 8898 or www.communitiesfirst.info for an application pack and list of eligible areas.
Note that all applications must be received by 31 January 2008. E-mailed / faxed applications are not accepted.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)
This group enables communities to celebrate, look after and learn more about their diverse heritage. It funds the entire spread of heritage – including buildings, museums, natural heritage and the heritage of cultural traditions and language.
Sports Council for Wales
This group operates a number of funding iniativies and services for individuals and arts organisations in Wales.
Click onto WCVA’s website for detailed information on their grants and loans information
Click onto Voluntary Action Cardiff’s website for detailed information on Finding & Getting Money.
The following is a list of funding sources for training :
Funding for Training
Arts Council for Wales – Training grants for organisations
These grants aim to support provision of artistic, creative, technical, business,
marketing and managerial training in the arts in
Grants are usually for less than £5,000, however larger grants may be considered for extensive training projects which will provide significant development in line with ACW’s funding priorities.
An organisation may hold one Training grant per year measured from the project start date. For organisations applying to provide training, grants are available from between £1,000 – £30,000. For organisations applying to undertake training, grants of between £250 – £5,000 are available. Match funding of at least 25% (in cash or in kind) must be secured. There are regular deadlines for submission of applications throughout the year. Please check the website.
Address: Arts Development Manager, Cardiff Council, St David’s Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 2SH
Tel: 029 2087 8513
Web: www.artswales.org.uk
Awards for all Wales
Awards for All is a Big Lottery scheme available for community projects of between £500 and £5000. The scheme funds projects which: support community activity; extend access and participation; increase skill and creativity; and, improve quality of life for people in Wales. In the past, funding has been awarded for ESOL classes. The application form can be downloaded from their website and applications can be made at any time. Grants must be spent within one year
Address: Awards for All Wales, 2nd Floor, Ladywell House, Newtown, Powys SY16 1JB
Tel: 01686 611 740
Web: http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/wales/index.html
Communities First Trust Fund
Grant funding of up to £5000 is available to community groups and organisations in Communities First areas for any type of activity that supports the local community. Applications can be received throughout the year with the last date for applications being at the end of January each year. Groups must have a constitution and a bank account to be eligible to apply. Included within the type of activity that can be funded is: volunteer expenses and training and; bursaries for individual members of community groups to participate in training courses.
Address: Communities First Trust Fund, Wales Council for Voluntary Action Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5FH
Tel: 0800 587 8898
Email: www.communitiesfirst.info
Innovations Grant
This is a Cardiff Council fund open to voluntary and community organisations. Grants are for a minimum of £750 and a maximum of £15,000.
Applications will be considered under four grant categories. These are:
Feasibility Study Costs - Contributions towards research, design and feasibility of a future project; General Running Costs - Contributions towards staff costs or facility/ accommodation expenses (e.g. rent, rates telephones, electricity etc); Improvement works - Minor works to improve facilities to accommodate the new project or initiative and ; Equipment - Small contributions towards new equipment.
Address: County Hall, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, CF10 4UW
Tel: 029 2087 2395
Email: r.anthony@cardiff.gov.uk
Website: www.cardiff.gov.uk
Lloyds/TSB Foundation
This Foundation funds charities to continue and develop existing community-based work, or to develop the organisation or its services. Grants are used to support charities in a range of ways – examples include funding to:
maintain and or improve their capacity and or effectiveness
encourage learning and best practice
enable the continued provision of services
support the expansion of services
help improve the quality of services
lobby or campaign at a local, regional or national level.
Grants of between one to three years are offered that are appropriate to the size and needs of each charity.
Address: Lloyds TSB Foundation for England & Wales, Pentagon House, 52-54 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1UN
Tel: 07802 540 793
Email: mid&southwales@lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
National Training Awards
Providing education and training award.
This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate an education and training provider’s commitment to offering a quality training and development service and how this is creating impact and achieving success. Entries will be judged according to the following criteria:
The organisation, teams and individual needs are clearly defined and measured
The design and delivery of the programme is responsive, adaptable and efficiently resourced, directly meeting the needs of the client and/or individual learner
The delivery of learning and development activities benefits employers, individuals and/or society
The improved individual and team performance is maintained
Tel: 0800 0191 475
Email: info@nationaltrainingawards.com
Sobell Foundation
The Sobell Foundation provides funding to registered charities in England and Wales, in addition to some other countries, with a preference for smaller, local charities. One of their funding priorities includes education and training for adults and children with physical and learning disabilities. No restriction is stated as to the amount that can be applied for. There are also no deadlines given for applications to be submitted.
Address: The Administrator, The Sobell Foundation, P.O. Box 2137, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6YA
Tel: 01749 813 135
Email: enquiries@sobellfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.sobellfoundation.org.uk
Waterloo Foundation
The Waterloo Foundation has a specific grant-making programme for Wales, under which there are 3 different strands. The ‘Working in Wales’ fund supports organisations that facilitate people to become employed, and particular projects that address barriers to work and which work with groups facing particular challenges to accessing work. The ‘Caring Wales’ programme supports projects which provide training and support for carers as well as advocacy and respite care. Finally, ‘Best in Wales’ is a fund that will provide grants to exceptional, well-established organisations which for one reason or another, may be struggling with their funding.
There is no upper or lower limit on the amount that can be applied for.
Address: The Waterloo Foundation, 46-48 Cardiff Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, CF5 2DT
Email: info@waterloofoundation.org.uk
WCVA - Volunteering in Wales Fund
Grants are available for projects in Wales which aim to recruit and train new volunteers, particularly from the following categories: young people under 25, disabled people, people over 60 years, BME groups and unemployed people. It is essential that grants are used to recruit and support new volunteers. The delivery of training for those volunteers is listed as an eligible project activity. Up to three years funding is available on a tapering basis, subject to satisfactory performance and an annual application process. The maximum first year funding is £25,000; second year funding maximum is £12,500 and for the third year, £6,250.
Address: Mark Bendon, Senior Grants Assessor, Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF10 5FH
Tel: 02920 431749.
Email: mbendon@wcva.org.uk
Website: http://www.wcva.org.uk/grants/
Funding for learners
Crisis – changing lives programme – education award
Single homeless people or people who have been homeless in the last 5 years can apply for up to £2500 to help them to move towards work. Eligible costs include financing for a training course (accredited), educational qualifications and equipment for a course. Decisions about awards are made three times a year. An application form is available to download from Crisis’ website
Tel: 0844 251 0111
Email: changing.lives@crisis.org.uk
Website: http://www.wcva.org.uk/grants/
Readiness for Work
Displaced People in Action (DPIA) are responsible for this project which provides advice, guidance, support and services to asylum seekers and refugees to help them to access employment and education opportunities. Clients complete a skills audit and needs analysis, after which a personal development plan is put together involving activities such as attending training courses, volunteering, searching for jobs and writing a CV
Tel: 029 2038 8389
Email: siandpiawales@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://displacedpeopleinaction.org/readiness.htm
Elizabeth Finn Care
This charity offers financial support to people living on low incomes and has funding reserved for families and individuals in Wales. The aim of the funding is to alleviate poverty and, where appropriate, support individuals return to work through covering the cost of retraining. Grants are available to individuals whose jobs required education that equates to NVQ Level 4 and above.
The type of support available includes: regular income of up to £20 per week, support with vocational course fees of up to £1000 per year, and transport expenses up to £750 per year.
Address: Elizabeth Finn Care, 1 Derry Street, London W8 5HY
Tel: 020 7396 6700 (office hours) Freephone: 0800 413 220 (24 hours)
Email: info@elizabethfinn.org.uk
Website: www.elizabethfinncare.org.uk
Environment
Funding is available to support staff and volunteers working to promote sustainable development and the environment to attend training. Applications must be linked to a group’s Environment Wales-registered project, with eligible costs including travel, subsistence and fees for courses or events run by third party organisations. Where need can be demonstrated, grants may be also provided for a group to organise its own training course, using an external provider. Grants can be for a maximum of £400, and 25% match funding is required. Applications can be made at any time, and a decision will be given within 20 days
Address: Environment Wales, Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5FH
Tel: 029 2043 1727
Email: info@environment-wales.org
Website: http://www.environment-wales.org/grants/130
Frank Buttle Trust
The Trust’s Grant Scheme for Students and Trainees aims to help young people facing severe social, emotional or health problems to gain academic, trade, professional or vocational qualifications.
The Trust therefore provides support, particularly with living costs, to enable young people to undertake courses at universities, colleges of further education or other training institutions.
Eligible applicants include individuals aged between 16 and 21 who are: estranged from their family; orphaned; adopted; cared for by relatives or friends; caring for a severely sick or disabled single parent; refugees with full refugee status or indefinite leave to remain in the UK. No upper or lower amount is stated and there is no specified deadline dates
Tel: 01597 870 060
Email: wales@buttletrust.org
Individual Learning Accounts (ILAs)
Adults (18 and over) living in Wales who are claiming income related benefits (or whose partner is) are eligible to claim up to £200 a year to cover course costs. Adults not on income related benefits, but who do not have formal qualifications or qualifications beyond NQF level 2 (e.g. GCSE, NVQ levels 1 and 2 or BTEC first certificate) are also eligible for an ILA and can claim up to £100 a year. Further information can be found on the schemes website.
Tel: 0800 100 900
Website: www.iliwales.co.uk
Prisoners Education Trust
This Trust provides funding for learning opportunities for offenders in custody with a primary focus on distance learning opportunities.
Any sentenced prisoner (in prisons and Young Offenders Institutes) in England & Wales can apply to Prisoners' Education Trust by completing an application form and covering letter. The Prison Education Department must make a 10% contribution to the grant as well as recommend the applicant to the Trust. Applications will be received at any time and will be considered on a monthly basis. Grants vary from £20 to over £500.
Address: Ground Floor, Wandle House, Riverside Drive, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4BU
Tel: 020 8648 7760
Email: info@prisonerseducation.org.uk
Website: www.prisonerseducation.org.uk
WDCELLS: Assembly Learning Grants (Further Education)
This grant is available for individuals aged 19 or over in Wales who are continuing with their education. Up to £1500 is available for those in full-time study and £750 for part-time study, depending upon the level of the individual’s household income. For students to be eligible, their course must be for at least 275 hours, be at a participating college, and lead to a nationally recognised qualification. The money is paid directly to the student and can be spent on whatever the student wants.
Tel: 0845 602 8845
Email: ALGFE@slc.co.uk
Website: www.studentfinancewales.co.uk
WDCELLS: Education Maintenance Allowance
Young people from households with an income of less than £30,000 are eligible to apply for this allowance if they stay on in further education beyond statutory leaving age. Weekly payments of £10-£30 are available for each student, with bonus payments of £100 for those students who stay on a course and make good progress.
To apply, individuals must be between 16 and 18 years of age and attending any academic or vocational course which involves at least 12 hours of guided learning per week.
Tel: 0845 602 8845
Email: EMAWALES@slc.co.uk
Website: www.studentfinancewales.co.uk