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01 February 2021
Please see below a list of current grant opportunities available. If you are interested in applying for any of these funding opportunities, then please contact kgodsman@serc.ac.uk
Grants can be applied for if:
- Project lead is identified and are willing to undertake project within their current role.
- Approval received from CMT/ Head of School
Bid written by Kim Godsman in association with nominated lead or team.
Project planning and implementation monitored by Kim Godsman.
Oversight of draw down of funding monitored by Kim Godsman.
Grant 1 Grants Available for the Planting and Care of Trees, Orchards and Hedges (UK)
Schools and community groups within the UK can apply for grants of between £300 and £1,500 to get communities and young people up to the age of 21 involved in planting of and caring for trees, orchards and hedges. The funding is being made available through the Tree Council’s Branching Out Fund. The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 12th February 2021. All projects must be completed and payments claimed by 31 March 2021.
Grant 2 Society for Microbiology – Science Education and Outreach Grants (UK)
The Society for Microbiology provides grants to support the teaching of microbiology. The scheme is open to Full, Full Concessionary or Postgraduate Student Members; including those working in schools residing in the UK or Republic of Ireland to support relevant science teaching or promotion initiatives, or to support developments likely to lead to an improvement in the teaching of any aspect of microbiology. The maximum grant available is £1,000.
Activities funded can include:
- Talks, workshops, demonstrations, posters, leaflets, broadcasts, activities at science festivals and audio-visual or computer-based packages
- Activities that take place as part of a National Science and Engineering Week event at the applicant's place of work
- Running a school or college-based science week activity (e.g. hands-on or programme of talks)
- Supporting microbiology activities in an out-of-school science club
- Buying materials and equipment outside of normal department resources to support a microbiology activity (no more than £500 can be used toward large equipment such as microscopes and incubators)
- A class visit to a microbiology laboratory to carry out activities
- Organising a visit to or from a working microbiologist
The next application round will open in January with an application deadline of the 1st April 2021.
Enquiries about this scheme should be made by email to grants@microbiologysociety.org or by phone: +44 (0)20 3034 4882.
Education and Outreach Grants | Microbiology Society
Grant 3 Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Enterprise Open for Applications (UK)
Deutsche Bank has announced that its Awards for Creative Enterprise (DBACE) is open for applications. The Awards will provide a cash prize fund of £60,000 and business support for a year to aspiring individuals who want to go into business in the creative industries.
Applicants must be 18-30 years old and have a strong idea or an existing business in the creative industries. They must have a desire to create positive social impact through their enterprise. The eventual business can be not-for-profit or a commercial idea/enterprise.
There is a two-stage application process and applicants who proceed to the second stage of the competition will be asked for the amount of prize monies they would like to apply for from three incremental categories of £2,000-£5,000; £5,000-£10,000; and £10,000-£20,000.
The closing date for applications is the 31st March 2021.
Useful Links:
DBACE | Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs
Grant 4 Funding for Rural Community and Education Projects (UK)
The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, which supports charities in the UK working in agriculture, rural development and insurance has announced that the next closing date for applications is the 29th May 2021. The Trustees are particularly interested in initiatives in the areas of education of young people in rural areas and the relief of poverty within rural areas.
Trustees are particularly interested in funding larger initiatives, which would have a significant impact on the rural community.
Grants of between £1,000 and £50,000 are available. In the last ten years The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust has donated almost £3m to fund education and social welfare projects in towns and villages across the UK.
Projects supported in the past include:
Farms for City Children, which aims to expand the horizons of children from towns and cities by offering them a week in the countryside living together in one of their farms and the Royal Highland Education Trust which aims to create an opportunity for each child in Scotland to experience the countryside and to facilitate a wider understanding of the environmental, economic and social realities of rural Scotland. Its key activities include farm visits, classroom speaker visits and a number of high-profile national competition.
The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust also provides small grants of up to £1,000 through the NFU Mutual's Community Giving Fund which supports worthwhile community events, charities, schools and community group activities that are local to their operations. In 2019, it helped 88 community groups and charities across the UK.
Useful Links
Find out more about the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust | NFU Mutual
Grant 5 Grants Available for the Planting and Care of Trees, Orchards and Hedges (UK)
The Tree Council has announced the deadline for applications for the 20/21 planting season of their Branching Out Fund is 5pm on the 12th February 2021.
Schools constituted community groups, member Tree Warden Networks, parish and town councils. within the UK can apply for grants of between £300 and £1,500 to get communities and young people up to the age of 21 involved in the planting and care of trees, orchards and hedges this winter.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 12th February 2021. All projects must be completed and payments claimed by 31 March 2021.
Useful Links
Grants for tree planting - The Tree Council
Grant 6 Dormant Accounts Fund NI Opens for Applications (Northern Ireland)
£20 million in funding is to be made available from dormant bank and building society accounts to help the Voluntary and Community sector in Northern Ireland to be more resilient and prepared for the future by funding activity that increases capacity and sustainability.
The Dormant Accounts Fund will award grants of up to £100,000 for between one and three years to support voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, and other not-for-profit organisations.
The Fund will also support larger, strategic projects that will enable collaboration across the sector and develop new and creative approaches to sustainability. Funding is being delivered by the National Lottery Community Fund, and will increase as further dormant funds are made available each year.
The type of activities that can be funded include:
- support for organisations to help them to develop long-term financial sustainability - for example, help them develop and implement financial planning tools or ideas for income diversification
- collaborations and/or mergers between organisations
- activity that supports organisations to communicate and connect with other organisations and communities more effectively
- activity that increases the diversity and skills of volunteers and trustees/committee members within organisations
- succession planning (identifying and developing new leaders) to support the long-term sustainability of organisations
- activity that helps organisations to improve the delivery and impact of their work, by using the full potential of digital infrastructure and data analysis tools.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Dormant Accounts NI | The National Lottery Community Fund (tnlcommunityfund.org.uk)
Grant 7 Funding to Support Vulnerable Young Migrants (UK)
Not for profit organisations and private law firms that work with young migrants can apply for grants through the Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) for Vulnerable Young Migrants.
The maximum grant available is £30,000, however, limited funding is available and therefore lower applications are encouraged. The average grant size is around £12,000. Grants are available to undertake strategic legal work to benefit children and young people (under the age of 25) who are significantly disadvantaged by migration status. The fund will accept applications in any area of law that affects:
- Migrants or the children of migrants
- Who are under 25
- Who are living in poverty
- Who face significant disadvantage or discrimination in connection with their (or their parents') migration status
The SLF only funds two kinds of strategic legal action- pre-litigation research and "third party intervention" in an existing case. The maximum grant length is 12 months, and most grants are for around six months.
The next closing date for applications is 5pm on the 25th February 2020.
Previous projects supported include:
Child Poverty Action Group who was awarded a grant of £8,674 to develop a challenge to what the Government say is a change in child tax credit eligibility introduced by Universal Credit, leading to refugee families with children being excluded from claiming Tax Credit for the retrospective period prior to when they were recognised as refugees.
Coram Children's Legal Centre was awarded a grant of £13,865 for pre-litigation research in order to bring strategic legal action on EU settlement scheme applications made by children and young people with criminal convictions, including especially looked-after children and care leavers.
Useful Links
Grant 8 Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Support the Performing Arts and the Conservation of Historic Objects (UK)
The Leche Trust has announced that the next closing date for applications is the 7th May 2021.
The Leche Trust is a grant making charity that provides funding of up to £5,000 to UK registered charities, public authorities or institutions in the areas of the Performing Arts and Conservation.
Through the Performing Arts funding strand, the Trust supports projects that promote excellence in professional performance in music, dance and theatre, with particular emphasis on new work and on the development of young professionals aged 18 or over. Trustees are sympathetic to projects that widen geographical access to the performing arts, for example through festivals and touring.
Through the Conservation funding stream, the Trust will support projects to conserve historic objects, collections and features of buildings and landscapes which date from the Georgian period or earlier, i.e., pre-1830s. Projects may include acquisition costs (for objects) and conservation surveys as well as remedial work.
Trustees are inclined to give grants to smaller projects, or specific elements of projects, where their contribution can make a greater impact. In the case of churches, Trustees will consider supporting the conservation of such features as monuments, wall paintings, stained glass, and historic furniture and fittings.
Grant 9 Funding for Projects that Work with Disabled Children and their Families (UK)
Through the True Colours Trust UK Small Grants Programme, charities and projects with a charitable purpose can apply for funding that work with:
- disabled children and young people
- children and young people with life-limiting conditions
- and their families
Grants of up to £10,000 are usually available for hydrotherapy pools; multi-sensory rooms; mini buses; young carers projects; sibling projects; and bereavement support; specialised play equipment / access to play and leisure; and family support / parent-led peer support, etc.
Other projects supported in the past include:
- Friends of Sherwood Park who received a grant of £5,000 towards the creation of the multi-sensory outdoor environment.
- Roddensvale Parents & Friends Association who received a grant of £5,000 towards the costs of refurbishing its sensory room.
- Conquest Centre for Disabled riders received a grant of £5,000 towards horse-based activity sessions for disabled children and Young People.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Useful Links:
Application Guidelines | (truecolourstrust.org.uk)
Grant 10 Women Make Music Grants Programme (UK)
Women, trans and non-binary songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds have until 6pm on the 12th February 2021 to apply for the next round of the Women Make Music programme.
The programme supports the development of outstanding women songwriters and composers at different stages of their career. It aims to:
- Break down assumptions and stereotypes
- Raise awareness of the gender gap
- Increase the profile of women who are creating new music in the UK
- Encourage women who may otherwise not have applied for PRS for Music Foundation funding.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to support touring, recording, promotion and marketing, community projects involving high-quality music creators, music creator residencies and live performances featuring new UK music.
Please note that the PRS for Music Foundation no longer supports organisations through Women Make Music.
Useful Links:
Women Make Music: Guidance and FAQs
Women Make Music. - PRS for Music Foundation (prsfoundation.com)
Please contact kgodsman@serc.ac.uk if you are interested in any of the grants listed
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