Funding and Bursaries
Whenever you apply for any funding, it is always advisable to include the costs of training.
Even if your project or activity employs ‘experienced staff’, they may still need project-specific skills, or renewal of certificates, (first aid, health and safety, manual handling etc) – or they may need to attend conferences or regional and national events which are linked to the activity. It is good employment practice to encourage and enable staff to attend appropriate training and related events. Hopefully funders will recognise this good practice and will be able to support it by providing funding for training within their grants.
This section provides information about possible sources of funding for training costs. Follow the links below for details of funding which your organisation may be able to apply for.
Grants available for training on children's workforce topics
The eligibility criteria are fairly broad, so do take a look to see if you could benefit from this grant scheme, which is funded by the Children's Workforce Development Council.
For more information, see http://www.navca.org.uk/stratwork/children/cwdc.htm
NAVCA have announced two new grant schemes - for individuals to undertake training (up to £300 per organisation) and for good practice exchange visits. More details on the above website.
Save the Children and British Gas have announced the next funding round of the Here to HELP Awards - up to £1,000 for projects by young people that help make their communities healthier, more engaging, safer places to be.
The next launch for applications is JANUARY 18th 2008. Click here for full details of HELP Awards on the website - and for the online application process, or the option to download a hard-copy of the application form.
All enquiries about the Here to HELP Awards can be e-mailed to : helpyourselves@savethechildren.org.uk
Charities Aid Foundation – grantmaking
CAF aims to support the growth and development of small and medium-sized charities through a grant programme.
This year's grant programme focusses on organisational development through consultancy and training, and collaboration with other organisations working to increase effective giving nationally and internationally.
Find out about the Consultancy and Training Fund
Find out about the Collaborative Fund
Norfolk Community Foundation invests and distributes funds on behalf of individuals, companies and trusts who want to make a real difference to communities in Norfolk and the people they serve. NCF wants to ensure that it is open and accessible to all. Grants maximum £2000
For more information, click here
Grantnet is a service linked to Grantfinderwhich is a comprehensive database of over 4,000 UK and EU funding sources
Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support Ltdprovides information, advice and guidance about funding and training for the health and social care sector in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Scarman Trust
Grants up to £500 for Community Learning Champions – volunteers working in the community who are keen to undertake some learning.
Contact for help and information in the Eastern Region:
Marvin Symes (Development Worker)
Scarman Trust
35 Porchester Close
Park Farm
Peterborough PE2 8UP
Tel: 07910 276193
Email:
- Scarman Trust Community Learning Champions
- Scarman Trust Community Learning Champions 2
Big Lottery Fund
A whole range of funding opportunities and grant programmes.
Big Lottery Fund - Family Learning Programme
Big Lottery Fund has launched Family Learning, a programme that helps parents to understand more about how their children learn and encourages adults and children to learn as a family.
For questions about this programme, or if you want an application pack and guidance notes, call the Big Lottery Fund Advice Line on 0845 4 10 20 30.
Application closing date: 29 August 2008
Minimum grant: £10,000
Maximum grant: £500,000
Total available: £40 million over three years
Heritage Lottery Fund - supporting work with Young People
How can the Young Roots programme help to support and develop the young people that your service works with? In just three years the programme has invested over £11m in 517 projects involving 18,600 young people across the UK. For example of the projects which have already been supported, click here.
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Heritage Lottery Fund - supporting work in Rural Communities
The history behind cultural and local traditions, collections in archives, museums and libraries, oral history, heritage associated with language or dialect, and much more.. for further information, click here.
Heritage Lottery Fund - supporting projects which increase opportunities to learn about Places of Worship
Read about the project in Norwich Cathedral which shared their resources to promote citizenship and community cohesion; or the project in Suffolk which has conserved a unique example of church art and then produced a series of learning materials for use by schools and a training programme for volunteer guides. See information.
Heritage Lottery Fund - supporting work in Diverse Communities
Among projects supported are the Bangladesh Youth League in Luton who researched immigration into this country; a project in Cambridge collected and shared Romany memories and experiences, passing on learning and knowledge of traditional Romany skills. For more information, click here.
Aims to fund projects that respond to needs in communities, and actively involves the communities, which could include geographic communities and also communities with shared interests.
This three-year programme, launched on 7 December 2005, will make up to £100 million available in 2006-07, with future budgets being set annually.
Aiming to support the following through this programme:
*people having better chances in life, including being able to get better access to training and development to improve their life skills
*strong communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems
*improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
*healthier and more active people and communities.
V charity- to get more young people volunteering
Mission includes encouraging personal development plans and accreditation to give young people the chance to improve their skills and employability through volunteering
vNice Grants
Youth Volunteering Opportunities Grants Round – May 2006
As a first step towards meeting the target of involving 1 million new young volunteers, v is inviting organisations to apply for funding to create three types of new youth volunteering opportunities:
v full-time
v Part-time
v Short-term tasters
Arts Funding Guide
For information about support available for arts events and groups promoting development in the arts in Norfolk, click here
National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has not yet published its grant programme for 2008-09.
The Prime Minister has announced that a new Ministry of Justice will be established, including the Prison Service and the National Offender Management Service. The changes will come into effect on 9 May 2007.
Further information is available from the Home Office website and the Cabinet Office website.