This Week's Funding News wc 12th August 2019

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New or Updated Funding Initiatives

Clarion Futures: One Digital Project

Funding is available to help organisations to replicate an approach to embedding Digital Champions into employment programmes to address the essential digital skill needs of clients.  The funding partnership is highly collaborative as grantee organisations work together to solve problems and discuss the challenges and impact of this work.

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Hedley Foundation

Supports small to medium sized charities which work with young people.  Most grants will be of a capital or one-off nature, but they sometimes agree to help fund the introduction of new and innovative projects with a series of up to 3 annual grants.  Few grants exceed £5,000 and the average is £3000. 

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Music for All

Music for All provides grants for both individuals and groups to enable more people to access musical instruments and lessons and music programmes for the community.  Their typical Community Grant is in the region of £2500.

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Key Dates for your Fundraising Diary

SSE Airtricity Community Fund

Supports communities around each of their 29 wind farms across the island of Ireland through an annual fund, which is distributed to local activities and projects with a focus on energy efficiency, safety, social and environmental sustainability.

Bin Mountain and Tappaghan Wind Farm Fund Closing Date 23 Aug 2019

Bessy Bell Wind Farm Fund Closing Date 23 Aug 2019

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Dunhill Medical Trust

A UK-based charitable trust which invests in innovation in the care of older people and research into the causes and treatments of disease, disability and frailty relating to ageing.

Research project grants outline application deadline: 5pm  30 Aug 2019

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William and Jane Morris Fund: Church Conservation Grants

This church conservation scheme awards grants of £500-£5000 to churches, chapels and other places of worship in the United Kingdom for the conservation of decorative features and monuments, but not structural repairs. 

Closing Date 31 Aug 2019

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