New or Updated Funding Initiatives
Inter Faith Week Grant Programme
A Small Grants Programme for events organised by and for young people focused around Inter Faith Week each year. Grants of up to £500 are awarded for proposals for inter-faith activities by children and young people from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and other faiths and those of no formal faith in understanding and co-operation. The age range for young people is 11-25 years.
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VSB Foundation: Good Governance Awards for Northern Ireland
In partnership with CO3, Volunteer Now and the Developing Governance Group, the VSB Foundation's Good Governance Awards showcase how good governance and driving social change are essentially interlinked and provide an opportunity to celebrate what is best in the sector. Winners will be awarded £1000 to further invest in governance development, along with the opportunity to raise the profile of their board.
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The Screwfix Foundation
The Screwfix Foundation provides support of up to £5000 to projects that will fix, maintain, improve and repair charitable and community facilities for those in need across the UK. They work with both national and local charities, donating much needed funds to help all sorts of projects, from repairing building and improving facilities in deprived areas, to decorating the homes of people living with sickness and disabilities. To date they have raised over £1 million since launching in 2013, helping more than 300 local charities throughout the UK, as well as supporting two National Charity Partners; Barnardos and Macmillan.
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Archer Trust
The Archer Trust is a UK Christian charitable grant-making trust. It supports small UK charities working for "needy or deserving" groups of people for whom a grant of between £250 and £3,000 will make a big difference. They prefer to support organisations in areas of high deprivation and high unemployment and favour those which make good use of volunteers.
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Key Dates for Your Fundraising Diary
British Council: Cultural Protection Fund
A £30 million fund is to help to create opportunities for economic and social development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage in conflict-affected regions overseas. Small Grants (grants less than 100K) and Large Grants (grants over 100k) are available.
Deadline for Application Forms (1st Round) 31 Aug 2016
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Fermanagh Recreational Trust
Supports the organisation, development and funding of recreational activities and facilities in Co. Fermanagh with particular emphasis on young people and youth development.
Closing Date (5pm) 31 Aug 2016
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Royal British Region: External Grants
Funding for specialised projects or services for serving and/or ex-Service personnel and/or their families that are not already being provided by the Legion.
Stage 1 Application Deadline 31 Aug 2016
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Kelly Family Charitable Trust
Priorities are charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members.
Closing Date 1 Sep 2016
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