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Wolfson Foundation’s ‘Funding for Places’ Grants Programme Opens for Second Round
Twice a year, the Wolfson Foundation accepts applications from charitable organisations and educational establishments who are seeking grants for capital initiatives, ie buildings (new build or refurbishment) and equipment. The Foundation funds a broad range of organisations working across the fields including education, health and disability, heritage and arts and humanities. The size of the…
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Grants for Unpopular Causes in Deprived Areas
The Seven Friends Foundation has reopened for applications. It is offering small grants of between £300 and £3,000 to charities and charitable projects in deprived areas that are unpopular or do not receive widespread public attention. This could be due to: Examples include: The programme will primarily support small organisations (annual income up to £300,000),…
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Nominate someone who’s done amazing things with National Lottery funding
At the start of their 30th birthday celebrations, The National Lottery have launched the Game Changers campaign, which celebrates inspirational people who’ve achieved extraordinary things with National Lottery funding. Every week, National Lottery players raise over £30 million for good causes across the UK and Game Changers aims to find 30 people who’ve used that…
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The National Lottery Community Fund Announces Major Expansion of its Grassroots Funding Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund has announced a major expansion of its grassroots funding programme. Their new three-year Corporate Plan aims to reach over 80% of communities across the UK. The funding is focused on four community-led missions supporting communities to: In addition to expanding its grassroots funding, the programme plans to award over half…
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Arnold Clark – Communities Fund
Arnold Clark’s “Communities Support” is available to organisations who provide services in the following areas including: Applications are also only eligible if they’re made by an organisation that is based/operates solely in the UK and is located within 50 miles of an Arnold Clark branch. Most areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire should be within this…
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The Gemini Fund in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
The Gemini Fund supports people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire by making grants to community and voluntary groups who work to improve community welfare. The fund is open to applications from a variety of voluntary and community groups, including locally registered charities, community interest companies, and social enterprises. Grants are available to qualifying projects under the…
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Sport England’s New Movement Fund
Sport England’s new Movement Fund, launched 29th April, simplifies funding applications and will help those projects which support people to live active, healthy, lives. The fund, which is worth £160 million over the next four years, replaces Sport England’s existing Small Grants Programme and Active Together fund, and will offer crowdfunding pledges, grants and resources…
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Young carers achieve their personal best at inspirational School Games event
A group of young carers from The Elizabethan Academy in Retford have taken part in an adventure day at Walesby Forest Activity Centre. The School Games event, organised by Active Notts together with Bassetlaw School Games Organiser Kate Voice, was designed to be an inspirational day for the young people. It followed a consultation with…
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Club Welfare Officer feedback survey
Cath Cooke and Franky Boyland have recently been appointed as the Sports Welfare Leads for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, and Derby and Derbyshire, to support the work of the Club Welfare Officers. The roles are part of a national network of Sport Welfare Officers funded by Sport England to support National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs)…
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Derbyshire and Notts Schools selected for Summer’s Active Lives Young People Survey
A total of 93 schools from across Derbyshire and Notts have been selected by Sport England to complete the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the summer term. The survey is the biggest of its kind, gathering insight into young people’s activity levels, physical literacy, swimming proficiency, wellbeing, self-efficacy and levels of social…
