Black and ethnic minority group funding
Awards for All
Grants up to £10,000 from the Awards for All programme are open to not-for-profit organisations, including parish and town councils, schools and health bodies.
They can be used to support small-scale projects that promote arts and education, encourage healthier living, develop local sports, support heritage initiatives and boost community.
Awards for All South East, 3rd Floor, Dominion House, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 4BN
Tel: 08454 102030
Email: south.east@awardsforall.org.uk
Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk
The Big Lottery Fund
Big Lottery Fund is responsible for giving out half the money for good causes raised by the National Lottery. Funding covers health, education, environment and charitable purposes. They are committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need.
3rd Floor Dominion House, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 4BN
Tel: 01468 462900
Email: enquiries.se@biglotteryfund.org.uk
Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Comic Relief
The organisation is seriously committed to helping end poverty and social injustice and includes several priorities, within its funding programmes, concerned with reducing discrimination and improving the lives of black and ethnic minorities living in the UK . There are two funding programmes, one for grants under £5,000 and one for grants between £5,000 and approximately £90,000.
UK Grants Team, 5 th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
Tel: 020 7820 5555 Fax: 020 7820 5500 Minicom: 020 7820 5579
Email: ukgrants@comicrelief.org.uk
Website: www.comicrelief.com
Hilden Charitable Trust
One of the main interests of the trustees is minorities and race relations. Capital or revenue grants rarely exceed £5,000.
Secretary, 34 North End Road, London, W14 0SH
Tel/Fax: 020 7603 1525
Email: hildencharity@hotmail.com
Website: www.hildencharitablefund.org.uk/index.htm
Lloyds TSB Foundation
The Trustees' policy is to support underfunded charities so people, especially disadvantaged or disabled people, can play a fuller role in the community. They support a wide range of activities which fall within the broad areas of Social and Community Needs, and Education and Training. The scheme operates on a national basis but there are also regional priorities:
- To target funds at those areas in the region with the greatest need, including areas where there is deprivation and no government initiatives
- To support BME voluntary groups
- To support people returning to the community
Address: South East Regional Office, Lloyds TSB Bank, 4 West Street, Havant PO9 1PE
Email: john.paton@lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Tel: 023 9248 0774 Fax: 023 9248 0796
Website: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
The Refugee Community Development Fund
Makes available grants to organisations working closely with refugees and refugee communities in the UK . The funding is open to all organisations working with refugees in the UK who can fulfill the selection criteria. Organisations should have a Constitution, or at least a set of rules. Applications are welcomed from smaller organisations, emerging groups and those for whom refugees are a new intervention target group. Grants are available up to £5,000 and the fund is allocated on a first come first served basis each financial year.
Refugee Integration Unit, 4th Floor, Apollo House, 36 Wellesley Road , Croydon CR9 3RR
Website: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk
The Wates Foundation
Aid to Ethnic and Immigrant Communities - To support activities promoting equality of access and the status of ethnic and immigrant communities in society; and to foster cultural, racial and religious cohesion in local communities. Grants of up to £25,000 a year for a maximum of three years under the large grant programme and a small grant scheme where the maximum is £10,000 but the majority will be around £5,000.
The Wates Foundation, Wates House, Station Approach, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7SW
Tel: 01372 861000 Fax: 01372 861252
E-mail: director@watesfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.watesfoundation.org.uk
