Community funding
Adventure Capital Fund
The Adventure Capital Fund was launched in December 2002 in order to create new forms of investment in community organisations.
The fund aims to strengthen local communities by investing in organisations that work in and for their communities. By helping organisations to become stronger and more self-sufficient through enterprise, the fund aims to help each group become sustainable in the long term and better able to control their own destinies by becoming less reliant upon short-term grants.
Adventure Capital Fund, c/o Local Investment Fund, 7th Floor, Ibex House,
42-47 Minories, London EC3N 1DY
Tel: 0207 680 1028
Email: info@adventurecapitalfund.org.uk
Website: www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk
The Allen Willett Foundation
Grants of between £2,000 and £8,000 are provided to community projects and activities that provide a sense of cohesion amongst communities in Kent. The application is made by sending a letter to the Kent Community Foundation. The Advisor for Dartford is Manjit Sohal who can be contacted on 07812 555024.
Kent Community Foundation, Office 23, Evegate Park Barn, Evegate, Smeeth,
Ashford TN25 6SX
Tel: 01303 814500
Email: admin.kcf@btopenworld.com
Website: www.kentcf.org.uk
The Anchor Foundation
The Anchor Foundation provides grants of between £500 and £10,000 per year to Christian Charities that encourage social inclusion through ministries of healing and the arts. Funding can be awarded for up to three years. The foundation will consider application for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work.
Applications are considered at twice yearly trustee meetings in April an November and need to be received by 31st January and 31st July each.
The Anchor Foundation, 44 Castle Gate, Nottingham, NG1 7BJ Applications
to: The Anchor Foundation, PO Box 21107, Alloa, FK12 5WA
Email: secretary@theanchorfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.theanchorfoundation.org.uk
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
B&Q You Can Do It Awards
£5,000 worth of B&Q prodcts are available for local community projects. The scheme is launched in January.
Tel: 0845 300 1001
Website: www.diy.com/diy/jsp/corporate/content/environment_ethics/ethics/community/grants.jsp.
Barclays Local Hero Award
This scheme awards volunteers who have demonstrated great commitment and support to their club or organisation. Each winner is presented with a special medal and a cheque for £1000 for the club or charity of their choice.
Website: www.barclays.com/community/spacesforsports
Biffaward
Biffaward is a landfill tax credit funded scheme and so projects must be within 10 miles of a Biffa operation (a postcode search is available on the website). Varying levels of funding are available for flagship projects (up to £500,000), small grants projects (up to £5,000) and biodiveristy projects (discretionary). The aim of the scheme is to: Provide and improve public amenities; Create, Restore and Manage areas specifically to increase biodiversity; Enable smaller groups to access funding more easily; and Support community led regeneration schemes of regional or national significance.
Tel: 01636 670000
Email: biffaward@rswt.org
Website: www.biffaward.org
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
CAF Grantmaking
The grant programme is under review. Check the website for up-to-date information.
Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA
Tel: 01732 520 334 Fax: 01732 520 159
Email: grants@cafonline.org
Website: www.cafonline.org/grants
Charles Hayward Foundation
This foundation offers grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 to support projects providing community facilities, including funding the capital costs of community centres and village halls and community facilities provided by churches and faith groups.
Hayward House, 45 Harrington Gardens, London, SW7 4JU.
Tel: 020 7370 7063 or 020 7370 7067
Website: www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk
Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust
The trust makes grants to support charities and churches in Kent. The Trust aims to improve the quality of life of local people by funding community projects that tackle poverty and social exclusion. It also supports the sustainability of local churches.
Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust
Hogarth House,
34 Paradise Road,
Richmond,
TW9 1SE
Tel 0208 948 3388
Email grantadmin@cfct.org.uk
Website:www.cfct.org.uk
David Knightly - Pride of Place Awards
Provides grants to local communities for schemes that will help make the local area a better place to live and work. To determine whether applications are currently being received, please contact the trust.
Gillian Binks, David Knightly Charitable Trust, Pride of Place Awards,
22 Ferndene Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4TT
Tel: 0161 445 6452
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Gives grants for charitable purposes in four Programme areas: Arts and Heritage; Education; Environment; and Social Development. There is no maximum grant size.
11 Park Place , London SW1A 1LP
Tel: 020 7297 4700
Fax: 020 7297 4701
Email: info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Website: www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Futurebuilders
Investment fund for the voluntary and community sector. Investments will be made in the form of loans, grants and capacity building. The reasoning behind the fund is that not enough capital investment is made in the voluntary and community sector and this is an innovative way of introducing this money. Voluntary and community groups must be prepared to take a loan and it is intended that it should be repaid through the secural of an agreement with a public sector agency for the delivery of services.
There are five areas of service delivery that are applicable for funding:
- community cohesion
- crime
- education and learning
- health and social care
- support for children and young people.
The minimum level of investment is £30,000 and the maximum limit is £10million. Development grants are available.
Tel: 0191 261 5200
Email: info@futurebuilders-england.org.uk
Website: www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk
Henry Smith Charity
Large grants of up to £60,000 over three years and a small grant scheme of up to £10,000 is available for projects that support communities in areas of deprivation.
The Director, Henry Smith's Charity, 5 Chancery Lane, Clifford's Inn,
London EC4A 1BU
Tel: 020 7320 6884
Website: www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk
Heritage Lottery Fund
Aims to support work designed to care for the heritage and to help people to experience it. They also support activities that will increase people's understanding and enjoyment of our heritage. There are two main funding strands, grants for between £5,000 and £50,000 and grants of over £50,000. There is also a grant programme for the repair of places of worship and for townscape heritage.
Heritage Lottery Fund, South East Team, 7 Holbein Place , London SW1W
8NR
Tel: 020 7591 6184
Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk
Website: www.hlf.org.uk
Kent County Council Village and Community Hall Grants
This scheme provides financial support to the management committees of village and community halls (separate from the parish council) to fund capital projects to improve an existing facility or build a new one that meets an identified need in the community.
Mike Leppard, Project Officer (Community Halls Adviser), Youth and Community,
3rd Floor,
Invicta House, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XX
Tel: 01622 694241
Email: mike.leppard@kent.gov.uk
Website: www.kent.gov.uk
Ladbrokes in the Community Charitable Trust
The trust aims to work with a wide range of charities and good causes, helping raise funds and tailoring initiatives to meet the demands of local communities. Projects supported include those helping children, hospices and sports.
Address: Ms Ros Barker, Ladbroke Racing Ltd, Imperial House, Imperial
Drive, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 7JW
Tel: 0208 515 586
LankellyChase Foundation
The Lankelly Foundation and Chase Charity have merged to form the Lankelly Chase Foundation. Its main priorities include: arts, breaking the cycle of abuse and deprivation, developing communities, mental health issues, heritage, offenders; society; and children's playschemes. There is also a short term programmme for asylum seekers/ refugees.
The LankellyChase Foundation, 2 The Court, High Street, Harwell, Didcot,
Oxon OX11 0EY
Tel: 01235 820044
Website: www.lankelly-foundation.org.uk
LINK Fund
The Link Fund supports local charity and community projects that benefit communities primarily around Land Securities developments in North Kent. It is administered by the Kent Community Foundation and a panel of local people will decide which projects receive grants of between £250 and £5,000. Grants will be considered for projects that relate to jobs, lifelong learning, community and culture. The Advisor for Dartford is Manjit Sohal who can be contacted on 07812 555024 or via email manjit.kcf@blueyonder.co.uk
Kent Community Foundation, Office 23, Evegate Park Barn, Evegate, Smeeth,
Ashford TN25 6SX
Tel: 01303 814500
Email: admin.kcf@btopenworld.com
Website: www.kentcf.org.uk
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
Member Community Grant
This scheme is available in all 84 Kent County Council electoral areas, and totals £10,000 in each electoral area. Projects need the support of the County Councillor for the area. To find out more, contact the Kent County Council Liaison Manager for the Dartford area.
Kent County Council Local Boards, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone,
Kent ME14 1XQ
Phone: 01622 221323
Small Community Capital Projects Fund
This scheme is available throughout the Kent County Council area. It has a budget of £500,000 and is open to new projects requiring capital expenditure up to a maximum of £20,000 for any single project. In practice, most awards are smaller than this. The fund is only for the capital costs of a project and the project will need to demonstrate clear benefit to the local community. To find out more, contact the Kent County Council Liaison Manager for the Dartford area.
Kent County Council Local Boards, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone,
Kent ME14 1XQ
Phone: 01622 221323
Sport Saver (Kent Reliance Buliding Society) and Pfizer Small Grants
This scheme provides grants between £50 and £500 for assistance to community sports projects in Kent. This could be for anything from sports equipment to a sports event. Applicants are normally local sports clubs but in some circumstnaces could be schools or local authorities. There are various deadlines throughout the year.
Tel: 01622 605053
Email: chris.walker@kent.gov.uk
Website: www.kentsport.org/funding_sportsaver.cfm
Unltd Millennium Award
Unltd Millennium Awards are cash awards plus support to help make ideas a reality. They provide advice, training, mentoring and other support services. Level 1 awards, from £500 to £5,000 to help make ideas become real projects. They are aimed at individuals or informal groups of people who want to set up new projects in their spare time. Level 2 awards, from £5,000 to £15,000, support projects that are already developed.
123 Whitecross Street, Islington, London EC1Y 8JJ
Tel: 0845 850 1122 Fax: 020 7566 1101
Email: info@unltd.org.uk
Website: www.unltd.org.uk
The Wates Foundation
Community Support & Development - To support activities facilitating access to and delivery of community services to those in need and to help develop the capacity of community organisations to deliver their services better. Grants of up to £25,000 a year for a maximum of three years.
Brian Wheelwright, Director, 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
