| Cambridgeshire Community Foundation |
If you are seeking grant funding over the coming months, the following funds may be of interest.
More information, about all of our funds and details on how to apply can be found on our website, www.cambscf.org.uk, or by calling us on 01223 410535.
We look forward to hearing from you. |
ARM Cambridge Fund |
ARM Cambridge Fund makes small grants up to £500 to support charitable projects across Cambridgeshire. The fund has two focus areas:
Environment - For projects enabling people to enhance their understanding and appreciation of the natural environment. For example, improving rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy.
Community Engagement - For projects that will help to strengthen communities and encourage lifelong learning where information technology is used to educate, increase accessibility or bring together community members.
If you are planning an environmental or community engagement project, please submit details of your project to us on our general expression of interest form (click here for CCF general expression of interest form). |
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| Winter Fuel Fund |
| Small voluntary groups in Cambridgeshire working with vulnerable, elderly people can apply for a grant of up to £900 to help with their work. To apply, please apply online through the following link. |
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AmeyCespa Community Fund |
| Grants from the AmeyCespa Community Fund cover for the provision, maintenance or improvement of a public park or other general public amenity; the repair, maintenance or restoration of a Place of Worship or a Place of Architectural Importance; or the conservation of a specific species or a specific habitat where it naturally occurs. For projects costing up to £150,000, grants up to £20,000 will be considered. For projects costing over £150,000, grants up to £40,000 will be considered. The minimum grant considered is £10,000. Links to the fund guidelines and AmeyCespa Community Fund Expression of Interest form can be found on www.cambscf.org.uk/AmeyCespa-fund.html. To be considered at the April 2012 panel, expressions of interest should be submitted by 15 March 2012. |
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Microsoft Research Limited Fund |
Grants up to £5,000 are available from the Microsoft Research Limited Fund for charitable projects that:
- Enrich lives of disadvantaged local people through provision of cultural/educational events or experiences
- Improve the local green environment through small scale projects
- Provide support or training to improve the employability of those facing disadvantage
Projects that are open to the public or that make use of computing in their delivery are favourably considered. In the first instance, please complete an expression of interest (click here for CCF general expression of interest form)
The next panel meeting will take place in April 2012 and full applications should be submitted by Friday 16th March. Expressions of interest can be submitted at any time, but please allow enough time to complete your full application by 16th March should you be invited to do so. |
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| Cambridgeshire Community Clean Up Fund |
Grants of between £100 and £200 are available from the Cambridgeshire Community Clean Up Fund to voluntary and community groups in Cambridgeshire for running a litter pick.
The litter pick must involve a minimum of 5 people in an activity of at least 2 hours and preference will be given to groups that have an intention to repeat the exercise in 6 to 12 months time.
Please submit details of your project to us on our general expression of interest form (click here for CCF general expression of interest form). |
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Savills Cambridge Grassroots Environment Award 2012 |
| The annual award is presented to a small Cambridge based charity or voluntary group that is undertaking small scale environmental projects involving local people. To be considered, please submit an expression of interest form by 1 September. |
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The Charis Grassroots Annual Award 2012
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| The annual award of £450 is presented to a Peterborough based charity or voluntary group that offers services to support vulnerable members of society in Peterborough. To be considered, please submit an expression of interest form by 1 September. |
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| Outlook Fund |
Grants from the Outlook Fund are made to charitable projects in Cambridgeshire that offer young people in care extra activities and opportunities that can help widen a young person’s experience, gain self confidence, and succeed at school.
Grants can cover a range of costs including small capital items, travel costs, tuition costs, entrance costs, and course costs. The typical grant for a single project is anticipated to be in the range £500 to £2500.
The next panel meeting is in March 2012 so your expression of interest form needs to be submitted by mid February 2012. |
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| Charitable work in particular areas of Cambridgeshire |
| If you are running charitable projects in Waterbeach or Landbeach, or running projects projects developing youth enterprise or offering help for the elderly in the Abbey Ward of Cambridge, in Swaffham Prior, Swaffham Bulbeck, Reach, Burwell, or Teversham, please submit an expression of interest form to tell us about your project. |
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Localgiving.com |
The online donations website www.Localgiving.com provides charities and community groups the opportunity to raise money, awareness and support online.
Do not miss MATCH Challenges that are on offer in 2012. CCF wants to encourage as many Cambridgeshire charitable groups to take advantage of the Match Challenges that are on offer through localgiving.com this year. During a Match Challenge charities and community groups registered on Localgiving can have any money they raise online matched, doubling the total amount received (up to £2500). During the recently completed Christmas 2011 Match Challenge, £125,000 was raised as online donations by groups on Localgiving.com, and this sum was matched to £250,000. Over £10,000 of this money went to Cambridgeshire groups already on localgiving.com.
To take advantage of the 2012 Match Challenges offered through localgiving.com:
- Register to get your profile onto localgiving.com – by e-mailing us on lg10@cambscf.org.uk
- Raise awareness of your localgiving page and create fundraising activities that attract donations to your group online when the first match challenge opens in 1 March 2012 (noting there will be further match funds in 2012 from which you can also benefit)
New groups have a 3-month free trial; after that there is an annual subscription fee of £60+VAT. |
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