Grants Bulletin - Spring 2010

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	Welcome to the Spring 2010 Grants Bulletin from the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation. This newsletter brings you information of some of our funds which are now open for applications - including the final round of funding from the Grassroots Small Grants Scheme – and some helpful hints if you are thinking of applying. Full details of all our funds are on our website. We have also been working hard to develop our grant-making processes to ensure that our funding		is targeted to where it is most needed in the community. We have established our 5 core grant programmes under which our grant-making will be focussed for this financial year. Applicants for future grants must make sure their application is working towards one or more themes within one of the 5 programmes. Please read below for more information. We look forward to hearing from you CCF

	NEW! Our 5 core grant programmes
	In order to clarify to applicants the main areas of work we wish to support and to reflect donors’ wishes, we now are targeting our main grant-making under 5 core programmes. The 5 programmes are targeted at providing opportunities for people who are marginalised, facing barriers to inclusion and disadvantaged communities. A number of themes have been defined within these programmes. The funding we have for each of the different themes is not uniform and in some areas we are very limited to the extent we can offer support. However, over the coming months we hope to encourage more donors to offer their endorsement to these core programmes and so build the level of grants we are able to make. So, unless we specifically advise otherwise, applicants must make sure that their project fits one or more of these themes before they apply. Projects that do not address at least one of these themes will not be prioritised for funding. More information about our key priorities for each theme and the impact we expect funded projects to have can be found on our website. A summary of the programmes and themes are as follows:		1. Children, young people and families • Education and skills • Social inclusion • Family crisis 2. Adults facing a life crisis • Economic hardship • Homelessness • Impact of crime and antisocial behaviour 3. Health • Healthy living • Mental health • Disability 4. The natural environment • Reduce pollution • Help limit climate change • Improved green spaces 5. Community development/engagement • Community cohesion • Sustainability • Community assets

	Grassroots Grants – funding available until December 2010 (or earlier if funding runs out)
	The Grassroots Grants Scheme has entered its final year. To be eligible to apply for a grant of £250 - £5,000 for the 10/11 round, organisations must meet the following criteria: Have been active in the community in Peterborough or Cambridgeshire for more than 12 months; Have an evidenced average annual income over the last 3 financial years of less than £30,000; Be a not-for-profit voluntary or community organisation, with a governing document and Equal Opportunities Policy; and Be working on a project that fits into one or more of our grant programme themes. Grant recipients must spend the money by 31 December 2010 and return monitoring information, including copies of receipts or invoices by this date. Applications will be considered on a monthly basis.		Applicants should allow at least 4 – 6 weeks between submitting their application completed application and hearing an outcome. Organisations that have received funding from Grassroots Grants can apply for further sums up to an aggregate of £5,000. Peterborough Sailability used a grant of £5,000 from Grassroots Grants to purchase an additional boat so that increasing numbers of disabled people can try sailing.

	Cambridgeshire County Council Small Grants for organisations supporting vulnerable adults		Small grants of £250 - £1,000 for educational projects
	Grants of up to £3,000 are awarded annually from the Cambridgeshire County Council Small Grants Scheme to small, not for profit, community groups. Applications for funding for 2011/2012 are now invited. Grants are available to not for profit groups providing services or support to vulnerable adults in Cambridgeshire including: Adults who are vulnerable through old age, disability, or mental health issues; Carers looking after those suffering long term illness; People dealing with a traumatic event (such as bereavement, rape). Please see our website for more information about eligibility and to apply online. The deadline for applications is 17 September 2010. Grants will be awarded in March 2011.		If you are planning a project that provides educational or training opportunities for people facing disadvantage in Peterborough or Cambridgeshire, you could apply to CCF for a small grant. Previously funded projects include: Equipment to support a project providing IT training for people with disabilities; A residential trip for young people with learning disabilities; A creative educational project with young carers; and Workshops on bicycle maintenance for members of the homeless community to improve their employability. Contact us on 01223 410535 for more information or apply online.

The High Sheriff’s Award Scheme 2010/2011 now open for applications

The High Sheriff’s Award Scheme awards small grants of £200 - £500 to support projects working with young people and recognises the contribution of young people to the local community. The fund is managed by CCF on behalf of the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

Groups can apply for one of the following:

Voluntary Commitment Grants: Grants of up to £500 for projects that involve young people in voluntary commitment and are working to achieve one or more of the following:

A lasting effect on the community by making it a safer and more pleasant place in which to live;
Enhance the quality of life of others in the community through provision of an activity or entertainment;
Significant improvement of the local environment;
Promotion of crime reduction activities.

Music Grants: Grants of up to £500 to projects involving young people in music projects. Projects should be offering young people one or more of the following:

New opportunities to learn to play musical instruments, or learn to sing;
Opportunities to develop musical talent;
An opportunity to perform to an audience.

Activity Grants: Grants of up to £200 to projects that involve young people in positive activities, for example:

Dance groups;
Drama groups;
Activity days.

Grants will be awarded to successful applicants in December 2010 for projects taking place after this date. Groups that receive an award will be invited to attend the High Sheriff’s Award Ceremony which will be held in March 2011. At the ceremony, groups will be presented with a certificate from the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and be invited to tell the audience about the project they received funding for.

The closing date for applications to the 2010/2011 High Sheriff's Award Scheme is 31 July 2010. Please see our website for more information and to submit an application.

Cambridge Police Boxing Club (CAMPOL) is a Police and community boxing club which provides coaching to young people. They received a grant from the High Sheriff’s Award Scheme 2009/2010 to purchase equipment to enable the club to continue to support its 80 members. Club members were presented with their certificate from the 2009/10 High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, Lady De Ramsey, at the awards ceremony in March 2010.

	Cambridge City Council Area Committee Grants
	CCF manages the Cambridge City Council Area Committee Grants, offering small grants to not-for-profit voluntary or community organisations or groups of local residents in Cambridge City. The grants are for activities to benefit residents living in one of the four areas of Cambridge City. Your group could apply for funding to: Run a community event; Produce a neighbourhood newsletter Purchase equipment in order to run an activity, such as sports kit; Priority will be given to projects that are aimed at those people whose opportunities are restricted by disability, low income or discrimination. Please call us on 01223 410535 for more information on when to apply.		The North Cambridge Sports Association (NCSA) received a grant from the Cambridge City Council Area Committee to purchase new bibs, balls and goals for a football project with young people aged 12-16 years. Phil Kinsey from the NCSA said "The equipment grant has enabled the NCSA to provide new opportunities to the local community."

	Up to £250 to hold a litter pick event		Thinking of applying for a grant?
	The Cambridgeshire Community Clean-up fund offers small grants of up to £250 to community and voluntary groups, including Parish Councils, for the costs of running a litter pick in the local community. You can apply for: Equipment, including gloves, high-visability jackets, litter-grabbers and bin bags; Transport costs for volunteers; and Refreshments on the day See our website for more information and to apply online. Waterbeach Action 4 Youth used a Cambridgeshire Community Clean-up grant to tidy up their village!		Please remember the following: We do not award retrospective funding: CCF will not award grants to cover costs that have already been paid for or committed before a grant offer has been made. For the majority of our grant schemes, you will be required to provide copies of invoices or receipts as part of the monitoring information. Apply early: For most of our grant schemes, we recommend you allow 4-6 weeks between submitting your completed application and receiving an outcome from us. However, applications to some of our schemes will take longer to process. You should check the timescale with us before you apply Use the correct postage: CCF is not able to pay to receive items that have insufficient postage. When sending documents to CCF, please ensure that you use the correct postage. We advise that you take copies of all the documents you send and that you put a return address on the envelope so the Post Office can return your documents to you if insufficient postage has been paid.

Localgiving.com update

The Community Foundation Network

Groups that we have funded are invited to join Localgiving.com. Localgiving.com provides invited voluntary and community groups with their own fundraising website to attract donations and raise awareness online. There are 25 groups from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough on the Localgiving.com website at present and by mid May they had received a total of £781.00 of online donations.

One group has used the site to great success to collect sponsorship for a fun run they have undertaken. We are holding a series of informal workshops in our Cambridge office to encourage more groups to put their profiles on the Localgiving.com website – next one on 23 June (drop in anytime between 5pm and 7pm). If you are interested to be on Localgiving.com (and perhaps attend a workshop), please contact CCF – the first three months is a free trial after which there is an annual charge of £60 if you wish to stay on the site.

CCF is a member of the Community Foundation Network, the national network linking, promoting and supporting nearly 60 community foundations across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. If you would like to learn more about the network please click on the logo below.

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