News & Developments

Friday 20 November 9.30am – 12.30pm at West Studios, Chesterfield College, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield. S41 7LL

Celebrating the creativity that is Made in Derbyshire with presentations by Junction Arts, Made In Derbyshire, screenings of film projects and performances by Jamie Joseph and the QDOS Community Choir. There will be time in the programme for small group discussions and of course individual networking, a chance to catch up with arts practitioners, managers and enthusiasts from all corners of our creative county.

Places are free but limited so please book in advance by contacting arts.team@derbyshire.gov.uk

Thursday 12 November 7.30pm at The Royal Hotel, Hayfield.

Professor Anderson is a scientific advisor to the Welsh Government’s climate change commission, reports on shale gas and aviation-related emissions to the UK and EU Parliaments, and advises the Prime Minister’s Office on carbon trading and the development of national carbon budgets. An engineer by training, his industrial experience has been mainly in the petrochemical industry. He is also Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, one of the UK’s leading research institutes in this field.

You will also have your chance to have your questions answered by this acknowledged expert.

Saturday 28 November 2015
Imperial Rooms, Imperial Road, Matlock DE4 3NL, 9.30am until 3pm 

Free coffee, cake and lunch are provided. Sign language interpreters, hearing loop and speech to text service will be available on the day. 

To book your free place: please email us on: paulawt@yahoo.co.uk or > text 07947 488137 

The policy landscape affecting the VCS is continuing to shift rapidly in both complexity and geographical impact. Policy reform and austerity measures continue to shape the national agenda in contrast to increasingly localised implementation mechanisms and models of devolved budgets and responsibilities. 

In December 2015 One East Midlands will close its doors as the provider of regional VCS policy support. Their role of enabling the VCS to understand, influence and adapt to changing policy contexts has been in operation for 15 years. During that time One EM has developed learning, resources and methods of working that have helped to create and maximise opportunities for the VCS. 

Before closing OEM want to take one final look at where the sector currently sits and the big challenges facing us all. At their  closing conference they will ensure that the most useful, current and relevant of our work is shared and, where possible, continued beyond the life of One EM. 

For more details of the event and to book a place visit the One East Midlands website at www.oneeastmidlands.org.uk/One_EM_Legacy_and_Learning

Community Plus provides grants of up to £5,000. The scheme is open to local UK charities or local projects of national charities with funding available to cover salaries, equipment or materials. Click on the Spotlight section to find answers to regularly asked questions about our Community Plus scheme.

There are no deadlines for any of the grants programmes. Email to grants@santander.co.uk 

The Foundation provides funding to charities and charitable incorporated organisations through two programmes:

Invest - a flexible, long-term core funding programme for charities delivering clear, targeted outcomes for disadvantaged people. These grants are up to £25,000 per year for two or three years, with the opportunity for continuation funding for a further period - up to six years in total.

Enable - a smaller and shorter grants programme for charities that have identified clear development needs. This funding aims to help the organisations deliver their mission more effectively. These grants are up to a total £15,000 over two years.

Applicants must be working with people who are 17 years or older and experiencing at least one of the following: 

• Have been abused or are at risk of abuse.
• Are victims of sexual exploitation.
• Are ex-offenders or those at risk of offending.
• Are long term unemployed.
• Are leaving care.
• Are homeless.
• Have learning disabilities.
• Have mental health and wellbeing issues.
• Have addictions.
• Are isolated and vulnerable.
• Have severe financial difficulty as a compounding disadvantage.

The only exceptions are young people who are under 17 years of age and young parents or looked after children and disabled young people moving into independent living.

To be eligible, organisations must:

• Be registered with the Charity Commission.
• Operate mainly in England and Wales.
• Have at least one year of published accounts covering a 12 month operating period.
• Have a one year track record of direct service delivery.
• Have an income in the last set of published accounts of between £25,000 and £1 million.
• Have free reserves of less than 12 months’ expenditure in the last set of published accounts.
• Have an active board of at least three Trustees.

More information can be found on the Lloyds Foundation website - 
www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/our-programmes

Grants of £10,000 to £250,000 are available to fund improvements to facilities and work that helps more people get involved with the buildings as well as urgent structural repairs.

For more information visit the HLF website www.hlf.org.uk

So if your project, charity or group could benefit from £300 then visit the Galaxy Hot Chocolate website at galaxyhotchocolate.com after 2 November 2015 to enter.

Organisations in the UK and Ireland that are working to address and test solutions to the digital exclusion of vulnerable young people aged 12-25 can apply for funding. 

Funding has been made available by the Carnegie UK Trust as part of their #NotWithoutMe project following their research which revealed that without access to digital technology or basic digital skills, people and communities are suffering increasing levels of disadvantage, especially those who may be at points of transition in their lives, such as being unemployed, homeless or in-care. The Carnegie UK Trust will allocate £10,000 to each successful applicant and provide advice to help develop a framework for evaluating project activities and help groups to identify external support. 

The deadline for applications is 6 November 2015. To find out more visit the Carnegie UK Trust at www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/news---events/latest/help-for-innovators-improving-digital-skills-with-

Tesco will award six grants per year in each of the 428 Tesco regions to make sure the funding is spread evenly across England, Wales and Scotland. In total the community grant scheme will support around 2,500 projects each year.

Because they are expecting there to be a major demand for grants, Groundwork will assess all of the applications received and then provide a shortlist of the applications received for a Tesco regional panel to agree three successful projects to forward to a vote in Tesco stores.

Tesco customers will vote over two weekends in their store for their favourite shortlisted local project.  Grants will then be awarded as follows:

• 1st place in Tesco customer vote:  £12,000 grant
• 2nd place in Tesco customer vote: £10,000 grant
• 3rd place in Tesco customer vote:  £8,000 grant

It will fund capital projects that provide community benefit and have free and open access to all members of the community for a minimum of six days a week, during daylight hours.

The grants programme will be open to organisations such as: voluntary/community organisations, registered charities, health bodies, Parish/Town councils, social enterprises, Community Interest Companies, community councils, local authorities and housing organisations.  Other not-for-profit organisations might also be eligible.

Projects that would typically receive funding include: 

• Parks, pocket parks and urban green spaces
• Green corridors – river and canals, cycle ways
• Formal and informal play areas
• Open access sports facilities within public parks and recreation grounds – eg football pitches, tennis courts and cricket pitches
• Informal outdoor recreation facilities; eg gym equipment, trim trails and woodland walks
• Nature reserves, community woodland, ponds and village greens
• Churchyards
• Seafront improvements
• Community allotments, community gardens, orchards and city farms

There’s no match funding requirement to access this grant, but the grant should be the majority of the funding required for your project, which could be a stand-alone project or a discrete, self-contained part of a larger project or part of a phased project and will need to be delivered within six months of receipt of the grant.  Landowner’s permission is essential and you might also need planning permission.

Applying for a grant

To apply for a grant please start by taking the eligibility quiz: www.surveymonkey.com/r/BKR5W9H

Funding round 1 runs from: 19 October to 27 November

FAQ: www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/tescocommunityscheme/faqs/Category/large-grant-faqs-tes

Website: www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/tescocommunityscheme/Pages/large-grants-tes