Current Funding Opportunities
Adventure Capital Fund
Social Enterprise Development Grants: Business Development Grants
Grants of up to £15,000 for organisations working towards the development of a social enterprise arm or trading activities.
Applications are received year round, so there is no deadline for this fund.
Adventure Capital Fund on
020 7488 3455
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The Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF)
£4.5 MILLION FOR POSITIVE YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Young people across the country are to experience adventure, arts, media projects and residential summer camps, thanks to a £4.5 million cash injection, outlined today by the Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes.
Some of the extra funding will give young people particularly those in deprived areas, the chance to attend community cohesion themed camps which start this autumn as well as mainstream summer camps. These camps will encourage young people to develop their social and emotional skills and build understanding and appreciation of others from different backgrounds.
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Grassroots Grants
The government’s £130 million Grassroots Grants scheme is offering small local voluntary and community groups grants of between £250 and £5,000 to support activities that lie at the heart of local communities. The money is being distributed through local organisations – details can be found on the CDF website or by calling the Grassroots Grants helpline on 01223 400 331.
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V
National youth volunteering organisation v has announced that it has re-shaped its Match Fund, in order to attract new project ideas from the third sector and private funders. It has created six themes for the fund: community cohesion; environment; health; children and young people; poverty; and human rights. These themes are intended to create more attractive volunteering opportunities for young people, as well as reflecting the aspirations of private sector businesses, trusts, foundations, the voluntary sector and communities.
Up to £15 million is available, with two application deadlines:
29 August and 31 October.
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The Princes Trust Community
Cash Awards
The Princes Trust Community
Cash Awards is offering grants of between £250 and £5,000 to help young people to set up a project that will benefit their community. The Awards are open to anyone aged 14 to 16 who is in school but struggling, or those aged 16 to 25 who are unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week. Funding of up to £1,000 is available for 14–16 year olds; 16–25 year olds can obtain up to £5,000.
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The Big Lottery Fund
The deadline for projects driven by young people to put in a bid for the Big Lottery Fund’s Young People’s Fund 2 Local Grants scheme is Thursday 16 October 2008.
The programme aims to fund local activities and services that address the needs of young people, but will also make grants of up to £50,000 available for youth-based projects to develop land and buildings.
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