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 Community Wildlife is Big Lottery Fund’s new programme for projects that bring local people together to discover, enjoy and protect the wildlife in their local area.

The programme is now open to a wide range of organisations including voluntary and community organisations, schools, town and parish councils, and statutory health authorities.

Launching on the BBC’s Springwatch show tonight (8 June, BBC two, at 8pm), BIG’s Community Wildlife funding programme will offer grants of between £300 and £10,000 for:

Projects that improve rural or urban environments for people to enjoy, for example by:

· protecting wildlife habitats

· creating a nature trail, woodland walk or wildlife garden

· improving community spaces, such as rivers, ponds and woodlands.

Projects that get people more active and healthier, for example by:

· exploring parks, rivers and the countryside to look for rare or endangered species

· encouraging people to take up gardening or go on nature walks

· providing opportunities for children to learn about nature through play.

The Community Wildlife programme is a small grants programme running in partnership with the BBC. It complements the BBC’s

‘Go Wild’ campaign and is designed to provide opportunities for people and communities to become involved with, enhance and

protect their local wildlife.

The programme has been launched with up to £2 million available across the UK and organisations can submit applications before the three programme deadlines of 21st July, 22nd September and the 24th November 2010.

For further details about the programme and to get an application form please visit our website www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/communitywildlife, or call our helpline on: 0845 367 0610. For more ideas for projects visit the BBC Wildlife Fund website

1. .Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC) Lancashire County Fund

Bidding for Grants of between £20,000 and £40,000 from the 2010/11 Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC) Lancashire County Fund will go live on www.learningconsortium.co.uk on Tuesday 13th

July 2010. All applications will be via the website and will need to be submitted by 4pm on Tuesday 27th July 2010, after which time the online application process will not be accessible.

Further information on the bidding process can be found on http://www.learningconsortium.co.uk/News/LancashireCountyNLDCGrants201011.aspx

More detailed eligibility and guidance notes will be available to download from 13th July 2010.

2.  Funding for Christian Charities Promoting Social Inclusion

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 applications for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work: Previously funded projects include:

The Karis Neighbour Scheme which received a grant of £700 for revenue costs at a drop in centre

of women refugees in Birmingham.

Discovery Camps which received a grant of £1500 to subsidise holidays for children arranged by churches in and around Dundee

Scargill House which received a grant of £5,000 to facilitate cross cultural engagement and understanding amongst children using arts based residential courses in Yorkshire.

The next application deadline is the 31st July 2010.

http://www.theanchorfoundation.org.uk/index.html

 vcashpoint Launches New Funding Round : vcashpoint, the independent charity set up to encourage young people to volunteer, has launched the next application round of the vcashpoint scheme. vcashpoint is giving away £2,500 to 16-25 year olds in England with ideas for a London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games inspired volunteering project to improve their community. Eligible individuals can apply for a grant of up to £2,500 to bring their idea to life. To apply for a vcashpoint grant, you must be aged 16-25, live in England, and be up for running the project yourself. You’ll need to show how your project will help other people (not relatives), the environment or your community and how it has been inspired by London 2012.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on the 6th September 2010.

http://vinspired.com/rewards/vcashpoint

3. Healthy Heart Grants

Heart Research UK has announced that the next funding round of its healthy heart grants will open in July 2010.  Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Grants support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and

to prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities. Grants of up to £10,000 are available to community groups, voluntary organisations and researchers who are spreading the healthy

 heart message.  The types of projects supported in the past have included:

The Foresight Project in Grimsby which encourages visually impaired people to take regular exercise using tandem bicycles; the Ross-shire

Bravehearts project in Inverness which educates adults with learning difficulties about heart health so they

 can take part in physical activities

 Superleague team, Wakefield Wildcats, which uses star rugby players to educate children about heart health.

 the May round of grants and July and August for grants awarded in November, each year.

http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/healthy_heart_grants.htm

4. Comic Relief Older People’s Programme

This programme supports older people to bring positive change to their communities, enabling them to contribute their time, energy and skills to those individuals who need it most. The deadline is 3 September 2010.

www.comicrelief.com/apply_for_a_grant/uk/olderpeople

5. Community Wildlife Fund

The Big Lottery Fund has launched the Community Wildlife funding programme. It will offer grants of between £300 and £10000 to projects that bring communities together to improve or protect the natural environment

 by raising awareness of threatened wildlife or places. Deadlines 21 July, 22 September and 24 November.

www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/communitywildlife

6. Support For Grassroots Sports Projects

The Wells Sports Foundation, a unique sporting charity created and funded by Barrie Wells, is offering grants of between £500 and £2,000 to sports clubs to support sustainable grassroots projects.  Funding is available

 for clubs that need equipment that is specially focused on increasing participation: CRBs for volunteers; coaching qualifications; refereeing/umpiring courses. To be eligible to apply for funding projects must support

 the development of grassroots sport for young people between the ages of 5 and 18; clubs must hav

e achieved Clubmark status, have at least one partnership agreement with a local state school, have raised

 at least 50% of the required funds for the overall project, and total project costs must not exceed £5,000.

 The deadline for applications is the 10th of every month.

http://www.wellssportsfoundation.org/grassroots-sport/sport-grants.aspx

7. Celebrating intercultural dialogue across the United Kingdom

The Awards for Bridging Cultures (ABCs) was created to promote the work of the many organisations across the UK that promote intercultural dialogue. Funded by the Baring Foundation, the awards scheme gives cash prizes for projects that successfully build trust and respect between people from different cultures.

The deadline for applications is Monday 13th September 2010. If you have a project that you think is eligible, look closely at the awards criteria

and apply online.

8. Youth in Action Programme 2010 – call for proposals

deadline: 1 June and 1 September 2010

The European Commission has announced the application closing dates for the Youth in Action Programme 2010.
Youth in Action is the Programme the European Union has set up for young people. It aims to inspire a sense of active European citizenship, solidarity and tolerance

among young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the Union’s future. It promotes mobility within and beyond the EU’s borders, non-formal learning and i

Intercultural dialogue, and encourages the inclusion of all young people, regardless of their educational, social and cultural background.
Funding is available to support partnership projects with regional or local public bodies (i.e. regions, municipalities, etc.) or with organisations active in the youth

sector at the European level in order to develop long-term projects which develop or reinforce long-term actions, strategies and programmes in the field of non-formal learning and youth.
For further information, please go http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/programme/about_youth_en.php

9. O2 supports Big Thinking from 13 to 25 year olds

Think Big is a new funding scheme from mobile phone firm O2, developed in conjunction with youth charities National Youth Agency and UK Youth. This new five million pound scheme is designed to back young people making a difference in their communities, as new research shows £300 in the hands of one young person can deliver a

ten-fold return for their local community. It gives 13 to 25 year olds the chance to apply for a £300 grant to fund projects aimed at addressing local issues identified by the young people themselves. For further information, please visit:
www.o2thinkbig.co.uk

10. Children in Need grants

deadline: 15 July and 15 October 2010

BBC Children in Need's grants programme is open to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and under. Your

organisation and project must be based in the UK and you need to be a registered charity or other not-for-profit organisation.
Within the general grants programme, you can apply for:
 Small Grants of £10,000 or less per year for up to three years;
 Main Grants over £10,000 per year for up to three years.
For further information, please go to: www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/general_grants.shtml

(Source for items 2 – 5: VAN News)

11. Idlewild Trust (UK)

The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities concerned with the encouragement of excellence in the performing and fine arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of buildings and items of historical interest or national importance. Occasionally it also supports projects that conserve the natural environment. The total funding available each year is approximately £120,000 and registered charities can apply for grants of up to £5,000. Applications are considered twice a year. The next deadline for applications is 24th September 2010. For further information, please visit: http://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/

12. 7. HBOS Foundation - Community Action Programme (UK)

Through its Community Action programme, the HBOS Foundation makes grants of up to £10,000 to support a diverse range of local activities. The programme which is available in those communities where the HBOS bank operates, is open to registered charities and has two key themes: Money advice and financial literacy, and

developing and improving local communities. Applications can be made at any time. For further information, please visit: http://www.hbosfoundation.org/index-community.html

13. 8. Young Roots (UK)

Young Roots offers grants of between £3,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to

25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. Projects need to be related to the local and culturally varied heritage of the UK. For example, it could involve young people researching a local archive or doing practical casework on a

nature reserve. Projects must also show how young people are managing and participating in the project.

Projects should promote social inclusion and equal opportunities by involving a wide range of young people of different abilities and cultural backgrounds. Applications can be made at any time. For further information, please visit: http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/youngroots.aspx