New Funding Opportunities

Find below new funding opportunities by Priority Areas eNews:

The Anchor Foundation

The Foundation offers grants between £500 and £10,000 to UK registered Christian charities concerned with social inclusion for a range of projects. Applications need to be received by 31st January and 31st July and are considered at twice yearly trustees meetings in April and November.

Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund

This fund looks to help small, local community based projects and community minded people. From January 7th 2013 to March 31st 2013 they are seeking to donate sixty £300 awards to help people or groups with their community programmes. Just tell them what your community could do with £300.

The Ironmongers’ Company

The Ironmonger's Company wishes to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. Grants are only given to registered charities. Closing date for applications: 31 January 2013.

Kelly Family Charitable Trust

Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available for registered charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members. Closing date for applications: 1st March 2013.

The Novum Trust

This Trust supports projects in any of the areas of mission and evangelism; Christian education; Christian help for immigrants; New ways of sharing the gospel; and Spiritual welfare of young people. They meet twice a year in May and November, typically award one-off grants of up to £2,500 and like to be surprised by something new. Click on the link above and scroll to the bottom of the page for their guidelines and application form.

The Third Sector Early Intervention Fund

The funding will support third sector organisations to deliver national outcomes relating to children and young people, and the families and communities that support them. The Scottish Government’s national outcomes can be found by following this link. This programme has two strands: Investing in organisations that can improve policy and practice nationally, and provide support for organisations delivering services to children and young people, and the families and communities that support them; and Investing in projects with creative approaches working directly with children and young people, and the families and communities that support them, which focus on prevention or intervening at an early stage.