Funding

Are you an established community group or charity, or thinking of starting one, and based in Wiltshire?

Do you work with volunteers?

Do you need help finding funding?

Do you need help with training and development?

Then the StepUp team wants to help you!

Sport England have announced their next funding round to the tune of £10m with a focus on women in disadvantaged communities and women caring for children under 16.

Wednesday 25th November saw over 80 representatives attending the second EFN sports and the Arts funding forum. The aim of the event was to identify funding opportunities for projects concerning the Sport and the Arts, and was well attended by people from the arts, sports clubs, as well as schools, community clubs, and those with projects in both the voluntary and statutory sectors

The ELGA Trust aims to help young, female golfers in need. It will fund the cost of purchasing essential equipment, tuition, accommodation and travel. Each year the Trust awards grants totalling approximately £40,000 helping girl golfers and encouraging newcomers to the sport throughout England. Much of the emphasis has moved towards coaching for beginners and simply making golf an attractive sport for girls to play.

Small community groups and projects in Wiltshire and Swindon are to benefit from a £1.4 million cash injection, after The Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon won a government competition to distribute funding to grassroots initiatives in the area.

The money is part of £130 million nationwide drive by the Government to support thousands of groups and projects across the country, working to improve their local communities.

After the success of last year, Wiltshire & Swindon Activity & Sports Partnership are looking to run another funding forum, the agenda etc is not set at the moment, but we have booked the Town Hall Devizes on 25th November 2008 5.30 - 9.00pm.

Kick It Out and the Football Foundation are joining forces this summer to award a series of grants to groups who wish to use sport to tackle discrimination and exclusion. The One Game, One Community grants will enable groups to use football to help tackle social exclusion. The grants offer a cash sum of up to £1,000 and are being made available to groups across Britain as part of the forthcoming One Game, One Community weeks of action. Organisations such as community and grassroots football groups, schools and tenants associations can apply for work with groups such as young people, ethnic minorities, football fans, estates-based projects, gypsies and travelers, and refugees and asylum seekers. Applications must be received by 5 pm on 11 September and more details about how to apply can be found at www.kickitout.org

The Foundation gives grants to people with disabilities and people who are disadvantaged. One of the programmes is 'Opportunities through Sport', for further information visit the Peter Harris Foundation Website or telephone them on 01737 228000.

Groups of individuals as well as small community and voluntary groups within the UK that want to improve their communities can apply for funding through the Wakeham Trust. The Trust are particularly interested in supporting neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded. The Trust also support innovative projects to promote excellence in teaching (at any level, from primary schools to universities), though we never support individuals.

Not for profit organisations, charities and community groups located within ten miles of a SITA UK site that wish to improve the local public amenities are able to apply for funding through the SITA Trust. The SITA Trust distributes funding through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) and is supported by the waste management company, SITA UK. Up to £25,000 is available for local community improvement projects and grants of up to £150,000 for projects of a regional significance.