Funding information

Members of the Local Action on Food Network receive a monthly bulletin of new sources of national and regional funding.

If you are looking for funding then here are some places that you might like to try:

Award for all
http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/
0845 4 10 20 30
Grants of between £300 to £10,00 which are awarded to groups which help improve local communities and people lives that are most in need. Emphasis is given to projects which strengthen communities and improves rural and urban environments.

BBC Children in Need
www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/
Grants are open to any organizations working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and under based in the UK. Small grants of £10,000 or les per year for 3 years and main grants over £10,000 per year for three years.
CLOSING DATE: 15th October 2010

B&Q One Planet Living Grants
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/corporate/content/environment_ethics/ethics/community/grants.jsp
Grants available between £50 to £250 of B&Q material for schools, community groups and charitable organizations which are working on sustainable projects. Applicants need to get in contact with either the environmental champion or the store manager in their local store.
CLOSING DATE: 30th September 2010

Comic Relief
http://www.comicrelief.com/
Funding is available for projects which work in the UK. Main focus of this year are projects which deal with mental health, domestic and sexual abuse, refugee and asylum seeking women, local communities and young people (aged 11-25). Funding is available across the UK and the organization is keen on supporting rural projects. Grants on average are £25,000 to £40,000 per year.

Community Food and Health’s small grants scheme (Scotland)
http://www.communityfoodandhealth.org.uk/funding/smallgrants
0141 227 6463/6464
Grants of £500 to £3000 are available to agencies that work in Scotland with the aim of improving access to and take up of a healthy lifestyle. All applicants must tackle one or more of the barriers to healthy eating so this is availability, affordability, skills and culture. Applications will begin again in April 2011.
CLOSING DATE: end of June 2011

Growing Communities: Community spaces programme
http://www.community-spaces.org.uk/
0845 3671 671
Funds community groups who want to improve local green spaces such as play areas, community gardens, parks, wildlife areas and village greens. Grants start at £10,000. Large funding bids (£100,001 - £450,000) are closed. Small and medium sized bids (up to £49,999) are available on a rolling basis until 2011.

Dulverton Trust
http://www.dulverton.org/
020 7629 9121
Supports projects which work in deprived areas and aims to help people most in need. The trust rarely gives money to charities in Northern Ireland and London (if the project benefits only Londoners). There are two types of grants. Major grants are for charities that operate national and are restricted to charities whose annual income is less that £50 million. Minor grants are for charities who work at a local level. This is restricted to charities whose annual income is less than £400,000. Preference will be given to charities working in areas of severe deprivation.

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk/
020 7812 3700
The foundation aims to improve the quality of life in the UK. This is achieved through improving cultural life as well as improving educational opportunity. There are two funds, a main fund and a strand fund. The Funding strands focus on 4 areas 2 of which are food and biodiversity.

European Union Funding
http://europa.eu/policies-activities/funding-grants/index_en.htm
Grants are available through the European commission and are monitored at a national level. There are many categories and types of funding available.

Lloyds TSB Foundation (England and Wales)
http://www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk/
0870 411 1223
The foundation supports local regional and national charities who work with disadvantaged. The organization funds small to medium charities that focus on disadvantaged people who want to live a fuller life.

Local Food Fund
http://www.localfoodgrants.org/
0845 3 671 671
A £50 million fund available to projects which work in communities to make food grown locally more accessible and affordable. Small grants (£2,000 to £10,000) and large grants (£ 10,001 to £300,000) are available.

The Allen Lane Foundation
http://www.allenlane.org.uk/
01904 613223
The Foundation is interested in funding work which benefits people in the following groups, or in general work which includes significant numbers from more than one such group: Asylum-seekers and refugees (but not groups working with a single nationality), gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or transgender people, gypsies and travelers, migrant workers, offenders and ex-offenders, older people, people experiencing mental health problems, people experiencing violence or abuse. Grants ranging from £500 - £15,000

The Coalfields regeneration trust
http://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk/
0800 064 8560
This trust aims to improve the quality of life in Britain’s coalfield communities. Focus is given for projects which aim to build sustainable and cohesive communities.

The Henry Smith Charity
http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/
020 7264 4970
The Henry Smith Charity makes grants for work throughout the UK. Priority is given to groups which work with those experiencing social and/or economic disadvantage, for example, people with disabilities; and work that tackles problems in areas of high deprivation. Main grants are £10,000 PA and small grants are under £10,000 PA.

The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust
http://www.sfct.org.uk/
0207 410 0332
Comprises of 18 grant making trust which are individually managed with different boards of trustees. The trust therefore has a wide range of interests. Research into each trust should be undertaken as some do not allow unsolicited proposals.

The Tudor Trust
http://www.tudortrust.org.uk/
020 7727 8522
The trust is an independent grant making trust which supports work which that addresses social, emotional and financial needs of people. Grants take the form of core funding, development funding, project grants or capital grants.

The Yapp Charitable Trust
http://www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/
0191 4922118
The trust makes small grants to charities which are already in operation and aims to help out with running cost. Charities must work with the elderly, children, the disabled or with people who are overcoming life limiting problems.