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Funding News - 15.10.07

The Department of Health's Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) provides financial support to social enterprise pathfinders and other organisations which are, or are aiming to become, social enterprises delivering one or more health and/or social care services.
The objectives of the Social Enterprise Investment Fund are: to stimulate and encourage the development of a vibrant social enterprise sector in the delivery of health and social care services; to provide start-up funding and longer term investment to emerging and existing social enterprises in the health and social care sector with a view to their sustainability.

Preliminary application forms can be downloaded from the Documents and Links section below, or from the Department of Health SEIF webpage. Completed forms must be emailed to: SocialEnterpriseFund@dh.gsi.gov.uk by the deadline of 31 October 2007.

BBC Children in Need
BBC Children in Need welcomes applications for good quality, carefully planned, projects which show a clear focus on children in order to change their lives for the better. These applications can be from: Self-help groups; Voluntary organisations; or Registered charities. Applicants should be properly constituted, non-profit organisations. The children they help are aged 18 years and under, and live in the United Kingdom. You should only apply for a grant if it will benefit children who are disadvantaged by: any kind of disability; behavioural or psychological problems; living in poverty or situations of deprivation; illness, distress, abuse or neglect Next Closing Date is 30 November 2007.
BBC Children in Need Appeal, PO Box 1000, London, W12 7WJ Email: pudsey@bbc.co.uk The Grant Guidelines and Application Forms for the BBC Children in Need Appeal are available for download from the BBC web-site at: www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/about_us/grants.shtml

KPMG Foundation
The focus of the KPMG Foundation is on education and social projects for the disadvantaged and under privileged, with particular emphasis on unlocking the potential of children and young people, up to 30 years of age, who for primarily social reasons have not fulfilled their educational potential.
In particular, the trustees have chosen to support four very distinct groups within this broad umbrella of “disadvantage”. Those groups are: Refugees; Young offenders; Children and young people who have been in care; Children and young people with dyslexia/literacy difficulties.
If you would like your details added to our database then please contact them Email: kpmgfoundation@kpmg.co.uk
Full information on Website: http://www.kpmg.co.uk/about/foundation/index.cfm

Heritage Lottery Fund Programmes

Awards For All (£300 - £10,000 in England / £500 - £10,000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland / £500 - £5,000 in Wales)
If you are a local group and you need a small grant (£300 - £10,000 in England / £500 - 10,000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland / £500 - £5,000 in Wales) then Awards for All may be able to help you. More...


Your Heritage (£5,000 to £50,000)
Your Heritage provides grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 to support community-focused heritage projects. More...


Heritage Grants (£50,000 plus)
This programme offers grants of £50,000 or more. Projects should look after and enhance the UK's heritage; to increase involvement in heritage activities; and to improve accesses to and enjoyment of heritage. More...


Repair Grants for Places of Worship (£10,000 to £200,000 in England / £10,000 to £250,000 in Scotland / £10,000 to £100,000 in Northern Ireland and Wales)
This programme is designed to help conserve and sustain heritage at risk, through urgent repairs to places of worship. The UK-wide scheme is delivered through four programmes in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. More...


Townscape Heritage Initiative (£250,000 to £2 million)
Through our Townscape Heritage Initiative, we make grants that help communities to regenerate the historic parts of their towns and cities. More...


Parks for People (£250,000 to £5million)
This three-year joint initiative between Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) helps with the restoration and regeneration of public parks and gardens, including squares, walks and promenades in England. More...


Landscape Partnerships (£250,000 to £2 million)
This initiative supports schemes led by partnerships representing a range of heritage and community interests which aim to conserve landscape areas of distinct local character throughout the UK. More...

Young Roots (£5,000 to £25,000)
Young Roots offers grants of between £5,000 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. More...

Collecting Cultures (£50,000 - £200,000)
(Please note: you should use our Heritage Grants application form in conjunction with the Collecting Cultures Guidance Notes to apply for a Collecting Cultures grant). More...

For further Information Please visit website: www.hlf.org.uk