Funding Directory - T-Z

Tesco Charity Trust Community Award Scheme.

Tesco helps local and national charities as well as voluntary organizations to provide practical support for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. The majority of appeals from local community charities are handled through the Tesco Charity Trust Community Award Scheme.

This scheme distributes some £360,000 each year to charities in communities where Tesco has stores. Community Awards benefit charities that deliver practical benefits to children's welfare, children's education, the welfare of elderly people and people with disabilities. Donations generally range between £1,500 and £5,000.

Full details and application forms available at Tesco Community website or write to:

Tesco Charity Trust,
Tesco Stores Ltd,
Delamare Road,
Cheshunt EN8 9SL

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Charities and not for profit organisations active in Health Care & Disability; Community Support and the Arts and Education. Maximum grants: Revenue £10,000 and Capital £50,000.

They also consider applications from UK based charities which undertake healthcare, health education and community projects in developing in developing countries. Trustees meet four times a year, February, May, September and November.

For more information go to http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/

The Tudor Trust

To meet our aims, Tudor wants to support groups with charitable objectives who are involved in work addressing the following issues:

• Priority Funding Areas: Youth, Older people, Community, Relationships including improving relationships in communities schools and family life.
• Housing, Health, Learning including Young people who are: needing extra support in their learning, missing out on education Projects involving: home/school/community links, alternatives for those not attending school.
• Financial Security, Criminal Justice People who are: young and at risk of offending, families/friends of offenders, offenders at pre/post release stage, mentally/personality disordered offenders Projects involving: alternatives to custody accommodation, strengthening family relationships/visiting, therapeutic regimes/interventions, routes to employment. There are no deadlines for sending us your project proposals. All applications are assessed on a rolling programme.

For more information visit The Tudor Trust website.

UnLtd - The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs

UnLtd Millenium Awards are cash awards plus support, to help individuals and small informal groups turn their ideas for social change into reality. Projects must be a learning opportunity for the applicants as well as have significant community benefit. All the award winners will be provided with advice, training, mentoring and other support services, to give their projects the best chance of success.

The Awards Scheme currently has two levels:

• Level 1 Awards from £500 to £5,000 are awarded regionally
• Level 2 Awards from £5,000 to £20,000 are awarded nationally

Further information and application forms are available by calling the national helpline on 0845 850 1122 or by visiting the UN Ltd website.

Waste Recycling Environmental Limited (WREN)

WREN is fully committed to the provision of grants under the terms and conditions of the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme. By doing so they aim to enhance the social environment, natural conservation and heritage aspects of the world in which we live and create a beneficial and lasting legacy for future generations. Funding is limited and not all requests for grant support can be satisfied. Project applications which demonstrate self help, viability, sustainability and offer benefits to large numbers of people receive priority for funding. Below are two examples of funding currently available

WREN Grant Scheme
WREN can fund a wide range of projects under Objects D/DA and E of the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme. Funding of between £2,000 and £50,000 is available for the following types of projects:

• The provision, maintenance or improvement of a public park or other public amenity in the vicinity of a landfill site.
• The delivery of biodiversity conservation for UK species or habitats
• The maintenance, repair or restoration of a building or other structure, which is a place of religious worship or of historic or architectural interest.

WRG Village Hall & Community Centre Challenge Village Halls and Community Centres perform a wide range of vital functions and help deliver community cohesion and unity. In many instances they are the only place for community activity and are therefore essential places to be used and enjoyed by a considerable number and wide range of voluntary and charitable organisations. From pensioners? luncheon clubs to sports organisations, mothers and toddlers clubs and many other special interest groups these halls provide a base for their activities. These in turn draw people together and allow them to work for the benefit of the wider community.

To find out more visit the WREN website.

The WH Smith Charitable Trust

This is a registered charity with two principal objectives:

• To support the local communities in which WHSmith staff and customers live and work and;
• To support education and lifelong learning, helping people of any age to achieve their educational potential.

There are grants to support education and lifelong learning

• The WHSmith Trust will make grants of up to £40,000 to UK-based projects which support education, literacy or life-long learning.
• Projects may operate on a regional or a national level.
• There is no requirement for WHSmith employees to have existing involvement with the project/charity.
• The Trust favours projects where it will be a major funder, providing at least 30% of funding.
• The project should deliver clear outputs, which can be communicated to WHSmith employees and customers.

For more information please visit the The WHSmith Charitable Trust website.

Yapp Charitable Trust

What can it fund? They make grants to small charities to sustain their existing work with:

• elderly people
• children and young people aged 5 - 25
• people with disabilities or mental health problems
• people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin such as
• addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, a history of offending

They also make grants to sustain small charities' work in the fields of:

• education and learning, (including lifelong learning)

They give grants for running costs and salaries. Most grants are for one year but we will consider applications for up to three years. Single year grants are usually for up to £3,000. The Trustees meet three times a year to consider applications.

To find out more visit the Yapp Charitable Trust website.

Youth Music

Youth Music distributes its funds in a variety of ways including:

• Open Programmes - open for general application
• Partnership Programmes - potential partnership organisations invited to submit proposals
• Action Zones - solicited applications from regional consortiums
• Youth Music initiatives - initiatives or events that complement the above programmes.

Youth Music has launched its new Open Programmes. Application Forms and Hot Tips are available online. Continuing the success of the previous programmes, Youth Music will be funding music-making activities through three new Open Programmes:

• First Steps - creative music-making for children aged 0-5 *Please note that the First Steps programme has been revised
• Make It Sound - music-making for 5- 18 year olds who otherwise lack the chance to take part
• Vocalise! - for programmes where the voice is the main instrument

Full details and application forms available at the Youth Music website.