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Orange Community Futures Awards

Orange wants to support local projects around the country that are working to make a difference to people with sensory disabilities. Through the provision of awards, they seek to recognise and reward innovative community projects that use communication to enable people with sensory disabilities to participate more fully in society.

Orange community futures awards are grants of between £2,500 and £5,000. The awards for this year have now closed, please visit the website to find out about future awards. Find out more visit: Orange Communities Website:

Parenting UK

On the Parenting Education and Support Forum website there are some very useful links for funding sources both government and non government for parenting education and parent support.

There is a wide range of useful links to other useful websites attached to this site. For more details go to the Parenting UK website or email admin@parentinguk.org

Parenting Fund

The DFES has set up a second round of the Parenting Fund for 2006-8. The grant fund will be in excess of £14million for a 24-month period starting in May or June 2006. Once again the National Family and Parenting institute will be the fundholder.

Applicants have three months to return completed forms. Assessment, decisions and award making will take place between March and the end of May 2006. A helpline will be available and information seminars will be held. The minimum grant available will be £50k, there will be no upper limit.

For more information please visit the Parenting Fund website.

Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) Small Awards

Schools Grants Scheme - The School Grants Scheme, supported by PPARC and the Institute of Physics, can provide schools with up to £400 funding for small-scale projects or events adding value to the teaching or promotion of physics.

Find out more information visit the PPARC Funding for 'Public Engagement' Projects website or email: malcolm.booy@pparc.ac.uk

Paul Hamlyn Foundation

The Foundation's primary concern is to address issues of inequality and disadvantage, particularly in relation to young people. Support concentrates on projects in the UK which respond to these charities through the arts and education. The projects for England are the Readiong and Libraries Challenge Fund, Musical Futures and Refugee and Asylum Seeker Young People.

Musical Futures Fund is a £2m three year music eduaction project which seeks to create a 'music entitlement' for all 11-19year olds in England, wherever and however they want to be involved in music.

Full details and application forms are available from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation website.

Peter Harrison Foundation - Opportunities Through Sport Programme

The foundation is interested in sporting projects that:

• Provide a focus for skills development and confidence building through sport
• Have a strong training/educational theme
• Provide sporting and recreational equipment to disadvantaged or disabled people
• Have a high degree of community involvement
• Are run by the end users of the projects Engage children that may be at risk from crime, exclusion or addiction

For more information please visit The Peter Harrison Foundation website.

The Philip Henman Trust

Offers a small amount of one off grants, up to £1,000. These grants are aimed at UK based charities working with children and young persons (up to 25) within the UK. Once a grant has been given, the organisation is then not eligible to apply for a further one off grant for that particular project the following year.
Successful applications are normally those that prove the following

• The application is specific about the way the grant will be used.
• The grant will make a substantial difference to the project
• The applicant can prove an ability to make the project work
• The project will make lasting positive changes to the children it involves
• The project is not entirely funded by the grant. You can count voluntary work and central administration costs as alternative funding

For more information please visit The Philip Henman Trust website.

The Ragdoll Foundation

Grants are available to ?develop the power of imaginative responses in children through the arts.? Preference will be given to original projects or research proposals which are in the spirit and share the same values of the Ragdoll Foundation being imaginative, creative and innovative. In particular, those projects which show a true understanding of how to listen to children and allow the voices of children themselves to be heard. Main focus is on Early Years, but projects for older children will be considered. The majority of grants are for £500-£20,000. The primary purpose is to make grants for charitable purposes around the world that:

• Promote the development of children through children's imaginative thinking.
• Encourage innovation and innovative thinking and influence good practice elsewhere.
• Offer creative solutions that deal with the causes of problems in childhood.
• Ensures effective evaluation of projects to promote sharing and learning.
• Above all demonstrate how the voices of children can be heard.

Full details and application forms are available from The Ragdoll Foundation website or contact Karen Newell on karenn@ragdollfoundation.org.uk or call 07977 916969.

The Rayne Foundation

was established in 1962 by Lord Rayne. His view of the Foundation's purpose remains at the heart of our grant-giving. It is a grant-making trust and a registered charity. The administration of the charity is provided as a donation in kind through London Merchant Securities plc. Our aims include supporting work of national importance which helps society's most vulnerable or disadvantaged individuals, especially children, young people and the elderly.

The Foundation concentrates its support on projects in the UK in the following sectors: arts, education, health, social welfare and development. For more information visit The Rayne Foundation website.

Read.write.plus

How can they help? This website provides information on planning and funding for literacy and numeracy programmes. Full details and application forms are available from the Read Write Plus - Planning and Funding website.

Roald Dahl Foundation- Literacy Grants

The Roald Dahl Foundation is a UK-based registered charity offering a programme of grant-giving to charities, hospitals, and individuals in the UK only. We support many varied projects, in exactly the same way Roald Dahl did when he was alive, offering practical assistance to children and families in three areas: neurology, haematology and literacy. Since our creation in 1991, we have donated over £4.5 million in grants.

The Foundation recognises that for a wide variety of reasons some children and young people have not acquired full literacy skills. The Foundation welcomes applications from charities undertaking specific literacy work with children to improve poor literacy skills in out-of school projects and also centres for young people aged 16 - 25 years. Projects working with families are also considered. Grants are made to meet project costs, including materials, books etc. and very occasionally to help towards tutor costs.

Full details and application forms are available from the Roald Dahl Foundation website.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group

The Royal Bank of Scotland's approach is focused on actively helping people in a number of areas: Understand finance, into education, into jobs, into enterprise and towards financial inclusion. Their approach is not that of a grant-making organisation.

They work closely with charities and voluntary organisations to develop a package of support that meets the aims of the Bank and their community partners. As such, projects are developed through discussion. They do not use application forms. If you feel an initiative is of particular relevance, please send it to the Royal Bank of Scotland for consideration.

Full details are available at Royal Bank Scotlands Groups Community Investments website

Royal Society of Chemistry- Public Activities Small Grant Scheme

Aimed at events targeting the public for activities that promote the awareness of chemistry and the chemical sciences among public audiences e.g. Open Days; public lectures; performance of plays; activities in major science festivals; local or regional activities.

The maximum amount awarded is £250. (Larger grants of up to £5,000 are available, but only 3 are given out each year.) Applications are accepted all year round. Funds will be allocated on a first come, first served basis from January to December each year.

Full details and application forms available from the http://www.sussex.ac.uk/rrdd/1-2-8-34.html

Screen West Midlands Access Fund

Put your ideas into action with this lottery grants scheme for screen based projects which emphasise education, new talent, exhibition and audience development projects. It provides the opportunity for organisations, from all backgrounds and parts of the region, to turn vision into reality. Open to any legally constituted organisation based in the West Midlands. Grant range from £5,000 up to £15,000. You can also apply for an Access R&D grant to help research and develop your ideas into fully worked-up project plans.

For further information call 0121 2657120, email: funding@screenwm.co.uk or visit the Screen West Midlands website

Support 4 Learning

How can they help? Resources for advisers, students and everyone involved in education, training and communities. Helping you to choose from extensive listings information on finance and support for education, training, lifelong learning, career planning and job search.

The Support 4 Learning website provides useful links to information on funding for provision and for learners support.

Sure Start

Sure Start is the Government's programme to deliver the best start in life for every child by bringing together: early education, childcare, health and family support.

The Sure Start website is a central site for a wide range of information including information on funding opportunities.

The Sutton Trust

Funds projects that provide educational opportunities for young people from non-privileged backgrounds. We will consider every project on an individual basis, but we are particularly interested in innovative projects and pilot schemes that have the potential to benefit large numbers, and in new research.

The Sutton Trust tends to fund projects in a formal education setting, working primarily with organisations such as schools, universities, community groups, charities and research bodies.

There is no deadline for applications, as the Trustees meet at regular intervals throughout the year. For more information visit The Sutton Trust website.