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GRCC brings you news of two funds which are currently available to charities and voluntary and community sector organisations.

Following on from our funding event last week, we felt it was important to notify the sector of a couple of funds that are currently available. If you want to read about the funding event last week click here.

CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION TOURLE FOUNDATION FUND

Grants up to £,5000 for small local charitable organisations in the UK that are providing projects that meet a need and will make a difference to local people.

The Tourle Foundation Fund has a £4.5 million budget available for distribution to local charitable organisations delivering services for local people across the UK over the next 10 years.

Examples of eligible projects could include (please note this is not an exclusive list):

·         Funding a charitable organisation set up by the community in a village.

·         Providing services to older people in isolation, and

·         A small community group on an estate providing drop in sessions for teenagers.

Organisations must be able to evidence that the project will be delivered to local people, while demonstrating the need and difference it will make. Charitable community organisations with an annual income below £75,000 may apply for a grant of up to £5,000. The total project costs must not exceed £25,000. Projects must be completed within a year from the date of the award. Match funding is not a specific requirement (although it may help!).

The deadline for applications is midnight on Tuesday 11 November 2019, with successful applicants expected to be notified in January 2020.

Guidance notes, together with an application form, can be found on the Charities Aid Foundation website.

The 25th Anniversary of the National Lottery

The National Lottery Community Fund has today revealed that it will be making a special £7.5 million pot of funding available to mark The National Lottery’s 25th birthday.

The fund, #CelebrateNationalLottery25, will help communities celebrate the extraordinary impact the National Lottery has had since its launch in November 1994. Thanks to National Lottery players, £40 billion has been raised for good causes so far, funding over half a million (565,000) projects across the UK.

The #CelebrateNationalLottery25 funding will support activity designed to bring people and communities together all over the UK. Up to £2 million will be made available this year in small grants of up to £1,000. The remainder will be released to the sector through the Fund’s National Lottery Awards for All programme.

It will be open to applications in November, with further details to come on how to apply.

Dawn Austwick, CEO of The National Lottery Community Fund, said: “For 25 years The National Lottery has been helping communities to thrive. We are launching our fund, #CelebrateNationalLottery25, to say happy birthday and a huge thank you to everyone who has helped make it such a great success. People have always been passionate about their communities and this special birthday fund means they can bring even more great ideas and projects to life.”

To find out more visit www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk

Posted by Jonny Gilder on October 29th 2019

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