The scheme is a £1.5 million government fund that will support local and community groups in celebrating the centenary of women gaining the right to vote. Two types of funds: 150 Small Grants of between £300 to £2,000 and up to 30 Large Grants of between £2,000 and £125,000. The deadline is 18th May 2018, for more information click here

Mon 9 April 2018, 18:30–21:30, Chiswick Town Hall

Greater London Authority (GLA) have launched Culture Seeds, a new micro-grants scheme for grassroots community organisations and individuals for community led culture projects. Grants of between £1,000 – £5,000 are available www.london.gov.uk/culture-seeds for individuals, not-for-profit organisations with a turnover less than £50k. The programme will be open for applications from May but people can register their interest from today.

The Mayor wants to see more local arts and culture activities created and put on by local people in London. That’s why Culture Seeds is aimed firmly at grassroots organisations.
The grants are for funding arts, culture and heritage projects and activities. This includes visual and performing arts (music, dance and theatre), film screenings, digital art, cultural events/festivals, literature, spoken word, reading groups, craft and making activities, choirs/singing groups and creative writing.
Projects must have local people at their heart. We want projects that offer shared creative experiences to bring communities together. We will prioritise projects that support people on lower incomes, and connect communities that lack access to cultural resources and funding.

Who can apply?

• individual Londoners
• not-for-profit organisations with an annual turnover of less than £50,000

You donÂ’t have to be a formally constituted group. However, you should have a bank account with two signatories or nominate an organisation who can accept the funds on your behalf.
You must also provide two referees who can vouch for your work in your local community.

How much can I apply for?

You can apply for anything between £1,000-£5,000.

When can I apply?

You can register your interest now and apply for funding from 1 May 2018. You will hear back after around six weeks.

There is still time to apply for the new bursary scheme for the VCSE sector in Hounslow. The Hounslow VCSE Training & Development Bursary provides funds to cover the costs of voluntary and community organisations groups achieving recognised quality standards and undertaking training and development work to improve their organisation’s capacity to deliver effective services. Under the new scheme organisations can apply for a maximum of £2,250
The bursary supports three strands of funding;

• 1. Achieving quality standards to strengthen the organisation
• 2. Professional development and other training
• 3. Organisation mentoring and development

Priority will be given to small and medium sized organisations–i.e. groups having an annual turnover of £150K or less.

• 30 March 2018-application process closes

For more information and to make an application please visit the click here
 

To apply for a grant from People’s Health Trust’s Active Communities funding programme, you must first check whether your area is open for funding. If you meet our criteria for Active Communities, you can begin the application process by submitting a short Stage 1 application form. If successful, you will be invited to provide more information in a Stage 2 application form.
Who can apply for funding?
You can only apply for funding from the Active Communities programme if:

• Your organisation supports people to create or shape local projects that will help their community or neighbourhood to become even better
• You are a not for profit organisation or group
• Your income is less than £350,000 a year, or an average of £350,000 or less over the last two years
• You have less than six monthsÂ’ annual running costs in savings (with no restrictions on the money) after you have deducted the grant you wish to request from us
• Your organisation has been constituted for at least three months

We run a two stage application process. You must submit your Stage 1 application form by the advertised closing date for your area – you can find this by using the map below.
We will advise you within 10 working days after the advertised closing date for your area, whether or not you are being invited to submit a full Stage 2 application. After we have advised you if you have been invited to Stage 2, you will have at least three weeks to complete the Stage 2 application form. You will know if you have been successful at Stage 2 within 10-12 weeks after the closing date for Stage 2 applications for your area.

The deadline for applications is 1pm on 18th April. To apply click here 

Do you know / are you a community group interested in making London a better place by bringing people together?
Last Friday, the Mayor of London launched a new Greater London Authority (GLA) grant scheme called the London Family Fund. The scheme is part of a broader strategy to make London a more socially integrated city.
Groundwork is acting as administrator of the scheme and applications are now open. We are looking for applications that help bring different families together – building meaningful and lasting relationships, encouraging Londoners to be active in their communities, and reducing barriers and inequalities that keep us from relating to each other as equals.
There are grants of up to £85,000 available for community groups, early years providers, family services and others who aim to promote greater social integration among parents and families. Up to £600,000 is available over the next three years.
The London Family Fund has a two-stage application process.
The deadline for initial applications (expressions of interest) at stage one is midday on Friday, 27 April 2018.
Successful stage one applicants will be invited to submit a stage two application by midday on Friday, 22 June 2018.
For more information click here
 

Read the latest Hounslow VCS Funding eNews
https://mailchi.mp/46dae5a90f47/hvsss-flash-funding-no60