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Funding

The Bright Ideas Fund is OPEN!

Round two of the Community Business Bright Ideas Fund is now open!
The Bright Ideas Fund aims to give your community group the support and tools you need to set up a community business.
The £1.85 million, two-year programme is already helping groups get their bright NEW ideas for a community business up and running, through a programme of tailored community business development support and early stage finance of up to £20,000.
Community business are businesses that are locally rooted, accountable to the local community, will benefit the local community and have a broad community impact. If your business idea sounds like it could be a community business, then this fund is for you!
Round two applications will be accepted until the 31 May 2017 from organisations in England only.
There will be additional funding rounds in September 2017 and February 2018.
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2017 Hounslow Sports and Community Club Grant

Fusion Lifestyle in partnership with Hounslow Public Health and Leisure have made available the final round of funding for sports clubs and community organisations in Hounslow.
Applications will need to be outcome focused with appropriate evaluation and monitoring practices in place to measure outcomes.
Funding opens: 6th April 2017
Closes: 1st May 2017      
Deadline for applications : 6th May 2017

The grant scheme will support projects which deliver on the following outcomes for those they engage:
  • Initiatives that increase or sustain participation in sport and physical activity by HounslowÂ’s most inactive populations including women and girls, those from Black and minority ethnic communities (BAME) and those with a disability.
  • Initiatives that are being delivered in areas of Hounslow with lower levels of participation in physical activity: South Isleworth, Hanworth Park, Cranford, Heston West and Bedfont.
  • Increased uptake of positive healthy lifestyle behaviours, specifically regular participation in physical activity and sport or active travel (walking and cycling).
Maximum funding available: £21,000.
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Places of worship: security funding scheme

The Places of Worship: security funding scheme Is part of the wider cross government work to stop all forms of hate crime and will provide protective security measures to places of worship in England and Wales.
To meet the criteria, you need to demonstrate that any crimes committed at your place of worship (or one not necessarily of the same faith within a 2 mile radius) was motivated by hostility or prejudice based on religion or belief.
Bids will only be considered from official places of worship. Schools, educational institutions, community centres, NHS establishments (including chapels and prayer rooms) and any places that may hold religious services are not eligible to apply.
You can only bid for security equipment e.g.  CCTV, perimeter fencing, window locks, intruder alarms and lighting. Places of worship will also need to contribute 20% of the total costs.
The latest round of funding opened on 3 April and will run until 29th May 2017.
If you would like additional information, support with an application or just want to discuss whether you could be eligible for support, please email: Philip Doyle, Community Engagement Coordinator, LB Hounslow at philip.doyle@hounslow.gov.uk

Life Chances Fund Information Events

The Big Lottery Fund is administering the £80m Life Chances Fund (LCF) on behalf of the Office for Civil Society.  
The Life Chances Fund (LCF) supports payment-by-results contracts where the initial funding is provided by social investors. These contracts are called Social Impact Bonds (SIBs), and one of the aims of the programme is to grow the SIB market across the UK. SIBs allow for socially innovative interventions to be delivered by commissioners without putting themselves at financial risk, and the outcomes based payment system helps to generate cashable savings. The aim is to help people in society who face the most significant barriers to leading happy and productive lives, and it is expected that LCF will typically provide a £1-2m subsidy for proposals.
They are looking to fund intervention services aimed at early stage prevention in particular policy areas, with proposals ideally being led by a commissioner. The social policy themes for this final round of funding are Older PeopleÂ’s Services and Healthy Lives. The deadline for your expression of interest is 31 July 2017, with a deadline of 30 April 2018 for submission of the full application.
There is also an innovation strand for projects which fall outside of the themed policy areas but still fit with the FundÂ’s wider outcomes; some examples may be proposals preventing damage to the environment, preventative projects promoting womenÂ’s needs, preventative projects targeting refugees and asylum seekers or victims of domestic abuse, or promoting victim support.
They will be running six free events in June focusing on Older People’s Services and Healthy Lives which they would like to invite a representative of your organisation to attend. In addition to information delivered by the Fund, there will be presentations from investors and commissioners who are either developing or delivering SIB proposals. This will be an excellent opportunity for finding out more about LCF and networking with other interested parties.
 The event dates are:
·              London – Tuesday 6th June 2017
If you would like to attend, you can register for the events by clicking on the venue link above. Due to the high level of interest anticipated, please limit delegate numbers to one representative per organisation.
If you are interested in applying to LCF for one of the other four policy areas (Substance and Alcohol Abuse, Children’s Services, Early Years and Young People), please drop them an email at LifeChancesFund@biglotteryfund.org.uk to discuss your proposal. If you have any questions about LCF, you can visit the website for full details: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/life-chances-fund.  
 
 

Neighbourhood Planning Grants

You can receive grants and support to help you complete your neighbourhood plan. Applications for grants for 2017-18 can be submitted from 1 February 2017 until 1 October 2017. Expenditure through a grant must be completed by 31 December 2017.

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London Councils ESF Borough Employment Programme

London Councils are pleased to announce the launch of the London Councils ESF Borough Employment Programme for Hounslow.
logoThe deadline for applications is the 22nd March 2017.  Further details on the application process can be found at http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/grants/esf
 
There will be a workshop for organisations interested in applying for the above programme on Monday 27th February 2017, 12pm-3pm
(Deadline for confirmation of attendance is Thursday 23nd February 2017) http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/grants/esf

Hounslow Funders Fair

This year’s Funders Fair will be held on Wednesday 5th October, from 9.30am – 3.30pm in the Lampton Park Conference Centre, Civic Centre, Hounslow. The event is organised by Hounslow Council’ s Community Partnership’s Unit and is a great opportunity for everyone involved in the voluntary sector in Hounslow to meet some key funders and to get their expert advice on how to apply for funding for your organisation. This includes:
·         Big Lottery
·         City Bridge Trust
·         Heathrow Community Fund
·         Lloyds Bank
 
The keynote speaker will be David Warner from London Funders, who will discuss the current state of infrastructure services and capacity building support for the community and voluntary sector in London and proposals for London wider support.
 
For further information and to book yourself onto this event please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hounslow-funders-fair-tickets-27024020573
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