Archive for October, 2009

The Mark Leonard Trust (UK)

Not for profit organisations and organisation with a charitable purpose can apply for funding through the Mark Leonard Trust. The Mark Leonard Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and focuses on environmental education in the UK.
In particular the Trust seeks to support projects that focus on:
• Finding practical ways of involving children and young adults; sustainable agriculture and bio-diversity
• Sustainable transport, energy efficiency and renewable energy and youth work that supports the rehabilitation of young people involved in anti-social or criminal activities.
Projects supported in the past have included:
• A grant of £10,000 to the Federation of City Farms and Community gardens towards a pilot project in Coventry to develop food growing activities in schools
• A grant of £10,000 to Plumpton College to complete the construction of an environmentally friendly classroom.
Applications to the Trust can be submitted at any time.

http://www.sfct.org.uk/mark_leonard.html

James Tudor Foundation (UK)

The James Tudor Foundation is a grant-giving charitable organisation established for the relief of sickness and the provision of financial assistance to people suffering hardship or distress arising from age, ill-health or infirmity.

The Foundation makes grants, gifts and loans to organisations who have been established for at least two years and that are registered charities within the United Kingdom, that can maximise the effectiveness of its donations. The grants are for charitable purposes across six programme areas:
• Palliative care
• Medical research
• Health education
• Awards and scholarship
• The direct relief of sickness
• The UK independent healthcare sector and the fulfilment of their charitable objects by other means.

The Foundation expects to make donations of up to £1 Million a year. Grants for under £5,000 will be made within one month, Grants that exceed £10,000 may take up to four months to process.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

http://www.jamestudor.org.uk/index.htm

The Shell Springboard Awards 2009/10 (UK)

Shell Springboard is inviting Small and medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)in the UK with innovative product or service that will lead reductions of greenhouse gas emissions to enter the Shell Springboard Awards Programme 2009/10.

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Call for Proposals – European Refugee Fund (UK)

The European Commission has launched the latest call for proposals under its European Refugee Fund 2008 – 2013. The objective of the European Refugee Fund is to support and encourage the efforts made by the Member States in receiving, and in bearing the consequences of receiving. The type of actions that can be supported under this call for proposals include amongst others the exchange of best practice and information, including on training, between national asylum authorities on the implementation of Community legislation in the field of asylum.

A total of €9.18 million is available to national, regional and local authorities, universities (including research institutions), and non-governmental organisations, registered in one of the 26 Member States participating in the European Refugee Fund, as well as International organisations, working on a strictly non-profit basis, with proven experience and expertise to meet the priorities of the 2009 European Refugee Fund work programme.

The maximum grant per project is fixed at € 2 million if the applicant is a National Authority or the UNHCR and at € 500,000 for other applicants. The minimum amount is fixed at € 200,000 for any applicant.

The closing date for applications is the 30th November 2009.

http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/funding/refugee/funding_refugee_en.htm#

Community Learning Champions Support Programme (England)

As part of its White Paper, “The Learning Revolution” the Government is inviting local partnerships in disadvantaged communities to apply for funding of up to £30,000 to promote informal adult learning through locally based Community Learning Champion (CLC) initiatives.

The funding aims to support the establishment of new Community Learning Champions schemes in areas where there is a high level of need. It can also support Community Learning Champions schemes that focus their work on particular groups who are currently excluded from learning. It will support schemes that will work to increase participation in informal learning among adults aged 19+. A Community Learning Champion promotes the value of learning to others – friends, relatives, and workmates – and encourages them to get involved. A Community Learning Champion is often someone who has experienced learning that has made a positive change in their own life. The funding is available to public, private and voluntary and third sector organisations working in partnerships.

The closing date for applications is the 28th October 2009. For more information on which areas in England are eligible to apply and how to make an application please click on the link below.

http://www.communitylearningchampions.org.uk/development_fund.php