Other National and Charity Funds
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts. It provides grants for the arts, including funding from the national lottery. Visit http://www.artscouncil.org.uk for more information, including answers to frequently asked questions, or to download an application pack. Or you can phone 0845 300 6100 for an application pack and any more information you need.
National Lottery Funding
For general enquiries about National Lottery funding, visit http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk or phone the National Lottery funding hotline on 0845 275 0000.
Phone: 0845 791 9191
http://www.community-fund.org.uk
Film Council
Phone: 020 7861 7861
http://www.filmcouncil.org.uk
Heritage Lottery Fund
Phone: 020 7591 6000
http://www.hlf.org.uk
Millennium Commission
Phone: 0800 06801 2000
http://www.millennium.gov.uk
New Opportunities Fund:
Phone: 0845 000 0121
http://www.nof.org.uk
Sport England:
Phone: 020 7273 1500
http://www.sportengland.org
Awards for All
Phone: 0845 600 2040
http://www.awardsforall.org.uk
Phone: 020 7211 5100
http://www.uksport.gov.uk
Youth Music
Phone: 020 7902 1060
http://www.youthmusic.org.uk
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Prince’s Trust
The Prince’s Trust encourages people aged 18 to 30 years old to go into business by offering funding in the form of a low interest loan of up to £5,000 at an interest rate of 3 percent of the loan. Grants of up to £1,500 for individuals and £3,000 for groups are also available.
In respect of the loans a nominal payment is made over the first six months and they are repayable over a three year period.
A pre start marketing grant of up to £250 is also available and a Volunteer Business Mentor is made available for three years to give regular advice and support. Self help kits, seminars and free advice lines are also made available. Sales opportunities are also given through exhibitions.
To be eligible for the Prince’s Trust business support services people must be aged between 18 and 30 years old, unemployed or employed in a part time or inadequate job. Other criterion include people who are unable to secure funding from other sources and those that have a good business idea ready to make it into reality.
Contact
The Prince’s Trust – Business Discovery Court
1st Floor
162 Southgate Street
Gloucester
GL1 2EX
Telephone 01452 416191/0845 6010873
http://www.princes-trust.org.uk
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. It helps fill funding gaps by investing in outstanding ideas and the people who have them, often much earlier than other funders.
http://www.nesta.org.uk
Shell LIVEwire
Information, advice and support for entrepreneurs aged under thirty
Contact: 0845 757 3252
http://www.shell-livewire.org
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Crafts Council
The Crafts Council is a national body that aims to advance and encourage the creation of works of craftsmanship and to raise public awareness of such works, in doing so making them more accessible to the public. It is core funded by the Arts Council of England.
The main award of the Crafts Council is the Crafts Council Development Award. The award offers the following benefits:-
· A maintenance grant of £2,500 to assist with the costs of funding practice. This is only available if it is the sole funding used from a Government source
· Equipment grant up to £5,000 of which the Crafts Council contributes 50 percent of all eligible purchases – 33 percent of the equipment grant can be used to acquire marketing tools
· Successful applicants are expected to act as advocates for the award
· Residential course in business training aimed specifically at small creative practices
· Provision of 1,000 free post cards marketed to over 160 outlets in the UK
· One to one support from a Crafts Council Professional Development Officer
· Inclusion on the Crafts Council’s Photostore.
Contact
Crafts Council
44a Pentonville Road
Islington
London N1 9BY
Telephone 020 7278 7700
Email reference@craftscouncil.org.uk
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk
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