| Grants
& Funding
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A pilot website on
Government Funding to the voluntary and community sectors
is now live. The site offers information on grants from
4 government departments (Dept of Health, Dept for Education
and Skills, ODPM/DTLR and Home Office) available to
the voluntary and community sector. If you are responsible
for any such grants in the HO which you think should
be posted on the web-site please contact
Giles Ball
Early Spend and Criteria for
National Exemplar Fund
The
Active Community Unit is commissioning work and inviting
proposals for work with national application or delivered
across two or more regions.
Approximately
£1 million is available to support bids in the
range of £10,000 - £75,000.
Development Projects and
Exemplar Projects managed at local, sub-regional and
regional level
There will be no bidding rounds. Government Offices
in the Regions will be managing funds and commissioning
work, working in partnership with the VCS and other
stakeholders. Contact your Government Office from
January 5th 2004 for more information.
Contact details for Government Offices will be available
from the Home Office ACU website in the new year.
European Structural funds
European
Funding Leaflet (HTML)
This information leaflet published ACU aims to provide
a brief summary of the European Structural Funds for
the 2000-2006 programmes, as a means of supporting and
encouraging the efforts of voluntary and community sector
to access European Funds. The information given is not
comprehensive. It is intended only as an introductory
guide with further points of contact provided.
Mentoring Capital Grant Round 2003/4
The Home Office ran a mentoring capital grant round
in 2003-4. The total funds available were £600,000.
Bids were considered for capital purchases to support
projects in the delivery of their voluntary mentoring
services outside schools. A list of the successful applicants
can be found by clicking on the link below.
Capital
mentoring grants application details - Nov 2003
Other Grant Information
Family Support
grants programme
Small
Grants Action Plan: An Action Plan to rationalise the
delivery of Government small grants programmes in England
and make them more accessible
Summary
of the Small Grants Action Plan
Funding
Community Groups: A consultation document
May 2001
Time
Limited Development Fund Grants 2002-5 |