If you are part of an organisation based in Stockton and you need help raising money for a project please have a look at the available source details below to see if they could help and give me a call or drop me an email so that we can discuss it further. Alternatively there are contact details on this page for the External Funding team. There is also a link in the related content section to more information about how they can assist you.
Community Investment Fund - Sport England
The Community Investment Fund focuses investment into projects and programmes that help create an active nation through sport and active recreation. The Community Investment Fund looks for projects that seek to involve the whole community, particularly hard to reach groups, that match regional priorities laid out in their plans for sport, and that recognise the wider benefits for sport and activity in terms of health, education and community.
Grant Size
· Minimum: £10,001
· Maximum: None
Turnaround Time: 10 working dates for an enquiry and eight weeks for a full application.
There is no closure date for this programme
Reaching Communities England - Big Lottery
This program is for community driven projects which benefit those most in need, including communities with shared interests. Projects should complement or fill gaps in local strategies where appropriate. Communities should be involved throughout the life of the project. This is primarily a revenue programme, but it can contribute up to £50,000 towards capital costs.
Grant Size
· Minimum: £10,001
· Maximum: £500,000
Turnaround Time: 10 -15 days for outline proposals. Three to four months for main applications
Closure dates are not available.
Local Food Programme - Big Lottery Fund
Local Food, a new and exciting grants programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund, will be open for applications from 17th March 2008. The Local Food programme provides a fantastic opportunity for a broad section of the public to gain access to local food and is perfectly timed to capitalise on the publics enthusiasm for locally produced food and the environmental benefits which that brings. The Local Food Programme is encouraging people to be as creative as possible, from School farms and community box schemes, to local food education centres and community composting.
Grant Size:
· Minimum: £2000
· Maximum: £500,000
Access to Nature
Access to Nature is a £25 million grant scheme to encourage people from all backgrounds to understand, access and enjoy our natural environment. It is funded by the Big Lottery Fund's Changing Spaces programme and Natural England. The scheme will focus on three broad themes;
· Community awareness and active participation;
· Education, learning and volunteering;
· Welcoming, well managed and wildlife rich places.;
Access to Nature will fund projects in urban, rural and coastal communities across England. The priority will be to fund projects that make a lasting change in areas of high social, economic and/or environmental deprivation. Access to Nature aims to encourage more people to enjoy the outdoors, particularly those who face social exclusion or those that currently have little or no contact with the natural environment - perhaps because they lack the confidence to get out and enjoy natural places or have few opportunities to do so.
Within the themes outlined above, grants will be awarded to organisations who can demonstrate that their project will deliver one or more of Access to Natures five main objectives;
· A greater number and diversity of people benefiting from the natural environment
· More people learning about the natural environment and gaining new skills
· More people able to enjoy the natural environment as a result of improvements in access to natural places and more connections between sites
· More wildlife rich natural places that are sustainably managed and meet the needs of local communities
· An increased sense of community ownership of local natural places, by the creation of strong partnerships between communities, voluntary organisations, local authorities and statutory bodies
Grant Size:
· Minimum: £50,000
· Maximum: £500,000
Grant requested (£) Rate Match Funding
£50,000 - £100,00 Up to 90% None
Over £100,000 - £500,000 Up to 80% minimum 10% cash
Over £500,000 Up to 70% minimum 10% cash
A 90% rate means that an organisation receiving this grant will get up to 90% of the total eligible project cost and they will make up the remainder themselves by allocating resources (volunteer time, for example) equivalent to the value of the remaining 10% or more.
