East Sussex 4 Community

A free-to-use funding website with information on grants, loans and other initiatives in the UK.

https://www.idoxopen4community.co.uk/eastsussex/

Crowdfunder

Crowdfunder gives local organisations the opportunity to raise money and potentially match fund against external funding pots in just 6 weeks. Pots to match fund against through Crowdfunder currently includes:

• ‘Co-op Warm Spaces Funding Boost - Supporting projects who are bringing communities together into warm spaces (max £3,000).
• Aviva Community Fund - Supporting projects that boost the resilience of communities (Max £50,000).
• Aviva Cost of Living Boost - Supporting projects that boost the resilience of communities. (Max £50,000)
• M&S Community Energy Fund - Supporting community projects committed to being environmentally conscious (Max £5,000)
• Sport England: Active Together - Funding for keeping communities physically active.
• Sport England: Places & Spaces - Up to £10,000 to improve your Place or Space and keep your community physically active.
• British Cycling: Places to Ride Fund: For projects who are developing or improving existing cycling facilities.

Furthermore, East Sussex County Council will be releasing additional match funding for local organisations in East Sussex to apply for. Details will follow shortly.

Please read through the external funds to ensure you are eligible and meet the criteria.

For further information, feel free to contact Kat Jenner on communitygrants@wealden.gov.uk or to sign up on one of the hourly introduction sessions to crowdfunder https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/d/united-kingdom--london/crowdfunder/?page=1

Crowdfunder website: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk

Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Fund

The application window will close on 20 January 2023, with successful applicants being able to draw on the funding from April 2023.

Village halls interested in applying can request grants from £7,500 to £75,000, and up to a maximum of 20 per cent of eligible project costs. Capital grants will be allocated to support infrastructure improvements, the refurbishment of facilities, such as kitchens and toilets, and measures to improve energy efficiency.

More information, including how to apply for the fund, can be found linked below.

https://acre.org.uk/platinum-jubilee-village-halls-fund/

Sports England - Small Grants Programme

The closing date for applications to the programme is 30 June.

Small Grants Programme returns with awards of between £300 - £15,000.

Our Small Grants Programme can now give 50% larger awards to help communities get active after the maximum grant amount was increased to £15,000 for 2023 (was previously £10,000)

The Small Grants Programme was put on hold for a year in 2022 as we launched the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund, which was designed to bring communities together through activity.

We believe that communities that work together and share resources provide a stronger and more sustainable impact.

So, the programme will also prioritise projects that focus on environmental sustainability, can demonstrate how they connect with their communities, provide the biggest possible impact to those who need it most and are working with people living in areas of disadvantage.

Applications can be made for awards of between £300 and £15,000, with multiple applications permitted but organisations can only have awards totalling £15,000 or less in any 12-month period.

Only not-for-profit organisations are eligible for the programme and applications should explain the need for the project as well as how end users have been involved in its development.

https://www.sportengland.org/news/small-grants-programme-returns-awards-15000

Wealden Community Lottery

Wealden District Council is delighted to invite your local organisation to the launch ofWealden’s Community Lottery, taking place on Wednesday 1^st February at Hailsham Civic Community Hall. This initiative is an exciting new way for local organisations to fundraise locally and this event will highlight how the Community Lottery will work and the benefits it could bring to your organisation.

We welcome voluntary and community organisations, charities, sports clubs and other organisations in Wealden to attend the launch to find out more about how the community lottery can support them.

For more information and to sign up to our ‘Good Causes Launch Event’, click through the Eventbrite link below to hear all about how to get involved!

Eventbrite Link to the Event

Community Action Fund

To apply, groups must complete a short eligibility questionnaire by 26 February 2023.

The Civic Power Fund is the first donor fund dedicated to community organising, which aims to provide targeted long-term funding across the UK.

Its new grants programme is open to non-profit organisations with a turnover of less than £250,000 that are:

• Rooted in and accountable to their community.
• Hoping to achieve long-term change on the issues affecting their communities.
• Addressing injustice by the power of their community. For example, through community organising, campaigning, or democratic engagement.
• Lacking the resources to take their vision to the next level.

Grants of £2,500 to £20,000 are on offer, with funding to be used to build community resources to take action on issues that matter to them.

Priority will be given to organisations led by people with lived experience of the injustice they are trying to overcome.

https://www.civicpower.org.uk/community-action-fund

Sussex Community Foundation – General Awards

Our General Awards are open to applications. We have three main rounds of grant-giving each year. Upcoming deadlines for applications (unless specified otherwise) is 5:00pm (1700 hours) as follows:

Friday 6th January 2023 (Decisions March 2023)

Friday 5th May 2023 (Decisions July 2023)

Friday 8th September 2023 (Decisions November 2023)

Our grants programme is made up of a range of funds which help to address disadvantage and deprivation and build resilience in Sussex communities. Grants of up to £10,000 are available. We are particularly keen to support grassroots community groups and small-to-medium sized voluntary organisations. Please note our general funds cannot support small contributions to large capital appeals or campaigns. General round grants are available to cover a range of core and project costs including support for work planned in response to the pandemic.

https://sussexgiving.org.uk/apply-for-grants/how-it-works/

· Sussex Community Foundation - Winter Support Fund for East Sussex

· A total of £405,000 is being made available up until the end of March 2023. Applications will be made on a rolling basis, with first grants made before the end of November 2022.

· A new small grant fund offering grants of up to £10,000 for not-for–profit organisations working to support people most affected by cost-of-living issues. Set up in partnership with East Sussex County Council, the Fund has been informed by results of our cost of living survey and aims to help local voluntary sector organisations in East Sussex manage increasing costs to deliver services this winter. For more information and how to apply please visit our guidance page.

https://sussexgiving.org.uk/named_funds_posts/winter-support-fund-for-east-sussex/

Awards for All

Application deadline: Ongoing

Awards for All funding from the National Lottery, which gives out awards from £300 upwards:

In order to support communities, we fund projects and organisations which aim to:

• build strong relationships in and across communities
• improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
• help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage.

In addition to meeting one or more of the above funding priorities we are also able to fund projects that

• support people, communities and organisations that are facing increased demands and challenges as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis.

Funding size - £300 to £10,000, for up to one year

https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-england

National Lottery Grants for Heritage – New Dates for Grants

Not-for-profit organisations and third sector-led partnerships in the UK can now apply for the largest grants within the National Lottery’s Heritage programme.

Until the end of the 2022/23 financial year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, priority will be given to projects that:

• Promote inclusion and involve a wider range of people (mandatory outcome).
• Boost the local economy
• Encourage skills development and job creation
• Support wellbeing
• Create better places to live, work and visit
• Improve the resilience of organisations working in heritage

The programme provides three levels of grants, with those under £250,000 offered on a rolling basis:

• £3,000 to £10,000 (for up to one year)
• £10,000 to £250,000 (for up to five years)
• £250,000 to £5 million (over five years)

Grants can cover a wide range of projects and cover most costs associated with direct project delivery including staff/volunteers, training, repair and conservation and digital outputs.

The next deadline for grants up to £5 million is 23rd February 2023.

Tel: 020 7591 6044

Email: enquire@heritagefund.org.uk

https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/

Cost of living grant – Asda Foundation

Grants of between £500 and £2000 are available and the grant submission window will close in February.

This grant is designed to support the increased running costs groups will face between September 2022 and February 2023, including rent increases and electricity cost rises. The Foundation state: “The term ‘warm banks’ has emerged in recent months encouraging community locations this winter to remain open for longer to provide people with a warm, safe place to be rather than heating homes or living in a cold property.” This grant is targeted at community groups that are going to open longer to support individuals in their local area and provide a warm place to be.

Each Asda superstore has a Community Champion, and their role is to support groups and projects within the community, as well as managing Asda Foundation grant applications. The Community Champion in your local superstore will support you in completing your application and will submit the application to the Foundation on your behalf. The Foundation cannot accept application direct from groups.

PowerPoint Presentation (asdafoundation.org)

The Homity Trust is a small and approachable Brighton based charity. We give modest awards to registered community causes working across Sussex, helping those suffering financial hardship, and where the funds will make a significant difference.

Our current funding round is the Spring one, application deadline 31st March 2023, using the form on this site. We are particularly open to applications from organisations helping those most affected by the general increasing cost of living and ongoing energy crisis.

https://www.homity.co.uk/