Applying for Awards for All

The aims of Awards for All are all based around community support, improvement and empowerment.


Awards for All, England offers grants of between £300 and £10,000 for projects that improve communities, and the lives of people within them. It is for voluntary and community groups, schools and health organisations, parish and town councils


Watch this video with tips on how to apply for Awards 4 All Funding

National Lottery Funding

What is a Lottery funder?

For every £1 that the public spends on Lottery tickets 28 pence goes to the Lottery good causes. These are the arts, charities,  voluntary groups and social enterprises, heritage, health, education, the environment and sports. Lottery funders are the organisations that distribute the good causes money to local communities and national projects.

Arts Council England

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.

Awards for All

Awards for All is a Lottery grants programme aimed at local communities.

Big Lottery Fund

The Big Lottery Fund is committed to improving communities and  the lives of people most in need.

Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund uses money from the National Lottery to give grants for a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom.

NESTA

NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) investing in innovators and working to improve the climate for creativity in the UK.

Sport England

Sport England invests in projects that help people to start, stay and succeed in sport and physical activity at every level.

The Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics is responsible for the production of a wide range of economic and social statistics, including:

• the UK's National Accounts (such as Gross Domestic Product, National Income and Expenditure)
• the UK Balance of Payments
• population, demography and migration
• government output and activity
• business output and activity
• prices (such as consumer and producer)
• the labour market (such as employment, unemployment and earnings)
• vital events (such as births, marriages, morbidity and deaths)
• social statistics (for example statistics about neighbourhoods and families)
  
  
  Follow this link to the ONS website

Setting Up a Constituted Residents Group

Click here to download a simple guide to Setting up a Constituted Residents Group


Sample Constitutions
Intergenerational / Arts Groups
Children's Groups
Seniors Groups
Family / Community Groups

POVERTY IN ENGLAND

Love this tool on the Church Urban Fund website

Find out more about the level of poverty in your parish and how this compares with other parishes locally and nationally by entering your postcode or diocese

Birmingham - Local Development Agencies

Birmingham Local Development Agencies Network is currently made up of 10 well-established, voluntary organisations.

Your local development agency can offer information, advice and/or practical help about a range of topics including; 

> Funding                                                              > Groups start-up                                                > Management structures                                      > Resilience & risk management                      > Achieving quality standards                              > Accessing & delivering public sector contracts

Find out more about the Development Agencies in your area

Support Organisations - Community Matters

Community Matters offers information, advice and support for community and voluntary groups throughout the UK.


By becoming a member groups can access a range of useful  downloadable resources and benefits including 10% off Finance ReDirect Community Insurance 

CRB Checks

Volunteers needing a CRB check?


Click the link to find a list of CRB umbrella bodies - registered bodies that processes criminal record check applications for non-registered organisations.


Connecting Neighbourhoods CIC has recently used the CRB processing service provided by BAYC who offer a reduced price for the service if you affiliate with them. BAYC CRB CHARGES

Community First - Local Funding

The Community First Programme is an £80 Million Government Funded initiative managed by the Community Development Foundation(CDF) supporting communities to come together to identify their local priorities, plan for the future, and develop grassroots activity.The programme will be led and delivered through ward based community panels, each supported by a panel partner organisation. £500 is the minimum and £2,500 is the maximum amount that can be awarded to groups for a period of one year. Each panel will have a set of local priorities.


See here to see which wards have set up Community First panels and links to all the panel websites

Community Foundations

Community foundations want to make your communities a better place to live by funding and supporting projects that engage local people


For further information about Community Foundations in the West Midlands, see below.




                                                                                                                          Birmingham and Black Country; Shropshire and Telford ; Heart of England (Warwickshire and Coventry)  ; Herefordshire ; Staffordshire ; Worcestershire

Funding Central

Funding Central is a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. The site provides access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.

Local Authority - Funding Support Links

Find out about grants to local voluntary organisations in your local authority area


Shropshire Council


Telford and Wrekin


Wolverhampton


Walsall


Dudley


Sandwell


Solihull


Birmingham

Worcestershire

Direct Gov website