2015 has been another busy year. Grants have been secured from many sources including Big Lottery, Comic Relief, Sobell Foundation, Health Lottery, Lloyds Bank Foundation, Tudor Trust, Tesco, Trusthouse Foundation, Morrisons Foundation, Awards for All as well as small family trusts. These have supported projects ranging from a Volunteer coordinator to a furniture Recycling to […]
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Emotions in fundraising
A few years ago, neuroscientist Antonio Damasio made a ground breaking discovery. He studied people with damage in the part of the brain where emotions are generated. His work found that they seemed normal, except that they were not able to feel emotions: They could not make decisions. They could describe what they should be doing in logical terms, […]
Asking for donations of time and money
There is an interesting relationship between asking people to volunteer time and give money. Asking to volunteer then asking to donate get more money! It turns out that when people are primed to think about money they are more focused on achieving their own ends with the resources they have. They think more analytically and give […]
Burges Salmon Charitable Trust
Funds general charitable work in the UK, but with a preference for Bristol. Previous grants have been as much as £18,500, however most are under £500. Preference is given to small to medium sized charities working in Bristol or the surrounding area rather than large national charities. Sharon Herniman The Burges Salmon Charitable Trust Burges Salmon […]
Albert Hunt Trust
The Trust funds projects that improve physical and mental welfare. Previous grants have ranged from £1,000 to £30,000 although most grants are for between £1,000 and £3,000. Applications must be made in writing and should include the following information Aims and objectives of the charity. Nature of the appeal. Total target if for a specific project. […]
People’s Postcode Trust
The Trust’s Small Grants scheme is open from 1st October to 30th October for proejcts in Wales, Scotland and London They like to support innovative and engaging projects of up to one year in length that bring a positive impact to local communities. Grants are available between £500 and £20,000 (£10,000 in Wales). The larger and […]
Plunkett Foundation
The Plunkett employs a team of people who can provide a wide range of free advice and support to any community considering setting up or already running community enterprises in rural areas (including Pubs and Shops). This advice can be provided over the phone, by email, or in person either at our office in Oxfordshire, or […]
Esmee Fairbairn Strategy
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation have launched a new funding strategy. They have not changed their themes but the new strategy sets out more clearly how they like to fund and what they are looking for in each of their main themes: Environment, Art, Food, Social Change, Young people The information is set out in the what we fund section of […]
GreenHall Foundation
The Foundation gives grants up to £10,000 to organisations working with physically and mentally disabled people and disadvantaged people aged over 25. The scheme will open on the 1st of May and close when they receive 100 applications. Only registered charities may apply. About 1/3 of grants are made to organisation in Yorkshire and there is […]
Spirit of Achievement Arts and Culture Challenge Fund
The fund in now open for applications that will create opportunities for disabled people of all backgrounds to participate in arts and cultural activities, individually and with their families and friends. They mean arts and cultural activity in the broadest sense, and include visual art, craft, writing and literature, music, dance and performance arts in […]