Funding opportunities – Feb 2015
Here is a list of potential funding opportunities for arts, creative and community organisations in the London, Essex and South East Region. Check our posts regularly for updates of open applications and closing dates.
1. Funding Provider: The Idlewild Trust
Amount: £ 5,000
Deadline: 25 Feb 2015
Grants are available for projects in the UK that encourage the performing/fine arts and preserve buildings, objects of beauty and items of historic interest or national importance for public benefit.
More information: http://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/
2. Funding Provider: Greater London – Royal Victoria Hall Foundation
Amount: £ 2,000
Deadline: 27 Feb 2015
Funding to encourage and assist projects in the Greater London area with the performance and/or development of professional dramatic work
More information: http://rvhf.org/grants/
3. Funding Provider: Gilcrist Educational Trust – Grants to Organisations
Amount: Discretionary
Deadline: 28 Feb 2015
Funding to support organisations in the UK that are undertaking projects which fill up educational gaps or make a particular aspect of education or learning more widely available.
More information: http://www.gilchristgrants.org.uk/
4. Funding Provider: Hertfordshire Community Foundation Large Grants
Amount: £ 5,000
Deadline: 28 Feb 2015
Grants for local charities and voluntary groups to support long-term projects in the community.
More information: http://www.hertscf.org.uk/
5. Funding Provider: Peter Cruddas Foundation
Amount: Discretionary
Deadline: 01 Mar 2015
Funding is available to benefit disadvantaged and disengaged young people in England and Wales towards pathways into education, training and employment through charitable organisations.
More information: http://petercruddasfoundation.org.uk/
6. Funding Provider: Comic Relief Local Communities Programme – Essex, Southend and Thurrock
Amount: £ 10,000
Deadline: 02 Mar 2015
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups and organisations for community projects in Essex, Southend and Thurrock that empower local people and enable them to create lasting change in their communities.
http://www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk/grants/working-with-other-funders/comic-relief
7. Funding Provider: Nuffield Foundation – Children and Families Grant Programme
Amount: £ 150,000
Deadline: 05 Mar 2015
Financial assistance is available to support work that looks to ensure that the legal and institutional framework is best adapted to meet the needs of children and families
http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/children-and-families
8. Funding Provider: Harlow Recreation Trust
Deadline: Monday 2nd March
Awards grants up to £10,000 to support charitable projects undertaken by voluntary and community organisations that support the development of recreational skills, knowledge and talent for the benefit of people living in Harlow.
More information: http://www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk/grants/our-grantmaking/funds-inviting-applications