National Funding Organisations

Arts council england – grants for the arts

Website: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/individuals.php
Brief Description: Individuals, arts organisations, national touring & other people who use the arts in their work are eligible to apply for grants from the Arts Council that benefit people in England or that help artists & arts organisations from England to carry out their work.
Criteria: Your application must be arts related and take place mainly in England. Applications will be accepted from: artists, performers, writers, promoters, presenters, curators, producers and other individuals working in the arts; arts organisations, local authorities and other public organisations, voluntary and community groups and groups of organisations or individuals. Before you apply, we strongly recommend that you get advice from the Arts Council office for the region you are based in.
How to apply: all forms on the web-site
Financial Support: Individuals – between £200 & £30,000. Organisations – Between £200 & £100,000
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Deadline: you can apply until 31 August 2005
Contacts: enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk

Awards for all

Website: http://www.awardsforall.org.uk
Brief Description: Awards for All is a Lottery grants programme aimed at local communities.
Criteria: We can fund projects that enable people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, as well as projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community. The aims of Awards for All are to:

Extend access and participation by encouraging more people to become actively involved in local groups and projects, and by supporting activities that aim to be open and accessible to everyone who wishes to take part;
Increase skill and creativity by supporting activities which help to develop people and organisations, encourage talent and raise standards;
Improve the quality of life by supporting local projects that improve people's opportunities, welfare, environment or local facilities, for example through voluntary action, self-help projects, local projects or events.

To get a grant you need to show how you will meet at least one of the above aims
How to apply:

The application form is short and simple
There are links to guidance notes and sources of help
You will be told if you are successful or not within 8 weeks

Financial Support: We award grants of between £500 and £5000 in a simple straightforward way
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Deadline: You can apply at any time
Contacts: 0845 600 20 40 – application pack

Big Lottery Fund – Young People's Fund

Website: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/programmes/ypf/
Brief Description: To apply for funding, you will need to show us how young people are involved in the project and how it will meet two of the five main outcomes (see below). We want to make sure that disadvantaged young people are able to get funding and we will give priority to projects that involve them. We will ask you to tell us how your project supports or involves young people who have difficulties. It is also important that young people are safe from harm, so we need to know what systems and procedures you have to make sure they are protected. Projects should be for young people aged 11–18, although we will fund young people up to the age of 25 who have specific difficulties in moving into adulthood.
Criteria: These projects will help young people achieve the following:

Being healthy: enjoying good physical and mental health; living a healthy lifestyle (eg football training, cookery classes, support from peers)
Staying safe: being protected from harm and neglect; growing up able to look after yourself (eg after-school clubs, self-defence groups, sexual health advice)
Enjoying and achieving: getting the most out of life; developing skills for adulthood (eg theatre groups and role-play, learning digital music, writing resume classes)
Making a positive contribution: giving back to the local community and society; not offending or behaving anti-socially (eg recycling programmes, creative arts club, 'clean up your park' schemes)
Economic well-being: overcoming socio-economic disadvantages to achieve full potential in life (eg helping homeless young people live independently, exam support).

How to apply:
Financial Support: £10m is available to individuals or small groups of between £250 & £5,000
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Contacts: 0845 4 10 20 30 – application pack

NESTA

Website: http://www.nesta.org.uk/
Brief Description:
Criteria:There are various award programmes. I think our best bet is the Invention and Innovation award:

However, for many ideas and sectors, a key indicator is the ability to secure intellectual property rights through a patent or other forms of protection.
Broadly speaking we seek ideas, which have the potential to break new ground in their field, and could truly be described as "cutting edge".
We will look at innovative combinations of existing technologies.
The majority of successful applicants intend to exploit their idea commercially - to either develop a business around their idea or license it to another company.
You will need to demonstrate that a good market or audience is likely to exist and that you have planned how to get your idea out there.
Given the stage at which NESTA invests it is inevitably difficult to predict the level of success, and we are fully aware of the difficulties involved. However, we will need to be convinced that the combination of overall potential profitability, together with other aspects such as development of advanced intellectual property, employment creation and other wider economic benefits, will be of a high order

How to apply:

First, the initial proposal. Tell us what your idea is and convince us to investigate it further. We don't make a detailed technical or financial assessment at this stage.
Second, a full proposal. If you make it through stage one, we'll want more detailed information from you.

Financial Support: Financial packages ranging from £5,000 - £150,000. Most projects receive between £30,000 and £85,000. The money is an investment - not a grant. We take a stake in Invention and Innovation awards, and any returns we make are reinvested in the next generation of exceptional ideas.
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Deadline: open throughout the year
Contacts:(0)20 7645 9538 and nesta@nesta.org.uk

UnLtd – in charge of millenium awards

Website: http://www.unltd.org.uk
http://www.starpeople.org.uk/ - the website of the Millennium Awards Fellowship. The Fellowship celebrates the achievements of Award winners and helps them share their skills as active citizens.
Brief Description:
Criteria: “UnLtd's Millennium Awards provide practical and financial support to people who have both the ideas and commitment to develop projects which will benefit their community.” They give priority to people who are developing projects for the first time and where there is a clear learning opportunity for that individual.
How to apply: Have meeting first and then we will be told where to go from there.
Financial Support: UnLtd currently offers two levels of award:

Level One: Awards of between £500 and £5,000(expected average of £2,000)
Level Two: Awards of between £5,000 and £15,000 (expected average of £10,000)

Also you don't just get money from UnLtd. If you win an award you will get a package of support designed just for you as well as financial support. Meeting: 24th November – 11:00-1:00. We need to provide some semblance of a business plan, with a budget and a constitution.
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Youth music – very difficult to get a grant from

Website: http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/looking_for_funding/Open_programmes/Plug_into_Music.jsp or http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/apply.do
Brief Description: Plug into Music supports the use of modern technology in music-making. It is one of Youth Music’s four Open programmes.
Criteria: The programme should include:

Music technology activities for 5-18 year olds.
The development of skills in technology and musicianship, including experimentation, supported by the type of activities highlighted in the application.
Strong training and skill-sharing elements for staff.
A performance, showing of work, or recording at the end of the programme.
Clear and vivid plans for sustaining the impact of the activities after the programme has finished.

Due to high demand for this funding stream, applications that meet Youth Music priorities for 2002-2006 are more likely to be successful. These include:

Children aged 8-14, especially girls.
Disabled children or those with special needs.
Experimentation and daring ideas that expand the horizons of the participants and leaders.

How to apply: forms on website
Financial Support: Grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 are available for work for children and young people aged 5-18 over a period of three to eighteen months.
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Culture Online

Website: http://www.cultureonline.gov.uk/
Brief Description: <i>"Culture Online is an innovative initiative to increase access to, and participation in, arts and culture. It brings together cultural organisations with cutting-edge technical providers to create projects that will delight adults and children of all ages and backgrounds."</i>
Criteria: http://www.cultureonline.gov.uk/aboutus/criteria.asp[[BR]] How to apply: http://www.cultureonline.gov.uk/aboutus/submitpp.asp[[BR]] Financial Support:
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Brighton Funding Organisations

Other Possible funding organisations

http://www.aandb.org.uk/Asp/templateManager/render/sites/1/render.aspx?siteID=1
http://awards.commedia.org.uk/ - funding over, but will start up again soon
http://www.bfi.org.uk/
http://www.britisharts.co.uk/artsfunding.htm
http://www.chamberonline.co.uk/
http://www.community-fund.org.uk/
http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/
http://www.nof.org.uk/
http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/[[BR]] http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/

Guide to Arts Funding in England, including international funding sources:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/479BB428-2CF2-45F8-8948-D0753191A20C/0/GuidetoArtsFundingAug04.pdf

Useful links

NACVS - http://www.nacvs.org.uk/ - NACVS is the growing network of over 300 Councils for Voluntary Service (CVS) throughout England. We help to promote voluntary and community action by supporting our member CVS and by acting as a national voice for the local voluntary and community sector -
NVCO - http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/ - National Council for Voluntary Organisations - NCVO works with and for the voluntary sector in England by providing information, advice and support and by representing the views of the sector to government and policy-makers
RAISE – http://www.raise-networks.org.uk/ - Regional Action and Involvement South East - The central objectives of RAISE are to support representation, consultation and policy development for the community and voluntary sector in the South East Region
Sound Sense - http://www.soundsense.org - Sound Sense is the UK development agency for community music. It promotes the significance and value of community music, and assists the professional development of people practising and participating in it.

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