MYAN E-Bulletin: Issue 16: Apr - May 2008

3. Funding & Other Opportunities

FUNDING

myplace

The Big Lottery Fund is delivering myplace on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). This is not Lottery funding.

This scheme opens for applications on 6 May 2008. Grants available are between £1 million and £5 million. The total available is £190 million between 2008 and 2010. £160m will be available in year one of which up to £50 million is available through the Fastrack route.

Do you have the vision and drive to work with young people to deliver a world class place for them to go? If so, myplace may be able to help you turn your ideas into reality.

myplace aims to deliver world class youth facilities driven by the active participation of young people and their view and needs.

Funded projects must deliver all the following outcomes:

• more young people, parents and communities feel that young people have exciting
• and safe places to go in their leisure time where they can get involved in an
• attractive range of activities
• more young people, particularly the most disadvantaged, participate in positive leisure time activities that support their personal and social development
• more young people have access to information, advice and support services from within places they feel comfortable
• stronger partnership working between local authorities, third, private and public sector partners to plan, deliver and operate financially sustainable youth facilities with and for young people.

myplace will only fund projects that will deliver on all four of these outcomes and demonstrate evidence of the real participation of young people, particularly disadvantaged young people, in the development, design and future of running of the project.

All projects will need to demonstrate genuine cross-sector partnership between public sector bodies and third and/or private sector organisations.

The fast track will enable early investment in projects that are already well developed and therefore able to submit robust business and capital plans with their application. This will enable final investment decisions to be made on the basis of the single application.

The standard route will provide applicants with an in-principle investment decision prior to providing capacity building support to help them develop their detailed delivery plans.
Application and guidance materials for the first funding round will be available from 6 May 2008. Deadline for fast track applications is 29 July and the deadline for the standard route is 30 September.

They expect to open a second funding round in early 2009 to commit a further £30m, plus any surplus from the first round. Potential applicants should note that the focus of the second round will be determined following a review of year one.

A leaflet which sets out further information can be downloaded from the website below. Full guidance materials, application forms and questions and answers will be available to download from their website from 6 May.

The North West regional seminar which informs groups about myplace takes place on Wednesday 14 May (am) in Warrington. Please contact your regional office if you would like to attend. See website below for details.
BIG advice line Tel: 0845 4 10 20 30
Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/

Prince's Trust Community Cash Awards

Community Cash Awards are grants of up to £5,000 to help young people set up a project that will benefit their community.

What's the catch? There isn't one. You just have to come up with an idea for a project that will improve life in a local community in the UK. Maybe a new basketball court, a music studio, a youth club, sex education workshops in schools, a youth advisory board, even a local magazine.

Anyone who is: aged 14-16 and is in school, but struggling; or aged 16-25, unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week can apply.

They focus their efforts on helping young people who need it most. To be eligible projects must:

• be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 & 25
• clearly benefit the local community
• benefit the people running the project
• and be a new or developing project

The following are not eligible:

• Formal groups or organisations
• Expeditions or overseas travel
• Fundraising activities for charity
• Trips and outings, unless they have educational value

How much grant is available depends on your age: Funding of up to £1,000 is available for 14-16 year olds; Funding of up to £5,000 is available for those aged 16-25. They will also provide you with advice and support to give you the best chance of success.
To apply call them free Tel: 0800 842 842, fill out an online form.
Website: www.princes-trust.org.uk/

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

As a general principle, the Foundation supports projects which are genuinely original in their field and also favours those which take place outside London. In addition to accepting applications for projects that fit within its designated programmes, the Foundation increasingly sees the value in initiating a series of strategic partnerships. Exceptionally, they may consider ideas which fall outside their programmes if they think these to be of particular interest to them and they have the potential to be truly innovative.

Arts Programme - The Foundation’s art theme supports professional artists and UK based arts organisations, usually at an early research and development stage. There are two grant programmes in 2008: The Arts in Public Spaces - This will be the third and final year of this programme and those in rural areas will be prioritised. The Arts and Science - The Foundation has pioneered collaborations between artists and scientists for the past 10 years and this aspect of the programme has come to an end. For further information see website below or Email: arts@gulbenkian.org.uk

Education Programme - Within the education theme, the Foundation continues to support educational innovations and developments. In 2008, its two programmes are as follows: Human Scale Schools - This programme is designed to help secondary schools strengthen their commitment to human scale education.
Cross-cultural Schools and Youth Work Projects - Support is offered to secondary schools, and to those agencies who work with them, to implement imaginatively and ambitiously that part of the KS3 curriculum designed to encourage empathy and understanding between students from different cultures, both within and between schools (i.e. inter-school linking projects, involvement of local community groups etc.). Support is also offered to youth organisations, and those agencies who work with them, wishing to initiate projects aimed at fostering better relations between young people from different cultures and faiths.
For further information see website below or email education@gulbenkian.org.uk

Applications will be considered at their July meeting (deadline 23 May); and November meeting (deadline 10 October). As a guide, grants made by the Foundation rarely exceed £15,000. The Foundation does not give grants in response to general fundraising appeals or towards the simple continuation of existing services. Please read further details on their website including their list of exclusions.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, United Kingdom Branch, 98 Portland Place, London WIB 1ET Tel: 020 7636 5313 Fax: 020 7908 7580 info@gulbenkian.org.uk www.gulbenkian.org.uk

Freemasons' Grand Charity - Non-Masonic Grants

The Freemasons' Grand Charity regularly supports national charities that are not connected with Freemasonry. For over 25 years, hundreds have benefited from its support. In total, over £30 million has been donated to non-Masonic charities of all sizes.

Major Grants - Charities seeking funding for specific projects can apply for grants of over £5,000.
Before applying for a grant, you are advised to read the detailed Grant Application Guidelines available on the website (address below). The majority of grants awarded are for between £10,000 and £25,000. A few grants of over £50,000 may be approved each year. Grants are not normally made for capital building projects, whether for new buildings, renovation, updating or extension. Examples of projects supported by a Major Grant can be found in the Case Studies section.

Minor Grants - Smaller charities can apply for a grant of £5,000 or less for general purposes
In 2008, The Freemasons' Grand Charity intends to award minor grants totalling around £50,000. Examples of recent grants are on website below. The grants of up to £5,000 are given towards core funding for smaller charities whose annual income does not exceed about £1 million.

Major and minor grants are awarded under the following headings: Vulnerable people; Medical Research; Youth Opportunities.

Major and minor grants are only made to registered charities in England and Wales. Applicant charities must operate nationally, throughout England and Wales. Local charities (i.e. serving an individual city or region) should apply to the Provincial Grand Lodge of the region in which they operate Contact details for Provincial Grand Lodges are on website.

Major and minor grant applications are considered at meetings held in January, April and July. Applications are currently being accepted for consideration at the meeting to be held in July. The closing date for receipt of applications for presentation at this meeting is Friday 30 May. Applications received after the closing date will be held over to the next meeting (January 2009).

For further information please contact the Non-Masonic grants team Tel: 0207 395 9294
Head of Non-Masonic Grants, The Freemasons' Grand Charity, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ Website: http://www.grandcharity.org/pages/nonmasonic_grants.html

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

The Urban Theatre Music Project

The Urban Theatre Music Project is now in its third and final year of development. The project will deliver cutting edge workshops in Music, Theatre, Dance and Digital Arts, developed for a final performance.
As part of this work Community Arts North West want to engage young people from Refugee and Asylum seeker backgrounds aged 13-18 years from the Manchester City Centre area.
If you are interested in getting involved or know of any budding dancers, music makers, singers or digital artists please get in touch.
Contact Michelle Udogu on 0161 234 2980 or email her on michelle@can.uk.com

YMT:UK / Leverhulme Trust Training Scheme for Artistic Staff

Between 2008 & 2010, YMT:UK will be making sixteen bursary training places available every year for recent graduates or those in their second or third year of higher education wishing to gain work experience on music theatre projects working with young people. These places have been funded by the Leverhulme Trust and will be called the Leverhulme Training Awards. The places available are:

• Assistant Director
• Assistant Musical Director
• Assistant Choreographer
• Designer
• Stage Manager

Each bursary involves working alongside our professional artistic staff on residential courses across the UK. The workshops usually involve between 25 and 45 young people aged 11-21. The bursaries are ideally suited to those wishing to make a career for themselves in music theatre or related areas and who are committed to working with young people.

The Productions involve young people selected from auditions across the UK. These projects will be creating new music theatre in a variety of genres.

The Studio, on the other hand, involves young people from a wide range of backgrounds, some from mainstream schools, some less advantaged children referred through Leaving Care Teams, Young Carers groups, Foyer projects and refugee organisations. A few may display various forms of challenging behaviour and integrating the various groups is an essential part of the project. The Studio projects are all one week long, starting on a Monday and finishing on a Saturday.

The programme of activity will vary but each trainee will have a considerable level of responsibility, the exact nature of which will be decided upon in conjunction with the director of the project.

More details of the traineeships available and an application form can be downloaded from www.ymtuk.org/training-bursaries.html

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