MYAN E-Bulletin :Issue 14: Jan - Feb 2008

3. Funding & Other Opportunities

FUNDING

Comic Relief

Comic Relief operates a number of grant schemes through its Red Nose Days funding programme and has announced that the next application deadline for grants over £5,000 is 29 February 2008. One of its six programme areas is 'Young People'.

The grants programme is open to registered charities and constituted community and voluntary groups and grants are made for between one and three years. Although there is no maximum grant size, Comic Relief are likely to make grants of between £15,000 and £40,000 per year.

There are three separate programmes: 'young people with mental health problems', 'young people with alcohol problems' and 'young people abused through prostitution and trafficking'. However, you can only apply through one of them. They only fund work with young people aged 11-21 and they do not fund general youth work.

For more an application form visit www.comicrelief.com/apply-for-a-grant/uk/application/application.php?info=dc&sub=

Deadline: 29 February

Tesco Charity Trust

The Tesco Charity Trust has been in existence since 1987 and supports local and national charities, and also gives a 20% top-up to monies raised by Tesco employees for charity.

The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards ensure that the majority of the Trust's grants are targeted towards local communities where they have stores. Community Awards benefit local organisations whose core work supports children's education and welfare, children and adults with disabilities, and elderly people. They aim to give around £600,000 each year through the Community Awards scheme. Awards are one-off donations and range between £1,000 and £5,000.

Applications are considered in two rounds: Organisations supporting children's welfare and children's educational projects, including special needs schools; Organisations supporting elderly people and people with disabilities.

You can write to the Tesco Charity Trust at any time. The closing date for writing to the Trust if applying for Children's welfare and education (including special needs schools) round is 31 January each year. Letters received after the closing date will be held on file for the next year's round. Look at the guidelines on their website for exclusions and further information.

The first step is to write to the Tesco Charity Trust with brief details of your project. This will ensure that your request is recorded on the current year's database and included in the distribution of application forms. If your request fits criteria they will write to let you know when they will be sending an application form to you. If your request does not fit criteria they will write to you and explain why.

Tesco Charity Trust, Tesco House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL Tel: 01992 646768 Fax: 01992 646794 Website: www.tescocorporate.com/charitiesandfundraising.htm

BIG Young People's Fund 2: National Grants

Up to £38 million will fund projects of national significance that involve young people in developing, running and reviewing policies and services and help deliver the five 'Every Child Matters'outcomes. Grants of up to £5 million are available (with an average grant size of £1 million) for projects that work with young people across England. They expect to fund approximately 20 projects.

Key aspects of the programme are as follows: Their focus is on changing the lives of young people by putting them in the lead; They will only fund projects that involve young people from start to finish; Grants will be available for up to five years; All projects must have beneficiaries from two or more of the nine England regions; Only voluntary and community sector organisations may apply.

For more information about YPF 2 National Grants please read the guidance notes and the Q&A section on their website below. If you are thinking of making an application to YPF 2 NG you may want to come along to one of their briefing sessions.

Need guidance on how to involve young people? Projects that involve young people during project development, project delivery and project evaluation have always been the focus of the Young People's Fund (YPF). Their consultation with the youth sector suggests that YPF is making a positive change to the way the sector works with young people, and adds value to the other sources of funding that are currently available.

Their experience to date suggests that applicants have struggled with meaningful involvement of young people from start to finish, and this is especially true for projects trying to meet the needs of particularly vulnerable young people. As such for YPF 2, they are providing a package of support that will help embed youth involvement, enabling potential applicants to meet the level of young people's participation that is required by the programme.

The Participation Works Consortium (PWs), which is led by National Children's Bureau (NCB) and includes British Youth Council, Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), National Youth Agency (NYA), National Council for Voluntary Youth Services NCVYS) and Save the Children - England is leading this work.

PWs is tasked with building a centre of excellence on involving young people and any third sector organisation wanting to work with young people will be able to draw on this resource free of charge.

For more information on the work of Participation Works go to: www.participationworks.org.uk

BIG advice line 0845 4 10 20 30 Website: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_ypf2_national_grants.htm?regioncode=-uk &status=theProg

Deadline: 4 April

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Designer magazine looking for teen bands to play all ages gig in South Manchester

Designer Magazine set up the concept of All Ages gigs in June 2007 and has since run a series of successful gigs at Bar Amp in Sale for teenagers in South Manchester.

Recent highlights at Bar Amp include the debut solo gig of Nile Marr (son of Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr) which attracted international attention and high profile coverage from the Observer Music Monthly, The Independent, The Telegraph and the front page of the Manchester Evening News.

Other notables from the Ultimate All Ages gigs include the hotly tipped El Policia, Little Engine who made the ITC Unsigned list and The Difference who recently supported Ian Brown.

The gigs offer a safe environment for teenagers in the area to perform to people their own age and all gigs are finished by 9.30pm.

We're always on the lookout for bands from Chorlton, Old Trafford, Stretford, Altrincham, Sale and surrounding areas in south Manchester to play at future all ages gigs.

For more info contact us on www.myspace.com/designermagazine or email designermagazine@hotmail.com

Intern for NOISE

Manchester-based NOISE Festival is looking for an intern to help with editing filmed footage into 7-10 minute programme trailers that will be streamed on the NOISE 2008 website. The placement will start soon, and take 2 weeks full-time (part-time is also an option).

Applicants should have prior experience of editing and using Final Cut Pro.

This is an unpaid position, but food and travel expenses will be covered.

Please email your CV with 'Edit Intern' in the subject field to projects@noisefestival.com for more information.

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