MYAN E-Bulletin : Issue 11: Spring 2007

3. Funding & Other Opportunities

FUNDING

Comic Relief’s Red Nose Programme (UK)

The next deadline for applications for funding through Comic Relief’s Red Nose Programme is the 8th June 2007. This is Comic Relief’s largest grant making programme and focuses on supporting community based projects that work with young people, older people, people with mental health problems, refugee and asylum seekers as well as tackling domestic violence and deprivation.

Grants can be for up to three years in duration and be in the region of £15,000 - £40,000. Organisations can also apply for funding at any time through the small grants programme. The small grants programme makes awards of up to £5,000 for projects that support older people, tackle mental health problems and tackle deprivation.

For more information, visit the website at: http://www.comicrelief.com/apply-for-a-grant/uk/

Paul Hamlyn Foundation Arts Programme

The programme supports the development and dissemination of new ideas to increase people's experience, enjoyment and involvement in the arts. Funding will benefit organisations and groups through the open grants scheme and special initiatives. Support for individual artists is through the Awards for Visual Arts scheme.

Eligible organisations can apply at any time under the Open Grants Scheme provided their proposal focuses on innovative ways to encourage enjoyment, experience and involvement in the arts across all art forms. The Foundation will only accept applications from formally constituted organisations. The current funding priorities in terms of participants/beneficiaries are:

        · Children and young people (up to 25 years old)
        · Inter-generational groups including children and young people (up to 25 years old) with their families, carers and communities
        · Particularly, but not exclusively, people who live outside London

There is no minimum or maximum grant size. The amount you request should be the amount you need. There are no deadlines for applications. For more information, visit the website at: http://www.phf.org.uk/default.asp

The Foyle Foundation

The Foyle Foundation is an independent grantmaking trust that distributes grants to UK charities whose core work is in the areas of Learning, the Arts and Health. Under the Arts Funding programme the Foundation seek applications that make a strong artistic case for support in either the performing or visual arts.

Charities wishing to make an application for funding to The Foundation should download and read the Guidelines for Applicants and complete and sign the Application Form. Applications and the supporting information should be send to; David Hall, Chief Executive, The Foyle Foundation, Rugby Chambers, 2 Rugby Street, London, WC1N 3QU. Guidelines for Applicants and the application form are available electronically in Word format from: http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/index.php

Call for Proposals to Promote Innovation and Good Practice in Youth Work and Non-Formal Education

The European Union has issued a call for proposals under Action 4.4 of the Youth Action Programme. Under this call for proposals, non-profit-making organisations and associations as well as local, regional or national bodies can apply for grants of up to €100,000 per year for up to two years for projects that seek to adopt, implement and encourage innovative and good quality approaches in the fields of non-formal education for young people and youth work.

The Commission is looking to support projects that focus on the integration of young people with fewer opportunities living in suburban areas in Europe and to encourage participation by young people in cultural diversity, European citizenship, social integration and 2007’s special priority, promoting equal opportunities. The total budget allocated to co-financing projects under this call for proposals is estimated to be approximately € 600,000 and the commission will cover up to 65% of eligible project costs. Projects must include partner organisations from at least 4 different countries.

The closing date for applications is the 30th June 2007. For more information, please visit the website at: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/en/youth/calls2007/action44/index.htm

Transforming Lives (UK)

The Camelot Foundation has announced that the next funding round under its “Transforming Lives” programme will be launched on the 30th March 2007. The Transforming Lives programme spends £1.5 million each year to develop new approaches and creative ideas for re-connecting marginalised young people (aged 11 – 25) to the mainstream of UK life.
The funding is open to registered charities that work with young people that fall within the Foundations priority groups. These are; young parents or those at risk of becoming young parents; young exiles, newly arrived in the UK; young people with mental health problems; and young disabled people.

For more information, please visit the website at: http://www.camelotfoundation.org.uk/

Local Network Fund for Children and Young People (England)

This fund is open to small locally managed voluntary, community or self-help group that work with children and young people to apply for funding under the Local Network Fund. The fund, which is a seven-year programme, will end in March 2008. Funding of between £250 and £7000 are available for activities that promote healthy lifestyles amongst young people; contribute to children and young people being protected from harm and neglect and growing up able to look after themselves; help children and young people maximise their potential and develop skills for adulthood; enable children and young people use their skills and abilities in ways to enhance their own lives and the lives of their community; and which help children and young people overcome income barriers and achieve their full potential in life.

For more information, visit their website at: http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/strategy/localnetworkfund/

Apply online for BIG Lottery millions

This year’s People’s Millions sees the launch of the Big Lottery Fund’s first ever online application form, revolutionising the application process and making it easier for groups to apply. Groups can now log onto the Big Lottery Fund’s People’s Millions website www.thepeoplesmillions.org.uk to submit their project information, following a simple and secure step-by-step application process. Forms can be saved at any step, allowing applicants to comeback and complete their application at a later time and information can also be validated for inaccuracies before final submission.

Arts Award Access Fund

The Arts Award scheme is an accredited award scheme to recognise young people’s development through the arts and helps them to develop as artists and as arts leaders. It can run in arts, community and educational settings and is for young people in their teens and early twenties. The access fund offers small grants to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds so that they can work with artists or visit arts events as part of achieving an Arts Award.

Grants are between £50 and £500 for a group or an individual young person. Projects must involve professional artists and help young people achieve an Arts Award. Workshop fees, materials, tickets or transport costs can be covered by an award. Applications must be completed online – deadlines are 8 June and 12 October. For further information contact T: 020 7820 6177  E: accessfund@artsaward.org.uk   W: www.artsaward.org.uk

The Wellcome Trust: Arts Awards

The Wellcome Trust has launched the Arts Awards, a funding scheme to encourage arts projects inspired by biomedical science. The scheme builds on the success of previous schemes such as Sciart, Pulse and Science on Stage on Screen and is part of the Trust's £3.2 million Engaging Science programme.

The next deadline for awards up to £30,000 is in July. For more details, scheme criteria, guidelines and an application form see www.wellcome.ac.uk/arts  or email arts@wellcome.ac.uk.

Fame Academy bursaries / Instrument and Equipment Awards

The Fame Academy Bursary was created in 2003 to allocate the funds raised by public voting. It is available for young people aged 16 to 30 who are studying music and wish to become a full-time musician. Six individuals that can demonstrate a passion for their music, as well as come up with innovative and unique ways of using the money to help their careers, will receive bursaries worth up to £20,000 each. The scheme is open to players of all styles of music. Applicants need to be aged between 16 and 30 on the opening day of applications, 1 March 2007. Full information is at www.bbc.co.uk/fameacademybursary/about.shtml

Fame Academy also offers Instrument and Equipment Awards for young people aged between 11 and 15 on 1 March 2007 (i.e. born between 1 March 1991 and 1 March 1995). About 150 awards are made each year worth up to £1,200 each (including VAT) and the scheme is open to players of all styles of music. The closing date for receiving applications is 1 June, but only a limited number of applications will be successful, so the advice is to get your application in early. 

Full details and application form are at www.bbc.co.uk/fameacademybursary/instrument.shtml

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Noise Placements

NOISE Festival, the national showcase of creative talent in young people, is busy planning for next year's festival, and we need a hand! We have full and part-time positions to fill, and we can be flexible with hours. We are based in Manchester, so it'll help if you live close by.

If you are interested in doing some work experience at NOISE Festival please send your CV to office@noisefestival.com . More information on NOISE is available at http://www.noisefestival.com  We look forward to hearing from you!

Volunteers' Week 2007 -dates: 1-7 June 2007

Volunteers' Week (1-7 June) is the UK's annual celebration of the work volunteers do. During the Week events are held across the country to recognise, reward and recruit volunteers. A web site has been set up and provides a range of tools and resources to help you celebrate Volunteers' Week and the contribution that your volunteers have made. www.volunteersweek.org.uk or speak to John Downes at Manchester Youth Volunteering Project (MYVP) john@myvp.org.uk to find out more about citywide youth (arts) volunteering opportunities.

NCVO - Become a registered supporter

Arts and crafts activities unlock potential, eradicate apathy and build strong, happy, independent and fulfilled communities. Local people play a vital part in offering many thousands of opportunities to participate in the arts and crafts on a voluntary / amateur basis. These activities include dance, drama, literature, music, visual arts, embroidery, potter, lace making, applied arts, festivals and many other activities.

Voluntary Arts England works across England and OUR MISSION is to work towards an empowered, participative, fulfilled and healthy civil society by promoting practical participation in the arts and crafts. We do this primarily by advocating for increased resources to voluntary and amateur arts and crafts participation, sharing best practice and empowering ordinary people to make, do, promote and present the arts and crafts for themselves. We raise awareness of the contribution that arts participation makes to the well-being of communities, social inclusion, lifelong learning, active citizenship and volunteering. If you think that voluntary & amateur arts are important, then join us! There’s no membership charge. We’re raising recognition of your work, not money for ours.

For further information, contact us at T: 0191 230 4464 or E: info@vaengland.org.uk

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