racial justice
racial justice fund
alternative funding and advice
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Racial Justice Fund
The Racial Justice Fund is now in the final stages of closing.
Below are possible sources of alternative funding and advice.
All links are to external websites:
Funding
Adventure Capital Fund
Helps "ambitious community enterprises" to become financially sustainable through a mixture of loans and grants, plus mentoring and support services.
www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk
Alan Evans Memorial Trust
Grants to promote permanent preservation of tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest.
Tel: 020 7753 1000
All Churches Trust
Its aims are to promote the Christian religion, to contribute to the funds of any charitable institutions or associations and to carry out any charitable purpose.
Grants will be considered in response to appeals in support of Churches, Church establishments, religious charities and charities preserving UK heritage.
www.allchurches.co.uk
Awards for All
A Lottery grants scheme for local communities. There are different schemes for each of the four countries of the UK.
www.awardsforall.org.uk
The Capital Community Foundation Website
An independent charitable foundation supporting good causes in London which aims to make it easier for Londoners to bring about positive social change. Provides funding and support to frontline charities, community projects and social enterprises.
www.capitalcf.org.uk
Charles Hayward Foundation
Makes grants to charities and charitable organisations which are registered in the UK.
www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk
Church and Community Fund
Helps with imaginative and innovative projects that involve greater outreach into the community.
www.churchandcommunityfund.org.uk
Church Urban Fund
Grants are awarded to community groups offering all kinds of support to people living in England's poorest communities. CUF particularly supports churches in deprived areas reaching out to serve their local community
www.cuf.org.uk
The Clive Richards Charity Ltd
Based in Herefordshire, it funds churches, schools, the arts, and particularly people with disability and those disadvantaged by poverty.
Tel: 01432 820557.
The Dulverton Trust
Provides money to UK registered charities and to organisations with charitable status. Supports a wide range of activities in the following categories: youth and education; general welfare; conservation; preservation, peace and humanitarian support, and Africa.
www.dulverton.org
East Midlands Funders Forum
Details of funding organisations for the East Midlands.
www.fundersindex.co.uk
The Equality and Human Rights Commission
A call for applications for the 2009/10 funding programme is now expected to go out in May 2009.
www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/aboutus/grants/pages/grantsandfunding.aspx
Garfield Weston Foundation
A grant-giving charity for UK registered charities. The Foundation will also consider applications from a limited number of exempt organisations - churches, educational establishments, hospitals and housing corporations.
www.garfieldweston.org
The Goldsmiths' Company Charity
The largest area of grant-making is towards general charitable needs, ranging from the disadvantaged in society and general welfare, to the churches, heritage and the arts.
www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/charities/
The Hedley Foundation
A charitable foundation which supports young people, the disabled and the terminally ill.
www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk
The Idlewild Trust
A grant making trust supporting registered charities (not individuals) concerned with the encouragement of excellence in the performing and fine arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of buildings and items of historical interest or national importance. Occasional support is given for conservation of the natural environment.
www.idlewildtrust.org.uk
Kathleen Hannay Memorial Charity
Supports a range of charitable causes.
Tel: 020 7409 5685
The Kirby Laing Foundation
Works particularly, but not exclusively, in the fields of medical research and the promotion of Christian faith and values.
Tel: 020 8238 8890
The LankellyChase Foundation
New guidelines for its grants will be available in March 2009.
www.lankellychase.org.uk
The Manifold Trust
Funds for conservation.
01628 825 660
National Churches Trust
National, non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting places of worship used by Christian denominations throughout the UK.
www.nationalchurchestrust.org
G C Gibson Charitable Trust
Makes donations and grants to charitable institutions.
Tel: 02920 481111
The Helen Isabella McMorran Charitable Foundation
Grants to Christian activities.
Tel: 01273 545035
Heritage Lottery Fund
Gives grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the UK. It distributes a share of the money raised by the National Lottery for Good Causes.
www.hlf.org.uk
Herefordshire Historic Churches Trust
Financial help with repairs to churches of all denominations in Herefordshire.
www.herefordhistoricchurchestrust.org.uk
Jill Franklin Trust
Grants are typically £500 to £1000, in these areas: Self-help groups, advice, training, and employment; to support people with a mental illness or learning difficulties, and their carers; respite care and holidays; organisations helping and supporting refugees and asylum-seekers; and the restoration of churches of architectural importance.
www.jill-franklin-trust.org.uk
Landfill Communities Fund
Tax credit scheme enables operators of landfill sites to contribute money to enrolled Environmental Bodies to carry out projects that meet environmental objects contained in the Landfill Tax Regulations.
www.entrust.org.uk/home/lcf
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
An interim grant scheme which returns, in grant aid, all or part of the actual amount spent on VAT on eligible repairs to listed places of worship.
www.lpwscheme.org.uk
Millichope Foundation
Shropshire based.
Tel: 01584 841234
The Owen Family Trust
Tel: 0121 526 3131
The Pilgrim Trust
Grants in the areas of preservation and scholarship, and social welfare.
www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk
Repair Grants for Places of Worship in England
Jointly funded by English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund and gives grants for urgent repairs to listed buildings which are in regular use as public places of worship.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1122
The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts
18 endowed grant-making trusts which fund registered charities or activities with clearly defined charitable purposes.
www.sfct.org.uk
Sea Change
Local authorities representing any of England's seaside resorts are eligible to apply for open application grants.
www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2445
Sport England
Sport England will have a new funding strategy from April 2009 until March 2011. See website for details:
www.sportengland.org/index/get_funding/how_funding_works.htm
The T B H Brunner Settlement
Tel: 0207 727 6277
WCVA Grants & Loans
Represent and campaigns for voluntary organisations, volunteers and communities in Wales. WCVA manages a range of grant schemes as well as a loan package.
www.wcva.org.uk/grants/dsp_grant_scheme.cfm?0=0&display_sitetextid=64
The Wolfson Foundation
Awards grants to back excellence in fields of science and medicine, health, education, the arts and humanities.
www.wolfson.org.uk
WREN Biodiversity Action Fund
Provides funds for biodiversity enhancements by supporting the expansion, recovery and conservation of habitats that achieve Habitat Action Plan/Species Action Plan targets through specific improvements.
http://www.wren.org.uk/how-to-apply/biodiversity-action-fund
UnLtd
A charity which supports social entrepreneurs. UnLtd Millennium Awards are funded by the income from a legacy granted by the Millennium Commission.
www.unltd.org.uk
Advice
Planning Aid for London
Free or affordable independent town planning advice to individuals and groups unable to afford professional consultants.
www.planningaidforlondon.org.uk
Willbrook Centre
Offers residents, tenants and groups that cannot afford professional fees, advice on applying for planning permission, objecting to a planning application or commenting on a development scheme or planning policy.
www.willowbrookcentre.org.uk
