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NLCB (Community Development Grant Programme)

2^nd Floor, Elizabeth House

1 High Street

Chesterton

CB4 1YW

01223 449000

Application Hotline 0845 791 9191

www.nlcb.org.uk

National Lotteries Charities Board awards grants for capital works for village halls. The community development grant funds projects that help people to become involved in activities that improve the communities quality of life. Although you do not need to be registered to apply, you do need a constitution showing that your group is established for charitable, philanthropic or benevolent purposes.

Wren

Wren House

Manor Farm

Bridgham

Norwich

Norfolk

NR16 2RX

01953 717 165

www.wren.org.uk

Wren are the distributors of the landfill tax credit scheme.  Your community has to be 10 miles from a landfill under the scheme (Grunty Fen) and your project have access to the whole of the local community. Type of projects they have funded in village halls include –extensions, roofing, toilets, disabled access, interior decoration and refurbishment. They will fund up to 90% of the project.

Dulux Community Projects Officer

PO Box 343

London

WC2E 8RJ

(enclose 60p SAE)

Apply by April every year to receive free paint to decorate halls

Lloyds TSB Foundation

C/0 Lloyds TSB bank

16 Abbeygate Street

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk IP33 1UP

Has fund which it allocates to projects which support local communities and helping people improve their quality of life. Fund community centres and facilities

The Carnegie Trust UK

Comely Park House

Dunfermline

Fife

KY12 7EJ

Offer grants to widen the use of village halls as centre for services for the community.

Nationwide Foundation

Nationwide House

Pipers Way

Swindon

SN38 2SN

01793 457183

Forms available from local branches or from address detailed.  Makes grants to charitable organisations whose aim is to improve quality of life and range of opportunities for those in needs, promote social inclusion and achieve real sustainable benefits to communities

Awards for All

2^nd Floor

Elizabeth House

1 High Street

Chesterton

Cambridge CB4 1YW

0845 600 2040

Assist local community groups to, support community activity, extend access and participation, increase skill and creativity and improve quality of life. Grants are £500 - £5000. Fund are emphasised for groups with income of £15000 or less

Goaldiggers Charitable Trust

C/o NFPA

25 Ovington Square

London

SW3 1LQ

0207 5846445

Makes small grants for kickabout areas for children and young people. Voluntary / community group must be registered as a charity.

The Foundation for Sports and Arts

PO Box 20

Liverpool

L9 6EA

0151 259 5505

Offers help for adventure type play projects for children.

New Opportunities Fund

Heron House

322 High Holburn

London

WC1V 7PW

Fund community access to life long learning and healthy living centres.  If your hall development is considering a health visitor room or an IT facility, both for access to the whole of the local community, then this grant scheme maybe suitable.

ProHelp – Anne Scott / Gary Towers

Business in the Community

Dawn Greenwood, Peter Newman:

01638-663272

Prohelp is a network of professional firms which will provide professional support and information free of charge to voluntary groups in their area. Members include surveyors, solicitors and will undertake feasibility studies and surveys.

Tesco Charitable Trust

01992 632222

Will award grants for playing fields and grounds

Sportsmatch Scheme

The Institute of Sports Sponsorship

Warwick House

25 –27 Buckingham Palace Road

London

SW1W 0PP

020 7233 7747

Available to any constituted community organisation involved in sport which has attracted potential sponsorship from commercial organisation. The Scheme will match any donation over £1000

The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust

Estate Office

Milton Park

Peterborough

PE6 7AH

Fund community projects for development projects

Charles Hayward Trust Foundation

Hayward House

45 Harrington Gardens

London

SW7 4JU

020 7370 7067

Supports organisations that are promoting good practice and adding value to existing community services. Grants are £1000 - £50,000. Priority areas are the elderly and under fives, with standard priority for village halls and recreational grounds.

Environmental Action Fund

Environmental Action Officer

DETR

Zone 6/G9

Ashdown House

123 Victoria Street

London

SW1P 6DE

020 7944 6553

Will fund constituted community groups who promote sustainable living. This includes education of sustainability, projects leading to efficient use of energy, water or other resources, encouragement of waste minimisation, promotion of living that safeguards biodiversity.

National Grid Company

02476 423608

The Percy Bilton Charity

0208 579 2829

English Sports Council

(Sport England)

0345 649649

www.sportengland.org

Funds projects designed primarily to improve opportunities to actively take part in sport.  Projects where the total eligible cost amounts to under £5,000 are not normally considered.

Princes Trust

18 Park Square East, London, NW1 4LH

020 7543 1234

info@princes-trust.org.uk

Aimed at helping disadvantaged young people aged between 18 – 30.  Provides low interest loans and grants to projects such as training costs for sportsmen and women with disabilities. 

Sports Aid Foundation

020 7387 9380

Voluntary organisation which supports amateur talented sportsmen and women.

National Playing Fields Association

020 7833 5360

Has specific responsibility for acquiring, protecting and improving playing fields, playgrounds or places where they are most needed.  Only available for developing facilities on fields owned by the NPFA.

County Playing Fields Association

020 7833 5360

Offer small grants and low interest loans to clubs providing and improving sports facilities.  Sports equipment loans are also available.

Education Authority Grant

Bursaries are sometimes awarded to help with travel and training costs for individual athletes.  Contact your local PE teacher for more info.

Sports Coach UK

01132 744802

Has a limited number of grants for coach education.

Arts Council of England

14 Great Peter Street

London

SW1P 3NQ

020 79736590

Funds Arts Capital projects that bring art to all sections of the community.  Grants must be for a minimum of £100,000.

Heritage Lottery Fund

enquire@hlf.org.uk

www.hlf.org.uk

020 79516044

Provides grants for historic buildings that are of benefit to the community.  In particular buildings at risk and projects that find new uses for old buildings

Millennium Fund

The Millennium Commission

Portland House

Stag Place

London

SW1E 5E2

020 78802030

Provides grants for projects that will make a substantial contribution to the community. 

Royal Society for Nature Conservation

seed@rsnc.cix.co.uk

www.rsnc.org

0870 036 1000

Grants for up to £100,000 for sustainable development projects including transport.