Connexions Staffordshire

External Funding Opportunities 

The Kids Fund (UK)
The Field Studies Council is an independent educational charity committed to raising awareness about the natural world. The Council works through a network of 17 residential and day Centres in the UK providing courses for schools and colleges at all levels in addition to adult Individuals & Families courses, outreach education, training and consultancy. The Kids Fund aims to bring environmental understanding to disadvantaged young people by attending a course at a Field Studies Council centre. It helps disadvantaged young people to attend a course who may otherwise be excluded due to some form of disadvantage - health, mobility, deprivation or financial. Funding will normally be up to 80% of the cost of your group's course to an FSC Field Centre to a maximum of £3000. Applications can be submitted at any time with decisions being made in February, June and October.... 

http://www.field-studies-council.org/supporters/kidsfund_application.aspx

UnLtd Launches 4iP Awards (UK)

UnLtd, the charity for social entrepreneurs has announced that it has teamed up with Channel 4 to launch of a new funding scheme (4iP) to help individuals turn their digital media projects into a reality. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to help individuals develop early stage digital media ideas and prototypes and to turn these prototypes into social businesses. This can include supporting great ideas for websites, games and mobile services which help people improve their lives. There are two themes that 4iP is looking to support. These are:

• using the web and mobile to keep an eye on how government, organisations and elected representatives use their power;
• and exploring how digital tools, games, applications and services can help people change their lives for the better whether that’s their health, wellbeing, finances, work/life balance or dealing with unemployment.

The awards are available to individuals over the age of 16; as well as informal groups. To discuss your ideas and to obtain an application form please contact 0845 850 1122 or email 4ip@unltd.org.uk.

http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=179&PageName=4ip

Community Cash Awards (UK)

Young people are being given the chance to claim a share of £1 million to help tackle the dangers of drugs, crime and play a positive role in their community. The Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cash Awards will see £1 million of grants being distributed by youth charity “The Prince’s Trust” to young people who want to run community projects in some of Britain’s poorest areas. The Awards, worth £250 to £5,000, are available to disadvantaged 14 to 25-year-olds who want to transform their area and learn practical skills. Projects could range from improving local youth facilities to sex education workshops in schools. Projects must:

• Be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25
• Clearly benefit the local community
• Benefit the people running the project
• Be a new or developing project.

Previous projects supported include:

• An amateur boxing project to give young people greater confidence
• A media project to promote community cohesion and greater understanding between the local community and asylum seekers.

Applications can be made at any time.

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/grants/community_cash_awards.aspx