Funding is available for road safety projects; to support disadvantaged children and young people through Asda Foundation’s Under 18s Better Starts Grants; for digital inclusion projects in Kent, and more.
New funding for road safety projects
The Road Safety Trust has announced Fitness to Drive as its 2022 Main Theme Grants Programme
The road safety funding is for public and private organisations, registered charities, university departments and not for profits, and will open in September 2022.
Under the theme of ‘Fitness to Drive’, grants are available for the research and development of practical road safety interventions. Because ‘Fitness to Drive’ is such a broad theme, applications focusing on the following areas are eligible:
· Diabetes
· Dementia
· Sleep and fatigue
· Illegal and prescription drug use
This grant programme is not restricted to older drivers and projects can be for any age group. Eligible projects can include drivers or riders of any motorised road vehicle.
Grants are available for up to two or three years depending on the programme. The minimum award is £25k and the maximum is £300k.
Grants to support local communities around London’s Earls Court
The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) has launched the Earls Court Community Fund (ECCF) 2022, to support local communities around the Earls Court site and surrounding areas of Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea.
The fund aims to make a difference to the lives of local people, offering resources to charities and community organisations providing projects, services and activities.
Organisations meeting the entry criteria can apply for a grant of up to £15,000 per year and to be eligible, applications must meet at least one of the three priority areas:
1. Communities and people: Projects that build a strong sense of community and provide opportunities to learn new things, meet new people and feel connected with their neighbours.
2. Health and wellbeing: Initiatives that support mental and physical wellbeing, enabling local people to build resilience and flourish, personally and professionally.
3. Young people and training: Projects that support young people through the integration of education, skills development and employability, making them better placed to access new, exciting opportunities.
Applications to the Earls Court Community Fund are now open and will close on 30 May.
In 2021, 35 applications were submitted to the ECCF, with 19 nineteen receiving grants worth £180,000. These included Dads House, Finsborough Theatre and the Earl’s Court Community Trust.
Another £4 million for UK charities through easyfundraising
Thousands of charities supporting local communities across the UK have received a share of £4 million from easyfundraising.
The charity shopping site has donated more than £40 million to charities across the country since it launched in 2005, including £4 million during the last 12 months.
The charities range from local guide and scouting groups to community organisations and sports clubs.
More than 6,500 retailers are signed up to easyfundraising, from M&S, Tesco and Boots, to John Lewis, Amazon and Asos. Donations can also be raised through insurance, travel and entertainment purchases made online via the easyfundraising site. Shopping through the site sees participating retailers make a donation to the shopper’s chosen charity.
Grants to support digital inclusion in Kent
Kent Community Foundation has announced that the Medway Better Connected Fund has new funding to support digital inclusion. Grants of up to £5,000 from the Medway Better Connected Fund are available via Kent Community Foundation to upgrade equipment, purchase new equipment or to provide digital training skills.
The Fund opens with £50,000, which will primarily support digital inclusion amongst the older members of the community in Medway and applications will only be considered where the planning or development of digital inclusion programmes is done by people from the Medway area.
Deadline looming for Asda Foundation’s Under 18 Better Starts Grants
The Asda Foundation is making £500,000 in funding available to support a broad range of activities aimed at improving the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.
Under 18 Better Starts Grants of between £500 and £1500 are available to not-for-profit organisations for projects which give children the best start in life, encourage them to be active, and which tackle poverty, inclusion and wellbeing.
Projects could include breakfast clubs, food and clothing banks, arts and crafts groups, brownies, scouts, training for counsellors, sporting/physical activity-based groups, and Easter and Jubilee Celebrations.
Applications should be made through each local Asda store’s Community Champion, with a deadline of 15 April.
New grant round to help improve school attendance & reduce exclusions
The Youth Endowment Fund has partnered with the Education Endowment Foundation to launch a new grant round to improve school attendance and reduce exclusions.
The funding round will find, fund, and evaluate programmes and practices in England and Wales that could both keep children safe from involvement in violence and improve academic attainment, by ensuring they attend, positively engage with, and remain in school/college.
The two organisations are seeking applications from schools, charities or other organisations with promising initiatives that could improve attendance and reduce exclusions. They are keen to fund trials of approaches in several priority areas, including anti-bullying, social and emotional learning and targeted family engagement.
Applications for funding close on Monday 16 May 2022.
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