Project Viability & Project Development Grants – the Architectural Heritage Fund

The Fund is offering grants of up to £15,000 to help assess the viability of historic building projects, and up to £20,000 towards development work to progress plans for historic buildings.

• Project Viability Grants: These grants should help you to establish whether a project is viable. Work will probably focus on understanding the condition of the building, how it might be used, and whether that intended use is appropriate for the building and likely to be sustainable.
• Project Development Grants: Project Development Grants can cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating your project and taking it towards the start of work on site. To qualify, an organisation must have established that the end use of the project is likely to be viable and have decided to take the project forward.

Applications are assessed at monthly grant decision meetings. This grant programme is supported by funding from Historic England. Visit their website to apply: AH Fund

 

Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations grants – Lloyd’s Bank Foundation

This programme is for small and registered charities and CICs with an income between £25,000 to £500,000 that are led by and working with Deaf and Disabled people who are experiencing poverty.

Your organisation will work directly with Deaf and Disabled people over the long term to support them to have more choice and control over their lives, access their rights and entitlements and challenge the barriers they face. Your work will be based on a social model of disability and you will be able to show how this understanding shapes the work that you do, and enables people to have their voices heard.

Successful applicants will receive a grant of £75,000, over three years (£25,000 per year). The grant will be unrestricted, so organisations awarded funding will be able to use the grant to support any costs that further your organisation’s social purpose.

The deadline for applications is 28 August 2024, with outcome issued by 13 December 2024.

Apply for the Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations Programme at lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk

 

Annual British Trombone Society Bursaries 

The British Trombone Society administers the fund, which has been established to help any Member of the Society in need of financial assistance.  You will have to join the society in order to apply.

The fund is open from May 1st each year and closes on 31st August.

Applications may be submitted for up to £250

All applications will be considered and grants are to be awarded for anything trombone related. This includes instrument purchases, sheet music, commissions, events and music courses.

Successful applicants will be notified as soon as possible after the closing date.

To join the society and apply for a grant visit The British Trombone Society

 

Community Transport Grant Programme – Motability

Motability have launched two new grant programmes, Community Transport Grants and Wheelchair Sector Grant Programme which launched in 2022.

Charities and organisations can apply for grants from £100,000 to £4 million.  Each application will be assessed consistently against criteria to ensure fair and transparent awarding of funding and to deliver the greatest impact to as many disabled people as possible.

Motability have identified five Routes to Impact in the Community Transport sector which they are seeking to support with grant funding.

Minibus Options will be pleased to provide quotations to help support any funding application.

For further information and to download the grant application form, you can visit the Motability website

 

Universal Music UK Sound Foundation

Grants of up to £1,500 are available to schools in the UK and Ireland that are teaching the national curriculum to support music education for young people in all its forms, specifically for school music projects and the purchase of instruments and equipment.

The Foundation supports:

• School music education, such as the purchase of instruments/equipment or projects
• Funding musical instruments for students in full time education
• Funding training for music teachers

The Foundation’s School Fund is specifically to support the purchase of musical instruments and equipment, as well as funding school music projects.

Applications are invited for funding of up to £1,500 from schools teaching the national curriculum based in the UK and Ireland towards the cost of musical resources. The scheme appears to be open to primary and secondary schools.

Funding is not available for community projects, music studios/businesses, private music centres / music services,or staffing costs to cover teaching of the national curriculum or peripatetic music lessons.

Further information, guidance and an application form is available on the Universal Music UK’s Website.

Completed forms, together with quotes from suppliers, must be submitted by email to umuksoundfoundation@umusic.com.