Funding
sources for training / learning
(CVS Leaflet, February 2001)
These sources include funding both for staff or volunteers going on external training courses and for courses organised in-house for your organisation and its users. Therefore, before making any applications, check with the funder that your training course falls within their eligibility criteria. This list is by no mean exhaustive - ncreasingly funders are supporting training activities but they may not mention it specifically i.e. it may fall under "general causes". In nearly all cases, you need to allow a minimum of 3 months before finding out the outcome of your application - so plan ahead.
1) FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS
A) Your local career service is the best place to find this information as they hold a series of guides and books such as "Funding for Individuals" etc. that you can consult at their premises. In Derby, this service is based at Curzon House, 8 Curzon Street, and is open 9.00 -5.00 pm most days except Wednesdays. Call 01332 200033 for more information.
B) Learning Rewards: The Derbyshire Learning & Skills Council has a new scheme to help residents of Derbyshire access learning opportunities. The scheme is called Learning Rewards and replaces Individual Learning Accounts. It helps by offering financial support (up to £300 per application) for learning on offer by DLSC approved providers. The scheme is aimed at those residents who've not yet gained an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent (5 GCSEs at grade C or above, 1 A Level or 2 AS Levels). However, if those not fitting this criteria wish to apply other funds may be available through European Funding. For more information or to obtain an application form contact Derbyshire Careers Direct on 0800 269 468.
C) Millennium Awards Scheme: The Millennium Commission has been running a grant programme for individuals who wish to put an idea into action that will benefit their community. This programme has been run via more than 100 partner organisations (e.g. BTCV, Scope etc) that have supported over 40,000 people across the UK with awards of around £2,000 and more. This programme is expected to continue via an endowment fund to be administered by a new foundation unLTD, consisting of 7 organisations. This consortium plans to invite applications from autumn 2001. Call the Millennium Commission on 0800 068012000 or email: awards@millennium.gov.uk
2) LOCAL/REGIONAL SOURCES FOR GROUPS
Derby City Social Services Department
Middleton House
27 St Mary’s Gate
Derby DE1 3NS
Tel : 01332/716709
Contact :Rachel Westwood, Coordinator
One-off grants between £50-£500 for groups providing community support services or social health care for vulnerable people. Training is one of 5 activities supported. Derby groups only. Deadlines: 1/8,1/11,1/2, 1/5
Derbyshire Community Foundation
The Old Nursery
University of Derby
Chevin Avenue
Derby DE3 5JX
Tel: 01332/592050. Fax: 01332/592200
Contact : Hilary Gilbert
Grants of up to £500 (£1000 in exceptional cases) are available for Voluntary Sector Development, which include training activities
Joint Finance Small Schemes Budget
Kath Cawdell
Derby CVS
4 Charnwood street
Derby DE1 2GT
Tel: 01332/346266
One-off grants of up to £5,000 (but usually up to £2,000 maximum) are available from the Primary Care Groups to community care/health related projects whose focus of work is Derby City. One-off training courses are eligible.
Awards for All
East Midlands Regional Office
City Gate East
2nd Floor, Tollhouse Hill
Nottingham NG1 5NL
Tel : 0845/6002040
Grants of £500-£5000 across the East Midlands for bona fide organisations with a constitution and bank account, towards training activities.
Priority is given to smaller voluntary organisations with an income below £15,000 per annum
Sinfin & Blagreaves Community
Partnership - Community Enabling Fund
Chief Executive Department
Derby City Council
Corporation street
Derby DE1 2FS
Tel : 01332/255510
Contact : Adrian Mc Naney
Grants over £500 for projects taking part in the Sinfin & Blagreaves wards only
Sinfin & Blagreaves Community
Partnership - Community Chest Fund Fund AND SRB 6 Normanton Community
Chest
Shamim Akhter
Chief Executive Dept.
Derby City Council
Corporation street
Derby DE1 2FS
Tel : 01332/255654
Contact : Shamim Akhter
Small grants of up to £500 to independent community groups offering a service in the Sinfin and Blagreaves wards AND in the Normanton area. The SRB 6 grants are only towards capital items.
SRB 5 Osmaston & Allenton Community
Chest
Vivene Mc Calla
Community Regeneration Officer
Chief Executive’s Department
The Council House
Corporation Street
Derby DE1 2FS
Tel: 01332 255654
Small grants of £100- £2,500 to community /voluntary groups offering a service in the Allenton or Osmaston area .
Carol Taylor
Read On Write Away!
Education department
Derbyshire County Council
County Hall
Matlock DE4 3AG
Tel : 01629/585603
Maximum bid is £10,000; no minimum
Funding is available for initiatives in communities, libraries, schools, industry which aim to deal in a strategic way with raising literacy levels. This includes a comprehensive and collaborative training and staff development programme for those involved in developing literacy.
Derby Self-Help Fund
Derby CVS
4, Charnwood street
Derby DE1 2GT
Tel : 01332/346266
Contact : Wendy Lloyd, Self Help Officer
Small grants of up to £200 to independent community care or health related self-help groups based in South Derbyshire. Funding available for training.
Equalities Unit
Derby City Council
The Council House
Corporation Street
Derby DE1 2FS
Tel : 01332/255383/4
Contact : Muzahir Syed/Ann Webster
One-off Equality grants of up to £500 are available for Derby groups carrying out equality initiatives such as training
3) NATIONAL SOURCES
The list below isn't comprehensive and equally there are very few funding sources purely for training. More information about these can be found on Derby CVS Funding Information Sheets before approaching the funder.
Most funders won't support what they call "individual sponsorship" which includes staff or volunteer expenses for attending a particular seminar, conference or course, unless it's specified otherwise.
However, they are much more likely to fund such an expense if it's a part of a wider project, which ultimately will benefit many people, or particularly disadvantaged groups in the community, such as ethnic minorities or people with disabilities.
Adult Learners Week Grants
NIACE
21 De Montfort Street
Leicester
LE1 7GE
Tel: 0116 204 4200. Fax: 0116 2230050
Grants of £1,000 are available towards Adult Learners Week which usually takes place in May. Organisations need to plan activities which promote learning and reach new groups of learners such as ESF target groups, i.e. unemployed, woman returners and social groups at risk of exclusion. Applicants have to provide 55% match funding. The deadline is usually mid-March and there's a different learning theme every year.
Community Champions Fund
Leonie Nelson
C/o Engage East Midlands
7 Mansfield Road
Nottingham NG1 3FB
Tel: 0115 9348493. Fax: 0115 971 2557
Grants of up to £2,000 are available to support individuals who are active within communities. Ideally, individuals should be linked in to or part of an existing community group. The fund would support activity that builds the capacity of individuals or community groups to manage self-help or learning projects, and local services or run community enterprises. It can be used towards training, childcare costs etc.
Camelot Foundation Community Support
Programme
1 Derry Street
London
W8 5HY
Tel: 0207 937 5594
The Camelot Foundation supports organisations with an income below £100,000 helping disabled or disadvantaged people to play a fuller part in the workplace and community Grants of £500- £5,000 are available for items that include training.
Alison Taylor
Barclays Community Affairs
P O Box 18
Old Market Square
Nottingham NG1 6FF
Between £100-£1,000
Education and Training is one of 5 key areas which are supported by Barclays Plc but it's mainly targeted at schools.
Judith Dunworth, Secretary
The Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust
7 Cowley street
London SW1P 3NB
Tel : 0207/2275400
Less than £5,000 to small local charities
£5,000 to larger charities
Education is one of the five categories that the Trust supports. There's also a category for Social Welfare based on fostering self help and the participation of those intended to benefit; enabling less advantaged people to be independent and gain useful skills; and encourage volunteer involvement.
Training used as a mean to achieve these objectives would be one activity funded.
The Secretary
Garfield Weston Foundation
Weston Centre
Bowater House
68 Knightsbridge
London SW1X 7LQ
Tel: 0207/5896363
Small and larger grants to both local and national charities of between £1,000- £5,000
The Foundations supports a broad range of activities including education and various other areas of general benefit to the community. Not for individuals.
Group Community Affairs
Halifax Plc
8th Floor, Civic House
156 Great Charles Street
Birmingham B3 3AH
Tel : 01422/333416/333695
Grants between £100- £1,000
Education: Initiatives that complement the National Curriculum and will benefit large numbers of students; second chance learning for adults, vocational and life skills training; schemes for young people; drug, alcohol and health awareness ;special needs education; people with learning difficulties and ethnic minorities.
Mrs Judith Mc Quillan
Grants Administrator
Charities Aid Foundation
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent ME19 4TA
Tel : 01732/520031
Four closing dates: January, April, July and October.
Funding is offered to enable a charity to improve its management and effectiveness e.g. to improve its use of financial resources, its facilities, staff, volunteers and members, to improve its stability or to move into new areas of need. Funding isn't provided for training which is part of a charity’s core activities. CAF is also running a specific programme for ethnic minority group
The Community Fund
East Midlands Regional Office
City Gate East
2nd Floor, Tollhouse Hill
Nottingham NG1 5NL
Tel: 0115/9349300
Their emphasis is on encouraging people to become involved in activities which improve the quality of life for the whole community especially for those at greatest disadvantage and excluded from the community. Training features as an important component of any schemes submitted to the Community Fund.
Two application forms from April 2001: for grants up to £60,000 and another one for larger grants.
Lloyds TSB Foundation
P O Box 140
St Mary’s Court
20 St Mary at Hill
London
EC3R 8NA
Tel: 0115/9588745
Contact: Sue Denning, East Midlands Office
Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are allocated towards education and training as part of its more general aim to support local communities and helping people to improve their quality of life.
Diageo Foundation
8 Henrietta Place
London
W1M 9AG
Tel : 0207/9275200
One of the company’s core values is about "freedom to succeed" which is about providing opportunities for people to fulfil their potential. ‘Skills For Life’ for people of all ages and cultures to gain skills is one amongst four focus areas.
The Nationwide Foundation
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon SN38 1NW
Tel: 01793/457183
Grants between £500 to £10,000
The overall aim of the Foundation is to facilitate and enable communities and people to achieve goals and improve their quality of life.
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation
18, Queen Anne’s Gate
London
SW1H 9AA
Tel: 020 7227 3500
Website: www.phf.org.uk
Educational grants are available towards issues of school exclusion or truancy, innovative projects with young offenders, library schemes for disaffected young people and publishing training schemes. There are 3 size of grants: from under £5,000 to over £30,000.
Conservation/Environment Training
and Education
The Clerical Assistant
British Ecological Society
26 Blades Court
Deodar road
Putney
London SW15 2NU
Tel: 0208/8719797
This society administers several schemes for awarding grants with the aim of promoting ecological research and training as widely as possible.
Angela Essom
Local Heritage Initiative
The Countryside Agency
East Midlands Region
18 Market place
Nottinghamshire NG13 8AP
Tel: 01949 876200
LHI is a national small grant scheme for local groups looking after landscapes, landmarks, traditions and culture. Training for volunteers is one amongst many categories funded.
Shell Community Projects Fund
King Edwards House
135a New Street
Birmingham
B2 4QJ
Tel: 0121 248 5902
Shell supports local projects that aim to benefit both the community and the environment. Up to £2,000 is available for projects including training for volunteers.
Mrs Judy Malleson
Grants Administrator
The Ernest Cook Trust
Fairford
Glos GL7 4JH
Tel: 01285/ 713273
It supports organisations providing training schemes in practical conservation skills. Also environmental research, rural craft training schemes and training for homeless and unemployed young people.
Art Education and Training
East Midlands Arts
Mountfields House
Epinal Way
Loughborough
LE11 0QE
Tel :01509/218292
Bursaries are provided for training and skills development in performing arts and combined arts and planning. It won't fund fees or projects for individuals in full time education.
Janie Orr
The Music Sound Foundation
4 Tenterden Street
London W1A 4AY
Tel: 0207 3554848
Grants below £5,000
Their aim is to improve people’s access to music by supporting projects which encourages the education of the public, in particular young people, in all aspects of music. This includes scholarships to music colleges; music courses for teachers but also musically themed public lectures, concerts, recitals and exhibitions.
National Foundation for Youth Music
40 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AU
Tel: 020 7814 0800
Website: www.youthmusic.org.uk
This Foundation was set up to give opportunities to young people to work with skilled musicians in their communities. Funding is available to both single youth music organisations or individual musicians but not towards scholarships or festivals
Paula Ridley, Director
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
98 Portland Place
London
W1N 4ET
Tel: 0207 636 5313
Their education programme covers educational innovations and developments; and arts for young people.
Others
Mrs H J Tautz
The Granada Trust
Stornoway House
13 Cleveland Row
London SW1A 1GG
Tel: 0207 4516426
This trust gives grants to registered charities for education, training and job creation projects.
Ecumenial Racial Justice Fund
Secretary
CCRJ
Inter-Church House
35-41 Lower Marsh
London SE1 7RL
Tel: 0207 620 4444
The Churches Commission for Racial Justice operates the Ecumenial Racial Justice Fund to combat racism by enabling and empowering black communities. Education and / or campaigning activities within black communities is one priority area.
Judi Barwick
Frederic Seebolhm Charitable Trust
5 Tavistock Place
London WC1H 9SN
Tel: 0171/3832124
Awards up to £5,000
Deadline is 11 July each year
Fellowships are for individuals aged 30-50 years who wish to train for a change of career in mid-life. Candidates have to demonstrate evidence of commitment, a worked out career plan and specific financial circumstances.
The Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
15 Queen’s Gate Terrace
London
SW7 5PR
Tel: 0171/5849315
Deadline is the last week of October every year
Some 100 Travelling Fellowships are awarded annually to enable individuals from all walks of life to acquire knowledge and gain experience abroad. and work on a study project. 10-12 different categories are selected each year.
Europe
The European Union has a multitude of funds for various purposes. Except for community initiatives which require a transnational dimension, the main programme for human resources is the European Social Fund.(ESF) Objective 3. Objective 3 has 5 policy fields: Active Labour Market Policies, Equal Opportunities for All and Promoting Social Inclusion, Lifetime Learning, Adaptability and Entrepreneurship, to promote gender equality in the workplace and in the labour market.
To find out more about these funds contact either the European Team at Derby City Council on 01332 255717, CEFET on 0115 952 0290 or the European Information Centre on 0115 962 4624.
