 | Warwickshire County Council Grants |
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Warwickshire County Council helps administer a number of grant schemes designed to support voluntary organisations and community groups with community development related activities. The schemes are summarised here - telephone the contacts given for details.
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| Community Development Fund
Area offices within Warwickshire will be setting their own criteria for grants which will include deadline dates and the amount of funding available. The grants are likely to focus on local and community led projects
Details of the 2008 programme are likely to be announced in the summer of 2008. Updated inforamtion will be posted on this site as soon as it becomes available. For futher detail on each area fund please contact the individual area office - details can be found on the right hand side of this page.
Contact your local Area Office for further information and advice.
North Warwickshire - Tel: 01827 719317
Nuneaton and Bedworth - Tel: 02476 375700
Rugby - Tel: 01788 533656
Stratford - Tel: 01789 290787
Warwick - Tel: 01926 456684
You can visit your Area Office homepage by clicking on the links below:
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Rugby
Stratford
Warwick
North Warwickshire |
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Adult and Community Learning Service
Each of the Adult and Community Learning Area Offices can sub-contract awards to organisations who meet the criteria for providing quality assured learning programmes for those aged 19+ years. Grants can be used to provide learning opportunities in Essential Skills (Literacy, Numeracy and English for Speakers of Other Languages), Family Learning (which may include the participation of children)," First Steps" into learning, training or formal education (including ICT) or programmes that provide "leisure and pleasure" opportunities (also including ICT based provision). Participants, or the organising body, will be expected to contribute to the cost of the programme in some cases.
Further details are available from the Area Managers based in the local Area Offices detailed below.
North Warwickshire 01827 718007
Nuneaton and Bedworth 02476 353065
Rugby 01926 736506
Warwick 01926 731227
Stratford 01926 413608 |
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County Arts Service Grants
The County Arts Service offers advice and information on funding available in the region. The Artsinfo database www.warwickshire.gov.uk/artsinfo provides information on training and job opportunities for artists.
You can contact the County Arts Service at WCC on: 01926 412492 |
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Race Equality Budget
The County Council has a small fund, which is intended to assist Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in simple one off simple projects which would not normally be considered within other funding areas of the Council. The fund particularly seeks to support and empower BME communities within Warwickshire. Only one application can be considered from any organisation.
Priority will be given to:
- projects that support the needs of new and emerging BME communities such as new ethnic groups settling in the County and/or asylum seekers, refugees, gypsies and travellers etc
- Support the needs of especially vulnerable BME groups such as women people with disabilities, isolataed communites, young and older people etc
- focus on researching the changing needs of BME communities or the needs of new and emerging communities
- making links between different communities to encourage community coheshion.
The upper limit on grant applications is £5,000. Funding will be allocated on the basis of the quality of bids across Warwickshire, rather than dividing the money between the districts. To make contact by email click here. Corporate Equalities and Diversity Team telephone number is 01926 412497 or visit their Equalities and Diversity webpage.
Heritage Collections
'Funding 4 Free' is designed to support heritage groups and museums, professional or voluntary, operating in Warwickshire and Coventry. Grants are generally below £1,000 and projects must begin and be completed within 6 months. The themes for 2007-08 were Collection Care and Managing Better. It is anticipated that the scheme will run again in 2008-09. The fund is managed by Stuff and (Non)sense, the Museum and Heritage Network of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. For further information on the Stuff and (Non)sense network see click here. |
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Early Years Childcare
Warwickshire Early Years and Childcare Team have a number of grants available to private, voluntary and charitable providers of early years education and childcare in Warwickshire.
New Places grant to support nursery, playgroup, out of school club and pre-school start-up costs associated with new or additional childcare places in defined gap areas.
Sustainability grant for providers in defined strategic areas to support the costs of a plan to achieve a more sustainable position.
Child minder start up grant to support the initial costs of setting up as a child minder.
For further information about any of the above contact the Early Years Team on 01926 742226 or email the Early Years Team.
Youth Opportunity Fund
Government funding for young people's activities. Groups of young people can bid for funding to support new activities such as residentials, DJ workshops, arts projects, developing projects which benefit other young people etc. The fund is managed by a group of local young people who work to the following criteria - applications must be for projects involving young people from 13 -19; completed by young people; have a sponsor organisation; groups of vulnerable young people will be given additional weighting and projects must benefit groups / young people in Warwickshire.
For details and advice call Shinderpaul Bhangal on 01926 742498 or visit Youth Opportunity Fund web page. |
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Warwickshire Children's Fund
The fund received an allocation from the DfES of £2.7m for 2005 – 2008 and is aimed at 5 - 13 year olds at risk of social exclusion and their families. It works in partnership with communities, voluntary and statutory providers to overcome disadvantage and ensure children reach their full potential and improve their life chances through the development of preventative services and capacity building with providers around prevention and participation. Services are commissioned in line with the agreed priorities within the Children’s Fund Plan. Please note that all funds have been allocated through to March 2008. However the fund supports the Warwickshire Award for Involvement and offers training and support to providers in developing their participation and involvement of children, young people and families.
For further information contact Vic Jones, Tel: 01926 742183
Email: victoriajones@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Warwickshire Rural Access to Services Partnership (WRASP)
The WRASP aims to improve rural accessibility to services both through improved transport and movement of people and the delivery of services at a local level. The partnership is lead by Warwickshire County Council, funded by Advantage West Midlands and includes a range of partners from across the county.
Two levels of funding are available:
- WASPS: Rural groups and businesses can apply for funding to improve access to employment and access to services. Smaller grants from £100 up to £5,000 are available for voluntary organisations, community groups, businesses or registered charities in Warwickshire. Applications are appraised on how well they help to achieve one or more of three access themes: People to services; Services to people; Improving information or better access to ICT services. If you would like to apply for a grant or want more information contact Simi Braich Tel. 01926 414986 or email: WRASP.
- Higher value bids: groups and businesses considering projects which meet the aims of people to services, services to people or improving information and ICT solutions and who require support over £5,000 should contact Stephen Roots on 01926 412673 or email WRASP.
Further information on both schemes click here.. You can find further information on the development of community transport in Warwickshire by clicking here.
Some of the grants above may be used as match funding for the Global Grants programme, operated by the Heart of England Community Foundation and funded by the European Social Fund.
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