2023 Funding Fair Online
Hear the latest news from local and national funders and get details on how to apply
- Bedfordshire funders on Monday 13 March
- National funders on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 March
Each different funder will have a session, using Zoom, to explain what funding they have and also how their application process works. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions. You will need to book separately for each session you wish to attend. You can attend as many or as few as you would like to.
CVS Bedfordshire is working with Community Matters, W3RT and Cambridge CVS to bring you this funding fair.
This is a FREE event but if you fancy helping us with the costs you can donate the cost of a coffee via paypal.me/communitymattersyork
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Wednesday 15 March |
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Monday 13 March
10am The Harpur Trust
For over 450 years The Harpur Trust has been inspiring and supporting the people of Bedford to help them improve their lives. Exclusive to the Borough of Bedford, our grants provide essential funding to the groups who run projects to help improve the lives of others. We have approximately £1 million a year in grant funds that we are able to award to projects that focus on education, recreation and relief as well as specific, additional funds to support Bedford through the challenges of Covid 19.
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2023-funding-fair-online-the-harpur-trust-registration-510764920627
11am Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation
An independent local grant-maker, supporting voluntary and community groups managing several funds on behalf of statutory agencies, private donors, companies and local families. Their mission is to build partnerships which effectively connect donors with charities and/or community projects through effective and efficient grant-making and philanthropy in order to strengthen the communities they work in.
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12noon Bedford Borough Council
Several grant schemes are open to charities and community groups including Community Chest Fund, The House of Industry Estate, Rural Grants Scheme and Members' Ward Fund to address specific local priorities, reduce the needs, hardship or distress of residents and/or improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of Bedford Borough.
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1pm Be Active Beds
Promoting safe, high-quality and inclusive opportunities for people to participate in sport and physicalactivity for life by offering a range of services to community organisations, sports clubs and individuals. The local specialists for Sport England funding information together with appropriate and timely advice, guidance and support for sport funding needs and sport grant applications.
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2023-funding-fair-online-be-active-beds-registration-510824027417
2pm Central Bedfordshire Council
Central Bedfordshire Council are investing in new grant schemes this year, designed to support local groups to meet needs in their communities. These include the ward councillor grant scheme, community assets grants and tree planting grants as well as the annual Inspiring Volunteering Grants Scheme as part of Cheering Volunteering.
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3pm Other local funders
Hear from CVS Bedfordshire’s funding advisors about how to find other local sources of funding. If you have a particular local funder that you would like to know more about, you can let us know on the booking form.
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Tuesday 14 March
9am Grantscape
Administering community funds on behalf of local authorities, large scale renewable energy developers including wind farms and solar farms, landfill operators (through the Landfill Communities Fund), and other renewable energy plants. Grantscape funds are very geographically specific so please check that you are in an eligible area before booking: https://www.grantscape.org.uk/grant-finder/
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/funding-fair-2023-day-2-session-1-grantscape-tickets-479209999007
10am Lloyds Bank Foundation
Committed to funding at least 700 charities at any one time, for longer, more flexibly and with more money, they will provide a wide range of developmental support, including training, consultancy and mentoring alongside funding to strengthen charities.
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11am Garfield Weston Foundation
The Foundation aims to be responsive to where need is greatest and therefore supports a wide range of charitable activity in the following categories: Arts, Education, Youth, Health, Museums & Heritage, Community, Environment, Faith, Welfare. The foundation only makes grants to registered Charities and CIOs.
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12noon Bernard Sunley Foundation
A family grant-making foundation which supports charities in England and Wales, working to raise the quality of life and provide greater opportunities for the young, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
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1pm Henry Smith Charity
Aims to bring about lasting change to people’s lives, helping them to benefit from and contribute to society by funding organisations that work with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage. They want to help people for whom other sources of support have failed, been inappropriate or are simply not available. To achieve this, they aim to make grants that work towards one or more key values.
- Increasing resilience
- Creating opportunities and life chances
- Empowering communities
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2pm Groundwork
Groundwork has two grant programs; Tesco Bags Of Help and Comic Relief Small Grants.
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/funding-fair-2023-day-2-session-6-groundwork-tickets-476466924397
3pm The National Lottery Community Fund
Aims to support ideas and projects that matter to people and communities. Using funding and relationships to help create stronger, more connected communities, the National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK, raised by players of The National Lottery.
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Wednesday 15 March
9am The Key Fund
Offers flexible loans and grant/loan packages to help community and social enterprises to start up, become sustainable, or grow.
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/funding-fair-2023-day-3-session-1-key-fund-tickets-476467656587
10am Good Things Foundation
Helps people to improve their lives through digital, tackling the most pressing social issues of our time, working with partners in thousands of communities across the UK.
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11am Easyfundraising
UK charity shopping site where you can raise money for your good cause when your supporters shop on line. Supporters shop as normal but start on your easyfundraising cause page and then retailers make a small donation to say “thank you”. If you would like to set up a free easyfundraising page before the session, you can do that here:
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12noon The Clothworkers’ Foundation
Set up in 1977 to be the primary vehicle of charitable giving for The Clothworkers’ Company to improve the lives of people and communities particularly those facing disadvantage, deprivation and/or discrimination Since then, The Foundation has awarded more than £152 million in capital grants to charities registered in the UK or not-for-profit organisations working across the nine areas of priority defined in its Main and Small Grants programme.
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1pm Co-op Local Community Fund
Funding is available to local charities and grass-roots community organisations to maintain and enhance vital community projects through Co-op’s Local Community Fund which comes from the money raised when Co-op members buy own-brand products and services. In addition, Co-op and Crowdfunder have teamed-up to unlock additional funding as now Local Community Fund grants are able to count on Crowdfunder’s website towards match funding.
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2pm Arts Council England
A wide range of funding opportunities from small grants for individuals and organisations to larger developmental grants for arts and culture projects and more beyond this. This is an opportunity to understand how the Arts Council might be part of your funding mix.
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/funding-fair-2023-day-3-session-6-arts-council-tickets-476473313507
3pm Heritage Fund
We believe that understanding, valuing and sharing our heritage brings people together, inspires pride in communities and boosts investment in local economies. We distribute National Lottery grants from £3,000 to £5million and over, funding projects that sustain and transform the UK's heritage, increasing resilience.
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