Herefordshire Funding Opportunities Update July 2016 Useful Contacts

Who can apply: They tend to concentrate on local charitable projects and good causes as opposed to large national charities.

Amount available: Average grants size is £500.

Deadline: You can request a donation at any time. They will consider all requests as quickly as we can, but please try to allow as much time as possible when submitting requests.

Community Activity Grants - Herefordshire Community Foundation

Purpose: Herefordshire Community Foundation encourages and supports charitable giving, matching people, ideas, resources and aspirations. They award grants to local voluntary and community groups, charitable causes, and sometimes individuals and families. Their support helps many projects that improve the lives of the people of Herefordshire.
Who can apply: Not for profit organisations including schools (and occasionally individuals and families) across Herefordshire.
Amount available: Amounts vary, but the average grant is approx. £1800.
Deadline: Contact Dave Barclay for details of deadlines.

Grants for community projects in Hereford City

Purpose: Hereford City Council gives grants under the following categories:

Improving the look and feel of the City – investing in local neighbourhoods as well as the City Centre

Improving the Cultural life of the city and the connection that people have with their Heritage Improving the capacity of local communities to do things for themselves – supporting local groups and investing in community facilities Improving the sustainability of the City – including encouraging activities that will reduce the carbon footprint of the City

Who can apply: Small grants are offered to Charity’s, Organisations, Community Groups and Associations for projects within the City parish boundaries however they are not available to individuals.
Amount available: From £50 up to a maximum of £3,000.
Deadline: Applications will be considered three times a year by the Community Development Committee at one of its meetings considering Community Grant Funding. These meetings normally fall on the first Monday in March, June and November.

Funding for community projects across Herefordshire - Cargill Meats Europe

Purpose: Projects should focus on one of the following four areas:

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  Health and Nutrition
  
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  Education
  
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  Environmental Stewardship
  
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  Cancer research, treatment and support
  

Projects should address the root-cause of the problem (rather than treating symptoms) where the funding will facilitate a complete solution to the problem.

Who can apply: All charitable or not for profit organisations based in Herefordshire can apply.
Amount available: Cargill like to fully fund projects if possible. Grants usually no more than £750.
Deadline: Contact directly for details of deadlines.
Further information: Contact Jane Melton at Cargill Meats Europe: Telephone [phone] or email: [e-mail]

Grants for vulnerable groups - Eveson Charitable Trust

Purpose: The Eveson Charitable Trust will consider applications for financial support from charitable organisations helping disabled people, people with mental ill health, children in need, older people, homeless people, hospitals, hospices and towards medical research. Grants are restricted to the UK. Initially, grants are only being paid for the benefit of residents of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and West Midlands. Grants are given for revenue, capital or research purposes.
Who can apply: The majority of the Trust's grants are given to registered charities. However, the Trust also provides some support to statutory bodies directly or indirectly for projects for which the statutory body has no available statutory funding. The Trustees' preference is for enhancement of services rather than for provision of what they consider to be basic needs. Before making grants to statutory bodies, the Trust obtains written confirmation from the statutory body that no public funding is available towards the need for which application has been made.
Amount available: Grants awarded by the Trust vary in amount but the average size of grants is usually around £5,500
Deadline: Applications can be made anytime

Grants for community projects in South Herefordshire

Purpose: The New Grove Trust want to help organisations deliver small scale projects that will help stimulate community activity e.g. a local music festival, staging a drama production, buying a piece of equipment, trips and activities in SOUTH Herefordshire. They will also consider a grant to provide match funding on a larger project.
Who can apply: Not for profit organisations
Amount available: Up to £2000
Deadline: The Trust has four trustees and we meet to discuss grant applications quarterly; End of January, End of April, End of July and End of October.
Further information: http://www.newgrovefarm.co.uk/

Grants for former H P Bulmer Employees and Community Projects across Herefordshire

Purpose: From its inception, the E F Bulmer Benevolent Fund assisted former Bulmer employees in a variety of ways, and also made grants to local charities. The Fund is for the benefit of persons who have been employees of H P Bulmer Holdings plc or its subsidiary companies for a period of not less than one year, or their dependents, suffering from poverty whether through sickness, misfortune, the large number of their dependents or otherwise.

The Trustees also make grants to Herefordshire-based charitable organisations or groups existing for the relief of poverty or sickness of persons in Herefordshire, as well as to individuals who are in need, hardship or distress (via agency referral). The Trustees try to ensure that any grant awarded will make a genuine and significant improvement to the work of the group supported.

Who can apply: Former Bulmer employees, not for profit organisations across Herefordshire and agencies working with individuals in need.
Amount available: The Fund will support revenue funding (but only for one year at a time) and capital funding. There is no maximum amount awarded, but a typical grant might be around £3000. The Trustees do however sometimes award more than this.

Deadline: The Trustees meet four times a year to discuss grants to pensioners and former employees of H P Bulmer Holdings plc and grants to Herefordshire charities and other organisations whose beneficiaries are in Herefordshire.
Further information: To discuss your projects please contact James Greenfield via email: [e-mail]