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Grant fund for farmers opens today - Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme (CPSGS) Round 2 is open for applications. CPSG Round 2 will pick up where Round 1 left off, offering grants of up to £12,000 to support farmers in improving animal health and welfare, resource efficiency and nutrient management. Grants are available for all farm types including livestock, horticulture and arable

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Heart of Wessex Local Action Group (LAG) has secured additional funding for rural businesses – but be quick, time is short. Rural businesses and organisations across south and east Somerset and south Wiltshire are being encouraged to apply for EU grants designed to support the local economy before it’s too late. The Heart of Wessex Local Action Group (LAG) has recently been awarded an

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The hunt is on for some more great project ideas that fit with LEADER Priority 2: Support for micro and small businesses and farm diversification Grant funding has unexpectedly become available. The Local Action Group’s window to approve applications and run projects is time-limited so don’t miss out on this opportunity. Deadline for Expressions of Interest 18 March 2019 • Grants available for

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What is the Calor Rural Community Fund? Whether you have a village hall that needs refurbishing, a community group in need of new equipment, a community play park overdue some upgrading, or something else that you feel would be of value to your rural community, the Calor Rural Community Fund is here to support you. The Calor Rural Community Fund is designed to give something back, by offering

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Dorset County Council has re-opened its Community Innovation fund to back inventive community projects that can help improve local people’s lives. There is a total of £75,000 available to Dorset-based community organisations that can show how their project would help achieve the outcomes for local people set out in the county council’s corporate plan. These are grouped into four key outcomes:

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Communities can apply for fully funded grants to purchase Silhouettes to hold their own remembrance event, thanks to a new programme from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. With the centenary of the end of World War One approaching, communities across the United Kingdom are thinking about how they can commemorate and bring people together to remember. This programme will allow communities to

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In 2018 the Weston Garfield Foundation is celebrating its 60th anniversary. As part of these celebrations Foundation have launched the Weston Anniversary Fund. This one-off grants scheme will fund Capital projects that provide new, or improve existing community facilities for people across the UK. The fund is open to UK registered charities, CIOs, state maintained schools and places of worship,

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Voluntary organisations, charities schools and pre-schools can apply for grants of up to £500 from the WHSmith Trust. The WHSmith Trust is an independent registered charity that uses the proceeds of the compulsory carrier bag charges across the UK to offer the grants to support good causes in the local communities where WHSmith operates. There are two application rounds each year. The deadline

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The Weavers' Company, a textile-related, charitable and sociable organisation, has announced that the next closing date for its grants programme is the 30 November 2016. Organisations must normally be registered charities or in the process of applying for registration. The Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund supports projects working with disadvantaged young people (aged 5 to 30 years) to ensure

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UK registered charities and recognised churches which are raising money for capital projects (building work, refurbishment or the purchase of long-term equipment) or a one-off short term activity (such as an annual respite break or holiday for disadvantaged young people) can apply for funding through the Rank Foundation - Small Appeals programme. To be eligible to apply the total project cost

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Two schemes to specifically help rural areas are being run by Hampshire County Council: the Rural Retailers and Community Enterprises Grant, and the Community Challenge Fund. There are grants of up to £20,000 available under the Rural Retailers and Community Enterprises Grant Scheme. The scheme has been set up to provide financial support to help rural retailers grow, increase their productivity

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The second window for applications to our £10 million Community Business Fund is now open until 31 August. We will also have an application window open in October. If you are a community business that needs funding for a business development project which will make your organisation more sustainable, then you should consider an application. Website: http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/funding/

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The One Stop’s ‘Carriers for Causes’ grants programme is the latest incarnation of funds raised from the 5p bag charge in England, Wales and Scotland. The scheme is intended to help with the direct costs of projects that benefit local communities within two miles of a One Stop store in England, Scotland or Wales (note: Northern Ireland isn't included in this scheme). One Stop Shop has a store

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The Big Lottery Fund are offering grants of between £300 and £10,000 for groups to hold one off events or activities which celebrate their local community. You could celebrate something from your community's history or a local hero. Or maybe it's a chance to bring people together to get to know their neighbours better. There is a total of £3.875m for projects in England to fund activities that

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The Tesco Bags of Help grant is now up and running. The money raised from the 5p bag charge in Tesco stores in England, Wales and Scotland is being used to pay for a large number of local projects to improve green spaces in communities. Projects that will get the green light as a result of the funding will include building new pocket parks, sports facilities, woodland walks and community gardens.

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The WHSmith Trust is an independent registered charity that aims to support good causes in the local communities where WHSmith operates, and also to promote literacy and a love of reading.With the introduction of the new WHSmith Community Grants, the WHSmith Trust is now offering grants of up to £500 to voluntary organisations and schools from the proceeds of the compulsory carrier bag levies

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The Kingfisher Award Scheme provides primary school children with the opportunity to go onto farms to explore the natural world. It is very much a practical exploration, allowing them to touch, feel and see the relationship between food, farming and wildlife. Each year, a number of primary schools attend a Field Day in June when they visit a farm. They take part in a number of activities, such

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If you are a community enthusiast, community or voluntary group or town or parish council looking to fund a community project in the Mere, Tisbury or Wilton community areas during 2015/2016, then you may be eligible for a community area grant. Wiltshire’s community area grants scheme provides up to £5,000 to help fund facilities, equipment and other projects that are important to the local

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The Woodland Trust has 3,250 free tree packs to give away to schools, community and youth groups this autumn. The free tree packs are available for planting on one publicly accessible site. Each pack is worth £30, £105 or £420. All applicants need to do is find a suitable site and supply the volunteer planters and tree protection. The packs come in different mixes of tree species so applicants

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Grants are now available from the Post Office to help eligible community post offices with ‘Community Status’ bring wider benefits to their community. If you have creative ideas that could support your community shop and post office to grow, and to bring greater benefits to Post Office customers, you could be eligible for a grant to put your ideas into action. Post Office Outreach and Satellite

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Do you need funding for your group? Our challenge is to make a positive change in Wiltshire and Swindon by helping local groups make life better for their communities. We want to help you to support those who need it most.You can apply grants for project or core costs and overheads for: Foundation Grants Apply for up to £5,000 a year for up to three years’ funding. Funding will go to projects

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The Heritage Lottery Fund has grants of £10,000-£250,000 available for Grade I and Grade II listed places of worship in England to fund urgent structural repairs and help to make them better places for everyone to visit. As part of the repair project, HLF can also fund improvements to facilities and work that helps more people get involved with these buildings. Applications go through a

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Funding: HLF First World War – then and now A recent announcement by the HLF says that it plans to make more funds available for communities looking to explore, conserve and share local heritage of the First World War. Grants of between £3000 and £10,000 are available and you can apply at any time up to 2019. For more information go to the website: https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/

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The Department for Communities and Local Government has announced a new £22.5 million grants programme to support communities looking to develop neighbourhood plans. Neighbourhood plans can be used in determining planning applications, and ‘neighbourhood development orders' that grant planning permission; and vote them into force in a referendum. Through the programme neighbourhood planning

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First Steps gives small community groups the freedom to develop action plans to improve their neighbourhood. First Steps areas will receive support to decide upon practical actions to make positive changes in their community. http://mycommunity.org.uk/programme/first-steps/?_a=funding

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