Introduction

This guide is intended to help Wales-based organisations involved in the Wales Local Authorities Consortium for Refugees & Asylum Seekers to attract available funding.

Funds with marked * are specifically for asylum seeker and refugee work

Which type of funds does this guide cover?. 2

Where does funding come from?. 2

Who can apply for money?. 3

Application timetable. 4

Explanatory notes for using this guide. 5

What do you think of this guide?. 5

(1) Refugee Housing Development Fund * - HACT. 6

(2) Arts Council Small Grants Scheme - Arts Council Wales. 7

(3) Primary Research * - Joshua Rowntree Foundation. 8

(4) Carnegie Young Peoples Grant - Carnegie Charitible Trust UK.. 9

Successful project applications - Central African Association. 10

(5) Nationwide Foundation Volunteering Programme - Nationwide Foundation. 11

(6) Refugee & Asylum Seeker Young People * - Paul Hamlyn Foundation. 12

(7) Allen Lane Grants Scheme - Allen Lane Foundation. 13

(8) National Voluntary Youth Organisations Grant Scheme - Wales Youth Agency. 14

(9) Impact Fund - Voluntary Action Cardiff 15

(10) Consultancy Fund - Charities Aid Foundation. 16

(11) Community Support Scheme - Cooperative. 17

(12) Children in Need - BBC.. 18

(13) Abbey National Small Grants - Abbey National Charitable Trust 19

Successful project applications – SEWREC.. 20

(14) Arts & Kids - Arts & Business. 21

(15) Awards For All Wales - Community Fund. 22

(16) Chase Charity: Social Welfare - The Chase Charity. 23

(17) Communities First Trust Fund - WCVA. 24

(18) Critical Assistance Fund - Charities Aid Foundation. 25

(19) England and Wales Community - Lloyds TSB Foundation. 26

(20) Fast Track Fund - Charities Aid Foundation. 27

(21) inTOuCH - TOC H.. 28

(22) Lankelly Foundation: Social Welfare - The Lankelly Foundation. 29

Successful project applications – Welsh Refugee Council 30

(23) Large Grant - Community Fund. 31

(24) Medium Grant - Community Fund. 32

(25) New Partners - Arts & Business. 33

(26) Newport Community Grants - Newport City Council 34

(27) Refugee Community Development Fund * - Home Office Refugee Integration. 35

(28) Regional Community Programme - Lloyds TSB Foundation. 36

(29) Social Welfare Development - Esmee Fairburn Foundation. 37

(30) Tenant Empowerment Grants - Chartered Institute of Housing. 38

(31) Tudor Trust Fund - Tudor Trust 39

(32) Unlimited Millennium Level 1 Awards - Unltd. 40

(33) Wrexham Community Facilities & Activities Fund - AVOW... 41

Refugee Community Organisations in Wales. 42

Refugee Projects in Wales. 42

Sources of help for funding. 43

Acknowledgements. 44

Which type of funds does this guide cover?

· Funds that can help individuals or unconstituted groups to carry out voluntary projects. This guide only features one such fund, Millennium Volunteers. More advice can be sought from local voluntary councils.

· Funds specifically for refugee-oriented work such as housing or community development. Although this guide contains very few such funds please remember that the Home Office allocates large funds, for which application deadlines are typically in April and May of each year.

· Small-scale community activities – funds are available from local voluntary councils, local authorities, Awards for All Wales and Communities First

· Funds for arts and cultural events

· Medium to large-scale funded community projects that employ fulltime staff for two years or more e.g. Esmée Fairburn or Community Fund

Where does funding come from?

A wide variety of organisations award grants. Local authorities give community grants

Sources of funding can be split into the following categories:

· Around 36% of the £2.2 billion given every year comes from Grant making trusts. These funds, from organisations such as the Esmée Fairburn Foundation or The Lankelly Foundation, are not allocated for asylum seeker or refugee work but can help start innovative refugee and asylum projects for regional charities. Look at the Association of Charitable Foundations web site for more http://www.acf.org.uk/pubs/applying.pdf

· The Charities Aid Commission is able to help charities who find themselves in trouble by helping to pay for consultancy and advice.

· Significant Lottery Funds are concentrated on community-based work. Awards for All Wales is a good starting point for most new voluntary groups, and will give up to £5,000 for capital expenditure and small projects. The Community Fund can give up to £200,000 for 3-year projects that can make a big difference to the lives of asylum seekers and refugees in Wales. Asylum and refugee projects are a high priority and it is predicted that the Big Lottery Fund (merger of Community Fund and New Opportunities Fund) will make it harder to get money for community projects.

· The Home Office Refugee Integration Section gives significant grants to all sectors from the Refugee Challenge Fund, European Refugee Fund and Purposeful Activities for Asylum Seekers Fund. The only fund currently open is the Community Development Fund. Please look at page 31.

· Local Authorities have community grants schemes, Newport Council has a Community Grants programme giving up to £10,000 (page 30)

· Local Voluntary Councils have schemes that provide financial assistance to voluntary agencies that deliver local services. Presently AVOW (page 37) can give grants to organisations in Wrexham and VAC to Cardiff (page 14)

· Wales Assembly provides funding to statutory bodies and voluntary organisations. Welsh Assembly money currently supports the Welsh Refugee Council Well Housing Project (page 33) and opportunities exist to develop youth services with the National Voluntary Youth Organisation Grant Scheme (page 13).

· Communities First has opportunities for community groups based in the 139 most deprived areas of Wales. Please look at www.communitiesfirst.info to see if your community group is working in one of these areas.

· Arts & Business provides support to projects that involve business in the use of community arts. Please see page 29 for more.

Who can apply for money?

Funders have individual requirements, however, there are some general rules:

· Individuals are rarely able to get funding except from the Millennium Commission.

· Voluntary groups not registered with the Charities Commission can only expect to raise small amounts of money. The exception to this rule is voluntary groups who have specific equal opportunities and employment policies from sources.

· Registered Charities with rigorous policies should be able to apply for most sources of funding.

· Statutory organisations are normally ineligible to apply to grant making trusts such as Comic Relief and have been quite restricted in their access to Lottery money. Until the Big Lottery Fund is formalised in 2005 only voluntary sector organisations will be able to access the Community Fund.

Application timetable
Fund name	Deadline	Applicants	Type	Min	Max
1. Refugee Housing Development Fund *	30/07/2004	Refugee Community Groups	Housing	£0.00	£25,000.00
2. Arts Council Small Grants Scheme	16/08/2004	Artists, Educational, Statutory & Voluntary	Arts & Culture (All)	£250.00	£5,000.00
3. Primary Research *	24/08/2004	Bodies experienced in research	Research	£60,000.00	£80,000.00
4. Carnegie Young Peoples Grant	01/09/2004	All Charities & Voluntary Groups	Refugees & Asylum Seekers (<25)	£0.00	£30,000.00
5. Nationwide Foundation Volunteering Programme	01/09/2004	All Charities & Voluntary Groups	Volunteering	£500.00	£10,000.00
6. Refugee & Asylum Seeker Young People *	01/09/2004	Established RCO's	Refugees & Asylum Seekers (11-18)	£0.00	£50,000.00
7. Allen Lane Grants Scheme	10/09/2004	Vol/Char: Local <£155k PA; Reg <£350k PA	Refugees & Asylum Seekers (All)	£3,000.00	£10,000.00
8. National Voluntary Youth Organisations Grant Scheme	01/10/2004	National Voluntary Youth Organisations	Refugees & Asylum Seekers (<25)	£16,000.00	£115,000.00
9. Impact Fund	03/10/2004	Constituted Voluntary working in Cardiff	Community	£0.00	£3,000.00
10. Consultancy Fund	31/10/2004	Registered charities	Charity Development	£0.00	£0.00
11. Community Support Scheme	28/11/2004	Constituted Voluntary in North Wales	Community	£5,000.00	£30,000.00
12. Children in Need	30/11/2004	All Charities & Voluntary Groups	Refugees & Asylum Seekers (11-18)	£0.00	£0.00
13. Abbey National Small Grants	31/12/2004	Registered charities	Community	£0.00	£2,500.00
14. Arts & Kids	31/12/2004	Artists, Educational, Statutory & Voluntary	Arts & Culture (<18)	£0.00	£50,000.00
15. Awards For All Wales	31/12/2004	All Constitued Voluntary	Community	£500.00	£5,000.00
16. Chase Charity: Social Welfare	31/12/2004	Registered charities	Socially disadvantaged	£1,000.00
17. Communities First Trust Fund	31/12/2004	All Constitued Voluntary	Community	£0.00	£0.00
18. Critical Assistance Fund	31/12/2004	Registered charities	Charity Development	£0.00	£10,000.00
19. England and Wales Community	31/12/2004	Registered Charity or Voluntary (<1,000 PA)	Community	£0.00	£0.00
20. Fast Track Fund	31/12/2004	Registered charities	Charity Development	£0.00	£700.00
21. inTOuCH	31/12/2004	All Constitued Voluntary	Community	£0.00	£0.00
22. Lankelly Foundation: Social Welfare	31/12/2004	Registered charities	Socially disadvantaged	£5,000.00	£40,000.00
23. Large Grant	31/12/2004	All Constitued Voluntary	Community	£0.00	£300,000.00
24. Medium Grant	31/12/2004

Which type of funds does this guide cover?

Where does funding come from?

Who can apply for money?

Application timetable

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