CyMAL Funding Newsletter - Issue 4
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for the quality of third party events, products or services featured in this
Newsletter. Whilst every care is taken to provide accurate information,
neither CyMAL nor the editor undertakes any liability for any error or
omission.
This Newsletter is available as a Word document from Carolynne Taylor
([log in to unmask] / 01970 610234)
This Newsletter contains the following sections:
* Where to find out about funding opportunities
* Guidance on fundraising
* Fundraising training
* Funding opportunities
* Funding news
WHERE TO FIND OUT ABOUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
A draft directory of Funding Sources is available from CyMAL. Contact
Carolynne Taylor ([log in to unmask] / 01970 610234) to
request a copy.
Mercurial provide a list of potential funding opportunities for business on
their website: http://www.mercurial.co.uk/funding/funding.aspx
GUIDANCE ON FUNDRAISING
Presentations from the National Council on Archives / HLF Planning Training
Series are available at http://www.ncaonline.org.uk/publications/reports/
'The Association for Cultural Enterprises (ACE) is the UK's only
organisation for professionals in the field of cultural and heritage
commerce. It aims to promote best practice through the provision of training
and networking opportunities and to encourage commercial operations within
the not-for-profit cultural and heritage sector to work collaboratively for
their mutual benefit. Members include archives, libraries, museums,
galleries, castles, historic houses, gardens, cathedrals, theatres and
heritage and cultural attractions . . . . Organisations can become members
from just £30 per year and members can attend study days and an annual
convention at subsidised rates. There is also free access to themed
electronic discussion groups for members and a biannual magazine.'
http://www.mlanorthwest.org.uk/news/index.asp?id=646,55,2,55 and
http://www.acenterprises.org.uk/
'How diverse is your funding? Try our new diagnostic tool: The sustainable
funding diagnostic tool allows you to gain a quick overview of the diversity
of your organisation's income. View the
</uploadedFiles/Sustainable_Funding/Income_Spectrum.pdf>Income Spectrum
</uploadedFiles/Sustainable_Funding/Income%20Spectrum.pdf> (pdf 474 KB),
showing the range of income options available to voluntary and community
organisations. /uploadedFiles/Sustainable_Funding/Diag Toolkit 2 pages.pdf
</uploadedFiles/Sustainable_Funding/Diag%20Toolkit%202%20pages.pdf>Analyse
the makeup of your income
</uploadedFiles/Sustainable_Funding/Diag%20Toolkit%202%20pages.pdf> (pdf 2.8
MB) and assess whether you could benefit from a more diverse approach. If
you would like an A3-size hardcopy version of our diagnostic toolkit, please
email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or call 020 7520
2519.'
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/sfp/
'Guide to Bidding
Guide to Bidding exposes the myths surrounding bid writing in a
straightforward way. It outlines techniques and exercises to help users
devise good and fundable projects, introducing common types of bidding form
and giving guidance on delivering projects once funded. Guide to Bidding is
useful for those keen to reduce their reliance on external bidding
consultants, or improve the hit rate of their funding bids.'
'Guide to Managing Grant Funded Projects
Project management skills such as project planning; financial management;
marketing and recruitment; and partnership working are increasingly
important to the voluntary sector. Guide to Managing Grant Funded Projects
explains all these concepts and more, using clear examples to illustrate
practical points.'
For more information or to place an order visit www.mupress.co.uk
<http://www.mupress.co.uk/> or e-mail:
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
Sourced from the August edition of the Communities First Bulletin.
FUNDRAISING TRAINING
'EUCLID CulturEURuro Seminars for 2007: CulturEURuro will highlight not only
current and future EU funding opportunities but also ways in which cultural
organisations can build partnerships, access other European sources of
funding and deal with the challenges of the latest EU rules and regulations
. . . . CulturEURuro seminars provide an overview of the available
opportunities and general tips and guidance.' Seminars run from 2-5pm and
the cost is £80 & VAT. Fourteen seminars will take place between September
and December, including:
Birmingham: 25 September
Manchester: 2 October
Bristol: 16 October
Cardiff: 21 November
http://www.euclid.info/content/view/4/47/
'This year at Charityfair, we are visiting Manchester and Oxford to bring
DSC's knowledge to the North and South. You are warmly invited to attend our
training sessions which are inexpensive and great value. We are also hosting
a number of free events including two hot topic debates. Charityfair debates
always generate controversy and interesting exchanges. Your Question Time
for the Third Sector!' http://www.charityfair.org.uk/
Manchester: 13-14 September
(http://www.charityfair.org.uk/manchester/index.html)
Oxford: 26-27 September (http://www.charityfair.org.uk/oxford/index.html)
'New Media Conference Returns For The Third Time: Back for the third time
due to popular demand, the Institute of Fundraising's ('Institute') New
Media Fundraising conference takes place on Tuesday 26 September 2006 at The
Royal Geographical Society in London. Supporting delegates that are looking
to maximise the potential of new media, the conference will deliver
essential advice and practical case studies of fundraising across the full
spectrum of electronic techniques, from SMS texting to interactive TV. The
event will also address the key legal and financial implications, as well as
best practice in the field of new media fundraising.'
http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/, click on 'News'
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Forthcoming opportunity: Making the Connections Improvement Fund: A total of
£9 million is available for this and the next two financial years to support
joint working in public service projects across Wales. The fund supports
projects that improve public services and stimulate significant change from
better ways of working and innovation.
Projects receiving support under the Improvement Fund will generate know how
and best practice, therefore to ensure that this is shared across the public
service, we will publish such details on this website as information becomes
available.
We anticipate that the 2007 round of the Improvement Fund will be announced
at the end of 2006, most likely in December. We will publish details of this
nearer the time on this website.
http://tinyurl.com/pud4l
The Community Facilities and Activities Programme (CFAP) is a grant scheme
operated by the Welsh Assembly Government to help community and voluntary
organisations provide facilities or carry out activities which will promote
the regeneration of communities.
It is intended as a fund for organisations to draw upon to fill remaining
gaps in finances after other sources of support have been explored - see the
list of principal sources of funds for community and voluntary organisations
. . . Grants may be awarded for a single capital project or to support costs
for up to three years. The largest grants are normally £100,000 in any one
financial year (1 April to 31 March) or £300,000 in total. Most applications
are much smaller than this.
Please note that owing to existing commitments, there will be no new revenue
funding available for 2006/07, and limited funding available for 2007/08.'
The next closing date for applications is 13 October 2006.
http://tinyurl.com/npxb2
The Mercers' Company: Heritage grants are available to UK charities for:
* 'Material or Fabric Conservation and Refurbishment'
* 'Library/Archive Conservation'
* 'Wildlife/Environment Conservation'
http://www.mercers.co.uk/netbuildpro/process/216/HeritageandtheArts.php
'Microsoft Community Learning Awards - Nominations now open!: Do you
represent a community group or charity that wants to actively help
disadvantaged groups develop their IT skills? Could your organisation
benefit from a £2,500 grant and software to be put towards an IT project?'
http://www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/index.php?SID=6098&YEAR=2006&ID=28#SID@@@6098
'Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award: If your library
or similar organisation provides access to information using computers and
the Internet free of charge to users, we should like to hear your story. We
invite you to apply for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual Access
to Learning Award. This award recognises excellence in providing access to
information through computers, at no cost to the user. The recipient will
receive an award of up to US $1 million.'
http://www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/index.php?SID=6111&YEAR=2006&ID=28#SID@@@6111
'National Offender Management Service: Grant Funding for Voluntary and
Community Organisations: NOMS has established a grants scheme to support
projects by voluntary and community organisations working with offenders and
their families. The funding available is equivalent to a total of £500,000 a
year. The deadline for outline applications will be 15 September 2006 and
funds will be available from April 2007. Applicants are expected to obtain
match funding, of 50% of the total project costs, from other sources.'
http://www.noms.homeoffice.gov.uk/downloads/noms-grants-programme-2007-08.pd
f
'Daiwa Foundation Small Grants Programme: A wide range of cultural,
educational and other organisations as well as individuals interested in
developing links between the Great Britain and Japan have until the 30th
September 2006 to apply for funding of up to £5,000 through the Daiwa
Foundation Small Grants programme. The grants can support activities such as
educational and cultural exchanges, research travel, the organisation of
conferences, exhibitions, and other projects and events.'
Sourced from http://deadline.culture.info/, for further information see
<http://www.dajf.org.uk/page_e.asp?Section=Grants&ID=75>
'Clore Duffield Foundation: The Foundation's Main Grants Programme is open
to registered charities and welcomes applications from museums, galleries
and heritage sites, and the arts and education sectors. This programme can
match Lottery funding, fund capital re-developments and provide project,
programme and revenue funding. Grants range from below £5,000 to over £1m.
This is a rolling programme, for more information on how to apply and their
guidelines, visit the website or call 0207 351 6061. Clore Duffield
Foundation: www.cloreduffield.org.uk <http://www.cloreduffield.org.uk>'
http://www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/index.php?SID=6142&YEAR=2006&ID=28
'Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures:
The Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between
Cultures is seeking proposals for activities and initiatives that support
intercultural dialogue in the 35 Euro-Mediterranean countries. The Programme
is co-funded by the European Union and the 35 members of the
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
The following thematic priorities for 2006, all of which are equally ranked,
are:
* Theme A: EuroMed music and other cultural/artistic creation;
* Theme B: EuroMed schools programme;
* Theme C: EuroMed teams of young researchers;
* Theme D: Summer schools/exchange programmes (artists in residence);
* Theme E: Libraries, promotion of books and reading, translation;
* Theme F: Intercultural exchanges for women in civil society
organizations.'
The deadline is 1 November 2006.
(Although project leaders / lead partners must be a member of one of the 35
Anna Lindh Foundation National Networks, a partner search facility is
available on the website)
Sourced from http://deadline.culture.info/, for further information see
http://www.euromedalex.org/En/Proposals.htm
'Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is offering grants totalling £1.2 million to
help small and medium-sized charities build their capacity. Open to
charitable organisations with an annual income of up to £3 million, the
funding is available through two CAF funds - the Consultancy and Training
Fund and the Collaborative Fund . . . . CAF is inviting applications from
qualifying charitable organisations for the remaining funding. Applications
must be received before 6 October 2006.'
http://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/7038 and
http://www.cafonline.org/Default.aspx?page=7544
The Gwraidd Grant scheme has restarted in earnest for 2006/2007. Small
community groups who have identified activities that help to build
confidence, skills and participation to make a difference in their community
have been successful in securing funding from Gwraidd . . . . Gwraidd offer
a maximum of £3,000. Support and help is available throughout the
application process from developing the project idea through to completion.
The next quarterly deadline date for applications to Gwraidd is 30 September
2006. A full list of dates and information about the scheme is available by
contacting Community Development Cymru on 01686 627377 or Communities First
Helpline on 0800 587 8898.
Sourced from the August edition of the Communities First Bulletin.
FUNDING NEWS
'Consultation on the European Structural Funds Convergence Programmes (ERDF
and ESF) For West Wales and the Valleys 2007-2013: This consultation invites
comments on the Welsh Assembly Government's strategy and priorities for the
economic, social and environmental regeneration of West Wales and the
Valleys over the period 2007-2013 with the support of the European
Structural Funds - the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the
European Social Fund (ESF).'
http://www.wefo.wales.gov.uk/resource/Conv-Consultation-e4718.pdf
2007-2013 Structural Fund Programme Regulations. The regulations for the
2007-2013 Structural Fund Programmes are available on the EU website:
<http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reg
ulation/newregl0713_en.htm>These passed into legislation on 31 July 2006 and
the link to the Official Journal of the European Union, 31 July 2006, is
available at:
<http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:210:SOM:EN:HTML>
http://www.wefo.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?action=eventdetail&ID=1753
'The draft EU North West Europe Objective 3 Operational Programme 2007-2013
(the successor to INTERREG IIIB), has been launched for stakeholder
consultation and can be found below. The background to the consultation
process is available on the North West Europe website:
<http://www.nweurope.org/page/document.php?p=177>
The draft is a working document that takes in collaboration at both national
and regional level between relevant Member States. Please note a
questionnaire can also be downloaded below. The questionnaire is intended to
focus the consultation and facilitate coordination of comments from this and
the public consultation, and it would be greatly appreciated if this could
be used. However, comments that cannot be included in this format can also
be submitted.'
http://www.wefo.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?action=eventdetail&ID=1753
Update from EUCLID (e-mailed to EUCLID alert subscribers on 04/08/2006):
'CULTURE 2007
A quick update regarding the likely timetable for the 2007 call for Culture
2007:
* Informal announcement of final criteria - October 2006
* Formal announcement of final criteria - February 2007
* Deadline - April 2007
It appears there will be little difference between the informal and formal
announcement - the reason there are two is that although it is likely the
criteria will be finalised in the early Autumn, the official call cannot be
announced until the new financial year (i.e. after 1 January 2007).
Interested applicants should, however, begin to develop their projects (if
you haven't already started) immediately after the October announcement, so
they are well prepared when the formal announcement is made in February 07,
as there is then likely to be only two months before the deadline.
EUCLID hopes to be able to start running special half-day Culture 2007
workshops in December 2006 or January 2007, to help people with their
applications.'
'Structural Funds and beyond: the future of EU funding for local
authorities', LGA/ LGIB conference, Friday 13 October 2006, London: 'This
unique, one day event will prepare your local authority for the next
generation of EU funds. With fewer Structural Funds for the UK after 2006,
the conference will explore a range of other EU programmes, including those
sometimes overlooked by local authorities.'
http://www.lga.gov.uk/Documents/Event/structuralfundsflyerV2.pdf
'The essentials Major donors: Aim high for rich returns: Successful
fundraising appeals rely on wealthy donors. Joe Lepper asks the experts for
tips on attracting them.'
http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/charity_news/full_news.cfm?ID=19665
Eluned Jones
Cynghorydd Datblygu Archifau / Archives Development Adviser
CyMAL: Amgueddfeydd Archifau a Llyfrgelloedd Cymru / CyMAL: Museums Archives
and Libraries Wales
Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru / Welsh Assembly Government
Uned 10 Parc Gwyddoniaeth / Unit 10 Science Park
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