The Fowler Smith & Jones Trust (FSJ) is an independent Trust supporting a wide-range of charities and other organisations throughout Essex. The Trust aims to make a significant difference to Essex through supported projects.
Particular focus is on helping develop young people into better members of society through preventative intervention. There is also strong emphasis on other marginalised or disadvantaged members of the community eg the elderly, isolated or disabled.
The Trustees hold 3 grant-giving meetings p.a. There is no formal application form, as each request to the Trust is unique. There are no fixed criteria, and the application process is accessible and flexible.
Any potential applicant is encouraged to contact the Grants administration team to discuss the best way forward. This saves much unnecessary work on both sides.
The majority of grants fall between £1-5,000. There are also a few Capital Grants granted during the year (usually up to £25,000) for larger projects.
The Essex Learning Partnership Fund is the vehicle by which ACL Essex sub-contracts with other providers to complement and enhance its learning offer in Essex.
The Service is committed to supporting the VCSE sector to build its capacity to deliver learning opportunities to disadvantaged and hard to reach local communities and individuals across Essex especially in the more rural parts of the county, as well as the urban, suburban and coastal areas of greatest need.
Although ACL Essex highlights particular subject sectors and/or Essex districts they wish to target, organisations are required to evidence a local or county-wide need for the provision they aim to deliver when they apply for funds. This should take the form of demographic data and/or confirmation of local consultation to identify individual learning needs, and where applicable, the needs of local businesses.
The Tudor Trust is an independent grant-making charitable trust, funding organisations who support positive changes in people’s lives and in their communities around the UK.
There is no maximum or minimum grant, though it is unusual for a grant to be less than £10,000.
The programme supports vulnerable UK children and young people up to the age of 18 who are experiencing a crisis or emergency. They provide items that meet a child’s most basic needs such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker to provide a hot meal and other items or services critical to child’s wellbeing.
Main Grants between £10,000 per year and a total cost of £120,000. Small Grants up to and including £10,000 per year for up to three years.
Funding available for projects where a significant majority of the children and young people benefiting are aged 18 years and under. This age limit also applies to projects working with disabled young people.
The Jack Petchey Foundation offer many programmes for schools and youth organisations, to help celebrate the achievements of young people in London and Essex.
The Leader Award Grant (formerly Small Grants) programme allows organisations that are successfully running the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme to apply for a small grant of up to £750 to further enhance their work with young people.
Three community projects in each local area will be voted on by customers in Tesco stores throughout the UK, with projects changing every other month. Following the vote, the project that received the most votes in its area will receive a grant of up to £4,000, second place receiving up to £2,000 and third place up to £1,000.