Opportunities

This is a place where you can find out about opportunities that are available to your organisation. From funding streams to events and training, The Essex Alliance will keep you informed.

Community Chest Fund

The Community Chest Fund is administered by the Essex Association of Local Councils (EALC) over a two year period, starting April 2019.

This fund includes various community grant schemes that have been funded by Essex County Council, including:

  • The existing CIF
  • Local Service Fund
  • Local Connections Fund
  • Cultural Development Grant

For the CIF, grants of up to £10,000 may be awarded for either a Capital or Revenue (not core costs) project.

Micro-grants of up to £500 are also available throughout the year and awarded twice a month.

This fund excludes projects that deliver outside the administrative area of Essex County Council.

DEADLINE: varies depending on award

WEBSITE: www.ealc.gov.uk

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UnLtd

UnLtd offer social entrepreneurs awards from £500 to £15,000 across three separate startup packages:

  • Try it awards
  • Do it awards
  • Grow it awards

DEADLINE: varies depending on award

WEBSITE: www.unltd.org.uk

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Biffa Award

Biffa Award gives grants to community projects near landfill sites, up to £75,000. There are 3 categories;

  • Community Buildings
  • Recreation
  • Rebuilding Biodiversity

DEADLINE: ongoing

WEBSITE: www.biffa-award.org

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The Tudor Trust

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.

DEADLINE: ongoing

WEBSITE: tudortrust.org.uk

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Emergency Essentials Programme

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.

DEADLINE: ongoing

WEBSITE: www.familyfundservices.co.uk

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BBC Children in Need

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.

DEADLINE: ongoing

WEBSITE: www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants

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Jack Petchey Foundation

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.

DEADLINE: ongoing

WEBSITE: www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk

 

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Good Gym

GoodGym volunteers love to help out community organisations and charities in their local area. They run to provide free volunteering time for tasks which benefit where they live.

Tasks we help with:

  • Gardening
  • Moving heavy items
  • Tidying and organising
  • Sorting donations

To request free help for a community project, please click here or contact one of the local groups:

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Tesco Bags of Help

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.

DEADLINE: ongoing

WEBSITE: www.groundwork.org.uk

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