Funding News
Foxton Sensory Garden Project - Foxton Primary School
The RCC funding service helped to provide funding support and advice for the garden project.
After school mosaic and gardening clubs as part of the Sensory Gardens Project; an artist led project involving schoolchildren, parents and teachers as well as participants from the wider community.
Features include a mosaic sofa, chime structure, murals, pebble mosaic and pathway feature, tactile, scented, edible and wildlife planted areas.
We're Fixing a Hole where the Rain Comes in...
Braunston and Brooke villagers celebrated winning an Awards for All grant from the Lottery that will help them to finance a new roof for their village hall.
Over the past three years residents of both communities have worked hard to raise cash for the hall. “It has been a wonderful effort by all concerned. Some gave money, some applied for grants and others gave their labour to save money. In a phrase we have giftors, grantors and grafters. Thanks to all of them.”, said Sue Willetts, Chairman of the village hall committee.
Everyone who attended the celebrations on Saturday evening, 1st September, was asked to bring along an umbrella to symbolise the final end of the leaky roof. More than fifty people came along with their umbrellas to enjoy the tea and cake served by Sue Willetts. She said, “It is the only time we have given away tea and cakes without asking for money!”.
The new roof will provide improved facilities for popular community activities such as the Tiny Tots Playgroup, indoor bowling, gardening club, table tennis, annual flower show, beetle drives, Women’s Institute, wine tasting and children’s parties which will now benefit from being held in dry conditions.
Mr John Callaghan, village hall committee member, said: “The fundraising has been a tremendous success. The next big project is a new foyer and new and extended toilet facilities, for which the KATS appeal has already raised £5,000 so far. It is important to maintain the village hall as it is regularly used as a community centre. The village is growing and there is an enormous number of children who we want to provide facilities for.”
The £9, 850 grant from the Lottery was acquired with the help and advice from the village halls advice service and the grants information service based at the Rural Community Council. The committee also received £4,000 from Cory Environmental, £3,000 from Garfield Weston Foundation, £2,000 from the Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation and £1,000 from both the Bruce Wake Charitable Trust and The Maud Elkington Trust.
Funding Information
The Heritage Funding Directory is a comprehensive guide to sources of financial support (and more) for anyone seeking to undertake creative projects connected with the UK’s heritage.
It includes details of the majority of substantive sources of funding from central and local government, non-governmental agencies and grant-making trusts which specialise in supporting heritage projects, as well as many which provide such funding within a wider remit.
As well as detailing sources of grants, the Directory also lists bodies offering loans, awards, scholarships, training, funding advice, education, interpretation and publication, and other “in kind” resources.
Categories of heritage include the countryside, historic landscapes, parks, gardens, churchyards and cemeteries; industrial, transport and maritime heritage; archives, collections, spoken history; historic churches and other buildings; museums and gallery collections; land and maritime archaeology; environmental; heritage skills and conservation.
Each entry includes a detailed descriptions of the type of project which the funding source is willing to support, together with contact details for where you can go to seek further information. Where appropriate, a direct link is provided to the source’s own website.
The latest version of the Funding Information Pack is now available for download,
This year’s edition is even bigger and better than previous versions.
- Funding Information Pack (PDF, 376 Kb)
- Small Grants Scheme
Patrick Shore is available to provide information on sources of funding and to advise on making applications.
A series of funding seminars will be run throughout the year by Patrick on current funding topics. He can provide help on:
- funding support and advice
- identification of funding support and advice
- identification of funding streams
- funding seminars
To contact Patrick Shore:
Telephone: 0116 2689718
email: pshore@ruralcc.org.uk