CVS Fife - 23-27 Randolph Street, Buckhaven KY8 1AT (Map)
T: 01592 567001 - F: 01592 567009 - E: cvsfife@cvsfife.org
Awards for All
4th Floor, 1 Atlantic Quay, 1 Robertson Street, G2 8JB
Tel: 0141 242 1400 - Fax: 0141 242 1401
Amounts awarded: Small Grants offered by HLF:
- HLF’s Young Roots programme is a dedicated scheme for young people which has enabled over 21,000 young people across the UK to get involved with their local heritage. Providing small grants of between £3,000 and £25,000, the Programme aims to involve 13-25 year-olds in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement.
- HLF’s Your Heritage provides grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 to support projects that relate to the UK's local, regional or national heritage. HLF welcomes applications that help people to learn about, look after and celebrate heritage in a fun and enjoyable way.
BBC Children in Need Appeal
BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DA
Tel: 0141 422 6111
Amounts awarded: Variable. Grants can be awarded for up to three years at a time.
Big Lottery Fund
1 Atlantic Quay, 1 Robertson Way, Glasgow G2 8JB
Tel: 0870 240 2391 - Fax: 0141 242 1401
Amounts awarded: The Investing in Ideas programme will distribute small amounts of up to £5,000, to allow communities to carry out research, feasibility studies, get professional advice and run consultative events. The other programmes have each been given a minimum guaranteed investment, but this will be flexible according to demand, so funding limits have not been set.
BT Community Connections Awards
PO Box 4500, London, W1A 7LF
Tel: 020 7299 4163
Burntisland Development Trust
Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 5LT
Tel: 01592 583261 - Fax: 01592 583527
Amounts awarded: Funding will generally be between £500 and £5,000
Grants over £5,000 (Minimum threshhold of £5,000 - maximum £50,000) with up to 50% grant available.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
UK Branch, 98 Portland Place, London, W1B 1ET
Tel: 020 3178 3334
Amounts awarded: It is expected that grants will average between £10,000 and £25,000.
Carnegie Dunfermline Trust
Andrew Carnegie House, Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline, KY12 8AW
Tel: 01383 749789 - Fax: 01383 749799
Amounts awarded: Principally single grants with occasional loans and capital funding. Typical grant between £300 and £10,000
Match funding not specified; however, details of other funds secured or applied for is requested.
Charities Aid Foundation
CAF Grantmaking, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4TA
Tel: 01732 520 000 - Fax: 01732 520 001
Amounts awarded: To be added
Coalfields Regeneration Trust
2/6 The eCentre, Cooperage Way Business Village, Alloa, FK10 3LP
Tel: 01259 272127
Amounts awarded: Bridging the Gap: Grants for year three (2010-2011) of the current funding programme. Applications will be accepted for the Bridging the Gap and Community Grants Programme.
Main grants: We invite applications for grants of up to £50,000 for projects taking place between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011.
Comic Relief
UK Grants Team, 5th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
Tel: 020 7820 5555 - Fax: 020 7820 5500
Amounts awarded: Projects in the UK
Grants on average vary between £25,000 and £40,000 per year, and rarely exceed this upper limit.
International Grants
Up to £1 million for project grants. There is no upper limit for investment grants. Investment grants are only available to UK-registered charities that already hold a Comic Relief grant. You need to enquire whether you are eligible to apply for an investment grant with the relevant member of staff.
Communities Scotland Scottish Centre for Regeneneration
Social Justice Manager, Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, EH12 5YA
Tel: 0131 313 3700
Amounts awarded: The New Ideas Fund provides grants of between £100 and £5,000. The Seeing Is Believing Fund will provide grants of between £100 and £5,000.
Co-operative Group Community Fund
New Century House, Manchester, M60 4ES
Tel: 0161 827 5879
Amounts awarded: Although awards can range from £100 to £5,000, please be aware that due to the high number of quality applications, the average award size was £750.
If you are a newly formed group (less than 3 months) the maximum you can apply for is £500.
Diana Memorial Fund
The County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB
Tel: 020 7902 5500 - Fax: 020 7902 5511
Amounts awarded: Grant-making under these initiatives will primarily be proactive in nature. Grants will be provided on an invitation-to-bid basis or through negotiated partnerships with selected organisations that have the capacity to deliver the initiatives' desired outcomes. Projects will be rigorously assessed against the strategic objectives, and to maximise impact grants will be awarded for up to five years with a mid-term review.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Kings Place, 90 York Place, London, N1 9AG
Tel: 0207 8123 700 - Fax: 0207 8123 701
Amounts awarded: If you ask for our assistance, you should tell us how much you need. The average Esmée Fairbairn grant is worth about £50,000, but we are happy to consider requests for less or more.
Fife Council Community Awards
Fife Council, Fife House, North House, Glenrothes KY7 5LT
Tel: 01592 416169 - Fax: 01592 416020
Amounts awarded: Variable depending on the funding strand, but between £150 and £6,000.
Fife Environment Trust
6/7 Hanover Court, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 5SB
Tel: 01592 413124 - Fax: 01592 413555
Amounts awarded: The small projects scheme enables smaller groups to access funding more easily.
As a general rule, applicants can apply for between £500 and £5,000 up to a maximum intervention rate of 90% of total eligible costs.
As a general rule, applicants can apply for between £5,000 and £20,000 up to a maximum intervention rate of 50% under the General Landfill Tax scheme.
Forward Scotland - Small Grants Scheme
6th Floor, Portcullis House, 21 India Street, Glasgow, G2 4PH
Tel: 0141 222 5600 - Fax: 0141 222 5601
Amounts awarded: Up to £1000. Forward Scotland will normally fund up to 75% of the cost of the project.
However, "in kind" contributions can be considered as counting towards the total cost.
Forward Scotland Community Environmental Renewal Scheme
6th Floor, Portcullis House, 21 India St, Glasgow G2 4PH
Tel: 0141 222 5600
Amounts awarded: Up to £50,000 to projects that involve the local community and can demonstrate local social or economic benefits.
The Foyle Foundation
The Foyle Foundation, Rugby Chambers, 2 Rugby Street, London, WC1N 3QU
Tel: 020 7430 9119 - Fax: 020 7430 9830
Amounts awarded: Grants awarded range between £10,000 and £50,000.
Gannochy Trust
Kincarrathie House Drive, Pitcullen Crescent, Perth, PH2 7HX
Tel: 01738 620653 - Fax: 01738 440827
Amounts awarded: Variable - the Trust awards £3.5m annually.
J Paul Getty Charitable Trust
Trust Administrator, J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust, 1 Park Square West, London NW1 4LJ
Tel: 020 7486 1859
Amounts awarded: £5,000 - £15,000, awarded for both capital and revenue expenditure.
Charles Hayward Foundation
Correspondent, Hayward House, 45 Harrington Gardens, London, SW7 4JU
Tel: 020 7370 7067
Amounts awarded: £2,000 - £10,000.
HBoS Foundation: Regional Programme
Dundas House, Viking Way, Rosyth KY11 2UU
Amounts awarded: Not specified
Hedley Foundation Ltd
Appeals Secretary, 9 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2SU
Tel: 020 7489 8076
Amounts awarded: Average grant £3,000. Grants awarded are not usually recurring.
Help the Hospices
Hospice House, 34-44 Britannia Street, London, WC1X 9JG
Tel: 020 7520 8277 - Fax: 020 7278 1021
Amounts awarded: Palliative Care Tool Kit Grants of up to £2,000 are available to healthcare organisations based in India and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Heritage Lottery Fund
28 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EN
Tel: 0131 225 9545
Amounts awarded: Awards for All in Scotland - £500 to £10,000
Your Heritage - £3,000 to £50,000
Heritage Grants - £50,000+
Public Parks Initiative - £50,000+
Landscape Partnerships - £250,000 to £2m
Townscape Heritage Initiative - £500,000 to £2m
Repair Grants for Places of Worship - £10,000 to £250,000
Young Roots - £3,000 - £25,000
Null 28 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh EH3 6QF
Tel: 0131 556 0556 - Fax: 0131 556 9939
Amounts awarded: Minimum grant is £500, maximum is £6,000
LankellyChase Foundation.
1 The Court, High Street, Harwell, Didcot
Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0EY
Tel: 01235 820044 - Fax: 01235 432720
Amounts awarded: Amounts vary. The Annual Report on the website gives a breakdown of awards made in 2005 for guidance.
Lloyds TSB Foundation
Riverside House, 502 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, EH11 3AF
Tel: 0131 444 4020 - Fax: 0131 444 4099
Amounts awarded: Amounts vary.
MacRoberts Trusts
Cromar, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, AB34 4UD
Amounts awarded: Grants vary but most lie between £5,000 and £10,000. Occasionally the Trustees make a recurring grant of up to three years.
The Nuffield Foundation
Director, 28 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3EG
Tel: 020 7631 0566
Amounts awarded: Project Grants - £5,000 to over £100,000
Grants can be spread over two or three years.
The Pilgrim Trust
Cowley House, 9 Little College Street, London, SW1P 3SH
Tel: 020 7222 4723 - Fax: 020 7676 0461
Amounts awarded: The Trust's average grant is £20,000.
The Rank Foundation
The Appeals Office, PO Box 2862,, Whitnash,, Leamington Spa,
Leamington Spa CV31 2YH
Tel: 01926 744550 - Fax: 01926 744550
Amounts awarded: Amounts not specified, but the website gives a list of grants awarded in previous rounds for guidance.
The Robertson Trust
Secretary, 85 Berkeley Street, Glasgow, G3 7DX
Tel: 0141 221 3151 - Fax: 0141 221 0744
Amounts awarded: There are no minimum or maximum donations. The Trust does operate a small grant scheme for smaller charities to apply for one-off donations of up to £5,000 to support a particular project or activity.
The Trust prefers to offer a contribution towards the total funds required for either a capital or a revenue request. Core funding or specific project costs will be considered and may be for a maximum period of 3 years. For example revenue donations average between £5,000 and £10,000 a year and capital donations may be up to 10% of total costs.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
The Garden House, Water End, York, YO30 6WQ
Tel: 01904 627810 - Fax: 01904 651990
Amounts awarded: variable
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Arts Council, 12 Manor Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7DD
Tel: 0845 603 6000 - Fax: 0131 225 9833
Amounts awarded: Varies - depends on the programme strand. More details available in the Guide to Funds booklet, available on the website.
Scottish Community Diet Project
Scottish Consumer Council, Royal Exchange House, 100 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3DN
Tel: 0141 226 5261 - Fax: 0141 221 0731
Amounts awarded: £500 - £3,000
In 2007, less than one in four applicants were successful.
Sport Relief
Scottish Community Foundation, Suite 3.4 Turnberry House, Glasgow, G2 2LB
Tel: 0141 225 6672 - Fax: 0141 229 1419
Amounts awarded: Grants will range from £1,000 - £5,000.
Scottish Land Fund
Taigh Feàrna, Auchtertyre, Balmacara, KYLE OF LOCHALSH IV40 8EG
Tel: 01520 722988 - Fax: 01599 566724
Amounts awarded: Variable
Scottish Natural Heritage
Laundry House, Dalkeith Country Park, Dalkeith, Midlothian EH22 2NA
Tel: 0131 654 2466 - Fax: 0131 654 2477
Amounts awarded: Up to £3,000
Sita Trust
Sita Trust, The Barn, Brinkmarsh Lane, Falfield, South Gloucestershire, GL12 8PT
Tel: 01454 262910 - Fax: 01454 269090
Amounts awarded: There are two funding bands available -
1. Projects up to £25,000 - most applicants are eligible for this level of funding. Applicants for local community improvement projects can apply for up to £25,000.
2. Projects up to £150,000 - because of the higher level of funding available there are additional criteria that must be met. These higher value projects must be of regional significance (more guidance on what we mean by this is available in our guidance notes)
SportScotland
Caledonia House, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ
Tel: 0131 317 7200 - Fax: 0131 317 7202
Amounts awarded: Variable, depending on the programme. More details available on the website.
Tesco Charity Trust Community Award Scheme
Tesco House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL
Tel: 01992 646768 - Fax: 01992 646794
Amounts awarded: One-off donations of between £1,500 and £5,000
The Tudor Trust
Grants Administrator, 7 Ladbroke Grove, London, W11 3BD
Tel: 020 7727 8522 - Fax: 020 7221 8522
Amounts awarded: Variable. The Annual Report on the website gives details of the types of funding awarded.
Voluntary Action Fund
Administrator, Comely Park House, 80 New Row, Dunfermline, KY12 7EJ
Tel: 01383 620780 - Fax: 01383 626129
Amounts awarded: TBA
The Garfield Weston Foundation
Administrator, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY
Tel: 020 7399 6565 - Fax: 020 7399 6580
Amounts awarded: Variable. The Annual Report is available on the website, and gives examples of grants made by the Foundation in the previous year.