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BBC Children in Need

Funding for disadvantaged children

BT funding guide

A free guide to help with funding

Greenworks

Recycled furniture saves money for the community

Bridge House Trust

Grants for Greater London

This document is also available as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file: fp-2003-11.pdf

Funding for disadvantaged children

This year s BBC Children in Need day is taking place on the 21 November 03. Regional committees, throughout the UK, make grants to projects which help disadvantaged, young people under 18 years old. Disadvantaged includes illness, distress, abuse, neglect, disability, behavioural or psychological problems, and living in poverty or other situations of deprivation.

Applicants must have a written child protection policy. This can be found on our national webpage; ScoutbaseUK at www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/por/2003/2_6.htm#part_1

Further information can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/apply/index.shtml.

Deadline: 30 November 03 and 30 March 04. If you want to qualify for a project in Summer 04 you must apply by the 30 November 03 deadline.

A free guide to help with funding

This is a 20 page guide that has been produced by British Telecom. It could be of use to Scout Groups applying for funding from charitable trusts, local and national government, commercial organisations and the National Lottery.

To get a copy visit www.btplc.com/betterworld/pdf/bt_bidding_for_funds.pdf.

Recycled furniture saves money for the community

Office furniture is expensive, however buying recycled items is a much cheaper option. Each year thousands of tonnes of surplus office furniture is sent to landfill, while community groups, schools, hospitals and charities are forced to spend money needed elsewhere on new furniture.

GreenWorks provides recycled furniture at cutdown prices, e.g redundant chairs, tables, filing cabinets, notice boards, coat stands. The money saved can therefore be redirected to core activities. The scheme has already helped over 600 organisations across the UK including several Scout Groups.

For instance, new desks can cost anything from £200; GreenWorks supplies them from just £20. For further information call 020 7981 0450 or visit: www.green-works.co.uk.

Grants for Greater London

The Bridge House Trust supports the voluntary sector in Greater London only. Grants are offered within five categories, 3 of which could be suitable to Scout Groups:

1. Access for disabled people
2. Children and young people (aged up to 25 years)
3. Strengthening the voluntary and community sectors

There is a set application form that can be downloaded from www.bridgehousegrants.org.uk. Guidelines are also available. There is no minimum grant amount and applications over £25,000 need to be accompanied by a detailed proposal.

Grants can be given for both running costs and capital costs.

There is also small grants scheme, for amounts under £5,000. To be eligible your Group needs to have an annual income of less than £50,000.

Applications are accepted all year round.

For further information, visit the Bridge House Trust webpage, or call 020 7332 3710.

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