The Power of Music Fund – Application window from 9am on Mon 13th Feb to 9am on Wed 15th Feb 2023

Grants of up to £1,000 are available to UK singing groups and choirs, registered charities, faith and church groups, registered care homes and carers groups for projects that increase the use of music in dementia care throughout the United Kingdom. The fund is intended to support social prescribing by helping choirs and singing groups come through a challenging winter and continue providing "musical moments of joy" to those living with dementia and their carers.

The Fund is provided as part of the Utley Foundation’s ongoing commitment to supporting social prescribing projects that increase the use of music in dementia care throughout the United Kingdom.

More generally, the Trust support a range of causes and concentrates the bulk of the Foundation’s programmes and grant-making on:

• The provision of music for people living with dementia
• Causes relating to underprivileged and vulnerable children
• The reintegration of veterans into civilian life, and
• Causes related to international aid and development.

One hundred individual grants of £1,000, with no matched funding requirement, are available to singing groups, choirs, registered charities, church and faith groups, carers centres and registered care homes, providing they:

• Have a bank account in its own name or the name of the hosting organisation, and
• Host or are a choir/singing group which meets regularly and includes at least one member who is living with dementia.

The application form will be made available at The Utley Foundation website when the Fund opens to applications on Monday 13th February

Tel:01277 821338 Email:Peyton@utleyfoundation.org.uk

The Inman Charity

The directors of the corporate trustee ('the directors') operate a grant giving policy with a view to making annual distributions of £350,000. 

The directors are particularly interested in supporting the following areas of charitable work:-

• Medical research
• Care of the elderly
• General welfare
• Hospices
• The Deaf and Blind
• Care of the physically & mentally disabled
• The Armed Forces

If you are a charity working in any of these fields and would like to request financial assistance, please read the Application Guidelines available on their website.

Applications must be received by the end of February or the end of August to be sure of consideration at the Spring or Autumn Meetings.

All applications should be sent in writing to: The Inman Charity, BM Box 2831, London WC1N 3XX

 

Requests for support should be made by letter confirming the registered Charity Number, the aims and objectives of the Charity, and any other relevant factors.
In order for the appeal to be considered, the applicant must provide a copy of their latest annual report and a set of the most recent audited accounts.

The directors will support specific projects. In this case please provide details of the total amount required, contributions received to date and proposed timing to completion. The directors do not acknowledge applications and will only contact those to whom grants are awarded.

Visit The Inman Charity website for further details

The Institute of Physics (IOP) Public Engagement Grant Scheme

This grant scheme supports projects that:

• Target the audiences prioritised by the IOP’s Limit Less campaign – families with young people under the age of 16 that identify with one or more of the following groups:
  • girls and young women
  • disabled young people
  • LGBT+ young people
  • young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and
  • Black Caribbean young people
• Develop relationships between physics and public participants to grow beyond initial contact.
• Reinforce messages being delivered by existing engagement schemes by adapting to new locations, communities or circumstances.
• Build strong relationships between physics, physicists and diverse communities through co-developed and co-delivered engagement projects.

The Public Engagement Grant Scheme (PEGS) has been updated to support Limit Less, which aims to encourage young people currently under-represented in the physics community to carry on doing physics post 16.

The new framework for the grant scheme is informed by the learning we have all accrued over the last couple of years with respect to equality, diversity and inclusion, the digital divide, and personal wellbeing.

The scheme is open to individuals and organisations passionate about promoting engagement with physics.

The minimum grant award is £500. You can apply for up to £5,000 to run physics-based activities in the UK and Ireland.

Applications should be sent in via the Smart Survey form. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 24 March 2023.

For full criteria, and information visit the Institute of Physics website

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Sunrise Diversity LGBTQ+ Services in Torridge

Sunrise Diversity is a grassroots charity promoting equality, diversity and social inclusion in rural communities in Northern Devon. They work to promote strong, positive community relations through their range of services and activities, which challenge discrimination, help change attitudes and celebrate diversity.

They are currently developing services for the LGBTQ+ community in Torridge and they want to find out what is missing, and what people want to see provided in the local area.

Please help them by completing this survey (the closing date is 8th March 2023):  Sunrise Survey

Funded courses for Voluntary and Community Sector staff

NDVS, with support from HSSAP, are pleased to offer a range of courses for community organisations and volunteers.

The courses are run in partnership with University of Exeter, Petroc and South Devon College.

To access the courses you must be aged 18 or over and live in Devon. You will be required to complete some basic paperwork and provide photo id.

Courses on offer:

HSE First Aid at Work

27th April 9-5pm at NDVS Training room, Queens House, Barnstaple. Book via Eventbrite/HSE

Moving and Handling

29th April, 9-1pm, North Devon Campus. Book by email to NDVS

NCFE Cache Level 2 Award in Suicide Awareness

14th April 9.30-4pm 2nd Floor, Barnstaple Library. Book by email to South Devon College