The Daniell Trust - closing date for Expression of Interest forms 31 March 2023

Tony and Noreen Daniell founded the Trust in order to support charitable organisations close to their hearts.

Grants of between £50,000 and £250,000 are now available to support well-managed registered charities focused on the following areas:

• The care and education of children and young people with severe learning difficulties
• Environmental conservation, including projects with a wildlife focus combined with local community engagement

They are keen to identify projects that combine these two key areas, for example initiatives which combine environmental objectives with significant community benefit. Their priority interest is projects that improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people with complex special educational needs through connections to nature and the environment.

The Trustees have launched a new programme of grants for 2023 and are looking to spend the remainder of the assets over the next few years on significant, sustainable projects that will leave a lasting legacy to the Trust’s founders.

Awards will become a two-stage process requiring applicants to complete an initial Expression of Interest form. If selected, organisations will then be invited to apply for grant support.

Please note they only support charities that work in England, Wales or Scotland, and which have an annual turnover of at least £250,000.

Full details of our eligibility criteria are available in the Guidance Notes and Expression of Interest form in the Downloads section of their website: The Daniell Trust

Modernisation and Improvement of England’s Village Halls

Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) has created the Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund with aim of supportong the modernisation and improvement of village halls, so that they are fit for purpose and can provide activities which seek to achieve one or more of the following outcomes for their communities:

• improved health and/or wellbeing and/or reduction in rural loneliness
• positive impact on the local environment, contributes towards net zero
• support for the local rural economy
• promotion of community cohesion

Grants are for capital improvements only, where projects aim to either upgrade, extend or improve facilities, or where capital items need to be purchased. They cannot be used for maintenance, repair or renewal work.

ACRE recommend groups only apply to the fund once projects are well developed and have much of the funding already in place.

There is a two-step application process for the fund.

Stage 1

• Applicants are required to submit basic information about their organisation, local community and the project proposed to determine eligibility.
• The fund will re-open for Stage One applications on 20 February 2023 and close on 3 March 2023 at 23:59. 

Stage 2 

• Applicants who are successful at Stage 1 will be invited to complete a Stage 2 application. ACRE members will work with applicants at this stage to prepare more detailed information about their project which will be assessed by an award panel. The panel will assess the first wave of applications in March 2023. Subsequent applications will be considered by the panel later in the year.

Demand for the fund is high so not all eligible halls will be funded.

All project work must be completed before the end of March 2025.

Should you have any queries about the fund or application process not already covered in the information linked above, please contact ACRE at villagehallsfund@acre.org.uk or check the ACRE Website

Climate Action Fund – Nature and Climate

This fund from the National Lottery aims to help communities across the UK to address climate change.

They are looking for projects that focus on the link between nature and climate; projects that use nature to encourage more community-led climate action. They are looking for projects to bring other important social and economic benefits, like the creation of strong, resilient and healthy communities or the development of ‘green’ skills and jobs.

They are interested in projects that can do at least one of the following:

• show how creating a deeper connection with nature will lead to changing people’s behaviours and greater care for the environment
• show how by bringing nature back into the places we live and work, we can help communities to reduce or adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Applications are welcome from either local partnerships or UK-wide partnerships which are delivered across at least two UK countries (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).

Grants of up to £1.5 million over 2 to 5 years, with most projects between £300,000 and £500,000 or development grants of £50,000 to £150,000 over 12 to 18 months are available to Community and voluntary organisations, charities, public sector, working in partnerships

Please visit the National Lottery Website for the full details, and to apply online.

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

The Trust funds United Kingdom Registered Charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement.

The Trustees will consider applications for core costs or projects and are very conscious of the work involved in applying for a grant and encourage charities to consider whether their work aligns with the Trust’s priorities for the next three years before submitting an application.

The Trustees usually consider applications three times a year in March, July and November. They will only make grants to Registered, Exempt or Excepted charities.

The grants awarded are usually between £500 and £6000

The next grant making meeting will be on the 12th July 2023 and the final closing date for the submission of online applications for this meeting is the 7th June 2023. 

A full list of the criteria, the grant process, and the online form is available on the D’Oyly Carte Website.