The 2010/11 FLAG grants programme is underway and applications are still being welcomed. There are four grant categories i.e. Community Environmental, Private Environmental, Community Buildings, and Energy Audit grants. More information, including downloadable application documents can be found on our web site at www.leicestershire.gov.uk/flag. Potential applicants are advised not to submit an application until they have checked with the FLAG Grants Administrator that their scheme may be eligible. Please contact me if you have any queries or want to discuss potential schemes. Please also pass my contact details to anyone else who might be interested in finding out more about these grants. Funding of up to £30,000 may be available for eligible projects. For more information, contact Kate Nightingale, Grants Administrator, Leicestershire County Council, 0116 305 7971 or kate.nightingale@leics.gov.uk
Kit out your community centre for FREE! Freeuse LA is a new website for Leicestershire Charities and Community Groups to take unwanted office items, donated by local authorities and schools, all for free! Save money, Save resources, Reduce waste! For more information and to register visit www.freeusela.org!
The Leche Trust offers grants for any object or purpose, which is recognised as charitable, in particular for: the furtherance of education or academic research; support of the National Trust and the preservation of rural England; and financing the visits of teachers and students abroad. At present, it is the trustees’ policy to concentrate their work in four main areas: the promotion of amity and good relations between Britain and third world countries; assistance to academic, educational or other organisations concerned with music, drama, dance and the arts; the preservation of buildings and their contents; and the repair and conservation of church furniture (with particular emphasis on the Georgian period) and the preservation of the nation’s countryside, towns, villages and historic landscapes The trustees meet three times a year in February, June and October to review the applications received in the major grant categories. The Trust does not have an application form for the major categories of grants and initial approach should be made by letter, with accompanying evidence of the project, or by telephone to the Secretary. For more information visit www.lechetrust.org
Glaxo Smith Klein’s IMPACT Awards are designed to reward charities that are working at a high standard to improve people’s health. Organisations must be at least three years old, working in a health-related field, with income between £10,000 and £1.5m. Up to 20 awards will be made with the overall winner receiving £35,000, nine other winners receiving £25,000 and highly commended and runners up receiving £5,000 and £3,000. In addition 15 of the award winners will be offered free training valued at £4,000. To find out more, please visit the www.kingsfund.org.uk/current_projects/gsk_impact_awards/. Deadline for applications is Friday 24 September.