Arran Bulletin

Rewilding Challenge Fund

Rewilding Britain is offering an annual award of £100,000 for a single large-scale rewilding project based in England, Scotland, or Wales, that is at least 1,000ha/10 km² in size, which brings ecological and social benefits for local communities and shows the maximum potential to work with others to scale up rewilding on land or at sea.

The Rewilding Challenge Fund will be awarded to a collaborative project that will:

• Work at nature’s scale by establishing large and ecologically connected rewilding initiatives across land and/​or sea.
• Let nature lead by creating areas where natural processes are given freedom to generate dynamic and complex mosaics of habitats and species which enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change.
• Create resilient local economies by providing opportunities for new, nature-based enterprises that in turn support thriving communities.
• Support people and nature together by bringing community voices to the fore in shaping rewilding initiatives, providing social and well-being benefits, and celebrating local culture.
• Secure benefits for the longer term by accelerating innovative projects that can act as a blueprint to inspire others and build a knowledge base of how to achieve large-scale rewilding.

Priority will be given to:

• Projects that restore and reinstate natural processes, habitats, and missing species to the maximum extent across land, sea, or both.
• Community-led/co-designed approaches to rewilding that bring lasting social, economic, and ecological benefits to local communities.

There is a multi-stage application process. Groups must first submit an online

Expression of Interest before being shortlisted to complete a full application.

The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is 11 October 2024.

https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/how-to-rewild/funding-for-rewilding/rewilding-challenge-fund

Historic Environment Scotland - Heritage and Place Fund

Historic Environment Scotland is offering grants for not-for-profit organisations, local authorities, and national parks across Scotland to deliver community-led regeneration of the historic environment and support the development of vibrant and sustainable communities and places. This is the third round of the Heritage and Place Fund.

Funding is for projects that meet the following objectives:

• Enable communities to prioritise investment in local historic environment assets.
• Renew communities’ sense of place and appreciation of their local historic environment.
• Strengthen the resilience of local historic environment assets and build the capacity of communities to look after them.
• Build a sustainable base of traditional skills for the local area.
• Contribute to climate action outcomes for the historic environment.
• Result in sustainable and inclusive benefits for the local economy.

Funding can be used to cover activities and costs such as:

• Repair and resilience capital projects that may involve the reuse of historic environment assets. These will be facilitated through the awarding of third-party grants to the asset owners or long-term leaseholders and will only provide support for repairs using appropriate techniques and materials.
• Traditional skills training and materials activities which target local needs.
• Community heritage activities.
• Developing a management and maintenance strategy to include activities that will help to build capacity within communities to value and look after the historic environment for the longer term.

While no set value can be applied for, development phase grants will typically be up to 50% of the total costs. Delivery phase grants will typically range between £750,000 and £1.5 million, depending on the project size and match funding.

There is a two-stage application process, wherein groups must submit an Expression of Interest before being invited to complete a full application.

The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is 17 January 2025.

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/

Weir Charitable Trust

Weir Charitable Trust Accepting Applications for First 2025 Funding Round

The Weir Charitable Trust offers grants of up to £25,000 to small charities and community groups across Scotland with an annual income of less than £125,000 to deliver projects and activities that improve the quality of life for local communities.

The Trust will support projects and activities that fall within the following categories:

• Sport - Projects to encourage and increase public participation in sport (eligible activities should involve physical skill and exertion).
• Recreational facilities - Providing or organising recreational facilities (buildings, pitches or similar) to improve the conditions of life for the people for whom the facilities are primarily intended. This is only in relation to facilities which are primarily intended for people who need them due to age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or another disadvantage.
• Animal welfare - The advancement of animal welfare.
• Health - The advancement of health, including prevention or relief of sickness, disease, or human suffering.
• Culture - Supporting the heritage - tangible or otherwise - of Scotland, through projects that encourage participation in and preservation of Scotland's distinctive culture.

Examples of eligible activities and costs are as follows:

• Capital projects (such as equipment, fixtures, fittings, and refurbishments).
• One-off projects.
• Running costs.
• Core costs.
• Salaries.

Priority will be given to groups and charities that may have faced challenges in accessing funds from other sources.

There are typically two funding rounds per year.

The next deadline for applications is 28 February 2025 (17:00).

https://weircharitabletrust.com/

Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teacher Development Fund

This annual funding programme offers grants for projects that focus on how arts-based approaches can build equity in schools so that pupils who experience systemic inequity can access and make progress in their learning.

Grants of up to £165,000 per application are available for projects that last for two academic years.

To be eligible, lead applicants must be one of the following:

• Primary schools operating in the state sector. They can be mainstream, SEND or Alternative Provision settings, working with primary-age children.
• Arts organisations can be charities, community organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies active in the arts and culture sector

The following criteria apply:

• All applications must have solid partnerships in place
• Each partnership must include one or more arts/​cultural organisations
• A minimum of six and a maximum of ten schools should be involved in each project, regardless of whether the lead applicant is either an arts/​cultural organisation or a school
• Each participating school should commit at least two teachers and one senior leader to the project, though flexibility can be offered to small, rural schools
• Projects may include teachers of Nursery and Reception classes in primary schools
• All schools must be operating in the state sector.

The following may apply:

• PRU/alternative provision settings as long as they are a maintained setting, free school or academy serving pupils aged 11 and under.
• Multi Academy Trusts and Teaching School Hubs.
• SEND schools as long as they are a maintained setting, free school or academy serving pupils aged 11 and under.

Grants will support both activity costs and core organisational costs which relate directly to the project.

There is a two-stage application process.

The deadline for stage one applications is 13 November 2024 (12 noon).

https://www.phf.org.uk/funding/teacher-development-fund

Cash4Clubs

Cash4Clubs is a grant programme funded by Flutter UK & Ireland, part of Flutter Entertainment, the global sports betting, gaming and entertainment provider. For this reason, groups must be delivering activities to adults (18+) with priority given to applications focused on 18- to 25-year-olds.

Not-for-profit organisations, including charities, community groups and traditional sports clubs from across the UK and Ireland can apply for unrestricted grants of £2,000. The funding should be spent within a six-month period.

Applicants must demonstrate that they are using sport for a wider social purpose with a goal to increase participation of adults from underrepresented groups.

Priority will be given to applications that:

• Increase participation in sport and/or physical activity for one or more underrepresented groups, including women and girls over 18, people with disabilities, those from racially diverse communities, from the LGBTQ+ community or from lower socio-economic groups.
• Encourage people who would not usually engage in sport to take part, such as providing activities that support physical and mental wellbeing or tackle issues such as loneliness.
• Address broader social issues for the local community, e.g., reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, homelessness, or connecting communities.

Priority will be given to groups based in areas of high deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation 1-3).

Unrestricted grants of £2,000 can be used for anything that will support the organisation to continue and/or grow their activities in their local community.

Please note the programme may close early if oversubscribed as was the case in 2023.

Applications will be accepted from 12 September to 12 November 2024.

https://thehub.sported.org.uk/cash4clubs.html

Sports Facilities Fund

Funding To Improve Sports Facilities Across Scotland

SportScotland offers grants of up to £200,000 for constituted, not-for-profit organisations to support capital projects that provide opportunities for people to get involved in and participate in sports and physical activity in Scotland. For projects in areas of high deprivation, grants of up to £250,000 are available.

Through the Sports Facilities Fund, funding is available for projects that achieve the following outcomes:

• Provide opportunities for more people to be more active more often.
• Widen access, provide opportunities, and remove barriers to participation for disadvantaged groups (such as those experiencing poverty, care-experienced young people, or people who share any protected characteristics).
• Provide high-quality and diverse opportunities that develop participants, athletes, volunteers, coaches, and officials.
• Promote the physical and mental health and wellbeing benefits of sport and physical activity and the wider social benefits.
• Are designed to the highest possible standard for sport and physical activity, inclusion, and accessibility.
• Are designed to use sustainable construction methods, materials or energy systems and form part of a wider organisational sustainability strategy or plan.

Support is available for the following types of activities:

• New, upgraded, or extended sports facilities.
• Inclusive changing facilities.
• Facilities that provide or improve access to outdoor sports and adventure activities.
• Floodlights that increase capacity at appropriate sports facilities.
• Facilities that support community sports hubs or community activity within schools.
• Facilities that enable Sportscotland Institute of Sport or UK sports performance sport programmes.
• Major items of non-personal sports equipment.

Priority will be given to projects that:

• Have a strong, clear, and embedded focus on the promotion of equality, diversity, and inclusion in sports and physical activity.
• Demonstrate how their project is environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable.

There are typically two deadlines per year.

The next deadline for applications is 1 April 2025 (17:00).

https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/

Scottish Children's Lottery Trust

Grants of up to £4,000 will be available to registered charities in Scotland through the Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust's final 2024 funding round for projects and activities that support vulnerable children, young people, and families experiencing poverty.

There are two levels of funding available:

• Small Fund - grants of up to £4,000
• Bright Futures Fund - grants of up to £1,000.

New for this round, the Bright Futures Fund is a collaboration between the Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust (SCLT) and The Jackpot Community Trust (JCT) focused on supporting charities across Scotland working with children and young people.

The Small Fund is for charities providing essential services for children and young people and can be used for:

• Cost-of-living crisis relief.
• Family support.
• Accessible childcare.
• Educational support.
• Mentoring for disadvantaged children.
• Community-based programs.

The Bright Futures Fund is intended for costs such as:

• Sports equipment.
• Clothing.
• Cost-of-living assistance.
• Holiday programmes.

Projects must be delivered in Scotland and demonstrate the involvement of individuals and communities that understand and have experience with the issues that poverty presents.

The Fund will open on 30 September 2024 (noon) and close on 18 October 2024 (noon).

https://www.scottishchildrenslotterytrust.com/

Help Musicians - Next Level Awards

Help Musicians UK Opens Applications for Next Level Awards

Funding and a programme of one-to-one business advice and peer support are available to professional UK musicians to help them progress their careers to the next stage of development.

The Next Level awards programme provided by Help Musicians UK is inviting applications from musicians with a proven track record but limited resources to support larger and longer-term projects. The initiative is specifically aimed at musicians who create, perform, or release their own music and lack resources for ambitious projects such as recording albums, going on tour, or joining long-term courses.

Successful applicants will receive the following:

• Up to £3,000 towards their own music activity.
• Six hours of one-to-one business advice from industry experts.
• Online meetups with other awardees and industry guests.
• Invitations to online peer drop-in spaces with other musicians (optional).
• Access to a healthy practice session delivered by BAPAM (optional).

Applications are invited from professional musicians of all genres and disciplines. To be eligible, the applicant must:

• Be aged 18 or over, living in the UK, with the right to live and work in the UK and with a UK bank account.
• Not have more than £10,000 savings or access to other capital that could fund their planned activity.
• Have a track record of making 40% of their income from music over the past two years or longer (exceptions apply for musicians with a long-term health condition and/​or disability that impacts their ability to earn).
• Have control over one or more aspects of their career, i.e. self-managing, self-releasing, or self-producing.

The grant element of support must be spent within 12 months.

The deadline for applications is 18 October 2024 (17:00 BST).

https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/get-support/develop-as-a-musician/next-level-awards