Grants and Awards
Google Grants - Free Advertising for Registered Charities
The Google Grants UK beta programme supports organisations that "share Google's philosophy of community service to help the world," in areas including education and the arts. The programme provides free advertising on Google.co.uk to UK registered charities to help them inform and engage their supporters online. Each charity participating in the programme will receive this advertising for at least three months. For more information visit www.google.co.uk/grant.
B&Q, You can Do it Awards
Could your local community or charity group
benefit from £5,000 of B&Q materials for an environmental,
sports or community project ?.
Visit www.diy.com/awards (Mac
users, use a browser other than Safari)
or telephone 0845 300 1001 (24 hours) for
an application form.
Enter by 30th March 2007.
Women's Fund for Scotland Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available from the Women's Fund for Scotland to organisations predominantly run by and for women. The fund is particularly keen to award grants to projects which seek to support and empower women while contributing to the regeneration of their local area. Applications can be made at any time up to 15 December 2006. Contact Joan Robertson 0141 225 6670 for further information.
The Philip Lawrence Awards
The Philip Lawrence Awards reward outstanding achievements in good citizenship by young people aged 11 to 20. They recognise contributions to the community which bring out the best in young people, empower them to take the initiative and make a real difference to their lives and the lives of others – building confidence, promoting safety and reducing crime.
Since 1997, over 85 groups have received a Philip Lawrence Award. The outstanding results have proved that the Awards have been a huge success in promoting youth involvement in local communities, social behaviour, self-esteem and continual participation in valuable neighbourhood activities.
The inspiration for the awards is Philip
Lawrence who knew that young people are capable of great
acts of thoughtfulness, generosity and vision.
See http://www.4children.org.uk/pla/ for
more details.
O2 Community Awards
Recently, O2, in partnership with the Conservation
Foundation, launched its Your Community,
a new community fund to enable people to make real improvements
to where they live. Awards up to £1,000 will be available
to support local environmental, urban renewal and conservation
projects.
The fund is open to applications from all members of the
public - both groups and individuals - and could, for instance,
be used to hire tools and equipment, or to purchase plants,
paint, signs and materials. Examples of projects that could
receive funding include turning derelict land into a wildlife
area or planinting flowers in the High Street.
Application forms can be obtained at the www.02.com website.
For more information please contact Steven Bartholomew on
01753 281 148.
Nomination for Individual Honours
In the United Kingdom, honours are awarded twice a year, in June and at the New Year; about 1,500 awards each time. Most are made in the Order of the British Empire with some 15% at the highest levels (CBE and above). They are awarded for all types of service including to:
- arts practitioners and administrators - actors, musicians, painters etc;
- industrialists and trade unionists;
- journalists and broadcasters;
- the Armed Forces;
but by far the largest number of awards go to those providing services to their local communities, mainly volunteers.
Individuals may be nominated for an honour by anyone, and we encourage neighbours, work colleagues etc to put forward those they admire for their achievements. Please go to page: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ceremonial/nominations/how_to_nom.asp where you can print off the application form.