Voluntary Action Camden

Postcode Dream Fund Opens for Applications for Funding Starting in 2022

About the Fund

The Dream Fund was created to encourage charities in Great Britain to collaborate so that they can deliver their dream project.

The themes change each year. The current themes are:

  • Environmental Systems Change – this theme is looking for collaborative and innovative projects that develop long term solutions to systemic environmental problems. Areas of interest include projects that challenge environmental degradation, in particular focusing on biodiversity and species preservation.
  • Social Inequality– this theme is looking for projects take systematic approaches to addressing the root causes of social inequality. Successful projects will be able to demonstrate how they will promote the social inclusion of groups that are disadvantaged or excluded from society. Potential areas of interest include early childhood development and educational attainment.
  • Pandemic recovery – this theme is looking for projects that will support society to o recover from the effects of the pandemic. Potential areas of interest include loneliness and social isolation, health and wellbeing, domestic violence and support for neglected groups who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic.

Application Deadline

Stage 1 applications will be accepted from 1 October 2021 to 1 November 2021 (5:30pm).

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NHS Opens £680m Unified Tech Fund

About the Fund

In the Unified Tech Fund, we have brought together several national technology funds. This amounts to £680 million available to NHS organisations throughout the financial year 2021 to 2022.

Application Deadline

The Unified Tech Fund will no longer be taking applications after 22 March 2022.

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£270m Green Heat Network Fund Launches in Spring 2022

About the Fund

The new £270 million Green Heat Network Fund, announced by the government today (Tuesday, 7 September), will only support low-carbon technologies like heat pumps, solar and geothermal energy in the roll out of the next generation of heat networks which will enable more towns and cities to take up this tried and tested technology from 2022.

Application Deadline

It will be open to public, private and third sector applicants in England, will open for applications in April 2022 and is anticipated to run to 2025.

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Free Data from Vodaphone

About the Fund

You can apply for free Vodafone SIMs, each loaded with 20GB data plus unlimited calls and texts to be used over 6 months. You can use these however you like. Multiple SIMs can be requested and repeat applications can be made if the organisation has a range of digital exclusion projects. Applications will be reviewed and a decision to support made within 30 days. SIMs will be issued within 30 days of a positive decision and are ready for distribution from 1 September 2021.

Application Deadline

SIMs are available until 1 November 2022, or until the supplies run out.

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Pan-London Grants Programme Invites Service Delivery Proposals

About the Fund

London Councils represents London’s 32 borough councils and the City of London. It is a cross-party organisation that works on behalf of its member authorities, regardless of political persuasion.

London Councils manages a pan-London grants programme on behalf of its member authorities. The current programme, which has invested £6million a year since 2017 on combatting homelessness and tackling domestic and sexual abuse, is due to end March next year.

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We Make Camden Social Action Fund

About the Fund

The “We Make Camden Kit” gives money and support to Camden residents and community groups who have great ideas for their communities.

Application Deadline

We are now accepting applications and the fund will be stay open on a rolling basis for 1 year.

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COVID-19 Response Funding for UK National Heritage Assets

About the Fund

The £40 million COVID-19 Response Fund, distributed by the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), is open for applications.

Applications will be accepted from charities, non-profit organisations and public sector organisations with responsibility for an asset of outstanding importance to the UK’s national heritage which is at risk due to the impact of COVID-19.

Application Deadline

Applications may be made at any time until the fund’s final closing date of 30 April 2023.

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£3m Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund to Open in Early May

About the Fund

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) will provide a £3 million grants fund to enable community and faith groups to develop accommodation options that are self-contained, Covid-secure and dignified, to be ready for people sleeping rough by winter 2021/22.

The fund aims to change the way projects are run to help transform people’s lives by offering a route off the streets and, ultimately, to reduce rough sleeping.

Application Deadline

Winter 2022

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COVID-19 Recovery Loan Reopens for England’s Cultural Organisations

About the Fund

Grants between £25,000 and £3 million to help cultural organisations transition back to a viable and sustainable operating model during April-June 2021.

Loans of £1 million or over to support costs that are part of a plan to achieve financial sustainability and/or increase organisational resilience. Funding can only cover the period up to 31 March 2022.

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Thriving Communities

About the Fund

The Thriving Communities Fund will support local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise projects that bring together place-based partnerships to improve and increase the range and reach of available social prescribing community activities – especially for those people most impacted by COVID 19 and health inequalities.

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Deadline

They are expected to commence on 15 March 2021, and end on 31 March 2022.

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