Deadline: 24-Sep-21
The Foundation for Future London is accepting applications for the Small Grant Scheme Fund to support local organisations and individuals to create new jobs, learning, training, and educational programmes through the means of arts, culture, innovation, public realm and creative placemaking in Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets.
The scheme is part of the Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, an ambitious five-year programme that aims to invest £10 million into the local communities of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest.
Themes
The scheme will fund projects that focus on one or more of the following funding themes:
- Employment opportunities: Will your project provide employment opportunities for local people, including access to paid work experience / internships, access to apprenticeships or gaining access to jobs?
- Learning opportunities: Will your project provide ladders of opportunity through learning and training opportunities for local people, including accessing lifelong learning opportunities from early learning, schools through to late career and post retirement and/or will the project offer bespoke career and higher education path support, training and secondments?
- Young people: Will your project have a young person led approach with particular provision for local young people to access skills development opportunities, careers workshops and related learning and/or one to one coaching and mentoring?
- Business and entrepreneur support: Will your project provide local people with the opportunity to have business and/or entrepreneur support including freelance, business and entrepreneur set up, development and training?
Funding Information
- The Small Grant scheme has a pot of £180,000 and will award 30-35 small grants.
Eligibility Criteria
- I am aged over 18 and based (live, work or study) in one of the four boroughs (Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets or Waltham Forest)
- Project takes place in one of the four boroughs (Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets or Waltham Forest)
- I can commit to completing project in 12 months
- I am an individual or organisation with an annual income of less than £500,000
- I have a commitment to, or are working towards, London Living Wage where possible
- By the time of project delivery, I will have relevant insurance, risk assessments and a comprehensive safeguarding policy in place if working with children and young people under the age of 18 or vulnerable adults
- If an organisation, you are a not-for-profit organisation that is formally constituted i.e. has a signed governing document in the group’s name
- If an individual with you have two relevant named organisations willing to act your referee
- Please Note: Further documents (e.g. governance documents, insurance, risk assessments etc.) may be requested at later stages of application submission or upon awarding of grant so please be ready to submit.
For more information, visit https://future.london/grant/westfield-east-bank-creative-futures-fund-small-grant-scheme/