Top Befriending Funders

The following is a list of funders who support befriending. The list is not exhaustive – befriending covers many client groups so it could be that your project is eligible to apply for funds from elsewhere. There are also many smaller funders who give out grants of less than £1,000 who have not been listed. See Other Funding Sources for more information.

Barclays Social Responsibility Programme

Barclays Community Affairs, 54 Lombard Street, London, EC3P 3AH
www.cabe-education.org.uk

The programmes' current focus is on education, the environment, the arts, people with disabilities and social inclusion. Projects may cut across two or more of the five main areas of support. Listed amongst the types of projects they are willing to consider are: initiatives that provide additional amenities for local schools, initiatives promoting the welfare and development of young people; and projects which help community groups to improve their local environment. Barclay's generally fund projects between £1,000 and £25,000 on a local and regional basis, although they will consider larger grants for national projects, or for local projects that will benefit significant numbers of people or that will have a substantial positive impact.

Big Lottery Fund in Scotland

Highlander House, 58 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DB
Tel: 0141 223 8600
Fax: 0141 223 8620

www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

The Big Lottery Fund was created by merging the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund. It will hand out half the money for good causes from the National Lottery. This is an exciting opportunity for us to build on what both funds have achieved so far and to make it easier to apply for Lottery money and see where it goes.

Camelot Foundation

University House, 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EX Tel: 0207 828 6085

www.camelotfoundation.org.uk

Have taken the view that sustained investment in a relatively narrow field is one of the most important ways that we can maximise the impact of our giving. At the heart of their work will be young people who have slipped out of the mainstream of society, or are in danger of doing so. The following four groups will be at the heart of all the Foundation's programmes:

· Young parents or those at risk of becoming young parents

· Young asylum seekers

· Young people with mental health problems

· Young disabled people

Capacity building grants: Charities Aid Foundation

Tel: 01732 520334

www.cafonline.org

CAF is an international non-governmental organisation which provides specialist financial services to other charities and their supporters. CAF's Grant-making Programme aims to build the capacity of small to medium sized charities. Applications are invited from UK charitable organisations with an annual income of up to £1.5m. Priority will be given to small organisations, with some funds specifically targeted at organisations with an annual income of up to £50,000.

Esmée Fairbairn

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, 11 Park Place, London SW1A 1LP
Tel: 020 7297 4700

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation makes grants to organisations to improve the quality of life for people and communities throughout the UK. The Foundation makes grants in four areas: education, environment, arts and heritage, and social development. It will accept applications to cover project and core costs.

Laidlaw Youth Trust

83 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 2ER
Tel: 0131 247 6801

www.laidlawyouthtrust.org

Laidlaw Youth Trust opened for business on 5 January 2004 and funds projects aimed at children and young people up to £75,000 if they are operating as a collaborative scheme or as a befriending or mentoring project.

Lloyds TSB

3rd Floor, 4 St. Dunstan, London, EC3R 8UL
Tel: 0870 411 1223
Fax: 0870 411 1224
guidelines@lloydstsbfoundations

Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland

Riverside House, 502 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh EH11 3AF
Tel: 0870 902 1201
Fax: 0870 902 1202

www.ltsbfoundationforscotland.org.uk

Mission is to support under funded charities which help disadvantaged or disabled people of all ages to play a fuller role in the community. The funding goes mainly to charities working in two fields: social and community needs; education and training.

The foundation encourages applicants to discuss their project with them before completing the application form. This will help to ensure that your project is within their criteria and that you are applying for an appropriate amount. The application guidelines can be downloaded from the website. The website also contains information on projects and organisations that have been funded in the past.

Nationwide Foundation

Nationwide House, Pipers Way, Swindon SN38 2SN
Tel: 01793 457183

Areas of Special Interest:

· Supporting Volunteer Programmes throughout the UK

· Quality of Life – Economic Independence – Personal Safety – Keeping Your Own Front Door – Staying Active – Dealing with Change

· Tackling Disadvantage and Discrimination – Participation in Decision-Making Processes – Promoting Understanding and Encouraging Solutions which address Disadvantage or Discrimination – Challenging Disadvantage, Discrimination and Stigma associated with Mental Ill Health – Breaking Down the Barriers between Generations

The Robertson Trust

85 Berkeley Street, Glasgow, G3 7DX
Tel: 0141 221 3151

www.therobertsontrust.org.uk

Key Themes:

· Care

o Care of the Older

o Residential

o Day care

o Hospices

o People with disabilities or mental heatlth problems

o Homeless

o Local & National Support Organisations

· Drug Prevention & Treatment

o Drug & Alcohol rehabilitation

o educational programmes relating to drugs or alcohol

o children at risk from drugs or alchol misuse

o services working with recovering drug addicts

· Education

o Support for capital developments at community educational establishments

Scottish Government

Voluntary Issues Unit, Scottish Executive, Area 2-G, Victoria Quay, EDINBURGH EH6 6QQ
Tel: 0131 244 3649
Fax: 0131 244 5508

In line with best practice in the strategic funding of voluntary organisations, Scottish Government funding is available:

· for activities that promote Scottish Government objectives

· to support capacity building within organisations on the basis of agreed outputs

· to fund core management, administrative and relevant training costs where an organisation has a continuing role in the delivery of particular policy objectives

· for local networks to promote the growth and effectiveness of voluntary and community organisations; and

· on a time-limited basis, for innovative projects where the Scottish Government has a particular interest in taking forward an experimental approach.

Only on an exceptional basis will funding be made available for local service delivery organisations. (Public sector funding for local bodies would be expected to come from other agencies, such as local authorities, health boards, local enterprise bodies and some non-departmental public bodies.)

Tudor Trust

Grants Administrator, 7 Ladbroke Grove, London, W11 3BD
Tel: 0207 727 8522

Priority funding areas:

· Accommodation (e.g. rent deposit schemes, supported accommodation, housing for young people, integrated care for older people)

· Education (e.g. basic skills for young people, home/school links, literacy and IT schemes involving the family, detached youth work)

· Health (e.g. promotion of good mental health, support for families under stress, work with careers, support for older people)

· Recreation (e.g. projects which offer new experiences and fun learning opportunities, places and events which encourage social interaction, green spaces in urban settings)

· Relationships (e.g. work with young people leaning care, young parents, befriending, relationship counselling and confidence building for young people, work with fathers/young men, intergenerational work, parenting)

· Resources (e.g. advice for young people, centres and community buildings offering resources for the whole community, support workers)

· People with mental health problems or head injuries

· People who are substance misusers

· Homeless people

· Offenders/ex-offenders, people at risk of re-offending (and their families)

· People at Risk (e.g. young people in residential care or coming out of care, people at risk of isolation from services)

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