Funding Available from Rushmoor Voluntary Services
Rushmoor Voluntary Services manage three grant programmes where small grants are available to organisations working in the Rushmoor area. The Trustees meet quarterly to consider applications. Details of the programmes are as follows:
The Army Catering Corps in Rushmoor - grants are available to support charitable purposes in the borough of Rushmoor. Recent grants have included: £100 to purchase a table tennis table for a group working with young people, £500 to enable a holiday dance and drama club for children and young people and £200 to provide refreshments and activities for an older people’s social group.
The Mrs Phillips Will Fund – grants are available to promote charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the areas of Hart and Rushmoor, in particular the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. Recent grants have included: £300 to a group to develop a cookery and healthy living course, £500 to providing support to homeless young people and £500 to run a basic life skills course for young people.
Carers Respite Grants – grants are available to provide respite for carers. Grants are made to organisations and individuals. Recent grants have included: £500 to enable carers and children to visit London Zoo, £200 to enable disabled children to attend holiday activities, £300 to enable a family to have specific days out during the summer holidays and £150 for an autistic child to attend a play scheme.
Applications are invited in writing. Please outline what you would like the money for, how much you need and who will benefit. One of our aims is to ensure that as many people as possible benefit from our grants. Please send your application, by letter, to: Greg Alexander, Chief Executive, Rushmoor Voluntary Services, The Community Centre, Meudon Avenue, Farnborough. GU14 7LE. Or email to:
greg@rvs.org.uk
==========
Hampshire County Council Grants - Visit Hampshire County Council's grant web pages - Here you will find a wide range of funding opportunities available to the voluntary sector - Click here
==========
The Alfred Henry Goode Trust is a local trust to benefit people in the Borough of Rushmoor. Small grants are available for charitable purposes to community organisations and, on occasions, individuals, that benefit older people. To request information and application details please Click here HER E
==========
Funderfinder offer 2 free resources to help with you with funding applications. Apply yourselves will help you to build a good application and Budget yourselves will help you to cost your project. Click on the links below:
Apply Yourselves - Budget Yourselves
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) is an independent charitable foundation set-up in 2002 by local people to connect donors with the local causes and charities that they care about in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. They are part of a national network of 57 Community Foundations across the UK Click HERE for more information.==========
Rushmoor Voluntary Services can also advise you on completing your application and doing any work needed on your group's policies. We look forward to hearing from you.
Date of last update: August 2010
Tel : 01252 540162 Fax : 01252 370500
Registered Charity No. 1059794