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Community Projects Grant (Scotland)
The Royal Incorporation
of Architects in Scotland, in association with the Robertson Trust, is
seeking to promote the involvement of local people in the design, use
and management of buildings and spaces as well as in the decision making
process which affects their local environment. The Scottish Community
Projects Fund can award grants up to a maximum of £2,000.00 or half the
cost inc VAT (whichever is the lower) for a local Community Group to
employ an architect or any other building professional, to prepare a
feasibility study for building or environmental improvement projects or
employment or other initiatives which have social benefit. When such a
study has been completed, the Community Group will have a clearer
understanding of all the issues relating to building or environmental
projects including their own requirements, responsibilities, long-term
sustainability, timescales, programming, project management and will be
in a stronger position to seek funds for the project itself from more
major funders.
http://www.rias.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1_6_3
Strategic Timber
Transport Scheme Opens for Applications (Scotland)
The Scottish Forestry
Commission has announced that it is seeking applications through its
Strategic Timber Transport Scheme. A total of £720,000 is available to
facilitate the sustainable transport of timber in rural areas for the
benefit of local communities and the environment. Projects should
minimise the impact of timber transportation on Scotland's fragile rural
and public roads, for example, through the development of in-forest
roads in appropriate situations, or through work that helps link forests
to sea and rail loading facilities. The deadline for applications is the
31st January 2010 and all work carried out and all grant monies must be
claimed before the 28th February 2011.
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/sttf
International Development
Fund Open (Scotland)
The Scottish Government
has announced that it is inviting Scottish non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) working in Malawi to bid for funding from the
Scottish Government. NGOs, working with partners in Malawi, can apply
for grants from the International Development Fund to support their work
on the four agreed priority areas of civil society and governance,
sustainable economic development, health and education. Examples of
successful projects which have benefitted from funding include Macaulay
Land Use Research Institute contributes to building sustainable
livelihoods at village level, through agricultural improvements and
renewable energy from ethical biofuels made from the Jatropha, Neem and
Moringa trees (JANEEMO for short). The villages involved benefit from
better food security, increased household income and an improved village
economic system.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/11/11145218
The War Memorial Trust
(UK)
The War Memorials Trust
is open to applications for the protection and conservation of war
memorials in the UK. The Trust currently runs three different grant
schemes, which provide support to projects that aim to repair, conserve
and preserve the war memorials in their existing form as well as
reinstate the memorial in its original design. The Trust only offers
grants to projects that relate to existing war memorials and not for the
creation of new war memorials or projects for which work has already
started and/or is completed. Graves of any type are not eligible for
support under any of the schemes. The grant scheme you will need to
apply for will depend on where in the UK the memorial is located and
whether it is freestanding or not and what work needs doing. For further
information on what scheme is the most appropriate to apply for please
contact the Conservation Officer on 020 7233 7356 or email
conservation@warmemorials.org
http://www.warmemorials.org.uk/
It's Your Community
Programme to Close (UK)
O2 have announced that
It's Your Community scheme will be closing at the end of December 2009.
It’s Your Community, which is managed by the Conservation Foundation,
provides grants of £100 to £1,000 to individuals and groups to improve
their local environment. Between now and the end of the programme, O2
are increasing the youth focus of these awards, but will still accept
applications for projects that do not involve young people. The type of
projects supported in the past included environmental projects such as
turning derelict land into an amenity park or wildlife area, tree
planting, creating a wildlife pond, renovating neglected river and canal
footpaths, providing water butts and recycling facilities in village
halls, etc.
http://www.itsyourcommunity.co.uk/ApplyForAnAward.aspx
MS Society Opens Funding
Round for Research Grants (UK)
The MS Society has
announced that it is currently seeking applications for research studies
related to multiple sclerosis that may serve in any way to advance their
mission of preventing, treating and curing MS and improving quality of
life. The MS Society funds biomedical and care and services research and
considers applications from researchers at UK academic institutions.
Funding is available for innovative project that pilot or test new
concepts; longer term project grants that can last up to three years as
well as scholarships and fellowships for individual researchers. The
closing date for applications is 12 noon on the 20th January 2010.
http://www.mssociety.org.uk/research/funded_research/apply_for_funding/index.html
The Royal Society -
Partnership Grants (UK)
The Royal Society has
announced that the next funding round under its Partnership Grants
Scheme will re-open for applications in spring 2010. Under its
Partnership Grants Scheme, the Royal Society provides grants of up to
£3,000 to support teachers; scientists and engineers help develop
science projects that make the teaching of science more interesting
within primary and secondary schools. The aim of the Partnership grants
scheme is to form partnerships between schools and scientists /
engineers to allow teachers to increase their scientific knowledge. The
scheme also gives scientists and engineers the chance to develop their
communication skills and engage with enquiring young minds. Any UK
primary or secondary school teacher or practising scientist/engineer can
apply as long as the students involved in the project are between 5 and
18. Examples of previously funded projects include; St Michael on the
Mount Primary School received a grant of £2,050 to help pupils to learn
about the human body by constructing a 15 foot skeleton. Working with
engineers from Airbus UK, every class constructed a working model of
their particular body part, giving the pupils the opportunity to apply
some of the scientific principles they had discovered.
http://royalsociety.org/Partnership/
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