Funding from Statutory Sources
What are they?
The Government has delegated responsibility for much statutory funding to Quangos or Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs)
Agencies and Public Bodies Team
Corporate Development Group
Cabinet Office
1.15 Admiralty Arch
The Mall
London
SW1A 2WH
Tel: 020 7276 2040
Website: www.civilservice.gov.uk/other/agencies/index.asp
Who can apply?
Voluntary, community and faith sector organisations, and sometimes local authorities.
What do they fund?
A variety of 'good causes' that lie within the Government's current priorities. The Government and its agencies increasingly contract for services with the Voluntary Sector.
How do you apply?
Usually through completing an Application Form. Sometimes a business plan is needed. To find out about these funding opportunities, it can help to get involved in appropriate networks.
The exact nature of statutory funding pots depends on the size of grant available.
Large Pots (over 10,000):
Pros: | Cons: |
Can fund ongoing work | Increasing competition for funds |
Can fund salaries and running costs (sometimes) | Applicants have to fit funders' priorities which are often particular |
Will often fund unpopular causes | May have strings attached (e.g. certain level of service required) |
Large-scale funding | Strict eligibility criteria |
Groups can reapply to continue the same project year after year | Can have complex application and monitoring procedures |
Staff support often available | More of a focus on project/contract funding |
May need Match funding | |
Larger applications can be complicated and time consuming |
Small Pots (10,000 and under):
| Pros: | Cons: |
| Quick and Easy | Small Amounts |
| Staff support often available | Short term |
| Wide range of causes | |
| Often local |
Some of the more important national statutory agencies that fund the Voluntary and Community Sector are listed below. Not all them have ongoing funding schemes. Government departments and regional information is available separately.
Social, Health, Education, Training and Employment
Capacitybuilders
Capacitybuilders will manage the £70 million ChangeUp programme, a major investment in support for voluntary and community organisations.
Capacitybuilders
77 Paradise Circus
Birmingham
B1 2DT
Tel: 0121 237 5100
Email: info@capacitybuilders.org.uk
Website: www.capacitybuilders.org.uk
Change Up
ChangeUp is about strengthening the support and assistance available to voluntary and community organisations.
The ChangeUp framework was developed in partnership with the sector and focuses on improving capacity building and infrastructure within the voluntary and community sector (VCS).
From April 2006 ChangeUp is managed by Capacity Builders, an agency at arms length to government, led by a board of sector experts.
Hubs of expertise have been established nationally, linked to six key voluntary and community sector infrastructure issues:
- Finance;
- Governance;
- ICT;
- Performance;
- Volunteering;
- Workforce.
These are partnerships of VCS organisations aiming to improve quality, efficiency, coherence and strategic development. The Hubs will provide a gateway through which organisations can access the full range of support and development services.
Regional programmes have implemented the ChangeUp investment from its outset, managed through the nine Government Offices in England.
These have devolved the management of aspects of the programme to various local VCS agencies.
Sub-regional consortia of VCS organisations have developed infrastructure investment plans to address gaps in infrastructure provision and undertaken projects to meet them, funded by ChangeUp after a bidding and review process.
National ChangeUp Programme
Isabel Sutcliffe
Sector Development Team
Active Communities Directorate
Home Office
1st Floor, Peel Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Tel: 0207 035 0438
Email: Isabel.Sutcliffe4@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.changeup.org.uk
Health and Safety Executive
The Health and Safety Commission is responsible for health and safety regulation in Great Britain.
Regional Offices can be found at website: http://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/index.htm
HSE Infoline
Tel: 0845 345 0055
Website: http://www.hse.gov.uk/
Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England.
Their mission is to raise participation and attainment through high-quality education and training which puts learners first.
Cheylesmore House
Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
LSC Helpline
Tel: 0870 900 6800
Email: info@lsc.gov.uk
Website: http://www.lsc.gov.uk/
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Equality and Human Rights Commission brings together the work of three previous equality commissions and also takes on responsibility for the other aspects of equality: age, sexual orientation and religion or belief, as well as human rights.
Helplines
England
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Freepost RRLL-GHUX-CTRX
Arndale House
Arndale Centre
Manchester
M4 3EQ
England Tel: 0845 604 6610
Textphone: 0845 604 6620
Fax: 0845 604 6630
Email: info@equalityhumanrights.com
Wales
Equality and Human Rights Commission Helpline Wales
Freepost RRLR-UEYB-UYZL
3rd Floor
3 Callaghan Square
Cardiff
CF10 5BT
Wales Tel: 0845 604 8810
Textphone: 0845 604 8820
Fax: 0845 604 8830
Email: wales@equalityhumanrights.com
Scotland
Equality and Human Rights Commission Helpline Scotland
Freepost RRLL-GYLB-UJTA
The Optima Building
58 Robertson Street
Glasgow
G2 8DU
Scotland Tel: 0845 604 5510
Textphone: 0845 604 5520
Fax: 0845 604 5530
Email: scotland@equalityhumanrights.com
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9:00 am-5:00 pm; Wed 9:00 am-8:00 pm (last call taken at 7:45pm)
Website: www.equalityhumanrights.com
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Equality House
7 - 9 Shaftesbury Square
Belfast
BT2 7DP
Tel: 028 90 500600
Fax: 028 90 248687
Textphone : 028 90 500589
Email: information@equalityni.org
Website: www.equalityni.org
Futurebuilders
Futurebuilders England is the government backed £125 million investment fund to help the voluntary and community sector deliver better public services. The fund provides a combination of grants and loans for organisations that deliver public services and earn revenue by forming contracts with public sector agencies.
If you would like:
- More information about Futurebuilders and how it works
- Information about the application process
- To speak to an Investment Officer about whether or not to apply to Futurebuilders
- Help with an application
- To follow up an application
Tel: 0191 261 5200
Email: info@futurebuilders-england.org.uk
Their telephone line is open on weekdays between 10:00am and 4:00pm (10:00 am to 12 noon only on Thursdays). If there is no one available to answer your call please leave a message and they will call you back.
Website: http://www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk/
Connexions
Connexions is the government's support service for all young people aged 13 to 19 in England.
Connexions brings together all the services and support young people need during their teenage years offering differentiated and integrated support to young people through Personal Advisers (PAs). For some young people this may be just for careers advice, for others it may involve more in-depth support to help identify barriers to learning and find solutions brokering access to more specialist support, e.g. drug abuse, sexual health and homelessness. PAs work in a range of settings including schools, colleges, one-stop shops community centres and on an out-reach basis.
Connexions is delivered through a range of local partnership arrangements based either on Local Authority boundaries or Learning and Skills Council (LSC) boundaries. Funding is through a grant from the Secretary of State for Education and Skills.
The success of Connexions depends on the involvement of young people. Listening to and taking account of their views in the design and delivery of Connexions is essential.
Details of the 47 local partnerships can be found on the National Association for Connexions Partnerships (NACP) Website: www.nacp.co.uk/members.html
Environment and Heritage
Countryside Agency
The Countryside Agency promotes life, leisure and business in the countryside. It is the statutory body working:
- to conserve and enhance the countryside
- to promote social equity and economic opportunity for the people who live there
- to help everyone, wherever they live, to enjoy this national asset.
Funding opportunities will vary over time.
The Countryside Agency
John Dower House
Crescent Place
Cheltenham
Glos
GL50 3RA
Tel: 01242 521381
Fax: 01242 584270 (Open from 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday).
E-mail: info@countryside.gov.uk
Website: www.countryside.gov.uk
British Waterways Board
British Waterways is a public corporation responsible for 2000 miles of navigable canals and rivers in England, Scotland and Wales.
British Waterways Board
Willow Grange
Church Road
Watford
Herts
WD17 4QA
Tel: 01923 201120
Fax: 01923 201400
Email: enquiries.hq@britishwaterways.co.uk
Website: http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/
English Heritage (The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England)
English Heritage exists to protect and promote England's spectacular historic environment and ensure that its past is researched and understood.
English Heritage
Customer Services Department
PO Box 569
Swindon
SN2 2YP
Tel: 0870 333 1181
Fax: 01793 414926
Email: customers@english-heritage.org.uk
Website: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
Historic Scotland
Historic Scotland safeguards the nation's historic environment and promotes its understanding and enjoyment
Historic Scotland
Longmore House
Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1SH
Tel: 0131 668 8600
Details of grants available are available at website:
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/grants.htm
Cadw
Cadw's protects, conserves, and promotes an appreciation of the built heritage of Wales.
Cadw
Welsh Assembly Government
Plas Carew
Unit 5/7 Cefn Coed
Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QQ
Tel: 01443 33 6000
Fax: 01443 33 6001
Email: Cadw@Wales.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.cadw.wales.gov.uk
Environment and Heritage Service Northern Ireland
Environment and Heritage Service is responsible for the implementation of environmental policy in Northern Ireland (as a part of the Department of the Environment Agency.) It also manages local Country Parks, Countryside access, the Monuments and Buildings Record Belfast, Historic Monuments and events in relation to these. The EHS is also responsible for the Protection of wildlife sites, habitats, species, archaeological sites historic monuments buildings, water quality, regulating and controlling pollution, promoting environmental quality, overseeing waste management and publishing leaflets & booklets on the above subject matter.
EHS
Historic Building & Monuments
Waterman House
5-33 Hill St
Belfast
BT1 2LA
Tel: 028 9054 3034
Email: bh@doeni.gov.uk
EHS
Natural Heritage
Commonwealth House
35, Castle Street
Belfast BT1 1GU
Tel: 028 9054 6595
Email: sonia.ramshaw@doeni.gov.uk
Website: www.ehsni.gov.uk
Arts
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England . Between 2005 and 2008, we are investing £1.7 billion of public funds from government and National Lottery. This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England .
They believe that the arts have the power to transform lives and communities, and to create opportunities for people throughout the country.
Their vision is to promote the arts at the heart of national life, reflecting England's rich and diverse cultural identity. They want people throughout England to experience arts activities of the highest quality.
Arts Council England
14 Great Peter Street
London
SW1P 3NQ
Tel: 0845 300 6200
Fax: 020 7973 6590
Textphone: 020 7973 6564
Email: enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk
Website: www.artscouncil.org.uk
Regional contacts are listed on their website or see regional pages on this website.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland provides valuable information services to the arts community and play an important part in encouraging support for the arts from others: district councils, the educational sector, economic development agencies, private sponsors and charitable trusts.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
MacNeice House
77 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 6AQ
Tel: 02890 385200
Fax: 028 90 661715
Email: info@artscouncil-ni.org
Website: www.artscouncil-ni.org
Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council serves the people of Scotland by fostering arts of excellence through funding, development, research and advocacy.
They aim:
- To increase participation in the arts.
- To support artists in Scotland to fulfil their creative and business potential.
- To place the arts, culture and creativity at the heart of learning.
Scottish Arts Council
12 Manor Place
Edinburgh
EH3 7DD
Tel: 0845 603 6000
Fax: 0131 225 9833
TypeTalk: for hard of hearing, prefix any number with 18001
Email: help.desk@scottisharts.org.uk
Website: www.scottisharts.org.uk
The Arts Council of Wales
The Arts Council of Wales wants to see a robust and secure sector, capable of developing and evolving over time as circumstances in Wales change. The role of the arts as part of Welsh culture is integral and immutable, and it is in partnership with artists, arts organisations, local authorities and the Welsh Assembly Government that this message will continue to be reinforced. The way that this role is delivered on the ground will change over time as Wales as a nation grows and develops.
Arts Council of Wales
9 Museum Place
Cardiff
CF1 3NX
Tel: 029 20 376500
Fax: 029 20 221447
Textphone: 029 20 390027
Website: www.artswales.org.uk
Film
The UK Film Council (and Scottish Screen) provide funding for film production and training.
UK Film Council
Head Office
10 Little Portland Street
London
W1W 7JG
Tel: 020 7861 7861
Fax: 020 7861 7862
Textphone: 0845 039 0204
Email: info@ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
Website: www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
Scottish Screen
Scottish Screen was set up in 1997 to establish Scotland as an important European screen production centre while projecting Scotland 's culture to the world.
Scottish Screen
Second Floor
249 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 4QE
Tel: 0141 302 1700
Fax: 0141 302 1778
Email: info@scottishscreen.com
Website: www.scottishscreen.com
Sport
UK Sport
UK Sport works in partnership with the home country sports councils and other agencies to lead sport in the UK to world-class success.
UK Sport
40 Bernard Street
London
WC1N 1ST
Tel: 0207 211 5100
Email: info@uksport.gov.uk
Website: www.uksport.gov.uk
Sport England
Sport England aims to lead the development of sport in England by influencing and serving the public, commercial and voluntary sectors.
Their aim is:
- more people involved in sport
- more places to play sport
- more medals through higher standards of performance in sport.
Sport England
3rd Floor Victoria House
Bloomsbury Square
London
WC1B 4SE
Tel: 08458 508 508 ( Monday-Friday, 8am to 6pm )
Fax: 020 7383 5740
Email: info@sportengland.org
Website: www.sportengland.org
Sports Council for Wales
The Sports Council for Wales is the national organisation responsible for developing and promoting sport and recreation. They increase Participation and Performance:
- To provide opportunities for everyone to participate and enjoy the benefits of sport, whatever their background or ability.
- To develop those individuals with potential into competitors who generate national pride through Welsh sporting achievements.
- To gain international recognition for Wales as a nation with a sporting culture.
Sports Council for Wales
Sophia Gardens
Cardiff
CF11 9SW
Tel: 029 2030 0500
Fax: 029 2030 0600
Email: publicity@scw.co.uk
Website: www.sports-council-wales.co.uk
Sports Council Northern Ireland
The Sports Council for Northern Ireland aims to make sport happen for the people of Northern Ireland .
As a lead facilitator in the development of sport the Council will work with partners to:
- Increase and sustain committed participation, especially amongst young people;
- Raise the standards of sporting excellence and promote the good reputation and efficient administration of sport.
Sports Council for Northern Ireland
House of Sport
Upper Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 5LA
Tel: 02890 382222
Fax: 028 9068 2757
Email: info@sportni.net
Website: www.sportni.net
Sport Scotland
Sportscotland's goal is to see more people participating in sport and enjoying its benefits. They want the whole Scottish population to be involved, from primary schoolchildren to elite athletes.
Sport Scotland
Caledonian House
1 Red Hewghs Rigg
South Gyle
Edinburgh
EH12 9DQ
Tel: 0131 317 7200
Fax: 0131 317 7202
Email: library@sportscotland.org.uk
Website: www.sportscotland.org.uk
Further Information
Details of all Government bodies Quangos are listed on website: http://www.knowledgenetwork.gov.uk/
See also Government pages on this website for Government funding and Regional pages for details of statutory funding contacts for the regions including Primary Care Trusts regional Government Offices, Regional Development Agencies, Local Education Authorities and Local Authorities and Councils.
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