Funding For Play

So you’re looking for funding for a play area? The enormity of the project before you can be daunting!

Fundraising is certainly not quick or easy, but a successfully, completed project, and the smile on the children’s faces make it all worth while in the end.

So where do you start, where should you turn to find the funds?

The first thing to do is to organise yourself into a group. Some funding bodies will accept applications from lower governmental groups, such as Parish and Community Councils, but many will require you to be a community group. This group should consist of a collection of local residents all with the same goal in mind. It is in the name of this group that you will apply for funds.

The best source of initial information is your Local Authority. They may have advisors on hand to help, and/or they may have there own funding pots that can be applied to.

The next step would be to search for funding bodies. There are funding search engines available on the internet, though many do require a paid subscription.

Good websites to try area

• The Big Lottery Fund Website
  http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/

• Entrust, regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund
  http://www.entrust.org.uk/

For more information on funding bodies, advice on how to complete funding application forms, and how to become a Community Group, please contact Kat, marketing@proludic.co.uk, 0115 982 3980

RED HOT FUNDING NEWS

• The Biffaward ‘Small Grants Programme’ has now been launched
  http://www.biffaward.org/about/soverview

• Natural England – A Lottery funded programme supporting disadvantaged communities to gain better access to nature
  http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_us/news/2008/260508.aspx

• CABE Funds available to regenerate sea-side towns
  http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2442

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