Local funding sources
Kent County Council Local Boards
A network of 12 Local Boards has been created in Kent. Each one
covers a district council area - Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford,
Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Shepway, Swale, Thanet,
Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells. All county councillors whose
electoral pision is within that area are the members of the Local
Board.
Each Local Board will meet at least four times a year. The
purpose of the Local Boards is to provide opportunities:
- for elected county council members to work more closely with
public, and with voluntary and private sector partners locally, to
meet the aspirations of local people
- for a regular forum for community consultation and
participation that will encourage discussion and debate on matters
of particular relevance to their area
- to consider the need for services in the local community, and
look at the effectiveness of existing services
- for KCC’s Cabinet and Cabinet Members to consult on strategic
issues affecting a Local Board’s area
Funding for local projects
Every county councillor can recommend approval for financial
support for local projects, up to the total value for £10,000 a
year per county councillor. Each Local Board will also consider
bids for larger projects, up to £20,000, which will be funded from
a seperate fund of £500,000 for Kent as a whole.
Email: loic.flory@kent.gov.uk
The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
This is one of the few big trusts that will, in principle, fund
any kind of charitable activity in the UK, and which offers no
information on the criteria by which one application is preferred
to another.
Grants range in size from several hundred thousand pounds down
to less than £1,000, although most grants will be for less than
£10,000. As well as making grants for capital purposes, donations
are also made for endowments, scholarship funds, research
programmes and for core funding.
Telephone: 020 7408 2198
Kent Community Foundation
Kent Community Foundation (KCF) offers a new approach to local
philanthropy. The Foundation provides a framework to support
donors’ own specific local causes whilst retaining as much control
as donors wish.
Some of the funds the Kent Community Foundation Administer
include The Allan Willett Foundation, Care Leavers and Community
Champions.
What type of activity can be funded?
Small-scale community activity that can make a real difference
in an area where there has been very little before. The Fund will
help influential members of the community to:
- Enhance their project management, communication and
interpersonal skills
- Receive money to support an existing community-inspired project
or bid for money for a new project
- Run projects that focus on sharing information e.g. producing a
community newsletter
- Visit other communities to help them through a sharing of
knowledge
- Attend events and meetings to learn about community
regeneration
All applications for funding should demonstrate the potential
benefit to the community and training for inpiduals should be
linked to the development of community-based projects.
Telephone: 01303 814500
Email: admin.kcf@btopenworld.com
Henry Smith Charity
Offers a small grants programme for counties in the South East
with which it has a historical link (including Kent). Main areas of
support are:
- Elderly
- Young People
- People with disabilities
- Homeless
Applications can be made for grants between £500-£10,000.
Bidders must have an annual income of under £150,000 (exceptions
may be made for charities whose activities are county wide)
Grants can be for one-off capital items such as equipment
purchase; these grants must be used within six months of being
awarded. Grants can also be used within six months of being
awarded. Grants can also be used towards one year's running costs
(including core costs).
The County Trustee considers bids and recommendations for grants
are subject to approval when the Trustees meet in March, June,
September and December.
Telephone: 020 7320 6884
Other local funding sources
The Astor of Hever Trust
Youth, medical research, education
Telephone 01959 562051
The Celia & Conrad Blakey Charitable
Trust
Youth, medical, music, sport
Address: Portrait Solicitors, Chancery Lane, Clifford Inn,
London, EC4A 1BU
The William Brake Charitable Trust
Telephone: 01622 759051
The Cleary Foundation
This foundation principally applies its income to various
selected charities for the relief of pain and hardship, and
conservation.
Telephone: 01304 852764
The Cobtree Charity Trust Ltd
The main activity of the trust is the continued maintenance,
upkeep and development of Cobtree Manor Estate and the support of
charities in the beneficial area. The trust also makes
loans to churches in Kent.
Telephone: 01622 743566
Sir James Colyer - Fergusson's Charitable
Trust
The trust makes grants to registered charities and churches
working or based in Kent, that are aiming to improve quality of
life, tackle poverty, social isolation or exclusion and protect the
natural resources and heritage of the local areas for their
inhabitants.
Telephone: 020 7620 1209
The Sarah D'Avigdor Goldsmid Charitable
Trust
Address: Hadlow Place, Golden Green, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11
0BW
The Earmark Trust
The trust normally supports charities in which the trustees are
personally interested, and favour those charities which are
concerned with people who are disabled, children in need, cancer
care and research, the arts and Christianity.
Address: The Knoll, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 9DY
East Kent Provincial Charities
General, education, younger and older people.
Telephone: 01622 766212
The Friends of Kent Churches
The objective of the trust is to promote the
preservation of any Christian churches in use of architectural
merit or historic interest, and to help maintain their fabric and
fixtures of special importance.
Address: Coldharbour Farm, Rosemary Lane, Smarden, Kent, TN27
8PF