Yorkshire & Humber for West Yorkshire

(East Riding of Yorkshire, Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire)

This regional information includes regional offices of funding bodies, government and agencies. They all have a role which involves the Voluntary and Community Sector. Some offer direct funding. Some act as a coordinating body for provision of regional and local services. Some merely offer help and advice to those providing services. Not all of these will offer funding at any particular time.

Where possible regional information is given on each of these pages. Where regional information is complex links are given to websites which can provide information and contacts relevant to your area.

Help and advice in your region

Look at the Local Support section for helping and training agencies in Your district.

Sources of funding

Below are details of regional funding including Regional Government agencies, Lottery and other National Funder's Regional Offices as well as funders based in the Region.

Community Foundations

Community Foundations are charitable trusts that support local community causes. Their role is to manage donor funds and build endowment as well as make grants to charities and community groups, linking local donors with local needs. Created by and for local people they help donors express their long-term interest in an area and its needs. Community foundations have been active in the UK since the 1980s and a rapidly growing network of approximately 60 foundations is now established across the country. About 90% of the UK population has access to a community foundation.

To find your local Community Foundation go to the Community Foundations Network Website: www.communityfoundations.org.uk

Community Foundation Network
Arena House
66-68 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9HS
Tel: 020 7713 9326
Fax: 020 7713 9327
Email: network@communityfoundations.org.uk

Government

Local Government

Your Local Authority (Council) will have funds for the Voluntary and Community Sector. This funding is often in small pots within different departments. They may not have a complete picture of what is available and it is best to ask for help within a particular department. Key departments that often have responsibility for funds are Culture & Leisure, Education, Environment, Health & Social Care, Housing, Regeneration.

Similarly there are often small pots of funds for the Voluntary and Community Sector held by Town Councils and Parish Councils.

There is a separate listing of Council funding for Brtadford District. Use the link in the Left Hand menu.

Town Councils

You can also find your town council at Website: www.direct.gov.uk/Dl1/Directories/LocalCouncils/fs/en You will find contact address and phone numbers and links to their Website.

Parish Councils

Parish councils are listed by Tagish at Website: www.tagish.co.uk/tagish/links/parish.htm

Some Parish Councils have Websites. They may be listed at: www.parish-council.com/fulllist.asp or search using Google Website: www.google.co.uk

Local Government is buying in more of its services from the Voluntary and Community Sector under contract.

The Local Compact

The Compact is the agreement between government and the voluntary and community sector in England to improve their relationship for mutual advantage.

By building better relationships the Compact can help government and the voluntary and community sector work better together for the communities they serve.

Local Compacts are being drawn up for dealings between local and regional government and the voluntary sector. These can be downloaded from the regional pages of the Compact Website: http://www.thecompact.org.uk/information/100024/regions/

Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber

The Government Office and their many partners aim to make a real difference to business, the environment, communities and to the people who live and work in the Yorkshire and The Humber region.

Contact: PO Box 213
City House
New Station Street
Leeds
LS1 4US
Tel: 0113 280 0600
Fax: 0113 244 4898

Part of their work is to co-ordinate funding from the European Community. Contact them at:

25 Queen Street
Leeds
LS1 2TW
Tel: 0113 280 0600
Fax: 0113 233 8301

Website: www.goyh.gov.uk

Global Grants

Global Grants is money that comes from both local and district partnerships and European Social Funds. Global Grants will help people in the target groups to increase their confidence, motivation and skills and have a better chance of getting work.

To find out more about Global Grants in your region contact your regional Government Office.

Yorkshire Forward - Yorkshire and Humber Regional Development Agency

Yorkshire Forward, the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Development Agency, was created in April 1999 with the mission of revitalising the region's economy and is involved in many aspects of the region's economy - attracting inward investment and jobs into the region, funding community based regeneration schemes to ensure opportunities for Yorkshire and Humber's most deprived areas, increasing the availability of training for the region's workforce and promoting the whole region to the nation.

Leeds (Head Office)
Victoria House
Victoria Place
Leeds LS11 5AE
Tel: 0113 3949600

Learning and Skills

Paul Spencer Tel: 0113 394 9679
E-mail: Paul.spencer@yorkshire-forward.com

Regional Economic Strategy

Paul Munn Tel: 0113 394 9691
E-mail: Paul.munn@yorkshire-forward.com

Website: http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/

Social, Health, Education, Training and Employment

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, eg 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.

You can find details of your local partnership at

Website: http://www.connexions-direct.com/index.cfm?go=localServices

SureStart

Sure Start is a Government programme which aims to achieve better outcomes for children, parents and communities by:

• increasing the availability of childcare for all children
• improving health and emotional development for young children
• supporting parents as parents and in their aspirations towards employment.

They will achieve our aims by:

helping services development in disadvantaged areas alongside financial help for parents to afford childcare

• rolling out the principles driving the Sure Start approach to all services for children and parents.
• Regional and local services are dealt with by regional Government Offices and Local Education Authorities.

Sure Start Unit
Department for Education and Skills and Department for Work and Pensions
Level 2
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9NA
Public Enquiry Unit Tel: 0870 0002288
Email: info.surestart@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.surestart.gov.uk/surestartservices/

Children's Fund

The Children's Fund was launched in November 2000 as part of the Government's commitment to tackle disadvantage among children and young people. The programme aims to identify at an early stage children and young people at risk of social exclusion, and make sure they receive the help and support they need to achieve their potential.

The Children's Fund provides a responsive approach to developing services that address the difficulties faced by some children and their families. It encourages voluntary organisations, community and faith groups to work in partnership with local statutory agencies, and children, young people and their families, to deliver high-quality preventative services to meet the needs of communities.

To find out about the Children's Fund partnership in your area contact your regional Government Office or Local Authority.

More information is on Website: www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/strategy/childrensfund/

Health and Safety Commission

The Health and Safety Commission is responsible for health and safety regulation in Great Britain.

Regional Offices can be found at website: www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/index.htm

HSE Infoline Tel: 0845 345 0055

Website: www.hse.gov.uk

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC)

The LSC exists to make England better skilled and more competitive. They have a single goal: to improve the skills of England's young people and adults to make sure England has a workforce that is of world-class standards.

The LSC set out a strategy (the Working Together strategy) in 2004 that it intended to adopt with its partners in the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS). Click here to download the implementation plan for this strategy.

For more information look at their Website: www.lsc.gov.uk/

Click here to download document containing list of local contacts. Local news and information is at Website: http://www.lsc.gov.uk/selectlsc.asp?section=/Partners

Primary Care Trusts (PCTs)

The main function of a PCT is to provide health services locally by integrating primary, secondary and community health services and social services.

PCTs commission general and acute services, invest in primary and community care and work to improve the health of the local population in partnership with local borough councils and others.

Trusts hold contracts with Personal Medial Services, (PMS), providers to provide a wide range of primary and community services to the general public.

To find your local PCT look at website: http://pctdirectory.com/ and for more information use the National Health Service website: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx

Local Education Authorities (LEAs)

Local Education Authorities oversee education services in Local Authority areas. There is a trend for for services to schools and colleges to become their own responsibility. Funding for these is more often being directed through schools and colleges themselves. If you wish to provide a service related to education you may have to negotiate that with each school or college.

Schools and colleges will be listed on your local authority Website (see above).

You can find details of your LEA at Website: www.dfes.gov.uk/localauthorities/index.cfm?action=authority

Environment and Heritage

English Heritage and other environment and heritage agencies can be found in the national Government and Statutory pages.

Arts

Arts Council of England

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.

Yorkshire Arts
21 Bond Street
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF13 1AX
Tel: 01924 455555
Fax: 01924 466522
Textphone 01924 438585
Email: info@yarts.co.uk
Website: http://www.arts.org.uk/

Sport

Sport England in Yorkshire

Providing a strategic lead for sport in Yorkshire

4th Floor
Minerva House
East Parade
LEEDS
LS1 5PS
Tel: 0113 243 6443
Fax: 0113 242 189
Website: www.sportengland.org/yorkshire_index.htm

Lottery

Sport England and Arts Council England details are above.

Other Regional Lottery contacts

Big Lottery Fund

The Big Lottery Fund was launched on 1 June 2004 , when the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund were combined to create a single new lottery distributor - the Big Lottery Fund. They receive 50 percent of the proceeds for good causes, which is anticipated to be will be between £600 and £700 million a year until the end of the current Camelot licence in early 2009.

2nd floor
Carlton Tower
34 St Pauls Street
Leeds
LS1 2AT
Tel: 0113 224 5301
Minicom: 0113 245 4104
Fax: 0113 244 0363
Email: enquiries.yh@biglotteryfund.org.uk
Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Awards for All - Yorkshire and the Humber (until March 2009)

Note: From April 2009 the individual lottery funding bodies in England will handle their own small grants schemes. See the Lottery page on this website. Fuller information about the changes can be found in a MS Word document at Website: http://tinyurl.com/5nrege (URL shortened using TinyURL)

Awards for All is a grants programme set up up to help small groups. It is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Arts Councils, the Sport Councils, and the Big Lottery Fund. The main aim of the programme is to fund projects which involve people in their community; bringing them together to enjoy arts, sports, heritage and other community activities. Sometimes quite small sums of money can have a big impact. The range of grants is £300 to a maximum grant size is £10,000.

A range of not for profit organisations (including parish or town councils, schools or health bodies) can apply for Awards for All grants via a straightforward application process and most applicants will be advised within eight weeks if they have been successful.

In England Regional Big Lottery Fund offices are no longer responsible for Awards for All. Actual applications from the South of England are dealt with from their Birmingham office and applications from the North of England by their Newcastle office.

All enquiries are dealt with centrally and you will be given contact information re specific applications once your application has been made.

There are Regional criteria which will still apply. In the past these have been listed on regional pages on the Awards for All website. These criteria have now been settled for a longer period and are included in the guidance notes to be used with application forms both downloadable from their website. Do check the Regional and National Criteria before applying. Regional help is now available on the helpline, not from the regional offices.

For examples of funded work or to find out more about Awards for All grants, who is eligible to apply and how to submit your application, log onto Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk or Tel: 0845 600 2040.

Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) enables communities to celebrate, look after and learn more about our diverse heritage. From museums and historic buildings to parks and nature reserves to celebrating traditions, customs and history.

Carlton Tower
34 St Paul 's Street
Leeds
LS1 2QB
Tel: 0113 3888030
Fax: 0113 3888031
E-mail: y&hdevelopment@hlf.org.uk

Contact them to find out more about our advice surgeries & funding fairs in your region

Website: www.hlf.org.uk/english/InYourArea/YorkshireAndTheHumber/

Lottery Funding

Lottery Funding is a joint website run by all Lottery funders in the UK. This site allows you to search information on current funding programmes across the UK. The funding search will help you to find the funding programmes that best match your project. It will search programmes offered by Lottery funders that are currently open to applications. The funding search will take you through a series of four questions about: the location of your project; about you as an applicant; about the project itself; and about the amount of money you are applying for.

Tel: 0845 275 0000
Website: www.lotteryfunding.org.uk

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Other Help

Further help is available from local support organisations and agencies.