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WCVA Funding news September 2007 / Newyddion nawdd WCVA Medi 2007

Catch the funding bug! Daliwch y byg cyllid!

This is a bilingual message, click here for the Welsh version. Mae hon yn neges ddwyieithog, cliciwch yma am y fersiwn Cymraeg.

Catch the funding bug at our new website!
WCVA’s sustainable funding team have been busy bugs this summer preparing a new website. Visit now to find practical help and support on sustainable funding. Useful information on various funding options, case studies, training and sources of further help – www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk

Welcome to Funding news! This newsletter is produced for WCVA e-members who have signed up to receive information about funding and replaces the previously successful e-Xtra. Funding news will continue to provide information on funding opportunities and much, much more.

Funding news is produced by WCVA’s Sustainable funding team. This is a new resource funded by the Big Lottery Fund that has been developed to meet the needs of organisations wishing to adopt a sustainable funding approach and are looking for funding, ranging from grants, loan finance and payroll giving through to trading, procurement or public service delivery. We aim to bring you all the latest news on funding issues affecting the third sector and signpost you to information sources, training and events.

Funding news will be sent out on a monthly basis and if you haven't already signed up, please complete the simple online form at the following link www.wcva.org.uk/emembership, where you can also subscribe to WCVA’s trustee and volunteer e-newsletters.

If you would like to contribute to a future edition of Funding news please email us at scarroll@wcva.org.uk

Inside Funding news this month:

Charitable trusts
Lottery
Government
Corporate
European
Awards
Sustainable Funding Cymru
Training and events
Planning
Giving and public fundraising
Loan finance
Trading
Procurement and public service delivery
Asset based development
Oddballs
WCVA Membership and Helpdesk

Charitable trusts

Ex-mining villages to benefit from £4.2 million
Coalfield communities in South Wales are among those to benefit from £4.2 million funding after the announcement of the new three-year funding package for the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. Deputy Minister for Regeneration Leighton Andrews said ‘A recent review has demonstrated that the funding has enabled the Trust to work with communities extremely positively. It is clear that the Trust acts as a catalyst for developing key partnerships, which lead to progress in community regeneration in Wales.’ Funding priorities for the Trust are to be announced shortly.

Camelot Foundation – Transforming Lives
The Foundation’s core ethos is to support creative and progressive charities in the voluntary sector that work with young people between the ages of 11-25. The Foundation generally focuses grants on four groups of young people: young parents, or those at risk of becoming young parents; young asylum seekers; young people with mental health problems; young disabled people. The largest of their grant giving programmes is called Transforming Lives, which offers funding to registered charities working with young people who fall within one or more of the four priority groups. There are four rounds of Transforming Lives each year and each round has a different theme. The theme for this round is focused on geographical areas that are underrepresented with funding from the Foundation. One of these areas is Wales. The closing date for applications is 12 October 2007.

Community Facilities and Activities Programme 2007-2011
The Community Facilities and Activities Programme (CFAP) is a capital grant scheme operated by the Welsh Assembly Government. It is open to community and voluntary organisations and provides funding for the provision of facilities within communities and for activities engaging local people which help promote the regeneration of communities. The programme is for voluntary and community groups and private not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee having a turnover of less than £100,000. The next closing date for applications is 19 October 2007.

Health Challenge Wales 2008-13
The Welsh Assembly Government is inviting applications to its Health Challenge Wales Voluntary Sector Grant Scheme for 2008. Between four and six grants will be made to partnerships that can respond to one or more of the following priorities: develop the NGO network to build capacity and capability of NGOs to deliver sustainable health and well being projects within Wales; achieve a sustainable public health improvement within the natural environment to contribute to reducing obesity levels in Wales; provide opportunities for disadvantaged people and/or those with special needs to make long-term behavioural changes to improve their well being. Applicants must be voluntary organisations working nationally in Wales. Partnership bids are strongly encouraged. Closing date: Outline proposals required by 31 October 2007. Detailed proposals may be invited for December 2007/January 2008, with funding available after 1 April 2008.

Kellogg’s Active Living Fund
The Active Living Fund will give small grants to projects and activities that directly lead to people taking part in sustained physical activity. The aim of the fund is to help remove the ‘barriers’ which stop people being active. The fund is open to applications from charities and other voluntary and community organisations. Schools can apply but the fund will only consider contributing towards extra curricular activities that promote sustained physical activities. The fund is open to organisations based in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Kellogg’s will make a grant of up to £1,000 but will only fund activities or projects where the grant makes a significant impact. Further details are available from www.kelloggs.co.uk. If you would like help or support in completing your application form, please contact darren@communityfoundation.co.uk.

Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust
The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust offers financial assistance to deserving artists of any kind - writers, painters, sculptors, musicians, dancers, actors, craftsmen or artists of any comparable nature or description - who are unable effectively to pursue their vocation by reason of their financial difficulties. As a general guide the maximum award would be £1,000 but, in exceptional circumstances, the Trustees may consider making a larger award. The awards are made in December of each year.

Shell Springboard Fund
Support is available to small to medium-sized enterprises across the UK that have a compelling business plan. The business plan should be for a product or service which will lead to greenhouse gas reductions and the idea should be innovative and commercially viable. Eligible organisations are UK-based sole traders, partnerships, limited companies and community interest companies. Businesses must have been established for a minimum of three years. The deadline for receipt of applications is 9 November 2007. Further details are available from www.shellspringboard.com.

Waterways Trust – small grants scheme
The Waterways Trust offers a limited number of small grants for wildlife, environmental, access and educational projects connected to waterways. The UK Waterways Grants Programme offers grants of up to £1,000 for waterway wildlife conservation projects and community-based projects to improve facilities on canals and inland waterways throughout the UK. The deadline for applications is 1 February 2008. Further details are available from Waterways Trust

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Lottery

Lottery sales fall
Sales of National Lottery tickets fell last year for the first time since 2003. According to the lottery operator Camelot, sales for the year to 31 March 2007 were £4.91 billion, a drop of almost £100 million compared to previous year’s total of £5 billion. Returns to good causes fell by almost £50 million, from £1,297.3 million in 2005/06 to £1,247.9 million in 2006/07.

Camelot blames the fall on a decline in EuroMillions ticket sales in the last three months of 2006/07 compared to the previous year. In the last three months of 2005/06, the exceptionally high EuroMillions jackpot, driven by a series of rollovers, had driven sales much higher than expected. The underlying trend in ticket sales since 2003 is still a gradual upward curve – the figure for 2007 represents an increase of 7.4 per cent on sales of £4.56 billion in 2002/03.

£500,000 for independent local cinemas to improve access and facilities
Local cinemas across the UK will be able to apply for Lottery funding to update their buildings, improve facilities and boost access for audiences with sensory impairments, the UK Film Council announced. The £500,000 Capital and Access Fund for Cinemas has been set up to ensure high standards of cinema facilities around the country, improve the cinema-going experience for the public, and increase access for people with sensory impairments. The fund will assist cinema operators with capital projects, particularly where the works are considered essential to the cinema’s continued existence or of benefit to audiences that may currently be excluded such as improving access for disabled cinema-goers. Independent cinemas (ie those in a circuit of fewer than nine cinemas) have until 30 November 2007 to apply for funding of up to 50 per cent of the cost of the project, subject to a maximum award of £50,000. Further details, including application form and guidelines, are available from UK Film Council.

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Government

A Strategic Action Plan for the Voluntary Sector Scheme
The Welsh Assembly Government has produced a consultation report on the Strategic Action Plan. The report is now being considered to inform any final amendments to the Action Plan, which will then be put in front of Ministers for approval. It is hoped that the final plan will be ready for publication in September or October. Download the consultation report. If you have any queries regarding the consultation report or the plan itself, contact Peter Owen on 01685 729298 or Paul Dunhill on 01685 729270.

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Corporate

Businesses fail to deliver on social responsiblity issues
A survey by Forum3 (a specialist provider of jobs for the charity sector) of employees across the commercial and non-profit sectors has found that most believe businesses only ‘pay lip service’ to corporate and social responsiblity (CSR), and fail to deliver on their promises. But charities were not let off the hook – almost three quarters (73 per cent) of those asked said the third sector should be doing more to help private sector organisations to adopt effective CSR programmes.

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European

Convergence – the facts
For those not familiar with Convergence the policy team at WCVA has kindly provided Funding News with this short briefing.

The West Wales and the Valleys region has been awarded the highest level of support (£1.4 billion), known as Convergence, from the European Union for the new European Structural Funds programming round 2007–2013. Convergence is the successor to the Objective 1 programme 2000–2006, and geographically will cover 15 local authority areas in the West Wales and the Valleys region. East Wales is designated as Regional Competitiveness and Employment areas with an approximate funding allocation of £97 million (€136 million) for 2007-2013, covering seven local authority areas. Parts of Wales will also be eligible for Territorial Co-operation Programmes (between the West coast of Wales and the East coast of Ireland); trans-national and inter-regional programmes.

Separate Operational Programmes have been developed for each of the programmes and are at various stages of being negotiated between the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) and the European Commission. It is expected that the programmes will start to be implemented towards the end of 2007, with the Convergence programme leading the way.

The Convergence and Regional Competitiveness programmes will be implemented through a series of Strategic Frameworks, which essentially serve as operational strategies or high-level planning instruments to assist WEFO, project sponsors and the wider stakeholder community to derive maximum benefit from the new Structural Funds programmes in Wales 2007–2013. Under previous European funding streams there were approximately 3,000 individual projects. Under the new Convergence programme WEFO are looking to reduce this number by giving strong encouragement for partnership and collaborative working. Based around the Priorities and Themes identified in the respective Operational Programmes, Strategic Frameworks are part of a mechanism that will help ensure funding is carefully targeted, will reduce duplication of activities and will best deliver both EU and Welsh Assembly Government priorities and policies. The frameworks will aim to achieve a balance between a strategic overarching approach and the bottom-up approach.

If you are interested in finding out more about this funding programme, WCVA are hosting a series of policy events across Wales in October. For details on dates/locations and how to book click here.

In addition, Gretel Leeb, Director of Programme Management Division at WEFO will also be speaking at WCVA’s Voluntary Sector Funding Conference on 23 October 2007 in Cardiff. Further details on the conference will be available in Network Wales and WCVA’s website.

Draft Strategic Frameworks for ERDF & ESF programme 2007-13
Draft versions of Strategic Frameworks, which will help guide the delivery of activity in support of the new Convergence and Regional Competitiveness and Employment (ERDF and ESF) programmes 2007-2013 are available on the Welsh European Funding Office’s (WEFO) website. The draft Frameworks are being developed in partnership in order to achieve a more strategic approach to the use of funds and to encourage more joined up working between projects.

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Awards

Do you know a coach whose commitment and dedication should be rewarded?
If so, why not nominate them for an award. The Sports Council for Wales’ Coaching Awards honour the outstanding contribution made by sports coaches throughout Wales. There are eight award categories: female coach of the year; volunteer coach of the year: performance; volunteer coach of the year: community coach; coach to disabled sportspeople: performance; coach to disabled sportspeople: participation; teacher-coach of the year (primary); teacher-coach of the year (secondary); and the Sports Council for Wales’ coach of the year. The closing date for nominations is 21 September 2007.

Help the Hospices Ellerman Awards
Help the Hospices is inviting applications to the final round of the Ellerman Awards. The Awards, supported by the John Ellerman Foundation, will support special projects that will have a direct benefit to patient care in hospices. Each Award will be worth between £10,000 and £15,000 and the sum applied for must represent a major source of funding for the project in question. All money must be spent on special projects, not core funding. Awards can be for between £10,000 and £15,000 and must be spent by January 2009. Contributions will not be made to major capital appeals. The closing date for applications is 29 October 2007.

Waterways Renaissance Awards
The Waterways Renaissance Awards 2008 are open for entries. The Awards celebrate exemplary regeneration projects, successful environmental schemes and innovative community initiatives that are contributing to the renaissance of the UK’s inland waterways. Regeneration projects, schemes or initiatives of any size that are located on, or immediately adjacent to, a UK inland waterway, are eligible to enter. There are ten award categories. The deadline for submission of entries is 21 September 2007. Further details are available here.

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Sustainable Funding Cymru

Sustainable Funding Cymru offers practical help and support to voluntary and community organisations in Wales with an interest in developing a sustainable funding approach. This is to be achieved by offering a combination of specialist training, advice, support and information services.

Working in partnership with county voluntary councils (CVCs) and other umbrella bodies, the initiative will equip organisations with the skills and information to secure and maintain the resources they require in the long-term through diversifying their funding ‘mix’.

What will Sustainable Funding Cymru deliver?

A dedicated website (www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk) to access comprehensive information on the various sustainable funding methodologies, guidance, case studies, source of further help and other resources, tailored to Wales.
Participate in a modular sustainable funding training programme, directly delivered by WCVA and cascaded through the CVCs and other umbrella organisations. Providing delegates with an understanding of each methodology and how it can be implemented.
Access to advice and development support for around 30 organisations that have attended training courses. Be able to put into practice sustainable funding strategies for their own organisations.

The project is supported and funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Find out more by contacting Sara Carroll and Nicola Llewelyn on 01570 424175/6 or scarroll@wcva.org.uk and nllewelyn@wcva.org.uk.

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Training and events

Catch the funding bug and sign up today!
Sustainable Funding Cymru is pleased to announce details of its training programme for the forthcoming year. The programme of seven training days is intended to provide voluntary and community organisations with the tools and resources required to achieve financial sustainability.

1. An introduction to sustainable funding - providing an insight into how you can diversify your income base to achieve financial sustainability.

2. Business and strategic planning - providing practical resources to help you plan more effectively.

3. Preparing a sustainable fundraising strategy - how to adopt a structured approach to fundraising.

4. Grants - fit for funding - learn how to prepare for and write concise and compelling funding applications.

5. Earning - how to develop a sustainable income base through trading goods or services and contractual work.

6. Loan finance and asset based development - how they can assist you to become financially sustainable.

7. Giving and public fundraising - increase your understanding of fundraising and tax-effective giving.

Book now to avoid disappointment. Early booking is strongly advised.

Further information on dates, locations and course content can be obtained by contacting WCVA's Helpdesk on 0800 2888 329 or help@wcva.org.uk. Alternatively, please visit the WCVA website www.wcva.org.uk/training.
Sustainable Funding Cymru is a WCVA project supported by the Big Lottery Fund. This training is offered at a subsidised rate of £10 per person per course for voluntary and community organisations operating in Wales.

Book early for funding conference
In October, delegates from across Wales will come together in Cardiff for a ‘state of the sector’ conference on the funding challenges facing voluntary organisations in Wales. The Wales voluntary sector funding conference is one of the highlights in the third sector calendar and takes place on Tuesday 23 October at Cardiff International Arena.

Delegates will hear keynote addresses from experts, which will analyse the current and future funding climate, provide the inside track on the latest developments in the European Convergence Programme and an update from each of the lottery distributors in Wales. Each of the sessions will be followed by time for question and answers. There will also be two workshop sessions where delegates can pick up practical tips and guidance on a range of funding topics.

WCVA members will shortly receive a copy of the conference programme and booking form, and further details will be included with forthcoming editions of Network Wales.

Early booking is strongly advised as demand for places at this conference is anticipated to be very high.

WCVA Funding Conference Flyer

WCVA Funding Conference Booking Form

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Planning

The LSP Guide
This guide is about ways that community and voluntary groups can join forces with public authorities and businesses in England and Wales to improve local life. Through Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs), major public service providers and community and voluntary groups are being brought together to agree on a community strategy for their area. The third edition of this popular guide explains how LSPs work and how groups can get involved. Copies of the guide are available here.

Strengthening Communities
Strengthening Communities will help you to design, plan, and implement capacity building activities and programmes. It covers both community and agency capacity building. Strengthening Communities draws on the experience of many different groups, projects and organisations across Britain and presents the information you need in a punchy, direct and accessible style. It will introduce you to a number of frameworks and approaches, with references and resources if you want to find out more. Copies are available here.

Your project and its outcomes
A booklet from the Charities Evaluation Service (CES) explains what outcomes are, how to identify outcomes, how to assess what outcomes your project is achieving and how to use the information you gather. To order a printed copy or download the booklet visit the CES website.

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Giving and public fundraising

Consultation on professional standards for fundraising
The UK Workforce Hub and Institute of Fundraising are currently revising the Fundraising National Occupational Standards. The consultation process begins on the 1 August and will run until 31 October 2007. You can have your say in two ways, by visiting the UK Workforce Hub website or attending one of the four consultation events – details are also available on the website.

Gift Aid on sale of supporters' goods
Guidance from HM Revenue and Customs, for charities considering selling goods on behalf of donors in the hope of the proceeds being donated under Gift Aid, has been updated and expanded. For further details visit the HM Revenue and Customs website.

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Loan finance

CDFIs commit to good governance
Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs), such as Charity Bank and Triodos Bank, are working hard to demonstrate strong and responsible governance. They want to illustrate to borrowers, investors and stakeholders that they are principled organisations with strong boards, sound governance practices and responsible marketing.

The Community Development Finance Association (cdfa) has been leading the development of the new cdfa Code of Practice which will be a condition of membership from March 2008. However, members are not waiting until next spring to get ready. Already, more than 70% of cdfa members comply with the Code of Practice while another 20% have committed to comply by March 2008. You can find out more about the Code of Practice by contacting the cdfa on 020 7430 0222.

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Trading

Alarm as public sector forms new-style social enterprises
Concern is growing among service delivering charities that primary care trusts (PCT) and other large public sector organisations in England are setting up social enterprises to bid for contracts that currently go to traditional third sector organisations.

The Department of Health in England awarded £1.4m to 26 'trailblazing' social enterprises in April to help them ‘lead the way in delivering innovative community services in health and social care’. PCTs in Hull were among the beneficiaries.

Margaret Allen, chief executive of Hull and East Yorkshire Mind has said that her charity could soon have to compete for contracts against City Health Care Partnership, a community interest company comprising 1,200 staff to be transferred from Hull Teaching PCT. She is anxious that the PCT, with which her charity shares service level agreements, holds commercially sensitive information about her organisation.

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Procurement and public service delivery

Hearts and Minds
The Audit Commission in England has published a new report on commissioning services from the voluntary or third sector. The new report, titled Hearts and Minds: commissioning from the voluntary sector recognises the importance of the sector in helping to transform public services by its involvement in identifying need and designing services, as well as delivering services. The report makes positive recommendations about building voluntary sector capacity, intelligent commissioning and effective procurement. Its analysis and recommendations are very relevant to some of the themes of the Assembly Government’s draft Strategic Action Plan for the sector, and its view of the sector’s contribution to improving public services. This timely publication could contribute to the ongoing work within the Assembly Government to finalise the Strategic Action plan, and to put into practice the citizen-centred aims of Making the Connections. The report can be found on the Audit commission website, www.audit-commission.gov.uk.

Tender Readiness Toolkit
The Sheffield Community Enterprise Development Unit (SCEDU) has created a toolkit for organisations considering procurement. The toolkit comprises a series of assessment tools to help you identify what areas of your business to address and the measures needed to bid for tenders. To order a copy visit the SCEDU website.

Funding of charity contracts ‘too complex’
A National Audit Office (NAO) report published this August, 'Public Funding of Large National Charities', has called on the Government to dramatically streamline the ‘over complex’ funding system for public service contracts after research revealed one charity had to give 16 different presentations to the same local authority. The spending watchdog examined the contracting arrangements of 12 of the UK’s largest charities and uncovered ‘poor funding practices’ that ‘severely limit charities’ potential involvement in public services.’ Read the NAO report.

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Asset based development

Pilots to link assets with private cash
The Government’s regeneration agency in England is planning a series of pilot projects to marry underused local authority assets with private sector investment. English Partnerships has said that the five new regeneration investment vehicles, in Manchester, Sunderland, Birmingham, Carlisle and Coventry could each draw in £100 million of investment. The pilots are intended to help authorities make better use of assets such as land or buildings by putting them into a portfolio that is then used to lever in money from an institutional investor such as a pension fund.

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Oddballs

Evaluation Resource Pack for voluntary sector organisations
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, in association with the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, has produced an easy to use evaluation resource pack for voluntary sector and community organisations. The pack has been written for front-line workers and volunteers in the voluntary sector to help with evaluating their work. It explains the main aspects of evaluation and project planning and shows how you can collect the evidence you will need to highlight the value of what you do. To order a copy visit the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s website.

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WCVA Membership and Helpdesk

Full membership with WCVA
Each month, over 1,000 voluntary organisations take advantage of the information, news, funding updates and cost savings they receive as part of the benefits of full membership with WCVA.

Full membership starts at just £25 per year and includes a twice-monthly voluntary sector magazine, fortnightly members' e-briefing, and personalised grantfinder searches. Members are also entitled to discounts on computer software and hardware, telecommunications, translation services, insurance, corporate products and publicity materials.

To request a membership information pack and application form, please email help@wcva.org.uk or call the WCVA Helpdesk on 0800 2888 329.

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Daliwch y byg cyllid ar ein wefan newydd!
Mae tîm cyllid cynaliadwy WCVA wedi bod yn bryfed bach prysur yr haf hwn yn paratoi wefan newydd. Ymwelwch â hi’nawr i gael cymorth a chefnogaeth ymarferol am gyllid cynaliadwy. Ceir gwybodaeth ddefnyddiol am amrywiol opsiynau cyllido, astudiaethau achos, hyfforddiant a ffynellau o gymorth pellach – www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk

Croeso i Newyddion nawdd! Cynhyrchir y cylchlythyr hwn ar gyfer e-aelodau WCVA sydd wedi cofrestru i dderbyn gwybodaeth am nawdd, ac y mae’n disodli’r cylchlythyr llwyddiannus e-Xtra. Bydd Newyddion nawdd yn dal ati i roi gwybodaeth am gyfleoedd nawdd a llawer iawn mwy.

Cynhyrchir Newyddion nawdd gan dîm Cyllid cynaliadwy WCVA. Datblygwyd yr adnodd newydd, a gyllidir gan y Gronfa Loteri Fawr, er mwyn diwallu anghenion mudiadau sy’n dymuno mabwysiadu dull cynaliadwy o gyllido, ac sy’n chwilio am nawdd - yn amrywio o grantiau, benthyciadau a rhoi trwy’r gyflogres i fasnachu, caffael neu ddarparu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. Anelwn at roi’r newyddion diweddaraf i chi ynghylch materion nawdd sy’n effeithio ar y trydydd sector, a rhoi gwybod i chi am ffynonellau gwybodaeth, hyfforddiant a gweithgareddau.

Bydd Newyddion nawdd yn cael ei anfon bob mis, ac os hoffech ddal ati i'w dderbyn, llenwch y ffurflen syml a geir ar-lein drwy ddilyn y ddolen hon: www.wcva.org.uk/emembership. Yma, gallwch hefyd danysgrifio i e-gylchlythyron ar gyfer ymddiriedolwyr a gwirfoddolwyr WCVA.

Os hoffech gyfrannu at Newyddion nawdd yn y dyfodol, ebostiwch ni ar scarroll@wcva.org.uk

Yn Newyddion nawdd mis hwn:

Ymddiriedolaethau elusennol
Y Loteri
Y Llywodraeth
Corfforaethol
Ewropeaidd
Gwobrau a Dyfarniadau
Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru
Hyfforddiant a digwyddiadau
Cynllunio
Rhoi a chodi arian cyhoeddus
Cyllid benthyca
Masnachu
Caffael a darpau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus
Datblygu ar sail asedau
Manion
Aelodaeth a Lein Gymorth WCVA

Ymddiriedolaethau elusennol

Cyn-bentrefi glofaol i elwa o £4.2 miliwn
Y mae cymunedau ym maes glo De Cymru ymhlith y rhai i elwa ar £4.2 miliwn o gyllid yn dilyn cyhoeddi'r pecyn cyllido tair blynedd newydd ar gyfer Ymddiriedolaeth Adfywio'r Meysydd Glo. Dywedodd y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Adfywio, Leighton Andrews ‘Y mae arolwg diweddar wedi dangos bod y cyllid wedi galluogi’r Ymddiriedolaeth i weithio gyda chymunedau'n hynod gadarnhaol. Mae’n amlwg bod yr Ymddiriedolaeth yn gweithredu fel catalydd ar gyfer datblygu partneriaethau allweddol, sy’n arwain at gynnydd ym maes adfywio cymunedol yng Nghymru.’ Caiff blaenoriaethau cyllido’r Ymddiriedolaeth eu cyhoeddi cyn bo hir.

Sefydliad Camelot – Gweddnewid Bywydau
Ethos creiddiol y Sefydliad yw cefnogi elusennau creadigol a blaengar yn y sector gwirfoddol sy’n gweithio gyda phobl ifanc 11-25 oed. Fel arfer mae’r Sefydliad yn canolbwyntio ar roi grantiau i bedwar grŵp o bobl ifanc: rhieni ifanc, neu’r rhai sydd mewn perygl o fod yn rhieni ifanc; ceiswyr lloches ifanc; pobl ifanc anabl; pobl ifanc gyda phroblemau iechyd meddwl. Gweddnewid Bywydau yw enw eu rhaglen rhoi-grantiau fwyaf. Mae’n cynnig arian i elusennau cofrestredig sy’n gweithio gyda phobl ifanc sy’n dod o fewn un neu fwy o’r pedwar grŵp blaenoriaeth. Mae Gweddnewid Bywydau yn rhoi arian bedair gwaith y flwyddyn ac mae gan bob rownd thema wahanol. Mae thema’r rownd hon yn canolbwyntio ar ardaloedd daearyddol nad ydynt yn cael eu cynrychioli'n ddigonol o ran cael arian gan y Sefydliad. Cymru yw un o’r ardaloedd hyn. Y dyddiad olaf ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau yw 12 Hydref 2007.

Rhaglen Cyfleusterau a Gweithgareddau Cymunedol 2007-2011
Cynllun grant cyfalaf yw’r Rhaglen Cyfleusterau a Gweithgareddau Cymunedol sy’n cael ei chynnal gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru. Mae'n agored i fudiadau cymunedol a gwirfoddol ac mae’n darparu arian ar gyfer darparu cyfleusterau mewn cymunedau ac ar gyfer gweithgareddau i bobl leol sy'n helpu i adfywio cymunedau. Mae’r rhaglen ar gyfer grwpiau gwirfoddol a chymunedol a chwmnïau preifat di-elw cyfyngedig drwy warant gyda throsiant o lai na £100,000. Y dyddiad cau nesaf ar gyfer ceisiadau yw 19 Hydref 2007.

Her Iechyd Cymru 2008-13
Mae Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn gwahodd ceisiadau ar gyfer Cynllun Grant Her Iechyd Cymru i'r Sector Gwirfoddol am 2008. Gwneir rhwng pedwar a chwe grant i bartneriaethau a all ymateb i un neu fwy o’r blaenoriaethau canlynol: datblygu’r rhwydwaith Cyrff Anllywodraethol (NGO) i feithrin gallu a chapasiti Cyrff Anllywodraethol i gyflwyno prosiectau iechyd a lles cynaliadwy yng Nghymru; gwella iechyd y cyhoedd mewn modd cynaliadwy o fewn yr amgylchedd naturiol er mwyn cyfrannu at y gwaith o leihau gordewdra yng Nghymru; cynnig cyfleoedd i grwpiau dan anfantais a/neu y rhai sydd ag anghenion arbennig i wneud newidiadau ymddygiadol hirdymor er mwyn gwella’u lles. Rhaid i’r ymgeiswyr fod yn fudiadau gwirfoddol sy’n gweithio’n genedlaethol yng Nghymru. Mae cynigion gan bartneriaethau’n cael eu hannog yn frwd. Y dyddiad cau: Mae angen y cynigion amlinellol erbyn 31 Hydref 2007. Mae'n bosibl y gofynnir am gynigion manwl yn Rhagfyr 2007/Ionawr 2008, gyda’r nawdd yn cychwyn ar ôl 1 Ebrill 2008.

Cronfa Byw'n Egnïol Kellogg’s
Bydd Cronfa Byw’n Egnïol Kellogg’s yn rhoi grantiau bach i brosiectau a gweithgareddau sy’n arwain yn uniongyrchol at ddenu pobl i gymryd rhan mewn gweithgarwch corfforol cyson. Nod y gronfa yw helpu i chwalu’r ‘rhwystrau’ sy’n atal pobl rhag gwneud ymarfer corff. Mae’r gronfa ar agor i geisiadau gan elusennau a chyrff gwirfoddol a chymunedol eraill. Caiff ysgolion ymgeisio ond yr unig beth y bydd y gronfa'n ystyried ei wneud fydd cyfrannu at weithgareddau allgyrsiol sy'n hybu gweithgareddau corfforol cyson. Mae’r gronfa ar agor i sefydliadau yng Nghymru, Lloegr, Gogledd Iwerddon a’r Alban. Bydd Kellogg's yn rhoi grant gwerth 31,000 ond dim ond ar gyfer gweithgareddau neu brosiectau lle mae’r grant yn cael dylanwad sylweddol. Ceir rhagor o fanylion gan www.kelloggs.co.uk. I gael help neu gymorth i lenwi’ch ffurflen gais, cysylltwch â darren@communityfoundation.co.uk.

Ymddiriedolaeth Goffa Oppenheim-John Downes
Mae Ymddiriedolaeth Goffa Oppenheim-John Downes yn cynnig cymorth ariannol i artistiaid haeddiannol o unrhyw fath – awduron, arlunwyr, cerflunwyr, cerddorion, dawnswyr, actorion, crefftwyr neu unrhyw artist o natur neu ddisgrifiad cymharol - nad ydynt yn gallu dilyn eu gyrfa ddewisol yn effeithiol oherwydd problemau ariannol. Yn gyffredinol, y dyfarniad uchaf fyddai £1000 ond, mewn amgylchiadau eithriadol, gall yr Ymddiriedolwyr ystyried rhoi dyfarniad uwch. Rhoddir y dyfarniadau ym mis Rhagfyr bob blwyddyn.

Cronfa Sbringfwrdd Shell
Mae cymorth ar gael i fentrau bychain i ganolig eu maint ledled y DU sydd â chynllun busnes hynod o ddeniadol. Dylai’r cynllun busnes fod ar gyfer cynnyrch neu wasanaeth a fydd yn arwain at leihau nwyon tŷ gwydr a dylai’r syniad fod yn un arloesol ac yn fasnachol hyfyw. Dyma’r rhai sy’n gymwys: unig fasnachwyr, partneriaethau, cwmnïau cyfyngedig a chwmnïau budd cymunedol sydd â’u canolfannau yn y DU. Rhaid i’r busnesau fod wedi’u sefydlu ers tair blynedd o leiaf. Y dyddiad olaf ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau yw 9 Ebrill 2007. Mae rhagor o fanylion ar gael gan www.shellspringboard.com.

Ymddiriedolaeth y Dyfrffyrdd - cynllun grantiau bach
Mae Ymddiriedolaeth y Dyfrffyrdd yn cynnig nifer o grantiau bach ar gyfer prosiectau bywyd gwyllt, amgylcheddol, mynediad ac addysgiadol sy’n gysylltiedig â’r dyfrffyrdd. Mae Rhaglen Grantiau Dyfrffyrdd y DU yn cynnig grantiau o hyd at £1,000 i brosiectau sy'n canolbwyntio ar gadwraeth bywyd gwyllt dyfrffyrdd a phrosiectau cymunedol i wella’r cyfleusterau ar gamlesi a dyfrffyrdd mewndirol ledled y DU. 1 Ionawr 2008 yw’r dyddiad olaf ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau. Mae rhagor o wybodaeth ar gael yn www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk.