[WiLT] Travellers Aid Trut Grants - various programmes

[WiL Admin]

Gypsy and Traveller DIY Fund
http://www.travellersaidtrust.org/grants.html#DIY

Many small Gypsy & Traveller groups have little or no funding for
basics, like the cost of phone calls or attending meetings. Gypsies &
Travellers may also find it hard to secure funding for small
innovative projects that may fall outside the remit of mainstream
funding. The Gypsy & Traveller Do It Yourself Fund will provide grants
of up to £3000 to small Gypsy and Traveller groups to help with
setting them up and running them or to help meet small project running
costs. As this programme is aimed at small groups, your annual income
should be less than £50,000 per year.

We will give support to groups that are run by Gypsies and Travellers
themselves as much as possible. Priority will be given to Traveller
led projects, but we will consider other projects if they can show
substantial involvement of and consultation with Gypsies and
Travellers and that they are working towards the project becoming led
by Travellers. We give grants to groups throughout the UK.

Any work we fund under this programme must be charitable. However, you
do not have to be a registered charity, as long as the work you are
planning to do has charitable aims and you have a constitution and a
management committee.

Special Bursary Fund (SBF)
http://www.travellersaidtrust.org/grants.html#sbf

The objectives of the Special Bursary Fund are:

  1.. to increase and facilitate the participation of Gypsies and
Travellers in the law reform process
  2.. to increase and facilitate the participation of Gypsies and
Travellers in organisations and agencies representing or working with
Gypsies and Travellers
  3.. to increase and facilitate access to training by Gypsies and
Travellers in issues affecting law reform or other relevant issues
that impact on the Traveller community
This will be achieved by subsidising travel costs and attendances fees
to meetings, conferences, seminars and training days.

The Violet Clegg Fund - Small Grants for Travellers to Overcome
Hardship or Benefit Communities
http://www.travellersaidtrust.org/grants.html#smallgrants

This scheme, previously run under the name of the Small Grants
Programme for Travellers, has recently been revised and new criteria
have been introduced so please be sure to read through the revised
guidelines before applying.

The Violet Clegg Fund awards grants of up to £250 for applications
that fall within two main categories. Grants can either be for a
specific purpose/item or meeting the overall costs of such a purpose
or item.

Category 1 grants are those that are of benefit to Gypsies and
Travellers who are experiencing exceptional hardship. By exceptional
hardship we mean situations that go beyond the general hardships
experienced by the Gypsy and Traveller community on a day to day
basis. Examples of this might be such things as repair costs for
damage or loss caused by fire, relief for individuals suffering from
severe ill health or disability, children with special needs, or
families experiencing domestic violence.

Category 2 grants are those that are of benefit to a community.
Examples of this might be exchange trips between residents on
different sites, improving or providing safe play areas or equipment
or other activities that are of general benefit to members of a
community.

This is a rolling grants programme so there is no deadline and
applications can be sent in at any time.

For Other Grants and to Download applications forms and guidance notes
http://www.travellersaidtrust.org/grants.html

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