- Young Film Fund
- TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards
- Village SOS Competition
- Low Interest Loans for Renewable Energy Installations
- £6,000 Prize Available for Ideas About the Future Of Learning
- Architectural Heritage Fund
- Living Well with Dementia Challenge
- Funding Through Local YouthBanks
- Sport for You
- Education Grants - Bord na Gaildhlig
- Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Grants Making Programme
YOUNG FILM FUND
First Light Movies who provide grants to projects that enable young people to participate in all aspects of film production, has announced that its Young Film Fund has re-opened for applications.
Since launching in 2001, First Light Movies have enabled over 40,000 young filmmakers to write, act, shoot, light, direct and produce over 1000 films and media projects. The funding is available to organisations such as; schools; youth services; community and voluntary groups that work with young people aged between 5 and 18.
Grants are delivered through two different funding streams.
These are:
- the Studio Awards which provides grants of up to £30,000 for between two and four films of up to 10 minutes;
- and the Pilot Awards which provides grants of up to £5,000 for one short film of up to five minutes in duration.
The closing date for applications is the 22nd November 2011.
TALKTALK DIGITAL HEROES AWARDS
TalkTalk, the telecommunications company has announced that it is seeking applications through its Digital Heroes Awards scheme.? Digital Heroes Awards seeks to reward individuals who are using digital technology to solve a social problem or improve people''s?lives.
12 regional winners from across the UK will receive cash grants of £5,000 each to fund digital projects - as well as getting free broadband to help them make the most of the internet. From these, one overall winner will be chosen to receive £10,000 plus free broadband. The awards can be used to fund both new and existing digital projects. The closing date for entries is the 11th September 2011.