[cma-l] Bridging Cultures Award & Cooperative Membership Community Fund

[Tamar Millen]

Awards For Bridging Cultures

deadline: Monday 13 September 2010

Funded by the Baring Foundation, the Awards for Bridging Cultures (ABCs) 
give cash prizes for projects that successfully build trust and respect 
between people from different cultures. There are three groups who can 
apply:

• Voluntary or community groups or organisations running projects to 
promote intercultural dialogue with gross annual financial income of 
over £100,000.
• Voluntary or community groups or organisations running projects to 
promote intercultural dialogue with gross annual financial income of 
£100,000 or under.
• Local authorities, public sector organisations and private companies 
who can demonstrate their support for voluntary sector projects which 
promote intercultural dialogue by financing, initiating or supporting 
grassroots projects.

The 2009 winners included theatre projects and work to address community 
tensions on a residential estate. Please note that the ABCs is an awards 
scheme, not a grants scheme - it celebrates the success of projects and 
schemes that are already up and running or have run in the last two 
years and does not provide grants to set up new initiatives. As well as 
a range of other benefits, the winners of each of the categories for 
voluntary organisations receive £10,000 and commended organisations in 
these categories receive up to £5,000 each. For more information on how 
to apply visit www.bridgingcultures.org.uk

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The Co-operative Membership Community Fund

The Community Fund is the Co-operative Charitable Foundation grant 
scheme that helps local communities throughout the UK.

Since it was started in 1997, thousands of clubs, community groups and 
self-help organisations have benefited.

Committed members of The Co-operative Group who want to help improve the 
lives of others, donate part or all of their share of the profits to 
enable the scheme to work. These members have already raised millions of 
pounds each year for all kinds of community projects and last year alone 
gave away £1.2 million in donations.

To be successful, a group must:
• Carry out positive work in the community

and a project must:
• address a community issue
• provide a good long-term benefit to the community
• support co-operative values and principles
• ideally be innovative in its approach.

If your community, voluntary or self-help group needs a grant of up 
between £100 and £2,000, you can apply by visiting 
www.co-operative.coop/membership/local-communities/community-fund
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Tamar Millen
Arts Co-ordinator

Community Media Association
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX

+44 114 2795219

www.commedia.org.uk
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