posted by Rhonda McFarlane, Funding Officer, Economic Development

The Grants4Schools website has been updated with the following new funding opportunities:

Funding for Cultural and Educational Links with Japan (UK)
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to cultural organisations, universities and schools; etc that wish to develop links with Japan and Japanese organisations. Grants are available to support the study of the Japanese language and culture, School, Education and Youth exchanges. In the past the Foundation has made grants towards visits between the UK and Japan by teachers and young people and the teaching and development of Japanese language and cultural studies in schools. The funding is being made available through the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and the next closing date for applications is the 15th September 2019.

Tree Futures Grant Opens for Applications (UK)
The Tree Council’s Tree Futures Grant scheme has just opened. This scheme replaces the three separate programmes previously available i.e. Trees for Schools, Community Trees and Orchard Windfalls and includes a new category, hedgerow planting, for the first time. Grants of 80% of the costs for projects costing between £300 and £1000 are available. The remaining 20% can come from the applicant organisations own funds, county, district or borough councils. Grants can cover the purchase of trees, hedges and orchard trees plus reasonable costs of stakes, ties, guards, fertiliser, mulch or soil amelioration. The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 17th May 2019.