Arts Derbyshire

03.02.2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: Small Grants Scheme

HMPPS is piloting a Small Grants Scheme for awarding individual grants (under £10k) to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations operating and registered in the UK.

Each individual grant will be competed over two weeks. The variety of grants will be available within selected prisons in the north and northeast, northwest, south central and Wales with the first three of these grants now advertised (the final grant will be advertised no later than 20 February).

See the opportunities available below. The application process is open from [3 February to 16 February].

  • HMP Lindholme (Drama activities) – looking to fund a Drama Group within the prison running either a weekly course for up to 10 weeks or an intensive 2-week programme with daily activities.
  • HMP Lindholme (Music activities) – looking to establish a Music Group within their prison. The programme aims to teach service users how to perform and express themselves through music and it should focus on personal development and well-being.
  • HMP Berwyn (Mural activities) seeking to fund is art-based enrichment activity for service users, in particular, mural painting and thus improving their environment.
  • HMP Berwyn (Craft packs) – available funding for craft packs and supplies that can be used in craft activities that service users can take part in.
  • HMP Leeds (Mindfulness/Peer training) – funding available to provide mindfulness sessions to support service users who have no/little contact with families and significant others (FaSO). Furthermore, they expect that as a result of this project, a group of service users will become peer mentors and will learn how to deliver mindfulness sessions to others.

Find more and apply here: Home – Find a grant under “HMPPS Small Grants Scheme”.

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