WindsorForestBrassAcademy

Windsor Forest Brass Academy — Funding Pipeline

Site: andytwoods.github.io/WindsorForestBrassAcademy
Last scan: 2026-04-27 | Next scan: weekly
Charity registration: pending
Full scan log: logs/scans/2026-04-27.md

  1. URGENT — Email Youth Music (grants@youthmusic.org.uk) to confirm whether WFBA can apply for Round 14 without a registered charity number. Due 2026-04-30.
  2. Email Cllr Marisa Heath (marisa.heath@surreycc.gov.uk) in the first week of May to introduce WFBA’s outreach work and ask for support from the Your Councillor Community Fund 2026-27 cycle.
  3. Draft Awards for All application — highest-priority apply_now. Outreach workshops focus, £5k–£15k. Confirm bank account has dual signatories first. Internal target: 2026-05-09.
  4. Prepare Surrey CF EOI — window opens 25 May. Draft community wellbeing / music access framing by 2026-05-20.
  5. Check RBWM round — verify 2026 round is open and confirm geography/registration requirement by 2026-05-16.

Pipeline summary

State Count
apply_now 1
apply_when_registered 4
monitor 6
parked 3
rejected 2

Apply now

Opportunity Amount Deadline Next action Due
Awards for All £300–£20k Rolling Draft application for outreach workshops 2026-05-09

Upcoming deadlines and actions (8 weeks)

Opportunity Action due Note
Youth Music Trailblazer R14 2026-04-30 URGENT — email grants@youthmusic.org.uk to confirm eligibility without charity registration
Surrey CC Your Councillor Fund 2026-05-06 Email Cllr Marisa Heath to introduce WFBA before 2026-27 cycle opens
RBWM Grants to Voluntary Orgs 2026-05-16 Check 2026 round is open; verify geography and registration requirement
Surrey CF Main Grants — EOI 2026-05-25 EOI window opens; submit using music access / community wellbeing framing

Apply when registered (action on charity number)

Opportunity Amount Notes
ACE Project Grants £1k–£100k Register with ACE immediately on receiving number
Garfield Weston Foundation £1k–£100k Rolling — apply once registered
RBWM Grants to Voluntary Orgs up to £5k Historically closes ~30 Sept; verify 2026 round
Prince Philip Trust Fund £250–£5k Next deadline 1 Oct 2026; confirm RBWM geography on registration

Monitor

Opportunity Amount Next check
Youth Music Trailblazer R14 £2k–£30k Opens 2026-10-23 — email eligibility query by 2026-04-30
Surrey CC Your Councillor Fund up to £5k 2026-27 cycle expected May 2026 — email local councillor 2026-05-06
Surrey CF Main Grants up to £2.5k EOI opens 2026-05-25; covers Surrey Community Music Fund and Arts Fund sub-funds
Berkshire Community Foundation up to £5k Check from 2026-06-01 for autumn round announcement
Runnymede Community Grant up to £5k Round closed March 2026 — check from 2026-09-01 for next round
Surrey Heath Local Project Fund unknown Next window July 2026 — check from 2026-06-25

Parked

Opportunity Blocker Review date
BBC Children in Need Registration status + disadvantage evidence needed 2026-06-01
Runnymede CIL Fund Ward allocation unknown; check alongside autumn Runnymede grant cycle 2026-09-01
D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Requires charity registration + audited accounts; unreachable until 2027 2027-03-01

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