Grants and funds for your local group

1. Up to £1000 grants to individuals undertaking significant life changing adventurous activities that they themselves have been heavily involved in planning.
2. Secondly, they award up to £1000 grants to charities for the purchase of relevant equipment to engage young people in adventurous activities.

The RDC Foundation is also proud to:

• have direct agreements with several leading equipment providers that enable RDC to purchase equipment at up to 50% off retail prices, enabling our funds to go much further, and
• have developed relationships with some outdoor equipment manufacturers and are increasingly convincing them to offer exclusive discounts to those within the groups they support.

As a side benefit of the equipment grants they are able to give they have developed relationships with some outdoor equipment manufacturers and are increasingly convincing them to offer exclusive discounts to those within the groups they support.

• Mammut will give 25% off any purchases of their jackets, footwear, backpacks and sleeping bags up to £500
• Terra Nova will give 25% off any purchase of their tent Terra Nova and Wild Country tent range up to £1000

External funding opportunities/advice – no time limit

Applying for funding may seem daunting, but it’s not really. The main thing is to be really clear about what you’re asking for. Most trusts or foundations will only give funds for specific projects. The Scouts have put together some top tips on making your funding applications go as smoothly as possible. Links below are to The Scouts’ website which provides information and advice:

• Cost of Living Support Funding
• Grants from UK Headquarters
• Scouts Grants Committee
• Activities you can get funded
• Working with corporate and local businesses
• Where to apply for funding externally
• Grants between Counties, Districts and Groups
• Fundraising Support
• Writing a great funding application
• Gift Aid FAQs