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Hi Tom Can do more research if you want but.... as a youth worker I always head towards the library and get out there funding books - big tomes but very useful. If you want me to try some research, email and I'll look into it next Wednesday. However, AOL, HP, and various other computer companies all have grant trusts. Look on web sites and get emailing. Again if you want me to research for you, tell me. Good luck Rich On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 14:05, Brough, Tom wrote: > Has anyone in this group had any experience with apply for grants from the > lottery agencies. Now that the computers have arrived in the Philippines I > would like to help get the half built computer suit finished. It seems that > the Philippine government allocated money to the project and have now had to > scale back their plans, leaving the contractor in a dilemma (he's on a go > slow at the moment). > > To give an idea of what we are up against, the guy who is going to install > the computers in their temporary home for the moment is proposing to earth > the system through a lead pipe that goes into the ground, so now I'm not > sure what I am more concerned about : the kids getting electric shocks, or > the fact that they are slowly getting lead poisoning ! > > I checked out the "community grant" web pages, and it seems that you can > either apply for a smallish grant (which is what I would like) BUT only for > UK based projects, or if you want a grant for an international project you > have to be a largish registered charity and want a minimum grant of £60,000 > which I would have problems spending ... well maybe not ... but spending in > a legitimate and morally justifiable (to myself that is) way if you know > what I mean ! > > Does anyone know of a middle scheme (say £5,000 - £10,000 grant for an > international project). I really don't want to get bogged down in paperwork > if I can avoid it, but on the other hand I know its a worthwhile project > that will bring real benefits to 1,000's of students now and in the future, > and of course expand their minds through the use of open source software. I > really need someone with the organisational skills (an dogged persistance), > so that I can continue to concentrate on the technical evaluation, equipment > aquisition and dispatch part. > > Suggestions ? > > Tom. > > Information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. > It is the intended solely for the person ( or persons) to whom it is > addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender, > and please delete the message from your system immediately. The views in > this message are personal, they are not necessarily those of Torbay Council. > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.