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BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications (UK)
BBC Children in Need is currently accepting applications from charities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK that
support children and young people who are 18 years and younger.
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young
people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through:
• Illness, distress, abuse or neglect.
• Any kind of disability.
• Behavioural or psychological difficulties.
• Living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
• Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s
lives.
To be eligible, projects should:
• Take the initiative and show clearly how they will make a difference in children and young people’s lives.
• Address the challenges the children and young people face, build their skills and resilience, empower them and extend
their choices in life.
• Involve children and young people in the design, delivery and evaluation of their work.
• Be keen to keep learning about their work so that their ability to make a difference in children and young people’s lives
can keep on improving.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
• Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over
£100,000 are made and most grants are for much less.
• Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries,
volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused
aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities. Match funding is not required.
The deadlines for Small Grant applications are 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December 2016.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
More information
New Ufi Funding digital solutions for vocational learning
The Ufi Charitable Trust (Ufi), which aim is to help improve vocational skills in the UK’s
workforce by funding digital solutions for vocational learning, has announced that its
funding scheme is open for applications.
Registered charities, community interest companies, social enterprises, not for profits, companies, community associations,
FE colleges and public bodies can apply for projects focused on adult and vocational learning using technology. Eligible
applicants can apply for support for 2 projects at a time and Ufi envisages investing in a wide range of projects from amounts
as low as £2,500 to others in excess of £250,000. Match funding is not required but for projects over £100,000, however,
having other investment would up the chances of success. The focus is to develop scale through technology rather than
specific devices, Ufi is looking to fund projects for networks and mechanisms that have mass penetration.
The closing date for stage 1 applications is the 12th May 2016. Successful applicants will go forward to Stage 2 and have a
month in which to develop further more detailed proposals.
http://www.ufi.co.uk/apply
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