Deadline: 1-Apr-22
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland is offering grants under “RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Impact Grants Fund” to raise funds for Irish children’s charities through the televised Late Late Toy Show.
The Toy Show Fund mission is inspired by children, they work to bring the magic of the Toy Show to every child in Ireland. By funding essential support, health, wellbeing, play and creativity they aim to change children’s lives for good.
Priorities
The Foundation anticipates that this will be a very competitive grant round so proposals that show the unique value of their project will be prioritised, the includes the following:
- Projects that have a strongly justified need, based on research.
- Programmes providing essential services in particularly marginalised areas.
- Projects or programmes of work that are innovative and strategic.
- Projects that have an impact on the wider community or sector through collaboration, evaluation and sharing learnings.
- Projects that have the potential to be sustained beyond the life of this grant.
- Projects that will include the voice and feedback of beneficiaries in its development.
Thematic Pillars and Funding Information
- Addressing Essential Needs: Applications can be for new projects, to significantly upscale current programmes, continuation of projects previously funded by the Toy Show Appeal fund, or capital renovation costs. Under the Addressing Essential Needs Strand, grants of £25,000 to £75,000 are available to eligible organisations that can demonstrate the impact of their work at local and/or national level to fund strategic initiatives that will improve children’s outcomes in the longer term.
- Improving Wellbeing: Applications can be for new projects, to significantly upscale current programmes, continuation of projects previously funded by the Toy Show Appeal fund, or capital renovation costs. Under the Improving Wellbeing Strand, grants of £25,000 to £75,000 are available to eligible organisations that can demonstrate the impact of their work at local and/or national level to fund strategic initiatives that will improve children’s outcomes in the longer term. Ill health is difficult at any point in life, but it can have significant and long-term impacts in childhood in terms of educational outcomes and emotional wellbeing.
- Creativity and Play: Applications can be for new projects, to significantly upscale current programmes, continuation of projects previously funded by the Toy Show Appeal fund, or capital renovation costs. Under the Creativity and Play Strand, grants of £25,000 to £75,000 are available to eligible organisations that can demonstrate the impact of their work at local and/or national level to fund strategic initiatives that will improve children’s outcomes in the longer term. Creativity and play are essential to supporting children’s development of cognitive and social behaviours.
Eligibility Criteria
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Eligible organisations must:
- Be a child or family focused charity working at local/national level
- Be registered with the Charity Commission for NI
- Have an annual income of £250,000 or more
- Have up to date and sufficient governing documents, annual accounts and child safeguarding policies
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Eligible projects must:
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Support disadvantaged or vulnerable children from 0-18 years old. This includes:
- Socially and economically disadvantaged children
- Children with disabilities
- Children with severe long-term illnesses
- Children who have suffered trauma or grief
- Children who are suffering with behavioural or psychological difficulties
- Children who are facing discrimination
- Be a new project or significantly upscale an ongoing project
- Projects can be a continuation of a project funded in last year’s Toy Show grant round
- Start in June 2022 and run for 12 months
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Support disadvantaged or vulnerable children from 0-18 years old. This includes:
For more information, visit Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://communityfoundationni.org/grants/rte-toy-show-appeal-impact-grants-fund/