Deadline: 2 December 2019
The BBC Children in Need is inviting applications from charities and not-for-profit organisations for its small grant program.
The fund make differences in children’s lives that help prevent or overcome the effects of the disadvantages they face. Projects achieve these differences by either working directly with children or seeking to improve their social and physical environments.
In Small Grants programme they are looking for projects where a relatively small amount of money can make a big difference for children and young people.
Priority Areas
Projects working with children and young people of 18 years and under experiencing disadvantage through:
- Illness, distress, abuse or neglect
- Any kind of disability
- Behavioural or psychological difficulties
- Living in poverty or situations of deprivation
Grant Information
The Small Grants programme will provide grants up to £10,000 per year for up to 3 years- a total request of £30,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit organisations of any size that work with disadvantaged children and young people of 18 years and under who live in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
- If applicant currently have a grant for either programme, in the final year of that grant they can apply for further funding to keep running the same project or for a different project.
- Applicants will need to be able to provide convincing evidence of the differences their grant has made to the lives of the disadvantaged children and young people applicants have worked with.
They don’t give grants:
- For work which statutory bodies (such as schools or local authorities) have a duty to fund
- To educational institutions including schools, universities, pupil referral units. The only exception is special schools.
- To local government or NHS bodies.
- For any building or capital projects.
- For projects which promote religion.
- To fund trips or projects abroad.
- For medical treatment or research.
- For pregnancy testing or advice, information or counselling on pregnancy choices.
- For awareness-raising work, except where it is targeted at those children or young people most at risk.
- For bursaries, sponsored places, fees or equivalent.
- For family holidays where there is little or no project involvement.
- For political activity and they can’t give grants to party political organisations or for direct lobbying.
- For general appeals or endowment funds.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/small-grants/