BBC CHILDREN IN NEED SMALL GRANTS

Next application deadline: Sunday 2nd June 2019.

Children in Need’s Small Grants Programme provides funding for organisations that are supporting children and young people aged 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through:

o Any kind of disability;
o Illness, distress, abuse or neglect;
o Behavioural or psychological difficulties; and/or
o 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. Eligible projects will be either working directly with children or seeking to improve their social and physical environments.

Priority will be given to projects where a relatively small amount of money can make a big difference.

Not-for-profit organisations 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 may apply for a grant of up to £10,000 per year for up to 3 years (i.e. £30,000 in total).

There is no requirement for match funding.

Organisations that already hold a grant from Children in Need can apply for further funding to keep running the same project or for a different project. Each applicants will be expected to provide convincing evidence of the differences the grant has made to the lives of the disadvantaged children and young people it has worked with.

Organisations that currently hold an award from the Children in Need Main Grant Scheme can apply for a Small Grant as long as it is for work with a different group of children and young people.

Funding is not available for:

o Work which statutory bodies (such as schools or local authorities) have a duty to fund;
o Local government or NHS bodies;
o Building project applications of more than £20,000;
o Projects which promote religion;
o Trips or projects abroad;
o Medical treatment or research;
o Pregnancy testing or advice, information or counselling on pregnancy choices;
o Awareness-raising work, except where it is targeted at those children or young people most at risk;
o Bursaries, sponsored places, fees or equivalent;
o Individuals;
o Passing on to other organisations, for example, Parent Teacher Associations applying on behalf of schools;
o General appeals or endowment funds;
o Budget shortfalls or debt repayments;
o Projects where the grant expenditure is due to start before the grant award date (retrospective funding);
o Organisations which have applied in the last 12 months;
o Projects unable to start within 12 months of the grant award date;
o Unspecified expenditure; or
o Organisational overheads or running costs which the organisation would incur whether the project was running or not. Consideration will be given to funding support costs incurred as a direct result of running the project.

 The next deadline for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 2 June 2019.

Further information, together with an application form, are available to complete online at the Children in Need website. Please note that all applicants are strongly advised to refer to the A-Z Guidance document before starting their application.

Contact details for Children in Need are:

BBC Children in Need
PO Box 649
SALFORD
M5 0LD
Tel: 0345 609 0015
Email: pudsey@bbc.co.uk

(Source: GRIN)