BBC Children in Need Fund

Not for profit organisations such as schools; registered charities; voluntary organisations; churches; and community interest groups; etc. can apply for grants of up to £10,000 per year for up to three years through the BBC Children in Need Small Grants programme.
The grants are available for 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
• And / or living in poverty or situations of deprivation.

Projects supported in the past include:

• Corley Special School in Coventry which received a grant of £6,000 to provide lunchtime horse riding sessions for children with disabilities.
• Caldercruix Youth & Community Development Project in Airdrie, which received a grant of £6,333 to help deliver 2 afterschool clubs a week to young people in an isolated village where children from low income families have little access to services.

The closing date for applications is the 1st March 2017.
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Posted on 14th February 2017