BBC Children in Need (UK)
BBC Children in Need provides grants for up to three years to properly constituted not for profit organisations working with disadvantaged young people aged 18 or under. Within the BBC Children in Need grants programme, organisations can apply for Small Grants of £10,000 or less per year for up to three years and for Main Grants of over £10,000 per year for up to three years. Funding is available to organisations (including schools) that work with young people who are suffering from illness, distress, abuse or neglect, are disabled, have behavioural or psychological difficulties and / or are living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Examples of projects that recently received funding include:
St. Philip's Church Community Project, Bournemouth, which received a grant of £25,332 to help fund a drop in football club and a cooking club for deprived young people to help build self esteem and encourage; and Castleview Primary School, Edinburgh which received a grant of £4,861 to help build the health and wellbeing of children living with extreme circumstances from the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh by providing a residential experience with their classmates.
The closing date for applications is the 15th January 2012.
Click here to access the Children in Need website.
Examples of projects that recently received funding include:
St. Philip's Church Community Project, Bournemouth, which received a grant of £25,332 to help fund a drop in football club and a cooking club for deprived young people to help build self esteem and encourage; and Castleview Primary School, Edinburgh which received a grant of £4,861 to help build the health and wellbeing of children living with extreme circumstances from the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh by providing a residential experience with their classmates.
The closing date for applications is the 15th January 2012.
Click here to access the Children in Need website.
This news item was published : 13 December 2011.