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BBC Children in Need Small Grants

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Overview

Before you apply you need to read the following:

A-Z Guidance

Minimum standards for Grantmaking

How much can I apply for?

Eligible organisations will be able to apply for up to £10,000 per year. Organisations will not be able to apply for more than £30,000 in total. If you want to apply for more than this, please see our Main Grants Programme.

Who can apply?

All of their grants are for organisations who:

What do they fund?

The scheme gives grants for 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

The work they fund makes differences in children’s lives that help prevent or overcome the effects of the disadvantages they face. Funded organisations achieve these differences by either working directly with children or seeking to improve their social and physical environments.

What you can apply for?

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they have temporarily broadened the types of applications they accept. They are currently offering funding that can be used more flexibly than usual. They encourage applications for:

  • Project delivery (Including staffing and salary costs)
  • Creative solutions to deliver much needed services
  • Organisational costs to support stability and adaptation. (Including the day-to-day running costs of an organisation as opposed to specific project costs)
  • All applications will have to show how this funding will make a difference to children and young people’s lives during this crisis.
  • Your application is not limited to one specific project and a request can be made for organisational running costs. They are committed to supporting voluntary groups with these types of grants.

What you can't apply for?

  • Capital/Building costs
  • Fixed equipment (e.g. boilers, lighting etc.)
  • Vehicles
  • Statutory costs or work which statutory bodies (such as schools or local authorities) have a duty to fund.
  • Non-Fixed equipment totalling over £20,000 (e.g. play/sensory equipment)
  • Work delivered outside the UK
  • Work with young people over the age of 18 years.
  • Retrospective funding, where the grant expenditure is due to start before the grant award date
  • Costs for which you have already received funding for (duplication)
  • Contributions to your reserves
  • Staff redundancy or re-deployment costs
  • Repayment of loans or debts
  • Investments
  • Pension liabilities and/or contributions to a large number of staff’s pension
  • Feasibility studies or scoping work
  • Projects which promote religion (However we can still fund religious organisations)
  • Trips or projects abroad
  • Medical treatment or research
  • Pregnancy testing or advice, information or counselling on pregnancy choices.
  • Awareness-raising work, except where it is targeted at those children or young people most at risk.
  • Bursaries, sponsored places, fees or equivalent.
  • Political activity or, to party political organisations or for direct lobbying.
  • Individuals
  • For the grant to be passed on to other organisations.
  • General appeals or endowment funds.
  • Work which directly addresses the effects of child sexual exploitation or is focused on addressing this issue (they can support this work through their Main Grants Programme)

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