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Funding is available to help schools and local authorities provide additional support to children from families of Service personnel.
The Supporting Service Children in Education in Wales Fund (2023/24), funded by the Welsh Government and administered by SSCE Cymru, will award grants of up to £3,000 to help schools and local authorities in Wales to deliver projects for service children aged 4 to 16, linked to the curriculum in Wales.
There are two funding streams:
- Grants of £1,000 are open to all schools and local authorities in Wales.
- Grants of up to £3,000 are open to schools that have achieved their Armed Forces Friendly Schools Cymru Bronze status and all local authorities.
Interventions should support children to overcome barriers linked to:
- social / emotional wellbeing
- academic attainment
The funding could be used to support:
- coordinated projects
- staff costs
- courses/training
- resources
- outsourced projects/packages
Local authority and/or school cluster collaboration is encouraged.
The scheme is open for applications throughout the academic year, and the next application review date is the 13th December 2024.
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