Grant News
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, a grant-giving charity supporting projects that help improve the lives of Armed Forces families, has announced that it is offering grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 to support early years education for children from Armed Forces families. The funding is being made available through the Armed Forces Families Fund: Early Years Programme.
Projects can run for up to 2 years.
The grants are available to early childhood education and childcare providers, as well as Local Authorities and organisations that train childminders. Applications can only address the needs of children who are from currently serving Armed Forces families and who are aged 0-5 years and are not yet in primary school education.
The Armed Forces Families Fund (AF3) supports projects that meet the aims of the Armed Forces Families Strategy. Under this programme, the Trust wants to help Armed Forces families access good-quality early childhood education and childcare provision close to where they are living or serving.
The grants can be used to:
- Increase capacity at the setting to allow more service children to attend
- Provide better learning environments for service children
- Provide appropriate training and development of staff to support service children
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on the 20th November 2024.
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