Funding Opportunity - EQUIPMENT GRANTS FOR MENTALLY & PHYSICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

9th July 2014

WOODEN SPOON SOCIETY: EQUIPMENT GRANTS FOR MENTALLY & PHYSICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

Schools and not for profit organisations have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Wooden Spoon Society's Capital Grants programme. Wooden Spoon the British and Irish Rugby charity which supports mentally, physically disadvantaged children.

Through the programme funding is available for buildings and extensions; equipment & activity aids; sensory rooms and gardens; playgrounds and sports areas; transport and soft playrooms. Since being founded in 1983, Wooden Spoon has made grants of over £20 million to more than 500 projects in the British Isles.

Projects funded in the past have included Ashmount School in Leicestershire, which received a grant of £13,500 towards a sensory room; Enfield Heights Academy in London which received a grant of £23,000 to improve its play areas; and the Colehill &Wimborne Youth & Community Centre which received a grant of £8,000 towards a wheelchair lift. Applications can be made at any time and applicants should contact their regional volunteer group.

http://www.woodenspoon.com/projects/apply_for_funds.php