Funding Opportunity - Holiday Grants for Children

15th December 2015

The Henry Smiths Charity has announced that schools and youth groups can apply between now and the 18th March 2016 to the Holiday Grant for Children Programme for activities taking place between the 1st February - 30th April 2016. Schools, youth groups and not for profit organisations can apply for grants towards holidays or outings within the UK for children aged 13 and under who are from deprived areas or have a disability.

Applications can be considered for holidays or outings that have the objective of providing children with a break they would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience. The maximum grant is usually £2,500 for any one trip. Grants are normally limited to a maximum of two-thirds of the total cost of a trip as the charity would expect some local partnership funding to be in place.

Recently funded projects include Berridge Junior School which received £1,000 towards a day trip to the seaside for 160 school children from a disadvantaged area of Nottingham; Thrybergh Primary School received £2,500 Goose Green Primary towards a residential trip to an activity centre in Lancashire for a group of disadvantaged children from South Yorkshire; and Nursery School which received £3,000 towards a trip to Hayling Island for 48 pupils from a primary school of inner London.

http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/holiday-grants-for-children.html