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Funding

IN ASSOCIATION WITH FUNDRAISING SKILLS WE HAVE RECENTLY PUT TOGETHER A GUIDE WITH FUNDING SOURCES FOR SCHOOLS - IT IS TO BE FOUND IN THE DOWNLOAD SECTION ON THE RIGHT OF THIS PAGE AND IS CALLED FUNDING SOURCES GUIDE

CAPITAL FUNDING GRANT FOR THE EARLY YEARS SECTOR

The capital grant represents further, significant investment in early years provision in your local authority. The grant has three principle aims:

To improve the quality of the learning environment in early years settings to support delivery of the EYFS, with a particular emphasis on improving play and physical activities; and ICT resources
To ensure all children, including disabled children, are able to access provision
To enable PVI providers to deliver the extension to the free offer for 3 and 4 year olds and to do so flexibly

The Government's expectation is that the majority of this capital grant is to be used to improve the quality of the environment in private, voluntary and independent (PVI) early years and childcare settings both to support higher quality experiences for young children and to ensure that all children can access services and benefit fully from them, although spending on the maintained sector is not precluded.

These grants can be accessed through the Early Education and Childcare Officer of your local LEA.

We try to give below some organisations who are able to offer grants and funding opportunities for the provision of play equipment and buildings and are therefore very much worth approaching

Fundraising Skills

Fundraising Skills is an award winning e-learning organisation providing short accredited online courses to charities, schools and the healthcare sector. The Certificate in School Fundraising is a 6 week, internet-based, accredited course for busy bursars, business managers and school administrators.

Participants learn how to increase resources for their school, its pupils, parents and the wider community. The course introduces case studies and examples of lottery and charitable trust applications to show you:

How and where to apply for funds for your school
How to increase the success of future lottery and other grant applications

Students follow proven techniques and work closely with an experienced tutor to produce a letter to a grant making trust and a school fundraising strategy.

Courses run online 6 times a year and fees are normally £395, this includes course materials, tutor support and accreditation with the Open College Network. However, throughout 2008 all new and existing Timberline customers qualify for an additional 15% discount. To take advantage of this offer please contact Louise Germaney, Course Leader at info@fundraisingskills.co.uk or 0191 2755042, or enrol online at http://www.fundraisingskills.co.uk/ and quote timber08 when asked to enter details of how you heard about the course.

Awards for All is a Lottery grant scheme for local communities. There are different schemes for each of the four countries of the UK and they are funded by organisations such as the Arts Council, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, Sport England, etc.
Grants are awarded for sums between £300 and £10,000 for projects that promote education, the environment and health of the local community.
http://www.awardsforallorg.uk/

School Travel Plans are an ideal way to fund parent waiting shelters (Pavilions) and cycle shelters. This website gives very useful information on how to develop your own school's travel plan and suggests ways in which you can address your school-related transport problems.

http://www.schooltravelplans.org/

Learning Through Landscapes undertakes research, develops programmes and provides training, resources and support to help schools and early years settings improve their grounds and use them to promote positive play, learning and personal development.

http://www.ltl.org.uk/

Big Lottery Fund - £155m England Wide Children's Play Initiative

Its aim is to create, improve and develop children and young people's free local play spaces and opportunities throughout England, according to need

support innovation and new ways of providing for children's play
create a support and development infrastructure to ensure local agencies have the resources and skills to achieve the first two aims
promote the long-term strategic and sustainable provision for play as a free public service to children
ensure that local authorities work with other local stakeholders to develop children's play strategies and plans
ensure that good, inclusive and accessible children's play services and facilities are provided locally

http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/

Playground Partnerships Awards

The Woolworth's charity Kids First is inviting primary and special schools to apply for funding through its Playground Partnerships Awards. They are keen to provide differing levels of support, from schools with playgrounds merely requiring finishing touches, to larger playgrounds needing extensive facelifts, and therefore, different sized awards are available. The total fund budget for 2007 is £500,000, and schools can apply for individual awards of £1,000, £2,000, £5,000 or £10,000. All short listed schools will recieve at least £250. All applicants will recieve a free resource pack, which provides a complete guide to the application process plus a range of exciting activities to engage the children in real life learning across the whole school curriculum.

http://playgroundpartnerships.org/

Practical Funding for Schools
Practical Funding for Schools is a monthly newsletter that keeps the school fundraiser up-to-date with all the extra funding sources available.

http://www.practicalfunding.com/

The Royal Bank of Scotland - Supergrounds scheme

The Royal Bank of Scotland operates an employee sponsored fund operated by Learning though Landscapes. The funding is to a maximum of £4000 for playground improvements. A school has to be nominated for funding by an employee of The Royal Bank of Scotland. For those schools that don't bank with The Royal it is likely that a pupil in the school might have a relative working in the local branch. The Bank have a new Dream Playgrounds scheme worth up to £100,000 for one lucky school and £10,000 for regional winners. Applications for this have to be in for 26th November 2007.

www.rbs.com/dreamplaygrounds

Other Funding Sources

Please try these other websites which list charities and companies who donate a lot of money each year.

http://www.grantsonline.org.uk/

http://www.funderfinder.org.uk/

http://www.communityfoundations.org.uk/

http://www.grant4schools.info/

http://fundinginformation.org.uk/