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Applying for a grant
Hannah Alcock
Regional Officer – Central Region
Our Vision
… that every child in the UK has a safe, happy and
secure childhood and the chance to reach their
potential
Principles:
- We are UK wide
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We are broad-based
We are local to people
We support people who take the initiative
For every penny raised a penny will go to helping
disadvantaged children and young people in the UK
Who we fund
Projects that make a positive difference to the lives of
disadvantaged children and young people in the UK
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Not-for-profit organisations
Working with disadvantaged children
Aged 18 and under
UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
What do we mean by not for profit?
Not for profit organisations - e.g. voluntary organisations,
registered charities, self-help groups, community interest
companies
The applicant must have:
• Governing document – e.g. constitution, memorandum &
articles
• Management committee – minimum of 3 members
• Bank account with two unrelated cheque signatories
• Annual accounts
• Written child protection policy
How we fund
• Two programmes:
- small grants (up to £10,000 for 1 year)
- main grants (over £10,000 per year, up to 3 years)
• Emergency Essentials Programme – grants to
individuals and families for white goods e.g. beds,
cookers, fridges. Administered on our behalf by Buttle
UK
Disadvantage
BBC Children in Need has the following disadvantage criteria:
• Illness, Distress, abuse or neglect
• Disability
• Poverty & deprivation
• Behavioural or psychological difficulties
Applicants for CIN funding must be able to explain how
the children and young people they are working with are disadvantaged
Child focus
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Children are at the centre of what we do
We only fund child-focussed projects
Young people should be consulted about the project
The project/service should have clear positive outcomes for the
child
• If you’re seeking funding for a salary, the post should be focussed
on delivering outcomes for disadvantaged children for at least
70% of the time
• For projects involving families or parents, the outcomes should be
focussed on the children, not the family or the parents
• Some examples where applications can fail – crèches, parenting
courses, benefits advice
Positive difference – outcomes
focussed funding
• Our funding is awarded to ‘make a positive difference’ – we
are interested in the differences or changes that take place
in children’s lives as a result of the work that we fund, i.e.
the ‘outcomes’
• Applicants are required to detail the 3 main differences that
their project will achieve
• The differences will be unique and specific to each project
• When discussing the difference, always use a change word
(‘increased’, ‘reduced’, ‘better’, ‘more’, ‘less’) – don’t just
tell us about the activities you will deliver again
Learning cycle
What issues do children and young people
face?
What difference
do we want to
make?
What shall we
do differently
next time?
What have we
learned?
What shall we
do to make this
difference?
How will we
track our
progress?
Outcomes (or difference made) for children and
young people
Type of difference
Example of difference made
Emotional skills &
wellbeing
More self-confident
Better able to cope with feelings
Behaviour/attitude change
Less involvement in anti-social behaviour
More positive aims for the future
Improved relationships
Get on better with parents
Have more friends
Personal skills &
development
Better leadership skills
Use imagination more
Keeping safe
More access to safe spaces
How you make a difference for
children and young people
Your project’s
activities
The three
most
important
differences
your project
makes
BBC CiN’s
three
ambitions
for children
How the Dinamix Youth Club
makes a difference for
children and young people
Music sessions
Less involvement in
anti-social
behaviour
Happy & secure
Trips to see
performances
Greater sense of
pride in themselves
Final performance
and Arts Award
Reaching
potential
Greater teamworking skills
Dance sessions
Safe
How Keeper’s Place makes
a difference for children and young people
One to one
sessions with
children at home
Group sessions
with children
Breakfast clubs
Better
engagement at
school
Improved ability
to cope with
challenges
Improved family
relationships
Happy & secure
Reaching
potential
BBC CiN’s learning approach
• Learn about the difference our funded
projects are making to the lives of
disadvantaged children and young
people across the UK.
• Share our learning of what works and
what doesn’t.
• Change our grantmaking as a result of
that learning in order to make a better
difference to the lives of children and
young people across the UK.
What don’t we fund?
• Applications from local government or NHS bodies
• Distribution to another/other organisations. The work we are funding
must be delivered by the applicant
• Capital grants over £20K
• Medical research or pregnancy advice
• Promotion of religion
• Retrospective funding – we only cover costs that have been incurred
after the grant has been awarded
• Projects that haven’t sent previous grant reports back
• The relief of statutory responsibility
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Unlikely to fund work in school time or where statutory funding has been cut
Common Issues
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Missing information- documents, missing answers to questions
Insufficient evidence of disadvantage
Too many people over the age of 18
Inadequate safeguarding procedures
Poor planning, monitoring and evaluation
High levels of free reserves
Poor local links to other providers and relevant networks
Not clear what the project will do
High fees
Not sufficiently focussed on needs and outcomes for children
Lack of rigour around parent involvement
Statutory responsibility or overlap – increasing issue due to cuts
Deadlines
There are different deadlines for Small and Main Grants:
The deadlines for Small Grants are:
1st of February, April, June, September and December
Decisions will be received in 8 – 9 weeks
The deadlines for Main Grants are:
15th January, May and September
If your Initial Application is successful you will be invited to submit a Full
Application within 2 weeks, and will have a month to submit this
Decisions will be received in around 5 months (from Initial
Application to Full Application decision)
Some final tips
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The bigger the application the higher the standard expected - there is
greater competition for larger grants
Spend time planning your project and your application. It’s a rolling
programme – don’t rush your application
Read the guidance on the website about our funding, policies and criteria –
www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants - there’s a lot of good info there!
Complete all sections of the application and submit all required documents
Prepare for the assessment interview – have all the documents to hand
We don’t subscribe to full cost recovery so keep your project running costs
at a reasonable level
Ask for help and build local links – from CIN, CVS’s and Voluntary Action,
other organisations working in same area/field
How to apply
• Online application process
• bbc.co.uk/pudsey
• Helpline - 0345 609 0015
CONTACTS
General Helpline:
0345 609 0015
Website: bbc.co.uk/pudsey
Email: [email protected]
Regional Office:
Hannah Alcock
BBC Children in Need
The Mailbox
Birmingham B1 1AY
0121 567 6708
[email protected]
Thank you