Armed Forces Families Fund: Early Years programme
Summary
Under this programme, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust will award grants on behalf of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund Early Years Programme, towards projects lasting up to two years, which help enhance early childhood education and childcare settings to meet specific needs of young children from Armed Forces families.
Your project must clearly benefit Armed Forces families with a child under 5 by enhancing their access to high quality childcare and will need to contribute towards at least one of these outcomes.
- Increased capacity at the setting to allow more Service children to attend.
- Better learning environments for Service children.
- Have provided appropriate training and development to staff to support Service children.
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Geographical areas funded: Scotland UK
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant
- Type of cost:
- Revenue
Fund award sizes
- Minimum:
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Who can apply
They are inviting applications from:
- Early childhood education and childcare providers operating where Armed Forces families live or work and must offer group-based childcare and have at least 50% of Service children on roll (unless under a cluster).
- Local authorities who wish to supply specific training to early childhood education and childcare providers supporting Service children aged 0-5 years.
- An appropriately constituted organisation which provides training for setting staff to support Service children.
For full details on eligibility, please see the fund guidance document available on the Trust website.
When to apply
Upcoming deadlines are 12 noon on:
- 24 July 2024 (for decisions by end of September 2024)
- 20 November 2024 (for decisions by end of March 2025)
Next deadline: 24 Jul 2024
Activites funded: Education & training Organisational development & capacity building
Beneficiaries funded: Children Families Veterans & armed forces personnel
Last reviewed about 1 month ago
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