Armed Forces Families Fund - Early Years programme
Details
The Early Years programme is designed to help Armed Forces families access good quality early childhood education and childcare provision close to where they live or serve.
It will address barriers that service families may experience in accessing good quality childcare for their preschool aged children and will support projects lasting up to two years that can meet one of the four outcomes.
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.
- Expanded capacity in early years settings, allowing more service children to attend.
- Enhanced learning environments that better support the educational development of service children.
- Improved staff skills and knowledge through targeted training and professional development.
- Establishing collaborative networks and shared resources through clusters to effectively address the needs of 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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- Maximum:
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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). They are also offering the chance for settings with less than 50% service children on roll to form ‘clusters’ of three or more settings.
- Local authorities who wish to supply specific training to early childhood education and childcare providers supporting Service children aged 0-5 years.
For full details on eligibility, please see the fund guidance document available on the Trust website.
When to apply
Apply now.
- Round one applications will close midday, 4 June 2025 and you’ll receive a decision by the end of August 2025.
- Round two applications will close midday, 8 October 2025 and you’ll receive a decision by the end of December 2025.
Next deadline: 4 Jun 2025
How to apply
Online application form via website
Activites funded: Education and training Organisational development and capacity building
Beneficiaries funded: Children Families Veterans and armed forces personnel
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