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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Armed Forces Families Fund - Early Years programme

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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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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).
  • 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 20 November 2024 (for decisions by end of March 2025)

Next deadline: 20 Nov 2024

How to apply

Online application form via website

Contact information

Activites funded: Education & training Organisational development & capacity building

Beneficiaries funded: Children Families Veterans & armed forces personnel

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