Grants of up to £25,000 are available to improve the capacity and sustainability of sight loss sector organisations in the UK to deliver positive outcomes for blind and partially sighted people

Thomas Pocklington Trust is inviting charitable organisations to submit an application for new and innovative projects that will achieve a positive impact under their strategic priority, “Collaboration and Sustainability”.

The Trust will consider applications in the following areas:

• Infrastructure and impact – including developing technological capabilities, restructuring reviews, Theory of Change, feasibility studies, partnership working (including resource sharing) and integrations and mergers
• Insights and research – gaps in data and evidence that can improve knowledge across the sector
• Innovation Seed Fund – initial funding for ideas and projects which can have a transformative benefit to the lives of blind and partially sighted people

The funding can be used to support costs such as new staff posts, paid training, professional fees, printing, marketing, website design, and capital items such as computers.

The deadline for applications is the 5th February 2023.

The fund may close sooner if a high volume of applications are received.

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Grants are available to support schools and registered charities that wish to undertake educational projects with children and young people under the age of 25 in marginalised communities within the UK and internationally.

The British & Foreign Schools Society (BFSS) normally makes grants totalling about £900,000 in any one year.

For UK projects the focus is on projects to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of Young Carers and Children Looked After. Grants of between 30,000 and £100,000 are available (maximum £30,000 per year for multi-year projects).

Funding is available to UK registered charities with an annual income of between £5,000 and £2.5 million, and at least three years of continuous accounts. UK based and state-funded schools, academies, colleges and other educational establishments regardless of their income size are also eligible providing they can demonstrate a network effect beyond one individual school.

The Society also offers a small number of specific grants for organisations and individuals through its Subsidiary Trusts.

There is a two-stage application process and the next closing date for stage 1 applications is the 16^th January 2023

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The Youth Endowment Fund are excited to announce the launch of a new £4m grant round, co-funded by the Home Office, to find, fund and evaluate up to three programmes of trauma-informed practice. 

There’s growing recognition that childhood experience of trauma influences children and young people’s development and behaviour.

The Youth Endowment Fund are looking to fund projects that:

• commission or deliver trauma-informed programmes (like staff training or trauma-informed policies), across the education, youth justice or children’s social care sectors.
• are ready for robust evaluation.

If that sounds like a project you run, they would like to hear from you. They would welcome applications from organisations

• run by Black, Asian or other racially minoritised leaders and / or
• focus on reaching Black, Asian or other racially minoritised practitioners and / or young people through their work.

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