BlueSpark Grant

BlueSpark provides funding for projects which aim to improve the education and development of children and young people by means of educational, cultural, sporting or other activities. Subject to that overriding objective, the Trustees have absolute discretion as to the making of grants. We will give particular consideration to projects which we consider will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people

We review applications on a rolling basis at approximately 8 week intervals.

Grants will only be awarded for the amount requested in the application and will not be scaled back to a lesser amount. Please do not apply for more than the amount you require as this will reduce the chances of your application being successful.

Who is eligible to apply for a grant:

Most projects which BlueSpark supports are likely to be initiated by schools, community groups, clubs, societies or other not for profit organisations. However, individuals may also apply for a grant.

In most cases, we make grants direct to the organisation whose pupils or members are to be the beneficiaries of a project. We do not normally make grants to organisations or individuals in order to enable them to provide their own services or products (for which they would usually charge) on a free or subsidised basis to a third party. In such circumstances, the third party itself should make the application for a grant. If this is impractical (e.g. because there are a number of third parties who will benefit from a project), we may agree to partner with an organisation or individual to help them make their services available to pre-identified third parties.