Holiday Grants

Applications can be made for grants towards a single trip, which could be a day trip or a longer residential of up to seven days in length. This could be to a countryside or city location but must be outside the children's immediate locality. Given the extraordinary impact of Covid-19 we will consider trips which are more local but have an emphasis on providing a new experience for the children and broadening their horizons. Examples include camping, trips to adventure activity centres or the seaside. We will consider multiple trips where a large group of children need to be split into smaller groups due to Covid restrictions, but these must be to the same venue/centre. If you are planning a day trip please ensure it does not involve a disproportionate amount of time spent travelling.

Grants are only available to support children who are aged 13 and under. Grants are not available for individuals or families, whether this is a single family or a larger group of several families.

It is very important to us that our funds are targeted at children experiencing disadvantage. By this, we mean those who are located in an area of high deprivation, according to the National Indices of Deprivation. In particular we are interested in funding trips for children in geographical areas that fall within the bottom 20% of these indices. We are also interested in assisting those children who do not have any contributions towards the costs of the trip from their parent/s or carer/s. It is important to us that no child be excluded on financial grounds from a trip we are supporting and all grants are awarded on this condition.

Please note that sometimes we do consider applications for groups of children living in deprived circumstances within more affluent areas. In this case, it is essential that the need for support is clearly explained. For groups of children with disabilities, we are able to be more flexible regarding the level of deprivation, although we still do take it into account as one factor in our overall assessment.

We cannot fund overseas trips or holidays, trips for children over the age of 13, trips that focus on education rather than fun, trips for families or for individual children, or the running costs of play or holiday schemes.

Schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities are all eligible to apply.

Please only apply for this grant if you meet the following criteria: Location of work: UK only, with priority to the 20% most deprived areas Funding covers: Short holidays and recreational trips Organisation type: Schools, small charities and not-for-profit organisations

What we do not fund: – Trips outside of the UK – Trips to theme parks or similar high cost attractions – Trips for children over the age of 13 – Trips with a focus on education rather than fun – Museum, cultural or theatre trips to meet curriculum requirements. – Trips for families – Trips for individual children – Organisations that provide Children’s – Holidays –The running costs of play or holiday schemes- this includes funding towards a range of non-specific trips or activities – Trips that have already taken place – Trips to pantomimes – Trips to sports events