United Kingdom: Holiday Grants Programme 2022
Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The Henry Smith Charity is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Holiday Grants Programme 2022 that provides access to recreational trips or holidays for groups of children who experience disadvantage or who have disabilities.
In particular they are interested in contributing to trips that would not take place without their funding
Funding Information
Grant size: £500 – £2,500
The Henry Smith Charity does 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
Organisations with an income or expenditure of over £2m except schools
Eligibility Criteria
Schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities are all eligible to apply.
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 they 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.
They 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.
Criteria
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
For more information, visit https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/explore-our-grants-and-apply/holiday-grants-for-children/holiday-grants-for-children-funding-guidelines/