Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (The) Funding to Provide Early Years Education for Armed Forces Families (UK) – Deadline: 24th July 2024
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, a grant-giving
charity supporting projects that help improve the lives of Armed Forces families, has announced that it is offering grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 to support early years education for children from Armed Forces families. The funding is being made available through the Armed Forces Family Fund: Early Years Programme. Projects can run for up to 2 years. The grants are available to early childhood education and childcare providers, as well as Local Authorities and organisations that train childminders.
The Armed Forces Family Fund (AF3) supports projects that meet the aims of the Armed Forces Families Strategy. Under this programme, the Trust wants to help Armed Forces families to access good quality early childhood education and childcare provision close to where they are living or serving. The grants can be used to:
• Increase capacity at the setting to allow more service children to attend,
• Provide better learning environments for service children,
• Provide appropriate training and development of staff to support service children.