Armed Forces Families Fund: Early Years programme
This programme sits within the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund. Under this programme, the Trust will award grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 for projects which help enhance early childhood education and childcare settings of young children from Armed Forces families.
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Summary
The Trust want to help Armed Forces families access good quality early childhood education and childcare provision that is located close to where they live or serve.
This programme will support projects, lasting up to two years, which help enhance early childhood education and childcare settings to meet specific needs of young children from Armed Forces families.
You can apply for a grant of between £5,000 and £50,000.Your project must clearly benefit Armed Forces families with a child under 5 by enhancing their access to high quality childcare.
Eligibility
We invite applications from:
Early childhood education and childcare providers operating where Armed Forces families live or work and must offer group-based childcare and have at least 50% of Service children on roll (see the Trust website for full details).
Local authorities who wish to supply specific training to early childhood education and childcare providers supporting Service children aged 0-5 years.
An appropriately constituted organisation which provides training for setting staff to support Service children.
Objectives
The Trust are looking for projects that that can deliver sustainable change. Applicants will need to show evidence to support the approach that you seek to take, and how people from Armed Forces communities have helped to shape this.
Projects must clearly benefit Armed Forces families with a child under 5 by enhancing their access to high quality childcare.
Your project will need to contribute towards at least one of these outcomes:
Increased capacity at the setting to allow more Service children to attend.
Better learning environments for Service children.
Have provided appropriate training and development to staff to support Service children.
Dates
If you apply by 12 noon on 20 November 2024, you’ll receive a decision before the end of March 2025.
How to apply
Applications can be made via the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s grants portal, available via their website: https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/armed-forces-families-fund-early-years-programme-2024-25/
Supporting information
Programme guidance and FAQs are available to download from our website.