BBC Children in Need

BBC Children in Need
Children in Need’s focus is firmly on those children and young people who are experiencing disadvantage. They seek to fund organisations working to combat or alleviate this disadvantage and to make a real difference to the quality of children and young people’s lives. Applicants should be very specific in helping Children in Need to understand the nature of the disadvantage they are seeking to address: Such disadvantages includes:
• living in poverty or situations of deprivation
• disability
• behavioural or psychological difficulties
• illness, distress, abuse or neglect
The work they fund will take place within the UK and will be for the benefit of children and young people provided they are aged 18 years or younger. Applicants should be constituted, not-for-profit organisations from any part of the UK. Their grants reach local communities throughout the UK - from Shetland to the Scillies; from Belfast to Barry Island
Grants range widely in size and there are two grant programmes in Scotland, depending on how much you are requesting. The small grants programme in Scotland is for applications of £10,000 and under. Applications for more than this can apply for the main grants programme.
You can apply any time in the year and Children in Need very much encourage applications in advance of the closing dates below.
• 15 January - Notification by the end of April
• 15 April - Notification by end of July
• 15 July - Notification by end of October
• 15 October - Notification by the end of January
A full online application system enables Children in Need to respond quickly to requests. 
phone: 0141 422 6111
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey