' A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. ' - Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
The following funding schemes are available to schools, clusters, teachers and pupils nationally.
 Details of awards/grants schemes will be held on this page even when the deadline has passed, in order to provide information for future funding rounds.
Please use the contact information at the foot of the page if you require more details.
Big Lottery Fund Publications
BIG Lottery Fund - click the logo to visit the website
The following Big Lottery Fund publications will be of interest to schools in England.
'Making a BIG difference to schools' is a summary of the programmes schools can apply for directly or in partnership with others up to 2009.
The information leaflets and guidance notes give more details of these programmes, and are available to download below:
For further information, go to the website at:
or call the BIG advice line on 0845 4102030.
UGK640: ICT Excellence Award
The deadline for entries for ICT Excellence Awards: 13 April 2006.
This new awards scheme has been launched to reward schools across the UK approaching Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in
outstanding or innovative ways, benefiting the whole community, inside and outside the school building.
The 2006 awards comprise the following seven categories:
- Best whole school;
- Assessment;
- Curriculum;
- Extending learning;
- Inclusion;
- Leadership and vision;
- Learning and teaching.
Prizes are still to be finalised but will consist of financial rewards to winning schools, to be spent on ICT equipment, provision or
training.
Eligible applicants are primary and secondary schools in the UK.
The GRANTfinder Summary report available below contains contact details, e-mail addresses and website information:
UG639D: European Award for Languages
The deadline for European Award for Languages: 13 April 2006.
The aim of this award scheme is to recognise creative and innovative projects that improve the quality of language teaching, motivate
students and make the best use of available resources.
Winners receive books, teaching resources or vouchers.
In 2006, the Special Award for schools for the best project in initial teacher education also includes the prize of £1,000, with £2,000
to the winner of the annual award from the Mary Glasgow Language Trust.
Applications are invited from schools, colleges, businesses and other institutions in the UK engaged in foreign language initiatives
that are innovative, effective and replicable.
Eligible projects can be based around any language other than English and are expected to have an international dimension.
The GRANTfinder Summary report available below contains contact details, e-mail addresses and website information:
UGf80D: J8 Summit Competition
The deadline for J8 2006 was 31 March 2006.
The competition gives pupils the opportunity to take part in the J8 Summit at St Petersburg, Russia.
The J8 Summit is a three-day forum to discuss and debate a series of scenarios modelled on those which will be discussed at the actual G8
Summit.
Schools participating in the J8 Summit will develop a joint Communique, agreed to by all participating schools, which will be presented to
the leaders of the G8 countries.
Find out more...
J8 Summit Competition Outline
UG803D: e-Learning Foundation
The deadline for application for the current round of funds was 31 March 2006.
The Foundation will make grants available on occasion when it is in a position to make its own funds available or manage third party
funds (see CRITERIA and APPLICATION Sections of the downloadable report).
In 2005/06, the Foundation awarded over £400,000.
The Foundation expects to grant on average about £10,000 per school.
However, the actual size of the grant and the level of match funding from parents and other private sources the Foundation expects schools
to generate for themselves, will vary, depending on their local circumstances, including Free School Meals eligibility figures.
For the current grant round, funds may only be used to buy or lease capital equipment.
Funding for Internet access and training etc will need to come from other sources.
Not all the funding will be raised through the national e-Learning Foundation.
Each local foundation will be responsible for raising its own funds and the National e-Learning Foundation may be one potential donor.
It is envisaged that many benefactors, including parents, will prefer to make their donations at a local level.
Find out more...
UE745D: DfES Specialist Schools Programme for Special Schools
The closing dates for the two application rounds: 28 April 2006 and 15 September 2006.
Special schools will receive a one-off capital grant of £100,000.
The grant must be used with the sponsorship to enhance the school's facilities linked to the chosen area of the SEN Code.
It is for the school to decide how they spend the grant, but it could be used for:
- refurbishment or new build of specialist facilities, eg multi-sensory room which could be made available to other schools through the
outreach programme;
- purchase of specialist equipment such as specialist health support or ICT facilities.
Find out more...
UE744D: Forest Education Initiative Partnership Fund
There are two or three bidding rounds each year depending on the availablility of funding.
The deadlines are normally: 1 February, 1 June, 1 October.
The following sort of activities will attract Partnership Funding:
- Training for teachers, such as teachers' workshops.
- Educational visits (for example to forest, timber and woodworking trades and industry) and creating facilities in woodlands for education.
- Educational projects in schools.
- Practical projects (in and out of school) involving children.
- Case studies about woodland management or wood use.
- Development and production of materials for educational use by teachers or children, particularly material that can be published more widely, for example, by being placed on the FEI website.
Applicants are encouraged to think imaginatively about new ways to expand and extend Forest Education Initiative's (FEI) work, and Cluster Groups should explore a wide
range of possibilities.
Find out more...
UGM840: BRITISH COUNCIL: GLOBAL CURRICULUM PROJECT GRANTS
ZE1430: EC: LLP - COMENIUS (SCHOOL EDUCATION)
UGR790: CT: HARVEST TRUST - HOLIDAYS FOR CHILDREN
UG9490: Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) Public Engagement Projects 2006
ZE100D: European Commission (EC) Erasmus Mundus Programme
UGC52D: Home Office Philip Lawrence Awards
UGG21D: DfES Star Awards
ZE072D: European Commission Socrates (2000-2006) Programme
ZE088D: European Commission (EC) Youth - Calls for Support Measures
For more information about these funding schemes please contact:
Dawn Rivers, External Funding Support Officer
Tel: (01482) 391681
E-mail: dawn.rivers@eastriding.gov.uk
Felicity Clayton and Sarah Stamp, External Funding Officers
Tel: (01482) 391682
E-mail: felicity.clayton@eastriding.gov.uk
E-mail: sarah.stamp@eastriding.gov.uk
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