THE HENRY SMITH CHARITY HOLIDAY GRANTS FOR CHILDREN
– Grants of between £500 and £2,750 are available for UK youth clubs, charities, not-for-profit groups and schools to provide recreational trips or holidays for children aged 13 years and younger who live in an area of high deprivation and are experiencing disability or disadvantage.
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o Application deadline: TUESDAY 19th NOVEMBER 2024 for trips taking place between Sunday 1st September and Tuesday 31st December 2024. Please note that grants tend to be awarded on a “first come” basis until the available budget in each round has been fully allocated. Early application is therefore advised.
o Funder: The Henry Smith Charity (founded 1628. Charity number 230102. Total charitable expenditure during the year ending 31 December 2023: £65,535,000 (2022: £80,703,000; 2021: £53,197,000)).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities, youth groups, not-for-profit organisations and schools.
o Key Words: Disadvantaged Children, Disabled Children, Education, Holiday, Outings, United Kingdom.
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The Henry Smith Charity is one of the oldest leading independent grant-makers in the UK, having been founded in 1628. It’s Holiday Grants for Children Grant Programme is designed to provide children aged 13 years or younger who are disadvantaged, disabled or from areas of high deprivation, with a recreational holiday or outing they would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience. This could be, for example, a day trip or a longer residential of up to 7 days in a countryside or city location, as long as it is outside of the children’s immediate locality and experience. The programme regularly funds trips to the seaside, camping expeditions or visits to adventure activity centres. Trips should focus on enabling children to have fun rather than be for educational purposes. The Charity is particularly interested in contributing to trips that would not take place without its funding.
The Henry Smith Charity has a specific interest in supporting applications benefiting children living in the 20% most deprived areas of the country according to the National Indices of Deprivation. A map showing the Indices of Multiple Deprivation can be found at this LINK.
Registered charities, youth groups, not-for-profit organisations and schools across the UK may apply for a one-off grant of between £500 and £2,750. Grant awards are normally limited to a maximum of 66% of the project cost up to the maximum grant figure of £2,750, so there is a 33% match funding requirement for this grant scheme.
During the year ended 31st December 2023, the Trust awarded 133 Holiday Grants for Children totalling £312,000. All grants were one-off awards for short holidays and recreational trips for groups of children aged 13 and under in the UK who were disabled or disadvantaged.
Funding is not available for:
o Museum, cultural or theatre trips to meet curriculum requirements.
o Organisations that provide children’s holidays.
o Organisations with an income of expenditure of over £2 million (unless a school).
o The running costs of play or holiday schemes – this includes funding towards a range of non-specific trips or activities.
o Trips for children over the age of 13 years.
o Trips for families.
o Trips for individual children.
o Trips outside of the UK.
o Trips that have already taken place.
o Trips with a focus on education rather than fun, or
o Trips to theme parks or similar high cost attractions.
The next deadline for applications is on Tuesday 19th November 2024 for trips taking place between Sunday 1st September and Tuesday 31st December 2024.
Please note, however, that grants tend to be awarded on a “first come” basis until the available budget in each round has been fully allocated. Early application is therefore advised.
Further information, guidance and an online application form is available on the Charity’s website.