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JLC School Holiday Activity Fund

The School Holiday Activity Fund (SHAF) is designed to enable organisations to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays. This includes all half-term breaks, Easter, Christmas and the summer holiday.  Organisations may apply for the running costs of holiday programmes that provide young people with activities in supportive and accessible environments.

Who can apply?

Registered charities or mainstream state schools that are based in the Beneficial Area can apply.  Organisations that are currently in receipt of a grant from John Lyon’s Charity for core services are eligible to apply to this Fund as long as funds from the Charity are not already being used for this purpose.  An organisation may apply to the Fund once a year Within JLC’s financial year (1 April – 31 March)

The maximum grant amount available is £5,000.

What can you apply for?

You can apply to the School Holiday Activity Fund for a variety of fun activities. Suitable examples could include (but are not limited to):

Holiday drop-in activities
Arts activities
Sports projects
Family activities
Trips out of London
Camping trips

We will not consider requests for trips abroad or education catch-up/tuition.

School Holiday Activity Fund Grants Could Be Used For:

Equipment (not IT equipment)
Sessional staffing costs
Transport
Venue hire
Other direct project costs.

We will not consider requests to cover existing permanent staff salaries.

Timeframe

The Fund is considered six times a year to coincide with school holiday periods.  We highly recommend that applicants apply by the deadline before the holiday(s) in which they intend to deliver. You can apply to deliver one grant over multiple school holidays within a 12-month period.

Application forms may be submitted at any time but no later than: 

Summer holiday – 1 June 
October half-term – 21 September 
Christmas holiday – 16 November 
February half-term – 18 January 
Easter – five weeks before Easter
May half-term – 25 April

Funder

No Min - £5,000
no deadline

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