UK criteria and eligibility
UK criteria and eligibility
BFSS supports work that aims to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of:
– Young carers
– Care experienced young people
– Young people displaced by conflict
(under the age of 25 and living in the UK)
Funding is available for one to three years and is available for new or pilot projects, or projects which have started in the past 12 months.
We do not fund ongoing programmes.
We will fund projects which:
Improve educational outcomes
Including the support of displaced young people, care experienced young people and young carers to attend and engage in mainstream school life, improving their access to out of school support and increasing the number of education professionals able to understand their needs.
Improve life chances
Including improving the support for displaced young people, care experienced young people and young carers (aged 16-24) to access further education, employment or training opportunities and improving support for them to remain engaged with these opportunities.
Encourage innovation
Supporting new or innovative interventions that are evidence based, with an emphasis on evaluation and the intention that the intervention will be scaled up or replicated if successful.
BFSS does not usually fund:
Services which are available through the state-sponsored education system (including the Pupil Premium); existing projects, summer camps; bursaries or scholarships; expeditions, volunteering trips and conferences; international travel; projects where salaries, transport or running costs are the main expense.
Who can apply
UK registered charities with an income normally between £25,000 and £2.5 million. Charities must be financially sound and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, and must have at least three years of continuous accounts submitted to the relevant UK Charity Commission or Regulator.
OR
UK based and state funded schools, academies, colleges and other educational establishments regardless of their income size, providing they can demonstrate a network effect beyond one individual school. Organisations must be financially sound and have at least three years of continuous accounts submitted to the relevant UK regulator.
Organisations should be directly involved in the provision of the project activities. We do not fund organisations whose primary purpose is fundraising.