Final round for Better Play grants to open next month
Howard Lake | 23 February 2003 | News
A final round of grants worth £2.8 million will be made to organisations in England working with children. Applications open on 10 March 2003.
Better Play is a partnership between Barnardo’s and the Children’s Play Council, and is funded by the New Opportunities Fund with proceeds from the National Lottery. The final round is aimed at organisations that can demonstrate they are progressing towards inclusion.
In particular, Better Play will fund:
* mainstream play services working towards becoming inclusive of disabled children
Advertisement
* play services primarily for disabled children working towards becoming inclusive of all children.
Grants will range from £5,000 to £35,000 of which up to £7,000 is available for capital expenditure.
The closing date for applications is 31 July 2003.
- Tax-effective giving and small charities (4 March 2003)
- Diageo announce Community Enterprise Awards (6 March 2003)
- £100 million Millennium Awards Trust launched (6 March 2003)
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.