[WiLT] Family Learning - Big Lottery England - 29th August 2008

[WiL Admin]

Family Learning

For areas: England
Application closing date: 29 August 2008
Minimum grant: £10,000
Maximum grant: £500,000

Big Lottery Fund has launched Family Learning, a programme that helps
parents to understand more about how their children learn and
encourages adults and children to learn as a family.

By "family" we mean at least one parent or adult carer and at least
one child under the age of 16. We will only fund projects that involve
adults and children learning together and deliver all three of the
following changes:
* family members participate in and enjoy educational activity more
* family members have more skills and knowledge (these may include
confidence and effective communication);
* parents and carers are better able to interact positively with their
children and support them in learning.

We want to support families who face barriers to learning or who are
not confident helping their children to learn. We are particularly
interested in hearing from projects where learning is not based on
getting a qualification and those that will help families who have not
been involved in learning together before. We are looking for
imaginative projects that meet local needs and remove the practical
barriers to learning, for example, by providing travel costs,
additional support for disabled participants, or childcare.

You can apply for grants of over  £10,000 and up to £500,000, though
we would expect the average grant to be between £100,000 - £150,000.
We will fund projects for up to five years. You can apply on a local
or national basis.

You can apply to Family Learning if you are:
* a registered charity
* a voluntary or community group
* a statutory body, including schools and children's centres
* a charitable or not-for-profit company
* a social enterprise
* a private sector organisation.

Statutory bodies and private sector organisations applying must
involve a voluntary or community sector partner in planning and
running the project.

If you have any questions about this programme, or you want an
application pack and guidance notes, please call the Big Lottery Fund
Advice Line on 0845 4 10 20 30.

You can also download the pack and guidance notes by going to
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_family_learning.htm?regioncode=-uk&progStatus=open&status=theProg&title=Family%20Learning