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Area	Local Authority	Phase/Age Range	Mainstream/SEND/AP	Closing Date for Application	Specifications
Runwell	Essex County Council	Primary – 4 to 11	Mainstream school	17/05/2021	Click here
Barugh Green and Higham Areas	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	Primary – 4 to 11	Mainstream school	21/05/2021	Click here
Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf	Tower Hamlets London Borough Council	Primary – 4 to 11	Mainstream school	24/05/2021	Click here
Waterbeach New Town	Cambridgeshire County Council	Primary – 4 to 11	Mainstream school	05/07/2021	Click here
Royston	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	Primary – 4 to 11	Mainstream school	09/07/2021	Click here

Tender	Organisation	Eligibility	Details	Closing date of applications	Specifications
Music Grants	The Radcliffe Trust	Charities working in the areas of music	Grants to support classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education. Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research.	31/01/2021 and 31/07/2021	Click here
Education provision in Young Offenders Institutions (YOIs)	MoJ	Education providers including mainstream schools, AP, and special schools	The MOJ wants to develop and deliver a new approach to education provision within the YOIs which would see services more closely aligned with the diverse needs and interests of young people	PIN 25/01/2021	Click here
National Leaders of Governance Reform	DfE	Organisations	Contract for the recruitment, assessment, training, deployment and quality assurance of NLGs, building on the recommendations of the external advisory group. .	19/02/2021	Click here
Provision of independent schools and colleges for CYP with SEND	Leeds City Council (and 14 other City and District Councils)	Education providers	Contract for supplying the full range of education for independent schools and colleges for children with SEND (can apply for one or multiple city/districts).	26/02/2021	Get in touch to know more

Fund	Organisation	Eligibility	Details	Closing Date for Application	Specifications
September 2021 grant round - A supportive home: helping families to overcome challenges	Youth Endowment Fund	Programmes where the evidence of positive impacts on children is promising, ie. Family counselling, Therapy approaches, Workshops for the whole family, Support programmes for parents, Support programmes for foster families and looked-after children.	YEF aims to identify around 10-20 programmes that are ready for robust impact evaluation or could be supported to reach this point within two years. They look to spend between £10 million and £20 million depending on the quality of the applications.	Shortlisted applicants informed: November 2021	Click here
April 2021 grant round - Another chance: diversion from the criminal justice system	Youth Endowment Fund	Programmes may be provided by charities, public services, or private sector organisations and must support children in England and/or Wales.	YEF aims to identify around 10-20 programmes that are ready for robust impact evaluation or could be supported to reach this point within two years. They look to spend between £10 million and £20 million depending on the quality of the applications.	14 May 2021	Click here

Local Leadership Integration Fund (LLIF)	MOJ	Public, private, and third sector organisation with minimum of two partners.	The fund is to address specific ‘local’ problems for prison leavers in a particular area, as part of as part of the MOJ’s Reducing Reoffending Strategy.	Upcoming	Click here
Equality and Diversity Fund	DfE	State funded schools	The fund is to support schools to develop local solutions that help teachers covered by at least one of the protected characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010 progress into leadership.	TBC	Click here
Schroeder Charity Trust Grant	Schroeder Charity Trust	Charitable and voluntary sector	Grants of up to £5,000 available to support the charitable and voluntary sector in various areas, including: education and young people, health, communities, environment and conservation, heritage, arts and culture, international development, etc.	Ongoing	Click here
Strategic School Improvement Fund: Emergency funding	DfE	Schools	Emergency funding available in exceptional circumstances and intended to address unexpected or imminent failure.	Ongoing	Click here
Open call for research and innovation ideas to address COVID-19	UK Research and Innovation	UK Businesses, Higher Education Institutions, Research Institutes, NHS Bodies, and other organisations.	Funding for short term projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak.	Ongoing	Click here