The JJ Charitable Trust - Literacy Small Grants Scheme

The JJ Charitable Trust seeks to improve the effectiveness of literacy teaching in primary and secondary education for children with learning difficulties, including dyslexia.

Our work has a particular focus on areas of social need and those who are at risk of non-inclusion in society and the world of work.

Funding Priorities

Our small grants scheme funds charities and community groups that directly help children and young people develop literacy skills, with a focus on supporting those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia.

We are keen to see applications for projects that use volunteers and reading mentors and those that help during transitional points. For example, when students move from primary to secondary school, and when they transition to further education, college, or the workplace.

We will consider grants for literacy support at any primary or secondary key stage.

Funding Available

You can apply for grants between £5,000 and £20,000.

You can apply for a multi-year grant, over a maximum period of 3 years.

Eligibility Criteria

You must be a UK-based organisation.
You need to be a registered charity, Community Interest Company, Charitable Incorporated Organisation or registered as an exempt charity.
You can apply again if you have previously received a grant.

We do not fund:

Individuals
Capital Costs
Organisations registered or only working overseas.
English lessons for children learning English as an additional language.
Schools - unless this is for additional provision outside of timetabled lessons

Application Process

We make three rounds of grants per year. You can apply any time using the online application form below.

Please note: In the form, an asterisk (*) marks a compulsory field. If you accidentally miss a compulsory field, you will be returned to the top of the form, and there you will see the names of the incomplete fields. If you have already attached any additional files, you will HAVE to re-attach them with your submission at this second stage, as the validation check process removes the link to any file. The size limit of attachments is 10MB.

Please be aware that you will not receive a copy of your application form once you press submit. We recommend copying your responses into a word document if you would like to keep a copy of them.

Timeline

The programme is open to applications at any time, but we make grants three times per year. These are the cut-off points for us to consider your application:

Spring grant round: applications by 4th March
Summer grant round: applications by 3rd June
Autumn grant round: applications by 1st October

You will receive a decision within eight weeks of these dates. Trustees make the final decision on which organisations to support.

Application Form

Contact Information

Contact first name

Contact last name

Contact email

Contact phone

Contact job title

Organisation Name and Address

Name of Organisation

Address line 1

Address line 2

Postal code

Town or City

County

Country

Additional Organisation Information

Organisational type

You must be a registered charity, Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Community Interest Company, or exempt charity

Registered charity/Community Interest Company/Charitable Incorporated Organisation number

Website or social media presence

Please insert link or social media handle here.

Region of operation

Brief summary of project

(max 80 characters)

Aims and objectives of your organisation

What are you aiming to achieve as an organisation? How and why did you get started? (1,745 characters including spaces. This character limit is a guide, please do not feel obliged to reach it.)

Details of your work and impact to date

How is your organisation making a difference and what are you proud of achieving to date? What has gone well and what has been difficult for you in the past year? What impact has your work had on your beneficiaries? (1,745 characters including spaces. This character limit is a guide, please do not feel obliged to complete the entire box.)

Your project proposal

Please outline how you would use this funding, the activities you would undertake, what you hope to achieve, and how you will measure the impact of the programme. (1,745 characters including spaces. This character limit is a guide, please do not feel obliged to complete the entire box.)

What is the need for your project

Please outline why the project is needed. (1,745 characters including spaces. This character limit is a guide, please do not feel obliged to complete the entire box.)

How many children and young people do you anticipate helping?

(80 characters max)

If you plan to use volunteers and reading mentors, please give an estimate of how many you will work with.

(80 characters max)

Do you charge for your services? If so, how much?

(80 characters max)

Age Group

E.g. Early Years, Key Stage 2, 16-18

Financial Information

Total cost of the scheme: (£)

Sum requested from The JJ Charitable Trust: (£)

Amount already secured for the project (£)

Please provide a brief breakdown of the project budget

Complete this section from your latest audited/examined Statement of Financial Activities.

Annual income (£)

Annual expenditure (£)

Free reserves (£)

Current Budget

Please list your anticipated income and expenditure for the year in the boxes below, max 8 lines per box. Please also upload your Management Accounts for the current financial year either in full or in headline form if available.

Anticipated Income for the current financial year

Anticipated Expenditure for the current financial year

Accounts and Safeguarding Policies

Are your charity’s accounts available on the UK Charity Commission’s website?

NoYes

Financial Accounts: If we are unable to see your charity’s financial accounts on the UK Charity Commission’s website please attach a copy of your audited accounts
OR your current management accounts
OR a projected budget forecast/business plan, if your charity is new and does not have a set of historic accounts.

Safeguarding Policies: Please use the button below to attach a copy of your organisation’s safeguarding/child and/or vulnerable adult protection policy in order for your application to be considered for funding.

Please note:
- You can upload multiple files as long as they are in the same folder/location when clicking Choose Files and browsing.
- On clicking submit, if you have missed a compulsory field you will see a notification at the top of the form AND you will need to re-attach your file(s).

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