1 Mar 2010
Parent Participation Funding and Grants
Phase 3 of the Aiming High for Disabled Children: Parent Participation Grant is open. The grant is part of the Government’s Aiming High for Disabled Children programme and comes from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. £5 million has been allocated from 2008 - 2011 to support the development of the involvement of parent carers in the planning and strategic development of services for disabled children. Grants and support to develop parent participation activities are available in each local authority area in England.
A Phase 3 grant of £10,000 can now be applied for, with one grant available in each local authority area. The grants are to build on the activity carried out in each area under Phase 2. In the main, it is likely that applicants for Phase 3 will be the organisation which led the Phase 2 application. The preferred recipients for the grant are any existing forum, parent support groups interested in developing a participation role, parent partnership services or voluntary organisations which facilitate parent carer involvement. It is important that organisations are working together with other relevant parents’ groups in their area.
The closing date for Phase 3 applications is the 30 April 2010.
For more information see the Together for Disabled Children website.
