<div dir="ltr">BBC Children in Need is currently accepting applications from charities and not-for-profit organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people of 18 years old and younger who live in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.<br><br>BBC Children in Need distributes the funds raised each year from the Children in Need annual charity appeal as grants to organisations that work with disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. The programme’s focus is firmly on children and young people experiencing disadvantage, and the funding goes to organisations working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people's lives.<br><br>Registered charities, voluntary organisations, schools, churches and community interest groups can apply now for grants of more than £10,000 to support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit for a Main Grant but very few grants of over £120,000 (or £40,000 per year) are made, and most grants are for much less.<br><br>The funding is for projects that support children and young people up to and including the age of 18 years who are experiencing disadvantage through:<br><ul><li>Illness, distress, abuse or neglect.</li><li>Any kind of disability.</li><li>Behavioural or psychological difficulties.</li><li>Living in poverty or situations of deprivation.</li></ul>Organisations that already hold a grant from Children in Need can apply for further funding providing the current grant is coming to an end within the next 12 months. Applicants will need to be able to provide convincing evidence of the differences the grant has made to the lives of the disadvantaged children and young people the organisation has worked with.<br><br>There are three deadlines for applications in 2017. The first deadline has recently passed. The remaining deadlines are 1 June 2017 (midnight) and 13 September 2017 (midnight).<br><br>Further information is available from the BBC Children in Need <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/60DXlxYvbbtcTDm79Mjryj/main-grants-should-i-apply">website</a>.<br><br>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Community Media Association<br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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