General Grants Programme

Welcome to BBC Children in Need's grants programme. Our grants are open to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and under.

Your organisation and project must be based in the UK and you need to be a registered charity or other not-for-profit organisation.

There are four general grant deadlines each year: 15 January, 15 April, 15 July, 15 October.

Within our general grants programme, you can apply for:

Small Grants of £10,000 or less per year for up to three years

Main Grants over £10,000 per year for up to three years

Please click on the button below to take you to detailed application guidelines. It is important that every applicant (returning and new) reads this information as there are changes for 2011.

Please contact us if you have any questions or want to talk about your application.