Visit our Apply for funding and What we fund pages to check your eligibility and how to apply

You must then speak with your local grants team. If you’ve received BBC Children in Need funding before, or you’re a current grant holder planning to apply again, you’ll still need to attend a session before submitting a new application.

If you have a question for us which isn’t answered above, you can visit our FAQs page or contact us.

The first part of the application process is to complete an ‘Expression of Interest’. This is a short form to tell us more about your organisation and the work that you want us to fund. If we want to hear more about the work you are doing, you will be sent a full application form to complete. The Expression of Interest Form is designed to be a quick, easy way for you to tell us the basic idea of your project.

You can see a copy of our Expression of Interest Form here.

If your Expression of Interest is successful, you will be asked to submit a full application form. At this stage you will be asked to give us more detail about the work you are doing. We will also ask for further details about your organisation’s finances, governance and safeguarding.

You can see copies of our application forms here:

• Core Costs (£15,000 and under per year)
• Core Costs (Over £15,000 per year)
• Project Costs (£15,000 and under per year)
• Project Costs (Over £15,000 per year)

For Applications of £15,000 or under per year

We aim to give quick decisions on applications for £15,000 or under. After we have received your full application form, we might need more information about your organisation or the work you are doing. We may contact you with some additional questions via an email, a quick phone call or an assessment call.

For applications of £15,000 or over per year

After we have received your full application form, we will call you to discuss your organisations safeguarding processes. Depending on the complexity of your application and work, we may also email and/or call you to clarify some information. For some complex applications we will have a longer conversation with you about the work you want us to fund.

If your application with us is successful, we’ll send you an Offer Letter and a ‘Grant Acceptance Form’. Before you receive any payments, you will need to sign and return this, with your bank details, and agree to our Terms and Conditions.

We will also arrange a welcome call with your local Grant Officer to talk about your grant. Once we have received all the information we require from you, your grant will be paid in installments according to your grant award letter.

If you’re unsure who your Grant Manager is, please get in touch.

We ask all our grant holders to report back to us annually, letting us know how things have gone over the past year. These reports help us better understand your grant and offer valuable insight into the incredible work you’re doing. It also gives you the opportunity to highlight the positive impact you’ve made, and to share compelling case studies that bring your work to life.