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Jack Petchey Foundation

Educational Visits and Learning Experiences Grant

The Jack Petchey Foundation's Educational Visits and Learning Experiences Grant (EDVLE) pays towards tickets, transport and accommodation for UK day trips and residentials for young people aged 11-25. It is open only to schools and youth organisations in London and Essex that run the Foundation's Achievement Award Scheme. Each organisation can get two grants per calendar year, at up to £20 per young person and a maximum of £1,200 per application. SEND schools, PRUs and Alternative Provisions can get up to £60 a head and can also fund on-site expert-led experiences.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £1,200
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Only schools and youth organisations in London and Essex that already run the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme
  • Uniformed groups are not currently eligible
  • To join the scheme, an organisation must be a registered charity, a state secondary school or college, a local authority youth club, or a properly constituted not-for-profit organisation
  • It must be based in London or Essex and regularly work with young people aged 11-25, with an active attendance of more than 12
  • Youth organisations must have been operating for at least a year
  • Members must be committed to youth participation in decision-making and to diversity and inclusion, and must be financially sustainable
  • Profit-making companies, private schools, other statutory bodies, and groups whose sole purpose is to promote a political or religious belief are excluded
  • Independent SEND schools and local-authority-run youth clubs should contact jpfgrants@jackpetchey.org.uk
  • The enhanced £60 rate is only for organisations registered with the Foundation as SEND, PRU or Alternative Provision settings working only with those young people

What it funds

  • Enriching trips and learning experiences in the UK for young people aged 11-25, both day trips and residentials
  • Trips should help young people access new environments, build teamwork, leadership and resilience, connect with culture, nature and community, grow in confidence and discover new interests
  • No direct curriculum link is needed, and theatre trips are eligible
  • The grant covers travel and transport (coach or minibus hire, public transport), tickets and entry fees (museums, theatres, exhibitions, activity centres, one-off sports competitions, expert-led experiences held off-site) and accommodation (camping, residential)
  • It also covers up to two accompanying adults at the same per-head rate
  • The rate is up to £20 per young person, or up to £60 for registered SEND/PRU/Alternative Provision organisations that show extra costs
  • Those settings can also fund on-site workshops or experiences run by external providers

What it will not fund

  • Food and refreshments
  • Annual memberships or subscriptions (e.g. club or league fees)
  • Theme parks or fun, recreational trips without significant learning value (e.g. bowling, go-karting, ice skating, trampolining)
  • Activities without a developmental or educational benefit
  • Staff salaries, or running costs your organisation has already incurred
  • Adult places beyond two accompanying adults
  • Trips outside the UK
  • Using your own staff or volunteers to run the activity
  • Costs other than tickets, travel and accommodation (e.g. where tickets and travel are already provided free)
  • Uniformed groups (not currently eligible)

For mainstream organisations, activities run by external experts must take place off-site. Only SEND/PRU/AP settings may bring them on-site

Costs above the per-head limit must be met by the organisation

How to apply

  1. If you are not yet on the Achievement Award Scheme, complete the online eligibility form, then the scheme application with documents. After a document and reference check, attend a 40-minute coordinator webinar and have an observation visit. A decision usually follows within about 8 weeks of the visit
  2. Once on the scheme, log into the JPF Community Area and click 'Click here to apply for grants'
  3. Give the trip details: date, full cost breakdown, and the educational and learning benefit
  4. Submit at least 21 days before the trip. You will be told within 21 days whether it is approved or rejected, or if there are follow-up questions
  5. Do not book or pay for the trip until you receive a grant offer letter
  6. Go on the trip
  7. Within 7 days of the trip, complete the report and upload receipts under 'Due Requirements' in the Community Area
  8. The grant is paid as a reimbursement once the report and receipts are approved (target: within 14 days of approval)

Up to two EDVLE grants per scheme per calendar year; applications accepted at any time of year

Changes to an approved trip need the Foundation's prior approval

Have ready

  • Full cost breakdown for the trip (in the online application)
  • Trip report and complete set of valid receipts within 7 days after the trip

For expert-led activities, include full details of the provider (website link where available). The Foundation may ask for a quote

Joining the Achievement Award Scheme first needs a constitution, recent bank statement, signed accounts, public liability insurance, a safeguarding policy and two referees

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