New Challenges, New Chances and £4 million!
England: The Skills Funding Agency has launched the Community Learning Innovation Fund (CLIF). Managed by NIACE, the fund will provide grants between £10,000 and £65,000, up to a combined total of £4 million, to groups and organisations from across England for new and imaginative community learning opportunities to encourage adults to take up, succeed and progress in learning.
The Community Learning Innovation Fund will support projects - which will run from September 2012 to July 2013 - to develop and offer creative learning opportunities that support the objectives set out in the recent policy reform document from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), New Challenges, New Chances.
Funding will be awarded to projects which best illustrate the development of creative community learning provision that will:
- widen participation in learning and transform people's destinies
- promote social renewal and develop stronger communities
- maximise the impact of community learning on individuals, families and communities
- effectively sustain the impact of the learning
- align the project with the work of emerging Community Learning Trusts, a distinct but complementary initiative recently announced by BIS.
Full details on how to apply for grants - including a prospectus, a list of frequently asked questions and an online application form - are available here
Important deadlines
The deadline for completed application forms is 12 noon, Thursday June 28 for applications for £50,000 or more
and 12 noon, Thursday July 5 for applications for less than £50,000.
NIACE will respond to any individual email requests sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
