Apply for a grant

Help a London Child aims to give opportunities to the Capital's children and young people who experience poverty and disadvantage; have/are experiencing abuse, neglect, homelessness, violence or crime; or who have an illness or disability.

In our first round of funding in 2009, £220,440 will be shared by 112 groups through our Small Grants programme, benefiting thousands of London’s less advantaged and most vulnerable children and young people. Last year, over our two rounds of funding, £705,165 was awarded to 400 charities and voluntary groups.

Our 2009 application form is no longer available, as our final deadline of Tuesday 3rd November to request the pack has now passed.

NB. Due to the postal strike only groups requesting the form before the 3rd November closing date have an extension until 5th November to return the application.

The next application form will be available in spring 2010. Please complete the form below and we'll e-mail the 2010 guidelines and application form when it’s available next year. Alternatively you are welcome to request a form by post - please send in an A4 sae (61p stamp) to: Help a London Child 2009 Applications, 95.8 Capital FM, 30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA.

Please first read this page and check if you are eligible to apply for funding. 
Then fill in the form below and we'll e-mail the Help a London Child 2010 guidelines and application form.

Guidance on who can apply to Help a London Child

If your charity or voluntary group works with children and young people fitting into one or more of the categories in our funder statement above, then please do consider requesting funding in 2010. Please note that statutory organisations such as schools, local authorities and hospitals cannot apply to Help a London Child.

The projects Help a London Child funds include support groups for children and young people with a disability, special need or an illness; as well as a range of sports, music, drama & leisure activities; and youth clubs. Grants are also awarded to refuge & homelessness projects; holiday play schemes and residential breaks in the UK; cultural activities; supplementary schools; literacy programmes; and much more.

Find out more here about the projects we support>>

There are two annual closing dates and groups are entitled to apply to HALC once a year. The 2010 dates have yet to be confirmed.

When applying for a grant, groups can request a maximum of £3,000. However, we do ask organisations to please be realistic in the amount they apply for; in 2009’s 1st Round the average award was £1,968.