Applications are invited from £500 up to £4,000
This funding is specifically to provide free activities for children and young people in Dumfries and Galloway (we are looking to provide activities across as many communities as possible). This funding is to provide children and young people, aged 5-16 with activities over the summer.
The programmes should enhance equity by widening opportunities for children from low income families to play, socialise, get active and access a range of activities that broaden their experiences, supplement their learning and deliver positive outcomes and integrating food provision wherever possible and be focussed on children and young people within our priority groups.
Grant application amounts
Applications are invited from third sector organisations. Private businesses are not eligible for this fund.
There is a fund of £80,000 available.
There is no match funding requirement for this fund.
All activities funded must:
- be free for all children and young people up to the age of 16 (up to age 25 for care experienced young people). Funding cannot be used to subsidise costs
- be developed alongside children and young people - you should involve children and young people in co-designing the project
- be targeted at children and young people within one of the priority groups below:
- Lone parent families
- Families which include a disabled adult or child
- Larger families (3 or more children)
- Minority ethnic families
- Families with a child under one year old in the household
- Families where the mother is under 25 years of age
- take place between Friday 4 July to Wednesday 20 August 2025
- not be used to fund activity that would have already taken place without this funding (even pre-COVID), but can be used to fund additional activities, extensions or increase to existing activities
Project Timeline
- Fund opens for applications at 10am on Thursday 20 March 2025
- The fund closes for applications at 12noon on Thursday 17 April 2025
- Scoring panel will meet to decide on allocations on Monday 28 April 2025
- All applicants will be informed of the decision by Friday 2 May 2025
How to apply
The application form and full guidance notes on how to apply can be found below:
Summer of Play Fund 2025 application form
Summer of Play Fund 2025 guidance notes
Further Information
For more information, please email the Summer of Play Team on AmazingSummer@dumgal.gov.uk or call 01387 260243.