The Armed Forces Covenant Trust Early Years Fund: early years education for children from Armed Forces families.

Grants of between £5,000 and £80,000 to support early years education for children from Armed Forces families.  The funding is being made available through the Armed Forces Families Fund: Early Years Programme.  

Projects can run for up to 2 years. 

Applications are invited from: 

• Early childhood education and childcare providers operating where armed forces families live or work and must offer group-based childcare and have at least 50% of service children on roll (unless under a cluster, see below). 
• Local authorities who wish to supply specific training to early childhood education and childcare providers supporting service children aged 0-5 years and provide a shared resource working across multiple settings.