Blue Spark Foundation - Helping children and young people reach their full potential

The Foundation supports organisations which aim to help children and young people reach their full potential by supporting projects with educational, sporting or cultural activities and which have the following objectives:

Encouraging independence, Developing team working skills, Developing self confidence, Promoting creativity and individuality, Encouraging aspiration,  Enhancing educational acheivement, Widening educational horizons.

Of particular interests are projects which will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people. In most cases grants will be made on a relatively small scale. Many grants will be under £2,000, most will be under £5,000 and only in a few cases will grants exceed £10,000.

The funding provided by the BlueSpark Foundation and can be for physical assets (such as iPads, sports equipment, or lighting for stage productions) or for services or facilities (such as sports coaching or music or drama tuition) or simply for the provision of experiences (such as theatre visits).