The Jim Joel Fund is now open for organizations to support the childhood development sector in South Africa.
What do they fund?
The Jim Joel Fund is the South African conduit for funding from The Childwick Trust in the UK and currently supports a number of training providers working in the ECD sector.
These are some of the activities that they fund:
Accredited Level 4 and 5 NQF training
Skills based courses
Parenting support and home visiting programmes
Enrichment and playroom support programmes
Capacity building and mentorship for leaders of training providers
Materials and resource development
Outreach programmes
Playgroups
Toy libraries
Support to ECD networks
Distribution of books for young children
Support for operation costs
What do they don’t fund?
Any private, home based or community owned early learning programmes (ECD pre-schools/creches)
Children’s homes or children’s organisations
Capital costs i.e. purchase of a vehicle or building costs of any kind
Bursaries
Attendance at international or local conferences
Research
Any organisations operating outside SA
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant’s organisation has an NPO number and a PBO number.
Application review process
The review process is managed by the board of Trustees who meet to discuss all applications in detail. This thorough process takes them 12 weeks to complete, therefore, within 3 months you will be informed whether or not your application has been successful.
Each funding round they receive more applications than they able to grant, so please do not be disappointed if your organisation is not offered a grant.
