We are now calling for grant applications under all headings for our 2025 meetings.
Your application needs to clearly demonstrate how the project meets our overall funding remit together with our current priorities. See below for dates and deadlines.

Welcome to The Children’s Aid Committee

The Children’s Aid Committee is a charitable trust run by a committee dedicated to the continuing of an effective youth provision for young Jewish people. It was established in 1955 as a funding body to support Jewish youth organisations in the London and Home counties region.

Please look through these pages to learn more about us, the work we do and how to make a Grant Application for your organisation.

Areas that we support

The Children’s Aid Committee provides grants that cover the following five areas:

  1. Professional development & training
  2. Innovative programmes for Jewish Youth that address our funding priorities
  3. Staffing
  4. Grants for youth activities
  5. Holiday schemes

Funding priorities

We have set our funding priorities for the next year to December 2025 and they are listed below in order of importance:

  1. Grants that address the leadership and professional development of youth workers and those working with young people active in the community.
  2. Innovative grants that promote Jewish identity and enhance resilience.
  3. All other activities that fall within our charitable remit.

Grant meetings

The schedule of meetings for 2025 are shown below.

At this stage we are calling for applications, under the following headings for our meetings.

Meeting Date Grants to cover the following areas Last date for grant applications
March 2025 Small grants up to £5,000 and Summer Schemes 23 Feb 2025
May 2025 General grants within our priorities 30 April 2025
October 2025 Small grants up to £5,000 and Winter Schemes 30 September 2025
December General grants within our priorities 30 November 2025

Our Funding process

All applicants should be aware of our funding process which is summarised below. More details can be found on our application forms.

  • All applications must be received by the due date for the specific meeting that your application relates to.
  • Unless otherwise specified, Organisations have to wait one year from the date of a completed grant, before being able to apply again
  • All applications must be received with an up to date set of statutory accounts.
  • All applications are reviewed at committee meetings.
  • Following applications, members of the committee may arrange to visit the applicant.
  • Decisions on grant applications will usually be made on the day of the meeting and applicants will be notified within 7 days.
  • Where an application requires a site visit or further information then these timescales will be increased accordingly.