{"id":20092,"date":"2026-07-02T09:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=20092"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:22:41","slug":"funding-friday-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/funding-friday-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>LoveReading4Kids: Funding for Schools<\/h2>\n<p>Schools can apply for between \u00a31,000 and \u00a35,000 for books for their school, with a specific focus on reading for pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovereading4kids.co.uk\/the-lovereading4kids-funding-for-schools-scheme?__cf_chl_f_tk=02SmUq89tuevxDo_Ana.CSjapO5KE0XA869FB7CBOA4-1782921327-1.0.1.1-iPBnygT3iVYrdRNdgaaWfERXewDAZtf1pgZu1tMG3RQ\" rel=\"noopener\">The LoveReading4Kids Funding for Schools Scheme<\/a> accepts applications from state-funded schools in the UK.\u00a0Primaries, secondaries and<strong> early years settings are all eligible to apply<\/strong>. Priority will be given to schools with income deprivation or cultural deprivation and for improving literacy levels.<\/p>\n<p>This funding is just for initiatives where the focus is on reading for pleasure. You cannot apply for funding for textbooks or curriculum books.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that any grant offered will be awarded as credit to be spent on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovereading.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lovereading.co.uk<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovereading4kids.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lovereading4kids.co.uk<\/a> and should be spent within six months of being awarded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovereading4kids.co.uk\/the-lovereading4kids-funding-for-schools-scheme?__cf_chl_f_tk=02SmUq89tuevxDo_Ana.CSjapO5KE0XA869FB7CBOA4-1782921327-1.0.1.1-iPBnygT3iVYrdRNdgaaWfERXewDAZtf1pgZu1tMG3RQ\" rel=\"noopener\">Application deadline: Apply at any time<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its Funding Friday and this week we have information from &#8216;LoveReading4Kids: Funding for Schools&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-09 16:15:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20094,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20092\/revisions\/20094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}