Early Relationships Fund
No longer accepting applications
FUND NOW CLOSED
The Early Relationships Fund is now closed.
About the Early Relationships Fund
The Early Relationships Fund (ERF) is a three year funding programme for third sector organisations supporting parent-infant relationships during the crucial First 1,000 Days (from pregnancy to age 2). The fund is designed to support third sector organisations to deliver high-quality, evidence-based education and support to new and expectant parents around the importance of attachment and early relationships, and to evidence the impact of this work, with support from an external learning partner. Learning from this programme will support broader strategic efforts to improve access to early relationships education and support for parents and babies in Scotland.
Cattanach will award up to four 3-year grants to third sector organisations to deliver early relationships support in community settings as part of a wider package of holistic family support (social, emotional and practical). The total grant fund available is £625,000. The maximum grant award available is £200,000 over three years.
Full details (including a glossary of key terms) can be found in the Early Relationships Fund Information and Guidance Notes.
What will be funded
Eligible organisations can apply for funding to continue and/or expand existing early relationships education and support activities, and/or to pilot new approach(es).
Successful organisations will:
- Have staff trained in evidence-based early relationships education and support approaches
- Have experience of delivering at least one of these evidence-based approaches in a community setting as part of a wider package of holistic family support
- Have established referral pathway(s) with at least one relevant statutory service
- Have experience of co-delivering early relationships education and support with relevant statutory service(s)
We are particularly interested in funding the following activities within the context of holistic family support:
- Antenatal and/or postnatal educational programmes for expectant parents focussed on the importance of early relationships and parent-infant attachment
- Individual and/or group support for parents to promote warm and attuned relationships and parent-infant attachment
- Support for families at greater risk of challenges with early relationships and/or families living in poverty and/or other marginalised groups
Contact us
This fund is now closed. If you have any questions, please email ERF@cattanach.org.uk