Funding competition from Innovate UK
CfI: Innovation in play to improve child outcomes
- Businesses can apply
- Funder
- Innovate UK
- Kind
- Funding competition
- Each project
- Up to £500,000
- Closes
- 28 October 2026in 2 days
What it funds
Organisations can apply for a share of £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop practical solutions that reignite the importance of play and increase access to high quality, real world play experiences, improving outcomes for children and young people.
From the Innovation Funding Service listing.
Who can apply
The listing does not say. Check the eligibility on the official page before you apply.
Key dates
- Closes28 October 2026in 2 days
Dates as the Innovation Funding Service listing gives them. Relative dates count from 26 October 2026.
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