SECURING FUNDING
Every school and academy has different financial constraints, curriculum delivery plans, and operational requirements. So we offer practical and tailored advice customised to meet your specific needs.
Through our long-term, close relationship with the Department for Education, we understand current and future concerns. Using this intelligence, we help our clients make informed decisions about their estates and funding strategies.
Our extensive track record of delivering successful funding applications enables us to inform our clients about the trends we see, and what makes a successful funding application.
Our team has expert knowledge and extensive experience with the following funding streams:
∎ Condition Improvement Fund (CIF)
∎ T Levels capital funding
∎ School Capital Allocation (SCA)
∎ Basic Need Allocations
∎ Section 106
∎ Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme
∎ Salix Energy Efficiency Fund (SEEF)
∎ Urgent Capital Support (UCS)
∎ Further Education Capital Transformation Fund (FECTF)
∎ Sport England funding
CONDITION IMPROVEMENT FUND (CIF)
The Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) can benefit schools and academies striving to balance constrained budgets and maintain their estates. But, as government funding is squeezed by wider economic pressures, the threshold for successful applications is more rigorous than ever.
CIF grants can support a wide variety of essential estate improvement projects, including roof renewals, heating system upgrades, rewires, fire alarm and safety upgrades, kitchen refurbishments, safeguarding, and asbestos removal works. The fund can also be a resource to reach sustainability targets.
With a bid success rate equal to or above the national average, our specialist CIF team provides comprehensive support to schools and colleges embarking on a CIF funding application.
Our knowledge of Capital Funding procedures and the schemes most likely to receive approval, has allowed us to secure over £200m of capital funding for long-standing projects, refurbishments, and alterations.
If you are considering a CIF bid in the next funding round, our team is ready to support you. With our ‘no-win, no-fee’ bid submission basis, combined with our high success rate, we offer a low-risk solution that delivers maximum reward to your staff and students.
CIF EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
ROSE LEARNING TRUST
DONCASTER, UK
FUNDING SECURED: £6m over four bidding rounds
SAFE: Fire safety and precaution works safeguarding 1,800 pupils
WARM: Re-roofing projects benefitting 1,800 pupils
DRY: Boiler and heating upgrades/renewal ensuring continuity of curriculum for 850 pupils
INSPIRE ACADEMY TRUST
ROTHERHAM, UK
FUNDING SECURED: £2.75m over three bidding rounds
SAFE: Fencing and entrance works safeguarding 1,700 pupils
SAFE: Fire safety works
WARM: Boiler and heating replacement benefitting 1,700 pupils
ASTON COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST
ROTHERHAM, UK
FUNDING SECURED: £2.7m in one bidding round
SAFE: Kitchen refurbishment and hot water/legionella remedial works safeguarding 1,800 pupils
WARM: Re-roofing projects benefitting 4,500 pupils
DRY: Boiler and heating upgrade ensuring continuity of curriculum for 350 pupils
ENGAGE, ENRICH, EXCEL ACADEMY TRUST
HAMPSHIRE, UK
FUNDING SECURED: £1.2m in the last bidding round
WARM: Replacement of flat roof systems and roof lights, and improved insulation benefitting 1,783 pupils
Department for Education School Rebuilding Programme
We provide comprehensive project management services to schools participating in the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme (SRP).
By appointing our dedicated, specialist team, Trusts can secure support on all technical, strategic and property-related issues that fall outside their own expertise or capacity.
