6. Eligibility
This section details all the information on available funding, eligible activities, participants, costs and project durations.
6.1. Funding
It is not permitted to double fund activities already funded through other national or international funding programmes. However, co-funding of activities with other programmes is allowed. Where projects are co-funded, applying organisations should provide details of these arrangements in their application form.
Funding available per sector
Sector | Pathway 2 funding (2023 call) |
|---|---|
Schools | £500,000 |
Youth | £275,000 |
FE & VET | £330,000
|
Adult Education | £200,000 |
Funding allocations
Inclusivity and accessibility are a strategic focus for Taith, and the programme is looking to fund as many and as wide a range of organisations as possible. As such, the maximum award for each Pathway 2 project will be £75,000.
Taith will aim to fund all organisations who pass the assessment process and are considered to be fundable. However, Taith funding is finite, and it is likely that there will be funding calls where the value of successful, ‘fundable’ applications exceeds the available allocated budget. Where there is not sufficient budget to fund all applications that meet the quality threshold, applications will be recommended for funding in rank order, per sector, until the available Pathway 2 budget for each sector is fully committed.
6.2. Project durations
The project durations for all Pathway 2 projects are:
- 12 months
- 18 months
- 24 months
6.3. Eligible participants
Information on eligible applying and receiving organisations can be found in the eligibility section of the Taith Core Programme Guide.
Pupil Mobilities
Eligible participants:
- Group mobilities: All pupils enrolled at a Welsh school, as defined in the eligible applying organisations section in the Taith Core Programme Guide.
Staff Mobilities
Eligible participants:
- Teaching and non-teaching staff, school leaders and other experts working in the field of school education in Wales (for example staff working for an education consortium or local authority).
Young Person Mobilities
Eligible participants:
- Group mobilities: Young people aged 11-25 actively engaged with an eligible organisation working in the field of youth, as defined in the eligible applying organisations section in the Taith Core Programme Guide.
Staff Mobilities
Eligible participants:
- Staff working in the field of youth, holding a contract of employment with an eligible organisation.
- Volunteers working in the field of youth, with a formal volunteering agreement in place with an eligible organisation.
- Experts working in the field of youth.
Learner Mobilities
Eligible participants:
- Adult education learners engaged with learning activities and enrolled at an eligible adult education provider organisation;
- Members of staff, as accompanying persons to adult learners where required, employed by an eligible adult education provider organisation.
Staff Mobilities
Eligible participants:
- Staff involved in the delivery of adult education learning and employed by the participating eligible education provider.
- Other members of staff employed by an eligible participating adult education provider.
Learner Mobilities
Eligible participants:
- FE learners engaged with learning activities and enrolled on an accredited programme at an eligible FE college.
- VET learners engaged with learning or training activities and enrolled at a VET provider.
Staff Mobilities
Eligible participants:
- Staff involved in the delivery of adult education learning and employed by the participating eligible education provider.
- Other members of staff employed by an eligible participating adult education provider.
6.4. Eligible activities and costs
Pathway 2 will fund activities which lead to the creation, development and dissemination of project outputs addressing one of the identified Taith themes.
Eligible activities are detailed below. There is a cap on the percentage of funding which can be used for staff costs. When completing the application form and grant calculation tool, please ensure that the staff costs do not exceed 35% of the overall grant amount requested, and that the overall grant amount requested does not in total exceed £75,000.
Applying organisations must provide clear detail and justification in the application form for the funding requested for each activity type, and overall. Pathway 2 is centred on the development of strategic collaborations, and applications must therefore clearly demonstrate how Welsh and international partners will collaborate to achieve a common aim.
International partner organisations are eligible to receive up to 30% of the total grant requested.
There is no limit to the proportion of funding which can be used for mobilities, provided these clearly facilitate the development and completion of the project output. Both staff and learners are eligible for international travel. Examples include a staff member travelling to a partner organisation abroad to learn, develop understanding, work collaboratively and so on. Learner mobilities are possible where there is clear rationale for their involvement in the development of the project output, either as co-creators or to test/embed the project output. Eligible learner mobilities include group mobilities only, individual learner mobilities are not eligible in Pathway 2.
Where physical mobilities are not included, applications will need to provide a clear rationale for this and provide detailed evidence demonstrating how the partnerships will be developed, and outputs created, via other means.
Percentage cap for activity type:
There is no cap on the percentage of funding which can be used for mobilities. The number of inward participants from the international partner must be equal to or less than the number of outward participants.
Eligible costs:
Staff:
- A grant for the purposes of subsistence
- A travel grant, including a ‘green top-up’ for greener travel options. Exceptional costs for travel from/to a remote area will also be considered
- 100% of actual costs for additional travel related costs e.g. visas, passports, travel insurance, luggage (where necessary) for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds
- 100% of actual identified inclusion costs for staff with disabilities and additional needs. Funding will be held centrally by Taith at grant award stage for this purpose
Learners:
- A grant for the purposes of subsistence
- A travel grant, dependent on distance, including a ‘green top-up’ for greener travel options Exceptional costs for travel from/to a remote area will also be considered
- 100% of actual costs for additional travel related costs e.g. visas, passports, travel insurance, luggage (where necessary) for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
- 100% of actual identified inclusion costs for pupils with disabilities and additional needs. Funding will be held centrally by Taith at grant award stage for this purpose
Eligible mobility costs for each sector are the same as staff and learner mobility rates per sector for Pathway 1 2023. Where projects are cross-sectoral, the sector rates for the organisation with which the staff or learner are linked will apply. Grant rates for mobilities can be found in section 7.
A contribution to costs to enable the activity to take place. These could include, but are not limited to, meeting room hire, refreshments, facilitation costs, simultaneous translation for meetings, administrative costs etc.
Staff costs are not eligible under this activity.
Percentage cap for activity type:
There is no cap on the percentage of funding which can be used for project management and implementation.
This is a contribution to the staffing costs required to enable the project to take place. Funding in this category can only be used for staffing costs directly related to the development, creation and dissemination of the project output.
Percentage cap for activity type:
Contribution to staff cost is a maximum of 35% of the overall project funding award.
Staff costs are calculated on a daily rate. Details of the daily rates per staff category can be found in section 7.
A contribution to the costs of sharing and disseminating the project output across the sector(s) within Wales and internationally. Eligible costs include, but are not limited to, events, marketing, production of reports, development of online resources, development of a digital application or online platform.
Staff costs are not eligible under this activity.
Any dissemination activities/resources created through Taith Pathway 2 must be free of charge to all participants and remain so for as long as they are used/shared. These resources cannot be developed or used for commercial purposes.
Percentage cap for activity type:
There is no cap on the percentage of the funding which can be used for dissemination.
A contribution to the costs of translation related to the production and dissemination of the project output. Eligible costs include translation of materials related to the project output, simultaneous translation for events, training sessions and seminars etc.
Staff costs are not eligible under this activity.
Percentage cap for activity type:
There is no cap on the percentage of the funding which can be used for translation.