Leeds property consultancy bags £13m funding for UK schools

Property consultant, Eddisons, of Leeds, has secured more than £13m for UK schools to improve buildings and other school facilities through the government’s Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) programme.

CIF is an annual bidding round for academy trusts and sixth form colleges under which schools can apply for funding to improve buildings and other facilities.

Ian Harrington, who heads Eddisons’ building and projects team, said: “The education sector is really important to us and it’s also an area of business growth as we continue to build our base of in-house expertise.

“We know how difficult it can be for academies to access funding - especially against a backdrop of ongoing budget cuts, - so it’s particularly rewarding when we work with schools and colleges to help them achieve improvements that can be transformational.

“We’ve seen the positive effect it can have on the whole atmosphere of a school.”

Eddisons’ building and projects consultancy has tripled the number of applications it has been commissioned to submit for school funding in the past year.

The team has also been appointed to manage the safe delivery of all the successful bids.

Eddisons is also working with schools to secure funding through the £100m Healthy Pupil Capital Fund, which accesses the soft drinks industry levy or ‘sugar tax’ to fund initiatives aimed at improving school students’ health.

Successful bids range from new trim trails to dining rooms, playgrounds and sports pitches.

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