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School Enrichment Opportunities funding (Wales): can it pay for a STEM workshop?

Short answer

Possibly, with conditions

Allocated fundingAllocated each year, no application round

The money goes to local authorities, not schools. The guidance covers social, cultural, creative and physical activities and experiences outside formal learning, and allows delivery by third-party providers, so an out-of-lesson STEM activity could be funded if your local authority chooses to use it that way.

Checked on the funder's website on 10 November 2026. View the funder's page (gov.wales)

How to use it for a workshop

Ask the school's local authority whether it has allocated School Enrichment Opportunities funding for the year and whether a STEM workshop delivered by an external provider is an eligible use, since the guidance names third-party delivery as acceptable.

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Key facts

What it is
Welsh Government funding passed to local authorities via the Local Authority Education Grant to help schools provide enrichment opportunities for learners, which the guidance says can be delivered by internal or third-party providers.
Amount
The Welsh Government's pages give two figures: £2 million on the landing page and £3 million in the full guidance, shared across local authorities.
Who can apply
Local authorityFunding is paid to local authorities via the LAEG, which decide how it is distributed to schools; a school cannot apply for this directly and should ask its local authority whether it has earmarked any of this funding.
Phases
Primary, Secondary, Special
Where
Wales
Funder
Welsh Government

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