DFID’s Innovation Window Funding under the Global Poverty Action Fund

This funding opportunity is available only for “small” UK-based not for profit organizations.

The Innovation Window funding is part of DFID’s Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) aimed to fund poverty reduction initiatives that are ground-breaking and new. Civil society organizations can submit innovative proposals that deliver real benefits for men, women, boys and girls. These may be small scale service delivery projects but should emphasise learning to allow scaling up. Innovation grants will encourage potentially higher rewards from ground-breaking work.

Proposals can be submitted with proposed funding of up to a total value of £250,000. These may be small scale service delivery projects but should emphasise learning to allow scaling up. Innovation grants will encourage potentially higher rewards from ground-breaking work.

Only small UK-based, non-governmental, not-for-profit groups with an average annual income of less than £500,000 for the past three years can apply for this funding opportunity.

There will be two funding rounds under this window and organizations can apply with two proposals under each funding.

Projects can be submitted for DFID focal countries and also for the bottom 50 Human Development Index countries.

Organizations which are actively involved in proselytizing, encouraging activities that may lead to civil unrest, linked to any terrorist organizations and practice any type of discrimination based on gender, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, religion etc. cannot apply. Also, think thanks, academic institutions, research organizations, DFID’s PPA partners, governmental and inter-governmental organizations and organizations outside of the UK cannot apply for this funding.

The deadline to submit proposals under this funding window is 14 December 2010. For more information, visit this link

The Impact Window funding under GPAF is flexible and accepts applications from organizations outside of the UK. To know more, visit this link.

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14 comments to DFID’s Innovation Window Funding under the Global Poverty Action Fund

  • M. Milon

    Dear Sir,
    Greetings from Step for Sustainable Development Foundation (SSDF), NGOs in Jhenaidah, Bangladesh.
    With more than 08 years of experience Step for Sustainable Development Foundation (SSDF), implementing various development programs aiming to bring a positive change of the disadvantaged and underprivileged people regarding socio-economic and cultural status in their respective area. Due its commitment, sincerity and wholehearted endeavor it has become able to attain high level of image among all level stakeholders in the society.
    We work to ensure community driven and need based supports related to Agriculture, Youth Development, Food security, Health & Nutrition, Tobacco Control, Water & Sanitation, Education, Human rights, Good governance, Environment preservation adopting Climate change, Hiv, Women empowerment considering Gender issue, Income generation and Self employment for the disadvantaged people including men, women and children n considering sustainability.
    We work closely with the stakeholders to encourage sustainable development in the communities where it works and thereby meet the population’s real needs, whilst respecting their culture and their priorities. To do this, it promotes initiatives where the population participates actively in identifying its own needs, as well as the defining and implementing actions that help to improve their standard of living. It also focuses its work on the people who are most at risk and marginalized within the poor population, whose rights are therefore worst-protected. This is often the case for women, children, native populations and people who live in urban and in rural areas, as well as people with disabilities. In addition,
    Step for Sustainable Development Foundation (SSDF) runs a social action area from its central headquarters located in the district of Jhenaidah Bangladesh. This targets neglected and unprotected collectives where disease and lack of economic resources go hand in hand. Protection for human right violation and all shorts of social discrimination actions are supported and promoted here, linked to resolving the most urgent and usual needs of these collectives, providing and facilitating access to the medication they need for one-off or continuous support..
    In the present context of Socio economic condition and violation of Human rights and mal exercise of Democratic practice in Bangladesh, all of the social workers, civil society men and Think tanks are in a great frustration how the country may get rid from the present trend. In this situation Step for Sustainable Development Foundation (SSDF have decided to protect the people of Jhenaidah district from Bangladesh this vexatious situation.
    As you have devoted yourself in the noble work to establish the deprived community in the society by empowering them to claiming their entitlement from the concerned department of the public or Private sectors. We believe you will support our endeavor with financing our organization by sanctioning a project which will be send to you.
    Hence, please send us necessary forms and guide line by giving permission to submit it to you. Thank you.
    With regards
    M. Anamul Haque Milon
    Director
    Step for Sustainable Development Foundation (SSDF
    Bangladesh

  • stella magomu

    I work for a child- youth organisation called Center for Transforming Generations in Uganda. It is a non -profit community based organisation focusing to uplift the lives of children and their families especially OVCS through Education , Sennsitization, Training and Providing psychosocial support on our thematic areas of HIV/AIDS prevention, Reproductive health,Skill and leadership development and Secure livelihoods projects for OVCS and disadvantaged youth and their families.
    We intend to empower the children and youth to grow up to be responsible and organised citzens who are capable of making informed decisions and correct choices in life.Therefore we are looking for funds to promote this cause.

  • Dr. Md. Shakhawat Ullah Chowdhury

    This is Dr Shakhawat, Creative Director of KIDS CULTURAL INSTITUTE 865 mehedibag road chittagong Bangladesh . We are working for Children’s Theatre foreducation and Improving Vulnerable Childrens Environment since 1995 . Can we apply for DFID fund?

  • Gayani Kavirathna

    Humanitarian Development Foundation is Social NGO In Sri Lanka. I am Director of the Organization.We have now 17 homeless families. We try to build houses for them. But we have big problem for find founds.We hope to make bride future for them.If u help us we can support them.We have registered NGO in Sri Lanka. We have now project proposal for 17 families build home.

  • YOMBO PAUL

    I am a Director from the Hope solutions who are found at the Mwanza a Region of Tanzania. we providing loans those community groups and individual surrounding in the country but now we have started with Mwanza region , in collaboration with my friends, we established new local NGO known to be HOPE SOLUTIONS. The NGO is legally registered. the core objective of the local NGO is by identifying
    a) To offer services related to provision of financial solutions that provide good environment for development of small and medium enterprises.

    b) To mobilize financial resources aimed at supporting the micro and small enterprises in Tanzania, mobilize recourses both financial and materials resources for development of urban and rural enterprises to contribute to development of small and medium enterprises in Tanzania.

    c) To facilitate and promotion access of markets and finance to rural agricultural enterprises and small and medium enterprises in urban areas aimed at enhancement of their developments by offering financial services, business development services, post-harvest and value addition services and promotion of investments from local and international entities.

    d) To facilitate accessibility and availability of necessary entrepreneur information through organization of seminars, workshops, data base, public forums, training, and documentation for the purposes of raising awareness, imparting skills and sharing of experiences intended to enable communities to participate and contribute effectively on entrepreneurship sector development hence to tackle poverty.
    Can we apply for the DFID’s fund for poverty alleviation and administration? shall you help us how to secure the fund?

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