Deadline: 1 October 2015
The Comic Relief fund in the UK is inviting organizations with the people, ideas and ability to tackle complex problems and create positive social change across the UK.
The fund aim to focus on vulnerable young people in the UK who are experiencing issues such as extreme levels of hardship within their community or family, poor mental health, drug or alcohol use or homelessness.
Objectives
- Young people lead less chaotic lives and engage in less harmful lifestyles
- Young people recover, cope and thrive in the face of severe personal, family and social adversity
- Young people progress into employment, enterprise, training and education opportunities
- People in severe financial hardship increase their financial literacy, reduce their debt and maximise their income
- People who are financially excluded can access affordable credit and financial services
- People avoid entering harmful and risky situations
- People experience less harm from past or present violence, abuse and exploitation
- More people leave violent, abusive and exploitative situations
- People from marginalised groups engage with and influence decision makers and hold them to account
- People from marginalised groups are subject to less discrimination from public attitudes, laws, policies or services
Themes
- Improving vulnerable young people’s lives
- Tackling financial poverty
- Reducing violence, abuse and exploitation
- Creating Stronger Communities
- Ensuring people overcome inequality
Principals
- Understanding the context and good practice
- Consulting and engaging others
- Understanding change and applying lessons learned
- Being responsive
- Building effective organisations and their leadership UK Grant Making.
- Valuing diversity
- Using resources effectively
- Making change last
- Priorities
- People directly affected by the issues are involved in all levels of the organisation
- A new approach or idea which responds to a clearly identified need
- A range of relevant partners in place to actively deliver the project
- Evidence that the methodology being used will be successful
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations based in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man can apply for grants. Proposals from registered charities and other eligible not-for-profit organizations are also welcomed by the fund.
- New and emerging or small not-for-profit groups who are not registered are eligible to apply as long as they have a constitution.
- Legally charitable work that the applicant’s constitution allows them to do can only be funded.
- One proposal from an organisation at any one time can be accepted.
For more information, please visit UK Grant Making.
