Development agency, church and other funds
Development Agencies and Church Funds
CAFOD - Development Education Fund
Through its work CAFOD aims to increase awareness of poverty and injustice in the world and the structures which cause them.
The aim of this fund is to provide support for groups and organizations involved in global justice education work in England and Wales in order to further CAFOD's strategic goals and education priorities.
Find out more from the CAFOD website:
www.cafod.org.uk/uk/funding
Christian Aid - Development Education Grants
Christian Aid has an annual grant round for development education. Areas supported include: religious education; PSE; Active Global Citizenship; Church related global awareness, leading to campaigning action. Projects must be complementary to Christian Aid's in-house educational work. Copies of the guidelines and procedures are available from local Christian Aid offices.
Find your local office on the Christian Aid website:
www.christianaid.org.uk/ukireland/
Churches Commission for Racial Justice (CCRJ)
- Racial Justice Fund
The Racial Justice Fund demonstrates the Churches' concern for racial justice
in Britain and Ireland by making grants primarily to organisations which
combat racism by the enabling and empowerment of Black communities.
Find out more from the CCRJ website:
www.ctbi.org.uk/ccrj/work.htm
Methodist Relief and Development (MRDF)
Funds are available for development education activities which work directly with Methodist Churches and their members, and for projects in the UK which seek to increase the opportunities of the marginalised. MRDF engages with broader issues and themes which challenge global injustice such as the Debt Campaign and Trade Justice Movement.
Find out more from the MRDF website:
www.mrdf.org.uk/pages/uk_development_education.php
Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF)
SCIAF has a mini-grants scheme
(maximum grant of £5,000) for organisations based or operating in
Scotland. It encourages small groups to get started in development
education activities and offers more established groups support for
specific projects.
Guidelines and further details are available from
SCIAF:
www.sciaf.org.uk
OXFAM's Development Education Grants
Working with the formal education sector in England, Scotland and Wales, the Oxfam Development Education programme aims:
- to influence changing education agendas to create the most conducive environment to establish global citizenship as essential education
- to maximise the impact and reach of global citizenship concepts through engaging with new and current audiences
- to provide evidence that using global citizenship methodology and content improves participation and achievement.
A 3-tier grant support programme helps achieve these aims. Tier 1 offers programme and project support for Development Education Centres (DECs) and other organisations promoting DE to the formal education sector at a local level, and for national DE networks. Tier 2 supports regional and national EES strategy developments and training. Tier 3 funds new and innovative development education projects.
Find out more from the Oxfam Coolplanet website:
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/grants.htm
UNICEF
Provides funding for for Development Education Centres (DECs)/practitioners to undertake inservice
training for UNICEF on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to
teachers. These funds are allocated as grants to DECs for them to
disseminate to their staff or agreed attached practitioners, who are
trained members of UNICEF's Education Support Service (ESS).
Find out more from UNICEF UK's Teacherzone website:
www.unicef.org.uk/tz/index.asp
Trusts, Foundations and Corporate Funds
You can search for trusts and foundations that may support particular areas
of work using 'Funder-finder' software. Your local Council
for Voluntary Service (CVS) may have a copy available for general use. Use the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service website to find your local CVS.
The Institute of Fundraising is the professional body for UK fundraisers. It has many long-standing special interest groups for different areas of fundraising, including the Trusts Special Interest Group (TSIG), which provides a forum for fundraisers who are working to raise funds from charitable trusts and foundations.
Further information at www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk
(Special Interest Group scroll bar in the right margin).
Useful funding websites
Access
Funds
www.access-funds.co.uk
On-line subscription service
Association
of Charitable Foundations
www.acf.org.uk/trusts_applying.htm
Has information on applying for funding
Black
Environment Network
www.ben-network.org.uk/grants/intro.html
Guide to accessing grants and grant information
British
Overseas NGOs for Development
www.bond.org.uk/funding/index.html
Funding pages including a basic guide for NGOs. Monthly funding
e-newsletter also available
Charity Commission for England and Wales
www.charity-commission.gov.uk
The regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales
Community
Foundation Network
www.communityfoundations.org.uk
Charitable trusts that promote and support local voluntary and community activity
Directory
of Social Change
www.dsc.org.uk
Helps voluntary and community organisations through advice on raising money and managing resources
Ethical
Investment Research Service
www.eiris.org
Independent research into corporate behaviour to help ethical investors
Funders Online
www.fundersonline.org
A searchable database of 'Europe's
Online Philanthropic Community'
www.governmentfunding.org.uk
An online portal to grants for the voluntary and community sector from the Department for Education and Skills, Department of Health, Home Office, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Government Offices for the Regions
www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/advice/funding.htm
Can provide a list of sustainable development related funding available from a wide range of organisations
The National Institute of Adult & Continuing Education
www.niace.org.uk/funds/
Has information about funds which NIACE is currently managing on behalf of other agencies, either solely or in partnership with other organisations.
Also, www.niace.org.uk/information/Guides/Externalfunds/Default.htm has information about funding sources outside of NIACE, available to education institutions, community groups and others in the adult learning field.
NCVO
Sustainable Funding Project
www.ncvo-svp.org.uk
Encourages and enables voluntary and community organisations to explore funding options. Useful regular e-newsletter is available.
National
Youth Agency Funding Directory
www.nya.org.uk/Templates/internal.asp?NodeID-90754
Details of the major trusts and organisations which support work with young people in England
www.fundraising.co.uk
Helps charities in the UK and internationally to use the Internet as a fundraising tool
www.funderfinder.org.uk
Advice on applying and details of funders
www.welcomeurope.com
More information on European funding
Find out more about funding in the following pages: