The Safe, Secure and Settled Fund a new £4 million grant programme that forms part of Comic Relief's Sport for Change programme.
The programme aims to improve the lives of young people aged up to 25 years that lack a safe or secure place to live and help them gain the skills and resources to lead safe and positive lives.
The funding will support projects in the UK, India, South Africa, Brazil and Kenya.
UK based not-for-profit organisations may apply for a grant of between £100,000 and £500,000 for between 2 and 4 years.
Applications for work in India, South Africa, Brazil or Kenya can be made by a locally registered organisation directly delivering the project or in partnership with a UK-based organisation.
Projects should take a creative approach, using sport as a tool for social change in their approach and contribute to at least one of the following outcomes:
o Children and young people increase and/or sustain their engagement with education;
o Children and young people have increased pathways into training or employment;
o More children and young people have a safe and supportive network or trusted place to go for advice; and/or
o Children and young people increase life skills, for example money management, daily living skills, legal rights, problem solving, creative thinking, communication, interpersonal relationships, mindfulness, assertiveness, empathy, coping with stress, trauma and loss, resilience.
o Children and young people have increased pathways into training or employment;
o More children and young people have a safe and supportive network or trusted place to go for advice; and/or
o Children and young people increase life skills, for example money management, daily living skills, legal rights, problem solving, creative thinking, communication, interpersonal relationships, mindfulness, assertiveness, empathy, coping with stress, trauma and loss, resilience.
Proposals will need to:
o Go above and beyond confidence building and be able to demonstrate how sport can be used to achieve positive social change; and
o Demonstrate wider social outcomes and not just focus on increasing participation in sport for the physical health benefits.
o Demonstrate wider social outcomes and not just focus on increasing participation in sport for the physical health benefits.
Applicants should read the short guide published by Comic Relief to ensure they understand what makes a good Sport for Change project.
Proposals will be accepted from 22 March 2018 until midday on Thursday 14 June 2018.
There is a two-stage application process. Groups with the strongest proposals will be shortlisted to go through to full application.
Guidance notes and an online application form can be found on the Comic Relief website.
Contact details for the Safe, Secure and Settled Fund are:
The Grants Team
Comic Relief
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP
Tel: 020 7820 2000
Email: grantsinfo@comicrelief.com
Comic Relief
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP
Tel: 020 7820 2000
Email: grantsinfo@comicrelief.com
(Source: GRIN)
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