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DFID’s White Paper, ‘Eliminating World Poverty: Building Our Common Future’, outlines DFID’s approach to working with civil society. It highlights the fact that DFID recognises that the work of governments alone will not be enough to eliminate world poverty and that to achieve further and faster poverty reduction, governments must work closely with citizens and civil society groups.

The White Paper states that over the next few years DFID will increase its work with organisations in the UK and overseas who play an important role in development. This will include groups with who do not currently benefit from DFID support. Many of these groups are involved in supporting very small scale, often localised activities which do not meet the criteria we have for our existing centrally managed civil society funding schemes, such as the Partnership Programme Arrangements (PPA) and Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF).

To address this, DFID is establishing a new funding stream aimed at community based organisations involved in providing specific small scale, one-off support that directly targets poverty in the developing world and includes a significant development awareness component in the UK. The Fund will be operational for an initial 16 months from 2010.

The Fund is intended to offer funding opportunities to not for profit organisations but is not intended to replace or overlap with other DFID funding mechanisms.

Details of the Fund and application process Key elements
  • A total of £7m for an initial period of 16 months, with a mid-term review by August 2010 and an evaluation before the end of March 2011.
  • An application based Fund.
  • Small scale proposals up to £60,000 ceiling
  • Up to 100% funding for an application.
  • Applications to cover a period not exceeding one year.
  • Applications will be appraised at 3 decision making rounds.
  • Applications can cover work in any low or lower-middle income developing country.
  • Open only to not for profit organisations.
  • Applications must show that the intended activities will improve the lives of poor people in the developing world.
  • Applications must demonstrate how the intended work will be used to help raise awareness of development issues in the UK.
  • A limit of three applications per group/organisation at any one time.
  • Successful applicants can re-apply for funding but only after they have accounted for any previous grants provided Applications We understand the need to keep the administrative burden on small organisations to a minimum - but at the same time we must ensure that the decisions we make are based on sound rationale. For this reason we insist that all applicants MUST complete the application form.
Applications must:
  • Set out experience, achievements and potential in working on the area of work you are requesting support for.
  • Set out what difference you seek to make to the communities you will be working with. For example how will the intended work impact on the lives of particular groups of poor people in that area (such as women, children, youth, disabled, people living with HIV/AIDS, minorities or landless) or on local environment.
  • Set out how the work that you are proposing to undertake is ‘innovative’
  • Set out how you intend to raise awareness of development in the UK through lessons learned/experiences from the project
  • Set out how you will recognise DFID’s contribution to your work
What else must I submit with my Application?
  • A copy of whatever documentation you have which could be described as your organisation’s constitution
  • Your organisation’s most recent annual audited or approved accounts
  • A short background note on your organisation
  • A budget showing how you intend to spend the grant requested
What can’t be funded under this Fund?
  • Applications which we deem to be better suited to other DFID funding streams
  • Disaster and humanitarian relief projects
  • Research work
  • Core support
  • Funding to governments
  • Religious evangelising and proselytising
  • Campaigning that takes a partisan political stance
  • Discrimination – any element of a project that discriminates between individuals or groups because of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion or disability
  • Scholarships
  • Projects which are comprised of only shipping or transport costs
  • Land purchase or purchase of buildings
What kinds of activities might be supported under this Fund?
The Development Innovation Fund can support a very broad range of projects as long as they target poverty in the developing world include a significant development awareness component in the UK
Examples include: support to health camps, provision of text books, education/learning materials or other appropriate technology materials, skills exchange programmes. Process What is the application process?

You must submit a completed application form together with the additional documentation requested in 2.2 (above) to the Fund Manager at dif@dfid.gov.uk.

The Fund Manager will acknowledge receipt of your application and provide you with a unique reference number within 3 days of receipt. The Fund Manager will also inform you of which Funding Round your application will be considered under. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications within a week after the relevant funding round.

If you have any questions about any aspect of these guidelines please e-mail dif@dfid.gov.uk

Visit this link for any other information you may have and for the FAQs: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/dif
 


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Baligasima yazidi
06/05/2010 12:46pm

I am designing my project to be submited soon

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Ou Ratanak link
10/05/2010 12:44pm

Dear, Sir and Madam

I am very glad to write the email to you, People Health development Association (PHD) is youth lead organization and we are working with and for young people in the positive social change by promote of youth participate and empowerment their role in the society, We are really interesting to apply for a small grant from DFID Innovation project to fill up and link with our current project " Men Engagement to Stop Violence against Women" In partnership with CARE International in Cambodia, Funded by UN-Trust Fund, This project seek to reduce levels of GBV and sexual harassment of beer promotion women in the workplace perpetrated by young men and increase understanding of gender equality and equity as well as sexual reproductive health of young man in the university. as fund is limited ( 20000 USD) per year, so we try to find other fund resource to support and design more proactive and cover to other target areas as possible on this grants, Actually,I really interested to apply this grants but i don't know how to fill out the format and submit to DFID, so i hope this email, will bring to you and tell me more detail information as i will prepare all those document and submit to DFID as soon as possible
I am looking to hear from you as soon as

Thanks
Best Regards

Ratanak.Ou
ED, PHD

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17/05/2010 12:45pm

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Ninin Herlina
20/05/2010 8:08am

wow......i am Indonesian, Aceh, also have great expectation to join you...
I will design my project as soon as possible..

Best regard

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AYO FRANCIS
24/05/2010 11:14am

I'm glad to express our interest and willingness to your Organization for consideration. I work with a local community organization in Oyam District in Northern Uganda. Our target groups are the vulnerable children, youth out of school, women, eldery people, people with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS among others. We are developing a proposal for consideration and it is our hope and prayer that you find it within your heart and budget to fund this programme we're currently engaged in inorder to expand the scope of our activities. We shall be grateful to hear from you.

Most Sincerely,

AYO FRANCIS
PROGRAMME MANAGER

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Bernhard kamatoto
24/05/2010 5:44pm

hi dear sir/medam

My name is bernhard kamatoto a men living with hiv/aids i astablish Namibia men affected and living with hiv/aifds Network welfare i get already baord member and patron for the Network
we are busy to register the Network,cos now i dont have any fund who fund us where can submit our proposre we based in widhoek in namibia

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Laura
01/06/2010 1:20am

I am hopelessly embarrassed that the new UK government has suspended reception of applications to benefit from this small grants. What a heck!

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mrisho s .m
01/06/2010 8:58pm

I am chairman of one civil organization named success development group we serve the humanity in Tanzania by working with disadvantageous group. we want to know the mode of application , dead line and other legal document if there is need to be enclosed with however we appreciate with idea our proposal is in pipeline.
thanks

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Aradhana Nanda
08/06/2010 3:02pm

My Organisation FARR is working in Kalahandi,one of tribal dominated area ofKalahandi.We are interested to be a partner in this programme towork for he poorest community .

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Evarist Momburi
22/06/2010 6:32pm

I work with a small organization in Moshi Rural District Called UNCODET(Uru North Community Develpment Trust).We have submitted one proposal to the DFID Development Innovation Fund.It has been really frastrating to read in the website that the New Britsh govenment has suspended funding applications to this scheme.We hope the Britsh govenment will llok again at its descision.The scheme was intending to benefit rural poor communitie in terms of improving livelihood,respond on HIV/AIDS Mitigation,social and economoic empowerment for women,youths and OVC.
Please hope they will allow the scheme to continue,
Thank you
Evarist

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