SIF invites Applications from Registered Charities or NPOs (United Kingdom)

Deadline: 31-Oct-22

The Social Investment Fund (SIF) is pleased to announce that applications for the Next Round of Major Grants are open.

SIF’s Major Grants Programme seeks to support the financial sustainability of the Bailiwick’s charitable sector, targeting funding towards organisations and projects which are most needed within the Bailiwick.

Funding Information

So far in 2022, SIF has awarded seven major grants totalling almost £500,000, with provisional agreement for a further five grants totalling another £500,000.

Activities which cannot be funded

Activities outside the Bailiwick of Guernsey or that do not benefit residents of the Bailiwick;
Applications from individuals;
Applications seeking to promote political or faith groups will not be supported (however applications are welcome from faith groups for community activities);
If more than one year’s reserves are held, justification will need to be provided why these existing reserves cannot be used to fund the proposed activity;
Activities which duplicate a service already provided;
Applicants cannot apply for funding for their own salaries (for example, the salary of a CEO/ Manager should be submitted by a board member);
Applications are not likely to be accepted from fundraising or grant giving bodies unless previously agreed with SIF

Outcomes

Improving the lives of people with specific needs, disadvantages or vulnerabilities;
Employment, education or training opportunities;
The protection of their natural environment, culture and heritage;
Improved health and wellbeing for their community;
An inclusive community, which challenges the barriers causing disadvantage or discrimination.

Applications must:

support the outcomes that are focused on people in their Bailiwick community, on the services and support they need, or are of benefit to their community; and
Demonstrate measurable impact against those applicable outcomes by proposing appropriate outputs.

Eligibility Criteria

Applications should (one or more of these should be met):
- Provide services that demonstrate a clear community need but which are not currently provided;
- Provide services that complement, enhance and support but do not duplicate services currently being provided;
- Provide sustainability of a service – for example through a multi-year approach being taken;
- Support multi-agency working – for example joined up approaches from more than one grantrecipient;
- Support partnerships with other grant givers/private sector philanthropy;
- Build capacity and capability in the non-government sector;
- Encourage or support volunteering;
- Encourage or support social enterprises.
- Registered charities or NPOs;
- Joint applications are welcome from organisations wishing to work together to achieve an outcome;
- Funding for one-off fundraising initiatives may be considered;
- Appropriate applications from public sector service areas in support of third sector or community initiatives;
- Organisations based within Sark should be registered with the Sark Registrar (Alderney comes under Guernsey Registry);
- Organisations operating within or to benefit the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
- Sports organisations are expected to have gained (or be in the process of gaining) the Sports Commission’s SportsMark quality assurance award.