Applications Open for Chance for Childhood’s Challenge Fund!

Deadline: 17 October 2018

Chance for Childhood is inviting organisations, children and youths’ advocates, social entrepreneurs and unsung changemakers to submit innovative ideas that contribute to ensuring no child is forgotten, and denied opportunities to fulfil their full potential.

Through strategic investment into innovative ideas and approaches showing potential in their key thematic priorities, the aim of the Challenge Fund is to support early stage ventures and visionary social entrepreneurs, in turn generating new evidence on successful strategies to deliver impact in children and young people’s lives.

The 2018 priority themes of their inaugural call for ideas are dictated by Chance for Childhood’s Strategy, in areas that critically lack funding, and evidence.

Type of Challenges

• Inclusion Challenge
  • To address this, Chance for Childhood is seeking to invest in ideas aiming to tackle gaps in;
    • The identification and information about disability for teachers, peers, parents and children with disabilities themselves
    • The participation of children and young people with disabilities in all aspects of life, especially those living with communication disabilities
    • The accessibility of quality basic services (in education, justice, protection) for all children with disabilities
• Gender and Justice Challenge
  • To address this, Chance for Childhood is seeking to invest in ideas aiming to tackle gaps in;
    • The early identification of girls at risk of offending, and to prevent their involvement in crime
    • Access to justice and other offender support services for girls in conflict with the law
    • Rehabilitation initiatives that improve future prospects of girls in conflict with the law, and reduce re-offending
  • They are particularly interested in solutions supporting girls at the intersection of multiple vulnerabilities, such as girls with disabilities or young mothers.

Award Information

Financial awards are expected to range between GBP4,000 – 10,000.

Eligibility Criteria

Through this inaugural round of the Innovation Fund, they will fund:

• Ideas that are new or in early stages of development (i.e. they will not be funding the ongoing costs of an existing project)
• Solutions designed to be implemented in Rwanda or in Uganda (or both)
• Ideas put forward by an organisation, entrepreneur or group that is registered in some way in at least one of the two target countries
• Entrepreneurs or organisations whose current income/turnover is between 10,000GBP to 250,000GBP.

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit Challenge Fund.