Deadline: 26-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the AmplifyChange Network Grant to contribute to the development of stronger and more inclusive movements advocating for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Themes
- Eliminating gender-based violence, including sexual violence, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child marriage
- Addressing the causes of unsafe abortion including decriminalisation of abortion
- Challenging stigma and discrimination, attitudes and laws that undermine human rights, including based on gender or sexual orientation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals
- Improving sexual health of young people and girls, including comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), promoting menstrual health and youth-friendly service delivery
- Increasing access to comprehensive reproductive health services for poor, vulnerable and marginalised people
Funding Information
- Network grants will initially be between £300,000 to £825,000 (GBP) for up to 3 years (36 months). The minimum time-period for a Network grant is 2 years (24 months).
- In this Network grant round applicants will be able to apply for grants that last up to 3 years (36 months) initially. AmplifyChange’s support will be based on regular grant performance reviews and the availability of funding to AmplifyChange. All awarded contracts will reflect these clauses and timings. AmplifyChange is seeking to establish long-term relationships with Network grant holders and potentially extend the grants up to 5 years (with a maximum of £1,375,000 (GBP) grant support over the entire grant period). The extension will depend on grant performance and the availability of AmplifyChange funding to continue support.
What type of Networks are they looking to support?
- Applications should be developed jointly with network members. The proposal development, share of the budget and governance of the network should reflect the participation and involvement of the whole network.
- Applications should propose an effective approach to ongoing monitoring and relationship-building with civil society organisations. This may include:
- Inclusive leadership: advocates are stronger when they work together, but more resilient when actors can each stand in their own right. Successful advocacy benefits most from a combination of SRHR expertise and diverse connections. Network grants therefore support efforts to coordinate campaigning across multiple organisations and their public supporter base.
- Connecting and community-building: including (but not exclusively) physical convening, mentoring, or facilitating exchanges as part of establishing a stronger community of professional advocates and emerging leaders to SRHR. This would help to create the development of professional identity and career pathways for emerging advocacy leaders.
- Linking and learning: to support stronger learning within SRHR advocacy communities. They will support learning activities such as the sharing of best practice or the honest appraisal of failed initiatives. They will also support the production of evidence on advocacy impact and effectiveness of advocacy practice.
Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria refer solely to the lead applicant:
- The applicant organisation must:
- Be registered in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and MENA region. AmplifyChange’s grants are intended to strengthen civil society organisations originating from the Global South. In this round they are seeking to support southern-based networks, emerging from and rooted in their own communities, with the aim of advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. Lead applicant organisations must be sub-Saharan African, South Asian or MENA with the ability to define a strategy, raise funds, set performance targets and other objectives, define a brand identity and have a governance structure fully independent of a Global North-based headquarters or support office
- Be an established civil society organisation1 with transparent governance structures, and will be required to submit, as part of their full application, their (i) organisational strategic plan and governance structure; (ii) a results framework of expected results and outcomes (linked to AmplifyChange’s Theory of Change); (iii) annual audited accounts for past three years
- Have a registration status that enables them to receive funds from foreign sources
- Have a bank account
- The applicant organisation will be required to show:
- A proven track-record of working in at least one of the five priority themes of AmplifyChange;
- A proven track record and capability to provide support to the SRHR movement, with experience of working with or supporting SRHR networks, coalitions, partners or civil society organisations;
- The applicant organisations must meet the financial eligibility criteria:
- The annual value of the Network grant cannot exceed 50% of the organisation’s average annual expenditure over the past three years. For example: if an applicant applies for £300,000 (GBP) over 3 years, the annual value of the grant is £100,000 (GBP). Therefore, in this case, the average annual expenditure of the applicant organisation over the past three years must be £200,000 (GBP) or more. Put another way, if your average annual expenditure for the past 3 years is less than £200,000 (GBP) you will not be eligible for this call (as this is the minimum needed for a £300,000 GBP grant)
Watch the guidance webinar
They hosted a webinar for Network grant applicants on 13 August 2021. During the webinar, they give a brief introduction of AmplifyChange and cover the rules and eligibility criteria for Network grants, including a Q&A session at the end.
For more information, visit https://amplifychange.org/grant_type/network/
