Deadline: 31-Oct-23
The Freedom Fund is excited to announce the Survivor Leadership Fund, a ground-breaking new fund for survivor-led organisations working to tackle modern slavery.
The aim of this fund is to support organisations led by survivors/people with lived experience of exploitation (including human trafficking, forced labour, bonded labour, child labour or forced marriage). Survivor-led organisations located in Thailand, the Philippines and Cambodia are welcome to apply.
The Survivor Leadership Fund aims to uplift and support survivor-led organisations by providing unrestricted grants. Organisations can use their grant however they think best to build their capacity and improve their impact. An unrestricted grant from the Survivor Leadership Fund is one step towards shifting the power back to those most impacted – in order for them to make a real difference in the fight against modern slavery.
The Freedom Fund believes they have a responsibility to support the leadership of those individuals who have experienced exploitation and oppression. They recognise that initiatives led by those with lived experience play a vital role in meeting the needs of victims and survivors of exploitation. Survivor-led organisations are also ideally placed to provide expertise and leadership in tackling the systems and practices that allow modern slavery to persist.
Funding Information
- Each grant will be up to $20,000. The grant is meant to support the organisation as a whole and can be used wherever the organisation has decided it needs funding. This can be operations, programs, office payments, technology purchases, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
- In the current round of grants, survivor-led organisations located in Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand are welcome to apply.
- Organisations that have one or more people in a leadership position who have lived experience of exploitation are eligible to apply. Leadership positions can include directors, deputy directors, senior management and heads of department.
For more information, visit The Freedom Fund.