British Council’s The Dice Fund: Seeking Applications for Collaboration Grants

Deadlines:

Projects in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia and Pakistan in partnership with UK: 11 November 2018
Egypt / UK partnership: 18 November 2018
South Africa / UK partnerships: 25 November 2018

The Dice Fund is seeking applications for its Collaboration Grants which awarded to UK and partner country organisations to co-develop initiatives that will strengthen creative and social enterprises in one of five countries.

The Collaboration Grants are designed to provide intermediary organisations the opportunity to:

design and deliver a 12-15 month ambitious, creative programme that develops and strengthens social and creative enterprises in at least one of the five DICE economies (Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan or South Africa);
directly address at least one of the three identified DICE priorities:
gender inequality and/or
rising youth unemployment, underemployment and poor-quality employment prospects for young people and/or
marginalised and disabled peoples’ exclusion in the labour market and the lack of accessible and affordable products and services/ or barriers to marginalised people’s inclusion;
integrate, or further embed, creative processes, initiatives or products into their existing approach in order to more effectively address the DICE priorities;
integrate, or further embed, approaches from social mission driven enterprise into their existing strategy and business model;
collaborate with international partners, who may offer new perspectives, markets, networks and services;
diversify, scale and/or strengthen their organisations’ existing work by strengthening partnerships within the ecosystem in their own country as well as internationally;
reflect on the project’s successes and challenges in dialogue with other grant recipients and organisations in the global DICE network and share learning with the wider ecosystem.

Funding Information & Duration

Collaboration Grants will range from £20,000 – 85,000 for an intervention lasting 12-15 months, to be shared by Principal Applicants according to the budget proposed in the application. (The grant does not need to be split equally between Principal Applicants). The grant can be used to support project development and delivery, and travel to applicants partner’s country.
Projects should be co-developed and co-delivered over a 12-15-month period and be completed no later than March 2020.

Eligibility Criteria

Proposals must fulfil the following criteria to qualify for Collaboration Grants:

Each proposal must have one Principal Applicant from the UK and one Principal Applicant from at least one of the following DICE countries: Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and South Africa.
Projects must take place between the UK and at least one DICE country, with impact designed to primarily take place in the DICE country. The majority of the project’s development and delivery should take place in the DICE country.
Both (or all) of the Principal Applicants must have the capacity to administer the grant.
At least one of the Principal Applicants should be an intermediary.
The second Principal Applicant can be an intermediary, or an individual enterprise, consultancy or training organisation.
Applicants must directly serve or support the development and strengthening of a multiple number of creative and social enterprises.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate how they address, or how they plan to address the priorities of the DICE programme in one or more areas (namely, women and girls’ empowerment, meaningful youth employment; or/ and disabled peoples’ inclusion)
Applicants should also explain how they intend to bring about a lasting positive result in the social and creative enterprise ecosystem in the DICE country
Applicants are responsible for ensuring they have entry rights into either DICE Country or the UK. The British Council does not accept any responsibility for dealing with any visa requirements, except in the case of, where the British Council team will support in issuing invitation letters for the visa.
Principal Applicants can have a partnership already established, but it is not a prerequisite for the grant.