Deadline: Various
- Standard Grants: 21 September 2020
- Micro-Grant: Ongoing
The CORRA Foundation has announced the 2020 Henry Duncan Grants Program to enable families to cope with the impacts of poverty.
The main changes are:
- A move to multi-year grants of up to five years.
- Greater flexibility, with grants unrestricted wherever possible.
- Lighter touch processes.
- A rolling program of micro-grants.
- Continuing to have a broad focus, but with yearly themes.
Funding Information
- Standard grants
- Up to £8,000 a year.
- Funds are unrestricted wherever possible.
- Up to five years.
- Open to charities working in Scotland with an income of up to £500,000.
- A choice of two funding rounds each year (organizations can apply once in the year).
- Contribution towards running or project costs.
- Microgrants
- Up to £1,000 a year.
- Funds are unrestricted wherever possible.
- Light touch application and reporting.
- Open to charities working in Scotland with an income of up to £50,000.
Criteria
- Grassroots charities make a big difference to the lives of millions of people throughout Scotland. Henry Duncan Grants plays a small role in supporting their work through providing £1m each year across a wide range of groups.
Themes 2020 – 2024
To make the biggest impact it can, Henry Duncan Grants will focus on a different theme each year, with grants aimed at:
- 2020 – Enabling families to cope with the impacts of poverty
- 2021 – Improving mental health and wellbeing
- 2022 – Supporting children and young people facing challenges
- 2023 – Increasing opportunities for disabled people and people with long term conditions
- 2024 – Supporting people experiencing inequality or discrimination
Corra will offer support to funded groups to come together with others working on the same themes to network and share learning.
For more information, visit https://www.corra.scot/grants/henry-duncan-grants/