Deadline: 15-Sep-22
The St Stephen’s Green Trust (SSGT) is seeking applications for its Family Matters Grant Programme 2022-2024.
St Stephen’s Green Trust (SSGT) is an independent social justice grant-maker which works across the island of Ireland. The primary purpose is to make grants to groups to allow them to effect positive social change in areas which trustees deem to be critical.
Funding Information
This is a multiannual grant programme (up to 3 years) and the maximum grant available is approx. €20,000 per annum but most grants will be less than that. Some one-off grants are available for projects which add value to the grant programme activities and contribute to the outcomes. The funded organisations are required to participate in a Learning Network over the three years, with twice-yearly meetings in Dublin. The Learning Network meetings will form part of SSGT’s learning and evaluation framework.
Outcomes
SSGT’s approach, as a small grantmaker, is to work towards outcomes to which it can best contribute, given identified need and opportunities to engage. Therefore, the grant programme will seek to make a contribution to the following outcomes:
- Outcome 1: Family-centred approaches to rehabilitation and reintegration become normalised in the prison system, at the point of imprisonment, during the sentence and on release
- Outcome 2: The voice of prisoners and their families adds to the evidence base and understanding of the value of family-centred approaches to reintegration and maintaining family bonds
- Outcome 3: Government and state bodies are held accountable for reducing the harm of imprisonment to families
Criteria
- SSGT does not fund service provision but can fund initiatives which add value to existing services through embedding family-centred approaches. They welcome initiatives which complement the service delivery of an organisation, for example by supporting participants with advocacy initiatives which contribute to the specified outcomes. The initiative might also build on service provision outputs to develop initiatives which contribute to the programme outcomes. The initiatives should be rooted in the current context with the focus on systems change and a learning approach embedded from the start.
- The organisation needs to be clear how the work contributes to, and be engaged in, advocacy for policy and systems change. Organisations seeking grants should design approaches which: ensure the voice of those most affected are included in the design and delivery of the outcomes; have a focus on building relationships that will last beyond the funded work; take account of gender and other differences in the impact of, and the different pathways in and out of imprisonment and convictions. These principles incorporate SSGT’s core values of respect & solidarity; accountability & transparency; integrity and partnership with grantees and their communities.
For more information, visit https://www.ssgt.ie/grant-programmes-humane-justice-system/