Deadline: 1-Nov-21
The Postcode Innovation Trust has announced the applications for the Dream Fund to give organizations the chance to deliver the project they have always dreamed of but never had the opportunity to bring to life.
They ask charitable organisations across Great Britain to think big, be ambitious and collaborate with other not-for-profit partners to deliver their dream project.
The Dream Fund supports charities to develop innovative solutions to society’s most challenging problems. Applications that can score highly in their originality, ambition and collaborative nature stand the highest chances of being successful.
Funding Priorities
- Environment and conservation: They are looking for collaborative and innovative projects that develop long term solutions to systemic environmental problems. Areas of interest include projects that challenge environmental degradation, in particular focusing on biodiversity and species preservation.
- Social inequality: This theme is looking for projects that take systemic approaches to addressing the root causes of social inequality. Successful projects will be able to demonstrate how they will promote the social inclusion of groups that are disadvantaged or excluded from society. Potential areas of interest include early childhood development and educational attainment.
- Pandemic recovery: They are open to applications that will support society to recover from the effects of the pandemic. Potential areas of interest include loneliness and social isolation, health and wellbeing, domestic violence and support for neglected groups who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic.
What they Support?
They support projects that:
- Take place in Great Britain
- Are innovative, unique and attempt to break new ground
- Leave a significant and tangible legacy beyond the duration of funding
- Meet any one of their funding priorities
- Do not meet their funding priorities but still meet the main Dream Fund criteria
- Come from a partnership of charities
- Request between £500,000 and £1.25 million.
What they will fund?
- All applications must come from at least two organisations who have collaborated together to develop the project. One of these MUST be a registered charity, and the other can be a charity, community or voluntary group, or community interest company.
- All ideas must be innovative and original, and show a clear charitable purpose.
- All projects must have been developed to a point where they are ready to execute within 4 weeks of receiving notification of a successful application.
- Successful applicants will be informed at the end of March.
- Projects that run between 24 and 36 months.
- Projects that will use technology in innovative and groundbreaking ways.
- All applications must come from organisations in based Scotland, England or Wales for projects to be run in one or more of these regions.
- Universities and further education institutions are eligible to apply as partner organisations provided they are registered charities.
- General running costs including ongoing staff costs, utility bills, council tax, rent and insurance etc. that are directly linked with the project are eligible for funding, costs relating to PR and communications and capital costs are eligible for funding.
- Organisations who have previously applied for or received funding from Postcode Dream Fund are eligible to apply (as long they have collaborated with at least one other organisation and adhered to all funding requirements).
- Regular beneficiaries of funding from players of People’s Postcode Lottery are eligible to apply as lead or partner organisations.
- Direct beneficiaries are eligible to apply as partner organisations only.
For more information, visit https://www.postcodedreamfund.org.uk/dream-fund/