SCCF Capacity Development Grants of up to £100,000 for UK Registered Organisations

Deadline: 28 November 2019

The Department for International Development (DFID) is offering new grants for organizations with the ability to build the capacity of small British charities working in international development.

DFID is looking for innovative, evidence-based and ambitious proposals from organizations with a track record of supporting small, grassroots organizations to achieve their ambitions.

Up to six Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) Capacity Development Grants will be awarded to organizations.

Grant Size and Duration

Grants of up to £100,000 for projects lasting up to two years will be considered by an independent review panel.

Eligibility Criteria

The SCCF Capacity Development Grants are open to:
- UK-registered, not-for-profit organizations or
- Groups of UK registered not-for-profit organizations
- With an annual income of less than £10 million.
Applicant organizations will need to demonstrate experience of working with small UK-based civil society organizations (CSOs) as part of the application process.

UK Aid Direct funds cannot be used for poverty alleviation work or awareness raising activities in the UK.

Project Countries

Applicant organizations must be UK-registered and provide capacity building support to UK-based, civil society organisations who are working in one or more of the SCCF project countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Gambia, Ghana, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tanzania (United Republic of), Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Democratic Republic of The), Egypt (Arab Republic of), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, The Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (República Bolivariana de), Yemen, Zimbabwe).

Application Process

The application process will be one-stage and applications will need to be completed and submitted through the online portal via given website.
Applicants will be required to outline their existing networks and ability to reach and engage both current Small Charities Challenge Fund grant holders and potential future applicants to provide capacity building support.
Applicants will be asked to clearly demonstrate need and demand from the sector, for any support proposed and will be required to demonstrate their ability to deliver capacity building support to small UK international development charities in at least one of the areas listed below:
- Bidding for funding (fundraising)
- Value for money
- Financial management (including sustainable funding models)
- Human resource management
- Downstream/local partner management and capacity building
- Safeguarding
- Beneficiary Feedback Mechanisms
- Communications and public engagement
- Donor reporting
- Managing risk
Capacity development areas not listed may be considered alongside the above.
Considerations
- Alongside other factors, the Department for International Development (DFID) will consider:
  - The dependency that the applicant organisation has or will have on DFID funding
  - The diversity of organisations able to access DFID funding and market share
  - The financial capacity of an organisation to manage the size of grant applied for.
  - No match-funding is required for this type of grant. However, it is permissible.