Comic Relief - UK Grants
22 June 2009
Comic Relief usually makes grants for between one and three years. They can give grants for running costs and capital costs. However, they give building costs a very low priority, and only fund these in exceptional circumstances. They do not fund capital costs where they are part of a much larger appeal.
They usually make grants to cover project costs, but they recognise that you may wish to include a contribution towards your organisational costs so that it reflects the true cost of running your project. This is sometimes known as full cost recovery.
For projects in the UK, they currently have the following programmes:
• Mental Health
• Domestic and Sexual Abuse - There are two strands to the open programme: Crisis Support; Young Voices.
• Refugee and Asylum Seeking Women - There are two strands to the open programme: Direct support to women; Training.
• Sport for Change - This programme aims to fund projects that are using sport as a tool for social change. The maximum grant size in this programme is £100,000 in total.
• Young People aged 11-25:
o Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Young People
o Young People and Alcohol
o Young People with Mental Health Problems -There are two strands to the programme: Services for young people; Training.
• Local Communities - Comic Relief has made a longstanding pledge to place funding into disadvantaged communities. The funding for their communities programme is devolved to the Community Foundation Network. Please contact them directly for details of their funding application procedures Website:
www.communityfoundations.org.uk
Coming Soon:
• Young Carers (managed by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers)
• Older People
The deadlines for their first three grant making cycles are: Cycle 1 - 24 July 2009; Cycle 2 - 13 November 2009; Cycle 3 - 5 March 2010.
Please contact them if you have any other queries about the application process: UK Grants Team, Comic Relief, 5th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP Tel: 020 7820 5555 Email:
ukgrants@comicrelief.com
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