Comic Relief: Safe, Secure, Settled Fund
Overview
Funding available
- Applications are welcome for a minimum of £100,000 and a maximum of £500,000, over a period of between two and four years.
- They will support projects being delivered in the UK, India, South Africa, Brazil or Kenya. Applications for work in India, South Africa, Brazil or Kenya can be made by a locally registered organisation directly delivering the project or in partnership with a UK-based organisation.
- Your grant request should be appropriate to the size of your organisation.
- They encourage you to demonstrate a contribution specific to this project, this can either be by cash match funding or value in kind.
Applicants are only allowed to submit one application.
Aims and Objectives
- They are interested in supporting a wide variety of projects and welcome bids from a diverse range of organisations.
- They are looking for creative approaches to support young people without a safe or secure place to live. All proposals must use sport as a tool for social change in their approach.
- They believe that projects developed and delivered in partnership with the people they aim to support will be more effective in creating positive social change. They expect organisations to consider who else they need to work with in order to achieve their project outcomes. They encourage organisations to work with partners to ensure a targeted, holistic approach.
Project Design
They are looking for work which can make a meaningful change to the lives of young people who are without a secure or safe place to live. They want to hear from organisations who can demonstrate a deep understanding of what makes a positive difference for young people in this situation in their local context. They expect that projects will contribute to a minimum of one of the following outcomes:
- Children and young people increase and/or sustain their engagement with education
- Children and young people have increased pathways into training or employment
- Children and young people increase life skills*
- More children and young people have a safe and supportive network or trusted place to go for advice
*e.g. Money management, daily living skills, legal rights, problem solving, creative thinking, communication, interpersonal relationships, mindfulness, assertiveness, empathy, coping with stress, trauma and loss, resilience. They have developed a short guide to help explain what Sport for Change is, and what makes a good Sport for Change project. They strongly encourage you to read it before starting your application. Find out more about Sport for Change.