Office for Civil Society: Tampon Tax Fund

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Overview

Eligibility

the fund is open to charitable, benevolent and philanthropic organisations from across the United Kingdom applications should be for £350,000 or more
the value of the grant requested must not represent more than 50% of the applicant’s or consortia’s collective annual income
applications should focus on 1 of 2 categories: violence against women and girls, or the general programme
grants may be for 12 to 18 month projects
all project activities must be concluded and funds must be spent by 31st March 2023
applicants must include a copy of their safeguarding policy, along with a statement that confirms the applicant has effective and appropriate safeguarding procedures that protect employees, beneficiaries or volunteers from harm, and that explains how any concerns and incidents are managed

Geographical reach of proposed projects

The Tampon Tax Fund is a United Kingdom-wide fund.

DCMS will ensure a fair distribution of funding reaches beneficiaries in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. As such, they are seeking to award funds to a range of organisations that collectively support the whole of the United Kingdom.

Individual organisations do not need to have a national remit but must demonstrate how proposed activities will be delivered across a number of regions or, where possible, more than one of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Categories of Funding

Criteria for categories of funding. Overall, the Tampon Tax Fund aims to support projects that improve the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls across the United Kingdom.

Applicants are invited to focus project activities on one of three broad categories:

Violence against Women and Girls;
General Programme (for which they have identified a number of sub-themes).

Assessment Critiera

All applications, regardless of the category applied for, will be assessed against the following criteria:

Need: Applications must provide evidence of a clear need for the project activities, and demonstration of how the specific project activities are a suitable mechanism for overcoming the issues identified; Ability to Deliver: Applications must demonstrate the organisation’s capability and capacity to deliver the project, including through evidence of sufficient specialist expertise as well as through outlining a clear project plan. Successful shortlisted organisations will be asked to demonstrate how they will (and how they will support their onward grantees to) take into account, where relevant, the commercial
principles outlined in Managing Public Money, including fairness, integrity, honesty, impartiality and objectivity and how procurement of any commercial services, as far as possible and proportionate to outcomes, will follow the principles of public procurement regulations.
Evaluation: Applications must provide plans for robust evaluation of the project, including the level and number of outputs and outcomes to be measured;
Partnership: They are particularly interested in proposals that involve partnership working. Please note: where applications are made by a consortia evidence of partnership arrangements must be provided.
Sustainability: Bids must outline the long-term sustainability of project activities, demonstrating that the impact of the project will last beyond Tampon Tax funding. Furthermore, they are inviting applicants to explain how they would use up to 10% of their grant funding to improve the sustainability of their organisations. See guidance for more information.

How much funding will be given?

They will consider applications for £350,000 or more. They can not fund capital projects or items of capital expenditure which exceed the lead organisation’s capital de minimis.
The amount of grant a grant recipient, or consortia, receives per financial year should not exceed 50% of that financial year’s annual collective turnover/income. As an example: if an organisation (or consortia) applied for a £1 million grant to be received in an equal split over two financial years (i.e. £500k per annum), the collective annual turnover needs to be £1m or more in order that the grant is not more than 50% of the annual turnover/income.
They will fund up until 31st March 2023. Applicants will be informed whether or not they have been successful in late Summer 2021. Although exact timing will vary on a case-by-case basis, they expect individual grant agreements will be finalised with successful applicants in Autumn 2021. Projects may start at risk from the date they are directly informed by DCMS that the application has been successful. Expenditure incurred prior to this date cannot be claimed.

NB Applications should be for £350,000 or more and be from organisations that can deliver impact across their chosen category and across multiple regions in one or more of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Please note that the £11.25million total fund is allocated between each administration using the Barnett Formula as a guide. Wales is allocated £675,000, Northern Ireland is allocated £393,750, Scotland is allocated £1,181,250 and England £9,000,000.