The Prospectory: I've Got An Idea Fund

Open (ongoing) Active citizenship Information Technology Miscellaneous research Social partnership Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

“I’ve got an idea” is a micro fund for individuals (or small groups or organisations) set up in memory of Peter Williams by his family.

Peter spent his life generating a diversity of technical ideas and experimenting to see if they might work. The process always involved others and was always part of the fun. Some of his ideas worked and some of them didn’t but they all left their world a better and more interesting place. They run this fund in that spirit of imagination, potential impact and fun.

So, they are looking for ideas…..

That are technically inventive and novel
That could deliver a social or environmental benefit.
That are intriguing and have an element of fun.

The fund offers grants ranging from £250 to £3k. Once the fund’s allocation has been used, it will be closed for applications until the funding pot has refilled. It is not their normal practice to provide part funding to larger projects.

This is a doing fund. They only fund the costs of making and/or testing the idea itself. They do not cover payment for people’s time or marketing/promotion costs.

They focus on DIY ideas where the applicants are building and experimenting with their idea themselves rather than outsourcing the development.

Applicants must be resident in the UK.