Tearfund UK and Ireland

Archived Addiction and substance misuse Adult Education/Learning Age Black and minority ethnic Children (0-12) Communities Community and neighbourhood development Community development Education and learning Faith and religion Family and parenting Health, wellbeing and sport Housing and homelessness Human rights and equality Medical conditions Poverty and deprivation Racial equality Refugees and asylum seekers Rural development School, College and University Social inclusion Social welfare and poverty Un/Employed Urban development Young people (13-25) Belfast City England Great Britain Scotland Medium (up to £60,000) Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

UK & Ireland Regional Team (previously known as UK Action) is part of Tearfund's International group working in partnership with Christian Churches within the UK & Ireland to bring good news to the poor. Grants are available between £5,000 and £10,000 per year.

Within the UK and Ireland Tearfund will consider applications that focus on the following issues:

Substance misuse (Prevention work with young people from low income backgrounds; Treatment and community re-integration support for those with serious addictions and support for their children and families);
HIV/AIDS (Support for asylum seekers & refugees affected by this issue; Education and prevention work with young people from low income backgrounds);
Asylum seekers and refugees ( Work relating to health and nutrition, family and child development support and language and literacy support);
Basic literacy, education and employment (Work focused in the Belfast area and also work with ethnic minorities, asylum seekers and refugees);
Family and child development support work with ethnic minorities, lone parents, asylum seekers and refugees;
Skills development, training and education targeted at young people from low income backgrounds.

A large part of Tearfund’s work to address poverty is undertaken through making grants to partner organisations. Grants are made within an agreed strategy. Project proposals received from partner organisations are subject to a
formal approval process that includes a technical assessment of the project and a review of the organisation’s capacity.

An agreed monitoring process is undertaken during the life cycle of all projects. In addition, final evaluations are
carried out on all large projects and on a sample of smaller projects. Details of grants made to the top 50
partner organisations are available from the Finance Director.

How to Apply

If people feel that they have a project that fits with the criteria then they can send a short concept note (2 A4 pages max) marked for the attention of the Eurasia team (of which the UK team is part) giving a brief outline of what their project is about.

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