DFID Development Awareness Fund Mini-Grants

The Department for International Development Devalopment Awareness Mini Grants Scheme was aimed at organisations interested in development education work in the UK. This fund is now CLOSED and is no longer accepting applications.
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On behalf of DFID, the Department for International Development, IDEAS administered the Development Awareness Mini-Grants Fund each year in Scotland.

Up to £10,000 per year was available for 1-3 year projects committed to raising awareness of global interdependence, the need to reduce poverty and the roles individuals can play by making informed choices. This fund was for not for profit organisations.

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Preference was given to projects which were innovative, demonstrated a partnership between traditional development education organisations and organisations new to development education, seeking to engage new audiences, contribute to capacity building at a local or regional level, faith groups, trade unions and/or are led by or involve BME organisations.

Projects funded by the DAF Mini-Grants Scheme include:

’Friendship for HIV Prevention / HIV Roktham Ko Lagi Hatemalo (run by British Red Cross). This was a one year project which aimed to raise awareness amongst young people about local and global HIV issues through the provision of peer education. Over 6 months 6 young people in Glasgow and 6 young people in Nepal explored the impact of HIV and the stigma associated with for individuals in their communities and wider society. The project carried out a number of creative ways to look at HIV including role play and drama, workshops, games, using real life stories, use of social networking sites to keep in touch with peer educators in Nepal to share their learning, using interactive website, producing a DVD, taking part in events etc.

'From Dhaka to Dundee – learning from the past, acting for the future' (run by the One World Centre Dundee). This 3 year project (due to end March 2011) aims to increase the knowledge and understanding amongst primary teachers and pupils in Dundee of the major economic and social issues facing Bangladesh, and to empower action for change by looking at the historical links of the jute trade between Dundee and Bangladesh as a focus for exploring issues of social justice, particularly as regards the i) clothing trade and ii) Climate change.

’Engaging with the West of Scotland Communities of the South Asian Diaspora on issues of International Development’ (run by South Asian Voluntary Enterprise). The aim of the project (April 09 – March 11) is to engage communities in the west of Scotland to create a sustainable programme of community non-formal education in support of the Millennium Development Goals particularly on MDG 8: trade justice and ethical trading and encourage active participation by local communities in fair trade initiatives.

More information can be found on the DFID website.

• Application guidelines
• General information (Building Support for development strategy paper).

Contact details for England, Wales and Northern Ireland's administrators of the Fund can be found in the guidelines.

For information on current projects contact Angela Higgins

Projects funded by the DfID DAF Mini-Grants for 2009/10 A list of the 2010/11 projects will appear here shortly.

A list of previously funded projects can be found here.