DFID Mini-Grants
On behalf of DFID, the Department for International Development, IDEAS administers Development Awareness Mini-Grants each year in Scotland.
Up to £10,000 per year is 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.
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Funding is available for both the formal and non-formal education sectors.
Preference will be given to projects which are innovative, demonstrate a partnership between traditional development education organisations and organisations new to development education, seek to engage new audiences, contribute to capacity building at a local or regional level and/or are led by or involve BME organisations.
Previously funded projects include: 'Actions and Ideas' (run by Lanarkshire Global Education Centre & Working Together for Change), a series of four one-day training events to be held in Aberdeen, Highlands, Scottish Borders and Central Scotland for community workers. The events look at issues that can be explored in a cross-section of Development Education resources.
'Discovering and shaping our world' (run by the One World Centre Dundee) aims to assess and analyse the interests and needs of voluntary organisations working with young people, with reference to global issues.
'Using action research to enable Global Citizenship, focused on Fair Trade and trade issues in schools' (run by Montgomery Development Education Centre) provides time, resources and full support to allow teachers to plan the integration of trade issues/fair-trade into their school curriculum and citizenship activities. It allows those involved to play an informed role in tackling global poverty.
More information can be found on the DFID website:
- Application guidelines
- General information about DFID's work in the UK (Mini-Grants, Strategies, Policies and Research Reports)
The closing date for the 2009/10 round of the fund is 5pm, Friday 31 October 2008.
To receive more information on the next funding round please contact Angela Higgins.
Two information sessions have been arranged for 10 September 08 and 3 October 08. The information sessions will cover the following:
* Introduction to the fund and IDEAS’ role
* Fund Criteria
* The Aims of the Fund
* The Fund Aims and the Millennium Goals
* What DFID prefers to support
* What DFID cannot support
* The Application Procedure
* The Application Format
New Projects funded by the DfID DAF Mini-Grants for 2008/09
| Organisation | Project Title | Length of Project |
|---|---|---|
| British Red Cross | Friendship for HIV Prevention / HIV Roktham Ko Lagi Hatemalo | 1 year |
| Highland One World Group | Supporting the global dimension in the Eco Schools programme in the Highlands | 2 years |
| One World Centre Dundee | From Dhaka to Dundee – learning from the past, acting for the future | 3 years |
| Scottish Youth Parliament | Vision 2015: Keeping the Promise | 2 years |
| Stop Climate Chaos Scotland | “Cut it Out!” – Climate Change and Poverty Machinima Project | 1 year |
| VETAID | City Farm: Global Farm | 2 years |
| Working Together for Change | Millennium Development goals: connecting local experience in Scotland with global injustice | 2 years |
A list of previously funded projects can be found here.