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21st October 2020Voice4Change England COVID-19 Partnership Fund
Status: Open to applications
Application Deadline: 03 November 2020
Description
Grants are available for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community groups and organisations, working to deliver coronavirus/COVID-19 related services in England.
Details
Maximum Value:£ 10,000Minimum Value:£ 5,000
Value Notes
Grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 are available.
Extended Description
The COVID-19 Partnership Fund is provided and administered by Voice4Change England, a national membership organisation advocating for the Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community sector (BMS VCS).
The aim of the Fund is to help tackle the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities.
Latest Information
The deadline for applications is 5pm on 3 November 2020.
Key Criteria
The Fund is open to BAME-led community groups and organisations, working primarily with BAME communities.
In this context, BAME includes white minority communities other than white British eg, Polish, Lithuanian etc., as well as communities that are Black, Asian, Chinese, African and Middle Eastern.
Organisations must be not-for-profit, or with a clearly ethical main purpose. The following types of organisations are eligible:
- Registered, exempt, and excepted charities.
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs).
- Community Interest Companies (CICs).
- Social Enterprises which have the Social Enterprise Mark.
- Co-operatives.
- Community Benefit Societies (formerly Industrial and Provident Societies).
- Faith community organisations (if the activity is not deemed to be
- proselytising).
- Non-constituted or recently established organisations that can be endorsed by a statutory body, established charity, parochial church council or parish/town council.
- Partnerships or organisations working collaboratively.
The focus of the Fund is on supporting smaller organisations. This means that for any organisation with an annual income of over £200,000 to succeed, it would need to be an exceptional and extraordinary project.
For further information on this fund please visit their website here https://voice4change-england.com/covid-19-grants-programme/