Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust
15th January 2021
Morrisons Foundation Fund
15th January 2021Comic Relief and Paul Hamlyn Foundation launch £1m digital development fund
Deadline 12th February
From Civil Society
Comic Relief and Paul Hamlyn Foundation have launched a £1m digital development fund, offering grants of up to £70,000. It aims to support UK non-profits to test and develop digital service delivery solutions.
The fund is part of their joint Tech for Good programme, which was originally developed in 2016 in response to the need for charities to use technology to explore different approaches to delivering better services. Now, the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the need for organisations to explore how digital and design capabilities can help transform or maximise their work in supporting vulnerable people.
The programme will offer grants of up to £70,000 over a nine-month period from June 2021, alongside access to technical support from experts provided by CAST (Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology). It is available to individual not-for-profit organisations or those working in partnership.
Applicants should aim to define, test and develop digital solutions that meet a social need or challenge, or aim to adapt or re-purpose existing technology to do so.