Baobab are excited to announce a new £3 million fund to grow, sustain, and strengthen Black and Global Majority communities that are resisting racial injustice in the UK.
Baobab Foundation is a new pro-black foundation resourcing racial justice through Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority communities.
Baobab is pro-Black, with 70% of their resources going direct to Black African/Caribbean heritage individuals, groups and organisations. Baobab are a people-driven movement which believes that the communities harmed by racism are best placed to create change, and so it aims to resource those with direct, lived experience of the issues they are addressing.
The fund is not issue-led, giving space for communities working towards racial justice in different ways to share their creativity, passion and gifts. The fund will work consciously with individuals, groups and organisations whose purpose and practices are focused on collectively addressing racial justice and intersectionality and challenging oppressive systems.
Baobab will offer grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 per year for up to five years.
If you are funded, you will be able to access ongoing support, which will be co-designed with the network.
The fund is open to individuals over the age of 18, groups, collectives, social movements and organisations led by and for Black and Global Majority people working on racial justice in any of the four UK nations.
There are three stages to the fund
Stage one: register your interest
Registration closes on 23 September 2022 at 11.59 pm (UK time). You’ll create an account and complete a questionnaire.
Stage two: submit an expression of interest
The fund will open to receive expressions of interest from 3 October 2022 at 12pm (UK time) and will close on 31 October 2022 at 11.59 pm (UK time). You will complete a short application form which can be completed in writing, video, audio, or if further assistance is needed, via a call/Zoom.
Stage three: submission conversation
Those invited to the final stage will take part in a structured conversation to clarify your plans, costs, and areas of support. This is expected to take place between the 1 and 16 December 2022. Only those who are funded will be asked and supported to provide further information where necessary.