The Baring Foundation is pleased to announce two new open funds under their Strengthening the Voluntary Sector programme.This programme supports effective use of the law and human rights based approaches by the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom. It is a collaboration with the Legal Education Foundation.
Funding is available through two open pilot funds:
• Training, education and capacity building – seed funding grants of up to £30,000 over six months to two years that support organisations to understand how their objectives can be achieved through use of the law or human rights based approaches. Guidelines for training, education and capacity building grants. The deadline for applications is 18 December 2015.
• Applied projects – grants of up to £150,000 over approximately three years to create new capacity for work that addresses specific discrimination or disadvantage and safeguards the freedom of purpose, action and voice of the sector, linking the skills of ‘non-legal’ and ‘legal’ organisations to enhance and complement campaigns for social change. Organisations will be expected to demonstrate innovative approaches to using these tools and evidence of how they will collaborate to support a shared agenda. Guidelines for applied project grants. The deadline for first round applications is 13 November 2015, 12noon.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.baringfoundation.org.uk/applications/open-programmes/