Presentation from Rt Hon David Mundell MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland, and Rt Hon Desmond Swayne MP, Minister for International Development, on funding for small organisations.

1. Rt Hon David Mundell MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
Scotland
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2. Rt Hon Desmond Swayne TD MP
Minister of State for International
Development
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3. DFID funding opportunities for
small and medium sized
Civil Society Organisations
1. UK Aid Match
2. UK Aid Direct
3. Common Ground Initiative (CGI) and Small
UK NGO Fund

4. UK Aid Match
• Competitive fund with a public say in how some of the aid
budget is spent by matching public donations to charity
appeals
• Open to any UK based NGO for work to reduce poverty in
developing countries by contributing to the MDGs
• Appeals must raise £100,000+ and provide 400,000+
opportunities for public to see the appeal
• Round 4 deadline: 13 March 2015

5. UK Aid Direct
• New commitment to small and medium sized civil society
organisations worth £150 million over 5 years
• First funding round launched in October – finish the job on
Health MDGs
• Will award ‘Impact’ and ‘Community Partnership’ grants
• 10% to be allocated to small organisations
• Flexible design means future funding rounds will be
determined on an annual basis

6. Common Ground Initiative (CGI) and Small UK
NGO Fund
• Comic Relief run programme providing grants, training and
support to diaspora led and small organisations in the UK
• Second phase started in 2014
• Both small and diaspora organisations can apply for funding
through Comic Relief’s grant-making procedure
• Open to all UK registered charities and Civil Society
Organisations registered in the UK

7. Funding finder
https://www.gov.uk/international-development-funding