Aims/priorities:
This fund aims to support organisations led by and for Black and Global Majority groups that are working for the health and well-being of their communities in innovative and disruptive ways to challenge structural racism, disrupt systemic and discriminatory ways of operating, build community resilience, health and well-being, promote racial and social justice, and leave a legacy for others to build upon.
Funding is for projects and activities that benefit the well-being of Black and Global Majority communities in a holistic way.
Proposed projects will need to have achievable outcomes delivered within a 16-month timeframe and show how they will make an impact on one of the following themes:
Organisational
- Shift beliefs and assumptions and change narratives.
- Facilitate ongoing learning and development leading to organisational strengthening.
- Introduce novel perspectives to current thinking and generate new data.
Policy
- Change and improve policies, regulations, practices, and approaches.
- Challenge the norms in relation to funding, funding criteria, and funding/doner assumptions.
- Ensure that resources are distributed equitably amongst communities according to need.
Communities
- Enhance the empowerment and greater self-assuredness amongst communities with lived experience.
- Establish new links and form alliances between players at all levels.
- Enhance the quality of interaction between all players at all levels.
Priority will be given to projects that simultaneously pose a challenge to structural and systemic racism, practices and behaviours, and those that generate innovative ideas to create lasting change.
Who can apply:
Funding is for Black-led or Global Majority-led organisations where 75% of the organisation’s directors, trustees, or equivalent governing body members are represented by Black and Global Majority communities, and more than 50% of leadership/senior management are represented by Black and Global Majority communities.
AHPN is looking for organisations that are trusted in the communities they work with, whether they are working in the field of health equality, racial justice, migration/detention, creative arts, education, LGBTQ+ rights, criminal justice, gender justice, science, technology or employment, addiction needs, or mental health.
Organisations must:
- Have a strong track record of service provision, working innovatively, positively impacting communities, and challenging entrenched racism and racist thinking.
- Have an annual turnover of between £75,000 and £500,000 for the last two years.
- Be a registered charity with the Charity Commission or OSCR, or a legally incorporated not-for-profit organisation (not limited by shares).
- Have a clearly stated mission to support issues impacting Black and Global Majority communities (evidenced in the organisation’s governing document).
- Have appropriate safeguarding policies and procedures in place.
- Have equal opportunities or EDI policies in place.
- Have at least three unrelated trustees/directors legally responsible for the governance of the organisation.
- Have a bank account in the organisation’s name with at least two unrelated signatories.
- Have been operating for at least three years and will be able to evidence at least two sets of accounts and no late consecutive annual returns submitted in the past two years.
- Be able to produce management accounts that include a profit/loss statement and balance sheet.
Grant amount:
Approximately eight grants of between £20,000 and £30,000 are available.
Deadline:
The deadline to submit a stage one application is 23 December 2024 (midnight). However, this fund may close early if enough applications have been received.
Application process:
There is a two-stage application process:
- Groups must first submit an online Expression of Interest (EOI) form.
- Successful applicants will then be invited to complete a full application.
An online stage-one application form is available from the AHPN website.
Contact information:
Email: grants@ahpn.org.uk