Programme Guidelines
Programme Guidelines - Street and Working Children and Young People
Here are the specific guidelines that apply to the Street and Working Children and Young People programme. Your work should clearly fit into one or more of these areas – you will be asked to demonstrate this on your application form and at assessment, should you reach that stage.
What we will fund and what we want to achieve:
- Improving access to basic services such as shelter, health and education so street and working children and young people have a safe place to sleep, better health, and an education that meets their needs.
- Protecting street and working children and young people – particularly those working under hazardous conditions - from the risk of physical and emotional abuse and neglect so that more children are safe from harm. This work should, wherever possible, actively involve employers.
- Providing young people working or living on the street with both life skills and vocational training and opportunities to earn a living so that they gain practical skills and find secure employment.
- Tackling the stigma and discrimination faced by street and working children and young people, and their families. This may involve working with the local community and law-enforcing agencies such as the police and the legal system, so that fewer children are mistreated and they receive genuine help from the authorities.
- Make the most of children’s participation in the work. This may involve helping to create representative children’s and youth organisations that come together to make sure they get their voices heard and that local authorities and others respond to children and young people’s needs.
- As the money for this grants programme comes from Sport Relief, we will fund creative work that aims to promote children and young people’s development through sport (by which we mean all forms of physical activity and play) or other ways of working with children and young people such as art and drama. We expect applications to develop clear evidence about how sport and other recreational activities can improve the health and well-being of young people.
Common reasons for rejection:
When you’re writing your application, you might find it useful to bear in mind the information below. These are the most common reasons why applications into this programme are rejected:
- Applications do not have sufficient evidence of adequate research or consultation with street and working children, and so do not demonstrate that the work meets the needs and aspirations of street and working children
- Applications not show clear evidence that the work is targeting street and working children & young people under the age of 21.
- Applications do not provide sufficiently specific details on the project activities undertaken, and what would be achieved as a result.
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Programme Guidelines – People Affected by HIV and AIDS
This section details the specific guidelines that apply to the People Affected by HIV and AIDS programme. Your work should clearly fit into one or more of these areas – you will be asked to demonstrate this on your application form and at assessment, should you reach that stage.
Within all of the work we fund in this programme, we expect applications to take account of the wider stigma and discrimination people with HIV and AIDS face as well as the unequal relationships that often exist between men and women.
What we will fund and what we want to achieve:
- Improving access to basic needs such as practical support in the home, emotional support, education and training, food and medical care (which may include access to, but not providing anti-retroviral drugs), so that people affected by HIV get the care and support they need.
- Increasing opportunities for HIV positive people and their carers to gain greater economic freedom. This might include a combination of helping them to earn an income, promoting the rights of HIV positive people or children so they inherit what is rightfully theirs, improving their access to money and other resources so that they enjoy greater economic independence.
- Tackling the rights of people affected by HIV, by, for example, improving their right to appropriate treatment including anti-retroviral drugs, care and support, and protection from exploitation so that they can live without fear and enjoy greater security.
- Undertaking innovative HIV prevention and education work that: tackles the stigma faced by people living with HIV; encourages voluntary counselling and HIV testing; and, builds links with care and support services so that more people use HIV services and there is a reduction in the incidence of discrimination against people with HIV.
- Helping groups and organisations of people with HIV to come together for mutual support and to have their voices heard by people whose decisions affect their future, so that these groups are more effective in providing support to their members and changing the policies and practices that negatively affect their lives.
Common reasons for rejection:
When you’re writing your application, you might find it useful to bear in mind the information below. These are the most common reasons why applications into this programme are rejected:
- Applications do not provide clear evidence of how local people or organisations have been consulted in the development of the work, or how they will be involved in its implementation, management and review.
- Applications do not clearly address how the work would tackle stigma and discrimination of people affected by HIV/AIDS.
- Applications do not contain sufficiently specific details on the project activities undertaken, and what would be achieved as a result.
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Programme Guidelines – Women and Girls
This section details the specific guidelines that apply to the Women and Girls programme. Your work should clearly fit into one or more of these areas – you will be asked to demonstrate this on your application form and at assessment, should you reach that stage.
Within this programme, we look particularly for organisations that are led and managed by women and those that take account of the unequal relationships that often exist between men and women.
What we will fund and what we want to achieve:
- Improving access to basic services including education and literacy and health services, including sexual and reproductive health so that women and girls get equal access to education and better health.
- Increasing opportunities for women to gain greater economic freedom. This should include a combination of helping women earn an income, securing their rights to inheritance, and improving their access to money and other resources, so that they can become more economically independent.
- Addressing women’s rights to live free from physical violence and other forms of abuse including neglect, mental abuse and harmful traditional practices, so that there is a reduction of violence and discrimination against women and girls
- Challenging the attitudes and practices of society and of men that lead to discrimination against women and to encourage more women into positions of influence in their communities and society.
- Supporting groups and organisations of women to come together, increase their confidence and to have their voices heard, and support training so that women can take up positions of leadership so that there are more effective organisations, run by women, that tackle discrimination.
Common reasons for rejection:
When you’re writing your application, you might find it useful to bear in mind the information below. These are the most common reasons why applications into this programme are rejected:
- Applications contain insufficient evidence of how the work will tackle the often unequal relationships between men and women.
- Applications show insufficient evidence that the work will be carried out by organisations or groups that are led and managed by women.
- Applications do not contain sufficient evidence that the organisations involved in the work have enough experience to effectively undertake the work proposed.
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Programme Guidelines – People Affected by Conflict
This section details the specific guidelines that apply to the People Affected by Conflict programme. Your work should clearly fit into one or more of these areas – you will be asked to demonstrate this on your application form and at assessment, should you reach that stage.
What we will fund and what we want to achieve:
- Improving access to basic services so, for example, children go to school and people have access to health care; helping communities rebuild their lives and livelihoods so they can meet their basic needs; dealing with trauma and helping to reduce the level of mistrust and fear in communities so that people feel there is hope for the future.
- Increasing opportunities for people affected by conflict to gain greater economic freedom. This may include a combination of helping poor people to earn an income and improving their access to money and other resources, so that they rebuild their lives.
- Provision of support and legal advice for individuals and groups whose rights are being abused or denied so people get the treatment and support they deserve.
- Tackling stigma and discrimination faced by groups such as child soldiers who are no longer involved in the conflict and victims of sexual violence, so they can live free from fear.
- Strengthening community groups and local organisations so they can rebuild trust, get their voices heard by decision-makers and build more stable communities.
Common reasons for rejection:
When you’re writing your application, you might find it useful to bear in mind the information below. These are the most common reasons why applications into this programme are rejected:
- Applications do not provide sufficiently specific details on the project activities that will be undertaken, and what would be achieved as a result.
- Applications do not provide clear evidence of how local people or organisations have been consulted in the development of the work, or how they will be involved in its implementation, management and review.
- Applications do not clearly show how local organisations will be supported to improve their effectiveness, so that they are better able to meet the needs of the communities and people they support, or helping them to speak for themselves.
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Programme Guidelines – People Living in Urban Slums
This section details the specific guidelines that apply to the People Living in Urban Slums programme. Your work should clearly fit into one or more of these areas – you will be asked to demonstrate this on your application form and at assessment, should you reach that stage.
We define slums as informal urban settlements that are usually overcrowded, unhealthy and lack enough basic services.
What we will fund and what we want to achieve:
- Improving access to basic services such as education, health care, shelter, water and sanitation so that people have healthier living environments.
- Increasing opportunities for people living in slums to earn a living. This may include a combination of helping them to earn an income, vocational training and improving their access to money and other resources so that they can become more financially self-reliant.
- Securing people’s rights to land and property or affordable tenancy agreements so they have greater security where they live.
- Challenging the negative attitudes and discrimination particular groups living in slums face, particularly street children, unemployed people, HIV positive people, and commercial sex workers and their families so that these groups get the support and respect they deserve.
- Supporting representative and accountable community organisations so they can come together to get their voices heard by local authorities and planners and make sure their needs and priorities are tackled.
Common reasons for rejection:
When you’re writing your application, you might find it useful to bear in mind the information below. These are the most common reasons why applications into this programme are rejected:
- There is insufficient evidence of reliable or adequate research, or consultation, in support of the applications.
- The aims of applications are unclear or inconsistent with the programme guidelines.
- Applications do not provide clear evidence of how local people or organisations have been consulted in the development of the work, or how they will be involved in its implementation, management and review.
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Programme Guidelines – Trade
This section details the specific guidelines that apply to the Trade programme. Your work should clearly fit into one or more of these areas – you will be asked to demonstrate this on your application form and at assessment, should you reach that stage.
Within all of the work we fund in this programme, applications will need to make sure the work tackles some of the root problems of unjust trade rules and how they affect people locally and regionally within Africa, as well as improve the livelihoods of producers.
What we will fund and what we want to achieve:
- Delivering training, advice and support so that producer groups can expand and improve production, locally developing ways of processing products, and gaining access to national, regional or international markets and so improve the incomes and livelihoods of their members and their families.
- Supporting fair trade organisations and producer groups in introducing new products and producers to fair trade markets so that they can build businesses that will succeed financially and improve the incomes and livelihoods of their members and families.
- Supporting producer groups and other organisations to build links, gain the skills, knowledge and contacts they may need to challenge unjust barriers to trade, protect local markets from unjust international competition and protect their intellectual property rights.
Common reasons for rejection:
When you’re writing your application, you might find it useful to bear in mind the information below. These are the most common reasons why applications into this programme are rejected:
- Applications do not provide sufficiently specific details on the project activities that will be undertaken, and what will be achieved as a result.
- From the information given in applications, we have concerns that the aims and activities are unlikely to deliver the expected outcomes.
- The aims of applications are unclear or inconsistent with the programme guidelines.
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