DFID Mini Grant Fund 2008

The Department for International Development is inviting applications to its Mini Grants Scheme in Northern Ireland 2008. The fund is aimed at organisations or networks with an interest in development education work who want to undertake 1-3 year projects which seek to raise awareness and understanding of:

• International development issues;
• Our global interdependence;
• The need for international development;
• The progress that has been made and that is possible.

DFID's contribution to a project will be a minimum grant of £1,000 and a maximum grant of £10,000 per year.

The overall aim of the Development Awareness Fund is to support activities that promote the following:

• Knowledge and understanding of the major challenges and prospects for development, in particular the poverty reduction agenda, but also of developing countries themselves.
• Understanding of our global interdependence, and in particular that failure to reduce global poverty levels will have serious consequences for us all.
• Understanding of, and support for, international efforts to reduce poverty and promote development including the Millennium Development Goals (previously known as the International Development Targets).
• Recognition of progress made, and that further progress is both affordable and achievable.
• Understanding of the role that individuals can play, enabling them to make informed choices.

It is highly recommended that you read DFID's strategy paper, Building Support for Development, before submitting an application to the Mini Grant Scheme. The strategy paper sets out how DFID plans to build greater awareness and understanding of international development issues across the UK.

A copy of Building Support for Development can be viewed on DFID's website at http://www.dfid.gov.uk/funding/daf.asp.

Application deadline, 5.00pm, Wednesday 31 October 2007.

The Grant Scheme is Administered locally by the Centre for Global Education. For further information on the scheme, a set of the funding guidelines, or advice on developing an application please contact:

Stephen McCloskey
Director
Centre for Global Education
9 University Street
Belfast
BT7 1FY

t: 028 9024 1879
e: stephen@centreforglobaleducation.com