Description
Grants are available for public and third sector organisations working with children, young people, and families within the care system to #KeepThePromise and address key challenges in delivering The Promise.Current StatusOpen for ApplicationsMaximum value:£ 250,000
Objectives of Fund
This fund aims to support organisations to think differently and challenge ways of working while addressing critical challenges that are being faced in the drive to deliver The Promise across the following themes:
- A supportive workforce.
- Supportive school structure (Right to Education).
- Youth justice and rights.
Value Notes
A total of £12 million is available.
Grants of up to £250,000 over two years are available.
Who Can Apply
Public and third sector organisations that are delivering in areas of the care system that support children, young people, and families, in recognition of a whole system approach to work, can apply.
Applicants must:
- Have an organisational culture that is adaptive and able to implement change.
- Deliver projects connected to children, young people, and families experiencing care.
- Have staff in place who are ‘ready to go’ to implement the project.
- Have committed resources ready to #KeepThePromise
- Embed participatory approaches
- Be open to active learning.
Applications from collaborations are welcome. The collaboration must work with children, young people and families and be representative of both the public and third sector. All partners that form a collaboration need to ensure that their organisation:
- Has made a public commitment to #KeepThePromise.
- Can demonstrate their commitment to listening and working with children, young people, and families.
- Has the senior management commitment, staff willingness and organisation staying power to implement service redesigns.
- Produce a Collaboration Agreement that outlines roles, dispute management and equitable and proportionate distribution of actions and allocation of budget to each partner.
This fund is targeted at applicants that are already implementing The Promise and can use their knowledge and skills to put bold solutions into action. Applicants must show that they can:
- Work collectively:
- Commit to working with The Promise Scotland team, engaging in an offer of support.
- Willing to work collaboratively and think/work outside of organisation/local area.
- Understand the current system, relationships, and awareness of theme/context, indicating what needs to shift.
- Have the necessary internal culture:
- Buy-in from senior management on the steps necessary to implement change.
- Support everyone in the organisation and collaboration to be brave, honest, and work supportively and appreciatively with others.
- Commit to working deeply, meaningfully, and supportively with children, young people, and families with care experience.
- Have a critical lens for learning and be willing to share insights, knowledge, and lessons internally and externally.
- Commit to a Rights-Based Approach to Design and Delivery:
- Children, young people, and families with experience of care are actively supported and enabled to meaningfully participate in systems and services design/redesign.
- Alignment with The Promise and policies supportive of children, young people, and families such as Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Restrictions
The following are not eligible for funding:
- Individuals.
- Projects delivered outside of Scotland
- One organisation applying on behalf of another.
- Private-sector organisations that profit from caring for children and young people.
- Organisations looking for financial support to raise awareness of The Promise
- Organisations that are looking for help to understand and learn more about The Promise.
- Duplicating research and/or evidence.
- Current service delivery (ie salary costs for the delivery of existing services). However, funding can be used to explore and test out new approaches.
Eligible Expenditure
Funding will focus on three key areas where critical challenges are being faced in the drive to deliver The Promise:
- A supportive workforce.
- Supportive school structure (Right to Education).
- Youth justice and rights.
Funding will support the creation of pioneering opportunities and capacity across an organisation or collaboration. This can include:
- Backfill posts.
- Salary costs.
- External expertise (sense-making of existing data/service redesign methodology).
- Staff development/design days.
- External consultants.
- External evaluation.
Funding will support projects taking place between December 2022 and March 2025.
How To Apply
The application process is as follows:
- Applicants should first complete the online eligibility checker on the Corra Foundation website.
- Eligible organisations will then receive a link to a short online application form.
- Successful applicants will then be asked to submit a short video or audio recording.
An online information session will take place on 3 August 2022 (14:00 – 15:00).
The deadline for applications is 16 September 2022. Decisions will be announced in December 2022.