Apply for Ideas and Pioneers Fund (UK)

sustaincrafty September 10, 2024

Depict a diverse group of people brainstorming and collaborating, with abstract representations of systemic change such as justice scales, power shifts, and inclusivity. Include UK-specific elements like a map or flag, emphasizing the fund's focus on long-term impact and social justice. Incorporate text that highlights the grant's key message of supporting early-stage ideas for social change with a funding opportunity of up to £20,000.

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is requesting applications for its Ideas and Pioneers Fund to support individuals, groups, and small organisations who want to explore a new idea for social change.

Ideas

They want to fund ideas that are:

Challenging Injustice: Supporting ideas that show a clear vision to help build a better society by shifting power and transforming the root causes of systemic oppression, such as racism, ableism, classism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and/or transphobia.
Early Stage: Focused on supporting the earliest stages of exploration and helping you learn from what does and doesn’t work.
Original: Supporting people imagining new ways to make social change, including trying things that haven’t been done before or experimenting with new approaches.
Long-Term: Ideas with long-term potential and a motivation to share learning to make change beyond the funding period.

Funding Information

They provide grants of up to £20,000.

Eligible Activities

They will fund any activity that helps test and explore an early-stage idea for social change, including:

Research to develop your idea
Talking to people with relevant experience
Gathering evidence for a campaign
Developing a product or new approach
Paying yourself or others to deliver these activities

They fund individuals, groups of up to three people, and small organisations with no more than the equivalent of five full-time staff.

Ineligible Activities

Work outside the UK
A one-off or short-term project with limited potential for long-term impact
Proposals where the applicant has no direct, indirect, or learned experience relating to the issue
The production of a stand-alone work of art
Rolling out or scaling up an approach already working or tried elsewhere in the UK
Multiple proposals from the same applicant

Eligibility Criteria

Funding is prioritised for people aged 18–30 who have:

A connection to the idea through direct lived experience, indirect experience, or learned experience
The drive and potential to make social change
Not received grant funding before

They consider applications from those aged 30 and over but cannot accept applications from those under 18.

For More Information

Visit the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Website for further details.

Donor Name: Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF)
Grant Size: $10,000 to $20,000
Publish Date: September 9, 2024
Deadline Date: September 16, 2024
Country: United Kingdom

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