The Oglesby Charitable Trust is launching a new £275,000 fund focused on supporting people who are refugees or seeking asylum in the North West of England.
Spotlight is our first fund that is open to proposals, rather than invitation-only. We hope that by taking this approach we will hear more broadly about great work and new ideas from within this, our first area of special focus.
By talking to colleagues from within the refugee and asylum seeker communities, we have concluded that there is an abundance of passion, expertise and experience here, but also that the issues being dealt with are extremely complex. In order to invest our finite resources most meaningfully, we have chosen to create an opportunity for the learning, ideas and contributions of those working at the grass roots to be heard – enabling even the smallest organisations to tell us where our support would be most effective.
We have set up a simple application process, consisting initially of a two-page outline proposal. The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 4th February: more information can be found at www.thespotlightfund.org.uk
What we’re looking for
We are looking for organisations’ best ideas to create meaningful change for refugees and asylum-seeking people: we want to be led by the needs and priorities of this group.
We are open to applications for multi-year or one-off projects, up to a maximum yearly value of £20,000, but we are equally happy to consider proposals for £5,000. We will consider funding all or part of a project (where the project currently has a shortfall) – though all projects should be ready to start by April/May 2019.
Beneficiary Group: Refugees and asylum-seeking people, including those with No Recourse to Public Funds, living in the North West.
Location: Projects must focus on people in the North West of England. For the purposes of Spotlight we consider the North West to comprise the five counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Applicant organisations must also be based in this region.
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