THE BRITISH EYESIGHT RESEARCH FOUNDATION: FIGHT FOR SIGHT CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS
Grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 are available to UK grassroots organisati
ons including registered charities, Community Interest Companies and partnerships for supporting the creation of a sight loss sector that is coherent, sustainable, and resilient to the rising demand for equal service provision across the UK.
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o Application deadline: TUESDAY 7th JANUARY 2025 at 9am.
o Funder: The British Eyesight Research Foundation (founded 2005. Charity number 1111438. Total charitable expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023: £4,346,000).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs), exempt charities (for example, educational establishments) Community Interest Companies (CICs) that are limited by guarantee, charitable companies limited by guarantee. The funder particularly welcomes applications from organisations that are working in partnership, as it believes that collaboration plays a crucial role in enhancing coherence within the sight loss sector.
o Key words: Blindness, Vision Impaired, Sight Loss, Building Capacity, Core Costs, Enabling Mergers, Strengthening Organisational Systems and Process, United Kingdom.
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The British Eye Foundation’s Fight for Life Capacity Building Fund is designed to support the creation of a sight loss sector that is coherent, sustainable, and resilient to the rising demand for equal service provision across the UK. By supporting and empowering grassroots organisations and fostering collaboration within the sector and between the sector and external organisations, the funding is intended to address challenges that are preventing the growth and sustainability of services.
The Capacity Building grants will focus on two key areas in order to help make the wider sector become more sustainable, resilient and better able to respond the needs of those with vision loss:
1. Collaboration between organisations within the sight loss sector and between the sight loss sector and external organisations, and
2. Small charities and grassroots organisations.
The Fund is designed to support organisations to overcome barriers to increasing their capacity (please note that funding is not designed for specific projects). Grant applications could include (but are not limited to):
o A contribution towards core costs.
o A merger of organisations, and/or
o A strengthening of systems and processes.
Grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 are available.
Grants are not available for individuals.
Further information, guideline and details about how to apply is available on the British Eye Research Foundation Fight for Sight webpages.
The deadline for applications is 9am on Tuesday 7th January 2025.
Contact details for the Foundation are:
The British Eye Research Foundation
Fight For Sight
18 Mansell Street
London
E1 8AA
Email: info@fightforsight.org.