The ongoing global effects on the COVID-19 outbreak are being felt differently worldwide. With the varying needs of partnerships in mind, the Wales and Africa Small Grants Scheme welcomes requests which meets the current need the communities you work with either through responding to the impact of the pandemic or resuming ‘business as usual’ activity.
Grants Available
Grants are available from £3,000 up to £15,000. If you have a request which falls outside of this grant range, please speak to a team member before completing your request for funding. You can contact WCVA at walesafricagrants@wcva.cymru.
There is £115,000 available for this COVID-19 response grant round.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding considerations will form a part of the assessment process, we encourage you to join Hub Cymru Africa’s training, to help you identify all safeguarding considerations before you submit an application. However, if this is not possible, all grant recipients will be required to attend training upon grant award.
If you have already completed Safeguarding training with HCA (or equivalent e.g. BOND, SWIDN) over 2 years ago, or want to deepen your learning, please attend the Safeguarding Refresher course which will run online, July 20th 10:00 until 14:00. Link to register here
Further Sources of Support
For general queries on the request process please email walesafricagrants@wcva.cymru or call 0300 111 0124.
For support on the development of your request please contact enquiries@hubcymruafrica.org.uk.
Timescale & Process for awards
This round will open 12 July, there will be a panel meeting two weeks after opening and then another a week after that. If you have a COVID related request which is urgent, this means you can submit it in time for the first panel meeting to review.
| Stage | Date | Detail |
| Open for requests | 12 July 2021 | The process for funding requests is live on the WCVA website. All requests to be made on the downloadable application form and returned to walesafricagrants@wcva.cymru |
| Requests checked for eligibility | Ongoing from submission | Requests for funding will be reviewed by the WCVA Grant Funds Team and sent as soon as identified as eligible to the Welsh Government Panel for their consideration. If there are points for clarification, WCVA will contact you, this may delay the decision making on your request. |
| Panel meeting | 26 July 2021 | Formal approval of those requests which will be funded |
| Applicants informed | 28 July 2021 | Grant Offer letters sent to successful requests |
| Grant payments processed | 4 August 2021 | Grant payments processed by WCVA Finance Team for payment into group’s accounts 3-5 working days later |
| Requests checked for eligibility | Ongoing from submission | Requests for funding will be reviewed by the WCVA Grant Funds Team and sent as soon as identified as eligible to the Welsh Government Panel for their consideration. If there are points for clarification, WCVA will contact you, this may delay the decision making on your request. |
| Panel meeting | 2 August 2021 | Formal approval of those requests which will be funded |
| Applicants informed | 4 August 2021 | Grant Offer letters sent to successful requests |
| Grant payments processed | 11 August 2021 | Grant payments processed by WCVA Finance Team for payment into group’s accounts 3-5 working days later |
| Cycle Repeats until the funding allocation has been met | ||
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Who we’ve funded
Here’s a list of successful grant scheme applicants: