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We are pleased to announce that the Wales and Africa grant scheme will continue for the next three years!

The Wales and Africa grants scheme is a grant fund for community groups and organisations throughout Wales who work with partnerships in Sub Saharan Africa.

The Wales and Africa grant scheme is a flagship initiative of Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa programme.  The scheme enables community groups and organisations in Wales to access funding for small-scale projects that contribute to Wales’ delivery of UN Sustainable Development Goals and deliver benefits to Wales and Africa.

The Wales and Africa programme supports and encourages civil society, business and public bodies in Wales to take action on poverty in Africa through active global citizenship, skills exchanges a and mutual learning, partnership working, and climate change action.

Welsh Government’s Wales Africa Grants Scheme Report – 2018-2022

APPLICATION PROCESS

In order to apply to the Wales and Africa Grant, you will need to register with WCVA’s Multipurpose Application Portal (MAP). If you have previously registered with MAP, you can log in by entering your username and password on the home screen.

Organisations can register by visiting the website: map.wcva.cymru

You will be asked to complete the online application and to upload a completed project profile spreadsheet.

For more information please read the full scheme guidance here

GRANTS AVAILABLE

Applicants can apply for funding between £1,000-£25,000 and must make a tangible contribution to at least 1 of the 4 themes described below:

1. Health

We seek to contribute to protecting the mental and physical health and wellbeing of communities in Africa through our grants. Examples of this could include:

• Supporting knowledge and skills sharing between health institutions in Wales and Africa for mutual learning and benefit;
• Supporting healthcare professionals in Africa to access small scale training and support from Wales; and
• Supporting communities in Wales and Africa to access to more equitable, quality healthcare

2. Lifelong Learning

Under Lifelong Learning we will support individuals or groups of young people or adults in Wales and/or Africa to gain skills and knowledge. Examples of this could include:

• Linking communities in Wales with African partners to develop mutual understanding of global development and international issues;
• Supporting the educational needs of disadvantaged children in Africa and sharing that experience with school pupils in Wales, contributing to their global citizenship education; and
• Supporting people in Africa to learn practical/vocational/artistic skills to improve their livelihoods.

3. Climate Change and Environment

Under our climate change and environment grant stream, we will support initiatives that reduce environmental degradation and biodiversity loss in Africa as well as strategic and practical work to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to protect people from the impacts of climate change on food supplies, water availability or safety. Examples of this could include:

• Activities which support African farmers to adapt to a changing climate;
• Projects which enable the use of renewable energy in Africa;
• Projects engaging people in Wales with climate change issues as they affect Africa; or
• Work aiming to support African partners in implementing sustainable development practices.

4. Sustainable livelihoods

We seek to promote realistic and sustainable livelihood opportunities in Wales and Africa, ensuring that marginalized individuals are included in grassroots economic and social development. Initiatives that we support include:

• Community-led, income generating cooperatives that have benefit to Wales and Africa;
• Engaging the public through Fair Trade campaigns, advocacy or policy;
• Activities that bring the consumer closer to the producer in a sustainable way;
• Support to small-scale agricultural projects and activities; and
• Support to grassroots income generating activities.

TIMESCALE & PROCESS FOR AWARDS

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.

Safeguarding Essentials Training

WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?

• Staff, and volunteers of organisations working in partnership in Wales and Africa, who want to improve their safeguarding policy and practices.
• Staff, volunteers or trustees who are travelling, or engaged in programme activity that carries any safeguarding risk (for whom this training is a requirement under the WCVA grant scheme).
• Partner staff in Africa are also encouraged to attend if this is possible.
• People who have not yet completed a Safeguarding training with Hub Cymru Africa, or who have completed a training more than 2 years ago and want to refresh their knowledge.

Designated Safeguarding Focal points will need to complete this training as a prerequisite for the Safeguarding Focal Point training (see below).

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

This training will take participants through the essential Safeguarding practices and requirements for organisations working in global solidarity with partners in Africa. The training will:

• Define Safeguarding within an international context, and within the context in Wales
• Explain global safeguarding standards and how to meet them
• Discuss situations and behaviours of safeguarding concern
• Explain the Safeguarding cycle, and the three pillars of prevention, reporting and response and how to apply these in your organisation taking a survivor centred approach
• Share tools to assess risk, and identify gaps in practice
• Share templates for key documents that you will need to have in place to underpin best practice in prevention, response and reporting

This training will take place online via Zoom, and is a participatory training.

Book next training date here:

Tuesday 13 September 2022 10:00 – 12:00 BST

Thursday 9 February 2023 10:00 – 12:00 GMT

Safeguarding Training for Trustees and Focal Points

Who is this training for?

This is mandatory training for designated Safeguarding focal points of organisations working in partnership in Wales and Africa, including Safeguarding focal points of partners in Africa, if this is possible/

Safeguarding Essentials is a pre-requisite for this training, unless you have completed an equivalent training within the last 2 years.
What will you learn?

This training will build on the Essentials training, focusing on:

• Roles and responsibilities of the Safeguarding Focal Point
• Roles and responsibilities of Trustees in relation to Safeguarding, including the specific responsibilities of the Safeguarding Trustee
  Leadership, and facilitating a safe organisational culture
• Responding to an incident, including managing investigations
• Reporting, including reporting to the Charity Commission
• Donor requirements in relation to Safeguarding
• Share templates for key documents that you will need to have in place to underpin best practice in prevention, response and reporting.

This training will take place online via Zoom, and is a participatory training.

Please book here:

Tuesday Sept 20 2022 10:00 – 12:00 BST

Thursday Feb 16 2023 10:00 – 12:00 GMT

Safeguarding Surgeries for 1:1 support

Do you have any questions or need advice and support on any aspect of your safeguarding practice?

We’re offering 1:1 advice sessions for organisations in the Wales Africa community to discuss concerns, give feedback on your risk assessments, policies, and other key documents, and give best practice advice on any aspect of the safeguarding cycle.
Please use the Safeguarding Self- Assessment Tool – Third Sector Support Hub to identify gaps in practice, and once your space is confirmed, share any key documents with us in advance to make the best use of the time.

You are encouraged to work on your safeguarding practice with your partner and to attend the meeting together if this is practical.
Spaces are limited and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. We will hold a waiting list for future sessions if demand exceeds available spaces.

To sign up email advice@hubcymruafrica.org.uk with your preferred time slot as above.

Thursday 13 October 2022: 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 BST
Thursday 20 October 2022: 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00 BST
Wednesday 1 March 2023: 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 GMT
Wednesday 8 March 2023: 09:00, 10:00, 12:00, 13:00 GMT

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.

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