Social Action Fund Launched

Added on Mon 10th Oct 2011 by Charles (Lead Officer)

Funding big ideas, inspiring social action

The Social Action Fund is a new grant fund of over £20 million managed by us on behalf of the Office for Civil Society.

The Fund aims to inspire organisations to create new social action opportunities; encouraging people to give what they have, be it time, money, assets, knowledge or specific skills.

The Fund supports activity in three areas:

1.Social action in the community – projects that will encourage people to come together in their neighbourhoods to support each other.
2.Social action inspired by the Olympics and Paralympics – projects that will capitalise on the momentum and enthusiasm generated by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games to create a legacy of social action.
3.Social action for all ages – projects that motivate people across all generations to get involved in volunteering and charitable giving – from school children and students, to working professionals and those near or of retirement age. If you have an ambitious but realistic proposition that will encourage social action or are looking to scale up a successful local project in a big way then apply to the Social Action Fund. Whatever amount you need whether its £500k or over £1 million, if it’s a great proposal that we think could make a significant difference to the numbers of people taking social action in England, we will fund it

For more information see http://www.thesocialinvestmentbusiness.org/our-funds/social-action-fund