This fund closed to applications on Monday 16 September 2024
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has grants of up to £20,000 and a programme of support to help individuals and organisations develop their skills and explore an idea for social change that has the potential to transform the way things are currently done. The fund specifically focuses on early-stage ideas when it’s harder to get funding and support to develop these ideas further.
This fund focuses on both your idea for social change and you as a person. They are looking to fund people aged 18 to 30 (however, they will consider funding applications from those aged 30 and over) to explore their ideas for social change.
This fund is for you if you have:
- A connection to the idea you want to explore.
- The drive and potential to make social change.
- Not received grant funding before.
They will only fund ideas with a charitable purpose and can support any activity that helps you test and explore an early-stage idea for social change.
This could include:
- Researching to develop your idea
- Consulting with people who have relevant experience to better understand your issue
- Gathering evidence for a campaign
- Developing a product or new approach
- Paying yourself or others to carry out these activities
This list isn’t exhaustive, but it might help you consider how you could use the funding.
They will fund individuals, groups of up to three people working together (you don’t need to be a registered organisation), and small organisations of any legal structure with no more than the equivalent of five full-time staff.
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