[WiLT] DFID - Development Awareness Fund - concept note by 30th Sept

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DFID - Development Awareness Fund

The DAF Criteria and Guidelines for the 2008/09 funding round are now
available.

The DAF is open to any UK-based not-for-profit organisation or network
which shares our commitment to raising awareness and understanding of
development issues.

DAF funds activities aimed at promoting public knowledge and
understanding of development issues. In particular:
* Challenges and prospects for development and poverty reduction:
Building long term knowledge and understanding of the major challenges
and prospects for development, in particular the poverty reduction
agenda.
* Interdependence and the global consequences of poverty: Generating
understanding of our global interdependence and in particular that
failure to reduce global poverty levels will have serious consequences
for us all.
* International efforts to reduce poverty and promote development:
Generating understanding of and support for international efforts to
reduce poverty and promote development including the Millennium
Development Goals. Promoting recognition of the progress so far made,
and that further progress is affordable, achievable, and most of all
vital.
* The role of individuals in working towards poverty reduction:
Promoting understanding of the role that individuals can play;
enabling them to make informed choices with the knowledge of how their
actions impact on the world around them.

Funding available per activity
* DFID contributions from £10,000 to £100,000 per annum towards the
total project costs can be considered under the fund. The next
deadline is 30 November 2007 for activities starting on/after 1 April
2008.
* The total available is currently set £1-£1.5 million per annum

Please note that they now run a two stage application process for the
DAF:
* You must first submit a Concept Note between now and the 30th
September 2007 which will be assessed.
* If approved you will be invited to submit a full Proposal by 30
November 2007. This will then be assessed and notification of whether
you have been successful in securing funding will be received by the
end of March 2008.

Please note that projects approved in March 2008 must start in the
financial year 2008/09 (between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009).
Approved projects must start within 3 months of the proposed start
date in the application.

Further information and Guidelines can be downloaded from their
website.

The Fund is administered by Triple Line Consulting Limited on behalf
of DFID's Information and Community Partnerships Department.

Triple Line Consulting Limited, 1 Princeton Court, 55 Felsham Road,
Putney, London SW15 1AZ
Tel: 0208 788 4672
Email: daf at tripleline.com
Website: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/funding/daf.asp

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Development Awareness Fund Mini-Grants Scheme 2007-2008

A mini-grants programme for applications under £10,000 per annum is
also offered under the fund. Separate guidelines for the Development
Awareness Fund Mini-Grants Scheme 2007-2008 are available from
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/funding/dafminigrants.asp

(item supplied by fit4funding)

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