Trusts and Foundations
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Help Children on the Edge change lives
Charitable trusts and foundations play an invaluable role in helping Children on the Edge reach, and improve the lives of, vulnerable children around the world. If you’re a trustee, have contact with a trust, or perhaps are setting one up then we would love to hear from you. Please email our Grants Officer, Sarah Collinson sarahcollinson@childrenontheedge.org or call 01243 538530 |
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Why support us
Our small size means that our Grants Officer and other UK staff have direct, hands-on experience of our projects. They work closely alongside local partners and beneficiaries and have an in-depth knowledge of all our programmes. As a result, we are best placed to fulfil the needs of Trusts and Foundations and communicate about our projects effectively, intelligently and with personal insight.
Trusts and foundations of all sizes can support Children on the Edge and together we can help to restore the ingredients of a full childhood to children vulnerable children around the world.
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What can you support?
Trusts and foundations can work in partnership with us through one-off grants, or longer term over a number of years to support a specific programme or general area of work (i.e providing flexible, innovative education to working children in Bangladesh or community development in the slums of Uganda).
Children on the Edge projects are well researched, innovative and unique, reaching children who are often overlooked by their communities, their governments, the media and the international community. Reaching these children requires extensive research; ongoing conversations with communities, networks and diaspora; and travel to a number of hard to reach, remote locations.
Flexible, unrestricted grants from Trusts and Foundations are crucial to support the research and development phases; to allow us to foster innovation in our projects and respond with greater flexibility to new or emerging needs.
Our small size means that our Grants Officer and other UK staff have direct, hands-on experience of our projects. They work closely alongside local partners and beneficiaries and have an in-depth knowledge of all our programmes. As a result, we are best placed to fulfil the needs of Trusts and Foundations and communicate about our projects effectively, intelligently and with personal insight.
Trusts and foundations of all sizes can support Children on the Edge and together we can help to restore the ingredients of a full childhood to children vulnerable children around the world.
Download our Annual Report
What can you support?
Trusts and foundations can work in partnership with us through one-off grants, or longer term over a number of years to support a specific programme or general area of work (i.e providing flexible, innovative education to working children in Bangladesh or community development in the slums of Uganda).
Children on the Edge projects are well researched, innovative and unique, reaching children who are often overlooked by their communities, their governments, the media and the international community. Reaching these children requires extensive research; ongoing conversations with communities, networks and diaspora; and travel to a number of hard to reach, remote locations.
Flexible, unrestricted grants from Trusts and Foundations are crucial to support the research and development phases; to allow us to foster innovation in our projects and respond with greater flexibility to new or emerging needs.
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What we offer you
- Dedicated support from our Grants Officer
- Tailored proposals and regular reporting; we collate up to date information from our local partners and the children and families we work with
- An honest approach in our relationship and reporting with you; we tell you about the challenges we face and any adjustments to our programmes as they happen
We cultivate close working relationships with our funding partners. We have robust monitoring and evaluation processes and are able to report back regularly. In this way our supporters know exactly how their money is being spent and the impact they are having.
We recognise that trusts and foundations may have specific interests or objectives so our dedicated team is happy to provide a very personalised service. We’ll help you meet your aims while ensuring our work brings about long-term, sustainable change.
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Get in touch
We’re always happy to help with any questions you may have, and we’d be delighted to hear from you. To discover more, or to discuss how you could get involved, please email Sarah Collinson sarahcollinson@childrenontheedge.org or call 01243 538530 |
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Current Funders
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The British and Foreign School Society
Since 2015, The British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) have been supporting our education programme for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. Their initial grant enabled us to grow from three non-formal schools to five, within a year. These schools provide 500 Syrian refugee children - who would otherwise have no access to school - the chance to get a high-quality education within incredibly difficult circumstances. BFSS are currently supporting Children on the Edge to enhance our education provision in Lebanon; creating safe spaces, providing psycho-social support and opportunities for children to play. Their support has also helped us to create further vital opportunities for the refugee community, including English lessons, women’s literacy groups and community fun days. Read about our work in Lebanon |
The Samworth Foundation
The Samworth Foundation have supported our work with slum communities in Uganda since 2014. The first grant enabled us to develop our pilot project in Masese II, Soweto, a slum community near Jinja. This included establishing an Early Childhood Development Centre; a community led Child Protection Team; vocational training for young people, an agriculture programme and a micro-loan scheme. This year, The Samworth Foundation continue to support our work to transform slum communities in Uganda. Along with project costs, they are also enabling us to develop our Monitoring and Evaluation capacity, so we can effectively consolidate our learning from the successful pilot project in Soweto. This will ensure we can expand expand our programme into three further slum communities. Read about our work in Uganda |
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