PRESS RELEASE - May 2021
Do it Now Now launches Common Call Fund Two to provide grants to organisations supporting the development of Black Communities
Black-led charities and social enterprises across the UK can receive up to £12,500 to safeguard the future of their organisations.
London, 10 May: Do it Now Now is pleased to announce the launch of Common Call Fund Two, offering a share of a £360,000 pot to Black-led organisations providing services to people that have been adversely affected by COVID. that it has been selected as one of 10 social impact organisations awarded a share of a new £2.8million Comic Relief fund, created to support the critical services delivered by hundreds of smaller community groups across the UK.
Comic Relief, in collaboration with Barclays, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Clothworkers’ Foundation and the National Emergencies Trust pooled resources to set up The Global Majority Fund, dedicated to supporting the essential work being carried out by organisations led by, and in support of, people of colour within communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
What’s on offer? Black-led charities and social enterprises working in communities across the UK will be able to apply for a grant package of £5,000 or £12,500 to help them:
Common Call Fund Two is specifically looking for organisations that are creating impact in underserved communities and providing services to people that have been adversely affected by the COVID crisis in terms of physical health, mental health and/or financial sustainability. The people the funded organisation support will primarily be people that identify as Black or Mixed with Black.
Other key criteria are:
Black-led organisations are facing a funding deficit that significantly affects the long term sustainability and impact of their work within the underserved communities they focus on. COVID forced us to reckon with the consequence of organisations dwindling away due to a lack of accessible finance - the impact has been a horror show. Through this Comic Relief funding, we are able to continue supporting Black-led organisations working in communities across the country.
As an intermediary partner, our fund enables us to give grants so that the numerous social impact organisations serving their communities can continue to develop and thrive. We will shortly be opening our funding call and full details of how applicants can apply to get a share of the fund.”
Applications are open until June 25th 2021 and funds will be disbursed in September 2021. Applications should be made on the Common Call website - www.commoncall.fund/fund-two
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For further information, contact - [email protected]
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The Common Call Fund is powered by Do it Now Now (DINN), an open innovation organisation committed to bringing social empowerment to Black communities across the globe. We bring charities, social entrepreneurs, startup teams, social innovators, investors, and philanthropists together to address social challenges, solve problems and support the development of under-represented groups and Black communities specifically. Find out more - www.doitnownow.com
London, 10 May: Do it Now Now is pleased to announce the launch of Common Call Fund Two, offering a share of a £360,000 pot to Black-led organisations providing services to people that have been adversely affected by COVID. that it has been selected as one of 10 social impact organisations awarded a share of a new £2.8million Comic Relief fund, created to support the critical services delivered by hundreds of smaller community groups across the UK.
Comic Relief, in collaboration with Barclays, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Clothworkers’ Foundation and the National Emergencies Trust pooled resources to set up The Global Majority Fund, dedicated to supporting the essential work being carried out by organisations led by, and in support of, people of colour within communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
What’s on offer? Black-led charities and social enterprises working in communities across the UK will be able to apply for a grant package of £5,000 or £12,500 to help them:
- Get better informed about their options (moving to new methods of delivery) post-COVID19.
- Develop new enterprising activities and earned income strategies.
- Test the viability of specific propositions.
- Develop clear implementable action plans for such activity.
Common Call Fund Two is specifically looking for organisations that are creating impact in underserved communities and providing services to people that have been adversely affected by the COVID crisis in terms of physical health, mental health and/or financial sustainability. The people the funded organisation support will primarily be people that identify as Black or Mixed with Black.
Other key criteria are:
- Organisations operating for longer than a year.
- Unregistered organisations or sole traders MUST have to have a separate bank account dedicated to the work they are doing in the community. Unregistered organisations and sole traders will also only be able to apply for £5,000.
- Common Call Fund Two is only open to Black led organisations. This is defined as 50% of the leadership team (inclusive of the Board) identifies as Black or Mixed with Black.
- Common Call Fund Two prizes lived experience and will only be funding organisations if 50% of their leadership team (inclusive of the Board) has lived experience of the problem they are trying to solve.
- Common Call Fund Two would not be able to fund organisations with an annual turnover above £500,000.
Black-led organisations are facing a funding deficit that significantly affects the long term sustainability and impact of their work within the underserved communities they focus on. COVID forced us to reckon with the consequence of organisations dwindling away due to a lack of accessible finance - the impact has been a horror show. Through this Comic Relief funding, we are able to continue supporting Black-led organisations working in communities across the country.
As an intermediary partner, our fund enables us to give grants so that the numerous social impact organisations serving their communities can continue to develop and thrive. We will shortly be opening our funding call and full details of how applicants can apply to get a share of the fund.”
Applications are open until June 25th 2021 and funds will be disbursed in September 2021. Applications should be made on the Common Call website - www.commoncall.fund/fund-two
-ENDS-
For further information, contact - [email protected]
NOTES
The Common Call Fund is powered by Do it Now Now (DINN), an open innovation organisation committed to bringing social empowerment to Black communities across the globe. We bring charities, social entrepreneurs, startup teams, social innovators, investors, and philanthropists together to address social challenges, solve problems and support the development of under-represented groups and Black communities specifically. Find out more - www.doitnownow.com