Managing Money Better, new Comic Relief fund opens 16 January

6 December 2011

New programme aimed at supporting older people (65+) to manage their money more effectively.  Opens for applications 16 January 2012.  Deadline for applications 13 February 2012.

Please note, the application form will be available on the Comic Relief website when the programme opens on 16 January 2012. 

Details from Comic Relief:

"This programme will be aimed at supporting older people (65+) to build their knowledge and skills to manage their money more effectively, ensure access to good, independent financial advice, guard against financial scams and abuse and cope better with cold homes. We are especially interested in how older people can be supported to manage the extreme rising fuel and food prices. In addition, the programme aims to encourage partnerships with voluntary sector organisations and banks, building societies, credit unions, energy companies and others to recognise and respond better to the needs of older people.

Outcomes. The work will need to deliver one or more of the following outcomes for older people to:

  • Manage their money more effectively
  • Increase their income
  • Experience less fuel poverty
  • Deal better with financial distress (such as abuse, scams and so on)"

"Other important information. We know that the size and scale of the financial difficulties facing older people is enormous. Our guidelines are broad to enable different approaches, but it inevitably means we will receive many more applications than we can fund. So, in addition to meeting one or more of the outcomes listed above, we will be assessing the extent to which applications meet the following:

  • Older people have been involved in the design of the proposal and will be supporting their peers who are less active
    there are strategic partnership approaches with voluntary, private and public organisations and local people of all ages to meet the needs of older people
  • new approaches are being tested and disseminated
  • the most isolated older people and those who are traditionally hard to reach or live in the poorest and most deprived areas are being targeted

"Projects that do not meet the criteria specified above will not be considered.

There is no overall maximum grant and we expect to make awards of varying sizes. This programme will not make grants under £10,000."

Our first grant making cycle for this programme will open on 16 January 2012. This is a two-stage application process. First stage application forms will be available on our website from 16 January onwards. The closing date for these is 13 February 2012. If your application is chosen for further consideration, you will be invited to submit a full proposal. You will then have until the end of March to submit this.

The second cycle for this programme will open on 10 April 2012."

If you would like to talk to Comic Relief about whether your work meets the funding criteria, please email ukgrants@comicrelief.com or call 020 7820 2000 and ask to speak to a member of staff from the Older People’s programme.

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