Grant News
Grants of up to £50,000 are available to organisations delivering services to blind and partially sighted people in London (within the M25).
The Vision Foundation’s Vision Fund will award funding to registered charities, CIOs, CICs, and exempt charities such as educational establishments for innovative projects that address barriers experienced by blind and partially sighted people, including barriers to employment and taking part in physical activity.
The Foundation are particularly interested in projects which can demonstrate a contribution to one of the following targets:
- Raise career aspirations and self-confidence during school years and young adulthood
- Support individuals at risk of unemployment as early as possible
- Support working age people to move into, or closer to, employment
- Support individuals in work to retain and progress in their jobs
- Support those at greatest risk of unemployment
- Increase the inclusion appetite and know-how of employers and recruitment specialists
- Increase the number and range of jobs and routes into employment, including work experience, mentoring and apprenticeships
- Increase advice, mentoring and peer support for older job seekers (26 years+)
- Improve public awareness of what people can do to address barriers to employment
- Influence policy makers to remove systemic barriers to employment
Small grants of up to £10,000 for smaller one-year projects are available, along with Large grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for larger or longer-term projects lasting one to three years.
The deadline for applications for Small grants is 5pm on the 15th September 2021.The deadline for applications for Large grants has now passed.