Simmons Grants

Information

A small number of grants in the region of £1,000 to £1,500 are made annually to projects that work to enable rural young people overseas to live self-sufficiently.

Requests for grants should come from the organisation managing the project, with evidence of active Quaker support. The organisation need not be Quaker-run, but projects supported should operate within appropriate principles including financial and environmental sustainability.

Projects

In 2020 we provided funding for:

• a project to provide uniforms and additional items for secondary school pupils in Rwanda.

In 2019 we funded:

• an education and gender rights programme for teenage girls in Centocow, South Africa (PDF)

How to apply

Applications for 2022-202 will open at the end of May 2022 and will close on 30 July 2022.

The 2021 documents are below, for information only. Please do not use these for 2022 applications as there will be new documents available.

• Simmons Grants description 2021 (PDF)
• Simmons Grants application guidance 2021 (PDF)
• Simmons Grants application form 2021 (PDF)

If you have any questions about the application process please contact the Grants Programme Officer.