Ockenden International is offering five grants of GBP 25,000 each for projects supporting refugees and displaced people globally, including a special prize for projects in the UK. Below are the key details:

About the Organization

Ockenden International, founded over 70 years ago, has been assisting refugees and displaced persons worldwide. The organization launched the International Prize in 2012 to honor its founder, Joyce Pearce, and promote self-reliance among refugees. Since the prize’s inception, Ockenden International has awarded GBP 875,000 to winning projects.

About the Grant

The Ockenden International Prizes reward innovative and effective projects that support self-reliance for refugees, displaced people, and asylum seekers. The prizes seek to empower local or refugee-led organizations working to improve the lives of these individuals. The 2025 awards will recognize five outstanding projects, with GBP 25,000 cash awards each. This includes one prize specifically for projects in the United Kingdom.

The grants are unrestricted, allowing winning organizations to use the funds as needed to further their projects, provided they continue to show measurable improvements in self-reliance.

Focus Areas

Ockenden International seeks to:

• Support refugee-led and locally-based organizations that directly work with refugees, displaced persons, or asylum seekers.
• Empower small-scale, agile organizations that may have difficulty accessing traditional funding.
• Encourage measurable improvements in self-reliance, allowing refugees to live with dignity and independence.

Eligibility

• Organizations working with refugees, Internally Displaced People (IDPs), and asylum seekers worldwide are eligible.
• Projects can be based in any country and must focus on promoting self-reliance for displaced persons.
• The entry form must be completed in English, and financial information should be provided in USD or GBP.

Application Process

• Deadline: The application deadline is November 30, 2024, by midnight (GMT).
• Organizations can submit entries via an online interactive form. If unable to do so, they may send a hardcopy entry by mail to:Winners will be announced by March 2025.
  • 2025 Ockenden Prizes
  • c/- Context Graphics Limited,
  • 1 Savernake Court, Old Church Lane,
  • Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 2RJ, United Kingdom

For more details and to apply, visit the Ockenden International website.

No records found ! Please visit soon.