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UK Aid Direct

A five-year, £150 million programme that is changing the lives of over 11 million of the world's poorest people with UK aid from the UK Government

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What we fund

UK Aid Direct supports civil society organisations working on sustained poverty reduction in marginalised and vulnerable communities

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Latest funding round

Understand the priorities for the latest UK Aid Direct funding

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Community Partnership grant

Community Partnership grants for up to £250,000

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Impact grant

Impact grants for between £250,001 and £4m

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Eligibility

Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) grants available to groups registered in the UK.

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Who we are -

UK Aid Direct is delivered by a team with extensive experience in fund management

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NEWS - Watch the SCCF application guidance webinar

The Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) application guidance webinar is now available to watch on the SCCF guidance pages.

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Key dates - For Grant Holders

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The learning hub

View carefully selected videos, guidance and recommended readings

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A former #Essex firefighter travelled the length and breadth of the UK with this smart idea to help save lives in #SyriaA boy washes his hands at an emergency relief centre in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where UK aid is helping @unicef to provide water and sanitation supplies. The UK is at the heart of the emergency response to the devastating landslide and flooding in #SierraLeone. We are sending leading humanitarian experts and helping to develop a plan to monitor and treat any potential cholera outbreaks. UK aid supplies including generators and tents are being used on the ground and our partners are also providing emergency services. Photo: John James / UNICEFThis month a new batch of @britisharmy troops went to #SouthSudan to support the #UN peacekeeping mission. We spoke to them before they left. #humanitarian #soldiers #army #military #armedforcesTwenty four-year-old Sakina, a polio immunisation worker, marks the finger of a child with indelible ink as a sign that he has been vaccinated during a national immunisation campaign supported by UK aid “My family is very proud of me for being a part of the campaign. I love that not only can I help communities but I also have their good wishes and prayers on my side. I like that I can explain to mothers why they need to vaccinate their children. I am happy to be able to share what I know with families so they can protect their children from being victims of this terrible virus,” Sakina says. This is the fifth year Sakina has been working as a volunteer vaccinator in Bamyan province. Picture: @WHO Afghanistan/R.Akbar #polio #endpolio #health #WHO #afghanistan #globalhealth #UKaid #DFID #foreignaid #britishaid