rotary foundation, humanitarian grants

From July 2010 The Rotary Foundation will introduce “The Future Vision” of The Rotary Foundation.

“Future Vision” is a revised and improved way for The Rotary Foundation to support Rotary Clubs' aims and ambitions through assisting with projects in their local communities and internationally.

District 1070 has been selected by The Rotary Foundation (TRF) as one of 100 districts worldwide to operate as a Pilot District for the Future Vision programme for the first three years, to June 2013.  From July 2013 all Rotary Districts and clubs worldwide will operate under the Future Vision programme, which will by then incorporate any lessons leaned by the pilot districts and Rotary Foundation in the pilot phase.

The approach being adopted by District 1070’s Rotary Foundation Committee is as detailed here and in the downloadable Future Vision Club Manual, for 2010/2011.  As this is the first year of the 'Future Vision Pilot Phase' we may find that we need to adapt the approach as the year progresses. We will inform clubs, through their club Foundation chairmen and on-line in this site, of any changes.

This Club Manual incorporates the procedures by which clubs can apply for help with projects, details of the training and qualification that clubs are expected to undertake, and examples of the applicable memoranda of understanding and application forms.

The first rule, though, if you are looking for help with your projects is:

Talk to the Foundation Committee.

District Grants

• Grants to support projects locally or overseas.
• Total project value up to a few thousand pounds
• No requirement for a partner club in the project’s location
• Must adhere to the 6 areas of focus (see below)
• Reporting essential to ensure good stewardship of funds

Global Grants

• Grants to support overseas projects
• Minimum project value will be $30,000 or more, depending on the sources of funds
• There must be a partner Rotary club local to the project, accepting equal responsibility for the project
• For the three years of the pilot phase global grants may only be carried out in partnership with other pilot districts (see appendix 4 in the Club Manual)
• Must adhere to the 6 areas of focus (see below)
• Reporting essential to ensure good stewardship of funds

6 Areas of Focus

• Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
• Disease prevention and treatment.
• Maternal and child health
• Basic education and literacy
• Water and Sanitation
• Economic and community development

As this is the first year of Foundation Future Vision Pilot Scheme for District 1070, we would prompt and encourage clubs in the district to read the Rotary Foundation 1070 District Manual. These procedure will apply to applications for grants for all club projects to be implemented from 1 July 2010.

At District Assembly in May 2010 we presented some dummy project scenarios for discussion.  These illustrate several of the points about applicability of projects for grant support and which types of grants are applicable.  They also give some insight into ways to strengthen projects to make them more sustainable for the good of the communities we all aim to serve.  The scenarios, with some suggested answers to the questions posed, are at this link: click here.

Clubs wishing to apply for District Grants, whether for projects in their local communities or overseas, need to forward to the grants chairman a brief description of their proposed grant projects.  Details of required information for district grants can be found in appendix2 (page 13) of the F.V. Manual.  These applications should be with the grants chairman (Alan Davis, RC Nene Valley) before 30 June 2010.

District Assembly training Project Proposals (with suggested responses)