The Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) will support Britain’s small not-for-profit groups to scale-up and increase the reach and efficiency of their projects. 
This is a new challenge fund designed to strengthen grassroots development organisations working with the poor, vulnerable and most marginalised.
Making grants available to support and strengthen the work of small UK registered not-for-profit organisations working in priority countries, to help enhance their capacity and efforts to tackle poverty, and towards achieving the Global Goals.
Grants of up to £50,000 will be available for projects of up to 2 years.
The Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) is part of UK Aid Direct, DFID’s main fund for small and medium sized civil society organisations (CSOs). UK Aid Direct operates in the lowest 50 countries in the Human Development Index and in countries DFID considers to be of high or moderate fragility.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.gov.uk/international-development-funding/dfid-funded-small-charities-challenge-fund-sccf, or email: [email protected].
The first assessment will take place in October 2017 and all applications will be reviewed on a 6-monthly basis thereafter.