Objectives of action grants

Action grant objectives

We encourage you to apply for a Global Community Links grant if you wish to use your link to promote public understanding in the UK of global development issues.

Achieve one or more of the following objectives:

Global Community Links grants can be used to achieve one or more of the two objectives below:

 1. Building knowledge and understanding of global development, including the Millennium Development Goals:

• Ending poverty and hunger
• Universal education
• Gender Equality
• Child health
• Maternal Health
• Combating HIV & AIDS
• Environmental Sustainability
• Global Partnerships
  

2. Building an understanding of global interdependence and promoting actions that individuals can take to reduce global poverty levels such as:

• Volunteering
• Campaigning or lobbying
• Fundraising
• Making a public statement
• Changes to ethical behaviour
• Learning more (helping people in your local community gain a better understanding of global development issues)