UK Aid Match

Provides grants to UK based CSOs for poverty reduction projects in developing countries.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
15 February 2016
Last updated
57 MarchSeptember 2022 — See all updates
Funds:
Open
Countries:
Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sector:
Climate change, Disabilities, Education, Empowerment and accountability, Girls and women, Health, Livelihoods, Private sector/business, Water and sanitation
Eligible organisations:
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), UK-based non-profit organisations, Humanitarian relief organisations
Value of funding:
£100,001 to £500,000, £500,001 to £1,000,000, More than £1,000,000

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Rohingya Crisis Appeal		£5m£30m
2017 East Africa Crisis Appeal£10m£66m
2017 Yemen Crisis Appeal£5m330m
2015 Nepal Earthquake Appeal£5m£87m
2014 Ebola Crisis Appeal£5m£37m
2014 Gaza Crisis Appeal£2m£19m
2013 Philippines Typhoon Appeal£5m£96m

Donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Appeal.

How it works

UK Aid Match brings charities, the British public and the UK government together to collectively change the lives of some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

It is designed to provide opportunities for the UK public to engage with international development issues and have a say in how UK aid is spent, whilst boosting the impact of the very best civil society projects to reach the poorest people in developing countries.

For every £1 donated to a UK Aid Match charity appeal, the government will also contribute £1 of UK aid, to help these projects go further in changing and saving lives. UK Aid Match is funded from the international development budget, for donations made by individuals living in the UK.

Overview

The first phase of UK Aid Match, launched between 2013 and 2016, funded 59 appeals. An estimated 3.6 million people in the UK donated to match-funded appeals. A total of £120 million went to 42 charities, operating in 22 countries and running projects including health, education and water, sanitation and hygiene which are expected to benefit 19 million people.

The second phase of the programme is active and runs between 2016 and 2023.

Since 12 February 2018 the Fund Manager for UK Aid Match has been MannionDaniels, working in consortium with Oxford Policy Management (OPM), Education Development Trust (EDT), Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), and the Social Change Agency (SCA).

For more information on the fund, or to make an application, visit the UK Aid Match website.

To find out more about current UK Aid Match projects or to donate to a live appeal, visit UK Aid Match live appeals and projects.

Enquiries

For further information about UK Aid Match, please contact the Fund Management team at ukaidmatch@manniondaniels.com.

Published 15 February 2016
Last updated 57 MarchSeptember 2022 + show all updates

  1. Information added showing the DEC appeals which the UK Government has supported though UK Aid Match

  2. Updated UK government matching funding of public donations from £20 million to £25 million for the Disaster Emergency Committee's (DEC's) Ukraine Humanitarian appeal.

  3. Added information on new Ukraine appeal

  4. Updated information on funding rounds 1, 2 and 3

  5. Updated information on funding rounds added.

  6. New UK Aid Match funding round opened on 30 April 2018

  7. Website now added.

  8. Details of 4 appeals gone live in September 2017

  9. Timetable for the current round of Aid Match has been updated.

  10. The UK Aid Match fund is open for applications

  11. Updated list of successful applicants added - 4 October 2016

  12. List of successful applicants updated 4 July 2016

  13. Revised Annual Review template added

  14. Updates to list of successful applicants - interim and rounds 1 to 5 and Donate to an appeal information

  15. Revised Budget template and reporting format added

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