Round One Open Call
The Round One Open Call Fund was a £3m fund from the Scottish Government, administered by Corra, as part of The Promise Partnership. The fund provided grants of up to £50,000 for organisations to invest in their infrastructure to help them make necessary internal shifts to implement The Promise.
The fund closed to applications on 26th February 2021.
85
Applications received
65
Grants made
£2.99m
Distributed in funding
77%
Success rate
If you’d like any further information about this fund, please contact kelly@corra.scot.
Which organisations received funding?
View the organisations who received funding. We also upload our grant holder data to 360 Giving.
Decision making process
Written application forms are reviewed through due diligence checks and reviewed against fit with the fund criteria.
All applications are then presented to a decision makers panel. The decision makers panel bring a range of professional skills and expertise as well as have lived experience of Scotland’s ‘care system’.
Decision makers panel decide which applications to fund.
What next?
This fund will not open again. However, we are working closely with The Promise Scotland Team, the advisory group and decision makers panel to develop the criteria for the next phase. If you would like to be kept informed, you can sign up to our mailing list by clicking here.
About the Promise Partnership
This fund is part of a series of funds within The Promise Partnership. In June 2021, the Deputy First Minister confirmed a commitment of £12m (for 2021–2024) to the Promise Partnership Fund to help #KeepThePromise. We are delighted that following an open tendering exercise, Corra was chosen to deliver the Promise Partnership Fund over the next three years.
The Promise Partnership offers funding and support to organisations and collaborations to #KeepThePromise and help drive forward change that matters to children, young people and families. The Promise Partnership Advisory Group help to shape the process and the Decision Makers Panel bring a range of skills as well as their own experience of the ‘care system.’
You can read about the other funds within The Promise Partnership below.
Keep the Promise Fund Round 1
Keep The Promise Fund Round 2
Getting it right for brothers and sisters
A good childhood
Promise Partnership Round 1 - Diagnostic Route
Governance
Corra has been contracted by the Scottish Government to deliver the Promise Partnership until March 2022. Responsibility and accountability rests with Corra’s Acting CEO, with additional support and oversight provided by Corra’s Head of Learning and Development. An Advisory Group provides guidance and challenge to the parameters and criteria of the Promise Partnership. Funding decisions are made by the decision makers panel that brings together a range of professional skills and expertise as well as lived experience of Scotland’s ‘care system’.
No staff of The Promise Scotland or member of the Oversight Board will be appointed to the Advisory Group and/or decision makers panel.
Corra’s CEO’s involvement and role (Chair) in The Promise Scotland is recorded through Corra’s Conflict of Interest procedures. The CEO is recused from any involvement with the Promise Partnership. Corra’s CEO has been on secondment to The Promise since April 2021 and during that time has not been involved in any of Corra’s grant making or governance.