Keep the Promise Fund
Keep The Promise Fund was a £5m fund from the Scottish Government, administered by Corra, as part of The Promise Partnership. The fund supported the sector to think differently and challenge ways of working by focusing on three key themes:
- Supported Workforce
- Supportive School Structure (Right to Education)
- Youth Justice and Rights
The fund provided grants up to £250k over 2 years.
The fund closed to applications on 16th September 2022.
82
Applications received
29
Grants made
£5.02m
Distributed in funding
36%
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
Corra Foundation Grants Advisor reviews each application for eligibility and fit with fund themes.
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, which we hope to launch towards the end of Summer in 2023. Once the criteria and launch dates have been finalised, we will notify all those who have signed up to the Promise Partnership mailing list.
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.
Promise Partnership Round 1 - Open Call
Promise Partnership Round 1 - Diagnostic Route
Getting it right for brothers and sisters
A good childhood
Keep the Promise Fund Round 2
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.