CY
< Funding Opportunities Climate Change and EnvironmentHealthLifelong LearningSustainable Livelihoods Funding Opportunity

Wales and Africa Grant Scheme (Round 2)

Location:
Wales and Africa
Grant Size:
£5,000 - £25,000 GBP
Eligibility:
The grants scheme can be accessed by groups in Wales who work in collaboration with Sub-Saharan African partners to deliver a diverse range of activities. The lead applicant must be based within Wales. All activities should clearly demonstrate a benefit to Wales and a fit with one or more of the four thematic areas.
Status:
Open
Closing Date:
Fri 31 Oct, 2025
MAP Questions Apply

Sgroliwch i lawr i ddarllen yn Gymraeg

Enabling community groups and organisations throughout Wales to access funding for Wales-Africa projects.

About the fund

The Wales and Africa grant scheme is a flagship initiative of Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa programme. The scheme enables community groups and organisations in Wales to access funding for small-scale projects that contribute to Wales’ delivery of UN Sustainable Development Goals and deliver benefits to Wales and Africa.

Applicants can apply for funding between £5,000-£25,000 for a 12 month project. If you wish to discuss a project outside of this funding range, please contact the WCVA grants team.

What we’ll fund

Working with Sub-Saharan African partners, projects must make a tangible contribution to one of the four following themes:

1. Health

We seek to contribute to protecting the mental and physical health and wellbeing of communities in Africa through our grants. Examples of this could include:

  • Supporting knowledge and skills sharing between health institutions in Wales and Africa for mutual learning and benefit
  • Supporting healthcare professionals in Africa to access small-scale training and support from Wales

2. Lifelong Learning

We will support individuals or groups of young people or adults in Wales and/or Africa to gain skills and knowledge. Examples of this could include:

  • Supporting the educational needs of disadvantaged children in Africa and sharing that experience with school pupils in Wales, contributing to their global citizenship education
  • Supporting people in Africa to learn practical/vocational/artistic skills to improve their livelihoods.

3. Climate Change and Environment

We will support initiatives that reduce environmental degradation and biodiversity loss in Africa. We’ll also support strategic and practical work to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to protect people from the impacts of climate change on food supplies, water availability or safety. Examples of this could include:

  • Activities which support African farmers to adapt to a changing climate
  • Projects engaging people in Wales with climate change issues as they affect Africa

4. Sustainable livelihoods

We seek to promote realistic and sustainable livelihood opportunities in Wales and Africa, ensuring that marginalized individuals are included in grassroots economic and social development. Initiatives that we support include:

  • Community-led, income-generating cooperatives that have benefit to Wales and Africa
  • Engaging the public through Fair Trade campaigns, advocacy or policy.

How to apply

To apply for the funding, you will need to register with WCVA’s Multipurpose Application Portal (MAP). If you have previously registered with MAP, you can log in by entering your username and password on the home screen.

Organisations can register by visiting the website map.wcva.cymru.

If you need help registering on MAP, please follow this video.

Cynllun Grant Cymru ac Affrica (Rownd 2)

Galluogi grwpiau a mudiadau cymunedol ledled Cymru i gael gafael ar gyllid ar gyfer prosiectau Cymru-Affrica.

Ynglŷn â’r gronfa

Mae cynllun grantiau Cymru ac Affrica yn fenter flaenllaw gan raglen Cymru ac Affrica Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae’r cynllun yn galluogi grwpiau cymunedol a mudiadau yng Nghymru i gael gafael ar gyllid ar gyfer prosiectau bach sy’n cyfrannu at waith Cymru o gyflawni Nodau Datblygu Cynaliadwy’r Cenhedloedd Unedig a chyflwyno buddion i Gymru ac Affrica.

Gall ymgeiswyr wneud cais am rhwng £5,000-£25,000 o gyllid am brosiect 12 mis. Os hoffech drafod prosiect y tu allan i gwmpas y cyllid hwn, cysylltwch â thîm grantiau CGGC.

Beth fyddwn ni’n ei ariannu

Gan weithio gyda phartneriaid Affrica Is-Sahara, rhaid i brosiectau wneud cyfraniad diriaethol at un o’r pedair thema ganlynol:

1. Iechyd

Rydym yn ceisio cyfrannu at y gwaith o ddiogelu iechyd a llesiant meddyliol a chorfforol cymunedau yn Affrica drwy ein grantiau. Gallai enghreifftiau o hyn gynnwys:

  • Cefnogi’r gwaith o rannu gwybodaeth a sgiliau rhwng sefydliadau iechyd yng Nghymru ac Affrica fel bod y ddwy ochr yn dysgu ac yn cael budd
    Cynorthwyo gweithwyr gofal iechyd proffesiynol yn Affrica i gael ychydig o hyfforddiant a chymorth gan Gymru

2. Dysgu Gydol Oes

Byddwn ni’n cynorthwyo unigolion neu grwpiau o bobl ifanc neu oedolion yng Nghymru a/neu Affrica i ennill sgiliau a gwybodaeth. Gall enghreifftiau o hyn gynnwys:

  • Cefnogi anghenion addysgol plant dan anfantais yn Affrica a rhannu’r profiad hwnnw gyda disgyblion ysgol yng Nghymru, gan gyfrannu at eu haddysg ddinasyddiaeth fyd-eang
  • Chynorthwyo pobl yn Affrica i ddysgu sgiliau ymarferol / galwedigaethol / artistig er mwyn gwella eu bywoliaeth.

3. Newid hinsawdd a’r amgylchedd

Byddwn yn cefnogi mentrau sy’n lleihau dirywiad amgylcheddol a cholli bioamrywiaeth yn Affrica yn ogystal â gwaith strategol ac ymarferol i leihau allyriadau nwyon tŷ gwydr ac i amddiffyn pobl rhag effeithiau’r newid yn yr hinsawdd ar gyflenwadau bwyd, y dŵr sydd ar gael neu ddiogelwch. Gallai enghreifftiau o hyn gynnwys:

  • Gweithgareddau sy’n cynorthwyo ffermwyr yn Affrica i addasu i hinsawdd sy’n newid
  • Prosiectau sy’n ymhél pobl yng Nghymru â materion newid hinsawdd fel y maen nhw’n effeithio ar Affrica

4. Sustainable livelihoods

Rydyn ni’n ceisio hybu cyfleoedd bywoliaeth realistig a chynaliadwy yng Nghymru ac Affrica, gan sicrhau bod unigolion wedi’u hymyleiddio yn cael eu cynnwys mewn datblygiadau economaidd a chymdeithasol llawr gwlad. Mae’r mentrau rydyn ni’n eu cefnogi yn cynnwys:

  • Mentrau cydweithredol sy’n cynhyrchu incwm ac sy’n cael eu harwain gan y gymuned sy’n cyflwyno budd i Gymru ac Affrica
  • Ymgysylltu â’r cyhoedd drwy ymgyrchoedd Masnach Deg, eiriolaeth neu bolisi.

Sut i wneud cais

I wneud cais am y cyllid, bydd angen i chi gofrestru gyda Phorth Ceisiadau Amlddefnydd CGGC (MAP). Os ydych wedi cofrestru gyda MAP o’r blaen, gallwch fewngofnodi trwy roi eich enw defnyddiwr a’ch cyfrinair ar y sgrin gartref.

Gall mudiadau gofrestru drwy fynd i’r wefan map.wcva.cymru.

Os oes angen help arnoch i gofrestru ar MAP dilynwch y fideo hwn.